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PRO6 Live Audio System
Owner’s Manual
Chapter 8: Patching
This chapter describes the patching feature of the PRO6.
Introduction
Patching is a GUI-only feature that allows you to carry out all the routing requirements
of the PRO6. The GUI main menu has a Patching option that takes you to the
Patching screen, which contains all of the available patching connectors on the PRO6.
This screen provides an easy-to-use interface, where you can select your source and
destination patching options, facilitated by a panel of function buttons. Additionally, the
Patching screen allows you to set up the units (devices). For example, you can adjust
the analogue gain, 48V phantom voltage etc., of the line I/O units connected to
the system.
Terms used in PRO6 patching
The following is an explanation of the patching terms:
• Checkpoint: A patching data store point, created by clicking CHECKPOINT.
• Destination: The patch connector to which a signal is routed.
• Device: A diagram(s) in the I/O tabs representing a physical rack unit, such as a
line I/O, mic splitter, DN9696, AES50 etc.
• Drag: A method of selecting a block of source patch connectors in the From section
of the Patching screen (see “To select a block of patch connectors in the From
section” on page 75).
• From section: The leftmost area of the patching screen that contains the source
patch connectors.
• Patch connector: Any tab patching point, for example, an XLR connector, bus,
sidechain compressor etc.
• Patching: The process of routing a channel/signal from a source to a destination(s).
• Source: The patch connector from which a signal is patched.
• Tab: A ‘sheet’ in the From and To sections that contains a specific group of patch
connectors.
• To section: The rightmost area of the Patching screen that contains the destination
patch connectors.
About the Patching screen
The Patching screen has two main areas: a function button panel towards the top of the
screen and a patching area below. The function buttons provide the required patching
functionality and allow I/O tab devices to be set up. The patching area provides access
to all the patch connectors.
The patching area is split equally into two independent sections, called From and To,
which contain the source and destination patch connectors, respectively. The patch
connectors are grouped on tabs according to type. Only one tab per section will be
visible at any time.