Calrec SUMMA, User Manual

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INPUTS, OUTPUTS AND BUSES
Path is a term used to represent a DSP process within the Summa system, which carries audio and enables it to
be processed. Paths include channels, groups, mains, tracks and auxs.
All paths can be controlled by faders and channel paths must be attached to faders to exist.
Identifying Paths
Paths can be identified easily 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 can be patched directly to channels from I/O box input ports, Hydra patchbay outputs or directly from
Summa’s own output buses.
• Any signal present at an input port must be connected to a channel path before it can be processed and routed.
FIGURE 1 -
INPUT SIGNAL FLOW – MONO CHANNEL
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Networked Audio Production System
SYSTEM OVERVIEW