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62 PRO X User Manual
Using VCA/POP groups
VCA/POP groups (bottom of the mix bay) allow simultaneous control over a
number of channels. This provides a quick method of bringing particular channels
to the control surface and saves you having to remember their name/number.
You can choose channel group associations and also congure the colour and
legend of each group’s LCD select button to make them instantly recognisable.
The LCD select button for each group is used for both group member assignment
and group recall.
Any group can have any channels (input/output) assigned to them, although in
normal practice is more likely that they will only have one or the other. Only input
channel group members are unfolded to the surface (input bays).
VCA groups include fader, solo and mute control. However, POP groups — which
have no audio function — are limited to unfolding channels (on area A or B).
POP groups let you create a group of related instruments that you need on the
control surface for some function.
>> To assign channels to a VCA/POP group
1. Press and hold down the LCD select button of the desired group (VCA or
POP). For example, “Kit” in the VCAs (as shown above). The group’s LCD
select button will start ashing when you are in group member selection
mode and the inputs will jump to program mode. Any existing input channel
group members will be unfolded to the control surface.
2. While still holding down the LCD select button, do one of the following:
• To assign an input channel to the group, press the LCD select button of the
desired input channel. Repeat for any other input channels you want in
the group. For example, “Kik 1”, “Sn1”, “Hihat” and “Tom” (shown above).
If necessary, scroll to a new bank of input channels.
• To assign an output channel to the group, press the quick access button
of the desired output channel. Repeat for any other output channels you
want in the group. If necessary, navigate the desired output channels
to the control surface. The quick access buttons of any output channels
that are at the control surface and are group members will illuminate.
Individual output select buttons will ash if their bank contains a member
of the current group.
3. Release the group LCD select button. The group now contains the channel
members you have just assigned and the group will be selected.
4. To exit the group, quickly press the group LCD select button.
To quickly see which channels are in a particular VCA group, press its SOLO button
on and o. Monitor this action on the Meters display (master bay GUI). Only the SOLO
buttons of channels that are group members will be aected.
Conguring VCA/POP groups
The default name and associated colour of a group, which appear on its LCD select button and on the GUI, can be congured to suit your own preference. You can also
globally change the colour of the group members to match the group colour. Conguration is carried out at the Group Sheet screen (see Figure 16).
Figure 16: VCA/POP group elds on the Group Sheet screen