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4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS

Vi3000 USER MANUAL

4.3

INPUT CHANNEL > De Esser

Input Level

Meter

Shows the input level
at the selected point in
the input channel signal
path.

The overload (OVL) LED indicates an overloaded ana-
logue input (mic preamp clipping).

Input Gain Re-

duction Meter

Shows the overall gain
reduction of the limiter
and compressor stages,
if they are engaged.

Vi3000 USER MANUAL

12.1

12.1: METERING > INPUTS

Each input channel has an input meter and every input meter has two parts: A 20--segment level meter (top), and a
9-segment Gain Reduction Meter (GRM).

Both the measured point in the channel signal flow and the metering peak hold time can be selected in the main set

tings screen (via the [MENU] button), in the (Settings) tab.

Input Channel Metering

Summary of Contents for SoundCraft Vi3000

Page 1: ...User Guide v1 4...

Page 2: ...particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to...

Page 3: ...11 0 SOLO SYSTEM 11 1 Primary Behaviour 11 2 Input Priority Mode 11 3 Autocancel Behaviour 11 4 Follow Output Solo Mode 12 0 METERING 12 1 Inputs 12 2 Busses 13 0 EDIT SYSTEM COPY PASTE AND LIBRARY 1...

Page 4: ...re FX The Vi3000 can also accommodate the new Soundcraft Realtime Rack a hardware software unit designed in col laboration with plug in manufacturer Universal Audio that provides access to 74 industry...

Page 5: ...as follows The wire which is coloured Green and Yellow must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked with the letter E or by the earth symbol The wire which is coloured Blue must be c...

Page 6: ...cing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when 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 int...

Page 7: ...ponent returned will be at the risk of the End User whilst 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 h...

Page 8: ...ne Out 0 004 1kHz Stagebox Mic In max gain to Local Line Out 0 035 1kHz Mic Input E I N 127dBu 150 source 22Hz 22kHz bandwidth unweighted Residual Noise 95dBu Stagebox line output no inputs routed Mix...

Page 9: ...BU Outputs 110 Oscillator 20Hz to 20kHz Pink White Noise variable level Channel Filters Mic In HP Filter 80Hz fixed 12dB per octave Channel HP Filter 20Hz 600Hz 18dB per octave Channel LP Filter 1kHz...

Page 10: ...al Mass Storage 120GB SSD Hard Drive Temperature Humidity Range Operating Temperature Range 0 C 45 C 32 F 113 F Relative Humidity 0 90 non condensing Ta 40 C 104 F Storage Temperature Range 20 C 60 C...

Page 11: ...S 24 Left Center Right LINK ST to CH Dyn of same Bay A B INP 2 OSC S E L I N S OSC SEL TB TB_SRC TB_MIC LR RR LL LR RR LL LR RR LL ON ON 10 dB inf 10 dB MON FADER MONITOR_A MONITOR_B MONITOR_HP ON MNT...

Page 12: ...ICK START 3 0 QUICK START Quick Start Guide This chapter is a pictorial guide through the main concepts and functionality of the Vi3000 console Subsequent chapers go into these functions in more detai...

Page 13: ...4 3 INPUT CHANNEL DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL 4 3 INPUT CHANNEL De Esser Vi3000 USER MANUAL 3 0 2 3 0 QUICK START 3 0 QUICK START Buttons And Encoders Ganging...

Page 14: ...Vi3000 USER MANUAL 3 0 3 3 0 QUICK START 3 0 QUICK START Inputs Controls Input Channel Access...

Page 15: ...4 3 INPUT CHANNEL DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL 4 3 INPUT CHANNEL De Esser Vi3000 USER MANUAL 3 0 4 3 0 QUICK START 3 0 QUICK START Fader Pages Output Assignment...

Page 16: ...Vi3000 USER MANUAL 3 0 5 3 0 QUICK START 3 0 QUICK START Outputs Control...

Page 17: ...4 3 INPUT CHANNEL DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL 4 3 INPUT CHANNEL De Esser Vi3000 USER MANUAL 3 0 6 3 0 QUICK START 3 0 QUICK START Monitoring...

Page 18: ...Vi3000 USER MANUAL 3 0 7 3 0 QUICK START 3 0 QUICK START Copy Paste Move LIbrary...

Page 19: ...4 3 INPUT CHANNEL DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL 4 3 INPUT CHANNEL De Esser Vi3000 USER MANUAL 3 0 8 3 0 QUICK START 3 0 QUICK START Snapshot Cuelist...

Page 20: ...Vi3000 USER MANUAL 3 0 9 3 0 QUICK START 3 0 QUICK START Main Menu System Lexicon FX...

Page 21: ...or connecting a Sound craft Stagebox Fixed I O on the rear panel includes all data digital connections such as MIDI USB HiQnet AES I O DANTE MADI Word Clock and DVI Out plus the dual redundant power s...

Page 22: ...f this indicator and the power button on front panel of the console indi cates the state of these PSUs RED if only one of them is on and GREEN if both are on Power Switches Inactive Active There is a...

Page 23: ...se note the Vi 3000 MADI local MADI and DANTE ports share an input and so are exclusive That is you can choose either a local MADI or DANTE input The outputs are parallel and a work concurrently The c...

Page 24: ...he other equipment s clock via Wordclock In Alternatively 64ch recording replay can be achieved via the Dante port by simply installing a copy of the Dante Vir tual Soundcard driver DVS available from...

Page 25: ...he console s software Note The Vi3000 s Dante interface is set as factory default to act as Primary Master The status of the Vi3000 s clock config must be setup to work correctly with the Dante interf...

Page 26: ...5 0 5 0 Operations Overview Vi3000 USER MANUAL 5 0 Operations Overview 5 0 Operations Overview...

Page 27: ...brackets are used to indicate the type of control being refered to is used to indicate a panel mounted key or encoder is used to indicate a Vistonics VST key or encoder is used to indicate a button on...

Page 28: ...number of functions For instance in the default input chanel mode the input touch screens show the Input EQ Dynamics Bus outputs and panning sections of input channel strip Touching one of these open...

Page 29: ...shows the button highlighted in a lighter colour Open Touch Page If the button can open a configuration page in the Touch area it shows a sign on the button If the configuration page is already open...

Page 30: ...ing blocks for the eight corre sponding faders You can touch those processing blocks to focus the VST section bottom part of screen populated with encoders and buttons on that selection The input bay...

Page 31: ...5 3 Operations Overview Console Bays 5 3 Console Bays Input Bay 3 Navigation The Master Bay touch screen meters can be used as a navigation device simply touch a block of eight meters and those chann...

Page 32: ...r it can therefore be easy to forget which function is currently being controlled especially when grabbing a fader in a hurry The main principle of Fader Glow is therefore to indicate the actual funct...

Page 33: ...ttons Most buttons on the console can be latching stay on or Momentary on when pressed off when you let go If you hold a button down it will have a momentary action If you press a button and let go wi...

Page 34: ...ormation see the Inputs reference chapter 6 Output Vistonics Group These buttons provide control over the VST section functionality of the Master Bay vistonics screens For example the PAGE A and PAGE...

Page 35: ...ese buttons only affect the Master Bay channel strips For More information see the Output Channels reference chapter 7 Next Last NEXT and LAST buttons for moving through the loaded Cuelist These butto...

Page 36: ...le the SOLO path from its channel or bus to the monitoring system However if a touch area page is open pressing a SOLO SEL from another channel within its own bay of eight channels moves the touch are...

Page 37: ...te the lower FLW key has an additional function in allowing VCAs to control the Aux sends of input channels See the Mute VCA reference chapter 9 for details Follow Mode Normal Main Menu Button Field G...

Page 38: ...PAN keys on the Encoder Mode panel See the Inputs reference chapter 5 for more information The VST Input Bay encoders default to Aux 1 and 2 though can be assigned a variety of functions depending on...

Page 39: ...or remove channels to or from the gang with the channel SOLO SEL buttons Entering Gang Mode does not cancel any solos of any type that are active at the time The Solo system continues to work as it w...

Page 40: ...or item is required For example you can label an input channel by touching the channel s input area on the touch screen then pressing the CH LABEL button in the VST area Labelling can be done with th...

Page 41: ...onsole The main channel strips including the Vistonics screen sections are for control of input chanel parameters routing and patching The INPUT FADER PAGES buttons are for navigating the available in...

Page 42: ...or layers There are four main layers of 24 input channel strips and a further five user definable layers available The ALL BUSSES button maps the output busses to the input channel strips as describe...

Page 43: ...8 C is channels 49 64 and D is channels 65 96 Select User Fader Layers Field Group INPUT FADER PAGES Active User Defined input channel strip pages layers Select one of these buttons to map that user d...

Page 44: ...p Range Low Range High Rotary control whose function is defined by the input ENCODER MODE buttons The Default function is control over the channel s ana logue input gain For more information see the I...

Page 45: ...hannel The long and short channel labels are set in the chan nel s Input Vistonics parameter block See reference section 6 5 1 for more information Pre Indicator Field Group Reserved For Future Use Ch...

Page 46: ...us FaderGlow Field Group The channel fader is colour coded depending on its function Input channel levels are not colour coded The other FaderGlow colours are Aux Sends ORANGE Groups GREEN Matrix Cont...

Page 47: ...de Gate Threshold Field Group Active Switch the input En coders to control Gate Threshold Select Mode Mode Pan Field Group Active Switch the input Encod ers to control Pan Select Mode These buttons de...

Page 48: ...NEL ENCODER MODE Setup Field Group Reserved for future software upgrade Mode User 1 Field Group Active Switch the input Encod ers to control Compres sor Threshold Select Mode Mode User 2 Field Group A...

Page 49: ...AN function across the desk If only one of the two rows is a Stereo Aux then only this row will change to PAN If neither row has a Stereo Aux assigned the PAN switch will have no function Activate Mod...

Page 50: ...master SOLO SEL button will automati cally assign the soloed bus master to this row overriding the default or the USER layer Note that only one FLW can be active at a time Activate Mode VST Mode USER...

Page 51: ...input channel s input section touch screen area is at the top of the Vistonics input channel strip area colour coded blue The input section consists of that channel s input source selection pre amp a...

Page 52: ...up GAIN Range Low Range High Adjust the analogue input gain This is an analogue gain stage before analogue to digi tal conversion 10dB 65dB Input Pad Field Group GAIN Inactive Active Reduce the input...

Page 53: ...ency range is shown graphically in the EQ section of the touch screen 1kHz 20kHz HI CUT IN OUT Field Group HI CUT Range Low Range High Switch the digital HI CUT filter in and out When the digital HI C...

Page 54: ...field text areas will show the selected source Inactive Selection active Channel Label Field Group CH LABEL Inactive Active Activate channel labeling functionality on main touch screen Thsi control br...

Page 55: ...EL EQ Input Touch Screen Audio Blocks EQ A mono input channel s parametric EQ section touch screen area is near the top of the Vistonics input channel strip area colour coded red The EQ section consis...

Page 56: ...lect Field Group BwOct Q Inactive Active Choose a shelving response for the filter The shelf response is available to the high HF and low LF EQ bands Bell Shelf Gain Control Field Group GAIN Range Low...

Page 57: ...nents The first can either be a GATE or DeEsser section the other two are a COMPRESSOR and a LIMITER All three sections can be turned on or off independently The dynamics section of the Vistonics touc...

Page 58: ...ield Group ATCK Range Low Range High Adjust the attack time of the Gate 10uS 957mS Gate Duck Function Field Group ATCK Inactive Active Select the Gate DUCK mode DUCK mode in inverse gate mode which re...

Page 59: ...High Adjust the cut off frequency of the gate sidechain lo cut filter Together with the gate hi cut filter this creates a band pass filter for side chain control of the gate 20Hz 20kHz Sidechain Filt...

Page 60: ...e De esser dynamic filter Helps pinpoint the Ess band most suited to the current signal Off Solo De Ess Filter Frequency Field Group FREQ Range Low Range High Adjust the centre frequency of the De ess...

Page 61: ...ompres sion trnasform graphic in the dynamics touch screen area will be highlighted in green Out In Compressor Attack Field Group ATCK Range Low Range High Adjust the compressor attack time The time i...

Page 62: ...active Active Activate automatic makeup gain When activated this will apply makeup gain after the compressor automatically depending on the settings of the Threshold and Ratio controls Off On Limiter...

Page 63: ...The controls vary depending on whether you are working on Auxilliaries or groups Auxiliary Send Level Field Group Aux n Range Low Range High Adjust the send level from the input channel to the number...

Page 64: ...balance control 30L 30R Group Buss Routing Field Group Group n Inactive Active Route the input channel signal to the numbered group bus The corresponding group assign bar in the bus touch screen area...

Page 65: ...Field Group PAN Range Low Range High Adjusts panning to the Master L R and C busses depending on pan mode chosen If the channel is paired the balance can be adjusted If the Pan MODE is set to LCR an a...

Page 66: ...ts provide a send and return path that inter rupts the channel signal flow In any Insert Select page all available insert points can be patched to physical I O by touching the on screen SETUP button Y...

Page 67: ...this input channel Off On Direct Output Gain Field Group Range Low Range High Adjust the gain of the channel s Direct Output 90dB 10dB Direct Output Point Field Group Select the point in the input cha...

Page 68: ...Vi3000 USER MANUAL 7 0 7 0 OUTPUTS 7 0 OUTPUTS Outputs Auxilliaries Groups and LCR Mix busses...

Page 69: ...le regardless of whether they are mono or stereo Up to 16 busses can be configured as mono or stereo Matrix MTX outputs with full processing each with up to 24 configurable sources including busses ef...

Page 70: ...dedicated faders and controls and are never used for anything else To access the LRC Bus mastering page simply press the MASTERS SEL button The processing page will appear on the MasterBay Vistonics...

Page 71: ...cs GEQ In LCR Fader Control the output levels of the LRC Masters The output levels of the LRC Master outputs are always controlled by their dedicated faders Those faders are never used for anything el...

Page 72: ...Access the L C R bus dynamics The controls are identical to those of the input channels except there are no Gate or De Esser modes available for output busses L C R Insert Delay etc The controls for...

Page 73: ...sign a bank of eight bus masters to input bay 3 right hand bay by touching the relevant metering group in the Master Bay touch screen You then patch physical outputs and name the busses by touching th...

Page 74: ...is selected and if the format field is set to stereo then the CHPAN field is enabled Pan Follows Channel Set Pan follows chan nel for a stereo bus Set this so the panning into a stereo auxilliary foll...

Page 75: ...ng the console s bus masters and two ways of acessing the output bus processing and parameters Master Bay VST Encoders Bus master levels are available on the VST Encoders in the Master Bay with groups...

Page 76: ...er output levels Third Input Bay Fast Select By touching any of the channel metering areas in the Master Bay touch screen area you assign that bank of eight to the third input bay Three banks of eight...

Page 77: ...n group to control which functions and which masters are available Outpus Master Bay Vistonics Talkback Assign Mode Assign the TB ASSN function to the bus mas ters VST buttons See the Talkback and Osc...

Page 78: ...of bus masters in the Master Bay Vistonics VST area Bus Level Control the level of the bus output Bus Solo Solo this bus output See the Solo system chapter for more information Bus ON Enable Disable M...

Page 79: ...er Pages selec tors The VCA button maps VCA masters 1 8 to the Master bay faders Buttons A through C map busses 1 24 to the Master Bay channel strips in groups of eight Buttons D maps VCA masters 9 16...

Page 80: ...Glow The channel fader is colour coded depending on its function Input channel levels are not colour coded The other FaderGlow colours are Aux Sends ORANGE Groups GREEN Matrix Contribution CYAN VCA Ma...

Page 81: ...S MASTERS PROCESS 7 3 3 OUTPUTS MASTERS PROCESS The bus output processing chain has a parametric EQ block a BSS Graphic Equaliser block GEQ a dynamics block and a Pan Insert block You can also label t...

Page 82: ...aliser reference later in this chapter for more Detail Bus Channel Strip Dynamics The controls are identi cal to those of the input channels except there are no Gate or De Ess er modes available for o...

Page 83: ...sses mode with the ALLBUSS button and selecting the GEQ block from the corresponding channel s touch screen area or by selecting a bus SOLO SEL button while the Master Bay Vistonics button assign is s...

Page 84: ...tive GEQ to 0dB All GEQ bands 0dB GEQ In Inactive Active Activate or deactivate the currently selected GEQ GEQ Out GEQ In Graphic EQ Fader Range Low Range High Adjust the level of the corresponding ba...

Page 85: ...nt meter group in the Master Bay touch screen In this case the buss masters and assignments will be mapped to the right hand input bay Matrix Control To map matrix contributions to the input bays firs...

Page 86: ...above each Matrix Source fader allowing the selected source to be positioned within the stereo image of the Matrix bus If the Matrix is mono this control will have no function Matrix Source Source Ch...

Page 87: ...for the channel faders This means there are 25 possible sets of 16 VCA groups A more detailed reference for this functionality is included later in the this chap ter section 9 3 Each input and output...

Page 88: ...w Mute Groups Operation Mute Setup Inactive Active Press the MUTE VCA GROUPS SETUP button then chose a Mute Group button to configure that group The SETUP button will glow blue when pressed The chosen...

Page 89: ...efined fader page setup The VCA page cannot be remapped and always contains VCA 1 8 Select VCA Range VCA Masters ON Buttons Inactive Active Master On Off button for all of the VCA s member channels If...

Page 90: ...sign VCA Select all input channels or no channels as mem bers of the VCA Group Select the VCA Group you require by pressing its SOLO Sel button first Aux VCA Mode Bulk On Off Switch all VCA Masters in...

Page 91: ...ality of VCA Groups has been extended to control of groups of Aux sends as well as channel faders Because there can be up to 24 Auxiliary sends configured on the console this means that there are up t...

Page 92: ...e to show the offsets being applied to the Aux feeds from those channels assigned to the VCAs At this point the VCA Master SOLO SEL keys have no function The VCA ON switch controls the Aux send On Off...

Page 93: ...toring system has three main sources Monitor A Monitor B and Headphones These are fed by a choice of sub sources including Solos LCR Talkback return and two user defined stereo sources where the left...

Page 94: ...4 3 INPUT CHANNEL DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL 4 3 INPUT CHANNEL De Esser Vi3000 USER MANUAL 10 0 10 0 MONITORING 10 0 MONITORING...

Page 95: ...onitor B is an LR out put and the headphones output is LR to the headphone socket on the front of the console You can select a variety of sources for the monitoring outputs including two user definabl...

Page 96: ...ge High Control monitoring volume level Infinty 10dB AFL and PFL indication These two LEDs show if an active solo is a PFL or an AFL Monitoring Setup Active Display the Monitor Set up Page on the mast...

Page 97: ...dB to allow solos to be heard in the context of a mix that has a reduced level OFF 10dB Solo Input Pri ority Active monitor_con_soloIn Priority jpg Activate Input Priority Mode Allows an Output Solo t...

Page 98: ...A B and HP are assigned in the monitoring setup page as well as monitoring delay Monitoring Setup Monitoring Input Solo Source Choose either input channel PFL AFL or AUTO as the Input Solo source The...

Page 99: ...ed MON SETUP Mode Activate the Monitor Setup sub page The Monitor Setup sub page parameters become availa ble in the VST area of the master screen See below for more details Auto Cancel Mode TBC LCR S...

Page 100: ...the Monitor A B and Head phone outputs Each of the monitoring outputs has its own individual Talkback Return assignment Monitor Follow A Force the Monitor B and or Headphone source assignments to be t...

Page 101: ...delay The monitor delay allows the headphones and or monitor speakers to be time aligned to the output from the main PA system when working at a distance from the PA speakers The delay applies to all...

Page 102: ...atching Assign the input indi vidually for the User A and User B monitoring sources When selected the source assignment screen is displayed on the touch screen You can assign any available input indiv...

Page 103: ...e monitoring applica tions where the solos of in ear monitor mixes could be programmed to appear only on Monitor B for example which could have an in ear headphone system connect ed to it In this exam...

Page 104: ...ither locally or via a VCA Master Solo generates an AFL or PFL Solo depending on the mode selected in Monitor Setup default is AFL for outputs The post fade Output signal is switched onto the Solo Bus...

Page 105: ...any time This speeds up operation by eliminating the need to switch solos off before soloing the next channel In some ap plications however such as line checking it is necessary to keep one channel so...

Page 106: ...ly the channel ON keys are used If a Matrix Output Solo Sel is pressed regardless of the setting of Follow Solo modes the Output Solo will be acti vated the EQ Dyn Misc touch screen for the Matrix Out...

Page 107: ...ns in its DSP which means that the audio signal inside the mixer cannot be overloaded If the signal level is too high at the master output meters it is necessary only to pull down the master fader lev...

Page 108: ...he overall gain reduction of the limiter and compressor stages if they are engaged Vi3000 USER MANUAL 12 1 12 1 METERING INPUTS 12 1 METERING INPUTS Each input channel has an input meter and every inp...

Page 109: ...l ways linked therefore both GRMs show the same value The overload LED indicates a value that is higher than Full Scale analogue output stage clipping Mix Master Meters The L R and C Output Masters ea...

Page 110: ...and store them in the internal library independant of the Show Files and export to or import from a USB storage device If the console is in either copy or paste mode a yellow bar appears across all t...

Page 111: ...2 patch Mic Input Gain and all associated switches 48V PAD Phase Inv etc Fader and Mute VCA Mute Group Assignment FX settings Parameters not included with a whole bus copy but that CAN be added indiv...

Page 112: ...is currently set to the Small Hall FX type then only the Small Hall parameters will be copied Paste Active Enter paste mode to Paste any channels processing blocks parameters or Lexicon FX settings se...

Page 113: ...tton appears in the bottom left corner of the VST section in the Master Bay Vistonics screen when in ei ther Copy or Paste mode It works in much the same way as the basic copy and paste mode To Paste...

Page 114: ...y folder within which are sub folders called Categories corresponding to the various types of functions that can be stored in the Library EQ Dynamics Channels and so on Within each Category the actual...

Page 115: ...ia a special update procedure New modified or additional default entries may be released from the factory from time to time in the form of a web download that can be copied to a USB stick and transfer...

Page 116: ...y or Paste Mode It allows you to navigate the console library and perform import export operations with connect USB storage devices Important In Copy mode you must have your intended target library lo...

Page 117: ...library item Delete Folder File Delete the currently highlighted Library or Library item You cannot delete a Library that is currently loaded Save As Save a copy of the library under a new name New L...

Page 118: ...or Li brary item to or from the selected USB storage device For example with a Library item selected in the internal Library right hand side of the file screen and a USB storage device selected hittin...

Page 119: ...of the console are included in the snapshot recall and which parts are left out Scope is set individually for every snapshot There is a seperate snapshot filtering system call global filtering which...

Page 120: ...g the RECALL NEXT or LAST buttons Store Snapshot Active Store a snapshot of the current console state into a new cue and open up the Snapshot Cue settings page in the Master Control screen The new cue...

Page 121: ...parameters from the ef fects of snapshot recall or Show recall The ISO buttons are found on the console channel strips This function requires the GLOBAL FILTER parameter set to On default in the Snaps...

Page 122: ...are also used to select multiple cues together with the SELECT and MULTI SELECT keys Delete Cue Delete selected cue cues You will be asked Are you sure you sure you want to delete the selected cue s a...

Page 123: ...stored sequentially after the final cue in the selection Duplicate cues are renamed with a D_ prefix Move Cue Move the selected cue or cues to a new posi tion in the cue list The MOVE button becomes...

Page 124: ...riginal cue num bering remain unchanged Scroll The Cue List Scroll through the cue list using the encoder Usually faster than the Up and Down buttons Apply Changes To Scoped Parameters In Selected Cue...

Page 125: ...Bay Vistonics VST area For example by touching the Cue 2 entry in the cue list in the MIDI column that cue s MIDI functions MIDI based recall and a MIDI message output list will be available in the VS...

Page 126: ...his cue Copy Timecode Copy the current incom ing MIDI timecode to the cue s recall TIMECODE fields Set Timecode Range Low Range High Manually set or adjust the MIDI timecode at which the cue is recall...

Page 127: ...in white in the cue list Disabled cues are shown greyed out Cue Disabled Cue Enabled Go To Cue Number Select Range Low Range High Set a following cue number to be recalled a set amount of time after t...

Page 128: ...time Racks Snapshot Re call Enable Enable or disable the snapshot in this cue This is enabled by default though you can choose to disable it and therefore only trigger cue based events such as MIDI ou...

Page 129: ...buttons Cue Enabled Scroll The Cue List Scroll through the cue list using the encoder Usually faster than the Up and Down buttons Cue Enabled XFade On Activate snap shot to snapshot cross fading funct...

Page 130: ...fields will be activated depending on which MIDI message type is selected For example if a Note On message is selected only the NOTE VALUE field will be available If a Controller message is select ed...

Page 131: ...I output for this cue A Cue s MIDI output consists of a message event list that is transmitted when the cue is triggered Cue MIDI Out enabled MIDI Output Event Number Range Low Range High Set the MIDI...

Page 132: ...tual GPIO pin as a recall trigger for this cue 0 80 Selecting a the GPIO column in the cue list gives access to that cue s GPIO General Purpose Input Output settings The VST screen is split into GPI i...

Page 133: ...vates the GPIO mapping that is set up in the main GPIO Settings section GPI Physical Pin Displays the physical pin number that corre sponds to the selected virtual pin Console Blackout Active Sets a c...

Page 134: ...er Vi3000 USER MANUAL 14 3 4 14 3 4 CUES GPIO 14 3 4 CUES GPIO GPO Physical Pin Displays the physical pin number that corre sponds to the selected virtual pin HiQNet Venue Number Select a HiQNet Venue...

Page 135: ...nly affects recall and is controlled with the console s ISO buttons or via the Global Edit mode it stays on the desk when set and applies to ALL Cues that are recalled Snapshot Scope can be used to cr...

Page 136: ...console a Partial snapshot For example you could make cues that will only set the Gains and EQ of all the channels but leave the fader values unchanged There are two approaches to changing the scope...

Page 137: ...SNAPSHOT FILTER SCOPE Block Select Select or deselect indi vidual process blocks from the scope of this cue Channel Scope Select All Select all channels to be within the scope of this cue Channel Scop...

Page 138: ...ing Enabled Global Filter Edit Mode Inactive Active Activate Global Edit mode All desk parameters are available for adding to the Glob al Filter without having to hold down an ISO button Normal Oper...

Page 139: ...ignal path normally from a microphone input to group and physical outputs activated with push to talk talkback buttons on the console itself It is most often used to allow the console operator to talk...

Page 140: ...e analogue Mic Amp gain is variable from 46 66dB by an internal variable preset which is located on the pcb that is located inside on the base of the console This is set by default to a mid range sett...

Page 141: ...output on the rear of the console default or to any other available output Change the EXT TB assignment via the Talkback Oscil lator SETUP screen Routing Active Talkback Pre sets 1 3 Active Press to...

Page 142: ...pink noise White Noise Set the oscillator wave form to white noise Sine Wave Set the oscillator wave form to sine The main oscillator controls appear in the master bay touch screen area when the Oscil...

Page 143: ...20kHz 20Hz 20kHz Oscillator Bus Assignment In Active Active Used in conjunction with the Oscillator to Bus touchscreen switch Opens an output assignment page where you can select any of the 24 group b...

Page 144: ...election screen Talkback Exter nal Output Active Inactive Assign the Talkback output directly to indi vidual physical console outputs Opens an output assignment page with all available physical output...

Page 145: ...Return Assignment Inactive Active Assign the Talkback Return input Opens an input assignment page with all available physical inputs Open assign ment screen Close assign ment screen Talkback return a...

Page 146: ...MIDI setup Show loading duplicating and export import Tielines input output patching setup Lexicon FX operation and more MAIN MENU SETTINGS Menu Button Active Access the main menu The main menu will a...

Page 147: ...16 1 MENU MAIN TAB 16 1 MENU MAIN TAB This menu tab is displayed by default whenever the MENU button is pressed Menu Main Brightness Choose the brightness level for all screens illuminated keys and F...

Page 148: ...e of the page Normally the front panel USB Data Socket will be used USB1 but it is possible to connect USB data storage devices to the rear panel USB sockets USB2 and USB3 and select the required devi...

Page 149: ...will appear Save As Save all current show parameters as a new Show You will be prompted to input a new show name via the on screen keyboard or an external USB keyboard Show Defaults Display the defau...

Page 150: ...al storage Note that the date and time of the latest save is shown in both lists Export Channel Labels Choose to export chan nel labels with a Show export Import Channel Labels Choose to import chan n...

Page 151: ...ading a new one The Show Snapshot allows the complete status of the console to be recorded with the Show even if no Snapshots have been saved Settings Recorded Within A Show Snapshot s Show Settings M...

Page 152: ...l Channel Bus assigns levels Pre Post states and Channel Labels All Channel Patch ordering All I O routing All I O controls Settings Not Recorded PFL SOLO switch status SEL Switch status LRC Sel switc...

Page 153: ...l expansion card and fitted as stand ard to Stageboxes provides electrically isolated opto coupler inputs with integrated current sink 5 to 24 VDC and electrically isolated outputs using SPST relay co...

Page 154: ...y Individual setting for each Pin Function Select Select the function to be assigned to the GPI pin Depending on the function selection the Parameter field may or may not be available For example the...

Page 155: ...le For example the Fader Start FDR START function requires a channel assignment set this using the Parameter field the Talkback Output TB OUTPUT function does not require any additional parameter Avai...

Page 156: ...ge for this GPO pin Choose either Rising Falling or Both If you choose Both the Polarity field will become available Polarity Select Set the Polarity of the output The encoder changes the polarity bet...

Page 157: ...l The console runs at 48kHz internal clock only External Clock External clock source selected NB not a control The console switches to External Worclock automatically if a valid 48kHz wordclock signal...

Page 158: ...network clock requires correct setting of network sync within external Dante Contoller software Dante Master mode activated Dante Sync Client Active Switch console sync to Dante Client mode When Clien...

Page 159: ...IE Lines are direct connections from an input connector to a output connector They are a path through the mixer with no processing and no mixing and there they do not use up any DSP channels The conso...

Page 160: ...sole input Input Patch Screen Tieline Output Patch Active Assign a physical output to this Tie Line The Red OUT buttons open an output assign page in the main touch screen area wher eyou can choose an...

Page 161: ...mation Menu FX Lexicon FX Engine n Active Select a Lexicon FX processor to control Algorithm selection and related parameters are mapped to the VST section of the Master Bay Vistonics screen works in...

Page 162: ...hannel or Device ID to help with identifying a source or destination device in other MIDI setup screens such as the MIDI Events list in the Cue List List TX Channels Display the MIDI output channels i...

Page 163: ...or destination device in other MIDI setup screens such as the MIDI Events list in the Cue List MIDI Device Name MIDI Device Name display Allows the friendly name to be entered using on screen QWERTY...

Page 164: ...oing timecode events and incoming timecode When enabled the Show name displayed in the Master Bay touchscreen is replaced by the timecode display Timecode Display On Off Enable or disable the timecode...

Page 165: ...e most recent message is also displayed at the top right of the master section s main screen in the Error Log Dis play Area The message is cleared from the main screen after the Log page has been view...

Page 166: ...Vi3000 USER MANUAL 16 8 16 8 MENU LOG 16 8 MENU LOG Automatic Scrolling Cause the most recent message to be dis played as the current ly selected one Clear Log Clear the error log list...

Page 167: ...ime plus input meter source point and general meter peak hold time delay EQ graphic EQ and Dante MADI source selection MENU SETTINGS Set Date And Time Active Map console date and time settings control...

Page 168: ...eight bands using the Output Fader page buttons Small GEQ Large GEQ Set Delay Units Change the units used in input output and monitoring delay adjust ments You can choose between milliseconds metres...

Page 169: ...e is represented with a coloured label The label colour indicates the overall state of the system monitoring page A green label indicates that this device is running correctly whereas a red label indi...

Page 170: ...an input function and a red label indicates an output function If the card configuration of the Stagebox is changed for example when AES input or output cards are fitted in place of the analogue cards...

Page 171: ...age in the main menu All Parameters from the four Effects Units and for all Effects Type are stored in the desk Snapshots LEXICON Effects Format Depending on the selected effect type the FX processor...

Page 172: ...4 3 INPUT CHANNEL DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL 4 3 INPUT CHANNEL De Esser Vi3000 USER MANUAL 17 0 17 0 FX 17 0 FX...

Page 173: ...to select an input to patch to the output of that FX unit Each FX processor can be patched in three ways Aux Masters can be patched to the inputs of FX units input channel inputs can be patched to the...

Page 174: ...to that channel Touch the Insert output delay block in the channel strip then use the BUS OUT PATCH or INS PATCH options in the VST section to bring up the relevant patching options onto the touch scr...

Page 175: ...ock from the bottom of the touch screen channel strip then use the INSERT patch option to select an FX Unit Touch the FX button on the top left of the touch screen to show the available FX selections...

Page 176: ...the Vi3000 s internal default shows However if you are importing a show from a Vi 4 or 6 console only the first two of these F keys may be mapped to the tap function The information that follows will...

Page 177: ...h of the four FX processors an individual FX Type can be selected The FX Types are grouped into the follow ing categories Reverb Delay and Miscellaneous You can select algorithms by hitting the TYPE b...

Page 178: ...material that has softer initial transients like a voice Drum Hall has a higher diffusion setting which is necessary to smooth out faster transient signals found in drums and percussion instruments I...

Page 179: ...ng as a speaker and the other acting as a micro phone connected by a simple set of springs The characteristic boing of a spring is an important component of many classic rock and rockabilly guitar sou...

Page 180: ...n The Size control changes reverb sound from very large to very small Generally set this control to the approx imate size of the acoustic space being created before adjusting anything else The size in...

Page 181: ...se high frequency response creating brighter reverbs lower frequency settings create darker reverbs with more bass frequency emphasis 1kHz 20kHz Bass Boost Frequency Range Low Range High Set the frequ...

Page 182: ...ge Low Range High Change the resonant frequencies of Plate reverb 1mS 150mS Feedback Level Range Low Range High Adjust a Plate reverb s presence and promi nence 99 99 Boing Increase or decrease the sp...

Page 183: ...2 taps are a calculated percentage of the actual delay time from 1 100 for example if the delay time is 500ms and Tap 1 is set to 50 and Tap 2 is set to 100 Tap 1 time would be 250ms and Tap 2 time wo...

Page 184: ...udio trick of flipping a tape over playing it backwards through a tape delay and recording the effect The delays build up from softer to louder creating the sensation that the delays come before the s...

Page 185: ...ay input This creates a series of delay repeats each slightly attenuated until they become inaudible Higher settings create more repeats lower settings reduce the number of repeats When this knob is t...

Page 186: ...shold sets the level at which the input signal has to be at for ducking to cut in the higher the threshold the louder the signal has to be for ducking to occur 70dB 0dB Ducker Level Range Low Range Hi...

Page 187: ...nd reinforcements with characteristic swishing tunneling and fading sounds Phaser Stereo The Phaser automatically moves frequency notches up and down the spectrum of the signal by means of a low fre q...

Page 188: ...remarkable with guitar and electric piano rhythm parts In fact this program is a great alternative to the Chorus and Tremolo effects for any sound source Pitch Shift Stereo This effect shifts the fre...

Page 189: ...ar to diffusion in reverb Diffusion can be a subtle effect to add a little warmth to the chorus 0 99 Pre Delay Range Low Range High Determines the amount of offset between the two signals that create...

Page 190: ...low to Fast 0 8 Horn Max Range Low Range High Rotary effect only maximum speed of the HF rotary horn The speed limits are used when the speed parameter is changed from Slow to Fast 0 05 8 Stereo Sprea...

Page 191: ...etermines the amount of pitch shift or detune shift from the original signal source Works best with individual notes 24 24 Shift Delay Range Low Range High Sets the delay time before the pitch shift o...

Page 192: ...ch screen About HiQnet HiQnet is a network communications protocol developed by Harman which enables various professional audio prod ucts within the Harman Pro audio range to communicate with each oth...

Page 193: ...tion on the rear of the control surface adjacent to the rear USB sockets The port is capable of driving standard Ethernet distanc es of up to 100m Menu Button The MENU button opens the console s main...

Page 194: ...software may also be connected to the switch and if a wireless router is included in the network the AKG wireless iPhone app may be used for additional monitoring of the microphone data The same wire...

Page 195: ...on Use the row of VST encoders to dial in the subnet mask HiQnet node address entry Active Set the console s HiQnet Node Address using the keyboard edi tor on the touchscreen The HiQnet node address c...

Page 196: ...The DEVICE column shows the names of all of the AKG microphones that have been discovered on the network This column is automatically populated The NET column in the list shows the HiQnet node address...

Page 197: ...even whilst the Audio Patch page is still open The name truncated of the currently se lected Device can be seen in above the MAP DEVICES Vistonics scroll encoder Locate Devices Activate the Locate fu...

Page 198: ...STATUS DISPLAYS The console displays VM wireless system status information in two places the main channel strip display in the input channel touch screen area input block and in the VST area when the...

Page 199: ...chscreen area provides instant feedback on the status of VM microphones via icons for each of the monitoring elements Channel Strip Status Touch Screen Input Block Microphone Muted Shows microphone mu...

Page 200: ...ion when the input block is selected Battery Level Seven segment transmitter battery level indication Red segments 0 1 indicate one hour or less remaining The Amber segment segment 2 indicates 25 perc...

Page 201: ...to AKG associated connectors giving more detailed information of RF level bargraph and numerical signal strength in dB Battery level bargraph icon plus numerical readout of remaining battery life in...

Page 202: ...indicator shows the output trim level of the receiver Locate Activate the Locate function on the selected AKG receiver Pressing this will cause the front panel display of the chosen receiver to flash...

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