DiGiCo SD Series - Manual (Page 68)

Chapter 2 - The Master Screen
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2.6 FX
2.6.1 The Master FX Display ..........................................................
Selecting the fx menu button in the master screen opens the master fx display, which shows all of the currently assigned fx units
in a single rack. Touching any control in this display allows adjustments to be made using the worksurface Touch Turn controls.
It is also possible to create and delete modules from this display:
To create a new module, click on the New button in the top left-hand corner of the fx window to bring up the fx Presets display,
then select the appropriate preset in the usual way. Routing to fx modules is then performed in the channel Outputs display.
To delete a module, click on the fx presets button on the module, and deselect the preset in the fx Presets display which
appears.
A number of factory presets are provided, and these provide the basis for any user-adjusted presets. Factory presets are
indicated by the presence of a red padlock in the lock column on the right, and are described below. These include stereo FPGA
reverbs and other effects such as delays, choruses, pitch shifters and audio enhancers.
Once an effects preset has been adjusted, it can be saved, either as a new preset or as an updated version of the preset that
has already been created, to prevent the changes from being lost:
To lock the preset, activate the edit name button and touch the preset’s lock column. A grey padlock appears, indicating that the
preset is now locked. Touching the lock again with edit name active unlocks the preset. All master presets are locked and
cannot be unlocked. Master presets can be distinguished from user presets by the red colour of their padlocks.
Note - that factory preset group names can be edited, even though the presets themselves cannot.
Once an effects preset has been assigned, the fx output button in the channel strip recalls the preset’s controller display. In the
case of Input channels, once an effects preset has been assigned, the preset’s display can be recalled by touching the pan area
of the channel strip. The fx Presets display can then be recalled by pressing the fx presets button within the controller display.
Each FX unit can be safed by pressing the safe button at the top of its display. The channel’s name and output are also shown at
the top of the display, and each effect displays its input and output levels in meters in the left-hand side of the controller.
Note -
On SD7 up to 16 Stereo Reverbs and additionally up to 32 other effects (dependent on type) can be used at
any one time.
On SD5 up to 24 FX can be used with maximum of 16 Stereo Reverbs
On SD10 up to 16 FX Can be used
On SD8, up to 12 FX can be used
On SD9, up to 8 FX can be used
ON SD11, up to 6 FX can be used (4 on Standard SD11)
Note - If Presets are greyed out in the presets list this means that the maximum number of an FX type has
been reached