Sony 8000SF User Manual

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Signal Selection
   
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Basics of Signal Selection
Each of the M/E banks, PGM/PST bank and auxiliary bus control block has 32 
cross-point buttons and three reentry buttons (four in the case of the auxiliary 
bus control block).
These buttons are identified by numbers common to all of the banks and block, 
and a signal is assigned to each number.
The basis of signal selection is to select, in a cross-point button row, the cross-
point button to which is assigned the desired signal.
Reentry buttons
To use the output of one M/E bank as background input to another bank, use 
the reentry buttons [M/E1], [M/E2], and [M/E3] (on the auxiliary bus control 
block, [M/E1], [M/E2], [M/E3], and [PGM]) in the cross-point control block 
of the destination bank.
For example, to feed the output from the M/E-1 bank as the background B input 
to M/E-2, in the M/E-2 cross-point control block, press the [M/E1] button in 
the background B row.
Bus Selection
Each row of 32 cross-point buttons is shared by multiple buses.
For example, in the M/E-1 bank, the key 1 row of buttons can be assigned either 
to the key 1 bus or to the key 3 bus. The [KEY3] button switches between these 
two assignments.
To assign a bus to the cross-point buttons in the auxiliary bus control block, 
press one of the AUX delegation buttons to select the bus. 
The following table illustrates the correspondence between buses and cross-
point button rows, and the delegation operations.
Bank
Bus name
Cross-point 
button row
Delegation operation
M/E-1, 
M/E-2, 
M/E-3
Background A bus
 a)
Background A 
row
Background B bus
 a)
Background B 
row
Key 1 bus
Key 1 row
Turn off the [KEY3] button
Key 2 bus
Key 2 row
Turn off the [KEY4] button
Key 3 bus
Key 1 row
Turn on the [KEY3] button
Key 4 bus
Key 2 row
Turn on the [KEY4] button