DiGiCo Appendix 2 - SD Theatre - Manual (Page 6)

Appendix 2 - SD Theatre Operation
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A2.1.5 Channel Cues .....................................................................
Located in the master screen Layout menu
The Channel Cues panel shows the Channel Settings used in each channel in each cue, and allows the selection of alternative settings,
Channel Settings and Aliases
A key feature of SD7T is the ability to manipulate channel settings. If you consider the settings that make up a single channel, there are
11 key modules that when combined, make a single channel (or a channel setting). These are:
Input : The routed input, digital trim, phase, digitube
Delay : The Delay setting
Filters : High and Low Pass Filters (Input Channels only)
EQ : 4 Band EQ on Input Channels, 8 Band EQ on Output Channels
Dynamics : Single / MultiBand Compressor, De-Esser, Ducker & Gate
Inserts : Settings of both insert points (Pre and Post Processing)
Auxes : Aux Send settings
Fader : The Fader, Mute and CG Membership settings
NOTE: Fader, Mute and CG membership are shown in 3 separate columns in the Channel Cues panel
Pan : Channel Pan
Group : Routing to Groups
Output : Any direct out routing, and associated properties.
It is possible for each channel to contain more than 1 set of channel settings; the channel may be shared between two or more different
performers. Alternatively, a single performer may have different roles, or costumes, that require a change in settings.
Each channel setting is also known as an ALIAS. The Aliases may have some common elements, but each Alias contains the 11 modules
that make it up.
At first sight this window can look quite daunting but it does provide you with an invaluable way to examine, manage and fix programming
changes or errors that would otherwise remain unseen until a cue is fired.
- Channel Cues will show you where a channel’s Aliases change in the Cue list.
- It will also show you which Cues have unique settings stored and in which of the 11 sections of the channel it has been made. It won’t
display actual values but it will show you that something was done and, if the unique setting is no longer required in a Cue, allow you to
pick a default or known state from another Cue as a substitute.
· Initially channels are displayed in their condensed mode but each one can be expanded to show the full range of parameters.
Cue Name Channnel Name
Channel 4 is shown
in expanded mode
Alias changes
Cue 37 - Sargon
Cue 41 - Recruiter
Cue 54 - Sergeant Alias inheritance
Shows that Sargon,
Recruiter & Sergeant
all share the same
input settings
Expanded Modules of Channel
Shows Module Cue names including
the number of the cue in which they were created.
NOTE: When Channel Cue information is expanded to show individual modules, busses that are bigger than Mono (Stereo and
Surround) display one column for each of the legs of the buss (eg separate Left and Right legs in stereo)