Duality SE Operator's Manual - Solid State Logic

Console OperationsGroup Control FadersThe console centre section features eight control group master faders. Eachgroup master fader may control a number of slave channel faders. Additionally,group master faders may control other group master faders.Two modes of fader grouping are available: VCA and Servo: In Servo mode,moving the master fader will cause the slave faders to move. VCA modegrouping emulates a traditional non-moving fader grouping system — movingthe group master changes the gain of the slaves but doesn’t physically changethe position of the slave faders. The gain equals the gain of the slave plus thegain of the master (in dB). Assigning a fader to a group immediately changes thegain by the amount the master is displaced from 0dB. The mode is defined bythe Fader Grouping Mode: entry in the ssl / Misc / setup menu.If you load a mix created in one grouping mode while the other groupingmode is active, the mix levels for playback will be automatically correctedfor the current mode.When in Servo mode the Group Lockout level: entry in the SSL /Misc / Setup menu allows you to set a group master level below whichslave faders will not have their balance altered. The lockout level rangeis –35dB to –70dB or OFF.Unlike previous SSL analogue consoles, the servo grouping mode allowsfaders to be added to and removed from groups without changing levels.Note that you cannot switch modes during a mix!Group assignments may be stored as part of a Total Recall (option) setup.Selecting channel faders to a group is simple — press the select buttons of the channels you want to include in the groupthen, in the centre section, press the group button at the foot of the required group fader (see right). The group displayon each fader will reflect your choice.To assign a group master to be controlled by another group master, press the group button on the group master to becontrolled (ie. the slave), and while keeping this button pressed, press the group button on the group master that willcontrol the slave. Use the same procedure to deselect an assigned master from the slave group.Pressing the Cut button on a group master fader will have the same effect as pressing the Cut buttons on all the slavefaders. The underlying state of these functions on slave faders can be changed while a group master Cut is active, but thegroup master Cut state can not be overridden by the local function. Group fader Cut buttons may be automated if theoptional automation system is active. See Section 5 for more details.Similarly, when in sIF, aFl or pFl solo modes, pressing the sOlO button on a group master fader will have the sameeffect as pressing the sOlO buttons on all the slave faders. However, in default (solo-in-place) solo mode, group solos workslightly differently: pressing the sOlO button on a group master fader will result in all channels not in that group being cut.This means that pressing the sOlO button on a fader within that group will cause the other faders within the group to bemuted, overriding the group sOlO button.Duality se V3 Operator’s Manual2-39