AWS 948 TUTORIAL
FOCUS MODES
In order to allow console controls to be used for controlling either analogue signals or an external DAW,
SSL created ‘Focus modes’ as a way of allowing the AWS to ‘focus’ on one or other domain. To switch
between modes, press the Focus switch, towards the bottom of the console centre section (shown right).
T
he button is lit for Analogue Focus, and unlit for DAW Focus. Focus mode can also be quickly checked
by looking at the channel meters: The bottom LEDs stay lit when the console is in Analogue Focus.
While a number of controls always retain the same role (such as analogue signal processing, routing and monitoring, or DAW
transport control), the roles of the following controls are different in each Focus mode:
When the console is in DAW Focus mode, analogue level control of stereo channels can be assigned to the V-pots
by pressing the CHANNEL button, to the left of the Focus button. This allows ‘In-Line’-style signal control but
with the monitor mix being created using the DAW digital mixer. Pressing the V-pot will then reverse the functions
of the V-pot and fader.
Channel meters can be locked to either Focus mode by entering the Function Keys’ Meters menu and selecting
either DAW or Anl.
In In-line Channel Modes, the V-pot adjusts the secondary channel path’s level, as explained on Page 2b-5.
Console Element
Analogue Focus (Button lit) DAW Focus (Button unlit)
Channel faders,
plus its cuts and solos
Analogue signal in channel DAW channel level
Channel V-pots,
plus its cuts and solos
In-line: Secondary path level; Stereo: Balance
Or DAW params (see notes below)
Available for DAW parameters or
analogue signal control (see notes below)
Channel
SEL switch
Assigns analogue channel to Master Section
Selects DAW Record, Select or
channel plugin depending on mode
Channel
meters
Displays channel’s analogue signal level
(see notes below)
Displays DAW channel level
(see notes below)
AWS 948 Tutorial
AWS 924-948 Operator’s Manual Page 2b-1
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