User's Manual

6 Chapter 3: About The XL8 Control Centre
XL8 Control Centre
Quick Reference Guide
Bay and GUI layout
The XL8 control centre has five bays, of which there are three types:
• Input bays — three input bays provide fast access to large numbers of faders and
important input signal processing controls. The bays are numbered 1, 2 and 3, in
order from left to right.
• Mix bay — provides fast access to large numbers of creative mix faders.
• Output Bay — provides access to the matrix/master output mixes and monitor
faders, the automation central control and large quantities of complex signal
processing systems.
Each bay has a GUI screen at the top and a control surface below, which is subdivided
into a control area (shallow rake) and a flat (horizontal) area at the bottom that
contains faders, navigational zones, automation etc.
Figure 1: Bays
GUI screens
Control area
(shallow rake)
Fader tray
(flat)
Bays
Mix OutputInput 1 Input 2 Input 3
1 2 3