DigiDesign D-Show Profile, Manual

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Chapter 13: Metering 107
Chapter 13: Metering
D-Show provides signal metering on the control surface chan-
nels and meter bridge, and on-screen.
Channel Meters
Input and FX Return channels provide an input level meter, a
compressor/limiter gain reduction meter, and indicator LEDs
for EQ, stereo, and gate status.
All control surface channel meters have on-screen equivalents
that appear in both the targeted channel controls and above
the faders in the channel overview.
Meter ballistics and clip margin can be set for channel meters.
For more information, see “Metering Options” on page 110.
Input Channels and FX Returns
Input Level Meters
Each Input Channel and FX Return channel strip has a 6-seg-
ment bi-color Input Level meter that shows input levels from
bottom to top, according to the following scale:
Compressor/Limiter Gain Reduction Meter
The LEDs in the Compressor/Limiter meter show the amount
of gain reduction being applied to the input channel by the
built-in Compressor/limiter from right to left, according to
the following scale:
EQ Status LED
A single red LED indicates EQ In/Out status as shown in the
following table.
Stereo Channel LED
A single yellow LED indicates a stereo input channel. The ste-
reo channel LED flashes if a 12 dB or greater offset is detected
between left and right inputs.
Gate Status LED
A single bi-color LED shows the current Expander or Gate sta-
tus, as shown in the following table.
Channel Compressor/Limiter meter
LED Level Color
1 (top) +15 dB Yellow
2 +6 dB Yellow
3 0 dB Green
4 –6 dB Green
5 –12 dB Green
6 (bottom) –30 dB Green
Channel Compressor/Limiter
gain reduction meter
EQ, Stereo, and Gate LEDs
Channel Input Level
Channel Compressor/Limiter gain reduction meter scale
LED Gain Reduction Color
none 0 dB Off
1 (right) <= 3 dB Green
2 <= 6 dB Green
3 (left) <= 12 dB Green
Color EQ Status
(none) Not in circuit
Red In circuit
Color Channel Status
(none) Mono
Yellow Stereo
Color Expander Status Gate Status
(none) Not in circuit Not in circuit
Green 3 dB gain reduction Gate Open & Hold
Yellow 21 dB gain reduction Gate Release
Red > 21 dB gain reduction Gate Closed