Specifications

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VCAs
VCA controls emulate the operation of traditional Voltage Con-
trolled Amplifiers (VCAs). Up to eight VCA faders are available.
Input Channels, FX Returns, and Output channels can be as-
signed to VCAs.
VCAs remotely control the fader gain of each channel assigned to
the VCA fader, but do not change the position of the faders on
those channels. The accumulated gain of a channel belonging to
several VCAs is limited to +12 dB.
Channel Strips Show VCA Contribution
The effective gain of any channel is equal to the combination of
its individual channel fader, plus any (all) VCA level changes that
affect that channel.
Input and output channels display the net effect of VCA level (ef-
fective gain) on-screen. This lets you keep track of what all cur-
rently assigned VCAs are doing to channels and busses at all
times.
On-Screen VCA Indication
VENUE displays effective gain as a second, transparent fader cap
on-screen in the fader displays of both the Inputs and Outputs
tabs.
Selected Channel When the currently selected channel is under
VCA control, the net effect of all its assigned VCAs is shown in
the form of a transparent fader cap.
Inputs and Outputs Pages In the Inputs and Outputs pages, red
“ghost” fader caps appear below the fader displays of channels
that are currently assigned to one or more VCAs.
The opacity of the ghost caps vary with the actual VCA levels:
• Lighter caps indicate smaller amounts of VCA contribu-
tion.
• Brighter caps indicate larger amounts of VCA contribution.
Turning Channel VCA Indication On and Off
By default, channel VCA indication is on. You can turn off VCA
indication on the Options > Interaction page.
To turn channel VCA indication off or on:
1 Go to Options > Interaction.
2 In the Displays section, click to enable (or disable) Show VCA
Contribution
.
VCAs control level of the assigned channels only. They do not
act as a summing output bus.
See “Assigning Inputs to VCAs” on page 77 for instructions
on assigning channels to VCAs.
Effective gain (VCA contribution) shown on the selected channel
Effective gain (VCAs)
Channel level
VCA contribution shown in the on-screen fader displays
VCA indication display option
Effective
Channel levels
gain (VCAs)