The Routing screen lets you view and adjust sends, routing and assignments for the currently selected channel. It offers an alternative to using the dLive fader strips, Mix keys and Assign / Pre keys.

🛈 For more information on using the fader strips on the Surface please refer to the dLive Surface Getting Started Guide

Input channels

Displays routing, assignments and Direct Out controls.

1. Sends are shown as a purple bar if post-fade, as a green bar if pre-fade. The bar is filled in if the channel is assigned to the Mix, the outline only is shown otherwise. Group assignments are shown as a purple dot.

2. Touch the drop-down menu to select the Global Direct Output Source. This setting affects all channel Direct Outputs and can be set to Post Preamp, Post LPF, Post Gate, Post Insert A Return, Post PEQ, Post Compressor, Post Insert B Return, Post Delay.

   ⚙ Hold down Setup and touch anywhere in the Routing screen to access further options for the Direct Out including Follow Fader, Follow Mute and Follow All (DCA/Mutes, Ch Fader/Mute)

3. Scroll in this area or scroll / touch anywhere in the overview area to navigate the controls. Touch On/Off to toggle the channel assignment to the Main Mix, FX send, Aux, or Group. Touch Pre/Post to switch the FX or Aux send pre-fade or post-fade. Touch on a rotary control and use the screen rotary to adjust the send level or channel level to the Main mix. Touch on a Pan control and use the screen rotary to adjust the send Pan (stereo sends and Main mix only).

   In 5.1 Main mode, a surround panning icon is displayed instead of the Pan control. Touch this icon to access surround panning and LFE level (see below).

   In LCR+ Main mode, touch the Pan control to access LCR+ settings.

4. DCA & Mute Group assignments – Touch the On/Off buttons to toggle the channel assignment to the associated DCA or Mute Group.
5. Direct Out – Touch the control and use the screen rotary to adjust the Direct Out level. The current source point for the Direct Out is displayed in addition to whether the Direct Out is configured to follow DCA or Channel Faders and Mutes. Touch the text area to open the Direct Out options including Follow Fader, Follow Mute and Follow All (DCA/Mutes, Ch Fader/Mute)

Surround panning

Access to 5.1 image, options and LFE level.

1. Panning mode – Touch the drop-down menu to select the panning mode for the selected channel with regards to the front triplet.

   LR – The Pan control will affect the stereo image to L and R. No signal will be sent to C.

   LCR – Each channel can be panned from left, through centre to right. At mid pan, full signal is fed to C and none to L and R. Stereo Inputs and FX Returns will be hard panned to LR.

   LCR+ – The Pan control will affect the stereo image while the Divergence control will determine the amount of signal to C vs LR.

2. Level – This is the Main channel level.
3. 5.0 Panning – Drag the red pointer to position the channel at any point in the 5.0 image.
4. Divergence – When the Panning Mode is set to LCR+, this control determines the amount of signal to C vs LR, given a fixed stereo image. For example, at mid pan and with the control fully clockwise (full Divergence), no signal is fed to C and the stereo image relies on LR only (the so called ‘phantom centre’). At mid pan and with the control fully anti-clockwise (no Divergence), the signal is sent to C only.
5. LFE and Non-LFE levels – Use the LFE level to control the amount of signal sent to the Main LFE channel. Use the Non-LFE level to control the amount of signal sent to the Main 5.0 mix. This is always open by default but can be attenuated up to –inf for example for use with special LFE-only effects.

Aux, Main, Matrix and FX sends

Displays routing and assignments of Input channels, FX Returns and Groups to the selected Mix, as well as DCA and Mute Group assignments for the selected Mix.

1. Mix Source – The point within the channel signal path that feeds the selected Mix is set globally for each Mix using this drop-down menu. It can be set to Post Preamp, Post Insert A Return, Post PEQ, or Post Delay.
2. Sends overview – Sends from Inputs, FX Returns and Groups are shown as a purple bar if post-fade, as a green bar if pre-fade. The bar is filled in if the channel is assigned to the Mix, the outline only is shown otherwise. Use the tabs on top to display Inputs, FX Returns or Groups.
3. Routing controls – Scroll in this area or touch in the overview area to navigate the controls. Touch On/Off to toggle the channel assignment to the Mix. Touch Pre/Post to switch the channel send pre-fade or post-fade. Touch on a rotary control and use the screen rotary to adjust the channel send level. Touch on a Pan control and use the screen rotary to adjust the channel send Pan (stereo sends only).
4. Follow Main Pan – Touch this button to open the Follow Main Pan Settings.

1. Follow / Invert – Each stereo mix can have its own settings. When Follow is enabled, any changes to channel pans to the Mains (i.e. LR) will be followed by the send pans. If Follow and Invert are both enabled then channel Main pan settings will be followed and inverted to the stereo mix. Touch Apply to confirm changes or Discard to cancel changes.
2. Set All – Quickly enable or disable Follow and/or Invert on all stereo mixes. Touch Apply to confirm changes or Discard to cancel changes.

DCA and Groups

Displays channel assignments to the DCA or Group. Touch On/Off to toggle the channel assignment to the DCA or Group. Use the tabs on top to display different channel types.

⚙ Hold down Setup and touch anywhere in the Routing screen to access the DCA fader to 0dB option. This forces the DCA level at 0dB.

Group to Group Routing

Viewing the Routing Page with a Group Selected will show the “Grp to Grp Source Point” control. This Source Point affects all sends to other Groups from the currently selected Group. This can be set to either Post Comp or Post Delay. When assigning a Group to another Group

🛈 Group to Group routing is not delay/latency compensated. Group to Group routing adds 4 or 8 samples of latency depending on source point selection (Post Comp or Post Delay respectively).