Fader Screen Overview

The Fader screen displays up to eight channels at a time. Use the bank tabs at the top (touchscreen) or bottom left (CQ-MixPad) to switch between the five banks of channels and MGrp/DCA controls. Use the Faders Only button at the top right to either show channel Listen, Pan and Mute controls, or longer faders with no controls.

Switch to the Custom Layer, with four custom banks, using the CUSTOM button at the top left of the screen. The Custom Layer is setup in the CONFIG / CONTROL & NETWORK / Custom Layer screen.

Sends to Main LR

By default and whenever the CQ has just been turned on, the faders for input channels and FX in the FADER screen will be showing the send levels to Main LR.

Listen (Headphone symbol) – Touch the listen button to hear only that channel in the headphone output (when headphone source is set to ‘Listen’)

Pan – Position the signal in the stereo image from left to right.

Level – Touch and drag (multiple) faders to adjust signal level or select a fader and use the Touchscreen rotary to adjust (CQ-12T, CQ-18T).

ⓘ Only FX units in Shared mode can be ‘Sent to’ MainLR, an Output or FX Unit.

ⓘ Outputs cannot be sent to other Outputs, so their fader always controls their output level.

Mute –Touch Mute to prevent flow of signal from the channel to any output or FX unit.

ⓘ Muted channels are indicated with a red fader cap on the mini faders at the top (touchscreen) or bottom left (CQ-MixPad).

Sends to an Output

Touch Sends to and select an output to show all send levels to that output on the fader for each input and FX channel.

With an Output other than Main LR selected, the fader background is coloured to indicate that fader positions are showing the ‘Sends to’ an output that is not the Main LR.

ⓘ The actual send level will depend on Pre/Post Fader settings for the selected output.

ⓘ Only FX units in shared mode can be ‘Sent to’ MainLR, an Output or FX Unit.

ⓘ Outputs cannot be sent to other Outputs, so their fader always controls their output level.

When sending to a stereo output, pan controls are available, though if Follow Main LR Pan is On for the selected output, the pan value is only displayed and cannot be adjusted.

The RHS fader is used to control the overall send, or output level. This is a duplicate of the output channel fader in the OUTPUTS bank view.

Sends to FX

Touch Sends to and select an FX to show all send levels to that FX unit on the fader for each input and FX channel.

When Sends to an FX are selected, the fader background is coloured purple to indicate that fader positions are showing the ‘Sends to’ an FX Unit.

ⓘ Send levels to FX units are always Post Fader, so they respect the send level to the Main LR and therefore any DCA adjustments too.

ⓘ Only FX units in shared mode can be affected by the ‘Send to’ levels set here.

ⓘ Outputs cannot be sent to other Outputs so their fader always controls their output level.

The RHS fader is used to control the overall send level to the FX unit. This fader is duplicated by the FX Send Level rotary control in the FX screen when the unit is in shared mode.

MGrp/DCA

The MGrp/DCA bank tab is always accessible, even when the Custom Layer is active. It includes controls for all four Mute Groups and all four DCA’s (Digitally Controlled Amplifiers).

ⓘ Assign channels to Mute Groups and DCA’s in the CONFIG / CONTROL & NETWORK / Mute Groups and CONFIG / CONTROL & NETWORK / DCAs screens.

Mute Groups – All four Mute Group MUTE buttons in a single strip. When any member of the Mute Group is not muted, the button will show as Off (grey) and pressing it will mute all members. When all members are muted, it will show as On (red) and pressing it will unmute all members.

DCA 1-4 – Use the DCA fader to adjust the main send level of all members of the DCA at once. The actual send level is calculated as the individual send level fader value, plus the DCA fader value. This is indicated with two arrows (▷◁) on the individual main send level fader of any channel in a DCA.
Use the DCA MUTE buttons to mute or unmute all DCA members. When any member of the DCA is not muted, the button will show as Off (grey) and pressing it will mute all members. When all members are muted, it will show as On (red) and pressing it will unmute all members.