Calrec Apollo, Operator'S Manual

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CALREC
Putting Sound in the Picture
5
Panning 116
Multiple Pan Positions per Path 116
Controls 116
Joystick Panning 117
Accessing the joystick controls 117
Making the joystick controls active 117
Disengaging the joystick 117
Pan display 117
Pan control menu 118
Freezing axes 118
Contribution Mode 119
Accessing Bus Contribution 119
Partial Routing Indication 120
Aux Sends on Faders 121
Access AFL in Contribution Mode 121
Default Send Positions 122
Leaving Contribution Mode 122
Splitting Track Sends 123
Removing sends 123
Partial sends 123
Downmixes 124
Bypassing the downmix faders 124
Pre-fader downmixes 124
Setting downmix defaults 124
Selecting the required downmix default 126
Applying default levels to downmix faders 126
Lo/Ro & Lt/Rt Downmix Encoding 127
Selecting Lt/Rt or Lo/Ro 127
Passing Signals out of Apollo 129
Output Types and Patching 130
Ports at different sample rates 130
Patching 130
Patching at different sample rates 130
Patching Shortcuts 130
HPB’s at different Sample Rates 130
Locking output port patching 130
Output Port Protection 131
Patching to Protected Outputs 131
Output Control 132
Accessing further controls 132
Outputs on Faders 133
Bus Output Delay 133
Output Patching Shortcut 133
Assignable Delay at different sample rates
133
Main Paths on Spill/Monitor and Spill/
Joystick Panels
134
Tone to mains 134
Accessing Spill controls for Main faders 134
Direct Outputs 135
Direct Outputs at different sample rates 135
Assign Direct Outputs from the Surface 135
Assign Direct Outputs from the PC
135
Direct Output Controls 136
Direct Output Delay 136
Direct Output Talkback 136
Direct Output Patching Shortcut 136
Monitoring 137
Monitor Mode 138
Control Room Monitoring 139
Pre-selectors (Favourites) 139
Control Room speaker pre-selectors 139
Changing pre-selector source 139
Control room monitor controls 140
Loudspeaker cut buttons 140
Monitoring for multiple users 140
Monitoring at different sample rates 140
Dedicated Monitor Controls 141
AFL, PFL and Output Listen 142
AFL 142
PFL 142
Output Listen (OPL) 142
Access from faders 142
Access bus AFL, PFL and OPL 142
Access AFL in Contribution Mode 142
Cancel AFL and PFL 143
Move PFL within signal chain 143
Patch AFL/PFL to external monitors 143
Send PFL to the small LS 143
Send PFL to the main monitors 143
AFL and PFL with multiple users 143
Patch AFL, PFL and APFL buses 144
PFL via GPI 144
Headphones 145
Patch the headphone output 145
Miscellaneous Monitor Sources 146
Alter the output source 146
Patch miscellaneous monitor outputs 146
Monitor Functions 147
Monitoring controls 148
APFL controls 148
Surround Monitoring 149
Immersive Monitoring 151
Communications 153
Talkback 154
Live talkback routing 154
Talkback groups 154
Talkback & Reverse Talkback levels 154
Microphone settings 155
Monitoring reverse talkback signals 155
Inhibiting Talkback 155
Mix Minus 156
Why remove a source’s input from its foldback
mix?
156
Sending signals to the mix minus bus 156
Assigning a direct output 157
Monitoring a mix minus signal 157
Metering 159
TFT Meters 160
Meter cells 160
Meter Grid Configuration 160
Meter Assignment 161
Meter Scales 161
Meter labels and colours 161
Dynamics meters 162
Peak Sample meters 162
Peak Overload indicators 162
A/B path meters 162
Meter Layout Presets 162
Fader and Dynamics Meter Settings 164
Fader meters 164
Dynamics meters 164
External Meter Outputs 165
Loudness Meters 166
Loudness metering at different sample rates
166
Loudness Metering Modes 166
Controlling Loudness Meters 167
Shows, Memories and Presets 169
Overview 170
Using Shows and Memories 172
Creating a new show 172
Creating shows at different sample rates 173
Opening an existing show
173
Opening Shows at different sample rates 173
Saving / duplicating shows
173
Creating and editing default shows 173
Backing up shows and memories 174
Backup Shows at different sample rates 174