User manual DIGIDESIGN D-SHOW VERSION 2

[. . . ] D-ShowTM Guide Version 2. 0 Digidesign 2001 Junipero Serra Boulevard Daly City, CA 94014-3886 USA tel: 650·731·6300 fax: 650·731·6399 Technical Support Digidesign (USA) tel: 650·731·6100 fax: 650·731·6384 Product Information (USA) tel: 650·731·6102 tel: 800·333·2137 International Offices Visit the Digidesign Web site for contact information Web Site www. digidesign. com PN 9106-55032-00 REV A Copyright ©2006 Avid Technology, Inc. This guide may not be duplicated in part or in whole without the prior written consent of Avid Technology, Inc. Avid, Digidesign, D-Show, and Pro Tools are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. [. . . ] To trim the Solo bus level: 1 Solo a channel or press a Key Listen switch. 2 Do one of the following: Solo In Place, when engaged, is simultaneously routed to the Mains and Monitor busses. Routing the Monitor Bus to Plug-Ins To route Monitor output to a bus-fed plug-in: 1 Go to the Plug-Ins screen. 2 Make sure the desired stereo plug-in is installed and as- · Turn the Level Trim knob to control the amount of signal sent to the Monitor bus. ­ or ­ · Go to the Options > Busses tab and adjust the Level Trim setting in the Solo and Monitor Operations section. signed to a rack slot. Adjusting Monitoring Level Output levels for the near-field monitors and the headphones are controlled by the corresponding volume knobs in the Monitoring section. Chapter 14: Solo and Monitor Busses 113 Adjusting Monitor Delay You can apply an adjustable delay to the monitor outputs and headphone outputs to match the acoustic delay from the main speaker system. To adjust monitor output delay from the control surface: 1 Press and hold the Delay switch. 2 Do one of the following: 2 To the left of the channel grid, click the Channels tab or the FX Returns tab. 4 Click in the channel grid to assign the "Talk" input source (at the top right of the grid) to an Input Channel or FX Return (listed on the left). · Turn the Select encoder in the Snapshots & Options section to adjust the delay in fine mode. ­ or ­ · Press and turn the encoder to adjust the delay in coarse mode. To adjust monitor output delay on-screen: 1 Go to the Options > Busses tab. 2 Adjust the Delay setting in the Solo and Monitor Operations Routing Talkback input in the Patchbay To route Talkback microphone input to any D-Show output bus: 1 Press the Talkback switch in the Talkback/Osc section of the section. The delay value appears in the Snapshots & Options display. Main Unit so that it is lit. 2 Press the Route to Selected switch. The switch flashes to indicate Route to Selected mode. Talkback, 2-Track and Oscillator Controls You can route D-Show Talkback microphone input, Intercom microphone input, or 2-Track source input to any Input Channel or FX Return from the Patchbay. In addition, you can route Talkback microphone input, 2-Track source input and built-in Oscillator output directly to any output busses from the D-show control surface. You can also route any Output bus or Direct Output to the 2-Track output on the FOH rack. 3 Press the Select switch on each of the output busses (Auxes. Groups, PQs, Matrixes, or Mains) where you want to route Talkback signal. 4 Press the flashing Route to Selected switch to confirm the as- signment, or press the Cancel switch to cancel the assignment. Talkback Mic connector Talkback, 2-Track and Oscillator States When Loading Shows When you load a Show file, Talkback, 2-Track and Oscillator are controls are set to off (deactivated), regardless of their state when the Show was last saved. Talkback switch Route To Selected switch Using Talkback The Talkback input on the top panel of the D-Show Main Unit can accept signal from any dynamic or condenser microphone. Level control Routing Talkback Microphone Input To route Talkback microphone input to any D-Show Input Channel or FX Return: 1 Go to the Patchbay and click the Inputs tab. On/Talk switch Talkback controls in the Talkback/Osc section of the Main Unit 114 D-Show Guide Activating Talkback Input and Setting Level To activate and set the level for Talkback input: 1 Press the Talkback switch in the Talkback/Osc section so that it is lit. 2 Activate Talkback by doing one of the following: Using the Intercom ("Com") The Intercom ("Com") input on the back panel of the FOH Rack can accept input from any compatible dynamic or condenser microphone. Com Mic Input Com Mic Phantom Power Com MIDI Out Mon Left · Press the On/Talk switch in the Talkback/Osc section. · Click the on-screen "In" button in the Talkback section of the Options > Misc page. 3 Set the Talkback in put level by doing one of the following: Com Mic Gain In 2TR AES Out 2T Gain L 2TR Out R AES SPDIF Mic PR · Turn the Level knob in the Talkback/Osc section. ­ or ­ · Drag the on-screen Level knob in the Talkback section of the Options > Misc page. AES 1 2 Out In AES 3 4 Out Mon Right L In 2TR In R Out In AES 7 8 Out AES 5 6 Intercom controls on the rear panel of the FOH Rack When activated, the Intercom signal is mixed into the Monitor bus after the source selectors in the Solo/PFL selection, so is audible no matter what source (AFL/PFL, 2-Track, or Main Mix) is sent to the Monitor bus. The Intercom signal can also be routed to any D-Show Input Channel or FX Return. Talkback controls in the Options > Misc page Setting Talkback Dim Level When a Talkback signal is sent to an Output bus, the gain on the corresponding bus is automatically reduced by the amount specified in the Dim Level setting. To set the Talkback Dim Level: 1 Go to the Options page and click the Misc tab. 2 In the Talkback section, double-click the Dim Level text box Routing Intercom Input To route Intercom input to any Input Channel or FX Return: 1 Go to the Patchbay and click the Inputs tab. [. . . ] Input signals with other sample rates are sample-rate converted to 48 kHz. Snake Output Section Stage 1 (Standard) The Snake card accepts the Digital Snake cable (Snake 1) and an optional redundant cable (Snake 2) that connects the FOH Rack to the Stage Rack, handling up to 48 channels of audio. Stage 2 (Optional) An optional second Snake card may be added to the FOH rack to enable the use of a second Stage Rack, increasing capacity to 96 channels of audio. The second Snake card also supports an optional redundant cable. Analog Inputs and Outputs (9­16) These 8 pairs of analog inputs and outputs increase the total number of analog I/O on the FOH Rack to 16. These are balanced, 1/4-inch TRS connectors. Snake Connectors Expansion Section FWx Card (Optional) The optional FWx card enables the D-Show FWx Firewire option, which provides recording and playback of audio with Pro Tools LE. The FOH Rack Digital Snake connectors consist of two pairs of BNC-style connectors (Snake 1 In and Out, Snake 2 In and Out), and two pairs of signal status indicators. Active LED Green LED lights to indicate that connection to FOH Rack is active for the corresponding Snake. [. . . ]