Specifications

S3L System Guide260
Returning to Stage Inputs
If you change any channel Input Gain settings while in Virtual
Soundcheck mode, you have the option of applying or discarding
the changes when you return to Stage inputs.
To return to Stage inputs globally
1 Put your S3L system into Config mode.
2 Go to Options > System.
3 In the Input Channel Source section, click Stage.
4 If any changes to gain have been made, the Apply Gain
Change dialog appears. Click either of the following in the di-
alog as desired:
Apply Any gain changes made in Virtual Soundcheck mode are
applied to the total Stage input gain on each channel.
Discard Any gain changes made in Virtual Soundcheck mode are
lost and the Stage input gain is returned to its previous value on
each channel.
Adjusting Gain When Switching Between Sources
The S3L system uses a hybrid analog/digital gain approach for
analog Stage inputs. Input gain is adjusted in 1 dB analog steps,
and 0.1 dB digital steps. When switching to a Virtual Soundcheck
input, the digital component of the gain stage (up to +0.9 dB) is
preserved, so the Virtual Soundcheck input plays back at the
same level as its corresponding Stage input. As a result, input
gain settings never vary across Virtual Soundcheck inputs by
more than 0.9 dB.
For example, if you set the input gain for a channel to +30.5 dB,
then switch to its Virtual Soundcheck input, +0.5 dB of gain is
preserved and displayed in the Gain setting on-screen, resulting
in the same apparent input level on that channel (because 0.5 dB
of the 30.5 dB setting was digital gain as compared to analog
gain).
While in Virtual Soundcheck mode, if you increase the gain on
this channel by 6 dB (to a displayed setting of +6.5 dB), and then
switch back to Stage mode, you can do one of the following:
• Apply the gain change, yielding a gain increase of 6 dB, or
a final setting of +36.5 dB (30+6.5).
– or –
• Discard the gain change, leaving the original Stage input
gain unchanged at +30.5 dB.
Toggling the Input Source of a Channel
You can toggle the input source of an individual input channel be-
tween the assigned Stage input and its corresponding Virtual
Soundcheck input.
This can be useful if, for example, you have enabled Virtual
Soundcheck inputs globally, and the singer arrives before the rest
of the band to rehearse along with pre-recorded tracks from a pre-
vious performance.
To toggle between a Stage input and a Virtual Soundcheck input:
1 Select an input channel that has a Stage input assigned to it.
2 From the on-screen Inputs page, click the Virtual Soundcheck
input button (indicated by a Pro Tools icon) in the Input sec-
tion.
The lit button indicates that the Virtual Soundcheck input is now
the source for the channel. A Pro Tools icon appears in the
Patch-
bay > Inputs
tab patching grid for the affected channel only.
The Pad on a channel will automatically be activated or
deactivated to compensate for large gain changes.
You can toggle between input sources regardless of the
global input source setting on the Options > System page.
Virtual Soundcheck input button
A single input channel with a Virtual Soundcheck input in the
Patchbay > Inputs page
The same gain change rules apply when the source for an
individual channel is toggled between sources.