User's Manual
Setting up a mix 43
XL8 Control Centre
Quick Reference Guide
The linked parameters default to the user-configurable global
default link settings, which are set via the GUI menu (choose
homePreferencesLinking). However, you can override
these default link settings for the pair via the Stereo Linking
Options window (shown right), which is opened by clicking the
st. linking options button (GUI channel strip).
In stereo mix mode the top control knob becomes pan adjust
and the bottom one adjusts level. When creating a stereo mix,
you can use either the odd or even output to link the two
channels, but the mode of the odd channel is used on both.
Programming the mix preset
You can ‘lock’ the most relevant aux/matrix sends to each channel on a scene-by-scene
basis, which can then be instantly recalled to the control surface. This means that you
can have any two mix buses of your choice at any input channel. The mix buses are
stored in a “mix preset”, which is recalled using the preset button in the input channel
strips. Programming of the mix preset is a simple process whereby individual mix
buses can be added as desired.
>> To add a mix bus to the mix preset
1 Navigate the desired mix bus pair to the input fast zone (see “How to navigate”
on page 32).
2 In the mix select section of an input channel strip, press the preset button.
3 In the mix preset section, press and hold down
the set upper/set lower button and press the
(store) quick access button in the desired input
fast strip(s) (see “To set up a mono aux mix” on
page 41). The set upper button is used for the
odd numbered mix bus and the set lower button
for the even numbered one.
4 Release the set upper/set lower button.
If necessary repeat using the other
set upper/set lower button to assign the other
mix bus (odd or even) to desired input channels.
For example, if you have just used the set
upper button to assign aux 17 to desired input
channels, press the set lower button to do the
same with aux 18.
Repeat for different mix buses.
>> To activate the mix preset
Press preset. Any mix buses programmed in the
preset are assigned to the input channels.