DiGiCo SD Series - Manual (Page 19)

Chapter 1 - Channel Types
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Stereo channels also have an m-s button, located above the input routing button, which switches in a decode function for
replaying M-S signals as a normal stereo pair. There are three further buttons in this panel: L<>R swaps the channel’s left and
right outputs, L>L+R sends the left signal to both left and right busses, and R>L+R sends the right signal to both left and right
busses.
1.4.4 Channel Metering .................................................................
Channel meters can be displayed in the top section of the Input channel strip, in place of the input and filters areas. To do this,
press the meter (SD7, SD5), rotary assign (SD8, SD10), screen scroll (SD9, SD11) up button, located on the console
worksurface. If these encoders are initially assigned to the trim function, you will need to press the rotary assign up button
twice to display the meters.
If you adjust any parameter which is hidden by the meters, the meters will be hidden momentarily, allowing adjustments to be
viewed.
1.4.5 Output Routing .....................................................................
Signals can be fed from Input channels to four different places: aux busses, group busses, insert sends and direct outputs. Insert
routing and basic direct output routing are described in the Getting Started Manual.
The top half of the output section of the Input channel strip contains the aux buss controls, as previous described. Below the
auxes, there is a pan control, affecting the relative levels of the channel’s left and right outputs to any stereo routing destinations.
The controls are formatted to match the format of the buss with the most components:
- Where there are only stereo or LCR busses, a simple pan slider is shown (see below left). Move the slider to adjust the
pan. A text box indicates the panning position as a percentage from the centre towards the right.
- Where there are LCRS busses, a two-dimensional panning scope is shown (see below centre). Move the central grey
square to adjust the position. Text boxes indicate the left-right and front-back position.
- Where there are 5.1 busses, a two-dimensional panning scope is shown, along with a pink LFE level control (see below
right). Move the central grey square to adjust the position. Text boxes indicate the left-right and front-back position, as
well as the LFE gain.
There is also an LR/LCR Blend control. This control allows adjustment of the amount of signal that is sent to the centre leg
(where one exists) of a surround buss. In the extreme left LR position, no signal will go to the centre leg:
The pan of the Assigned channel can be controlled using the worksurface joystick (SD5,7,8,10). The pan control can also be
assigned to one of the encoder rows. LR/LCR Blend is adjusted using the 2nd function button.