User manual MIDAS CONSOLES XL8 CONTROL CENTRE QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

[. . . ] XL8 Control Centre Quick Reference Guide 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 XL8 Control Centre -- Quick Reference Guide DOC04-XL8 Issue F -- April 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. [. . . ] (A green triangle under a tab title shows that its tab contains one or more selected patch connectors. ) To quickly check the destinations of a source patch connector, click it. A green triangle will appear under the name of any tab in the To section that contains a destination(s). XL8 Control Centre Quick Reference Guide 32 Single patching (SINGLE) Chapter 7: Patching The SINGLE function button allows you to patch a single source to a single destination or multiple destinations. >> To patch a single source to a single destination The following example shows you how to patch an output from a mic splitter to an input channel. 1 2 Click SINGLE. Its background will change to yellow and a green triangle will appear under the tab title. For example, in the Inputs tab of the To section, choose input channel 3 (Mic3). If the new patch is carrying a signal, this audio may be heard, depending on the settings of the XL8 Control Centre. Click the source patch connector (From section) again to complete the patch. This can also be done by starting another single patch operation or by selecting another destination patch connector in the To section. 3 4 Note: You can also carry out single patching operations using the CLEAR SEL. >> To patch a single source to multiple destinations 1 2 Patch the source patch connector to its first destination (see "To patch a single source to a single destination" on page 32). In the To section, select the other destinations. Sequence patching (SEQ. ) If you need to do a number of patches, and each has only a single destination, you can use the sequence function by pressing SEQ. All of the source patch connectors are selected in the From section before patching them, one by one, in the To section. This saves you having to go back to the From section for the start of each patch. You can change the tooltip to the list type by clicking the LIST button (see "Patching screen function buttons" on page 28) to help you. XL8 Control Centre Quick Reference Guide 33 Chapter 8: Basic Operation This chapter is intended to familiarise you with the XL8 Control Centre by showing you how to carry out some basic operations in order to get some audio out of it. Note: The following input bay operations can be carried out at any input bay. Setting a mic amplifier's input gain The XL8 Control Centre has two input gains per channel, one is the remote gain for the analogue mic pre (stage box gain) and the other is the digital trim (console gain). In its default state, the stage box gain is in the channel strip and the console gain is in each input fast strip. However, you can swap these sections over (by using the gain swap/ [SWAP] button) to give you a more global control of the stage box gain. Input gain/trim section SWAP button Input fast strip Input channel strip Filters section Quick access button GUI input fast strip GUI channel strip Graph shows the filter effects Figure 11: Gain and filters sections of the input strips Note: The gain trim control knobs in each input fast strip will adjust whatever has been `swapped' to their respective strips. The stage box control knob in the input channel strip always controls the alternative `swap' to the ones shown in the GUI input fast strips. >> To set the gain of the stage box/console 1 In the gain trim section of an input fast strip, press the quick access button. This selects the input channel and assigns its configuration detail area to the GUI channel strip (shown above), which contains the SWAP (gain swap) button. XL8 Control Centre Quick Reference Guide 34 2 Chapter 8: Basic Operation Press the left/right arrowed gain swap button. This swaps console digital trim to stage box input gain (and vice versa). The diagram right shows the two types of gain that can appear in the input gain/trim section at the top of each GUI input fast strip. Adjust the gain trim control knob to set the stage box input gain (2. 5dB steps for the DL431 Mic Splitter and DL443 Analogue Jack I/O Module, and 5dB steps for the DL451 and DL351 Modular I/Os). [. . . ] The unit ID set up procedure, which is basically the same for each type of unit, is as follows: · Enter the main menu. (On the DL431 Mic Splitter and DL451 Modular I/O units press and hold down for approximately two seconds, and on the DL471 DSP unit press the down arrow. ) Use the up/down arrow buttons to go the ID option and then press SELECT. Use the up/down arrow buttons to go to the ID number you want and then press SELECT. To exit the menu, pressing MENU. · · · For more information, refer to the operator manual for the particular unit. XL8 Control Centre Quick Reference Guide Volume 4:Appendices XL8 Control Centre Quick Reference Guide 71 Appendix A: Troubleshooting This chapter gives a brief troubleshooting guide to the XL8 Control Centre. No audio If you have set up the XL8 and followed all of the instructions for obtaining audio, but you are not hearing anything through the speakers, check the following: · · · · · · · Make sure the appropriate ST buttons in the channel fast strips are on. [. . . ]