Midas PRO6, Owner'S Manual

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Mic amp input gain (preliminary input processing)
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PRO6 Live Audio System
Owner’s Manual
Note: If the inputs are from a DL431 Mic Splitter the section under
gain trim will be similar to the one shown right.
1
48V switch (stage box only), connects
48 volts of phantom power to the XLR mic
input channel connector. Suitable for a
condenser microphone or DI box.
2
TALK switch, connects talk mic and/or
tone and noise generators to the input
channel.
3
Gain swap button (see “Using gain swap”
below).
4
SLOPE switch (digital trim only) for
selecting the value of the high pass filter.
Where, switch on (illuminated) = 24dB slope
and switch off = 12dB slope.
5
SLOPE switch (digital trim only), for
selecting the low pass filter. Where, switch on
(illuminated) = 12dB slope and switch off =
6dB slope.
6
Stage box control knob adjusts the input
gain of the remote amplifier in 5dB steps,
ranging from -5dB to +40dB. Note that the
stage box control knob on the control surface
will only adjust the gain currently selected to
the GUI input channel strip, that is, stage box
or digital trim.
7
CHECK switch (stage box only), monitors
the mic amp input after the 30Hz filter, but
before any further processing. (The 30Hz
subsonic filter switch accesses high pass filter
on DL431 Mic Splitter if the PRO6 is connected
to an XL8. In this case, gain steps would be
2.5dB to +45dB.)
8
30Hz subsonic filter switch (DL431 Mic
Splitter only), acts on remote amplifier (mic
splitter) to remove very low frequencies in the
audio signal — usually caused by noise on
stage. This avoids wasting valuable headroom
trying to digitise it. This button changes meter
to monitor mic amp output directly.
9
Low pass control knob (digital trim only),
adjusts frequency of low pass filter in the
range 2kHz to 20kHz.
10
Low pass filter switch (digital trim
only), activates low pass filter in the input
channel signal path before the insert points
and EQ.
11
High pass filter switch (digital trim
only), activates high pass filter in the input
channel signal path before the insert points
and EQ.
12
High pass control knob (digital trim only),
adjusts frequency of high pass filter in the
range 10Hz to 400Hz.
13
Input fast strip quick access button,
navigates local channel to control surface and
selects channel. Also, assigns the channel’s
configuration processing area to the GUI
channel strip.
14
Phase switch , applies a 180° inversion
of the input signal polarity within the input
amplifier, such that channel signal will have
opposite polarity to the input signal.
This is used to correct input signal phase
problems when trying to sum signals that are
180° out of phase. For example, where two
mics are facing each other when using a mic on
both the top and bottom of a snare drum.
Ordinarily, the two mics would be out of phase
- causing cancellation when the control centre
sums the two signals into the output.
Reversing the phase of one signal causes the
mics to have the same phase, thus avoiding
cancellation
15
Gain trim (digital trim) control knob,
applies continuous trim adjustment (small
digital steps) of the input signal level in the
range –40dB to +20dB. Gives a further 40dB
of fine adjustment (DSP) on top of the remote
amplifier gain setting. Note that this control
knob (control surface only) will only adjust the
gain currently selected to its GUI input fast
strip, that is, stage box or digital trim.
16
Graph showing the effects of currently
applied filter.
17
Channel strip quick access button, assigns
configuration processing area of the currently
selected input channel to the GUI channel
strip, without affecting channel selection.