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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Hague" data-source="post: 133257" data-attributes="member: 128">Re: GLD 80 Question regarding DCA or GroupTo mimic the way your current setup works, you want to use groups, not DCAs. On the GLD I think you would do that using mix busses as groups but I am not positive of that - that is how you do it on a Soundcraft Si.There are distinct differences between groups and DCAs but many people get confused because the core function is the same - controlling the level of multiple channels with a single fader.With a group, you do not assign individual channels to the main mix. Instead they feed a buss mix that then feeds the main mix. With a group, audio passes through the buss so you can use a physical output on the board to feed a recorder just for that group and you can insert effects across the entire group. If the channels assigned to the group are &quot;stereo&quot;, you need 2 groups (panned hard L &amp; R) to keep the stereo image. Muting the group does not mute the channels feeding it so monitor mixes and effects sends are unaffected.With a DCA, you are simply controlling the voltage that the channel faders assigned to the DCA work off of - it is not a bus and no audio &quot;passes through&quot; it. The channels still feed the main L&amp;R outputs directly. You cannot assign an output for recording or insert effects but you can use just a single DCA with &quot;stereo&quot; channels. Since the DCA affects the individual channel faders directly, muting a DCA mutes the channels too so all output regardless of where its routed is muted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff Hague, post: 133257, member: 128"] Re: GLD 80 Question regarding DCA or Group To mimic the way your current setup works, you want to use groups, not DCAs. On the GLD I think you would do that using mix busses as groups but I am not positive of that - that is how you do it on a Soundcraft Si. There are distinct differences between groups and DCAs but many people get confused because the core function is the same - controlling the level of multiple channels with a single fader. With a group, you do not assign individual channels to the main mix. Instead they feed a buss mix that then feeds the main mix. With a group, audio passes through the buss so you can use a physical output on the board to feed a recorder just for that group and you can insert effects across the entire group. If the channels assigned to the group are "stereo", you need 2 groups (panned hard L & R) to keep the stereo image. Muting the group does not mute the channels feeding it so monitor mixes and effects sends are unaffected. With a DCA, you are simply controlling the voltage that the channel faders assigned to the DCA work off of - it is not a bus and no audio "passes through" it. The channels still feed the main L&R outputs directly. You cannot assign an output for recording or insert effects but you can use just a single DCA with "stereo" channels. Since the DCA affects the individual channel faders directly, muting a DCA mutes the channels too so all output regardless of where its routed is muted. [/QUOTE]

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