Midas XL8 DL471, Operator'S Manual

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Audio physical connections
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DL471 DSP
Operator Manual
Effects processing and GEQs
The XL8 contains 16 mono Klark Teknik (KT) GEQs and 16 effects processors as
standard.
The 16 effects processors can be freely chosen from:
• Delay.
• KT DN780 reverb.
• Flanger.
• Phaser.
• Stereo Graphic EQ.
• Pitch shifter.
• Square ONE Dynamics.
• 3-band compressor.
The 16 mono KT GEQs can be patched into any output. There are many patching
options for the effects processors:
• Assign to any insert send/return.
• Assign to any pool, in or out.
• Assign FX out to aux return.
• Assign FX in to aux send (post-fade).
• Assign FX out to bus direct in.
• Assign FX in to channel direct out.
Every XL8 comes supplied with a KT DN9331 RAPIDE motorised fader GEQ controller.
This unit provides rapid adjustments of the graphics with real hardware, and not a
mouse and screen. The graphic channel is selected either by the control centre’s SOLO
button (solo tracking system (STS)) or by buttons on the RAPIDE itself.
Audio physical connections
The total number of audio connections, that is, the XLR count, for a standard XL8 Live
Performance System is 504. This comprises of both dedicated and configurable XLR
connections.
The dedicated XLR connections are on the DL431 mic splitter and comprise:
• 96-off mic/line inputs.
• 2 x 96-off analogue mic splits with variable gain.
• 96-off transformer isolated analogue ‘broadcast’ mic splits (fixed gain).
All of the configurable connections are on the five DL451 I/O units, which can be freely
located at the FOH or on stage. Three banks of sockets (eight XLRs each) are available
for:
• 8-off analogue mic/line inputs.
• 8-off analogue outputs.
• 8-off AES/EBU XLRs providing eight digital inputs and eight digital outputs per
module.