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5.2: PARAMETRIC EQ

CHANNEL EDIT > PARAMETRIC EQ

5.2: PARAMETRIC EQ

EQ Q

Fader control of EQ ‘Q’

Q is effectively a measure of how tall and thin the bell shape of the EQ band is - the lower the Q, the wider the
bandwidth affected, and vice versa. Fader control of EQ is only available with tablet software. Double-click/tap to
reset.

EQ GAIN

Fader control of EQ Gain

The amount by which the selected EQ band is either boosted or attenuated. Fader control of EQ is only available
with tablet software. Double-click/tap to reset.

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Summary of Contents for Soundcraft Ui12

Page 1: ...User Guide v2 0 For Soundcraft Ui12 Ui16 series...

Page 2: ...rning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation bet...

Page 3: ...ns 4 0 MIXER CHANNELS 4 1 Input Gain Page 4 2 Input Mix Page 4 2 1 Input Sub Menu 4 3 Aux Sends 4 3 1 Aux Master 4 4 FX Sends 4 5 Group Master 4 6 Master Channel 5 0 CHANNEL EDIT 5 1 DigiTech 5 2 Para...

Page 4: ...olled mic preamps 4 band Parametric EQ High Pass Filter Compressor De esser and Noise Gate on input channels 31 band Graphic EQ Noise Gate and Compressor on all outputs Real Time FrequencyAnalyser RTA...

Page 5: ...which is coloured Brown must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked with the letter L Ensure that these colour codings are followed carefully in the event of the plug being changed...

Page 6: ...hen the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or m...

Page 7: ...arrived forms part of the product and must be retained for future use NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FC...

Page 8: ...st in transit both to and from the Dealer or Soundcraft and postage must be prepaid 4 This warranty shall only be available if a The Equipment has been properly installed in accordance with instructio...

Page 9: ...Each Band Freq 20Hz to 22kHz Q 05 15 Gain 20dB to 20dB HPF 20Hz to 1kHz De esser Threshold 90dB to 6dB Ratio infinity to 1 1 Frequency 2kHz to 15kHz EQ Outputs 32 band GEQ 20Hz 20KHz 15dB Compressor...

Page 10: ...and software set up guide 3 1 and the software control guides for phone 3 2 and tablet 3 3 soft ware Please note Most of the hardware illustrations in this manual are based on the Ui16 console Where t...

Page 11: ...VIEW 2 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW This Soundcraft Ui console uses a compact main unit with built in I O processing and web server Phones tablets and PCs can connect to the web server via Wi Fi for platform ind...

Page 12: ...or XLR mic or Line level The input number corresponds to channel number in the Ui control software XLR Input Mic or Line XLR Input The input number corresponds to channel number in the Ui control soft...

Page 13: ...files Audio files must be saved to the USB stick as either MP3 AAC WAV OGG AIFF or FLAC files See section 9 0 Ui12 Ui16 User Manual HEADPHONES OUT Parallel headphone sockets These are not independent...

Page 14: ...booted and available for connections Then flashes with data activity Ui12 Ui16 User Manual MEDIA REC USB Socket for USB Flash Drive for recording audio The Soundcraft Ui mixer will record the Master C...

Page 15: ...input to bus sends Aux FX Mix and so on Please note The entire signal path except for the hardware pre and output DACs is clip free with infinite headroom It means that internal clipping is not intro...

Page 16: ...ly 2 Navigate to Wi Fi set up on your device and connect to the Soundcraft Ui access point If this is the first time you have connected you will not require a password 3 Launch your device s browser a...

Page 17: ...able to any device in two versions The small screen version is optimised for phone sized devices the large screen version is optimised for tablets and computers In order to make best use of your Ui mi...

Page 18: ...e software you can check your current Ui software version by navigating to the SETTINGS page and selecting the HELP tab To update the Ui software 1 Download the Ui update file from the website and lea...

Page 19: ...e The selected channel will remain active keep focus regardless of function screen until a new channel is selected Double Tap Fader Access the channel EQ from MIX Screen Double tap or double click The...

Page 20: ...l names across the whole mixer including FX Sends Aux Sends and Group Faders Double Tap Channel Name Phone Access the Dashboard screen for that channel access to EQ dynamics Aux and FX Sends and more...

Page 21: ...the Slideout Arrow to the right of the MIX screen to access the Slideout View panel For the tablet software Slideout panel click touch the Ui button in the top right corner of the screen The tablet S...

Page 22: ...ader cap to navigate to AUX SENDS Page Double click tap on channel fader cap to navigate to channel EDIT mode EQ tab Double click tap on channel label channel types INPUT LINE IN PLAYER SUB GROUP AUX...

Page 23: ...ll to adjust dynamics threshold value Drag ratio ball to adjust dynamics ratio value Channel EDIT page FX tab Double click tap in vacant space to navigate to MIX page Single click tap in virtual FX ra...

Page 24: ...screens Level 2 navigation page tabs switches layers within the selected screen and Level 3 navigation controls select individual channels Ui12 Ui16 User Manual METERS Access the METERS page Tabs on...

Page 25: ...rn channel on right hand side Selecting EDIT from the FX SENDS page will preselect the FX Send tab for the selected input channel SETTINGS Access the SETTING page System and mixer settings and configu...

Page 26: ...ow and Snapshots pop up selector Load shows and snapshots directly from this pop up SLIDEOUT Access the SLIDEOUT view on the right hand side of the screen Offers fast view and status switching functio...

Page 27: ...1 DASHBOARD 2 MIX GAIN 3 EDIT 4 AUX SENDS 5 FX SENDS 6 MEDIA 7 SETTINGS 8 SNAPSHOTS Same as click in NAV Display 9 SLIDEOUT SPACEBAR SLIDEOUT Q FX RETURNS W SUB GROUPS E AUX MASTERS A MUTE ALL P PRES...

Page 28: ...media player faders FX return faders Sub Group faders and AUX Master faders The Ui hardware you own will determine how many channels you see in the control software METERS The Tabs are METERS for all...

Page 29: ...and Master Channel include Graphic EQ FX SENDS FX Send faders determine the mix that is sent to the selected FX processor First select which effect you wish to adjust using the tabs then adjust the fa...

Page 30: ...background music in between sets The file playback is streamed directly from a USB stick Press the MEDIA icon to enter the player page Files can be played from a playlist or directly from the file li...

Page 31: ...d functions in a variety of ways To access the Menu screen press the NAV icon in the top right corner of the screen Press it again to return to the MIX screen Ui12 Ui16 User Manual NAV Access the main...

Page 32: ...s to assign their own personal channel and create a per sonal monitoring mix with a single large fader MORE ME channel names are highlighted in orange To assign an input channel to the More Me fader l...

Page 33: ...Snapshots management saving and recall etc A Show is a collection of Snapshots A Snapshot is a stored set of full mixer settings FX SENDS FX Send faders determine the mix that is sent to the selected...

Page 34: ...the outputs on the top right of the Ui hardware These outputs each have their own mix of input sources separate from the master mix Generally aux outputs are used for musicians to hear their own mix o...

Page 35: ...gain fader is down when plugging in new sources Avoid clipping the input when you see the red clip light constantly registering the signal will be distorted Simply reduce the gain to avoid this When...

Page 36: ...IX GAIN button to toggle MIX and GAIN pages PHONE The RETURN button will always return you to the MIX page A double click tap on a GAIN channel strip not the fader cap will return you to the MIX page...

Page 37: ...are cumulative and do not cancel previous solos NOTE If the AUX option is set for the HEAD PHONES OUT parameter SETTINGS the headphones output will not reflect the Solo selection PAN BALANCE Adjust t...

Page 38: ...to the pasteboard A PASTE SETTINGS option will appear when you select another input channel sub menu Use that to paste the copied settings to that channel ASSIGN SUB GROUP Choose a sub group for this...

Page 39: ...AUX tab you wish to mix AUX 1 to AUX 8 and then adjust the channel volumes contributions from input channels The AUX SEND fader on the right orange fader is the Aux Master channel fader the overall o...

Page 40: ...O PRE or POST AUX SEND MUTE Tablet software Mute the input channel s contribution to this aux mix Separate to the normal input channel mute only affects contribution to the selected aux mix M AUX COPY...

Page 41: ...able and Ui16 has six The highest numbered aux pairs 3 4 for Ui12 and 5 6 for Ui16 are available as physical outputs when the HEADPHONES OUT option is set to AUX in SETTINGS Aux Master channels have t...

Page 42: ...osing FX RETURNS from the Slideout panel in the tablet software or from the JUMP TO option in the phone software Slideout panel You can view all FX contributions from a single channel by navigating to...

Page 43: ...ou would use a Sub Group When input channels are allocated to Sub Groups either via the input channel sub menu or via the SUBS screen in the DASHBOARD METERS page they are mixed together into a single...

Page 44: ...top right corner of the bank that is clipping then reduce the channel GAIN fader MUTE M This indicates that a channel is muted Press the display to see the DASHBOARD overview where all mutes are viewa...

Page 45: ...such as pan balance phase phantom power and more EDIT PAGE ACCESS The EDIT page is available from a number of different Ui Software screens To select the EDIT page directly either click tap the EDIT b...

Page 46: ...also allows single view editing of selected channel features via the Jack Plug Buttons AMP SELECT Choose a guitar amp model Clicking or tapping anywhere on the guitar amp graphic will bring up a pop u...

Page 47: ...ESETS management pop up You can save and load settings presets for the DigiTech processing using this pop up AMP CONTROLS Adjust detailed settings for the selected amp model The controls include GAIN...

Page 48: ...f Easy EQ is a three band fixed frequency fixed Q mode with a Mid bell type band plus low and high shelving bands Switching Easy EQ OFF preserves the curve in the parametric EQ However turning Easy EQ...

Page 49: ...the three control faders For EQ the faders show values for the currently selected band H DE ESSER BALL Draggable graphic ball for De Esser control Drag this graphic element to control UP DOWN adjusts...

Page 50: ...trols in phone software tap the DE ESSER SETUP button DE ESSER THRESHOLD Fader control of De Esser Threshold De Esser threshold is the level at which the De Esser starts to attenuate the ess band To a...

Page 51: ...ll shape of the EQ band is the lower the Q the wider the bandwidth affected and vice versa Fader control of EQ is only available with tablet software Double click tap to reset EQ GAIN Fader control of...

Page 52: ...Suppression processing The display also incorporates an optional Real Time Analyser RTA which shows a spectral view of the incoming signal GEQ Band Ball Adjust the boost cut in this audio band Each b...

Page 53: ...HIC EQ BYPASS Bypass the GEQ processing dbx AFS2 SETUP Set up and operate the feedback elimination system for this bus Only available with tablet software See section 5 3 1 for more detail PRESETS Sav...

Page 54: ...etect when they are no longer needed and remove themselves from the chain effectively restoring sonic fidelity and freeing up Live filters for use elsewhere In normal operation you would setup AFS2 in...

Page 55: ...ve during the performance Take note of the output fader position for the aux master or stereo master that you are ringing out your TARGET GAIN will be around 5dB above this see step 6 3 If noise gates...

Page 56: ...used to reduce ambient noise picked up by a microphone when the source instrument voice is not active THRESHOLD Adjust the Threshold of the compressor The tablet version of the software includes a ho...

Page 57: ...threshold level GRM METERING Gain reduction metering There are three meters Input signal output signal and a meter showing the amount of attenuation currently being applied due to the dynamics process...

Page 58: ...E or HARD KNEE mode for the compressor This determines how threshold level is interpreted HARD KNEE mode means that the threshold represents an abrupt transition SOFT KNEE means that it represents a g...

Page 59: ...d FX SEND pages The AUX SENDS view tab for both phone and tablet software versions includes PRE POST and MUTE buttons for each send The FX SENDS view tab for both phone and tablet software versions of...

Page 60: ...though these define mixer channel views For example you could assign all vocal channels plus an aux master to View Group 1 for instant recall The INPUTS FX RETURNS SUB GROUPS and AUX MASTERS buttons...

Page 61: ...s to return to the AUX SENDS screen In the Tablet software choose MORE ME from the Slideout panel MORE ME can be displayed in both landscape and portrait orientations Landscape is accessed from the NA...

Page 62: ...s an additional processor that can either be an additional reverb or delay There are dedicated FX Sends and Returns for the internal FX simply adjust the corresponding FX Send level and bring up the l...

Page 63: ...milliseconds The amount of time it takes for the reverberation tail to decay Reverb time is an aural indication of the type of space large effective spaces have longer reverb times than small absorben...

Page 64: ...the TAP TEMPO button to set the delay time The TAP TEMPO button is also available in the control software SlideOut panel DIV Length Subdivision Delay time set as a musical sub division of the tempo Pr...

Page 65: ...and to add body to guitars without colouring the original tone Chorus can also be used with discretion to thicken a vocal track DENSITY Adjust the density of the chorus effect The more dense the chor...

Page 66: ...he SHOWS SNAPSHOTS page is accessible in the tablet software from the SETTINGS page OR by tapping clicking the LED display in the top navigation bar which displays the name of the currently load ed sn...

Page 67: ...r mixer at one time A common usage for snapshots is to have one snapshot per song So your snapshot list could look exactly like your song list At the end of each song change to the next snapshot and e...

Page 68: ...via the PLAYER menu button in Phone software Files can be played from a playlist or directly from the file list Menu Pop up Press and hold the PLAYER channel name to bring up the channel menu The men...

Page 69: ...allows the musician to play the next song in his set without having to view the player page Manual Auto Manual mode means the player will stop playing at the end of each song Auto mode means the play...

Page 70: ...the headphones MASTER SOLO is normal operation either Master stereo output or Solo bus if an AFL or PFL is selected AUX selects the highest pair of Aux buses as the source 3 4 for Ui12 and 5 6 for Ui...

Page 71: ...colours PIN SLIDEOUT IN MIX MODE OFF ON When this option is on your mixer page will always display the Ui SlideOut without having to re open it each time you go back to the main mix screen PIN SO FOR...

Page 72: ...on your Ui mixer it will automatically send out a WiFi signal so you connect your device to the Ui network and enter your password MONITOR ACCESS LIMIT This Tab View manages access permissions limitin...

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