Quick Start Guide
24 25PRO X Quick Start Guide
Navigating The Output Channels
The output channels comprise auxes, matrices and masters.
Master channels
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6
7
1
2
4
3
5
Master bay channel strip
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Item Element(s) Description
1
Quick access button —
master channels
Quickly selects the local master channel. Illuminates (blue) when active.
2 To Faders Moves the currently-selected group to the faders below.
3LCD select button Selects the channel. Has a backlit LCD display (with user-con gurable ba
cklight colour), which shows group name.
4 Mute button Mutes the selected channel.
5Solo button Solos the selected channel.
6
Channel selection keys
and buttons
The buttons in the channel type section (except the INPUT button) are used with the number keys in the channel select (lower)
sec
tion to select a speci c output channel number, assigning it to the control surface (see Fault Finding A Problem Channel.
7 scroll by 1 buttons These left and right scroll buttons scroll through the channels one at a time. Channel selection follows the scrolling.
8 scroll by 24 buttons These left and right scroll but
tons scroll through the channels 24 at a time. Channel selection follows the scrolling.
9
Quick access button —
channel strip
Quickly selects the local processing area of the selected channel or channel pair, but doesn’t a ect channel selection.
Illuminates (blue) when active.
>> To assign output channels to the control surface
Do one of the following:
• • Channel type buttons - On the PRO X the Channel Type buttons
have been replaced with 24 Out LCDs which are assignable in the
usual manner: press and hold, and then select the channels you wish
to assign.
• • Scroll buttons - Scroll the desired output channel to the control
surface using the scroll by 1 buttons in the channel select
(upper) section.
To select the desired output group, scroll through the input fast zone with the
Scroll by 24 buttons.
>> To select a processing area
You may want a speci c processing area of an output channel assigned to
the loc
al channel strip, for example, to carry out processing or for copying its
parameters to another output channel. To do this, provided the output channel
is currently selected at the control surface, press the quick access button local to
the desired channel strip’s processing area to selec
t it.
You can select a processing area via the GUI by clicking on a non-control area
within the desired section of the ‘overview’ display (aux send, aux return,
matrix or master) in the GUI channel strip.
Navigation Via The GUI
The GUI has unique navigational tools by which to return to a channel ‘overview’
display from one of its processing areas in the GUI channel strip, and also to
browse through the GUI screen display history.
>> To navigate back to a channel’s overview display from one of its
processing areas in the GUI channel strip
Click the return arrow in the channel header.
>> To nd a GUI screen that you recently opened
Use the ba
ck/forward browser buttons to do one of the following:
To return to the GUI screen you have just opened, click the back button
To open one of the GUI screens you have recently visited, click the back/forward
buttons. The back button will take you back through yo
ur browser history,
while the forward button goes the opposite way.
The back/forward buttons are similar to those on standard browsers used
on any PC.
Fault Finding A Problem Channel
If you know the number of the channel that has a problem, you can quickly
navigate it to the control surface by typing in its channel type and number via
the lower channel select (lower) and channel type sections.
>> To select a channel using its number
1. In the channel type section, press the button of the desired type.
For exa
mple, if the channel is an input, press INPUT.
2. In the channel select (lower) section, type in the channel’s number.
For example, press 4 and then 7 for channel 47.
3. Press ENTER.
Con guring The Inputs And Outputs
Similarly to the VCA/POP groups, you can change the name and colour of each of
the inputs and outputs. This is done via the GUI at their respective sheet screens.
For con guration details, see Con guring VCA/POP Groups.
>> To open the Input/Output Sheet screen
Do one of the following:
• • At the GUI, choose home > Input Channels > Input Sheet to open
the Input Sheet screen, or choose home > Mix & Outputs > Output
Sheet to open the Output Sheet screen
• • In the primary navigation zone, press the inputs/outputs screen
access button to open the Input Sheet screen. To open the Output
Sheet screen, press it again.