Using channel ganging

Ganging record channels allows you to create multi-track clips with one record session. Ganging play channels allows you to play different audio or video simultaneously on two different channels. For example, you could have an English audio track on one play channel, while another channel played a Spanish audio track. Or you could play one video on two channels, with SD output on one channel and HD output on the other. (If using HD video, the SD channel would down-convert and the HD channel would pass the video through.) Once configured, a gang of channels can be controlled by clicking on the channel controls. You cannot gang play and record channels together, or playlists.

The following illustration shows two gangs: the first gang (G1) recording a clip and the second gang (G2) playing another clip. Both gangs have been configured to record audio and video on more than one channel. In G1, if you click the Record button on the first channel pane, both channels record the clip. Any of the controls in the first channel affect both channels in the gang, including settings for loop playback, continuous record, and E-to-E. In G2, the same clip is playing out on both channels. The first channel displays the name of the clip and a thumbnail of the video. The monitor pane for each channel displays the channel number, machine name, and is outlined in red or green to indicate whether the gang is a play or a record.

Note: A K2 Summit/Solo system treats all the channels in a gang as if they were set to the same application. If you create a four-channel gang but set two of the ganged channels to Player/Recorder and the other two to <none>, the resulting clip will have four video tracks. Playing a clip on a gang with extra channels can result in hearing audio on channels that aren’t playing video. For example, if you play a clip with two video tracks on a three-channel gang, the last channel has no video, but audio is still embedded.