Using Query for Bus Routing/VCA assignments

Sends can be configured quickly and easily using SSL Live's handy look-up feature, Query. First, use Query Assign to route to the bus/assign to a VCA. Then use Compressed or Expanded Query modes to adjust the send level.

Query Assign

Query Assign can be used to quickly assign paths to the Queried path.

Press & hold a path's Q button to enter Query Assign. Now use the SELECT buttons of other paths to turn them on or off to the Queried path.

While in Query Assign, the Q button of the Queried path will flash purple. The Control Mode will match what has been set for that path type.

Press the Queried path's Q button again to exit Query Assign.

Tip: It is also possible to select a range of paths by holding down the SELECT button of the first path then pressing the last path's SELECT button. All paths on the Fader Tile between these two will be selected. It is also possible to Range Select across more than one Fader Tile.

Adjusting Sends Using Query

Press the Q button once on a path. All of the buses the path is sending to, paths that are feeding the path and any VCAs the path is assigned to will be displayed.

Please Note: Depending on the Query Mode, the contributions will either be displayed as the only paths on the other tiles (Compressed), or using the Q button light colours to show those paths feeding to the Queried path (green) and being fed from the Queried path (red) (Expanded).

If the Query Control Mode is set to Quick Controls, the Quick Control encoders on the tiles displaying the contributions can be used to raise or lower the send level.

If the Query Control Mode is set to Faders, the faders will have automatically flipped when you pressed the Q button and the faders can now be used to raise of lower the send level.

To learn more about Query and Query Modes please see the Query page.

Routing to buses/Assigning to VCAs from the Detail View

Open the Detail View and tap on the Stems, Auxiliaries, Masters or MG + VCA page.

Buttons for all buses of that type will be listed in the left half of the page. If there are more buses than can be displayed at one time, use the numbered buttons in the right edge of the page to select which page of buses is shown.

The Lock button in the top right of the page defines what happens when a bus is touched:

• If Lock is on, the bus/VCA is assigned to the Quick Controls
• If Lock is off, the bus/VCA is assigned to the Quick Controls and the send is turned in or out

When a bus is selected, sliders for any available parameters are shown in the right half of the screen. These can be dragged with a finger on the touchscreen or adjusted using the Quick Control assignments beneath the relevant labels at the base of the screen. Only controls relevant to the selected bus will be shown, e.g. if the bus has been set to Follow Pan (see below) then no Pan controls will be shown, or if routing from a mono channel to a stereo bus with Follow Pan disabled then only the Left/Right Pan control will be visible.

Press the IN button (or the upper Quick Control button) to switch the send in and out.

Press the 0 dB button to set the send level to 0 dB.

Use the Pan Left, Pan Centre and Pan Right buttons to quickly set the send's Pan settings.

Use the Copy Main Path Pan to [Bus] Send Pan to copy the path's pan settings to the selected bus send pan section (applied only when the selected bus is not set to Follow Pan, else the main path pan is used). Path Link can be used to copy multiple path's Pan settings to the selected bus. See also the Copy Send Pans from Main Path Pans feature below to copy on a entire bus basis.

Note: IN is the only control that is displayed in the right side of the dialogue when configuring Sends to Master buses.

You can choose the selected feed point for this send by touching the Feed: button below the Lock button, and selecting the source from the menu which appears. The options are as follows:

• Sends to Master Buses: Default, Post Fader (before any processing elements which have been placed after the fader) and Post All (after any processing elements which have been placed after the fader);
• Sends to Auxiliaries: Default, Pre Fader and Post All;
• Sends to Stems: Default, Pre Fader, Post Trim, Post Insert A, Post Insert B, Post Fader, or Post All

Note: When Sends are sourced from the Default point, they follow whichever setting is set as the default in the Console Configuration page. See Console Configuration for details.

Bus sends that are fed from before the channel's fader (Post Trim, Pre Fader or Post Insert A/B if the insert point is before the fader in the channel's processing order) have an indicator to the left of the send level:

Bus sends that are fed from after the channel's fader (Post Fader, Post All or Post Insert A/B if the insert point is after the fader in the channel's processing order) have an indicator to the right of the send level:

The status of Bus Selectors is indicated as follows:

Masters/VCAs:		Stems and Auxes:
	Bus is unselected and switched out;		Bus is unselected and switched out;
	Bus is assigned to Quick Controls and switched out;		Bus is assigned to Quick Controls and switched out;
	Bus is assigned to Quick Controls and switched in;		Bus is assigned to Quick Controls and switched in. The bottom half of the Selector shows its level. The top half shows panning information if applicable.
	The bus is unselected and switched in.

The Mute Groups and VCAs Detail View page looks slightly different but the functionality is the same; tap the buttons to assign the path to Mute Groups and VCAs.

Routing to buses/Assigning to VCAs from the Channel View & Quick Controls

To map the bus send to the Quick Controls, go to the Channel View, tap on a bus assign button (Master, Stem or Aux) and then tap on the bus:

You can view which bus is currently mapped to the Quick Controls by checking the Quick Control label display in the top right of the Fader Tile.

Bus selectors for all buses of that type will be listed below the channel meters. If there are more buses than can be displayed at one time, use the numbered buttons in the right edge of the screen (shown right) to select which page of Selectors is shown.

The Lock button in the top right of the page defines what happens when a bus is touched:

• If Lock is on, the bus is assigned to the Quick Controls
• If Lock is off, the bus is assigned to the Quick Controls and the send is turned in or out

The controls available for each send type are as follows:

Masters

The upper key toggles send in and out. There are no other controls because Masters do not have level contribution.

Stems & Auxes

• The upper key toggles the send in and out.
• Pressing the rotary encoder changes the function of the lower right button between Pan, Width, Divergence, Front/Rear, Depth and LF Gain.
• In gain/pan, the left and right keys switch the encoder between Gain and Pan respectively.

Note: Pan, Width, and Divergence are only active if Follow Pan mode for that bus is off and the channel and bus formatting is such that the controls are required. See Stem Channels or Aux Channels for details.

The quick display (labelled Assigned) lists the routes from the channel to all buses of that type.

To select a different bus, simply tap on another bus in the Channel View on the Main Screen.

Alternatively, the ▲/▼ buttons above the Enter button can be used to scroll within the bus path type, by first activating the Enter button on the Fader Tile. A brief press of the arrows navigates through the list. Holding an arrow will jump up or down by eight buses, allowing for fast navigation. Turning off Enter exits you from the paths and back to the other assign functions.

The indicator in the bus button is off when the channel is feeding no buses of that type, and green when it is feeding at least one bus of that type (orange for VCAs).

Routing to buses from the Control Tile

Control of channel sends to Stems and Auxes, and bussing to Masters, is available via the Control Tile.

Press the Aux, Stem, Master or VCA MG button above the Control Tile Screen:

The page and parameter buttons in the middle of the screen define what is assigned to the encoders down either side.

Buttons which are available are shown with blue labelling; buttons which aren't relevant are shown with grey labelling; the active buttons are lit blue.

Select which page of twelve sends is active using the page buttons towards the right;

Select which parameter is assigned to the rotary encoders using the Parameter buttons towards the left.

The parameters which are available will depend on the formats of the channel and bus in question.

The rotary encoders down either side of the screen can then be used to alter the selected parameter for the bus indicated in the screen area nearest to them. Sends can be switched on and off by pressing on the relevant encoder.

All on-screen buttons can also be controlled by touching the screen.