User manual MIDAS CONSOLES XL4

[. . . ] OPERATORS MANUAL XL4 Telex Communications (UK) Ltd, Klark Teknik Building, Walter Nash Road, Kidderminster. Tel:+44 1562 741515 Fax:+44 1562 745371 Website: www. midasconsoles. com MIDAS XL4 audio mixing console DOC02-XL4 Issue 1. 0 - February 2005 © Telex Communciations (UK) Ltd. In line with the company's policy of continual improvement, specifications and function may be subject to change without notice. E&OE. MIDAS XL4 LIVE PERFORMANCE CONSOLE Contents Introduction Features Overview and Statistics Technical Specification Block Diagrams Rear Panel Midas XL402 Input Pod Midas XL401 Input Module Midas XL405 Stereo Input Pod Midas XL404 Stereo Input Module Midas XL403 Input VCA Fader Midas XL414 Group Module Midas XL412 Group Pod Midas XL413 Grand Master A VCA Fader Midas XL421 Master Module Midas XL422 Master Pod Midas XL431 Communications Module Midas XL441 Matrix Module Midas XL443 Automation Central Control 1 3 7 9 13 15 19 21 25 29 33 38 41 Introduction to the XL4 The XL4 was born out of a dream to design an analogue state of the art live mixing and recording console with unparalleled performance/features intrinsic with intuitive layout and operation. The vision required the analogue sound path to be controlled in the digital domain via a high degree of signal routing and moving fader automation enabling the live sound engineer whether in a touring or theatre production environment to utilise automation functions in order to enhance mix efficiency and performance to performance consistency. [. . . ] The TALK TO GROUPS switch sends the talk system signals to any group buss which have their GROUP module TALK switches active. The TALK to MONO switch sends the talk system signals to the mono master bus. The TALK TO RIGHT switch sends the talk system signals to The COMMS control gives continuous adjustment of the "clearcom" signal levels sent to the headset, headphones and local output. The TALK XLR socket accepts balanced 150 Ohm microphone signals from - 50dBu to - 20dBu and uses an auto ranging gain system to bring the level to nominal 0dBu line level. The OSC switch connects the oscillator to the talk system. The EXTERNAL ON switch connects the external talk input and output to the talk system. The TALK TO AUXES switch sends the talk system signals to ALL the aux busses. The TALK TO MATRIX switch sends the talk system signals to any matrix buss which have their MATRIX module TALK switch active. The TALK TO LEFT switch sends the talk system signals to the left master bus. The COMMS ON switch sends the comms headset mic amplifier signal to the comms call 300 1k OSC external 100 10k ON freq 0 PINK level TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK +6 to auxes to groups to matrix to mono to left to right ON LINK 0 +6 comms The LINK switch connects the talk system into the comms system so that talk mic, headphones and local output can send and receive ( respectively ) "clearcom" signals as well as the headset. The TALK switch activates the talk mic on the talk system and dims the local outputs by 20dB to stop howl round. When in LINK mode the COMMS ON switch activates the talk mic on the comms system and the side tone cancel circuit stops howl round. 34 talk mic talk level 0 +6 The TALK control gives continuous adjustment of the talk mic amplifier signal from + 6dB to off. The talk control does not act on signals sent to the comms system in LINK mode. talk 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SOLO add mode C/O The PFL MONITOR switch sends the mono PFL solo bus signal to the headphones and local outputs in place of the stereo AFL solo bus signals. The GLOBAL METER CHANGE OVER switch changes the operation of every meter on the console except the comms meters and the record meters. The "normal" meter operation is to monitor pre fader on input channels and post fader on all other signals. When the global meter change over is active the meters change to monitor input amplifiers or bus amplifiers ( as appropriate ) on all signals. a u t o m u t e g r o u p m a s t e r s The AUTO MUTE GROUP MASTER switches ( 1 to 8 ) activate the mute circuits on any appropriately mute group assigned input channel or audio group. The SOLO ADD MODE switch allows multiple channel access to the solo busses. When the solo add mode is off the action of pressing a solo switch will cancel any other active solo except for the master solo switches where the canceling effect is only temporary ( see XL421 Master Module on page 28 ). global metering monitor PFL 35 The FADER CHANGE OVER switch swaps the local output level control and mute with the headphone fader and mute. The local output MUTE switch mutes the local fader local output C/O 0 MUTE The local output LEVEL control gives continuous adjustment of the local output +10 level The HEADPHONE MUTE switch mutes the headphone outputs. headphone mute The SOLO ON / CLEAR switch and indicator has two functions:i. It illuminates when any solo switch (except a master solo switch) is active. When pressed it clears any active solo switches (except master solo switches). solo on/clear 10 5 0 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 dB The HEADPHONE fader gives continuous adjustment of the headphone level from + 10dB to comms MIDAS XL431 36 37 MIDAS XL441 MUTE SOLO MTX 0 stereo aux 0 master 0 +10 mix 1 0 +6 o o +6 0 o o mix 2 0 +6 o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o +6 0 o o mix 3 0 +6 +6 0 o o mix 4 0 +6 +6 0 o o mix 5 0 +6 +6 0 o o mix 6 0 +6 +6 0 o o mix 7 0 +6 +6 0 o o mix 8 0 +6 +6 0 o o mix 9 0 +6 +6 0 o o mix 10 0 +6 +6 0 o o mix 11 0 +6 +6 0 o o mix 12 0 +6 +6 0 mix 13 0 +6 +6 0 mix 14 0 +6 +6 0 mix 15 0 +6 +6 0 MIDAS XL441 Matrix Module o o o o o o o o mix 16 ON 0 +6 o o o o o o o o o o +6 o o global pre 0 masters left 0 +6 +6 0 o o masters right TALK INS TALK INS +6 o o o o +6 mute mute o o solo 10 5 0 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 dB solo matrix 38 MIDAS XL441 MIDAS XL441 The stereo aux MUTE switch mutes the stereo aux outputs. The stereo aux SOLO switch sends stereo aux signals to the PFL mono and AFL stereo busses. If the switch is pressed for a short time it will latch on or off, but if it is held on for more than 1 second the latching is disabled and when the switch is released the solo will turn off. MUTE SOLO MTX 0 stereo aux 0 The STEREO AUX MASTER control gives continuous adjustment of the stereo aux output level from + 10dB to off. [. . . ] This function is used to set up a MIDI message which will be transmitted whenever the scene containing the message is recalled. MIDI OUT This function allows you to edit the 8 possible midi out messages the console can send out when a scene is recalled. To program the multiple-midi outputs the following procedure must be followed. 1/ Press STORE and scroll the screen using the jogwheel until EDIT is seen, press the YES button. When the required message number is displayed in the left hand window press the YES button. [. . . ]