Specifications

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Scrolling in the Patchbay
To scroll through the channel list (vertically):
 Move the cursor over a channel name at the left of the Patching
Grid, then press the Up or Down Arrow keys on the keyboard.
To scroll through the hardware I/O list (horizontally):
 Move the cursor over a hardware I/O channel at the top of the
Patching Grid, then press the Left or Right Arrow keys on the
keyboard.
To scroll the Patching Grid, do one of the following:
 Click the up/down or left/right Patching Grid scroll arrows to
move square by square.
 Click the up or down Patching Grid double arrows to move
screen by screen.
 Right-click in the Patching Grid and drag in any direction.
Assigning Channels in the Patchbay
Channels can be assigned using the mouse or the arrow keys on
the keyboard. Channels can also be unassigned
Using the Mouse to Assign Channels
To assign channels in the Patchbay:
1 Go to the Patchbay page and click the appropriate I/O tab,
Channel Type tab, and hardware tab.
2 Place the cursor over the Patching Grid. The cursor changes to
a crosshair, and lines extend above and to the left of the current
cursor location to identify the column and row in which it is lo-
cated.
3 Click in the row for the channel and in the column for the hard-
ware I/O source. The destination crosspoint sets the targeted
channel.
4 To assign multiple channels in a single action, do either of the
following:
• Click and drag vertically, horizontally, or at an angle to as-
sign multiple patch points in a single action.
• Click the Default Assignment button and click
Assign in the
confirmation dialog to assign all Stage inputs currently dis-
played in the channel grid to multiple consecutive Input
Channels.
5 Repeat as needed. If the new assignments steal any previous
assignments, a warning dialog will ask you to confirm or can-
cel the reassignment.
Scrolling the Patching Grid by right-clicking and dragging
Shift-click any number of Channel Type and/or Hardware
pages to select and display multiple pages in the Patching
Grid.
Assigning a hardware input to an Input Channel
Clicking the Default Assignment button
To suppress the reassignment warning dialog, hold Default
(on the S3 control surface) or Alt (on the computer keyboard)
while clicking in the patching grid. For more information, see
“Warning when Stealing Inputs or Outputs in the Patchbay”
on page 126.