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So there are a few ways to assign channels to DCAs and Mute Groups.
The first way that you may have noticed is from the individual channel Overview screen.
So if we select channel 17 and then go to the Overview tab here at the top
you’ve probably noticed that there are Groups of DCAs and also the Mute Groups in here.
By touching each individual one you’re able to assign this channel to multiple Mute Groups and DCAs.
And the same can be done across every channel.
There is another way to assign these that you might prefer.
We can go to the DCA channel layer which, if you’re working on a Sonicview 24,
is going to be on Layer 4. If you’re working on a Sonicview 16 that’s going to be on Layer 6.
So here you can see our DCAs, and I’ve already
assigned a couple of those channels on here as you just previously saw. But let’s select DCA1.
By doing that we pull up our DCA Assign screen which goes to the input tab,
and there’s also an output tab as well.
So from here we can assign anything to this DCA.
So let’s assign channels 17 through 24.
And we’ll pretend that this is our drum mix. And now if we wanted to do something
similar with DCA 2 we can just touch DCA 2 at the top and now we can assign those as well.
Now, from our Output tab, the DCA needs to be assigned an output so that it can be effective
in actually doing its job. So let’s say on DCA 1 we want to assign this to the main left/right mix,
so that way if these are our drums and now, you know, we may find during our performance the drums
are a little bit too high or maybe they’re a little bit too low, we can take our DCA 1 fader
and adjust it ever so slightly to the main to get it to sound balanced overall. Now what we can do
is go to DCA 2 also on the Output tab, and we can assign this someplace else, let’s say Mix 4.
Perhaps that’s our drummer’s in-ear monitor and maybe they’re finicky and they want a little bit
less here and there or a little bit more, this makes it easy to pull up or pull down and now
that’s adjusting the overall drum take volume to the mix.
For assigning to our Mute Groups, we’ll go to our Mute Group Assign tab.
And from here we can see all eight of our Mute Groups at the top
and then also similarly our Output tab here and our Input tab as well.
So again let’s, we’re pretending we’re doing a drum mix right now.
So again let’s select our channels 17 through 24.
Now we need to go to our output.
So we’re on Mute Group one and let’s say we’re also doing this for our drum.
Maybe sometimes the drummer absolutely just wants the drums cut out of the mix,
so he can focus on, you know, the other instruments there.
So we’ll put this back on Mix 4.
Now if we go to Mute Group Master we can see here on Mute Group one we’ve got channel 17 through 24.
And it’s going to Mix 4 which is there at the bottom.
So we select Mute Group off, right then it will turn to Mute Group on.
So let’s take a look at what that looks like on our actual channels.
So let’s go back to layer one.
Here’s our channels that are in question, that we’ve assigned to this Mute Group.
Mute Group on, and now we can see all of our Mute lights for those particular channels are flashing.
So let’s turn that off, and let’s take a different look here.
Out of the box our User Keys at the top here, 1, 2, 3 and 4,
these all come assigned to different Mute Groups.
So this is a quick way to do this function without actually having to be on the Mute Group Master screen.
So let me press User Key 1,
and now we can see Mute Group 1 has been muted. And we can do the same across 2, 3 and 4.
Now we have eight different Mute Groups, so we can actually assign, you know, all eight of them
if we would like to any of our different User Keys.
And let’s take a quick look at how to do that.
By going to our main menu and then Front Panel Setup we can see User Key Setup.
So by clicking that we now have all of our user-defined controls here.
So here we see our Mute Group 1, 2, 3 and 4 and then we start getting into the Sends On Faders which is great.
But let’s say we need to control more of our Mute Groups.
So by doing this, we’ll scroll down to Mute Group, which we can see on the left,
and now we will assign this to Mute Group 5.
And then we’ll click APPLY, and now we can see here new Group 5.
So let’s take a look at how this has affected all these. We’ll go back to our DCAs
and we’ll go to the Mute Group Master and we have now added Mute Group 5 right here.
So now I’ll click the User Key 5 and we can see that this has now been muted.
So that’s an easy way to get around this and assign both for our DCAs and our Mute Groups
the inputs and the outputs where they’re going and routed to and how that affects the overall signal
to our different mixes or our mains.
And then the User Keys being defined here. This is a really great way to move back and forth
without having to go to any sort of internal screens like this, although that’s certainly an option.
Our next video in the Sonicview Learning Center series is going to cover custom layer setup
and also layer key setup.
So be sure to click on the screen and follow that link to get more information.