User guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction to System 5
- Master Facilities and Channel Strip
- Control, Layouts and Snapshots, and Linking
- Chapter 8: Machine Control (S5P Only)
- Chapter 9: Control Groups and Multi Format Masters
- Chapter 10: Layouts and Snapshots
- Chapter 11: Linking (S5P Only)
- Chapter 12: Dynamic Automation (S5P Only)
- Chapter 13: GPI/O Event System
- Chapter 14: CM403 Film/Post Module (S5 Only)
- Chapter 15: Hybrid Pilot and System 5 Fusion Options
- Appendix A: Compliance Information
System 5 Digital Audio Mixing System User Guide110
Create Control Group
To create a Control Group:
1 Press the New key at the bottom left of the Groups Panel (see figure above).
2 Select the slave channels by pressing their Chan Select keys.
The Chan Select keys flash to show they are included in the Control Group. Press the Chan Select key again to remove it from
the Control Group. The Slave LED lights.
3 Press a Control Group key in the Groups Panel.
The Name key flashes to show the Control Group is ready to be named from the keyboard (four characters maximum).
Other Groups can be included as slaves but a slave from another Control Group cannot be included in the new Control Group.
Assign Control Group to Strip
Assigning a Control Group to a Strip is identical to assigning any other channel: Control Groups appear in the list when assigning
a channel (see “Map Channels, Control Groups, and Busses to Strips” on page 63). The Master LED lights when a Control Group
is assigned to a channel.
Modify Control Group
To modify a Control Group:
1 Press the Mod key at the bottom left of the Groups Panel (see figure above).
The Mod key flashes.
2 Press the Control Group key to modify.
The Control Group key flashes to show it is ready to be modified. The Chan Select keys flash for all channels assigned to that
Control Group. The appropriate Swap/Main must be active to see the Chan Select key flash.
3 Press the flashing Chan Select keys to delete them from the Control Group and non-flashing Chan Select keys to add them.
4 Exit this mode by pressing Mod again, another Control Group key, or any key that accesses the Panel Viewer.
Name Control Group
To name a Control Group:
1 Press the Name key at the bottom of the Groups Panel.
The Name key begins flashing.
2 Press the Control Group key to rename.
3 Name the Control Group from the keyboard (four characters).
Clear Control Group
To clear a Control Group:
1 Press the Clr key at the bottom of the Groups Panel.
The Clr key begins flashing.
2 Press the Control Group key to clear.
All slaves are deleted from the Control Group, the name reverts to the default (G#), and the display dims to show it is empty.