Auto Mix; Buses Utility; Dca Utility - Behringer xr18 Product Manual

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Buses Utility

The Buses utility window gives convenient access to all of the channel strip
functions of all 6 buses and the main LR at the same time. This window can be
left open so that changes can be made without having to select individual buses
in the main window.

DCA Utility

Similar to the Buses utility, the DCA utility window allows all 4 DCA groups to be
easily monitored and adjusted.
A custom set of channels, buses and/or DCA groups can also be configured in 2
user-defined windows. This has the added feature of expanding the channel strip
to include the gain level, bus sends, and other information that is normally visible
in the mixer tab in the main window.

7.14 Auto Mix

The Auto Mix function is very useful for meetings or panel discussions where
multiple microphones are used for speech. The mic channels can be assigned to
one of two auto mix groups, which will automatically attenuate the channels that
are not currently receiving signal. Click the X or Y auto mix buttons on the right
side of the main window, then click the right-hand circle just above each channel
fader that you want to assign to the auto mix. An X or Y will appear in the circle to
indicate the assignment.
Whenever the auto mix bus is engaged, a blue gain reduction meter will indicate
the amount of signal reduction. This allows the current speaker to be heard
clearly while suppressing any noise from the other microphones. A white arrow
also appears next to each fader assigned to the auto mix bus, which allows
certain channels to be attenuated more or less to compensate for louder voices or
more sensitive microphones.
For situations when one person is speaking for extended periods of time, it may
be helpful to select the Last Gate box beneath the auto mix button. This keeps
the most recently active channel open, preventing unwanted artifacts of the gate
opening and closing during pauses in speech.