I saw this too, but after trying the update briefly with my Avid S3, I can’t find any new functionality. Has anyone tried this and if so, are you seeing anything new?
Well - I create a VCA channel in the mixer and it’s displayed and working on the Artists. - so far so good!
On the other hand, there is a knob on the Artist Control touchscreen, named as VCA, which does nothing. I push and turn it, but nothing happen’s.
I don’t really know, how it should work, because there is no description about that.
But for me it’s fine to have the VCA fader on the Artists to work with.
Oh I see. Not sure about the Artist series but on the S3, it was already possible to control VCA’s before this update. The 8.0.3 update talks about controlling ‘VCA fader setup’. I thought this might mean it is possible to change channel linking etc. So far, I can’t see anything that has changed since previous versions.
The S3 also shows a ‘VCA’ soft key which appears to do nothing if you push/turn it. This appeared in v8.0.2. I emailed Steinberg support about it and got a reply saying they didn’t know anything about it. I posted on the Avid DUC forum and got a reply saying they also didn’t know anything about it. It’s a mystery!