Vista 5 M3 Digital Mixing System
GC Operation 4-5
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GRAPHICAL CONTROLLER OPERATION
4.1 Introduction
The graphical controller
(GC)
is an essential part of the Vista system’s opera-
tion, because it enables the user to utilize all of its enhanced functions, such
as the snapshots, book-keeping and much more. It is also the place where the
operating software is started and shut down – becoming, in fact, the console’s
main operations center.
All the operating software – consisting of a large number of individual files
needed for proper operation of the console – is saved on the Control PC’s
hard disk. Even if there are hundreds of configuration, snapshot, and related
files saved here from previous Vista sessions, the user basically needs to start
only
one
application program:
D950SYSTEM.EXE
.
The
D950SYSTEM.EXE
is represented by the Studer Vista shortcut icon on
the GC monitor screen:
Depending on the desired operating mode (static, i.e. with snapshot automa-
tion, or dynamic, i.e. with the Au dynamic automation), use the
appropriate icon.
If Virtual Vista (see chapter 2.7) should be used for controlling the core
in parallel
with the console, it always starts in the same static or dynamic
mode in which the console was started. In dynamic mode, however, opera-
tion is much more convenient with the touch-sensitive desk controls. For the
dynamic mode, Virtual Vista only has a limited range of applications, such
as entering/editing labels.
The Vista software runs under Windows. All files used by Vista and all files
produced by the user (snapshots, mixes, etc.) are fully compatible with the
Windows standard. This means that they can be copied to other compatible
media, using the Make Backup utility and standard Windows tools and pro-
cedures. Long file names (more than eight characters) are supported.
One of the advantages of using standard Windows techniques is that the
majority of users will already be familiar with operating a PC-based system.
Because all screen and touch pad procedures are derived from the Windows
operating systems, please refer to the appropriate manuals if you are not
familiar with using them.
Operation of the graphical controller is also fully Windows-compatible.
Text strings, files, or even pictures can be copied from one location to
the other using the Windows clipboard principle and keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl
+
c
will copy to, and
Ctrl
+
v
will paste from the clipboard. This technique
can be used, for example, to enter repetitive labels into the user labels, or for
copying mixes from one title to another.
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