Specifications

S3L System Guide80
HPF
(High-Pass Filter)
A built-in 4th-order High-Pass Filter can be enabled on each In-
put Channel or FX Return. The HPF corner frequency range is
from 20 Hz to 500 Hz. HPF can be controlled using the Channel
encoders or Channel Control. A channel’s HPF setting is indi-
cated in its corresponding display.
To adjust the built-in HPF from the channel encoders:
1 Bank Input Channels and/or FX Returns.
2 Press the HPF Channel Encoder Assign switch to assign HPF
to the channel encoders.
3 Press the channel encoder In switch to toggle the filter in/out.
4 Adjust the corner frequency by rotating the corresponding en-
coder.
To adjust the built-in HPF from Channel Control:
1 Select an input channel.
2 Make sure the Channel Control main menu is shown in the
Channel Control displays.
3 Press the Channel Control encoder under the display showing
HPF.
4 Adjust the HPF corner frequency by rotating the correspond-
ing encoder.
5 Press the Channel Control encoder In switch to toggle the HPF
in/out.
Input Polarity Invert
(Phase Reverse)
The polarity of any Input Channel or FX Return signal can be in-
verted. With stereo channels, only the left channel is inverted.
To invert the polarity of a channel:
1 Select an input channel.
2 Make sure the Channel Control main menu is shown in the
Channel Control displays.
3 Press the Channel Control encoder under the display showing
Input.
4 Press the Page > Channel Control Navigation switch to access
the second page of Input parameters.
5 Below the encoder labeled Polarity, press the corresponding
Channel Control encoder
In switch to toggle polarity in/out.
Safe
Safe toggles Automation Safe or Solo Safe on/off for Input Chan-
nels and FX Returns, depending on the current Safe mode setting.
Safe mode is enabled globally for Input Channels and FX Returns
on the
Options > Interactions page (see “Input Safe Switches” on
page 65).
To toggle the Solo Safe status of a channel on-screen:
 Click the Safe button at the top of the fader strip to toggle Solo
Safe status of the channel. On-screen, the Safe switch flashes
green and displays the letter
S when a channel is Solo Safed.
Channel Solo
Three Solo modes are available: Solo In Place (SIP), Pre-Fader
Listen (PFL), and After-Fader Listen (AFL). Several other op-
tions are also available for configuring Solo bus operation. Addi-
tionally, channels can be implicitly soloed as part of a VCA.
To solo a channel:
 Press the Solo switch on the channel strip. The switch lights
solid to indicate the channel is explicitly soloed.
Channel Mute
To explicitly mute a channel:
 Press the Mute switch on the channel strip. The switch lights
solid to indicate the channel is explicitly muted.
Channel Level
Channel faders provide channel level control from – (–INF) to
+12 dB. Use the faders on the S3 control surface or on-screen to
adjust individual channel levels.
Input channel levels can also be affected by VCAs (see “VCAs”
on page 97).
Enabling Safe switches
The Solo switch has momentary and latching capabilities. See
“Using Solo” on page 131.
Channels can be muted in three ways: explicitly with the
channel mute switch; implicitly as a result of another chan-
nel being soloed, and as a member of a Mute Group or VCA.
See “Muting and Mute Groups” on page 137.
For more information on input and output fader banking, see
Chapter 4, “Banking and Selecting Channels.”