User Manual

VCA Faders(Cubase Pro only)
VCA faders serve as remote controls for groups of channel faders in the MixConsole.
VCA stands for Voltage-Controlled Amplifier. VCA faders were originally found on hardware
mixing desks. They allowed the user to control the volume levels of several mixer channels
with only one fader. To assign channel faders to a VCA fader, the respective channels must be
physically connected with the VCA fader.
In Cubase, the VCA fader function is based on the same concept. VCA faders are assigned to a
group of linked channels, a link group. The VCA faders control the following parameters of the
link group: volume, mute, solo, listen, monitor, and record.
When you assign VCA faders, they become part of the link group.
IMPORTANT
If a VCA fader controls a link group, it cannot control another link group. If you assign a VCA
fader to another group, the VCA fader is automatically removed from the former group.
You can create several VCA faders without assigning them to link groups straight away.
From a technical perspective, moving a VCA fader to a different dB level adds or subtracts the
new value to or from the original values of the channels in the link group.
EXAMPLE
A channel in a link group has a level of -6 dB, the VCA fader is at the 0 position. If you move the
VCA fader to a level of +3 dB, this value is added to the level of the linked channel. The linked
channel now has a level of -3 dB.
VCA Fader Settings
VCA fader channels are different from the default fader channels.
Instead of the panner, the VCA faders display the link group to which they are assigned. The VCA
faders also provide a pop-up menu that allows you to change the VCA fader settings.
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