VCA faders?

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stupotjones
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VCA faders?

Post by stupotjones »

Hi everyone,

I did a quick search and couldn't find anything, but is there any mention of VCAs coming to DP anytime soon?

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Re: VCA faders?

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This might be a stupid question but why do you need VCA's? Couldn't you just use an aux track or just group whatever channels you normally would run to a vca? I really don't understand or see any benefit in using them.

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Re: VCA faders?

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I do not know about when they might come to DP, but I have them in Samplitude.
The folks at Magix wrote a pretty nice article about what they are and why you would find them useful here:

MIXING WITH VCA FADERS

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Thanks Terry
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Post by Michael Canavan »

Definitely see the use of them, and I would expect to see them in the next full number upgrade to DPX.
I won't cry or anything if they aren't there, but I don't have dozens of sends usually going when I want to take the over all volume down of the drum tracks etc. some do so...
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Post by magicd »

If there is no automation in the tracks, display the tracks you want to scale in the mixer, hold down the W key and move a fader. All visible faders move together.

If you have automation in the track, select all and choose Change Continuous Data from the Region menu.

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