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Tutorial
Welcome
Welcome to the mc
2
66 Broadcast Production Console, Lawo’s
purpose designed solution for on-air and live-to-tape broadcast
operations.
The mc
2
66 is a very flexible mixing console with the power to
deal with a range of production types. This tutorial guides you
step-by-step through some of the principal console operations.
Each topic is given a reference to more detailed information in
the chapters to follow.
Control Surface Overview
The mc
2
66’s control surface is constructed in 8-fader sections,
with typical sizes scaling from 16 channel 8 masters up
to 48 channel 8 masters.
Within each channel section, you will find 8 dedicated fader
strips providing basic channel controls, such as level, mute and
monitoring. Four assignable rotary controllers (free controls) offer
additional local channel control. A fifth upper controller is
dedicated for input gain. In addition, every 8-fader channel
section houses a high resolution TFT display providing feedback
on channel metering and bus assignments.
Any DSP channel may be accessed from the Central Control
Section offering direct control of
all
settings – input control,
signal processing, panning, level, AFL/PFL and auxiliary sends.
The Main display works in parallel with these controls providing
clear visual feedback on the channel’s settings as you adjust
them. Below the Central Control Section you will find eight
additional main fader strips for dedicated masters.
On the right hand side of the centre section are the automation
and snapshot/sequence controls; the monitoring control panels;
the user panel which may house functions such as
communications, machine control, etc.; and the ACCESS
CHANNEL/ASSIGN control panel for bus and fader strip
assignment, layering access, joystick and centre screen
navigation.