Microphone gain controls are locked if in use on another console
Problem: If you overpress the adjust knob on a console fader and adjust the gain, or if you use the touchscreen to adjust the gain on a microphone fader, the level does not change.
The source in question is also routed to a second console, and the fader for the source on the other console is on.
Solution: Turn the fader off on the other console. This unlocks the source and allows you to adjust the gain.
Explanation: When you change the gain on a microphone or analog input on a Blade, the console is adjusting the gain of the microphone or analog input directly. If this source is already turned on at one console, we don't want another room to start changing the gain of a source on the air.
When you change the gain on a digital source on a console, you're adjusting it in the DSP of the console, so the changes are local to the room you are in.
When a console fader turns on, that source and destination are locked so that console has exclusive control of logic and blade gain adjustments.
When the console fader turns off, it's unlocked.
When the source is unlocked, another console can make adjustments and take control.
Both studios can turn the source on and listen to it, but the first console to turn the fader on and lock it controls the logic and gain until the fader turns off and releases the lock.
If you are trying to troubleshoot this, here's how to track it down:
In Navigator, click on the source and look in the Details pane. Look for Destination which has LIO control.
If the blade that is listed there isn't the console blade that you are trying to adjust the gain on, then some other blade has control and you need to unlock it to get control.
Another way to look for this problem is to look at the destinations in the crosspoint grid. If the fader you want to adjust gain on has an asterisk, then someone else has control of it; look to the details pane of the source to find out who has it locked out.
This console fader has control over logic and console gain.
This console fader, which is turned on and listening to the same microphone, does not have control over logic and gain so it has an asterisk to warn you that some other destination has it locked.
Now the first console has turned the fader off and has given control to the second. It now shows the asterisk.
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