User manual SOUNDCRAFT VENUE II V1

[. . . ] A list of all available objects is then kept in what HCA calls the registry, and the system builder then links controllers to audio objects For a full explanation of HCA, please see Appendix A. The important point to grasp about HCA is that, thanks to object discovery, any HCA-compatible devices (including non-Broadway units in the future) may be added to the network, and will be auto-detected and integrated by the rest of the system. The network uses advanced object discovery techniques which allow the user to switch any unit on the network on or off at any time, and the system will recognise that unit and integrate it into the Network. Note: the output rack is an exception to this because it contains the Registry and the System-Builder/Controller software. 4. 2 VENUE II Running The System Booting The System Each unit has a finite boot-up time. [. . . ] The GrAux send levels are shown as bar type LED rings, and the righthand extreme of the LED ring denotes a maximum send level (0dB, a unity send to the appropriate GrAux buss). There is a four-character LED dot matrix display to show the name associated with each GrAux channel. These names are entered into the system via the touchscreen, in the FADER ASSIGN page. If a GrAux is globally configured as stereo, then the odd numbered GrAux automatically controls the level for both legs and the even-numbered control becomes the pan control. The latter control will be named as PAN. This is also indicated by the format of the display: level is shown as a bar display and Pan is displayed as a single point display. The [ON] switch is analogous to a routing switch on a conventional console, since it switches the signal to the bus. The [PRE] switch selects whether the pick off is pre or post fader. When [PRE] is illuminated, the pick-off is pre-fader. GrAuxes are Pre Input Cut switch when used Pre-fader. ACS LCD Screen (See diagrams opposite for screen hierarchy) 0 Base Screen The top level screen, this is where channel selection is performed Encoder 1 will scroll through the available channels by name Encoder 2 will select the current rack number Encoder 3 will select channels by input number Encoder 4 Switch 1 accesses the EQ screen (5) Switch 2 accesses the PAN mode screen (4) Switch 3 accesses the Function screen (1) Switch 4 accesses the Surface Mode selection screen (2) 1 Function Allows access to the 3 function pages of the LCD. Switch 1 accesses the COPY screen (15) Switch 2 Switch 3 accesses the Direct Out screen (13) Switch 4 returns to the Base screen (0) 2 Surface Mode This screen allows the user to change the associated input surface to Input / Graux or Matrix mode. The user is then required to tell the console the source channel - that is, the channel from which the data is to be copied. The source channel is selected with a press of its associated SEL switch. This action will present the COPY SINGLE 2 screen, which asks the user to select the destination channels to which the source channel data should be copied. Pressing SEL on any channel at this point will cause the source channel data to be copied to that channel. Once all copying has been completed, pressing EXIT (F4 on the ACS LCD) will return the user to the BASE PAGE on the LCD. VENUE II Running The System 4. 13 2) Multiple channel copy The COPY MULTIPLE LCD screen allows copying of channel parameters from a source channel to multiple adjacent (on the SURFACE) destination channels. The syntax for this page is: The user SELects the source channel (from which the data is to be copied); this selection moves the LCD to Copy Multiple 2. The second screen then asks the user to input the first of the destination channels. When this is SELected, the LCD will move to Copy Multiple 3 The user is then required to input the last of the destination channels. The console will then copy the source channel parameters to the first and last SELected channel, and all channels WHICH APPEAR ON THE SURFACE between these two fader assignments. That is, if the first selection is fader 1 on BANK 1, and the second selection is fader 3 on BANK 4, then the source channel data will be copied over ALL channels appearing ON THE SURFACE FADERS between those two locations (i. e. all faders in BANK 1, all faders in BANK 2 and the first 3 faders in BANK 3) As an additional aid to programming, when the SOURCE channel has been selected (in COPY MULTIPLE 1) , it is possible to reset the SOURCE to the default factory parameters for inputs. [. . . ] The four laws are: l L+R l LCR l LCR Depth l LCRS (Conventional Stereo), Surround = pan or direct (Three-way panning), Surround = pan or direct (Same as LCR, but can be mixed into 4 and 5 via similar pan and a depth control) (Five-way panning) In any mode, the five output switches may be selected or deselected as required, with the results described below. When an output switch is first selected, the reaction of the other outputs will depend upon the current mode, as defined below. From that point on, however, depending upon mode, the deselection of certain outputs may or may not result in a change of law for that particular channel. If Pan is deselected in any mode, the five output switches become five unity mono sends. [. . . ]