Euphonix MixView CS2000, Operation Manual

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Section 10: The Audio Cube
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Supplied cabling connects the DIRs of the channel patchbays to the Cube
inputs and the Cube outputs to a dedicated patchbay.
The output patchbay provides connections for the Cube’s bus insert sends/
returns and bus outputs. A single 96 point patchbay will accommodate up to 24
Cube output buses. If a system is equipped with more that 24 output buses,
two tie-line patchbays are supplied.
A rear panel Bus inject input (called Bus In) is available onto each output bus.
This input is called “Bus In” sometimes called a “wild input”.
One application of the Bus In is to allow the 8 console aux buses to be
summed or “linked” with 8 Cube aux buses. In this case the 8 console aux bus
outputs from the master patchbay are brought to the Bus In connection at the
rear of the Cube. Bus linking is activated on a bus-by-bus basis from the Bus
Master menu, and is covered later in this section.
When the console and Cube auxes are linked, the Cube outputs become the
master sends to effects devices. All of the studio effects devices would be
normalled to the Aux Master outputs on the Cube patchbay. If the links are
deactivated, the console and Cube sends are separated. The Cube aux sends
are post fader only.
Pre master level Cube Bus inserts are available at the Cube output patchbay
and can be activated on a bus by bus basis from the Bus Master menu, and is
covered later in this section.
More information on rear panel connections and Cube cabling is found in the
Cube Service and Installation Manual supplied with the Audio Cube.
We can define the Cube setup in two categories. The first is system configura-
tion. The second is operational configuration.
System configuration includes Cube Input Assignment template, the channel
DIR1 and DIR2 assignment, Cube I/O Configuration, Metering and Diagnostics.
Typically, once the configuration selections are made these menus will not
need to be revisited often.
Operational configuration includes defining the type of Cube bus (Pan or Aux),
activating Bus linking and inserts, naming buses and finally, selecting the
panner format (Dolby Surround, 5.1, 7.1, etc.). Typically the Operational Con-
figuration level is used more often than System Configuration level.
The first step in system configuration is to “map” console faders to Cube
inputs using the Cube Input Assignment template. This is a fairly simple
process and ensures that when a given fader attention key is pressed, the DSC
panning and aux controls will communicate with the proper Cube input.
Input Assignment is dictated by audio interconnect cabling and unless the
cabling changes, will only need to be done once.
Interconnections
Bus Inject Inputs
Cube
Configuration
System Configurations
Cube Input Assignments
Bus Inserts