DSP Media - VCS (Virtual Control Surface) Manual
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1. MENU VCS 2 2 8 2BK PRE TYPE Large dynamics graph EQ graph pan controller surround HIGH GAIN LMID GAIN P AUX 2 Buttons sound controller menu and DSP logo space penal EQ parameter Auxiliary Buss BUS6 meter n Aen graphs P send level lt bar graphs 2 graphs J amp m ATTACK 4 lt u HIG a d z E a a 2 T pan PRE v if IN P ID GAI L GAIN AUX 5 Fr ESA y PRE amp 8 PHASE EASE JP O AMD FREQ LOW FREQ P E E input g PRE Conditionin 10 TIN TTI j 7E AMID a Low a g X y VIRTUAL MIXER Graphs PRE DELAY PAN 7 16 Channel Strips 1 page i f aes El ve BONO mire fader m ma TEE MA TE EH se 3 ATT TA TY EEOAE SOSeOBORLE O F naaa FF 8580000 f SUSO JSN ve 10 121 JN oboo T OO JN A ero Bee F O F O F SBLBOBDLSyB I RL RL RL RL RL RL E E RL RL RL RE R L RL RL RL IS RS IS RS IS RS 1S RSIS RS 15 RSLS RS IS RSIS RS IS RS IS RSIS RS IS RSLS RS IS RSIS RS VCS Operation VCS Operation Channel strips Since each O2R has 47 channels it is not possible to display all the channel strips simulta neously In addition to the usually visible Stereo Out channel strip at the extreme right of the screen there are three or six pages of channel strips which can be displayed at the bot tom left of the screen Ea2. Virtual Control Surface Copyright 2000 DSP Media Pty Lid Unit 2 7 29 Bridge Road Stanmore NSW 2048 AUSTRALIA All Rights Reserved VCS Operation M anual This manual as well as the software described in it is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of such license The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by DSP M edia Pty Lid DSP Media assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appearin this book Exceptas permitted by such license no partof this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of DSP Media DSP MEDIA PTY LIMITED DSP MAKES NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IM PUED INCLUDING BUT N O T UM ITED TO THE IM PUED W ARRAN TIES O F M ERC HAN TABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON N FRIN G EM EN T OF THIRD PARTY W ITH RESPECT TO THE DO CUM EN TATIO N SO FTW ARE AN D HARDWARE IN NO EVEN TW ILLDSP O R ITS SUPPLIERS BE UABLE FO R AN Y COSTS O F PRO C UREM EN T O F SUBSTITUTE PRO DUCTS O R SERVIC ES LO ST PRO FITS LO SS O F IN FO RM ATION OR DATA OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL INDIRECT CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE SALE OF OR INABILITY TO USE ANY
3. DSP PRO DUCT OR SERVICE EVEN IF DSP HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE PO SSIBILITY O F SUCH DAMAGES IN NO CASE SHALL DSP S LABILITY EXCEED THE ACTUALMON EY PAID FO R THE PRO DUCTS AT ISSUE Because some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation of implied warrantees or liability for incidental consequential special or indirect damages the above limitation may not al ways apply The DSP logo DSP Media AudiO S SPEED TEAM TEAM Audio TEAM Video are trademarks of DSP Media Pty Limited Postation is a registered trademark of DSP M edia Pty Limited All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners W ritten and designed at DSP Media How to reach Customer Support Phone 61 0 2 9557 2292 Fax 61 0 2 9519 8094 E mail cs dspmedia com au www dspmedia com Table Of Contents Hardware Contigutao 43 2 lt 6i 5 ek Ad ate Gidea doe MAE wale ed 3 3 Fader CNG AA AI en a SER 4 A ater Gets A E sole ge ae 4 MRS 5 add RARA HR AEM ee AAA AAA BR Het iia HN 5 Knob protocol saai ay ti ca A aay ty a 5 A O Re Be OR ACRE NERENS 5 BUS MING A Gok Bk WA AY tok Oe LEME CS iE Re WEN A eae CRED IE EES 5 Te Br PEIN de gt Daria a O eee GPR ocak ce 5 ME O 6 Touch screen calibre rra Bad Hoty Gok nek Piven he abs 6 Command line options cys yest fetta Sis A SM ylenehe Oaks ya ene 6 Main Screen ai A Bua I POR Oe 7 WES PON at na eG a hy eatin sate ate alte ee BL 8 Si A A Whe al ba eae E 8 Bus mi
4. bright coloured channel outputs on 20 Grey and flat not applicable Touch the select button to toggle a channel ON OFF SOLO Up grey 3 D shaded channel muted Down bright coloured channel soloed also indicated by line around top and sides of the channel Grey and flat not applicable Touch the select button to toggle a channel between soloed and muted Press the select button hard to toggle the channel and also mute all other channels If the channel solo toggles but muting does not occur do not try to push harder lift your finger and retry pushing hard PAIR Up grey 3 D shaded channel unpaired Down bright coloured channel paired also indicated by link line just above the select buttons Grey and flat not applicable Touch the select button to toggle a channel between paired and unpaired You can press the select button for either of the pairable channels parameters are always copied from the odd numbered left channel to the even numbered right channel Sample Rate Indicator When using the AES level metering option a small light appears at the top centre of the peak level me ter This indicates the sample rate to which the VCS level meter card is locked Blue 48 kHz Green 44 1 kHz Red 32 kHz TALK button This is a remote control for the Talkback buttons on both O2Rs and the dSP monitor panel the TALK button is off The VCS sends absolute not relative commands so the first time you use it t
5. channel page to show the bus mixer channel page The menu contains options for setting up bus mix formats and for saving the mix formats and all the pan and fader states as a named setup aming Naming The mix format configuration page configures the dSP bus LOAD SAVE mixer to perform up to 8 si MIX FORMATS multaneous mixes It specifies the format of each mix and al locates the 16 output buses to the mixes as required for each mix type eg 1 bus for mono 2 for stereo 6 for 5 1 Output buses are allocated to mixes in top down order If there are insufficient output buses for 8 mixes of the se lected types then the pan sur round indicators of the unimplemented mixes disap pear from the bus mixer channel strips The mixes are listed in the configuration page in the order 1 2 3 4 top to bottom on the left side 5 6 7 8 top to bottom on the right side To change the mix type select the appropriate knob and turn it with the Speed Wheel or active fader The mix type and the allocated output buses are shown next to the knob A range with no top value e g 14 indicates that some outputs are available for the mix but not enough for the currently selected format Two dashes indicate that no outputs are available for the mix Pan controllers can be ganged for a set of vertically adjacent mixes For example linking mixes 1 and 2 and mixes 2 and 3 causes the pans for mixes 1 2 and 3 to be ganged in each channel M
6. HWARE CFG The options on the hardware confiuration page are described below Fader panel 5 Change this option with extreme caution as the fader ahrdware can be dam S aged by the incorrect choice Have someone ready to switch off the fader power supply if the faders start to vibrate when the VCS is re started The options are No faders faders are disabled e Eight channel early fader panel model e Nine channel e Nine channel filtered 18 channel All kinds of fader panel are functionally equivalent MIDI interface The MIDI interface is the communications port used to connect the VCS to the DEP The options are e No MIDI DEP communications disabled e MQX card early VCS models e Hex lO card MIDI x 1 2 3 or 4 Different comm speeds The default is 3 The DEP and VCS communicate using proprietary protocol Do NOT con Z nect any MIDI devices to this port gt Mixers The options are e No mixer mixer communications disabled e 1 mixer communicate with one O2R e 2 mixers 2 1 communicate with two O2Rs e 2 mixers 1 2 two O2Rs but as if the cables were swapped Knob protocol This selects the Soeed Wheel communications protocol The options are e MS mouse debug only e PC mouse debug only e DEP console early DEP models pre version 3 e DEP SPEED console current DEPs Level meters This specifies the available peak metering hardware The options are e No level meters p
7. is disconnected from the VCS Scene files have extension GCF in DOS Touch the O2R Scene Save button in the main menu There are 65 slots for saving SAVE OZR SCENE scenes Scroll the desired slot into view and touch the corre sponding button You are asked to confirm the save Check the slot number is correct and confirm the save by touching the Yes button or touch the No button or escape button at top right to abort while its scene memory protect flag is set In this case your scene will not be saved and there is no indication that this has happened With 2 mixers either or both might fail to save the scene It is generally safer to save scenes to disk rather than to the O2R s YA The O2R does not give an error message if you attempt to save a scene xO To check that the scene memory protect flag is off press the scene memory button on the O2R s and examine the O2R internal screen Scene names are not changed by saving and default to just be the slot number See renaming O2R scenes below for the method of renaming a saved scene Touch the O2R Scene Load button in the main menu Scroll the desired scene into view and touch the corresponding button You are asked to confirm the load Check the slot number is correct and confirm the load by touching the Yes button or touch the No button or escape button at top right to abort If you attempt to load from an empty slot then the menu select button
8. overall bus mix format The surround diagrams at the top left of the screen excluding any that are grey define this format If you are not using all 16 outputs then you should leave the unused but non grey mixes as stereo as changing them affects the set of presets which you can load The Save setup and Load setup menu options allow bus mix setups to be saved and loaded in exactly the same way that disk scenes are saved and loaded except that presets are saved within files with ex tension MCF in DOS The Delete Setup option allows deletion of presets To rename presets choose the Load preset option and touch the purple name rectangle instead of the menu button Adjustments Colour adjustments Many colours on the VCS screen can be adjusted to suit your taste Touch the Adjust Colours buttons in the main menu It is useful for adjusting channel strip controller to have the MIC channel strip page displayed since the items in the MIC 1 channel strip are highlit in colour ad justment mode to allow pre viewing the new colour in relation to other controller col ours Scroll through the list to deter mine whether the colour you MID E MID EQ HILITE LMID E LMID E HILITE want to change is configurable Touch the corresponding button The colour adjustment page shows the name of the colour being adjusted a sample of the colour in a large rectan gle and knobs with red green and blue valu
9. show the master output levels If the DEP bus mixer is installed They show peak levels for the mix currently selected in the bus mixer channel II page Subsidiary peak level meters When the bus mixer channel page is selected small peak meters to the right of the main peak level meters show the levels for each of the concurrent mixes The column order is the same as in the large peak meter The bar to the left of each meter shows up to 8 dots These indicate which buttons on the Monitor Desk will select the given mix if any The dots are in two groups of four and cor respond top to bottom with monitor buttons 1 4 and 5 8 Optionally these meters may replace the master channel strip in ordinary channel pages see the Options 1 menu The mix names shown under the meters default to MIX1 to MIX8 but can be redefined us ing the Bus mix naming option of the Bus mix configuration menu see section below de scribing this menu You can change the active mix by touching the small peak meter corresponding to the mix you want to hear dot Otherwise the Monitor Desk is configured so that the mix is inac cessible ZAZ This only works if the bar on the left of the meter contains at least one xO ON SOLO PAIR buttons Only one of these buttons can be down and brightly coloured at any time The 3 buttons modify the action of the channel select buttons as follows ON Up grey 3 D shaded channel outputs off Down
10. the same colour user configurable The upper knob for each filter controls gain The lower dual concentric knob controls centre frequency outer ring and Q inner spindle Any EQ knob can be selected by touching it but the dual concentric knob must be pressed hard to select the inner spindle The EQ parameter corresponding to the selected knob can be adjusted by rotating the DEP Speed Wheel or by moving the active fader The gain knob indicates O dB at top centre with attenuation to the left of centre and amplification to the right The frequency ring indicates 667 Hz at top centre with lower frequencies to the left of centre and higher frequencies to the right of centre The frequency scales are the same for all 4 filters The Q inner spindle indicates unity Q at top centre with high Q narrow filter to the left of centre and ow Q broad filter to the right of centre The Q scales are the same for all 4 filters 10 to 0 1 except hat the high and low filters have an extra setting at either end of their range High Q Low passQ 10 Q 0 1High shelf Medium Q Q 10 Q 0 1 Medium low Q Q 10 Q 0 1 Low Q High passQ 10 Q 0 1Low shelf n the low pass case the gain knob has a different function Top centre or right of centre means ena bled and left of centre means disabled applies to the specific filters not EQ overall The numeric values of EQ parameters can be read off for the currently selected channel in the
11. these has no effect 17 VCS Operation Channel fader bar graph Channel faders are normally adjusted using the VCS fader panel but they can also be ad justed by selecting this bar graph and using the Speed Wheel The level is shown in cB Channel faders are shown for all channels in the graphs above the peak meters Bus mixer page selected channel display This section describes the top part of the VCS screen when the bus mixer channel page is selected Almost all the items in the top section of the screen relate to the currently selected bus mixer channel A channel is selected by touching one of the items in its channel strip other than the select button The display in the large graph rectangle depends on which item you touched Input level graph dSP logo Mono indicator Mono indicator Pan locator Pan controller Surround sound locator Surround controller Patch buttons The patch buttons enable or disable each of the surround outputs for the selected bus mixer input channel Mono indicator If a mono indicator M in a channel strip is selected then the large graph displays a small M to indicate that no panning is possible The PAN SUR button at top left of the graph window is disabled Pan controller If a pan locator rectangle showing L and R in a channel strip is selected then the large graph dis plays a pan controller which acts in the same way as for O2R channels The PAN SUR
12. to remove any erroneous selec tions Now touch the menu button labelled Create The lower part of the selected input buttons should merge into a pressed down button and the menu page should change to a keyboard Enter the name of the new machine e g LCRS1 and touch the Enter key The menu again shows CREATE MACHINES and you can define the next machine in the same way Machines must abide by the following rules Size is 1 2 4 or 6 inputs Non mono machines must start on an odd input e g A21 not A20 May not be mixed analog and digital If you violate a rule then an error message is displayed and you must touch OK to continue Touch the input buttons to select a legal pattern or touch the menu button labelled Cancel to stop creating Machines can run off the end of input button rows provided that analog and digital inputs are not mixed Thus D15 D16 D17 D18 is a legal size 4 machine Renaming Machines To rename machines choose the Rename Machines menu option The menu area displays the head ing RENAME MACHINES In the lower part of the screen touch the button for the desired machine and then touch the menu but ton labelled Rename Type the desired new name using the touch keyboard and touch the Enter key Deleting Machines To delete machines choose the Delete Machines menu option The menu area displays the heading DELETE MACHINES In the lower part of the screen touch the button for t
13. which case the selected channel display remains greyed and the channel name box reads NO SELECTION Also the selected channel for any of the pages can be the stereo output channel In this case changing the fader page may dese ect the stereo output channel even though it remains visible You can change any parameter of the currently selected channel by touching one of the selected chan nel display SCD items and turning the Speed Wheel or moving the active fader The SCD item high ights to show that it is active There may be more than one SCD item for a channel strip item eg the aux level graph corresponds to he 8 bar graphs labelled AUX1 to AUX8 If you select a different channel then the same SCD item 13 VCS Operation is selected as that which you selected last time you edited a parameter of the same type For example if you edit the AUX3 send level for channel MIC 11 and then touch the aux send level graph in another channel strip the active SCD item will be the AUX3 send level This behavior facilitates setting the same parameter for a range of channels see also copying channels in the menu functions section The items in the selected channel display are Patch buttons These show the bus patches for the current channel They have 3 states AUS1 GRUE Up grey with 3 D shading patch disabled Down bright coloured patch enabled EWES JUNE Flat and grey not applicable to this channel prep FL
14. NG AS sit te tim A 18 Surround controller 19 A go ae ee Sc Ce ee es cree ee 19 Master levels ane a ea SAA nN 19 Other displayed iteris risa de RARER RIES CERI 19 Channel fader overview and channel page selectors 20 Perk level Meis aa id 20 Subsidiary peak level meters AAA A tap dal on 20 ON SOLO PAIR BUGIS estada aaa it 20 Sample Rate A e o Rie tas 21 TALK b ne ls Be 5 doesent A 21 MET a e tetas werk a 21 FA Fage A E pe REPELS oR DO RE 22 Group pagesat ecb ns Gah eee es hanes 40 2 lee eens ee 24 DOMING SCONES aaan i gapa ie lh aa ie ae beh ded niia 25 SSVINGCNGNNEISS 4 ihe cuted aia aaa 26 BUSHMIREr configurations eeri seyss IA E ya le thea adie ata 28 Monitor ecomiqura lo riada eri eR IS 29 Monitor configuration screen items o o oooooooooooooo o 30 Mix selection DUNONS ne Pra tr ao ROL 30 pul o 30 Monitor configuration Menu Pda E ia RO RES 32 Editmonit r A A A EAS a Bie by aha 32 Creating MCElite Dad 33 Renaming Machines mores ta en eaten ee A ee ea 33 RSS tri NAGS a OR ei E Sl E 33 is E A chiar E maA e ana 34 S t Source Ode ve ei rae raen a at ide DaS dite GRY eat oo ty ENG 34 Saving and loading monitor presets 2 0 0 aoaaa eee 34 AUS ISO te Grate Geant aa ne yt tela Beate Canes te 35 Colour adjustments AAA ae BA FO 35 Options A a Scar ena EE E E E 36 Oth rmenu opos ss laa At ad 36 VACIO A Y 36 Locking the touchscreen n ti toda 36 Hardware Configuration This man
15. UX Touch any button to toggle its state up or down The change is reflected in the pan and patch indicator in the channel strip unless the channel has surround mode se lected Patch buttons have user definable names For a system with two O2Rs the labels change depending on whether the current channel page belongs to the first or sec ond O2R Input conditioning bar graphs The phase is either NORMAL or REVERSE Press the bar hard on its left side to change to normal or hard on its right side to change to reverse You can also make this change by touching the bar and rotating the Speed Wheel or moving the active fader The attenuation is shown in dB O dB means attenuation is disabled The digital delay is shown in milliseconds and samples If the delay is enabled the word ON is displayed at the top right of the bar Press the bar hard on either side to toggle the delay on or off Revision 2 O2Rs have optional independent input conditioning for the left and right channels of line and effect channels The VCS does not support this feature It displays data for the left channel and drives the right channel to the same value if a parameter is adjusted Dynamics parameter bar graphs 14 These may be greyed for three reasons If there is no selected channel the selected channel does not have dynamics dynamics is disabled for the selected channel In the latter case only the parameters can be edited just as
16. a hard touch To adjust the hard touch hresholds touch the Knob hard touch or Button hard ouch knobs and rotate them with the Speed Wheel or active fader The default values are 10 and 8 respectively The surround option knob selects the surround sound mode for both O2Rs Howev lt NOB HARD TOUCH BUTTON HARD TOUCH IND OPTION El CONFIRM RECALL er either O2R can be configured to do linear panning instead To swap between linear panning and surround sound mode touch the PAN SUR button in the large pan or surround controller display in voked by touching a channel pan or surround O2R The confirm saves and confirm recalls bu ocator The selection applies to all channels in the same ttons can be toggled to enable or disable confirmation screens for saving and recalling scenes and channel setups The down bright coloured state means that confirmation is enabled The SAVE button saves your changes in the fi Other menu options Sync to O2R e DELTA CFG see above Touching this menu button causes the VCS to reload all its data from the O2R This occurs automati cally when the VCS is started up Syncing should be unnecessary if your hardware is operating correctly It can be used to connect to an O2R that was switched off or disconnected when the VCS was started up The SYNC button also reboots the bus mixer DSPs and can be tried if bus mixer audio output is lost L
17. achine in the bottom part of the screen The machine must be a Source rather than a Tape yellow orange label with a SRC flag below the label The mix and source machine names appear next to the yellow square in the monitor select button label in the format eg 2 gt MYSRC Also a coloured bar appears above the machine button matching the colour on the outside of the monitor select button except that it is white if the machine is assigned to 2 or more Monitor Desk buttons The labels also show the surround format size of each assigned mix or machine in square brackets at the end of the name If the tape and source sizes are different then these numbers appear red If you assign mixes which are currently unavailable then their names appear greyed in the monitor select button labels Pressing the RST button clears the current assignments and sets up the default mapping for mixes to Monitor Desk buttons MIX1 to button 1 etc The LOAD and SAVE buttons have the same effect as the Load preset and Save preset buttons in the Monitor configuration menu see below Creating Machines To create machines in the lower part of the screen choose the Create Machines menu option The menu area displays the heading CREATE MACHINES Suppose you want to bring in an LCRS tape return via digital inputs D25 to D28 Touch these four buttons so they display small red triangles If any other buttons are touched touch them again
18. below the input conditioning G Gms Gms 0 Om box which appears only for channels that are grouped The colour indicates which of the 10 groups the channel belongs to see group page in menu functions section If the bar is the full width of the channel strip then the group is active causing selected channel parameters to be ganged If it is shown as a third of the channel strip width then the group is currently inactive VCS Operation Dynamics graph EQ knobs This is a small copy of the dynamics graph which appears at the top centre of the screen when the channel dynamics processing is being adjusted Touch the small graph in order to see the full size graph for the channel The graphs are shown in colour user config urable if dynamics is enabled for the channel and are greyed otherwise Press the small dynamics graph hard to toggle dynamics between enabled and disabled Once the large dynamics graph has been displayed the dynamics processing can be adjusted in the manner described in the selected channel display section This can be done whether or not dynamics is currently enabled for the channel however the large dynamics graph remains greyed if dynamics is currently disabled Each channel has 4 EQ filters high medium medium low and low and each of these is controlled by 2 knobs These knobs are shown in the natural order high at the top and are colour coded with the 2 knobs of each filter being
19. button at top left of the graph window is disabled 18 Surround controller Ifa surround sound locator in a channel strip is selected then the large graph displays a surround sound controller and a SUB bar graph if applicable These function in a similar way to the corresponding controls for O2R channels except that the power to the centre channel is determined by the surround controller position rather than by a separate CSR bar graph The PAN SUR button at top left of the graph window is disabled Input levels These bar graphs control the input levels to each of the 8 mixes of the currently se lected input channel Master level This bar graph controls the master level for the currently selected mix as indicated by the yellow arrow and horizontal line in the channel strip area The current mix can be changed by touching a channel strip pan or surround locator or by pressing the select buttons on the dSP monitor panel Deyo D Other displayed items The remaining items on the VCS screen are 19 VCS Operation Channel fader overview and channel page selectors The channel fader overview graphs show fader positions for all channels The 15th bar in each graph of the row is absent and the 16th is the m T stereo output fader For the bus mixer R row the left half of the graph shows the master fad ers of the 8 mixes and the right half is unused Aa Peak level meters These
20. cene then the rename fails and a con firmation page is displayed Touch OK to return to the virtual keyboard Touch the Copy Channel button in the main menu A confirmation page is displayed and the channel select buttons change to select buttons with labels such as SEL M10 Touch the select button for the channel whose setup you wish to copy or Cancel or the escape button to abort You can change the channel strip page without exiting this mode but be careful not to touch any knobs or bar graphs as this will cancel select mode If you change the page don t forget about any channels you have se lected in the now invisible page From this point the channel parameters may be loaded into selected channels in exactly the same way as described above in loading a channel setup Touch the Chan Data Erase button in the main menu Scroll the desired scene into view and touch the corresponding button You are asked to confirm the delete Check the setup file name is correct and confirm the delete by touching the Yes button or touch the No button or escape button at top right to abort Deleted files cannot be retrieved 27 VCS Operation Bus mixer configuration Mix Formats Saving and loading bus mix setups 28 If the dSP bus mixer is in stalled the Bus mixer config menu option brings up the BUS MIX FUNCTION MENU Bus mix function menu and CURRENT SETUP DEFAULT automatically switches the Y E
21. ch page is displayed by touching one of the channel fader graphs above the level meters If the dSP bus mixer is installed the channel strips can be replaced by a page of bus mixer channel strips by touching the fader graph labelled R M Channel strips The M or MIC channels are the analog or digital O2R input channels which are normally connected as inputs to 16 tracks on the DEP by enabling the Direct patch button for each channel T channel strips The T or TAPE channels are connected as the outputs of a set of 16 DEP tracks channel strips The first 8 channels in each page are bus outputs from an O2R These may be routed as inputs to the DEP instead of the corresponding MIC channels eg BUS 2 goes to track 2 and track 10 The Direct patch buttons for MIC 2 and MIC 10 wil need to be switched off The buses can also be connected as master outputs used instead of stereo out when surround mixing If the dSP bus mixer monitor system is installed the O2R buses are inputs to the bus mixer channel strips as indicated by matching names in the VCS display The next 4 channels are LINE stereo input channels These are not directly connected to the DEP but patching a pair of busses to the Stereo line input will make the connection The final two channels are the Stereo FX returns from the two internal FX units The inputs to these units are auxiliary sends AUX7 and AUX8 respectively FX processing woul
22. d state You can change the channel strip page in select mode but be careful not to touch any knobs or bar graphs If you change the page don t forget about any channels you have se lected in the now invisible page You must now choose the type of data to be loaded by touching one of the buttons marked Complete Dynamics etc You can also touch the Cancel button or the escape button at top right to abort the operation After the channel data is loaded the menu page and selections remain in case you want to load further parameters Note the menu page returns to the main menu if you touch a parameter type without se lecting any channels Channel setup files can be renamed by touching the displayed names not the buttons in initial load channel setup menu page touch Load Channel s at the main menu Touching a name causes a virtual keyboard to be displayed Check that the existing name above the keyboard is correct It is easy to mistakenly touch the name below the desired one Touch the escape button at top right to abort Enter the new name using the virtual keyboard Note the backspace key above the enter key at right Only upper case names are allowed When you have typed in the desired name touch the enter key Check the name in the confirmation screen and press Yes to save it Otherwise touch No or the escape button to return to the keyboard If you attempt to rename a file to the same name as an existing s
23. d normally operate on the TAPE channels DEP outputs with the returns being used in the final mix However it is also possible to patch an FX return to a bus or 2 buses and thus to record FX unit output on the DEP Bus mixer channel strips inputs from the O2R bus outputs Each input can be moved around the surround sound field of several simultaneously generated surround mixes Each mix is controlled by one of the 8 rows of pan controllers in the bus mixer channel page The bus mixer generates up to 16 digital master outputs The R or BUS MIXER channel strips require the dSP bus mixer hardware They take their LW GU U Items within a standard channel strip Each vertical channel strip can contain the following items listed from the top down Input conditioning box This displays the input conditioning parameters Normally input conditioning would only be applied to MIC or LINE channels ie to the external inputs rather than the DEP out puts The phase is either NOR normal or REV reversed NOR is shown in yellow and REV in blue The attenuation is shown in dB O dB means attenuation is disabled The digital delay is shown in milliseconds The delay is enabled if this number is yellow and is disabled if the number is black For directions on how to adjust the phase attenuation and delay see the selected channel display sec tion Group indicator This is a horizontal coloured line just
24. displays a message of the form Can t Recall Mem 64 In this case the existing scene is unchanged or perhaps is half changed if only one O2R could load the scene O2R saved scenes can be renamed by touching the displayed names not the buttons in either the scene load or scene save menu pages Empty slots can be renamed if you so wish 25 VCS Operation Saving a scene to disk Loading a scene from disk Renaming a disk scene Deleting a disk scene Touching a name causes a virtual keyboard to be displayed Check that the slot number and existing name above the keyboard are correct as it is easy to mistakenly touch the name below the desired one Touch the escape button at top right to abort Enter the new name using the virtual keyboard Note the backspace key above the enter key at right Only upper case names are currently supported When you have typed in the desired name touch the enter key Check the name in the confirmation screen and press Yes to save it Otherwise touch No or the escape button to return to the keyboard Note that the VCS saves O2R scene names in a disk file rather than in the O2Rs If you want the O2R scene memory display to match the VCS scene memory display then you must update it manually Touch the Disk Scene Store button in the main menu Type the desired scene name using the virtual keyboard if in doubt about already used scene names check the existing files by touching Dis
25. e FX Page Select the desired internal FX EFFECT 1 REVERB STf unit by touching one of the buttons labelled 1 AUX 7 2 A AUX 8 3 AUX 7 or 4 AUX 8 The first two FX units be REED PES long to the left O2R and the latter two belong to the right Heats aa Ber O2R if present Note tha only channels on the same REVERB TREMOLO O2R can be fed to an FX unit CHORUS 1 ROTARY SPEAKER The down bright coloured button shows the currently se lected FX unit The label at the top shows the selected FX uni and the current FX type If the bottom left button TYPE PARM is up displaying TYPE then the button corresponding to the current type in the FX type list will be down This can only be seen if this type and its button are scrolled into view using the Speed Wheel or the active fader Touch any button in the scrolling button set to select the corresponding FX type The parameters for the select ed effect can be modified by touching the bottom left button so that is displays PARM Touch the button correspond ing to the parameter to be changed one of the 10 upper buttons and rotate the Speed Wheel or move the active fad er For fine control of delay times toggle the FULL FINE button to FINE not all time values can be controlled in fine steps this depends on the 5 Jake aol aid 7 en 6 Loan save O2R s FX implementation The modified effect is retained in memory if you select another effect
26. e names check the existing files by touching Load Channel s at the main Loading a channel setup Renaming a channel setup file Copying a channel Deleting a channel setup file menu or save the setup with a bizarre name unlikely to be currently in use and then rename it to a sensible name as described below You are asked to confirm the save If the file does not currently exist the options are Yes and No and if it does exist they are Overwrite and No Confirm the save by touching the Yes or Overwrite button or touch the No button or Escape button at top right to abort See below for the method of renaming a channel setup file Channel setups can be loaded to one channel or to many channels and you can choose to load the complete setup or just specific parameter types such as dynamics EQ or levels Touch the Load Channel s button in the main menu Scroll the desired setup file name into view and touch the corresponding button A menu page is now displayed with option buttons for different channel data types marked Complete Dynamics etc Do not touch any of these buttons yet You will notice that the channel buttons have changed to select buttons with labels such as SEL M10 Before selecting a data type you must choose the channel or channels to which the channel parameters will be loaded Touch the channel select buttons for the desired channels to toggle them to the down bright coloure
27. eak meters not available e O2R bridge base 140 peak meters from O2R meter bridge port common early version e O2R bridge base 180 meter bridge peak meters with modified I O card new standard e AES level meters metering hardware internal to VCS stereo output only Bus Mixer This specifies the available bus mixer hardware The options are e No routerxx bus mixer not available e AES 16in 16 in 8 bus 16 out e AES 16in 3dB e Y2 l in Y2 16in 3dB T B ATTEN This specifies whether Talkback is attenuated Hardware Configuration VU Format The options are e 0 18dB This specifies the reference level The options are e Transition at 18dB e Transition at 20dB e Bar at 18dB e Bar at 20dB Touch screen calibration If you replace the VCS monitor or change the picture size or position you must then calibrate the Touch screen This ensures that your finger hits the right button when you touch the screen e Adjust the monitor width height and position until the mixer fills the screen e If the mixer is running then exit with the command ALT X e Enter the command mix c and press Enter e After the usual startup messages the VCS displays a screen with text and a single knob at the top eft In this screen the knobs do not rotate but only serve as touch targets e Sit in your working position and touch the knob Keep your finger on the screen and slide it until it is directly over the knob then l
28. elect buttons indicates this See other display items for the method of pairing and un pairing channels 1 VCS Operation Solo indicator Soloed channels are indicated by a thin line that runs around the top and sides of the channel strip See other display items for the method of soloing channels Select button The channel select button shows the channel number and appears depressed and in bright colour if the channel is turned on It can also be used for pairing i i MS soloing and channel selection see other display items and menu functions for details Items within a bus mixer channel strip Each vertical channel strip contains the following items Input attenuator bar graph turned on This shows the faders for feeding the channel into each of the 8 mixes when the channel is a Pan or surround locator This shows the surround or left right position of the channel within one of the 8 mixes 12 Channel input peak meter This shows the peak level for the bus mix input channel which is an O2R bus out put 6 BUS FB On off button The channel select button shows the bus name of the O2R bus that feeds the channel It appears depressed and in bright colour if the channel is turned on in the currently selected ie EUS2 There is also the current mix indicator which consists of a thin horizontal line with an arrow at the left end This shows which mix is currently selected Note that the c
29. es in the range O to 255 Adjustable colours can be set to any combination of red green and blue 16 million combinations The escape button at top right returns you to the colour list The RESTORE button re stores the current colour to its default value The SAVE but ton saves all colour changes which then become the defaults ADJUST COLOUR OF MID EQ HILITE RED The REDRAW button corrects the ragged edge effect which you will see if you radically change the colour of knobs You need only use it if you find the imperfect knobs make previewing difficult Generally you should only customise colour hues and not brightness Otherwise the relationship be tween background and foreground items can become confusing as can the relationship between nor mal and highlit controllers Colour values are stored in the file DELTA CFG as lines starting with COLR You can delete these lines with a text editor to restore previous colour setups COLR lines appear in historical order in DEL TA CFG and colour specifications further down the file override previous ones for the same colour Thus deleting COLR lines near the end of the file can restore previous user setups Deleting all COLR lines restores DSP s standard colour setup Do not edit any other CFG file 35 VCS Operation Options 1 page This page allows you to adjust he sensitivity of knobs and buttons to finger pressure so hat you can set the threshold for
30. ght to abort Reverb Room Rev Ambience 2 Reverb R Rev Live Rooml Reverb S Rev Live Room2 If you get the on screen keyboard displayed then you may inadvertently have tried to rename an effect by touching the name rather than the button see renaming below Press the escape button to dismiss the keyboard and ensure that in selecting a slot you touch the button rather than the corresponding name To save a user defined effect in the O2R FX memory touch the SAVE button bottom FX1 AUX 7 SAVE EFFECT right of centre The scrolling REVERB STAGE list shows the 88 user defined O46 effect slots REVERB HALL Select the desired slot by Sees ai scrolling its name into view and touching the correspond 048 ing button You are asked to confirm the save Check the 049 slot and name if any is cor rect and confirm the save by asa ouching the Yes button or ouch the No button to abort you can also touch the es cape button at top right to abort The newly saved effect is labelled with the current FX name The next section describes how to rename he saved effect f you get the on screen keyboard displayed then you may inadvertently have tried to rename an effect by touching the name rather than the button see renaming below Press the escape button to dismiss he keyboard and ensure that in selecting a slot you touch the button rather than the corresponding name The use
31. hannel select buttons and main peak level display only apply to the currently selected mix The current mix can be changed by touching a channel strip pan or surround locator or by pressing the select buttons on the Speed Monitor Desk Selected channel display auss GRUEG Eves This section describes the top part of the VCS screen when a non bus mixer channel page is selected Almost all the items in the top section of the screen relate to the currently selected channel A channel is selected by touching one of the items in its channel strip other than the select button The display in the large centre panel depends on which item you touched Dynamics graph Dynamics graph EQ knob EQ graph Pan and patch indicator Pan controller Surround sound locator Surround controller Phase attenuation delay box aux send dSP logo The touched item remains highlit giving an indication of the selected channel and function Also the number of the selected channel and if named the channel name appears in the rectangle at the top and just to the right of the large graph There is a selected channel and channel strip item for each channel page When you switch to a chan nel page the selected channel and channel strip item for that fader page are highlit and the selected channel display is updated to match The only exception is this there may be no selected item for the current page most probably if you have just started up the VCS in
32. he bus naming menu page The new names will be stored with he router setup Touch the MIX1 or MIX2 but on to select the desired O2R The order of buses is the same as that of the patch buttons hat appear at the top left of he VCS screen The standard O2R bus names are shown on the 10 buttons at the bottom of the menu E Mix2 BUS NAMES FOR MIXER 1 GRUE JUNE FLUX GU U DIR BUSS page To change a bus name touch the rectangle next to the button towards the centre of the page The onscreen keyboard is displayed Enter the desired bus name at most 4 characters and touch the enter button or touch the escape button to abort Confirm the rename by touching the Yes button Note that the stereo and direct buses cannot be renamed The 8 mixes of the bus mixer are named by default MIX1 to MIX8 These names can be changed using the Bus mix naming menu option The new names will be stored with the router setup Bus mixes are renamed by touching the corresponding purple rectangle in just the same way as O2R buses are renamed see last section Monitor configuration BUS MIX NAMES COTAGE RIGA L PRITKN CLOVE TANK ATVIA VOGEL MIX8 If the dSP bus mixer and Monitor Desk are installed the Monitor config menu option brings up the Monitor configuration menu and displays the special monitor configuration screen 29 VCS Operation Monitor configuratio
33. he O2R s will get back into sync with the display Touch the button twice when you first start the O2R to make sure Talkback is off and indicated so Immediately after startup Talkback on the O2Rs may be on even though Ya N A command line option see command line section permits assigning one of the MIC channels as a Talkback line If this option is used then the TALK button disappears and one of the MIC channel select buttons is relabelled T B and controls the Talk function Menu functions The menu select button to the right of the large graph displays the menu It can be scrolled by rotating the Speed Wheel or by moving the active fader The fader in the middle of the menu shows the cur rent scrolling position the top position corresponds to the beginning of the list The main menu has touch buttons for selecting the following options FX page Group page O2R scene save O2R scene load Disk scene store Disk scene load 21 VCS Operation Disk scene erase Save channel Load channels Copy channel Channel data erase Lock touchscreen Adjust colours Options 1 Bus mixer configuration Monitor contig Oscillator Reset reloads state from O2Rs reboots bus mixer dSPs You can always return to the main menu by touching the menu select button Many menu pages have a button at the top right with an upward pointing triangle Touching this escape button generally takes you back to the previous menu pag
34. he desired machine and then touch the menu but ton labelled Delete Be careful as there is no confirmation 33 VCS Operation Set insert mode The set insert mode option allows you to change whether ww the dSP monitor hardware in TOGGLE INSERT seta surround dec der Select insert type then touch machine when a given machine is se lected The options are digit al insert analog insert or none and flags below the machine name labelled INS DIG or INS ALG indicates these After selecting the menu op tion the menu page should show the heading TOGGLE INSERT Analog Digital To change a machine s insert mode to none touch the machine button once To change the mode to digital or analog first ensure that the desired option is selected in the menu page touch the corresponding menu button so that the coloured light next to the button changes to an arrow Now touch the machine button once Set Source mode The set source mode option allows you to make a source machine for bringing mixes in after external processing A source machine is indicated by a yellow orange name label and a flag below the machine name la belled SRC After selecting the menu option the menu page should show the heading TOGGLE SOURCE MODE To change a machine s insert source mode touch the machine button once Saving and loading monitor presets 34 Note that monitor presets are specific to the
35. if the bars were coloured Dynamics is enabled or disabled by pressing hard on the dynamics graph in the channel strip The second bar from the top is the dynamics type If the dynamics type is changed with this controller the remaining parameters retain the same internal representa tions which may or may not be sensible for the new type The preferred means of changing the dynamics type is by loading a dynamics library or a saved channel set up see menu functions Note that the stand alone O2R does not allow changing the dynamics type directly Refer to the O2R manual for descriptions of the remaining dynamics parameters Large graph Dynamics graph EQ graph Pan controller This shows various graphs depending on the currently selected SCD item It may also display the dSP logo or a menu page This shows output level in dB as a function of input level in dB for an unchanging input signal The graph is greyed if dynamics is currently disabled for the channel This shows gain or attenuation in dB as a function of input fre quency There are two vertical scales which implement auto matically depending on the maximum gain or attenuation value to be displayed Vertical bars between the curve and the axis show the centre fre quency of each filter these are coloured to match the corre sponding knobs There are 2 touch buttons ON OFF touch this to toggle EQ on or off for the channel the graph is gre
36. ift your finger from he screen e The calibration program records the position of your finger WHEN YOU LIFT IT OFF e Anew knob should appear Repeat the process for all 12 knobs e If anew knob appears before you had your finger in the right position then you can press R to go back to the previous knob The currently active knob is shown highlighted and you should always touch only that knob e When you have touched all the knobs press X to save the configuration Command line options To see the available options use the command mix The command line option he use hardware configuration data is required for normal operation see the file MIX BAT As described above he and c options select hardware and touchscreen configuration modes respec tively The h option permits the VCS to run with missing hardware in case of faulty or missing equipment but where you still require access to the VCS The options overridden by he should not be used The obscure user options are hardware dependent options that may be recommended by dSP techni cal support for unusual hardware configurations Useful options for debugging are e h run with missing hardware e ix enable mouse operating mode no touchscreen required e u suppress loading of O2R state on startup e rx switch mixers Main Screen The following is a screen shot of the main VCS screen with lables on the main functional blocks
37. it Otherwise touch No or the escape button to return to the keyboard If you attempt to rename a file to the same name as an existing scene then the rename fails and a con firmation page is displayed Touch OK to return to the virtual keyboard Touch the Disk Scene Erase button in the main menu Scroll the desired scene into view and touch the corresponding button You are asked to confirm the delete Check that the scene name is correct and confirm the delete by touching the Yes button or touch the No button or Escape button at top right to abort Deleted files cannot be retrieved Saving channels Saving channel setup to disk 26 Channel setup files appear in DOS with extension CCF The file contains complete information for a single non bus mixer channel strip Touch the Save Channel button in the main menu A confirmation page is displayed and the channel select buttons change to select buttons with labels such as SEL M10 Touch the select button for the channel whose setup you wish to save or Cancel or the escape button to abort You can change the channel strip page without exiting this mode but be careful not to touch any knobs or bar graphs as this will cancel select mode If you select a channel then a virtual keyboard is displayed Check that the channel number above the keyboard is correct and type the name of the disk file where the setup should be saved If in doubt about already used scen
38. ively you can drag L S the cursor or move it instantly ROUTER to a new position by touching the graph and then moving your finger while retaining contact with the screen Depending on the current surround mode the dis play will show L left R right LS left surroundRS right surround C centreL leftR rightS surround C centreL leftR rightLS left surroundRS right surround In addition there may be CSR centre surround and SUB subwoofer bar graphs above the surround position graph These are only present if required for the selected surround mode For line inputs and effect returns there are spatial positions for both left odd numbered and right even numbered channels The two pan positions are indicated by cursors in the shape of small letters L and R Only one of the cursors is active at any time To drag the L cursor you must first touch the LEFT PAN bar graph unless it is already highlit and to drag the R cursor you touch the RIGHT PAN bar graph Similarly these channels have CSR and SUB graphs for both left and right channels labelled CSR L CSR R SUB L and SUB R shown one channel Left or Right at a time Touch the LEFT PAN or RIGHT PAN bar graph to show the one you want The PAN SUR button toggles between left right pan and surround sound for all channels of the current O2R The numbers below the graph show the percentage of total power output being delivered to each of
39. k Scene Load at the main menu You are asked to confirm the save If the file does not currently exist the options are Yes and No and if it does exist they are Overwrite and No Confirm the save by touching the Yes or Overwrite button or touch the No button or escape button at top right to abort See below for the method of renaming a disk scene Touch the Disk Scene Load button in the main menu Scroll the desired scene into view and touch the corresponding button You are asked to confirm the load Check the scene name is correct and confirm the load by touching the Yes button or touch the No button or escape button at top right to abort If you confirm the load the O2R message echo window displays PLEASE WAIT and all the virtual knobs and controllers are moved to the new positions Disk saved scenes can be renamed by touching the displayed NAMES ie Not the buttons in the disk scene load menu page Touching a name causes a virtual keyboard to be displayed Check that the existing name above the keyboard is correct as it is easy to mistakenly touch the name below the desired one Touch the escape button at top right to abort Enter the new name using the virtual keyboard Note the backspace key above the enter key at right Only upper case names are currently supported When you have typed in the desired name touch the enter key Check the name in the confirmation screen and press Yes to save
40. manner described in the selected channel display section Whenever an EQ knob is selected a large graph of he frequency response is shown at top centre see the selected channel display section for details EQ can be enabled or disabled for each channel by touching the ON OFF button at the top left of the frequency response graph If EQ is disabled then the graph and all the EQ knobs are greyed out The EQ parameters can still be edited while the knobs are greyed EQ for a channel can be reset to the default state zero gain centralised frequency and Q values by ouching the RST button at the top right of the frequency response graph Auxiliary send level bar graph 10 fader positions of the 8 auxiliary send levels for the channel AUX1 at left to AUX8 at right In addition there are small flags above each bar which represent the ON OFF and PRE POST status of each send No flag send is OFF Blue triangle pointing to top left send is ON and PRE Yellow triangle pointing to bottom right send is ON and POST The graph has 8 vertical bars of alternating user defineable colours which represent the E Pan and patch indicator The pan patch indicator appears if the channel is not in surround mode The top part of the indicator shows the state of the 10 patch buttons for the channel BUS1 fi to BUS8 DIRECT and STEREO Enabled patches are shown bright user definable colours and disabled ones are shown dark The bottom part
41. n screen items MONITOR CONFIGURATION MENU DEFAULT CURRENT BUS MIX SETUP Edit Mon P t Se Mix selection buttons The mix selection buttons appear at the top left of the screen These cor respond to the 8 mixes in the bus mixer page and are labelled MIX1 to MIX8 To the right of each button is a diagram showing the surround format for the mix and to the right of this is the user configurable mix name as it appears under the small bus mix peak level meter If the mix is not available due to insufficient output channels then the di agram and name label are greyed See below for the use of these buttons The meaning of the coloured bars to the left of the buttons is also described below Input selection buttons 30 ot 2 a amp WIXS E AOCET E TQLATO E LYHK 6 CPOAE bKILKH C E BICY Soe a fa al aa pa ETE EEE Seas These occupy the bottom left of the screen and correspond to the 24 analog inputs Al to A24 and 48 digital inputs D1 to D48 on the VCS3 back panel If you have defined machines see Create Machines below then the lower part of some adjacent buttons will be merged into a large pressed down button labelled with the machine name There may also be small square flags below the merged button indicating that certain options have been selected for the machine See below for the use of the machines The meaning of the coloured bars above the buttons is also desc
42. ocking the touchscreen 36 This option is provided to allow cleaning the touchscreen with out switching off the VCS Touch Lock Touchscreen in the main menu and confirm by touching Yes The virtual keyboard appears and all controllers are locked You can now clean the screen When you finish cleaning de lete any characters in the key board buffer by touching the virtual backspace key repeat edly Touch O then K then the enter key Normal opera tion will then be restored
43. ouch the channel select but tons if the button is down C14 JAMBER then the channel is in the cur rent group Grouped chan nels also display a coloured bar underneath the input con ditioning box This is the full width of the channel strip if the group is active and about a third of the width if it is inactive ie if no parameters are currently ganged You can change to other channel pages while editing the group but note that bus mixer channels can not be grouped Channels can only belong to one group Adding a channel to the current group removes it from its previous group if any The group name can be edited by touching the rectangle next to the group selection button towards the centre of the menu page The procedure of renaming groups is the same as renaming scenes To gang specific parameters touch one of the buttons FADE EQ PAN AUX The corresponding mark er on the group selection button will illuminate To deactivate the group or choose different ganged parameters touch the OFF button In ganging faders pan surround and aux levels the VCS maintains a constant offset in controller posi tions equal to the offset when the ganging was activated except that controllers saturate at the top and bottom To adjust the offsets you must inactivate the group adjust the individual channel parameters reselect group page if necessary and re enable the group If EQ ganging is enabled when editing a group then EQ pa
44. oving stereo pans moves ganged surround faders left to right but not front to rear To link mixes 1 and 2 for example touch the button labelled 1 2 so it is down bright coloured Pans are ganged do not have an offset Any offset that exists when ganged will be set to zero with and pan movement Pressing the RST button hard in the bus mixer configuration page restores all mixes to the Default State centred pan surround inputs and outputs enabled input and master faders at zero The VCS retains the complete bus mixer configuration and Current State if the program is shut down You can also save it as a named bus mix setup see next section The LOAD and SAVE buttons have the same effect as the Load Setup and Save Setup options in the Bus mix function menu see next section The Save setup and Load setup menu options allow bus mix setups to be saved and loaded in exactly the same way that disk scenes are saved and loaded except that the resulting files have extension RCF in DOS The Erase Setup option allows deletion of setup files Bus naming Bus mix naming To rename setup files choose the Load setup option and touch the purple name rectangle instead of the menu button The Bus mix function menu displays a heading of the form CURRENT SETUP MYSETUP The setup name changes any time you save or load a named setup The O2R output buses have user configurable names which can be changed in t
45. r defined effects can be renamed by touching the displayed names not the buttons in either the FX load or FX save menu pages Touching a preset name in the FX load page has no effect Touching an empty slot gives an error message Otherwise a virtual keyboard is displayed 23 VCS Operation Group page 24 Check that the slot number and existing name above the OFF FADE EQ f PAN AUX TRIM ww keyboard are correct It is CHANNEL GROUPS easy to mistakenly touch the name below the desired one REEVE Touch the escape button at top right to abort Enter the new name using the virtual keyboard Note the 11 JAMBER backspace key above the enter key at right Only up per case names are currently supported When you have typed in the desired name touch the enter key Check the name in the confirmation screen and press Yes to save it Otherwise touch No or the escape button to return to the keyboard The group page allows up to 10 channel groups to be defined Channels within a group may have ganged faders EQ pan surround or aux level VCS grouping is independent of the O2R grouping mechanism which should be disabled To modify a group touch one of the 10 buttons in the lower OFF FADE EQ PAN AUX TRIM al part of the menu page The CHANNEL GROUPS corresponding coloured dot extends into an arrow indicat REEVE ing that this group is selected To add or remove channels t
46. rameters are copied from the existing mem bers of the group to each added member If a particular channel has the desired EQ settings you should select it first when making the group If EQ is enabled for an already defined group then EQ parameters are copied in order of left gt right MIC gt TAPE gt LINE gt EFFECT left mixer gt right mixer The TRIM button is used to assign a fader for group trim the operation of which is described in the DEP manual To assign or change a trim fader first switch to a MIC or TAPE channel page Bring up the group page select the desired group and touch the TRIM button Now touch the select button of one of the 16 MIC or TAPE channels The select button label changes to a group number e g G2 and the channel name changes colour and becomes the group name if the group has no name see the instructions above for naming it To remove the trim fader press the TRIM button and then touch the None button in the menu page rather than selecting a channel Saving scenes Saving a scene in the O2R s Loading a scene from the O2R Renaming an O2R scene Scenes can be saved to either the O2R internal memory or to disk files The disk file method is generally safer since you are less likely to overwrite an existing scene Disk scenes also save additional informa tion particularly the state of the dSP bus mixer monitor Saving a scene on the O2R allows you to recall it even if the O2R
47. ribed below 31 VCS Operation Monitor configuration menu Edit monitor preset 32 This menu option displays the Monitor Desk assignment RST LOAD SAVE al preset page in the menu ar MONITOR DESK ASSIGNMENT PRESET Choose monitor then touch machine or mix ea The bottom part of the page shows monitor select buttons labelled 1 to 8 which correspond to the 8 buttons on the top left of the Monitor Desk The labels next to each select button and to wards the centre of the menu show which external machines and bus mixer mixes are as signed to each button on the Monitor Desk The top part of each label next to the green square shows which external machine is connected to the Tape side of the Monitor Desk button If you don t have any machines in the lower screen section then you must first create them see Create Machines section below Assuming you have defined some machines you can assign them to a Monitor Desk button as follows Touch a monitor selection button one of the buttons labelled 1 to 8 in the menu area The col oured dot next to the button changes into an arrow to indicate that it is selected Touch the required machine in the bottom part of the screen The machine must be a tape rather than a source green label and no SRC flag below the label The name of the machine will appear next to the green square in the monitor select button label Also a coloured bar appears abo
48. se filters on or off Use the Speed Wheel or active fader to turn the gain anti clockwise to off or clockwise to on Pan bar graph s These may be greyed if there is no selected channel or the selected sy channel does not have pan stereo output only There are two pan bar graphs for line inputs and effect returns for left odd numbered and right even numbered channels For channels with surround sound selecting the pan bar graph s causes the surround sound controller to become active and chooses the left or right channel for lines and effects but the pan bar graph does not display a value Auxiliary send level bar graphs These may be greyed if there is no selected channel or the selected channel does not have auxiliary sends The auxiliary send levels for the master output channel are actually the auxiliary send master levels Pressing hard on the left side of the bar graph toggles between pre fader and post fader send Pre fader is indicated by the word PRE and a blue triangle pointing to the top left Post fader is indicated by the word PST and a yellow triangle pointing to the bottom right the triangles are copied to the channel strip auxiliary send graph if the send is ON Pressing hard on the right side of the bar graph toggles the send ON or OFF The ON state is indicated by the word ON at the bottom right of the bar graph Although the bar graphs for the master output have PRE POST and ON indicators toggling
49. shows the panning position of the channel The pan cursor in the form of a small cross or arrows if the channel is stereo moves between the L and R labels to indicate left to right panning In the case of stereo channels there are two arrow shaped cursors one pointing left representing the left or odd channel panning position and the other refering to the right or even channel Surround sound locator The locator is a small copy of the large surround sound controller that appears ifthe chan ia nel surround sound locator is touched The cursor in the form of a small cross or arrows if the channel is stereo indicates the surround sound position of the channel LS RS In the case of stereo channels there are two arrow shaped cursors one pointing left rep resenting the left or odd channel panning position and the other refering to the right or even channel Channel input peak meter This shows the peak level for the channel pre or post fader depending on O2R set E Y up This may not be available for some channels depending on the hardware con figuration Channel name TAPE channel strips display the name of the corresponding DEP track just above the select button This name is also displayed at the top of the screen if the channel is selected The names of MIC LINE and RETURN channels are user defineable Pair indicator TAPE and MIC channels can be paired and a thin horizontal bar running just above the 2 s
50. the output channels in the order LS L C R RS In the 4 channel LCRS configuration both the outer numbers LS amp RS show the power to S surround Selected channel number and name This appears in a rectangle at the top of the screen and just to the right of the large graph Channel names are user configurable for Pura nara MIC LINE and EFFECT channels and TAPE channel names re flect the track names set on the DEP Menu select button 16 Touch this button to view the main function menu The button text normally gives the software version number but also echoes error messages from the O2Rs These are displayed in bright colour for about 30 seconds HIGH GAIN LMID GAIN EQ parameter bar graphs These may be greyed if TIT e There is no selected channel 4 e The selected channel does not have EQ e EQ is disabled for the selected channel The parameters can still be edited even if EQ is disabled for that channel EQ is enabled or disabled by touching the ON OFF button on the large EQ graph To change a parameter touch the virtual knob on the VCS screen then turn the Speed Wheel or move th active fader Touch the Center Frequency Q knob lightly to select Centre Frequency and hard to se lect the Q If the high or low filter Q s are moved to the extreme left of their range the VCS will activte a high or low pass filter respectively In this mode the gain knobs for the high or low filters turn tho
51. type or change to another FX unit It is lost if you load an effect of the same type Since the effect type cannot necessarily be deduced from the name of a saved effect you should save interesting modified effects before loading anything at all into the same FX unit EFFECT 1 REVERB HALL TIME LPF 7 KHZz HIGH RATIO HPF 6 8 THRU DIFFUSION REV DELAY T 0 ims INIT DELAY BALANCE 0 ims 3 DENSI TY c 22 Loading effects Saving effects Renaming user defined effects When not in parameter editing mode the FULL FINE button is relabelled RST Pressing this hard caus es the parameters for the currently selected effect to be reset to the FX library defaults To load an effect from the O2R FX memory touch the LOAD button bottom right FX1 AUX 7 LOAD LIBRARY of centre The scrolling list shows the 40 preset effects Reverb Hall Reverb Plate followed by 88 user defined effects User defined effects Raverbe Halle SOMETER without names are empty and cannot be loaded if you at tempt this you will get an error message from the O2R in the O2R message echo window eg Can t recall Lib 991 Select the desired effect by scrolling its name into view and touching the correspond ing button You are asked to confirm the load Check the FX name is correct and confirm the load by touching the Yes button or touch the No button to abort you can also touch the escape button at top ri
52. ual describes how to configure the VCS to use your available hardware The installation and connection of VCS hardware is described in the Technical Manual Harware Configuration Screen accessing Turn on the VCS and wait for the comnad prompt an TYPE mix he type the command Press enter lt l UCSZ HARDWARE CONFIGURATION After changing values press X to or to abort to select Warning do not operate faders with incorrect software setting or damage to the motors may occur FADER PANEL No faders MIDI INTERFACE e No MIDI MIXERS No mixers KNOB PROTOCOL N PC mouse LEVEL METERS No level meters BUS MIXER x AES 16in TALKBACK Va OZR talkback T B ATTEN A a dB VU FORMAT N Transition at 28dB After the usual startup messages the VCS displays the screen above Hardware Configuration Harware Configuration changing settings Jo 4 4 Select the option you wish to adjust or Adjust the selected option LJL eXit hardware configuration Changes will be saved Est Exit hardware configuration soia without saving chanegs SELECTED The VCS displays the com mand prompt TYPE mix Type the command ENTER Press enter l The VCS will re start Make sure that the keyboard is switched to control the VCS by pressing the Wn N keyboard button on the speed console until it turns red The harware configuration is stored in the file
53. ve the machine button matching the colour on the outside of the monitor select button except if the machine is assigned to 2 or more Monitor Desk buttons in which case it is white The bottom part of each label next to the yellow square shows which bus mixer mix is connected to the source side of the Monitor Desk button It is also possible to define source machines if the mix is proc essed externally and is brought back in through the back panel inputs You can assign a mix to a Mon itor Desk button as follows e Touch a monitor selection button The coloured dot next to the button changes into an arrow to indicate that it is selected e Touch the required mix button at the top left of the screen The name MIX1 to MIX8 or sometimes just 1 to 8 will appear next to the yellow square in the monitor select button label Also a coloured bar appears to the left of the mix button matching the colour on the outside of the monitor select button except that it is white if the mix is assigned to 2 or more Monitor Desk buttons For externally processed mixes you can assign a source machine as follows Note that you should as sign the mix first as changing the assigned mix removes the source machine assignment e First assign a mix to the Monitor Desk button as described above Touch the monitor selection button The coloured dot next to the button changes into an arrow to indicate that it is selected e Touch the required m
54. xer channel dos wae a ene Speke a Y OE 9 ltems within a standard channel strip o o aoaaa naaa 9 Inputcondiioning BOX s AAA da 9 Group indicators csse ner eaan cok ape ech Aea EI ade OEE a EEAS 9 Dynamics rapt tanda a 10 EG knobs seinas E ib EOG 10 Auxiliary send level bar gtaphiaraia ri ias 10 Pan and patch indicator o oaaao ti e a OLA e E 11 Surround sound locator 2 4 5 dre br rt des 11 Channel input peak meter e es e gel e 11 Channel o A A a E E E eT 11 Pairindic to A E AS ae ie Se te A 11 A det tae r a a dese i a hed cee enue 12 Selleck DURON ro Osa daa ge RAE 12 ems within a bus mixer channel strip dia 12 Input attenuator bar graph y as dar ada 12 Panors rround locator ces o ace inea ie ES a ee We ai 12 Channel input peak meter anana anaa 13 Omo buto Menen a ae a erg MLW UNE Oe a eee EON EEE 13 Selected channel display 1d ta 13 Pateh DUHONS A IS EAS AS 14 Input conditioning bar graphs ei rd das 14 Dynamics parameter bar graphs A A do 14 large graphs ro ae anna O IA o oa 15 Selected channel number and name onnaa anaana aea 16 Menu select TOU Oh a ay Meee Ss Wises A Re s 16 EQ parameter bar graphs onnaa adie e 4 0 Ra Es e ROR ERAS OE 17 Pan bar graphe ats hun dogs agen A Me OEE 17 Auxiliary send level bar graphs ara da daa 17 Ch annelfader Darro pesa Et amanare ae ae ae eg I eg 18 Bus mixer page selected channel display o oo oana 18 Pateh DUHORNS e ge a a ence O EDE 18 Mono Indicator A E E We Ms 18 PORACONI O
55. yed if EQ is off RST press hard to set EQ gains for the channel to zero and other parameters to defaults This shows a strip with L and R at either end and a cross shaped cursor The cursor can be moved by selecting the pan bar graph and rotating the Speed Wheel or moving the active fader Alternatively you can drag the cursor or move it instantly to a new po sition by touching the graph and then moving your finger while retaining contact with the screen For line inputs and effect returns there are pans for both left odd num bered and right even num bered channels The two pan positions are indicated by cursors in the shape of small letters L and R Only one of the cursors is active at any time To drag the L cursor you must first touch the LEFT PAN bar graph unless it is already highlit and to drag the R cursor you touch the RIGHT PAN bar graph The PAN SUR button at the top left of the graph window toggles between left right pan and surround panning for all channels of the current O2R 15 VCS Operation Surround sound controller This shows a square with sur round channel labels The sys tem may be configured for any of the following The cursor indicates the cur rent virtual spatial position To move the cursor left or right but not forward vs surround shown vertically on the VCS screen select the pan bar graph and rotate the Speed Wheel or move the active fad er Alternat
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