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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 138744" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: X32, DCAs, Groups, etc.I think you are confused about the way DCAs work.&nbsp; In the most simple sense they act like a channel&#039;s additional, pre-everything gain control that can be assigned to a master control fader.&nbsp; Read those words carefully...&nbsp; A DCA does *not* pass audio, rather it provides a control signal that controls the DCA &quot;circuit&quot; contained within each channel, in response to the master control fader.Grouping that *does* pass audio include &quot;mixes&quot; (fixed level - think of as &quot;groups&quot;; variable level - think of as &quot;Aux&quot; {pre fader=monitor} or effects {post fader} mixes) and matrices (but we don&#039;t need to go there, yet).&nbsp; With these &quot;mix buses&quot; we can insert additional processing (dynamics or EQ, typically) and then route the bus output to L/R and other destinations (matrix or P16, or physical outputs).If P16 monitoring is critical to your gig, you need to think &quot;backwards&quot; about your signal flow and control options.&nbsp; You may find that you can&#039;t use DCAs without them affecting the IEM mix.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 138744, member: 67"] Re: X32, DCAs, Groups, etc. I think you are confused about the way DCAs work. In the most simple sense they act like a channel's additional, pre-everything gain control that can be assigned to a master control fader. Read those words carefully... A DCA does *not* pass audio, rather it provides a control signal that controls the DCA "circuit" contained within each channel, in response to the master control fader. Grouping that *does* pass audio include "mixes" (fixed level - think of as "groups"; variable level - think of as "Aux" {pre fader=monitor} or effects {post fader} mixes) and matrices (but we don't need to go there, yet). With these "mix buses" we can insert additional processing (dynamics or EQ, typically) and then route the bus output to L/R and other destinations (matrix or P16, or physical outputs). If P16 monitoring is critical to your gig, you need to think "backwards" about your signal flow and control options. You may find that you can't use DCAs without them affecting the IEM mix. [/QUOTE]

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