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Chapter 1—Welcome
02R96—Owner’s Manual
I/O Patching
• Any available input port can be patched to the Input Channels, Insert Ins, or Effects inputs
• Direct Outs, Insert Outs, Bus Outs, Aux Sends, and the Stereo Out can be patched to any
output port
• Input and output ports can be named for easy identification
• Patches can be stored in the Input and Output Patch libraries
EQ
• 4-band parametric EQ on all Input and Output Channels
• EQ library with 40 presets, 160 user memories
Groups & Pairs
• Horizontal and vertical pairing of Input Channels
• Horizontal pairing of Bus Outs, Aux Sends, and Surround Pan
• 8 Input Channel, 4 Output Channel Fader groups
• 8 Input Channel, 4 Output Channel Mute groups
• 4 Input Channel, 4 Output Channel EQ groups
• 4 Input Channel, 4 Output Channel Compressor groups
Effects
• 4 internal effects processors
• Effects library with 52 presets, 76 user memories
• Multichannel effects for surround sound processing
• Joystick control of early reflections and reverb with the Reverb 5.1 effect
• Optional Waves 56K effects plug-in cards
• User defined plug-ins for external effects control via MIDI, with Learn function
Dynamics
• Gates on all 56 Input Channels
• Gate library with 4 presets, 124 user memories
• Compressors on all Input Channels and Out Channels (74 in total)
• Compressor library with 36 presets, 92 user memories
Automation
• Dynamic automation of virtually all mix parameters, with 1/4-frame accuracy
• Automix library with 16 memories
• Snapshot style automation with 99 Scene memories, recallable via MIDI or Automix
• Individual fade time settings for all Input and Output faders
• Scene and library recalls
• Punch in/out entire channels with dedicated [AUTO] buttons, or individual parameters
• Editing fader moves with Fader Return, Fader Takeover, Absolute/Relative modes
• Offline event editing includes, erase, copy, move/merge, trim, duplicate, delete, and insert