Teac DM-24 - Manual (Page 69)

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9 – Grouping
TheDM-24 provides the ability to group channels in
either fader or mute groups or both.
Note the following points with regard to the use of
these groups:
Up to eight groups of each type may be used.
The pattern of the mute groups can be copied to the
fader groups, so that the two group sets are identical.
A channel cannot be a member of more than one
group of each type. In other words, it can be a mem-
ber of only one fader group (or of no fader groups)
and/or only one mute group (or of no mute groups).
In a group (whether fader or mute) there is always
one channel which is referred to as the “master”
channel. This channel sets the status for all the other
“slave” channels in the group. For a mute group, this
means that the slave channels echo the mute status of
the master channel. For a fader group, this means that
moving the fader of the master channel will move the
faders and alter the levels of the other channels in the
group.
A “slave” channel in a group can be operated inde-
pendently of the other channels in the group.
In addition to channels being members of the groups,
groups can also be members of groups, allowing
hierarchical “group layers” to be created. Fader
groups can only be members of other fader groups,
and mute groups can only be members of other mute
groups.
The grouping screen includes a linking sub-screen,
and this is covered in “Linked modules” on page 60.
Mute groups
The two grouping screens (for fader grouping and
mute grouping) are similar. This is the mute group
screen.
As the name suggests, mute groups allow the chan-
nels to be grouped together in such a way that press-
ing the
MUTE key of the master channel of a mute
group affects the mute status of all the other (slave)
channels in the group.
Slave mute may be turn on or off independently of
the other mutes in the group.Groups are shown as
horizontal rows in the matrix in the upper part of the
screen. The 32 channels are shown as columns.
If a row (group) has no check marks or large “bullet”
dots in it, no channels have been assigned to that
group.
To assign a channel to a group, use the § and ¶cur-
sor keys or dial to move the cursor to the appropriate
row.
If any channels have previously been assigned to the
group, the
SEL key of the master channel flashes
when the group is selected, and the SEL keys of any
slave channels light.
NOTE
It may not always be possible to see the flashing SEL
key indicating a group master when you select a group
on screen, as the master channel may be in an inactive
fader layer.
Press the unlit SEL key of any channel to assign the
channel to the group.
If the channel is the first one to be assigned to the
group, the symbol changes to a large bullet point,
showing that it is the master channel of the group and
the
SEL indicator flashes.
If the channel is assigned to a group and it is not the
first channel in the group, it is shown with a check
mark to show that it is a slave channel, and the
SEL
indicator lights.
If a channel has already been assigned to a group as a
slave and that group is currently selected, pressing
the
SEL key unassigns it from the group.
If a channel has already been assigned to a group as a
master and another group is currently selected, press-
ing the
SEL key to turn the channel into a slave chan-
nel brings up a warning message ( Re-assign mute
grouping? ), and pressing ENTER reassigns the group.
Any of the cursor keys may be used as “no” or
“escape” keys here.