User manual MIDAS CONSOLES XL8 LIVE PERFORMANCE

[. . . ] XL8 Live Performance System Owner's Manual XL8 Live Performance 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 XL8 Live Performance System -- Owner's Manual DOC02-XL8 Issue B -- 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 crossfade event is managed in a similar way to any other event, such as GPIO and MIDI, and is detailed later on in this section. A crossfade event is a trigger to change the value of a control -- most often but not always a fader -- between two levels, that of the current control position and that of the position in another scene, over time. If the level in the next scene is higher than the current level, the crossfade uses the 'fade up' time; if it is lower, it uses the 'fade down' time. About the crossfade Edit Event window You can edit the parameters of a crossfade event in the Edit Event window. As this window is event-specific, only the crossfade-specific elements are shown here. These are not used for crossfades Parameter drop-down list 5 1 4 2 3 Item 1 2 3 Description Crossfade Group Edit button, opens the Crossfade Groups screen (see "Crossfade groups" on page 211). Crossfade set up section (see "Crossfade set up section in the Edit Event window" on page 209). CLOSE button, closes the window. XL8 Live Performance System Owner's Manual 208 Item 4 Description Chapter 23: Crossfades (Automation) Parameter drop-down list (as shown above), for choosing the level control that you want the crossfade to operate on. For details of level control/parameter associations, see "About the crossfade parameters" on page 208. Crossfade Group drop-down list, contains all of the available user-configured crossfade groups. Also, includes the example group, which is the XL8's default group and contains all possible crossfade sources. 5 About the crossfade parameters The following diagram shows the XL8 configured for 5. 1 surround mode, which utilises each available parameter option. The presence of the divergence, centre level and LFE level sections are dependent on the currently selected surround mode. image/front back Mute Pan Front Div Fader F-R div Rear Div Mute Fader Centre Sub Figure 32: Parameter assignments Using a crossfade mute The Mute option of the Parameters list lets you initiate a mute at the end of a crossfade down operation. For example, if you set a crossfade of two seconds, the mute will turn on after this time has expired (provided it was off). If the crossfade is a `crossfade up', the mute will turn off during the crossfade up time (provided it was on). XL8 Live Performance System Owner's Manual About the crossfade Edit Event window 209 Crossfade set up section in the Edit Event window The crossfade set up section, which is at the bottom of the Edit Event window, is where you set up how the crossfade operates. Here you can set up the duration of the crossfade and the rate at which it occurs. You can configure two crossfade rates per crossfade or keep its rate constant throughout. Control down travel 2 1 Time Figure 33: Crossfade set up section Item 1 2 3 Description % of Travel field, sets the initial travel distance of the control as a percentage of the total distance of travel. % of Time field, sets the time for the initial travel of the control as a percentage of the overall time. Faders Down field, sets the time taken for the total travel (milliseconds) of the control for a `fader down' (or whichever control is used) crossfade event. For the Faders Up field, this sets the time taken for the total travel (milliseconds) of the control for a `fader up' crossfade event. Graph of up/down crossfade. 4 5 6 >> To quickly adjust the time and travel of the faders up/down You can quickly adjust the % of Time and % of Travel parameters by dragging the graph. Click anywhere on the line of the graph in the Edit Event window and drag to where the parameters are as desired. Clicking while pressing the left button adjusts the up travel, and doing the same with the right button adjusts the down travel. >> To create a crossfade event 1 2 3 4 5 Open the Edit Event window. If you want to incorporate a time offset delay between the event being triggered and the start of the event, set a time in the Time Offset section. [. . . ] For example, an LED that shows whether a pushbutton is on or off, or a meter showing the level of a signal. Q Quick access button: Button for quickly selecting its associated strip section. R RAM: Abbreviation for "Random access memory". An extra input used for receiving a signal from the output of an internal or external effect processor. 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. [. . . ]