POWER CORE User Manual
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9. Audio Mix Engine
9.9.4
Metering in VisTool
VisTool supports several different types of meter element:
,
PPMs
PPMs may be configured for channel metering, main metering, for the source in access or as DMS meters:
Channel Meter
Main Meters
·
Channel Meters
- meter the source or bus assigned to the channel fader strip. They are mono, stereo or
5.1 according to the fader strip assignment, and include the
example,
LINE 1.
·
Main Meters
(
A
,
B
, and
1
to
4
) - the sources for these stereo main meters are defined by the system
configuration (under the "
System -> Definition -> Parameter = Meter
" branch of the 'Tree Definition'). They
include the
of the source or bus - in our example,
PGM
and
REC
.
·
Access Input
,
Access PreComp
,
Access PostComp
, etc. - these meters show the level at different
signal flow points for the channel in access. They are usually included in pages showing
Access_Source_Information.
·
DMS Meters
- these meters are defined by the system configuration, and can be used to meter any
source, mono, stereo, 5.1 or 5.1+2 channel. They include the label defined by the configuration. Note that
the number of DMS meters varies depending on the product:
o
sapphire compact
and
Nova29
support up to 64 DMS;
sapphire MK2
and
ruby / POWER CORE
support 256 DMS presented in 4 groups of 64 (as defined in the "Audio Input -> DMS" branch of the
'Tree Definition').
o
crystal
systems support up to 24 DMS (as defined in the “System -> Definition -> Param = DMS”
branch of the ‘Tree Definition’).
The PPM meter scale can be DIN, UK, NORDIC or DIG, and is configured by
VisTool Editor.
Use the PPM
element in
VisTool Editor
to configure VisTool metering.
