DigiDesign D-Show Profile, Manual

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Chapter 18: Hardware Inserts 143
Chapter 18: Hardware Inserts
D-Show lets you route signal to and from external devices as hardware inserts. Hardware inserts may be used on Input Channels,
FX Returns, Groups, Auxes, Matrixes, Personal Qs, and the Main busses.
Up to 16 analog and 8 digital hardware inserts may be used at one time, depending on the I/O configuration of the FOH Rack.
Connecting External Effects Units
Outboard gear is made available to the system by connecting its inputs and outputs to connectors on the FOH Rack. The gear is
then inserted in the signal path using on-screen controls.
To connect outboard gear for use as a hardware insert:
1
Connect the external device inputs to appropriate analog or digital output connectors (Analog 1–16 or AES 1–8) on the rear
panel of the FOH Rack.
2
Connect the external device outputs to the corresponding input connectors on the rear panel of the FOH Rack (for example,
signal taken from FOH Output 1 returns to FOH Input 1).
Figure 10. Hardware insert patch points on FOH Rack, showing standard IO connectors (top) and optional IOx connectors (bottom)
R
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Analog Out
2TR Out Mon Left
Mon Right
MIDI Gain
AES SPDIF
2TR SPDIF Out 2TR AES
In
+4 dBu
Analog In
+4 dBu
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Analog Out
+4 dBu
Analog In
+4 dBu
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
In
Out
Out
In
Out AES 1 2 In Out In Out In Out In
L
2TR In
L R
Com
Mic
P R
AES 3 4 AES 5 6 AES 7 8
IO x
IO
Digital I/O 1–8 Analog I/O 9–16
Analog I/O 1–8
IO
section
IOx
section
(optional)