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Chapter 14: Muting and Mute Groups 137
Chapter 14: Muting and Mute Groups
This chapter shows how to do the following:
•Mute Channels
• Using Mute Groups
Muting Channels
Channels can be muted in three ways: explicitly (lit solid), with
the channel mute switch; implicitly (flashing), as a result of an-
other channel being soloed, and as a member of a Mute Group or
VCA (flashing).
Mute switches always behave in additive (latched) fashion.
Channels can be muted in any sequence, and they will remain
muted until they are unmuted.
The following provide some additional information about chan-
nels, busses, and muting:
Input Channels and FX Returns
Channel mute is pre-fader on
Input Channels and FX Returns.
Output Channels
Mute operation is post-fader on all types of
Output busses.
Mains
The mute status of the Main busses is controlled from the
In switch below the Mains Global Control encoder. Only the
linked Main busses are muted. See “Mains Mute” on page 94.
VCAs
When you mute a VCA, its member channels are muted.
The member channel Mute switches flash to indicate they are
muted as part of a VCA.
Flashing Mute Indication
A flashing Mute switch indicates the channel is implicitly muted
as a result of a Solo or Mute Group activation.
Solo
In Solo In Place mode, when a channel or VCA is soloed, all
other channels that are not soloed or solo safe are implicitly
muted.
Mute Group
Members of a mute group are implicitly muted and
flash when the mute group is active.
Using Mute Groups
Channels can be assigned to any of the 8 available Mute Groups.
Mute Groups let you mute and unmute multiple channels simul-
taneously by pressing a single switch.
Any type of channel, including all Input Channels and all Output
channels, except VCAs, can be assigned to Mute Groups.
Mute Groups can be assigned to Function switches
F1–F16 for
control of Mute Groups from the S3 control surface.
Assigning Channels to Mute Groups
Channels are assigned to Mute Groups on-screen. Any mixture of
channel types can be assigned to a Mute Group. Channels can be
assigned to more than one Mute Group.
To assign or remove members of a Mute Group on-screen:
1 Go to the Inputs or Outputs page.
2 Click the Assign button in the Mute Groups section (to the
right of the on-screen faders). The Assign button flashes to in-
dicate Assign mode.
3 Below the flashing Assign button, one of the Mute Group but-
tons
1–8 flashes to show which Mute Group is selected for as-
signment. If desired, click to select a different Mute Group.
4 Click to select the channels you want assigned to the selected
Mute Group (click their fader strips to select individual chan-
nels; click their on-screen bank numbers to select multiple
channels at once).
Mute Groups only affect the status of channel Mute switches,
and do not affect the on/off status of Aux Sends, output of the
Talkback/Oscillator section, or the routing of signals to the
monitor outputs.
Mute Group Assign mode