Specifications

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Assigning Busses to Hardware
Outputs
Mains, Groups/Variable Groups, Auxes, and Matrix mixer out-
puts can be assigned to any hardware output on the system using
the Patchbay. In the Patchbay, each S3L system component has a
corresponding hardware tab that displays the available hardware
output destinations, as follows:
To assign a bus or mixer output to a hardware output from the
Patchbay:
1 Go to the Patchbay and click the Outputs tab.
2 To the left of the channel grid, click the Mains, Mtx (Matrix),
Aux
or Grp (Groups) tab to display those output channels in the
grid.
3 Along the top of the channel grid, click any of the following
tabs to display available hardware output destinations:
•
Stage 1–4 tabs
• Console
• Engine
• Pro Tools
4 Click in the channel grid to assign a bus or Matrix mixer output
(listed on the left) to a hardware output destination (listed
across the top).
The name of the source (bus or mixer) and its destination (hard-
ware output) is shown above the hardware tabs, and below the
channel name in the
Outputs and the Patchbay > Outputs tab.
Pro Tools Recording Outputs
The following types of recording outputs to Pro Tools are pro-
vided:
Direct Digital Splits Any S3L system input channel with a Stage
input as its source is automatically sent to Pro Tools as a unpro-
cessed direct digital split of that Stage input. Recording direct
digital splits are an essential part of the Virtual Soundcheck
workflow.
Direct digital split outputs are highlighted in purple in the Patch-
bay patching grid (under the Outputs > Pro Tools
tab), and their
Patchbay assignments cannot be changed.
Assignable Pro Tools Outputs For system input channels that
are not assigned a Stage input as a source, assignable Pro Tools
outputs are available, up to the maximum number of available
Pro Tools I/O channels.
Assignable outputs can be used to send the Main L/R mix, sub-
mixes from any output bus, and the Direct Out of S3L system I/O
channel to Pro Tools.
Hardware Tabs Component Hardware Outputs
Stage 1–4 Stage 16 analog and AES digital outputs
Engine
E3 engine analog and AES digital outputs,
and USB 2-track recording outputs
Console S3 control surface analog outputs
Pro Tools
Assignable Ethernet AVB outputs to
Pro Tools (see “Inputs from Pro Tools” on
page 75 for more information).
For more information using on the Patchbay, see Chapter 12,
“Patchbay.”
Assigning a Matrix mixer output to a Stage IO box hardware output
Output source and destination on the Patchbay page
Output name and destination shown in the outputs page
For more information, see Chapter 25, “Pro Tools Record-
ing and Playback”.