V6 User Manual 1.00.book - Studio General

Mixer ComponentsInput StripsMixer Input Strips associated with tracks (the pale green box in the track header) are fed by and control the monitoroutput of the tracks. The Mixer Strip Channel Live (physical) or Internal Return Bus Input goes direct to theassociated Track. When a strip has no associated track it is fed by and controls the Live (physical) or InternalReturn Bus input assigned to it.When the strip has an associated track, the track output is automatically switched between input and playbackoutput depending on transport mode, the monitoring setting in the track header and the setting of the Settings> All Settings > Application > Playback/Record : Auto-monitoring option, European Monitoring (all tracksturn to INPUT on stop) or US Monitoring (only Record Ready tracks turn to INPUT on stop)Note: When strip channels have an associated track NONE of the strip controls, fader,mute, eq etc. affect the signal fed to the track input.Mixer Input Strips have the same functions as the input strips of any standard mixing console providing level control,pan, mute, etc.The following types of input strips are available:• Mono input Strips• Stereo input Strips• MS decoder Strips - decode a Sum and Difference signal to standard stereo format• GPS (General Purpose Strip)Direct Monitoring Input StripsDirect Monitoring Input Strips are a special version of the basic Input Strip designed specifically for recording. Theprincipal feature of these strips is minimum monitoring latency for the artist. This is achieved by applying automaticdelay compensation only to the signal fed to the main output bus. For this reason, Aux sends and Effectscannot be installed in Direct Monitoring Input Strips and they cannot be routed to Sub-Groups. Three types areavailable:• Mono - Direct Monitoring• Stereo - Direct Monitoring• MS - Direct MonitoringNote: These strips are intended for live inputs only. It is not possible to feed them fromtracks.To add a Direct Monitoring Strip right-click on a blank area of an existing strip to the right of where you wish toadd it. Select Strip > Add > Mono -Direct Monitoring, Stereo - Direct Monitoring or MS - Direct Monitoringfrom the context menu as appropriate. Or use the Configure Mixer page. Please see: Strip and Bus operationson page 148Note: If Auto-Delay Compensation is turned on for the Mixer then the recording from aDirect Monitoring Input Strip will be in sync with the existing tracks while maintainingminimum latency for foldback to the artist.Mixing/Monitoring/Aux Send and SubGroup BusesThese are the summing buses where mixer strip signals are routed to. Each bus type (Mix, Aux Send or SubGroup)has a Repro button in the Master section to allow this bus to output signal only when the system is playing back.No signal will be output in Stop or Record modes, for example to avoid audio feedback (howl round) in the Studiomain speakers when Tracks auto switch to input when Recording or Stopped.Mixer : Mixer Components 10 - 160