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7.1 CONFIGURATION MENU BARS
<File
PC to MAP preset transfers
Load
Loads a preset from the PC to the MAP working memory.
Save
Save the working memory to the PC by updating the existing file. Ask a name for the first time.
Save as
. Saves the working memory as a new preset.
<Edit
Date/Time
Sets the internal real time clock used for scheduled tasks.
IP config
Sets the IP address and Port of the connected device. Default
IP
192.168.1.127
Port
1200
Link
Defines the clocking method and link operation.
Stand Alone. This is the default mode when the MAP is working with no slave connected.
Master. Select this mode when the MAP is used as Master clock of the system.
Slave. Select this mode when the unit is working slaved to a Master, meaning it takes clock from it.
Password
Establish a password on the MAP processor to protect entrance. Passwords are high case/low case
sensitive. Consult Altair for unlock passwords. The available settings:
Map-1216 Password. Enter here the current password. By default is blank (nothing to write)
Map-1216 New Password. Type here the new one. Write blank (nothing to write) to avoid password petition.
Retype New Password.
Confirmation box.
Connect.
This tab helps in retry a defective connection from the MAP to the computer, so avoiding to restart the
software.
<Presets
Internal presets transfers
Load
Loads the selected preset to the working memory
Save
Saves the working memory to the selected preset
Clear Memory
Sets the MAP working memory to default.
DEAFAULT DEFINITION Preamp Gain to 0 dB, Oscillator off, phantom off, EQ default and off, Delay off, Dynamics
off, Fader and Master level to 0 dB and off, Output Routing unassigned.
<Configuration
Input Ducker
The Ducker component is used normally to allow one or more input signals take priority over others
meaning the most important signal were more audible than the others. The signals in the ducker are
categorized in order of importance say the most important signal has the higher priority or in numbers the high
number and the least the lower number.
One very known ducker example are the public address messages played given in a mall shop.
As
a general rule, the back ground music are categorized as the lower priority (#1), the offer of the day is mandatory
over the music normally so it is medium priority (#2) and the siren fire alarm is the most
priority signal (#3).
Under this example the music is running until a higher priority signal appears, in this example the offer
message that shuts the music off or at a lower level to help in distinguish it. On the
case that a fire alarm
appears it overrides obviously both music and ad so it has the highest priority number #3.
The most used parameters as priority level and activation can be defined on the main INPUT DETAIL
panel. Go to more parameters by double click there or by the configuration bar options.
Ducker Parameter list:
LIMITER. You can adjust the limiter parameters inside the ducker that makes it possible.
THRESHOLD
. Level point at witch the ducker reacts.
ATACK
and
RELEASE
. The time constants to react and to maintain the limiter effect after a signal shuts over the
selected threshold point.
PRIORITY DEPTH. This parameter adjust the attenuation produced by each priority to the affected or
“ducked” signals. Following the above example you would adjust the fire alarm priority
#3 priority depth to 60 dB meaning all the ducked (music or ads) would be reduced
MATRIX AUDIO PROCESSOR MAP128 /MAP1216