User manual MIDAS CONSOLES PRO6 LIVE AUDIO SYSTEM ISSUE C

[. . . ] PRO6 Live Audio System Owner's Manual Midas Klark Teknik Limited, Klark Industrial Park, Walter Nash Road, Kidderminster. Tel: +44 1562 741515 Fax: +44 1562 745371 Email: info@midasklarkteknik. com Website: www. midasconsoles. com PRO6 Live Audio System -- Owner's Manual DOC02-DL3 Issue C -- June 2010 © Red Chip Company Ltd. In line with the company's policy of continual improvement, specifications and function may be subject to change without notice. E&OE. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. [. . . ] This makes it ideal for multi-act tours by providing quick and accurate access of settings for the band with a minimum of sound check time, as well as for theatre productions, where each act requires reconfiguration of audio I/O. Show files are stored in the PRO6, so that they can be loaded when required, and they can also be transferred to/from external USB storage devices. Events provide an additional scene control by which you can use the MIDI, GPIO and `internal' functions to trigger events on internal and external devices from within the show file. For theatre applications, channel settings can be recalled (across all scenes) from the user library (see Chapter 24 "User Libraries (Presets)" on page 213) so that one generic show can cope with different performers on a night-by-night bases, which is common in theatres. You can copy certain parameters through scenes by using the Show Editor screen. For more information on the Show Editor screen and for details on how to use it for copying and pasting throughout scenes, see "Show editor" on page 97. For details of the parameters that can be copied through the scenes, see Appendix P "Parameters Copied Through Scenes" on page 543. Throughout this chapter, wherever scenes are mentioned this also applies to point scenes, unless otherwise stated. PRO6 Live Audio System Owner's Manual 178 Automation controls Chapter 20: Scenes And Shows (Automation) Although automation is supported on the master bay control surface by the automation section, it also requires large amounts of screen support. The GUI provides this in the form of an Automation screen that provides full scene and show file support, and also scope and event features. Additionally, the GUI has a Files screen for show file management and transfer. The following diagram explains the automation section of the control surface and shows the location of their equivalents on the GUI's Automation screen. 7 6 1 7 5 2 3 4 5 2 3 Item 1 2 3 Description Red cancel button, cancels a store operation and closes the Store window (illuminates to prompt when this button is active). Yellow now/[NOW] button, recalls the currently highlighted scene in the cue list, clearing any unsaved adjustments. Green next/[NEXT] LCD button changes scene selection to next scene/ point scene (highlighted in green) in the cue list. See "next LCD button" on page 179 for details of the button's display information. (The GUI's NEXT button does not display any information. ) Jog wheel, quickly dials the scene numbers beyond the capability of the `last' and `next' buttons by scrolling the `now' scene through the cue list one scene/point scene at a time. Red last/[LAST] button, changes scene selection to previous scene (highlighted in red) in the cue list. 4 5 PRO6 Live Audio System Owner's Manual Automation screen 179 Item 6 7 Description Green ok button, confirms an action (illuminates to prompt when this is necessary). Yellow store/[STORE SCENE] button, opens the Store Scene window (see "To create a new scene using the current settings" on page 95) and lets you store the current settings to the currently selected scene. next LCD button The next LCD button in the automation section has two modes of operation--as a `next' button and, when using the jogwheel, as a `now' button. As a `next' button it will display "NEXT" when there is another scene in the cue list -- of higher value -- that you can move to. When "End" is displayed the current scene is the last in the cue list. However, when using the jog wheel the next button's display changes to provide scene/point scene information (as shown right). 26. 19 Scene 2 6 Scene/point scene number Scene name. Automation screen The Automation screen can be broadly divided into the following main areas (domains): · · · · Scenes -- see "Scenes" on page 181. Events -- see Chapter 22 "Events (Automation)" on page 199. For details on how to open the Automation screen, see "To open the Automation screen" on page 92. PRO6 Live Audio System Owner's Manual 180 Chapter 20: Scenes And Shows (Automation) Using the right-click menu You can access some of the functions of the function buttons and also additional functions by right-clicking the scene/point scene you want. This opens a menu that has the following options: · · Edit: Opens the Edit Scene Properties window. [. . . ] Reverb: An effect where the ambience of a physical space is simulated. This is done by copying a signal and replaying at regular intervals at ever decreasing levels. Commonly used as the effective value of measuring a sine wave's electrical power. The right-hand rear speaker in a 5. 1 surround system. S s: Symbol for "second". [. . . ]