Mute : Why, basics features

[algado]

Hello, I’m happy with CQ18T but no solution to assign buton “MUTE ALL” is very problematic ! How Hallen & Heath forgot this ?

Logical should be to add 3 features

• Mute All intry
• Mute All Aux output
• Mute ALL output
  In addition to °Mute main L-R

[MarkF]

Please see my response to your other post, here:

All Input Mute

This is the perfect application for Mute Groups, added in v1.2 firmware. You can have up to four. Go to Config → Control & Network → Mute Groups and assign input channels or outputs to the mute group. There’s then an extra tab on the processing and fader pages to access the mute groups, or you can set them up on a custom layer, or assign them to a soft key. The only thing that you might discover is that things can’t belong to more than one mute group, so you’d need a mute group for the aux ou…

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[algado]

Yes, I found the solution via the group “Panic” Mute, on a Youtube video (not H&H)…

This feature should be by default, OTHERWISE YOU HAVE TO PROGRAM IT ON ALL SCENES, AND IF YOU FORGET…

Thanks for thinking about it…

[chienmort]

In my opinion, having one button assigned to “Mute All” would limit the versatility for other users. For example if you did not want a Mute All function, you would be limited to two soft keys/buttons.

[algado]

Another solution is having that feature by default one on button…
Or determine in Preferencies that feature is by default on all new scène or Schow…
Unless your only solution is "Power Off2, a little hard solution…