Studer Vista 5 M3 - Graphical Controller Operation

Vista 5 M3 Digital Mixing System
GC Operation 4-1
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CHAPTER 4
4 Graphical Controller Operation ......................................................................................................................5
4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................5
4.2 The GC Screen ....................................................................................................................................................7
4.2.1 The Toolbar ........................................................................................................................................................... 8
4.2.2 The Status Bar ....................................................................................................................................................... 9
4.3 Graphical Controller Basics ..............................................................................................................................10
4.3.1 Sources and Targets ............................................................................................................................................. 10
4.3.2 The Session Configuration .................................................................................................................................. 10
4.3.3 Labels .................................................................................................................................................................. 11
4.4 First Level: Main GC Pages .............................................................................................................................13
4.4.1 One Page, or More... ........................................................................................................................................... 14
4.4.1.1 Working with one Single Page .................................................................................................................................14
4.4.1.2 Working with Multiple Pages ...................................................................................................................................14
4.4.2 The General Patch ............................................................................................................................................... 17
4.4.2.1 General Patch Navigation ........................................................................................................................................18
4.4.2.1.1 Navigating the Sources/Targets List ............................................................................................................................18
4.4.2.1.2 Other Navigation Methods ...........................................................................................................................................19
4.4.2.1.3 What Subcategories are There? ....................................................................................................................................20
4.4.2.2 How to Deal with the Analog Interfacing? ..............................................................................................................21
4.4.2.3 Digital Input/Output Subclasses ...............................................................................................................................21
4.4.2.3.1 Using Subclasses to Aid Navigation ............................................................................................................................22
4.4.2.4 Making and Clearing the Cross-Points ....................................................................................................................23
4.4.2.5 Editing the User Labels in the General Patch ..........................................................................................................26
4.4.2.5.1 Sorting Options ............................................................................................................................................................27
4.4.2.5.2 View the Different Label Types ...................................................................................................................................27
4.4.2.6 Working with Labels ................................................................................................................................................28
4.4.2.6.1 Automatic Label Propagation ......................................................................................................................................29
4.4.2.7 What are Device Labels? .........................................................................................................................................30
4.4.2.8 How to Activate the Device Label Functionality ..................................................................................................... 31
4.4.2.9 Where are the Device Labels Saved? ....................................................................................................................... 31
4.4.2.10 How to Create or Overwrite a Device Label ............................................................................................................31
4.4.2.11 How to Edit an Existing Device Label ..................................................................................................................... 31
4.4.2.12 Background Information ..........................................................................................................................................31
4.4.2.13 Automatic Generation of Intelligent Fixed Labels...................................................................................................32
4.4.3 Channel Patch...................................................................................................................................................... 33
4.4.3.1 Using the Channel Patch for Patching Audio ...........................................................................................................34
4.4.3.2 Setting the Order of DSP Processing Blocks ...........................................................................................................35
4.4.3.3 On-screen Toggles for Input Selector and Dynamics Key Selector ......................................................................... 35
4.4.3.4 Editing the Channel User Labels .............................................................................................................................35
4.4.3.5 Set the Metering and Direct Out Source Point ......................................................................................................... 36
4.4.3.6 Switch off the Label Inheritance ..............................................................................................................................36
4.4.3.7 Setup & Activate the Dynamics Sidechain Link ...................................................................................................... 37
4.4.3.8 Fader Ramp Control (‘Audio Follows Video’) ........................................................................................................39