Fairlight Xynergi - Bus Reduction; Bus Assign

User Manual HOW TO … February 16, 2010
Xynergi Media Production Centre Page 64
Auxes 1 to 12 - support formats from OFF to mono to 7.1
Multi-Track (MT) buses 1 to 24 - OFF or mono only.
This guide shows you how to set formats for your buses.
Note: The total number of bus elements is finite!
Get Ready
Press the green Setup button.
Press the
Bus Format button.
Set Bus Formats
Main, Subs and Auxes can be selected. Press the Bus/MT toggle to access MT buses (deselect
everything
first!)
Select a
bus. Current format is shown as a bright Soft key, and by speaker icons below. Press a
dimly lit soft key to change format.
If you select multiple buses with different formats, no soft key will be lit brightly, and speakers will
appear foggy. But you can still set them to any available format – then the speakers become
clear.
The Pad shows how many Bus Elements are left.
Bus Reduction
To learn about Bus reduction, select a Sub-Bus with non-zero format, and press Reduct'n Mode.
Bus Reduction is used when you need to mix to more than one format simultaneously. Every
channel that goes to the Main Bus can also be assigned (manually or automatically) to the Sub-
Bus that will be used for Reduction (see How To  Setup  Bus Assign later in this section).
In addition, you can offset the level of a channel going to the Reduction Bus, compared with its
level going to the Main Bus.
In Reduction Mode, a Sub-Bus has its own fader on each channel. These are controlled using
Faders To... Sub-Bus faders may be set pre or post the Main channel fader, using Bus Params
(see How To  Setup  Bus Params later in this section). All faders default to 0dB – in post
fader mode they offset Reduction fader levels from Main levels.
Use the soft keys to set the Reduction Mode:
Normal  no reduction. Sub-Bus level = Main level.
Reduce  reduction is on. Path is assigned to the Reduction bus automatically when assigned to
Main.
Free  reduction is on. Path assignment is independent.
Press
end to exit.
Bus Assign
Overview
Assigning a path to a bus means sending it to that mix destination. Every path in the system has
separate assignment to every bus, meaning that you can choose which paths go to which buses.