Studer Vista 5 M3 - Labels in Strip Setup; Useful Information

Vista 5 M3 Digital Mixing System
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4.4.6.1.4 Useful Information
 • AnyDSPChannelcanbeassignedtoanyChannelStriponthevirtualcontrol
surface.
 • AnyDSPChannelcanbeassignedmorethanoncetoseveraldifferentChan-
nel Strips on any Section.
 • ItisnotnecessarytoassignallDSPChannelsavailableinthecurrentlyloaded
configuration; then, however, there will be no control of these channels from
the control surface.
 • AssigningDSPChannelstoChannelStripshasnoaffectonaudio.Itispurely
a viewing function, and therefore changing the strip setup can be done at any
time whilst operating the console.
 • Anindicationisprovidedtohighlightwhichbaysarecurrentlydisplayedon
the physical console. These displayed bays are in dark gray.
4.4.6.1.5 Labels in Strip Setup
The most useful label type to show in strip setup is the ‘Inherited Label’.
This is the session label of the source that is patched to a DSP channel and
also relates to the large label in the channel strip display. See chapter 4.4.2.6
for more information regarding the Vista labeling system. For this reason, a
checkbox is provided which locks the label type view of Strip Setup to show
the ‘Inherited labels’ (see below). Check the ‘Show Inherited Labels’ box to
always show Inherited Labels in the Strip Setup window.
If the ‘Show Inherited Labels’ box is not checked, the label type shown in the
Strip Setup will follow the choice of the label displayed by the smaller label
in the Channel Strips. See chapter 4.4.2.6 for a description of this label.
Not only DAW channels can be labeled in this way, but also the user labels
of the following channel types:
  • CGM/VCAmasters
  • Auxmasters
  • Matrixmasters
  • Groupmasters
  • Masters
Important Input channels are the only channels that cannot be labeled in the strip setup.
This is because the input channels use a special mechanism always propagat-
ing the name of the Input interface (e.g. mic input) to the channel patched to
this particular interface. This is very helpful since the user names need not
be relabeled whenever the patch is changed.
Therefore, it is of no use when manually changing the user label of an input
channel – it will always get overwritten automatically.