crystal User Manual
Version: 6.6.0/2
223/459
11. Audio Utilities
11.1
DMS Metering & Loopbacks
All systems provide
DMS
elements which can be assigned to a VisTool page for metering, or used to create
audio loopbacks to feed signals back into other parts of the system. Mono DMS can be linked to operate in
stereo or surround. Each DMS channel is equipped with silence detect logic.
The number of DMS and the implementation varies depending on the system:
·
ruby
/
Power Core
and
sapphire MK2
/
Nova17
support 256 DMS presented in 4 groups of 64.
·
sapphire compact
and
Nova29
support 64 DMS. In addition,
Nova29
supports 256 loopbacks which
operate as loopbacks only (without metering and silence detection). These are presented in 4 groups of
64.
·
crystal
supports 48 DMS (in two pages) plus 32 loopbacks which operate as loopbacks only (without
metering and silence detection).
For all systems except crystal, the
DMS Input
and
DMS Loopback / Silence
parameters are accessed from
either the "Audio Input" or "Audio Out Only" branches of the 'Tree Definition'. The same parameters can be
accessed by double-clicking on
DMS
in "
".
For crystal, the
DMS
and
Loopback
parameters are accessed from the “System -> Definition" branch of the
'Tree Definition'.
DMS parameters can also be edited in list form from the "Command -> Inputs" window.
11.1.1
DMS
In
crystal
, the DMS parameters are simplified. They are accessed by selecting "
System
->
Definition
" in the
'Tree Definition' and the
DMS
tab.
In this instance, when Channel Meters are added to a VisTool screen, they can be switched between two pages
using the
Select Page 1
and
Select Page 2
control signals.
Parameter
DMS - reference name for the element.
Select Page N
Enter a control signal to switch the VisTool Channel Meters to Page N.
Channel / Page
Enter the number of meters you wish to display per page (maximum 24).
This value should be set to 24 by default. If a lower value is entered, then faders above the
value cannot be addressed.
