User's Manual

40 Chapter 8: Basic Operation
XL8 Control Centre
Quick Reference Guide
Setting up a mix
XL8 has 32 configurable mix buses, each of which can be aux mixes, subgroups and mix
minus. The aux mixes can also be set up as stereo pairs or mono. 16 matrix outputs
can also be accessed directly from input channels via level controls, which gives the XL8
the ability to provide 48 discrete mixes, plus left, right and mono. To keep the control
surface manageable, access to these mixes is confined to two rows of control knobs
across the input fast zone (mixes section of the input fast strips), which can be scrolled
up and down on a ‘virtual’ surface.
Figure 13: Mix sections in the input bays
Similarly to the inputs, outputs and groups, identification of mixes is by colour coding.
The mix control knobs in the mixes section (input fast strips) and the matrix section
(mix bay channel strip) change colour to match the currently selected mix pair.
Similarly, on the GUI, the bank of mix buses in each input fast strip (see Figure 14
below) are colour matched, but also show mix bus status information.
Figure 14: Typical mix section in a GUI input fast strip
Input fast
strip
GUI channel strip
Input channel
strip
This transition point, where solid colours
change to translucent, indicates 0dB
across the eight auxes
Bar shows that this
signal is pre-fader
Ramp shows that this
signal is post-fader
Coloured mix bus numbers
and ramp/bar show that
this is the selected pair —
colour of each pair
corresponds to the control
knobs shown far right of
GUI channel strip
Bright ramp/bar
shows that this
mix bus is on
Dimmed ramp/bar
shows that this
mix bus is off