Axia Element - Element with Standard Monitor Module

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Faders can accommodate any input source. Each
channel’s Options button (at the top of the fader
strip) lets operators change sources and call up ex-
panded channel features.
Assignment Buttons for the four stereo main
output buses – Program-1, Program-2, Program-
3 and Program-4/Record – are located atop each
fader strip.
Channel Displays contain a 10-character text
readout and a window for fader position numbers
and Status Symbol icons. Text is fixed for static
sources like microphones and CD players, but can
be set to show song/artist information, etc., when
computer-based audio sources are connected.
Monitor Module Options & Profanity Delay
Controls. Channel Options section contains Di-
rect Access Keys for quick access to a channel’s
Source assignment, EQ, Dynamics, Pan, Mix-Mi-
nus and Aux Sends settings. These keys become
active whenever a channels Options key is pressed.
Below the Channel Options keys, a set of keys are
provided for convenient on-console control of ex-
ternal profanity-delay units.
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Six SoftKnobs are context sensitive; when any
Direct Access key is pressed, the on-screen dis-
play shows the function affected by rotating and/
or pushing each knob.
Monitor Module Global Options & Timer Con-
trol Keys let operators recall Show Profiles, select
monitor and metering preferences and affect other
Element behaviors. Timer controls help keep track
of on-screen elapsed and remaining time displays.
Talkback & Preview Keys let operators preview
(cue) selected sources off-air, or quickly talk to
any source(s) with associated backfeed(s).
Monitor 2 Talkback & Volume Controls let op-
erators easily talk to hosts and guests in a second
studio, and control their monitor volume.
Monitor Assignment Section contains volume
and selection controls for monitors, headphones,
Aux Send buses and Preview.
Control Knob/Nav Keys help navigate through
on-screen options.
Numeric Keypad lets operators dial phone sys-
tems or codecs directly. Also provides numeric
input during surface setup.
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