Calrec BRIO 36, User Manual

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174 BRIO 36
Audio Production System with Optional Networking
ROUTING
BUSES AND OUTPUTS
Brio 36 has up to 4 mains, 8 groups and 24 auxes. Direct outputs and mix minus outputs can be assigned per path
from a shared pool of 64 mono resources.
All outputs and buses are available for the currently accessed path via the routing tabs to the left of the control screen with
the touch display in ‘active Show’ view.
Direct Outputs and Mix Minus
Direct outputs and mix minus outputs are created on a per-path basis from the shared pool of 64 resources. Creating
a 5.1 direct output uses six of these shared resources, and for stereo direct output or mix minus output, two resources
are used. For information on using mix minus outputs see
”MIX MINUS” on page 167 and for direct outputs
see ”DIRECT OUTPUTS” on page 92 .
Unconfigured Buses
Figure 1 shows Buses and Outputs being Configured, Note: Main 1 has not yet been allocated and shows the number of
resources available to create Mains and Groups, the user simply taps on the required width to create the bus. Mains and
Groups share a pool of 36 mono resources, whilst Auxes have a separate pool of 24 mono resources.
Configuring Buses
Tap BUSES & OUTPUTS in the Show menu to access bus configuration controls. Figure 1 also shows an example of
each allocated bus/output type. Each bus has a combination of the controls which are described here:
• Width: The width drop-down menu allows the user to change the width of each bus at any time to mono, stereo,5.1 or
remove the bus entirely from the DSP if it is not required.
• User Label: The user can enter a user label for each bus.
• Level: Control the individual output level of each bus.
• Access: acts in the same way as the physical access buttons above each fader on the surface. When a path is
accessed and the surface/touch display are in access mode, all control cells and parameters apply to that path.
• AFL: Replace the current feed to the console monitors with the bus feed. AFL provides a non-destructive solo,
allowing the user to quickly check individual paths whilst maintaining all mixes-only the monitor output is affected, no
paths are cut and the mix to all other buses is preserved. Note: No AFL on Main Outputs
• PFL: Route the pre-fade feed to the dedicated PFL speaker output. If PFL to MON is selected, the PFL feed will
replace the console monitor feed.
• Output Listen: Like AFL, Output Listen provides a non-destructive solo, but in this case the feed is taken post-
output delay, directly before the feed leaves the console.
• Talkback: Route the feed from the talkback microphone directly to the bus or associated output
• Tone: For groups, tapping
TONE
routes the tone source to the input of the group, similarly to routing tone to a channel.
For mains and auxes, tapping
TONE
routes the tone directly to the bus output, prior to the point where it is patched out
of the system.
• Downmix Type: Note: Brio 36 currently only uses LoRo downmixing for 5.1 mains.
• Cut: Cut the bus output.
• Pre-Fader send cut if...: Cut the feed to the aux if the conditions selected in the drop-down menu are met.