DiGiCo SD9 - Manual (Page 10)

SD9 - Getting Started
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1.3.6 The Master Fader ..................................................................
By default, the master fader is assigned to the master group output, which is the lowest stereo group output by default. In
addition, the master fader can be assigned to the Solo buss 2 rotary control using the on screen button in the Solos panel on the
Master screen.
1.3.7 Other Controls .......................................................................
To the left of the screen are more channel controls: When pressed, the 2nd function button allows access to different param-
eters:
1) Stereo Aux Pan and Pre/Post switching
2) Hard Mute of a channel
3) Fine adjustment of Delay settings on output channels
The Option/All button has 2 main functions:
1) When pressed and released, any channel that is a member of a gang will be temporarily isolated from that gang.
2) When pressed and held, any parameter that is adjusted on a single channel will also be adjusted in the same way
on all of the channels in that bank
1.3.8 Channel Types ......................................................................
The signal flow of the SD9 is best understood in terms of the four channel types contained within it, shown below. Each channel
type offers full signal processing capabilities. As a summary, the four channel types are as follows:
- Input channels bring signals into the console to be mixed and sent to aux and group busses.
- Aux channels send a variety of mixes of the Input channels to the Aux outputs, mainly for use as monitor mixes and FX
sends.
- Group channels mix groups of input channels together, to feed the buss outputs or the output matrix.
- Matrix channels send the outputs of the matrix to the console’s main outputs (Optionally).
The Group channels, Aux channels and Matrix channels are all referred to as output channels. While the Aux and Matrix channels
are the channel types most commonly routed to outputs, all four channel types can be routed directly to outputs.
Channels are laid out in banks of 12 on the console worksurface and can be identified by their colour: Light-blue for Input chan-
nels, red for Group channels, purple for Aux channels and blue-green for Matrix channels.
By default, the Input Channels will be assigned to the top banks on the left and right sections of the console.
The output channels (Groups, Auxes and Matrices) will be assigned to the lower banks.
Control Groups will also be assigned to the lower banks. These bank assignments can be customised by the user and saved in a
session at any time.
Holding any bank or layer button down for a couple of seconds will switch both worksurface sections to the same bank level.
The controls on each different type of output channel are identical but an input channel has a number of additional features.