V6 User Manual 1.00.book - Studio General

Main and Input Level SectionStrip NameShow/Hide Input SectionInput Level ControlActivate/De-activate Plug-inInput Section On/OffShow/Hide RoutingRouting Button MatrixDelay CompensationStrip NameDisplays the name of the strip the plug-in is assigned to. The name for the plug-in can be changed by double-clickingon the strip name, then typing in a name and hitting the Return key to confirm. If a plug-in name is changed inthis way, subsequent changes to the parent mixer-strip name do not affect the plug-in strip name. To recover thename of the parent strip, simply remove the strip name.Activate/Deactivate Plug-inThis button switches the entire Strip plug-in on or off. Note that when the plug-in is switched off, it doesn’t consumeany DSP power.Show/Hide input SectionInput Section On/OffInput level controlAdjusts the input level over a range of -48 dB to +48 dB.Show/hide RoutingBy default Routing buttons are hidden. This button toggles between Showing and Hiding the Routing Buttons.Routing remains active when hidden.Routing Button MatrixThe buttons determine which audio channels running through the Bus will be processed by the plug-in. The numberof buttons shown depends on the number of channels controlled by the Bus. In the case of a multiple surroundBus this may be up to 64. A single instance of Bus Tools can process up to 8 channels selected from thismatrix.A 5.1 surround bus will have six buttons. The order of the channels selected by the buttons is (from left to right):Left, Center, Right, Left Surround, Right Surround, Subwoofer.This enables, for example, the Left, Center and Right channels of a surround Bus to be independently processedfrom the surround channels by adding two Bus Tools plug-ins to the Bus and selecting L, C, R in the first and LS andRS in the second.Using Bus Tools on multiple surround busesAlthough a single instance of Bus Tools can process 8 channels it is simple to use multiple instances to processmany more with linked parameters. E.g. with four surround Buses you could use 3 instances. Assign the L & R channelsof each Bus to Bus Tools A, the Centers of each bus to Bus Tools B and the Surround Ls and Rs of each Bus toBus Tools C. The 3 Bus Tools can then be linked as you wish by right-clicking and creating control groups in the yellowmatrix. If Delay Compensation (see below) is activated all channels will remain time-aligned, even when usingPre-Anticipation.Linking Bus -Tools controlsAny choice of Bus Tools controls can be linked together. When you move any of the controls which is a member ofa link group, all the other members of the group also move. There are 48 link groups for linear/rotary controls and48 link groups for switches.Strip and Bus Tools : Bus Tools 15 - 286