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Control Modes

Control modes allow you to set how the control cells function across the surface.  The two main styles of layout are the 
‘strip’ modes, which are function-specific and follow a channel strip style layout (i.e  control cells are associated to the 
fader directly below them), and access mode, in which all control cells show dynamics and EQ controls for the currently 
accessed path.  See 

“Control Modes” on page 44 

for more information.

FIGURE 4 - 

CONTROL MODES

26    SUMMA 

Networked Audio Production System

SYSTEM OVERVIEW

Summary of Contents for SUMMA

Page 1: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture Networked Audio Production System SUMMA USER MANUAL V3 2...

Page 2: ...for International usage Calrec Audio Ltd reserve the right to change specifications without notice E O E The established policy of Calrec Audio Ltd is to seek improvements to the design specification...

Page 3: ...S Legislation 16 ISO 9001 and RAB Registered 16 HEALTH AND SAFETY 18 Important Safety Instructions 18 Cleaning 18 Explanation of Warning Symbols 18 Earthing 19 Lithium Battery Replacement 19 SYSTEM OV...

Page 4: ...L MODES 44 Access Mode 44 Strip Modes 44 Strip Mode Controls 45 PRESETS 46 Creating a Preset 46 Loading a Preset 47 Backing Up and Restoring Presets 47 To restore a Preset from an external drive 47 Ed...

Page 5: ...mplates Admin Only 67 Setting Up and Editing Templates Admin Only 67 Updating Templates Admin Only 67 Backing Up Shows 68 Restoring Shows 68 Capacity 68 Settings Stored within Shows 68 MEMORIES 70 Loa...

Page 6: ...ROLS 86 I O Box Input Port 86 The Channel Input 86 Input Control Mode 87 Mic Gain 88 Group Input Controls 88 Linking Input 1 and Input 2 Trims 88 Replay 89 SOURCE AND DESTINATION PROTECTION 90 Destina...

Page 7: ...NITORS 106 MONITOR CONTROLS 108 The MONITORING POP UP 109 Favourite Monitor Sources 109 Monitoring External Inputs 109 Settings 109 PFL AFL AND OUTPUT LISTEN 111 AFL 111 PFL 111 Output Listen 111 Acce...

Page 8: ...dividual Path Weightings 128 AutoMixer Controls 128 AutoMixer Global Controls 129 EQUALISER 130 Touch Display EQ Controls 130 Bypass and Alternate EQ 131 EQ Settings 131 CONTROL LINKING 132 Identifyin...

Page 9: ...ader parameter settings 151 Global Autofader Bypass 151 Default Fader Interaction Mode 152 COMMUNICATIONS 153 TALKBACK AND REVERSE TALKBACK 154 Touch Display Talkback Buttons 154 Surface Talkback Butt...

Page 10: ...ng GPOs 175 Moving a GPO Function 175 Removing a Destination 175 GPO signal type 175 Testing GPO Functioning 175 REMOTE CONTROL CSCP 176 CSCP 176 Setting Up CSCP 176 CONFIGURING LAN PORTS 178 CONSOLE...

Page 11: ...V3 0 196 V3 1 197 V3 1 1 197 V3 2 197 CALREC Putting Sound in the Picture 11...

Page 12: ...12 SUMMA Networked Audio Production System CONTENTS...

Page 13: ...PRODUCT INFORMATION calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture SUMMA...

Page 14: ...it technical advice spares or a site visit by an engineer Calrec UK customer support and our global technical team provide free of charge technical support and advice by phone or e mail to all custom...

Page 15: ...created to log your enquiry The service ticket reference number will be given via email Serial Numbers All units produced by Calrec are given a serial number and are booked into a central record syste...

Page 16: ...uld be returned to Calrec Audio Limited in anti static wrapping Calrec Audio Limited can supply these items upon request should you require assistance This applies particularly to digital products due...

Page 17: ...FIGURE 2 LEAD FREE FIGURE 3 LEAD FREE STICKER FIGURE 4 UKAS REGISTRATION FIGURE 5 ANAB REGISTRATION CALREC Putting Sound in the Picture 17...

Page 18: ...or electric shock do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture Not intended for outdoor use This equipment must be EARTHED Before starting any servicing operation equipment must be isolated from...

Page 19: ...Replacement Caution Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type Batteries must not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunshine fire or the l...

Page 20: ...20 SUMMA Networked Audio Production System PRODUCT INFORMATION...

Page 21: ...SYSTEM OVERVIEW calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture SUMMA...

Page 22: ...y and one 12 fader section with a large TFT display meter display Summa is available in two larger formats 24 8 and 36 8 Each have the same 8 fader section with multiple 12 fader panels All surface se...

Page 23: ...ma 12 fader panel is made up of 12 fader strips each combining a motorised fader several push buttons and a small TFT fader display The image below explains the operation of each button FIGURE 1 FADER...

Page 24: ...Display Each fader strip includes a small TFT display The image below highlights each icon which can appear on the display FIGURE 2 FADER DISPLAY 24 SUMMA Networked Audio Production System SYSTEM OVE...

Page 25: ...depending on which control mode you have selected In access mode all control cells on the surface show EQ and dynamics controls for the currently accessed path In function specific strip control modes...

Page 26: ...ction specific and follow a channel strip style layout i e control cells are associated to the fader directly below them and access mode in which all control cells show dynamics and EQ controls for th...

Page 27: ...the touch display they are automatically linked to the parameter adjust button and rotary control Controls are mapped logically to the rotary control and button switches and buttons on the touch displ...

Page 28: ...e is also provision for a separate loudspeaker for monitoring the console s PFL feed The console monitors section of the surface allows control of all sets of loudspeakers The image below explains eac...

Page 29: ...ONITORS Linking Paths When paths are linked adjustments to the parameters of one linked path are also made for all other linked paths Adjustments are made relatively across all paths preserving any of...

Page 30: ...be used to push it Two types of surface reset can be performed using the surface reset button If a non critical error occurs such as a user interface crash or freeze press the reset button and releas...

Page 31: ...system FIGURE 11 USB PORTS User Buttons Summa s User Buttons can be used in conjunction with Hydra2 general purpose inputs and outputs GPIO See General Purpose Inputs and Outputs on page 170 for more...

Page 32: ...erface The Active Show view provides access to operation screens and settings for the currently loaded Show The Shows List provides access to the list of Shows stored on the Summa console shows can be...

Page 33: ...CALREC Putting Sound in the Picture 33...

Page 34: ...asily on the surface they are colour coded as follows Channels white groups blue mains red tracks purple and auxs green Inputs Channel Inputs Channel input paths receive Hydra2 signals Input signals c...

Page 35: ...ectly to Summa s back panel and must be connected to an I O box input port and then patched to the talkback input in order to be used Buses Groups Multiple channel Inputs can be sub mixed by routing t...

Page 36: ...eeds Auxs can be controlled by logic functions to cut the pre fader send to each individual Aux for controlling foldback feeds in on off air situations Auxs cannot be routed to any other bus output Au...

Page 37: ...I O patching screen from where they can be patched to I O box ports for connection to external devices Inserts are available for faders mains groups and console monitors A fader insert is available fo...

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Page 39: ...hbay output Console Specific or Shared There are two types of HPB console specific and shared Console specific HPBs are available to H2O 3rd party controllers via SW P 08 as well as the console that t...

Page 40: ...ing the individual patch In these circumstances it is important that you understand the contents of the source and destination protection pop up before accepting any changes as these changes directly...

Page 41: ...ault values However when using HPBs it is possible to un patch a port at two points in the signal chain as shown below If the port is first un patched at point 2 the I O box port s input settings will...

Page 42: ...ully flexible as all physical controls are able to control a wide range of functions within one project When a rotary control is attached to a function or parameter the function name and options are d...

Page 43: ...LTIPLE ITEMS Buttons Switches Keyboard There are several Summa functions which require the use of a Qwerty keyboard An external keyboard can be attached to one of Summa s USB ports Alternatively if no...

Page 44: ...lso be put into access mode by selecting ACCESS from the Show menu As for the surface controls when in access mode on the touch display all touch controls correspond to the accessed fader path FIGURE...

Page 45: ...routing Pan Left Right Pan Centre Left Right Pan On Off Front Rear Pan Front Front Rear Pan On Off Auto Mixing Scroll through AutoMixer 1 4 or Off Select AutoMixer 1 4 or Off Weighting Path to AutoMix...

Page 46: ...me FIGURE 1 PRESETS SCOPE Creating a Preset To create a preset from the currently accessed path 1 Tap PATH PRESETS in the Access bar 2 Navigate to where you wish to save the preset making a new folder...

Page 47: ...Tap BACKUP You can now select multiple Presets from the same location if required 4 Tap SELECT BACKUP LOCATION and ensure your USB drive is connected to one of Summa s USB ports 5 Navigate to your de...

Page 48: ...nd output delay modules they will be assigned up to the point where the pool runs out If not enough resources are available to complete the load a dialogue appears to tell you that some resources have...

Page 49: ...properties from and tap COPY in the Access bar 2 Tap to select the properties that you wish to copy SELECT ALL and SELECT NONE can be used if required and tap COPY or CANCEL 3 Access the path that you...

Page 50: ...p SHOW SETTINGS in the Show menu and select General One of these two options can be chosen Change the layer of all linked fader sections Change only the layer of the fader section containing the Acces...

Page 51: ...nted along the top of the pop up Link layer switches along the bottom of the pop up can be set to on or off to enable or disable layer linking Linked layers will always be on the same surface layer FI...

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Page 53: ...SETTING UP calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture SUMMA...

Page 54: ...he lowest Setting Synchronisation Source Priorities 1 Tap SYSTEM SETTINGS in the top right of the touch display and select synchronisation from the menu 2 Tap the selection cell for the sync priority...

Page 55: ...FIGURE 1 SYNCHRONISATION OPTIONS CALREC Putting Sound in the Picture 55...

Page 56: ...ESET TO 1ST SOURCE Summa will attempt to synchronise to each source in priority order starting at priority one Once a viable synchronisation source is found the process will stop and the new sync sour...

Page 57: ...TTL Wordclock 48 Hz Internal Reference Summa supports the following frame rates PAL NTSC 720p 30 720p 29 97 720p 25 720p 24 720p 23 98 1080i 30 1080i 29 97 1080i 25 1080p 30 1080p 29 97 1080p 25 1080p...

Page 58: ...e the relevant brightnesses change Dark Mode Putting Summa into dark mode turns off all lights across the surface apart from the surface reset LED which pulses blue to indicate that the console is fun...

Page 59: ...default meter style can be set for all meters on the meter displays PPM or VU scales can be chosen along with various colour split points controlling the level ranges of the green yellow and red elem...

Page 60: ...ividual legs of surround path port labels with in the I O patching screen Suggested suffixes are L R C LFE Ls Rs These suffixes help to keep the surround legs together and in the correct order when so...

Page 61: ...Date and Time The current date and time are displayed towards the bottom of the general settings FIGURE 3 DATE AND TIME CALREC Putting Sound in the Picture 61...

Page 62: ...tapping on column headers Multiple taps will switch sorting to be either ascending or descending Hardware IDs for physical I O boxes are set from the dip switches on the back of the units See Audio I...

Page 63: ...Adding and Removing Resources To remove a resource from the list select it then tap REMOVE FROM REQUIRED LIST FIGURE 2 THE REQUIRED LIST CALREC Putting Sound in the Picture 63...

Page 64: ...emories within each Show for different users and situations Before saving multiple memories into a Show it is good practice to create one default user memory test it and use it as a template to create...

Page 65: ...grouping X X User labels X X Required list X GPI and GPO X Monitor talkback meter patching X Synchronisation settings X Default downmix values X Energy saver settings X External control enable X Inser...

Page 66: ...the control window footer then LOAD again to confirm your choice Setting up a New Show All new Shows are based on pre configured Show templates To set up a new Show 1 Tap NEW in the control window fo...

Page 67: ...h fewer faders they will have access to virtual fader sections allowing the user to move the inaccessible paths onto faders and layers that they can access on the smaller surface Show Templates Admin...

Page 68: ...appear to ask if you wish to OVERWRITE the show or CANCEL the backup Restoring Shows 1 Tap RESTORE in the footer of the Shows List and navigate to select the Show that you wish to restore 2 Tap RESTOR...

Page 69: ...the fader is opened This feature can be switched off for the whole surface see PFL AFL and Output Listen on page 111 VCA groups are generally made and dissolved by pressing fader access buttons but th...

Page 70: ...UPDATE SELECTED or CANCEL Creating Multiple User Memories Best practice is to create one default user memory test it make any necessary changes and then use this as the basis for all other user memori...

Page 71: ...olation options are available per path from the ISO drop down menu in the right hand side of the access bar use the drop down menu to select which parameters you wish to isolate for the currently acce...

Page 72: ...status of each path is indicated on its fader display a blue ISO icon indicates a fully isolated path and a green ISO icon indicates partial isolation is in operation for that path FIGURE 3 ISO ICONS...

Page 73: ...aster status of the fader The VCA slave status of the fader Downmix settings Path width settings Replay settings Main Group routing Main Group Pan Aux routing sends and pan Mix Minus routing Mix Minus...

Page 74: ...74 SUMMA Networked Audio Production System SETTING UP...

Page 75: ...GETTING SIGNALS IN AND OUT calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture SUMMA...

Page 76: ...rs to exist Faders can be used to control channels mains groups aux masters and track masters Tap FADER LAYOUT in the Show menu You will see a visual representation of all faders on all six layers dra...

Page 77: ...es in consecutive order For example if you select four faders and then choose aux master 4 the faders will be populated with aux masters 4 5 6 and 7 FIGURE 2 FADER LAYOUT NEW PATH POP UP Settings Tap...

Page 78: ...FIGURE 3 FADER LAYOUT SETTINGS 78 SUMMA Networked Audio Production System GETTING SIGNALS IN AND OUT...

Page 79: ...sh to clone the selected path s 4 Tap CLONE again to confirm your choice As you tap possible destinations previews of the potential placements appear to help with your decision A colour indication sys...

Page 80: ...ved from a fader a pop up appears if you attempt to overwrite a channel requiring you to confirm your choice Deleting Paths from Faders To remove a path from a fader 1 Select one or more faders at lea...

Page 81: ...ample rate conversion are all set within the Hydra2 domain and so altering these controls from any point on the surface will affect that feed for every instance of it across the surface and across the...

Page 82: ...e label and is generated directly from the I O box itself Port labels The port label can be either the user label the port user label or the system label See the port labels information box on this pa...

Page 83: ...n viewing fader specific paths such as channel inputs or fader inserts layer view options will be available Select layers 1 6 to view only faders on that layer or select SURFACE LAYER to view the laye...

Page 84: ...to keep the individual legs of a 5 1 path together within the display you can add a suffix to each leg for example L R C LFE Ls Rs See General Settings on page 59 for more information Making a Patch T...

Page 85: ...emoving a Patch To remove a patch from the system 1 Select either the source or destination or one of the destinations if the source is patched to more than one 2 Tap REMOVE in the window footer The p...

Page 86: ...essed path Input Trim increases or reduces the level of the incoming signal between 24 dB and 24 dB There are polarity invert switches for each leg of the path If a stereo path is accessed a middle an...

Page 87: ...l is for controlling input trim and the button switches between input 1 and 2 The bottom control cell controls input balance for stereo paths the button toggles through the various path leg routing op...

Page 88: ...rom the input window as shown below Path leg routing buttons are also provided for stereo groups FIGURE 4 GROUP INPUT CONTROLS Linking Input 1 and Input 2 Trims Inputs 1 and 2 have separate input trim...

Page 89: ...REPLAY CHANNEL SELECTOR When Replay is active these channels will switch to Input 2 when Replay is turned off the input channels switch back to input 1 Replay makes setting up a virtual soundcheck eas...

Page 90: ...ect input parameter settings and output destinations when ports are in use by multiple users across a Hydra2 network When viewing inputs on Summa you will notice if it is being shared as the following...

Page 91: ...ource currently connected to the destination so the patch can be made with no issues The yellow arrow indicates that currently the destination has a local source connected to it The red arrow indicate...

Page 92: ...ontrols if these changes affect shared protected inputs or patching to outputs which are already in use by other users on the network source and destination protection will come into play When a user...

Page 93: ...FIGURE 4 SOURCE AND DESTINATION POP UP MEMORY LOAD CALREC Putting Sound in the Picture 93...

Page 94: ...ination To view the external inputs window tap SHOW SETTINGS at the bottom of the Show menu then tap EXTERNAL INPUTS Creating External Inputs Within the external inputs window select one or more cells...

Page 95: ...er changes to text input mode with navigation buttons PREVIOUS NEXT DONE and CANCEL Move between the external inputs and edit each label individually either by using these buttons or by tapping on the...

Page 96: ...om right of the touch display 2 Select the external input tab within the pop up 3 Select the external input that you wish to meter Metering is explained in more detail here Meter Types on page 117 FIG...

Page 97: ...downmix or spill faders are used for downmixing the path to mono or stereo See Downmixing on page 167 for more information Direct Output Controls Tap the width drop down menu to change the width of t...

Page 98: ...FIGURE 1 THE DIRECT OUTPUT WINDOW 98 SUMMA Networked Audio Production System GETTING SIGNALS IN AND OUT...

Page 99: ...To assign a mix minus output 1 In active Show view tap the mix minus output routing tab 2 Tap MONO or STEREO to select the mix minus output width that you wish to create for the currently accessed pa...

Page 100: ...talkback and tone is generally used for monitoring output for example during rehearsals Tracks and Auxs Tracks and Auxs are generally used to feed external signal processing devices or to create inte...

Page 101: ...l window header It is easy to see if tone has been routed to a channel input as a note appears in the input window as shown below FIGURE 1 TONE TO CHANNEL INDICATOR Routing Tone to Buses 1 Tap BUSES O...

Page 102: ...routing tab 2 Tap TONE in the control window for mix minus outputs or in the control window header for direct outputs FIGURE 3 ROUTING TONE TO A MIX MINUS OUTPUT FIGURE 4 ROUTING TONE TO A DIRECT OUT...

Page 103: ...internal and external tone source buttons Selecting INTERNAL uses Summa s internal oscillator as the tone source for that path width whereas selecting EXTERNAL uses the feed that is currently patched...

Page 104: ...ls Each interruption on the left channel is followed by two interruptions on the right channel Stereo BLITS NORM First a short burst of tone is applied to each of the six channels one at a time in ord...

Page 105: ...MONITORING calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture SUMMA...

Page 106: ...s and then connected to loudspeakers Once loudspeakers have been connected and correctly patched all monitoring control is achieved from the surface monitor controls as described in Control Surface Se...

Page 107: ...FIGURE 2 EXAMPLE LOUDSPEAKERS SETUP CALREC Putting Sound in the Picture 107...

Page 108: ...ols Tap either the console monitor or one of the studio monitor selection buttons to view the monitor pop up which is described in detail here The Monitoring Pop Up on page 109 The image on this page...

Page 109: ...reo or mono Insert Switch the monitor insert on and off Misc Functions Various functions ranging from leg routing options LFE on off phantom centre meaning to route the C monitor feed to both left and...

Page 110: ...FIGURE 1 THE MONITORING POP UP 110 SUMMA Networked Audio Production System MONITORING...

Page 111: ...nitor source as described for AFL above Output Listen Mains tracks auxs and direct outputs all have an OUTPUT LISTEN option Like AFL this provides a non destructive solo but output listen takes the fe...

Page 112: ...tions area Sending PFL to the Console Small Monitors Within the monitor pop up tapping PFL TO MON routes all PFL feeds to the console monitors rather than the PFL loudspeaker output Tapping USE SMALL...

Page 113: ...METERING calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture SUMMA...

Page 114: ...r Layouts Figure 2 shows the meter layout screen for the first 12 fader panel and part of the second The lower section shows the usage of the 2 rows of 24 meter slots shown here empty The upper sectio...

Page 115: ...Y CUSTOMISED Meter Layout Presets Figure 4 below shows the Layout Presets pop up for the custom meters From here the user can go back to select create rename or delete another Meter folder Or can in t...

Page 116: ...ed loudness of a program PPM Peak Program meters have short attack and long fall back times in order to give an indication of the peak amplitude of an input signal Fader Meters Each fader on the Summa...

Page 117: ...ternal input meter is shown below FIGURE 2 EXTERNAL INPUT METER Bus and Output Meters As described earlier the Bus and Outputs Monitoring can display a variety of information depending on how it is cr...

Page 118: ...tering scale can also be set from this screen which alters the scale of all loudness meter bar graphs Loudness meter modes relate to standards set by organisations in different geographical regions EB...

Page 119: ...18 absolute 0LU 23 LUFS 1 LU 1 dBTP 10 0 LU ATSC A 85 2011 BS1770 1 9 18 LU 9 relative 18 36 LU 18 relative 15 42 LKFS 9 absolute 6 60 LKFS 18 absolute 0LU 24 LKFS 2 LU 2 dBTP N A ATSC A 85 2013 BS177...

Page 120: ...or each of the 4 user meters The image below shows the user meter 1 selection pop up which follows a similar structure to the monitor pop up with a source select tab an external inputs tab and a setti...

Page 121: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture SUMMA PROCESSING...

Page 122: ...t module controls From the surface push the ACCESS control mode button to populate the control cells with dynamics and EQ controls for the currently accessed path On a Summa 12 8 surface the control c...

Page 123: ...d it is passed through unchanged and when it falls below the threshold it is reduced effectively increasing the dynamic range of the signal and reducing unwanted audio content Compressor Threshold 48...

Page 124: ...ample within a Dynamics Link if one path s signal is causing 5 dB of gain reduction and another is causing a reduction of 10 dB all signals within the Dynamics Link will have a gain reduction of 10 dB...

Page 125: ...ls below the threshold for example a signal 10 dB below the threshold will have 10 dB of gain reduction applied Soft ratio is a variable ratio dependent on the level of the input signal the final rati...

Page 126: ...them and work out how best to process the originals These copies are called sidechains Sidechain EQ controls are used to process frequency components of the sidechain signal in order to control which...

Page 127: ...o listen to the sidechain signal whilst you alter the EQ parameters The sidechain BYPASS button in the window header allows you to switch the sidechain EQ controls in and out allowing you to hear the...

Page 128: ...Mixer processing tab 3 Tap to select one of the AutoMixers 1 4 4 Tap to APPLY AUTOMIXER TO CURRENT PATH Note AutoMixers use Dynamics 2 modules to function so when an AutoMixer is applied to a path its...

Page 129: ...ck and release which leads to a more erratic but fast acting functioning and slow attack and release times which leads to a slower acting but smoother functioning Tapping BYPASS disables the AutoMixer...

Page 130: ...ols to the right of the screen apply to whichever EQ band is currently selected The graph instantly updates to reflect all EQ parameter changes Any EQ band can be set to any response type but good pra...

Page 131: ...g icon in the top right of the EQ window header displays three EQ settings options RESET EQ A AND B returns all EQ settings to their defaults COPY EQ A TO EQ B and COPY EQ B TO EQ A allow you to dupli...

Page 132: ...hs can be identified by their illuminated fader LINK buttons If link is active on a layer other that the current accessed layer the LINK CLEAR button will pulse to indicate that the link is still acti...

Page 133: ...user creates a link across a range of faders by simultaneously pressing two link buttons the left most path in the link will be accessed Using this option eliminates the worry about accessing the righ...

Page 134: ...or left right and front back panning Push the PAN control mode button to populate each pair of control cells on the surface with Main Group pan controls for the currently accessed path Use the top con...

Page 135: ...ou to quickly centre all panning for the currently accessed path Front Format Allows you to switch between LR LCR and LCR with divergence when panning to 5 1 destinations LFE and non LFE Level Separat...

Page 136: ...th delay is always available for all paths Input and output delay modules can be added to paths by tapping the relevant ASSIGN buttons Multiple input and output delay modules can be added to paths If...

Page 137: ...gs are available Delay can be viewed in either time or frames across the surface select TIME or FRAMES and all new delay modules will be displayed according to your choice If you wish to extend this s...

Page 138: ...der 10 for example the insert patching will move along with it to fader 10 s insert send and return Patching Inserts From the Summa surface insert sends should be connected to outboard inputs and Inse...

Page 139: ...creates the impression of an extended image past the usual left right limits Pressing the WIDTH control mode button populates the bottom row of control cells with width controls for any stereo paths I...

Page 140: ...button 2 Push ACCESS for the faders that you wish to be slaves to the master To remove slaves or undo the process 1 Push and hold the master s ACCESS button 2 Push the ACCESS buttons for the slaves t...

Page 141: ...e level of a primary master affects the levels of its direct slaves its secondary master and the secondary master s slaves all by the same degree Pushing the primary master s CUT AFL or PFL buttons ap...

Page 142: ...owing To indicate when the combined level of a slave fader and its master are off the scale of the physical fader The down nulling indicator lights when the combined level is below 99 9 dB and the up...

Page 143: ...annot be a VCA master or slave VCA Group Protection VCA groups can be protected from being changed 1 Tap SHOW SETTINGS at the bottom of the Show menu 2 Select GENERAL from the left hand menu 3 Switch...

Page 144: ...hed audio path A virtual version of the accessed fader is provided within the fader window including PFL AFL and CUT buttons which can be used as an alternative to the surface buttons The image below...

Page 145: ...ed to the right of the blue fader level indicator showing the combined level of the accessed fader and its master fader Beneath this is a red strip which displays the location fader number and layer o...

Page 146: ...n a VCA group and a path is attached to the fader two faders are displayed one for the VCA master and one for the slave path beneath see VCA Groups on page 142 for more information FIGURE 3 FADER MAST...

Page 147: ...round leg faders window allows you to set the relative levels for the separate surround component legs Left and right LR Centre C Low frequency enhancement LFE Left surround and right surround LsRs Th...

Page 148: ...vices Fader positions Path CUT ON status PFL AFL Status Routing to Auxs and Mains Setting Aux output levels Main output level Left to both and right to both switching Each fader has a CSCP Control on...

Page 149: ...rovided and a global on screen switch to Bypass All Autofaders AutoFader Controls AUTOFADER ON Enables the Autofader on this assign path Note if the Autofader is shared across several paths only this...

Page 150: ...AUTOFADER TRIGGER Pressing this button allows the user to select the AutoFader trigger Setting Up Autofaders for use There are 99 autofaders in the Summa system GPIs are assigned to control one or mo...

Page 151: ...e up or down to the Fade In Level if it is not there already complying with the Fade In Duration parameter rather than snapping the audio to the Fade In level When the trigger signal is present the fa...

Page 152: ...ir specified or expected On or Off level first Fade in and fade out values are absolute in that the time taken from the beginning to the end of the fade in or fade out period lasts for the duration se...

Page 153: ...COMMUNICATIONS calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture SUMMA...

Page 154: ...and holding these surface talkback buttons routes the talkback feed to the relevant output Note pushing a group or channel input s talkback button routes talkback to the corresponding mix minus output...

Page 155: ...atching to talkback inputs Reverse talkback inputs are also available as destinations for GPIO patching A switch should be patched to the reverse talkback GPI so that when the performer presenter wish...

Page 156: ...FIGURE 2 REVERSE TALKBACK SWITCH SENDS THE MICROPHONE FEED TO THE PFL LS OUTPUT 156 SUMMA Networked Audio Production System COMMUNICATIONS...

Page 157: ...it may be a number of seconds before the live audio stream reaches the reporter It can be very difficult to speak whilst hearing your own voice even with only a slight delay Using an auto minus feed...

Page 158: ...cts the associated channel group feed from the bus prior to feeding the channel group s mix minus output Paths can be routed to the auto minus bus either using the contribution pop up within the mix m...

Page 159: ...either the shows list or System Settings area and select ACCESS from the Show menu 3 Select the mix minus output routing tab 4 Create a mix minus output by tapping either MONO or STEREO Mix Minus Cont...

Page 160: ...gs up the contribution pop up which replicates the fader setup screen allowing you to route any path to the contributing bus For example if you selected aux 3 to feed the mix minus output selecting an...

Page 161: ...FIGURE 4 MIX MINUS CONTRIBUTION POP UP CALREC Putting Sound in the Picture 161...

Page 162: ...ir conference bus when its fader is closed which is then used to feed the associated mix minus output Surface Controls Push the PATH OUTPUTS control modes button to populate each pair of surface contr...

Page 163: ...ROUTING calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture SUMMA...

Page 164: ...cessed 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 de...

Page 165: ...FIGURE 1 CONFIGURING BUSES AND OUTPUTS CALREC Putting Sound in the Picture 165...

Page 166: ...r output that you wish to route the path to and the relevant controls are displayed within the control window 3 If you are routing to a bus tap to slide the on off switch for the individual bus that y...

Page 167: ...elect any of the bus selectors mains groups track auxs or auto minus in the contribution window and the fader ACCESS buttons for any paths that are currently routed to the selected bus will strobe If...

Page 168: ...layer can also be routed by using the layer buttons to access their fader controls The following image shows how the fader displays will change to indicate routing Once you have finished viewing contr...

Page 169: ...ing channels together to provide a stereo mix which is compatible with Dolby Pro Logic systems and can be decoded to recreate the original 5 1 mix LtRt feeds are not mono compatible Note When a 5 1 ma...

Page 170: ...new and existing paths will be updated to the new level settings but any offsets which were previously specified for existing paths will be retained Offsets A level offset can be specified for all pa...

Page 171: ...EXTERNAL INTERFACING calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture SUMMA...

Page 172: ...ER CUT or FADER PFL and select the relevant I O box for the port that you wish to control 3 Select a GPI on the left select a destination on the right and tap CONNECT General Dark Mode Energy saving m...

Page 173: ...RE 2 USER BUTTONS These buttons can be set up to change monitor sources change monitor settings talk to internal buses start and stop loudness meters bypass AutoMixers and interact with the On Air pro...

Page 174: ...ole functions Fader Open functions are I O port specific i e if you connect a GPO to a port s Fader Open that GPO will stay connected to that port s Fader Open even if the port is moved to a different...

Page 175: ...estination 1 Tap one or more destinations and tap REMOVE in the window footer 2 Tap REMOVE again to confirm or tap CANCEL to discard any changes GPO signal type In most cases GPO signals are latching...

Page 176: ...witch on or off When a fader is under CSCP control this can be overridden by touching and dragging the fader to the desired level Setting Up CSCP Tap SYSTEM SETTINGS in the top right of the screen and...

Page 177: ...PROTOCOLS SETUP For more information on CSCP including a list of supported 3rd party devices see Remote Control Calrec Serial Control Protocol in the Summa installation manual CALREC Putting Sound in...

Page 178: ...control processor to serve the same purpose FIGURE 1 CONTROL PROCESSORS Tap SYSTEM SETTINGS in the top right of the screen and select LAN CONFIGURATION from the left hand menu In the LAN configuration...

Page 179: ...FIGURE 2 LAN CONFIGURATION WINDOW CALREC Putting Sound in the Picture 179...

Page 180: ...180 SUMMA Networked Audio Production System EXTERNAL INTERFACING...

Page 181: ...CONSOLE FACILITIES calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture SUMMA...

Page 182: ...e Show view the on air mode selection button is in notifications area along the top of the screen Tap the on air button to and select one of the three mode options from the pop up On Air Mode via GPI...

Page 183: ...se Off Mains 1 4 Active Active Active Groups 1 4 Active Active Active Auxes 1 16 Active Active Active External Talkback Active Active Active Talkback Groups Active Active Active Tracks 1 32 Active Act...

Page 184: ...tion button is situated within the notifications area to the top right of the touch display when in active Show view Under normal operating circumstances the system status button will look like this N...

Page 185: ...ate to the System Settings General screen and click the Save Logs to USB Drive button All log files from around the system will be collated into a zip file written to the chosen location on the USB me...

Page 186: ...ms in the network If a slave system becomes disconnected from the master it can promote itself to a master and continue to operate within the remaining cores and I O that it can still access When the...

Page 187: ...TERMINOLOGY calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture SUMMA...

Page 188: ...nals can be sent to the AFL bus AFL does not affect the main outputs so can be seen as being similar to safe solo APFL A bus that combines both AFL and PFL signals This removes the need to have separa...

Page 189: ...les The surface communicates with the rack via the control processor module Core Processing rack for a mixing console CSCP Calrec Serial Control Protocol CSCP allows for remote control over mixing con...

Page 190: ...tem can control external items of equipment based upon surface actions via relay outputs GPI O connections are optional fittings for Hydra2 I O boxes Group A bus to which many audio signals can be rou...

Page 191: ...PC application that provides access to GPIO patching Memory Isolation Memory Isolation is a system whereby paths or individual path parameters can be protected from being updated when a user memory is...

Page 192: ...A preset is a complete copy of a path from which you can choose elements to load onto another path Using presets can speed up workflow when several paths with similar settings are required PSU Module...

Page 193: ...er By using the spill faders components of the multichannel signal can be altered If a spill fader is the currently assigned fader then processing can also be applied to that component using the assig...

Page 194: ...processing and accessing de tailed system settings Tracks Multi function buses that can be patched to physical outputs Used for such purposes as generating multiple interruptible foldback feeds IFB o...

Page 195: ...FEATURES BY SOFTWARE VERSION calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture SUMMA...

Page 196: ...y UI configuration of LAN ports on the Control Processor Easy UI configuration of CSCP interfaces Simplified updater application to lead the way to user installed software updates V2 1 Save logs to US...

Page 197: ...s Bus path level when in a VCA group Numerous Bug Fixes V3 1 Fieldbox Support see Hydra 2 Installation Manual for details Bug Fixes V3 1 1 MADI SRC I O Module support see Hydra 2 Installation Manual f...

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