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Vista 9 Digital Mixing System

4-22 GC Operation

Date printed: 28.0.0

SW V4.5

Dynamics Screen

The Dynamics screen will appear when any Dynamics control is touched.
However, for the Dynamics screen to be displayed,

at least one of the LIM,

COMP, EXP, or GATE functions must be engaged in the channel

The dynamics screen is time-limited and will automatically disappear several

seconds after the last touch, or when pressing

Esc

. It is always on top of any

other screens/pages.

Summary of Contents for Vista 9

Page 1: ...Principles 2 Vista Desk Operation 3 Parameter Description 4 Graphic Controller Operation 5 AutoTouch Dynamic Automation 6 Configuration Tool Option 7 DAW Control Studer RELINK 8 SCore Live 9 Applicati...

Page 2: ...uder Professional Audio GmbH Printed in Switzerland Technical Documentation Order no BD10 275270 Ed 1010 Althardstrasse 30 CH 8105 Regensdorf Switzerland http www studer ch Subject to change Studer is...

Page 3: ...When a cart is used use cau tion when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus ha...

Page 4: ...ment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful in...

Page 5: ...xclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance...

Page 6: ...any way during operation e g by objects placed upon them placement of the unit on a soft surface or installation of the unit within a rack or piece of furniture The unit must not be heated up by exter...

Page 7: ...ided earth terminal if one or more external signals are connected to the unit see expla nation at the beginning of this paragraph B4 Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC The unit conforms to the protecti...

Page 8: ...pling can be improved by an additional conducting surface in the operator s area connected to the equipment housing e g metal foil underneath the floor covering carpet with conduc tive backing C Maint...

Page 9: ...air By removing housing parts or shields energized parts may be exposed For this reason the following precautions must be observed Maintenance may only be performed by trained personnel in accordance...

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Page 11: ...ction manual may cause harmful interference to radio com munications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required t...

Page 12: ...l maximum 10 K increase at the hot components In order to dissipate 1 kW with this admissible average heat increase an air flow of 2 65 m min is required Example A rack dissipating P 800 W requires an...

Page 13: ...urface always remains below 100 Ensure that the enclosed air is as dry as possible when powering off i e before switching off in winter aerate the room with cold dry air and remove humid objects such...

Page 14: ...Recommended application temperature range is 20 C to 40 C Remove the plastic protective backing from the rear side of the clamp and apply it firmly to the surface at the desired position Allow as much...

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Page 17: ...1 1 2 Momentary Latching Keys 7 1 1 3 Ganging 8 1 1 4 Copy Paste 9 1 1 5 Scrolling 10 1 1 6 FaderGlow 12 1 1 7 TFT Level Meters 13 1 2 The Graphical Controller GC 14 1 2 1 GC Screen Examples 15 1 3 C...

Page 18: ...Vista 9 Digital Mixing System 1 Introduction Date printed 26 10 10 SW V4 5...

Page 19: ...tion Vistonics Momentary Latching Key Activation Ganging Copy paste Scrolling FaderGlow TFT screens for level metering These operating principles are described below they are freely combinable Some ex...

Page 20: ...d times a day View Control Location View Control Location Display Controls Conventional TFT Approach Vistonics Technology Controls Display Great attention has been paid in order to make the current as...

Page 21: ...ent parameters are shown in each channel strip The same four parameters will be shown globally on the whole console This mode is meant to be the horizontal way of operation mostly used for e g operati...

Page 22: ...two curves in one bay in order to display both at the same time The example below shows the complete dynamics section of the leftmost channel the small dynamics view is highlighted overlaid to a globa...

Page 23: ...of audio functions EQ filters dynamics PFL SOLO as well as most of the monitoring functions soloing different loudspeakers muting loudspeakers selecting alternate loudspeaker sets etc Keeping a monito...

Page 24: ...r of two channels within a gang Typical Applications Trimming of some faders or auxiliaries by changing the corresponding control on any of the channels Copying a certain setting to multiple channels...

Page 25: ...Copy Paste All key to copy a whole channel including bus assignment as well as a Undo Redo key to undo the last paste or clear function on each channel separately Pressing this key after an undo opera...

Page 26: ...ding keys in the Section navigator area of the control bay below right or by pressing the arrow keys located in each fader bay with SCROLL SECTION set to ON below left Information on which section is...

Page 27: ...surface 6 sections wide in two ways Either he jumps to a specific section by pressing the corresponding key in the control bay or he scrolls from the present position to the destination by pressing on...

Page 28: ...ambience string section rhythm section channels in order to distin guish them easier and locate them faster One of eight different colours can be assigned to any channel strip 1 1 7 TFT Level Meters...

Page 29: ...ere are 40 meters and they can be virtually anything The two meter slots at the right of the control bay TFT screen continuously show PFL and CR levels The illustration above is an example of a meter...

Page 30: ...nt System administration Various display windows and dialog boxes logically group the individual functions Visual elements are optimized for simple and intuitive operation With the help of an easy to...

Page 31: ...sed to set up the sequence of channel processing blocks EQ Insert Delay etc and metering locations within the signal path as well as defining the direct out signal This screen also displays the connec...

Page 32: ...argets destinations is displayed For example it will show which audio signals AES EBU in Direct outs etc connected to the DSP sections are assigned to the corresponding channels and outputs Input chan...

Page 33: ...s Display and control of snapshot settings in other words complete pictures of the operating desk s controls and of the console s internal settings and factory user presets provide basic working templ...

Page 34: ...configurable The users can establish the number and type of AUX sends they would like to use The AUX master channel can be equipped with the same selection of processing blocks such as equalizer dyna...

Page 35: ...n be used with or without HP LP filters A unique look forward function is also featured If desired this allows the entire transient portion of a waveform to be affected when using the limiter compress...

Page 36: ...in ini files GPO already configured in ini files GPI prepared to use but not assigned to signaling card This can be configured in ini files GPO X GPO prepared to use but not assigned to signaling car...

Page 37: ...ir stored values rather then letting them totally unmodified Recalling a preset however will ignore any snapshot filters which may be active and bring the console into a defined audio state Copy Paste...

Page 38: ...NK INPUT Input Mode Section FILTER DC REJECT GAIN Input Process Section SIDECHAIN IN DIGITAL PATCH DIGITAL PATCH DIGITAL PATCH DIGITAL PATCH DIGITAL PATCH DYN V DYN FADER MUTE DELAY PF AF CHANNEL PATC...

Page 39: ...Mode Section FILTER DC REJECT GAIN Input Process Section SIDECHAIN IN DIGITAL PATCH DIGITAL PATCH DIGITAL PATCH DIGITAL PATCH DIGITAL PATCH DYN V DYN FADER MUTE DELAY PF AF CHANNEL PATCH MATRIX PF AF...

Page 40: ...AIN Input Process Section SIDECHAIN IN DIGITAL PATCH DIGITAL PATCH DIGITAL PATCH DIGITAL PATCH DIGITAL PATCH DYN V DYN FADER DOWN MIX MUTE DELAY PF AF CHANNEL PATCH MATRIX PF AF PATCH DIGITAL DIGITAL...

Page 41: ...ng 21 2 4 6 Area 6 Studio Monitoring 23 2 4 7 Area 7 Talkback Headphones Control 24 2 4 8 Area 8 Dynamic Automation Static Automation 26 2 4 9 Area 9 Mute Group Control Group Conference Setup 30 2 4 1...

Page 42: ...2 Desk Operation Vista 9 Digital Mixing System Date printed 27 10 10 SW V4 5...

Page 43: ...to all channels is provided nevertheless thanks to theVista desk scrolling feature GC Screen The TFT screen displaying the Graphical Controller application GC is not an integral part of the console It...

Page 44: ...rol dedicating four rotary controls as well as their associated bitmaps and graphical displays of the most important settings to each channel strip It can also act in a sort of central assign section...

Page 45: ...in the GC s Meter Generator window For further details of the TFT level meters refer to chapter 2 5 2 2 2 Area 2 Channel Control Dedicated Rotary Controls One of six available functions may be put ont...

Page 46: ...another one in addition All channels in between will get pasted the same value Hold MULTI SEL chapter 2 2 6 and paste to channels of your choice A Copy Paste All As above but includes all functions o...

Page 47: ...the fader it will set to 0 dB CLR can also be applied to a whole gang USR 1 Programmable key for different functions such as signaling fader start on off etc SWIT REC in Dynamic Automation mode Half l...

Page 48: ...ntly isolated from snap shot recalls This state is accompanied by the word ISO with solid yellow background in the Generic Display Area AUTO MODE Dynamic Automation Toggles this channel through select...

Page 49: ...epending on the setting of the SOLO and SOLO IN PLACE keys in the control bay s CONTROL ROOM area this activates the SOLO or SOLO IN PLACE function of the corresponding channel FaderGlow The fader tra...

Page 50: ...C s Global Patch window Switchable label second line Normally this is set to USER labels but might be changed by pressing GLOBAL VIEW LABEL TYPE If set to USER label the device label of the connected...

Page 51: ...s assign view of one channel covering the whole touch screen area When showing the bus assignment of a single channel the assignment can be changed by touching the bus number It is also possible to cl...

Page 52: ...iew keys change the function of rotary controls throughout the whole console However if the bay is locked they influence only the corresponding bay Note When pressing GLOBALVIEW EQ while the Shift key...

Page 53: ...er visible e g AUX level or Direct Out Level If the fader is copied onto a stereo AUX the left right pan value is also copied along with the fader and mute values Note If the direct outputs of the inp...

Page 54: ...act together in terms of scrolling and global view changes In this way it is possible to operate the desk with multiple operators Restrictions Only one gang and only one pending paste action are avail...

Page 55: ...Solo Dim Mute Area 6 is the studio monitoring control unit Level Solo Dim Mute Area 7 is used for talkback and headphones control Area 8 is the global automation control for AutoTouch automation Area...

Page 56: ...dundant meter PC and vice versa The SCREEN ACCESS RED key is illuminated for as long as the redundant meter PC is accessed REDUNDANCY Pressing this key for more than 3 seconds causes a large redundanc...

Page 57: ...LEDs in the console If active even overloads in sections that are currently not visible are held Therefore it is possible to scroll through the sections and check whether overloads have occurred OVER...

Page 58: ...Graphical Controller and highlight the start time of the loop TC can now be entered in that field Please note the different ways for entering a TC e g by pressing T on the GC keyboard the currently in...

Page 59: ...Desk Operation 2 19 LOCATE I Locates to the TC visible in the From line of the Machine Control window as shown below Vista 9 Digital Mixing System Date printed 27 10 10 SW V4 5...

Page 60: ...48 sources available for listening in the control room rather than the standard 16 Activation is done by editing the monitoring ini file This may be done by experts only Pressing one of the sub selec...

Page 61: ...en It appears when pressing the SETUP key L C R LC RC LS CS RS LFE These keys act as solo or mute keys for each speaker being currently active depending on the monitoring format selection The mode is...

Page 62: ...to be safe from muting However for clearing all currently selected and safe channels including master channels the MULTISEL key may be de activated When pressing any LINK SEL key of a channel all oth...

Page 63: ...s general purpose I O with optocoupler inputs and either open collector or relay outputs are assigned to these keys for signaling purposes refer to the talkback and signaling block diagram in chapter...

Page 64: ...multi track buses without faders in between DIR direct outputs of all input channels AUX 1 4 STEREO For talking to headphone mixes these keys can be used to directly activate talkback to the correspo...

Page 65: ...ssigned to signaling card This can be configured in ini files Desk Operator GPO X Producer Area either in control room or in another room Studio A Studio B Red Light SIG1 SIG2 Talk Red Light SIG1 SIG2...

Page 66: ...desk will be indicated in magenta WRITE TO BEGIN PUNCH IN Default both off Can only be activated if no mix pass is currently running If activated the value at the punch out point will be written back...

Page 67: ...RCL SCENE CAPT saves all elements that are currently recording together with their current values into a special clipboard The RCL key is lit if a setting is saved SCENE RCL recalls the values of the...

Page 68: ...ation However when static auto mation is active they will open the Filter Edit window on the Graphical Controller and allow defining a detailed snapshot filter ENABLE MODES READ WRITE TRIM ISOLATE Glo...

Page 69: ...and un touch is ignored The indication of held elements is as if they were touched e g the dB value vis ible in theVistonics generic display area when a fader is held or underlined value display in th...

Page 70: ...ssing this key all n x owner channels become half lit and members of a conference can be selected fully lit As soon as their fader is closed they will be able to talk to each other The conference setu...

Page 71: ...d controlled with these USER views The top user definable view is labeled MATRIX This page is also fully user definable and covers the same functionality as the other four USER1 4 keys As a standard t...

Page 72: ...in two ways depending on the state of the REDUCED ON key on the left hand side REDUCED ON key active When pressing CONTRIB only the channels currently assigned to the corre sponding master bus are dis...

Page 73: ...ortant output faders since these faders will never scroll or be switched over in any way Which two channels are controlled by these faders is defined in page 2 Control Bay tab of the strip setup windo...

Page 74: ...the joystick is set to FOLLOW mode the joystick will physically move to the average of all the pan values of the gang allowing the user to make slight adjustments very quickly However if the user want...

Page 75: ...urce selectors The use of these keys either monitoring source selectors or mute groups is defined in the Option Vista Settings menu In order to set up a mute group press the SETUP GROUPS key on the co...

Page 76: ...nu on the Graphical Controller Preview of a snapshot that has been programmed on one of the SNAPSHOT 1 4 keys SW V3 3 and up Pressing one of the four keys by itself will activate a preview of that spe...

Page 77: ...s on a PC The keys have the same function as the arrow keys in the fader bay 2 4 17 Area 17 Fader Page Selector A separate set of four keys provides independent scrolling functionality of the control...

Page 78: ...in the list To prevent from accidental use the PREV and NEXT keys are only active if Arm Cuelist is switched on in the graphical controller screen The corresponding PREV and NEXT buttons on the scree...

Page 79: ...information the large bargraph meter is visible at all times since the metering needs to be looked at in a situation when something goes wrong and where there is no time to navigate to a different vie...

Page 80: ...signal much faster than any other method Alternatively a bus assign view can be selected on any channel giving a nice overview of the bus routing right below the bargraph meters This may not be sensi...

Page 81: ...for additional clarity The logical place for assigning FaderGlow colors is the Strip Setup where the layout of all channels on all six sections is shown for setup details refer to chapter 4 4 6 1 7 T...

Page 82: ...e different operating modes Offline The offline editor is intended for setting up preparing or changing shows without having access to the actual console All parameters can be controlled However when...

Page 83: ...wever since only oneVista instance can be used at a time in such a case the Vista desk is disconnected from the core Therefor using the CONNECT TO CORE button is recommended only if the desk can no mo...

Page 84: ...strip setup and desk layout The area to the left of the Vistonics screen area shows the global view selec tion as well as central channel processing buttons as used inVista 5 Section navigation is at...

Page 85: ...lows grouping channels for parallel operation If a channel is selected with its LINK SEL button a click on MULTI SEL fol lowed by a click on the next desired LINK SEL button builds a two channel group...

Page 86: ...e parameter value is then underlined and dis played below the label area in addition By moving the mouse or trackball to the right or upwards or anything in between the parameter value is increased by...

Page 87: ...the fader area of the control bay icon in the desk overview area the ten faders of the control bay are shown At the right of the screen the two GRAND MASTER faders are displayed Vista 9 Digital Mixing...

Page 88: ...played in front of the general patch view click the GRAPHICAL CONTROLLER CLIPBRD LIBRARY button in order to have the strip setup window displayed in front of the general patch view click the GRAPHICAL...

Page 89: ...er Gate Parameters 18 3 3 9 EQ Parameters 20 3 3 10 Panning Parameters 21 3 3 11 Global Bus Assignment View 22 3 3 12 Generic and Label Display Area 23 3 4 Channel Related Views 24 3 4 1 EQ Filter Par...

Page 90: ...Vista 9 Digital Mixing System 3 Parameters Date printed 27 10 10 SW V4 5...

Page 91: ...views will not cover all four rotaries depending on the function e g a 2 channel pan covers only the bottom rotary or DSP configuration e g if only 3 mono AUX buses are configured After a view is acti...

Page 92: ...s at the same time it covers all 40 rotaries When touching a curve on the TFT a picture with the available parameters appears on the rotaries The picture is left aligned to the selected channel When t...

Page 93: ...ng sections completely designed for premixed 5 1 channel input sources The main goal is that he can adjust the most important parameters directly with a touch on the Vistonics screen without the need...

Page 94: ...t or Output channels as well as on mono or stereo channels depends on the active configuration A DC reject filter is always active in each channel For input and output channels the following parameter...

Page 95: ...B MS on off Two different positions are provided MS off default setting for coincident XY stereo microphone setups MS on Mid Side information used for decoding MS information from appropriate coincide...

Page 96: ...nt There is no phase control switch and the 2 CH Mode selector has been replaced by 5 1 ORDER DIG 1 GAIN As it is the case with mono or stereo channels the digital gain stage acts as a trim after the...

Page 97: ...and a slope of 12 dB octave is available SOFT CLIP ON OFF A soft clip function is available on all channels and can be activated individu ally This analog limiter may prevent nasty clipping noises in...

Page 98: ...TU compat ible mono down mix of the surround signal N 1 stereo buses are fed accord ingly with an ITU compatible stereo down mix DIR OUT On Off Direct output on off DIR OUT Rotary Direct output level...

Page 99: ...mix AUX m x On Off MonoAUX bus selection Other monoAUX bus views can be selected as well 5 8 9 12 etc AUX m x Rotary The send levels for mono AUX 1 through the maximum number configured can be adjust...

Page 100: ...AUX s x Pre Post When the PRE POST key in the fader bay s GLOBAL VIEW area is active the Vistonics view changes similar to the one shown above in the center The signal sent to the stereo AUX bus can b...

Page 101: ...e two filter sections are activated with the HI CUT and LO CUT hardware keys above the Vistonics section For 5 1 surround channels the high and low cut filter parameters applied here are valid for all...

Page 102: ...delay in the mono or stereo channels Delay Parameters The delay value is set using the rotary encoder It is displayed as a physical distance meters and as a delay time either samples or milli seconds...

Page 103: ...ls is possible INSERT MIX Rotary If the MIX function is On this parameter allows mixing or blending of the dry send and the wet return signals 0 setting dry signal only 100 setting wet signal only INS...

Page 104: ...standard dynamics section features a limiter while the vintage dynamics section only has compressor parameters knowing this might be helpful when sitting at the console and having to discriminate the...

Page 105: ...compressor ratio can be adjusted from 1 1 no com pression to 20 1 heavy compression Vintage Dynamics Section right CMP THRS Rotary The compressor threshold level can be adjusted in 1 dB steps from 0 d...

Page 106: ...information on this subject please refer to chapter 3 4 2 2 Note The expander and gate parts of the dynamics section can be activated simultaneously with the EXP GATE hardware key above the Viston ics...

Page 107: ...andard View GATE THRS Rotary The gate threshold level can be adjusted in 1 dB steps from 0 dBFS to 96 dBFS GATE ATTN Rotary The gate attenuation level can be adjusted in 1 dB steps from 0 dBFS to 60 d...

Page 108: ...e EQ section can be activated simultaneously with the EQ hardware key above the Vistonics section in addition to the individual on off keys described below There are two different views for the EQ vie...

Page 109: ...related pan view refer to chapter 3 4 3 There you will also find all parameter details The panning section can be activated with the PAN hardware key above the Vistonics section in addition to the dif...

Page 110: ...overview will cover the EQ dynamics and pan curves on the lower part of the TFT it disappears when GLOBAL VIEW BUs ASN is pressed again The displayed bus assignment bitmap varies depending on the chan...

Page 111: ...e is indicated with colors in the label display in addition the bottom right corner of the label field shows the channel type in writing as shown below Generic Displays such as n 1 Over fader over ran...

Page 112: ...d turnover frequency adjustment For all four bands the center turnover fre quency can be adjusted from 20 Hz through 20 kHz in 120 steps Q R or bell shelf For the HM and LM bands the Q type can be sel...

Page 113: ...Q is selectable from two fixed values W wide Q 2 and N narrow Q 10 Note The EQ HI CUT and LO CUT hardware keys above the Vistonics section can be used for activating or deactivating the complete EQ hi...

Page 114: ...sted in 13 steps within a 10 ms to 10 s range 10 ms 20 ms 30 ms 50 ms 100 ms 200 ms 300 ms 500 ms 1 s 2 s 3 s 5 s and 10 s LIM hold on off Hold on 150 ms off 0 ms LIM ATCK Rotary The limiter attack ti...

Page 115: ...Curve Compressor Threshold dB Ratio 1 OFF any any 1 ON 0 1 1 2 ON 20 20 1 3 ON 40 20 1 4 ON 40 20 1 5 ON 40 5 1 6 ON 40 2 1 Expander Parameters EXP On Off Expander on off EXP Thrs Rotary The expander...

Page 116: ...threshold Once the level falls far enough the gate will close mute again GATE ATTN Rotary The attenuation level can be adjusted in 1 dB steps from 0 dBFS to 48 dBFS 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55...

Page 117: ...audio delay after the dynamics level detector in order to work with higher attack times without any overshooting of levels LOOKFWD Rotary The Look Forward Delay can be set in 11 steps within a range f...

Page 118: ...eft If one or more of the signal legs must be adjusted differently from others such as adding expansion in the center channel only the CHANNELVIEW has to be selected Then all the separate dynamics set...

Page 119: ...re part of the sidechain link Only the L R and C signal legs are part of the sidechain link Only the L and R signal legs are part of the sidechain link SC LINK intKey extKey The key source input can b...

Page 120: ...ard dynamics section are described Vintage Compressor Parameters CMP KNEE Rotary The smooth transition soft knee at the compressor threshold can be adjusted the window size can be set between 0 and 60...

Page 121: ...selecting either the expander or the gate function for the vintage dynamics section The threshold release attack and hold parameters of expander and gate are adjusted in common they cannot be set ind...

Page 122: ...To assign a channel to the joystick press the joystick FOLLOW key it will light and then the LINK SEL key for the desired channel The joystick can be used to automate panning functions and then be rea...

Page 123: ...irtual Surround Panning VSP Various surround panning algorithms can be configured for mono input group multi track input and multi track monitor channels using the Session Configuration Tool Basically...

Page 124: ...control in 1 steps from 30 fully left to 30 fully right LR Direction Panning Parameters for Stereo Channels Stereo channel DIR BAL PAN is a stereo direction panning function It is useful for controlli...

Page 125: ...DIR WIDTH On Off Optional only if the width function is configured Switches the Dir Width function on off DIR WIDTH Rotary Optional only if the width function is configured The Dir Width parameter is...

Page 126: ...eo channel can be equipped with the upmix panner There are three operating modes Normal LR 5 1 and 5 1 width modes LR mode is normal stereo panning 5 1 mode uses standard amplitude panning where e g t...

Page 127: ...ked General PAN On Off is selected with the PAN hardware key above the Vistonics section LFE On Off On off control for the Low Frequency Effects channel LFE LEVEL Rotary LFE level control from mute i...

Page 128: ...ergence mode selector The divergence function can be applied to panning between all channels or the front channels only The key toggles between off front and all DIVERGE Rotary The divergence function...

Page 129: ...on is well known and is used in all conventional panners HRTF Mainly a cross talk canceler using simplified HRTFs Head Related Transfer Functions If the listener is positioned exactly in the sweet spo...

Page 130: ...rectional microphones With this mode the sound stage is perceived as large and is useful for solo instruments audience and choir The positioning of the source is only established by changes in time de...

Page 131: ...left center and right channels in 1 steps The contribution to the center channel is determined by the CENTER control F R This parameter allows variable blending from front to rear channels in 60 incr...

Page 132: ...nnels FRONT WIDTH operates over a range from 0 mono to 200 super stereo F R DEPTH On Off Switches the F R DEPTH function on off F R DEPTH The F R DEPTH parameter is used to control the depth of the su...

Page 133: ...ill only create time differences when panning between speakers Five shot gun microphones positioned in one location will only generate amplitude differences And five directional microphones positioned...

Page 134: ...varied based on the distances between the microphones each of them feeding a speaker AB With Surrounds Because all microphones are omni directional the amplitude is the same for all of them but the de...

Page 135: ...nter and rear microphones may be independently changed as to their polar characteristics This may be done using the sliders Each pattern can be changed from omni directional to shotgun Microphone Angl...

Page 136: ...n in the rotary section except for dynamics EQ and panning Only visible parameters are available for adjustment As can be seen below there is an additional selection possibility in the touch area that...

Page 137: ...x 1 have individual dynamics settings the dynamics field then displays the standard dynamics curve with supplementary small L R and Lf characters indicating that the front and LFE dynamics settings ar...

Page 138: ...neous Parameters Pressing VIEW MISC brings up an overview for the channel selected with the LINK SEL key covering the whole Vistonics TFT The most important parameters of a channel s dynamics EQ and p...

Page 139: ...aster channel however will activate the inverse bus interrogation view described below The Clr buttons will clear the assignment to all buses of the corresponding type Inverse Bus Interrogation Pressi...

Page 140: ...Vista 9 Digital Mixing System 3 52 Parameters Date printed 27 10 10 SW V4 5...

Page 141: ...the User Labels in the General Patch 27 4 4 2 5 1 Sorting Options 28 4 4 2 5 2 How to View the Different Label Types 28 4 4 2 6 Working with Labels 29 4 4 2 6 1 Automatic Label Propagation 30 4 4 2 7...

Page 142: ...4 5 2 12 Isolate Labels and VCA Assignment 69 4 4 5 2 13 Mute Groups 69 4 4 5 2 14 Hard Mute 70 4 4 5 2 15 Cue List Options Menu 71 4 4 5 3 Theatre Workflow Tutorial 72 4 4 5 3 1 Console Setup 73 4 4...

Page 143: ...4 6 4 The Option Menu 107 4 6 4 1 Option Meter Generator 107 4 6 4 2 Option TC Reader Generator 108 4 6 4 3 Option N 1 Assign ment 109 4 6 4 4 Option Signaling Setup 111 4 6 4 4 1 Editing the Relay La...

Page 144: ...Source Selector Panels 139 4 7 2 1 5 Patch Point Isolation 139 4 7 2 1 6 Patch Mapping Setup 139 4 7 2 1 7 Fader Ramp Control Audio Follows Video 140 4 7 3 SysAdmin Surveyor 141 4 7 4 SysAdmin Show V...

Page 145: ...e with snapshot automa tion or dynamic i e with the AutoTouch dynamic automation use the appropriate icon If Virtual Vista see chapter 2 7 should be used for controlling the core in parallel with the...

Page 146: ...ues The Tab PgUp Dn and arrow keys behave according to standard Windows operation The Graphical Controller s screen colors screen sizes individual window positions and sizes certain font sizes etc are...

Page 147: ...parts of the screen The Menu Bar allowing access to all the Vista s functions Refer to chapter 4 6 The Toolbar containing various short cut icons for the most important func tions The Status Bar disp...

Page 148: ...ew menu item Toolbar This menu item also contains the Status bar refer to chapter 4 2 2 The toolbar elements can be arranged in one continuous bar as shown in the illustration above or positioned indi...

Page 149: ...the boot process and system parts will be dis played on the monitor screen Ready in the Status Bar indicates that everything within theVista is working satisfactorily Check Status will be displayed i...

Page 150: ...become an input to an input channel Test Generator Targets A Target is anything that can receive one mono or stereo audio signal Channel Input 1 first audio input to a channel free for all input chan...

Page 151: ...s functions including all the current statuses of all functions That is why as we will see later all the Session Configuration files have the extension vmc Because of the flexibility provided by the o...

Page 152: ...25 on MADI B 0 MADI Interface 1 Note It is advised never to change the Fixed Labels User Labels These by default are identical to the Fixed Labels at the start of a new Session Configuration The user...

Page 153: ...ting part of the Vista System General Patch Page Channel Patch Page Snapshot Page Cue List Page Strip Setup Page These main pages can be accessed in three different ways From the Page menu by clicking...

Page 154: ...of users Page layouts can be manipu lated using standard Windows techniques 4 4 1 1 Working with one Single Page If you prefer working with a single page select the page using one of the methods liste...

Page 155: ...screen at the same time and drag and drop techniques used to position and size the selected pages Tip To open more than one page open the first page using the methods listed above then Use the Window...

Page 156: ...y click on it once or use the familiar Windows Ctrl Tab key combination To position and size the pages use the normal Window menu items Cascade and Tile Alternatively use drag and drop techniques to p...

Page 157: ...tch cords and all existing Sources and Targets equivalent to the patch jack pairs used in most patch bays The General Patch can be thought of as a number of sub patches whereby single subcategories of...

Page 158: ...ws scroll bar may be required to see all the sources targets from the chosen category Scrolling is not recommended as the fastest way to navigate the sources list 2 Move the cursor into the Sources Ta...

Page 159: ...Subcategory There are two methods to select the required Source Target subcategory 1 Use the Source Target subcategory drop down menu 2 Right click directly in the Sources Targets List All the availa...

Page 160: ...ent Sources then the Target label in the Targets List will be highlighted by a color The meaning of the colors is as follows GREEN A single connection is made to the indicated Source or Target YELLOW...

Page 161: ...pes Input Ports All input audio interfaces AES EBU MADI or D21m A D converters Insert Send Sends from the inserts of all channel types Bus Out Unlike analog consoles with the Vista any bus is a valid...

Page 162: ...een analog or digital inputs outputs for the DSP Input Channels Group Channels AUX Channels Master Channels AES EBU MADI TDIF ADAT SDI Dolby E Digital CobraNet Mic Line an Line analog Inputs DSP Chann...

Page 163: ...together within the General Patch to aid navigation and viewing possibilities This grouping of the input ports sources and output ports targets is known as subclasses For the cre ation of these subcla...

Page 164: ...ion key will always make a default connection depending on the Source and Target type combin ation Using the CLEAR CONNECT clear connection function key will always clear any cross point connection Th...

Page 165: ...as is Clear All Protected Connection Stereo Source Stereo Target Indicates Connection Type L to L R to R L to R R to L Clear All L to R Leave L as is L to L Leave R as is R to R Leave L as is R to L...

Page 166: ...d number of patch points can be connected at the same time In the same way multiple patch points also may be locked unlocked or cleared in one go A double click on a patch point allows either connecti...

Page 167: ...ets list Both the User and Fixed Labels for the selected Source or Target will be shown in the Label Fields at the bottom of the screen Click on the User Label Field of the Source or Target This will...

Page 168: ...abel option button as shown below If the Use Subclasses checkbox is selected then the Digital Input Source List and Digital Output Target List will be sorted and grouped by the defined subclasses This...

Page 169: ...the General Patch window after you made a new title or recalled a snapshot or preset These labels are then read from a file saved centrally So you can change your studio wiring only having to update o...

Page 170: ...s are correctly updated on the actually patched channels You see what you hear User Labels Device Labels Fixed Labels Targets AES 1 Vocal Track 1 e g e g e g Sources Change View by Clicking on Label T...

Page 171: ...at you have connected your recorder that way Since these labels are contained within each snapshot or preset it is theoretically also possible to change the labels just by recalling a snapshot In some...

Page 172: ...L field of the patch input ports and output ports Do this in the USER LABEL field Enter SysAdmin mode in the GC by clicking the padlock icon on the toolbar and enter the system password Go to the SysA...

Page 173: ...annels subgroups masters aux masters but not from input channels The Configuration Editor 3 4 application and newer offers the possibility to talk from master channels to auxiliary buses It is therefo...

Page 174: ...come available on the console In the global OUT n 1 view or the local CHANNEL view a multi track send level is visible This level is used for all multi track buses A Pan ON OFF key allows the user to...

Page 175: ...Link Channel Frame numbers represent double width slot in corresponding hub frame to which the MADI link is connected 1 6 Card numbers represent slot number of frame into which the card is inserted Au...

Page 176: ...p in three different ways From the Page menu by clicking on the appropriate menu item Using the Page icons by clicking on the appropriate icon in the toolbar Using the CHAN PATCH function key on the c...

Page 177: ...put Snd The Insert Send Ret The Insert Return Ext The key signal to Dynamics Block Dir The Direct Out These labels will be displayed according to the current Label Mode To edit the patch connection ju...

Page 178: ...ed block to the required position in the signal path If the block can be inserted at that location the block name will turn red Release the button and the selected block will be inserted into the new...

Page 179: ...are displayed as dotted lines The Direct Out will now be fed from the selected point in the signal path Available points in the signal path are After Input Block Pre Fader Mute After Fader Mute The se...

Page 180: ...l be preserved Unlike in many analog consoles with dynamics units the channels to be linked do not need to have adjacent locations Note The number of Sidechain Links available if any is determined by...

Page 181: ...ons a number of Sidechain Links each for up to eight member channels has to be specified during setting up of the Session Configuration There can be any number of configured Side chain Links A channel...

Page 182: ...lable in any Title that uses that configuration This allows Presets to be used as templates based upon that configuration while Snapshots are specific to individual projects or sessions An other diffe...

Page 183: ...ation 4 43 Date printed 28 10 10 SW V4 5 4 4 4 1 Snapshots To capture a new Snapshot of the various user controls press the MAKE SNAPSHOT key on the console The new Snapshot will automatically be numb...

Page 184: ...plied the existing parameter settings are replaced by those contained within the Snapshot or Preset If the previous settings had not been saved there is an Undo button available in order to go back to...

Page 185: ...napshots from the List using the familiar Windows multiple selection techniques press Shift and select the first and the last snapshot with the trackball pointer or press Ctrl and select whichever you...

Page 186: ...disk See example 2 below for details This can be done even faster First select multiple snapshots and click Recall and Update once Note The Update button is changing its name whenever multiple snapsh...

Page 187: ...is set Recall any snapshot Hold ISO on channel strip 3 Touch the fader twice in order to put it into Trim mode Lower the fader of channel 3 by 4 dB the exact trim value will be displayed on the Visto...

Page 188: ...mpossible to adjust the crossfade time The Snapshot crossfading may be deactivated by deselecting the XfadeActive option on the Snapshot Screen Settings that cannot be crossfaded switches can either s...

Page 189: ...ty A new snapshot can be applied to one of the dedicated keys even if the button already has a snapshot saved to it In this instance the previously saved snap shot will be overwritten Tip To ensure th...

Page 190: ...ime that corresponding snapshot is automatically only previewed It is also possible to preview it only momentarily by pressing e g the SNAPSHOT 1 key for a longer period the key will be lit as long as...

Page 191: ...operators are working on the console During rehearsals both operators may randomly save snapshots After the rehearsal they select their snapshots and apply a prepared mask to them This will make these...

Page 192: ...hannels The user may create a gang first in order to isolate multiple channels at a time Isolate just the EQ of one or more channels from being changed by upcoming snapshot recalls Press and hold ISO...

Page 193: ...e Exit by clicking pressing the same button or key again While the console is in edit snapshot filter mode it is not primarily showing audio settings but actually visualizing the snapshot filter Each...

Page 194: ...thin the channel strips to the snapshot filter Bus This is a very powerful feature By clicking e g on Aux m 1 you will add all relevant parameters to your snapshot filter such that the Monoaux Bus 1 w...

Page 195: ...al snapshot value In order to activate the Trim mode as a third possible status of the elements the Enable Trim Mode option must be activated in the Snapshot Automation Options window Then the snapsho...

Page 196: ...alled the defaultSettings will reset the console to the defaults it functions much like a Total Reset DefaultSettings cannot be edited renamed deleted or updated 4 4 4 10 Files and Backup Snapshots an...

Page 197: ...T key on the control bay 4 4 5 1 Standard Cue List The cue list helps to deal with parts of a musical piece or film you want to keep track of in time That could be items such as Intro Chorus A Bridge...

Page 198: ...th cases a cue point will be generated automatically numbered and stamped with the current timecode address at the moment the key was pressed Make Making a cue means First enter a name within the edit...

Page 199: ...ion Info Calls up cue info Click on the Info button that will bring up a window displaying Cue list name Cue list creation date and time Cue list last modification date and time Tip To enter timecode...

Page 200: ...m inifilemustbemodifiedbythesystemadmin istrator with the following entry options TheatreMode Yes The Virtual Vista application not only lends itself for offline system setup but also for preparing a...

Page 201: ...and Snapshot Make button allows generating a cue together with a snapshot of the whole console in one go the new cue is named according to the rule given above and its name will be SNAPSHOT x With Sna...

Page 202: ...c Alternatively a button has been introduced which allows updating a snapshot directly out of the cue list window not shown in illustrations above MIDI MIDI note and program changes can be used both a...

Page 203: ...owing MIDI Show Control com mands are supported Go Stop Resume Load Reset Standby Standby Sequence Sequence Vista is designated as a Music Command Format 0x11 The MIDI device ID is set in the Option S...

Page 204: ...g the sound of his lavalier microphone due to reflections The solution is to modify the EQ of his channel in order to make up for the different microphone response This is valid for cues 3 4 8 10 etc...

Page 205: ...s column of the selected cue or by a right click into the Events column of the selected cue and selecting the desired event from the dropdown list It can be configured in the Configuration area or del...

Page 206: ...omatic parameter changes can be inserted into a cue such as cross fades panorama or AUX level changes Programming such events is very convenient and easy Dynamic automation events are only used when w...

Page 207: ...main D950 projects folder They follow the same folder structure as the ones of the standard automation mix files and can of course be exchanged with them In other words any existing automation mix fi...

Page 208: ...hot recall so that only certain param eters change In most cases however making changes of VCA assignments VCA labels and channel mute status per cue is preferred rather than working with snapshots in...

Page 209: ...general patch page if isolation is active the button is highlighted in yellow Isolated User Label The VCA assigns need to be able to being isolated as well The VCA assign isolation can also be done on...

Page 210: ...fec tive In order to set up a hard mute first the corresponding option needs to be activated This is done in the User Vista Settings window Select the Misc tab and tick the Live mode activates Hard Mu...

Page 211: ...ll set it into Trim mode In this mode all changes to that parameter since the last snapshot recall will be applied relative to all upcoming snapshot recalls thus not modifying them on disk Enable Part...

Page 212: ...rom cue to cue and rides VCA master levels Usually there is no time available for changing parameters apart from the VCA levels Basically the channel settings don t change anymore but it may happen an...

Page 213: ...the physical console available Create an appropriate VMC configuration Load this configuration and create appropriate project and title names for the particular production Do the labeling of interfac...

Page 214: ...tings with it would be a good preparatory step It may also be done later however Creating Cues This is the next step It is usually done according to the script The best way to do this is creating and...

Page 215: ...a cue need to be muted in order to avoid that an actor who still wears his wireless microphone backstage while he is e g changing his costume can be heard over the PA system Therefore all channels not...

Page 216: ...e pasting Please note that the VCA mute event settings of the current cue are copied and applied whenever a new cue is created Then the VCA mute event icon is grayed out indicating that this cue s VCA...

Page 217: ...y under the desired actor If the actor does not yet exist it can be created while the copied parameters remain in the temporary clipboard While being pasted into the library under an actor the setting...

Page 218: ...nts throughout all cues and all chan nels is shown by a click on the Actor Overview button In this window the names of all entries are shown per cue When right clicking in this window the entries can...

Page 219: ...such as Hat EQ will then change to Hat EQ with the asterisk signifying that it is different from its original setting On theVistonics channel view a Revert button is added Pressing it will discard the...

Page 220: ...System 4 80 GC Operation Date printed 28 10 10 SW V4 5 End Show Button There is an End Show button at the bottom of the clipboard library window It is intended to be used at the end of a show performa...

Page 221: ...hanism simply makes sure that no tweaked setting can be forgotten to be either discarded or kept It may of course also be used during a show or a rehearsal in order to clean up the current changes If...

Page 222: ...pter 2 4 16 for information on navigation philosophy The Strip Setup page see below provides a representation of the six sec tions of the Vista virtual surface Although the concept of navigation is ba...

Page 223: ...Date printed 28 10 10 SW V4 5 Color is also used to aid the user in channel identification The colors relate to the channel type being shown and these are consistent with the use of color for channel...

Page 224: ...op down menu of the desired channel type and select the desired channel from the list to assign it to the highlighted channel strip 4 4 6 1 2 Assigning Multiple Channels in one Single Action It is pos...

Page 225: ...ch is already displaying a channel the new channel will replace the existing one It is also possible to move numerous consecutive channels in one block by highlighting a number of channels Click and h...

Page 226: ...nel strip display See chapter 4 4 2 6 for more information regarding the Vista labeling system For this reason a checkbox is provided which locks the label type view of Strip Setup to show the Inherit...

Page 227: ...low indication of signal activity at this channel s input Furthermore by use of color the user can identify whether the channel fader is open and whether the channel is switched on If the meter signal...

Page 228: ...ing channels is done with the same mechanism as used for the assignment of channels to bays as shown in the screenshots below When clicking into the lower part that is labeled DEF per default the disp...

Page 229: ...a list will drop down offering the eight available colors and no color i e FaderGlow switched off In order to give the channels within the same FaderGlow color group a label click on the Edit Color L...

Page 230: ...files can contain one or more audio func tions e g EQ only Dynamics only or a combination of EQ and Dynamics from a channel or even can save complete channel settings This is then rep resenting a clo...

Page 231: ...w you can give a name to the clipboard It will be saved in the currently active Clipboard library 4 Close the Clipboard Library window see above 4 4 7 3 Copy from Clipboard Library 1 Open the Clipboar...

Page 232: ...ng on the Clear button the previewed settings are cleared and no graphical indication is shown on the right hand side of the window 4 4 7 6 Update a Clipboard File To combine for instance the current...

Page 233: ...func tionality The system will then use a library called DefaultClipboardLib If there are multiple libraries you may select Open Library from the file menu of the clipboard window in order to select...

Page 234: ...with a different Vista operating function General Patch Page Channel Patch Page Snapshot Page Cue List Page Strip Setup Page General Patch Clicking here brings up the General Patch page also refer to...

Page 235: ...Memo editor page allows any relevant Title information to be kept for later use There is one Memo per Title Its contents can include Studio name Producer Name Engineer Name Artist Name plus a free for...

Page 236: ...to be toggled from Standard to System Admin istration The System Administration mode allows access to some system functions that are not needed in normal operation Accessing the System Administration...

Page 237: ...verall condition of theVista These indications are as follows Yellow triangle Loading System is booting look at the Status Bar Green square OK Everything is fine Green square with yellow diamond Not F...

Page 238: ...4 6 Third Level of Operation Menu Items 4 6 1 The File Menu The File menu contains most of the Vista system s bookkeeping functions Management of Projects Titles and Mixes access to Session Configura...

Page 239: ...y create any number of Projects and Titles Let us assume you wanted to create a new Project and Title in the Subdirectory D950PROJECTS Click on File in the Menu bar select New Title and you ll end up...

Page 240: ...ed Tip You should generally organize your Subdirectories in such a way that C D950PROJECTS remains the parent directory because the system automati cally searches for that particular directory while o...

Page 241: ...an be deleted by highlighting a Title s name while in Open Title and clicking on the Delete button You will be asked to confirm this action You cannot directly delete a Project folder using this techn...

Page 242: ...bly may never be used 4 6 1 3 Make Restore Backup The Vista provides a powerful and easy to use data backup utility This fea ture enables the creation of a Backup subdirectory that contains a copy of...

Page 243: ...you move production data between different consoles it is advisable not to restore certain files onto the destination console since it may have different hardware This is valid in particular for the...

Page 244: ...files Virtual Mixing Console VMC files These files with vmc extensions are created by the Session Configuration Tool They contain all the Con figuration data needed for the Session Configuration Tool...

Page 245: ...her programs and applications continue to run Exit System This action will close the Graphical Controller Vista System application while simultaneously muting all monitoring outputs It also quits all...

Page 246: ...r Page Selection Channel Selection Tools System functions View Snapshot Protection This action toggles display of the Snapshot Protection window View Memo This action toggles display of the Title Memo...

Page 247: ...er Generator page is used for adjusting various settings of the desk channel strip metering and test generator Generator defaults are automatically saved in the D950system shutdown pfc file when quitt...

Page 248: ...Generator Frequency Sets the test signal generator s frequency sine wave only to the desired value The generator frequency can be set in 1 12th octave steps from 19 95 Hz to 19 95 kHz Generator Signal...

Page 249: ...the bus The N 1 Assignment window allows fast setup of this process Bus Selection Assignment of Channels to Bus Bus Owner Selection Return Input Selection Send Output Selection Alt N X Option Selectio...

Page 250: ...to a configured N 1 bus by using the bus assign window on the control surface The talkback and N 1 bus level control will be displayed in the assigned channel strip for the N 1 Bus Owner Channel Tip...

Page 251: ...tead it has to be assigned to the Patch source which in turn is assigned to a fader via the Patch In this way the system logic is able to activate for example the correct relay when a fader is opened...

Page 252: ...tc define the relay card number and REL01 REL02 etc define the relay number on a particular card There are 16 relays per card Some of the physically present relays may be assigned to internal system f...

Page 253: ...3 In most cases the correct Output the next one that is unassigned will be selected automatically Now you can add or remove a relay to from this source Selected Source Add or Remove a Relay Select a R...

Page 254: ...is the possibility to check up to five other Triggers to finally trigger the relay User key 1 and User key 2 and Input Selector and Channel On MUTE and Fader open Any combination of the five possibil...

Page 255: ...fixed to the following A Source configured for Red Light is patched to a Channel and The Input Channel Input Selector is set to the above Source and The Input Channel Fader is open and The Input Chan...

Page 256: ...present each may require its own Red Light relay and its configured Sources In this case several relays can be configured independently To select a Studio click on the arrow button and select a studi...

Page 257: ...n fig uration files have a sig extension This process will save all relay assign ments for both the Signaling Out and the Red Light Con fig urations and the relay User Labels Any number of such Config...

Page 258: ...format Monitoring Delays for control room PFL headphones etc are made in the same dialog window where the Shared Delay processes are set In addition the shared delays are no more saved in snapshots b...

Page 259: ...tion can be checked or unchecked If checked the Snapshots Presets can only be recalled with user confirma tion the user must click ok or press Enter to finally recall the Snapshot Preset or click Canc...

Page 260: ...Vista 9 Digital Mixing System 4 120 GC Operation Date printed 28 10 10 SW V4 5 4 6 4 10 Option Snapshot Automation This item allows setting of all parameters for the static i e snapshot automa tion...

Page 261: ...displayed for the channel on which any of the rotary enco ders is touched or operated while the channel s controls are in the EQ Filter page Please note that the EQ screen will appear when any EQ Fil...

Page 262: ...y Dynamics control is touched However for the Dynamics screen to be displayed at least one of the lim comp exp or gate functions must be engaged in the channel The dynamics screen is time limited and...

Page 263: ...r channels as seen on their scale is added to or subtracted from all member channels and the resulting audio level is set in the DSP core The faders of the member channels don t move up down and so it...

Page 264: ...cation of the control group number on master channels has therefore slightly changed The green display next to the fader is now constantly showing to which master a channel belongs If there is no furt...

Page 265: ...to type it Tip If you should have forgotten to save your preferences don t worry The system will save the last used screen layout at shutdown When you restart the system the screen will come up as you...

Page 266: ...10 10 SW V4 5 4 6 5 1 User Vista Settings The Vista Settings window allows different adjustments most of them self explanatory there are five tabs for selection of Desk timeout and delay time settings...

Page 267: ...ce monitoring section The current Trim value of the selected speaker will be displayed in the window The Trim offset can be changed in steps of dB To clear all Trim offsets within the selected monitor...

Page 268: ...ge is currently on top Window New Window This action opens the New Window dialog box and allows selection of an additional new window to be displayed on the Graphical Controller For more details on wo...

Page 269: ...ous test and configuration possibilities that are not required during normal operation Nevertheless some of the functions from the SysAdmin menu will be exp lained here since they may be useful if the...

Page 270: ...or more information on Subclasses refer to chapter 4 4 2 3 The Digital Inputs and Digital Outputs Patch Sections can be subclassified into eight subclasses each Subclasses 1 through 8 belong to the Di...

Page 271: ...10 SW V4 5 4 7 1 1 Setting the Subclass Labels Click on the Edit labels button to open the Subclass Label editor Within the editor page enter the names you wish to appear for each of the Subclasses in...

Page 272: ...f Subclasses On the left hand side the Digital Interface list is displayed Some of the Sources and or Targets may already be assigned to certain subclasses This is visible from the Subclass column To...

Page 273: ...l Patch ProBel Setup There is only one accessible item in this menu Subclassifying the Digital In and Digital Out Interface Sections of the Patch 4 7 2 1 3rd Party Control of Console Patch Native Pro...

Page 274: ...ters SysAdmin mode Enabling COM Ports for Use with the Pro Bel Protocol Ports that are used for Pro Bel need to be specified in D950System ini in the d950SerialPorts section This gives the possibility...

Page 275: ...nk to show their selection state Clicking on the Map Currently Selected button maps the patches for the selected targets the pink colored ones to the Pro Bel connect command specified on the left With...

Page 276: ...AES B 1 In3R left Im24 Inp m 24 In1 left D11R AES B 1 In3R left Im25 Inp m 25 In1 left Im26 Inp m 26 In1 left This file basically has a section for each used Source Target combination The fixed labels...

Page 277: ...esent in the system translating Vista interfaces to Pro Bel P 08 commands no fixed labels used Pro Bel SW P 08 Issue 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 2 4 0 0...

Page 278: ...is isolation 4 7 2 1 3 Label Import from 3rd Party Systems In addition to getting patch control it is possible to exchange label information with external router systems such as Pro Bel and GrassValle...

Page 279: ...they are automatically recognized as a group and therefore their illumination will automatically indicate the correct patch state Rule A key is illuminated as long as all defined patch points are set...

Page 280: ...ing TV work Opening and closing of certain microphone channels may be controlled by the video switcher using GPIs general purpose inputs i e closure contacts in the monitoring rack Another possible us...

Page 281: ...ame time The fade will take place whenever one of the activated events is detected GPI Select one of the general purpose inputs available on the console for trigger ing the fade Fader Touch Touch and...

Page 282: ...rce Selector keys for the selected panel will be displayed in the Keys box where they can be selected for editing The name of the panel may also be edited using this box Note The four subpanels poppin...

Page 283: ...allows a new file to be named and created OK and Cancel buttons The OK button accepts the current Monitor setup and closes the window Cli cking OK does not apply or save the Monitor Configuration fil...

Page 284: ...uration file The monitors will mute during this operation Test Command This menu item is only used in the factory for testing the communication between the work surface the control PC and the monitori...

Page 285: ...m bers Master channels can be assigned to desk strips in the same way as any other console channel The desk strip to which a Control Group Master is assigned will display the following Control Group M...

Page 286: ...f that parameter has been selected in the Control Group Filter Dialog Box during Control Group Edit mode It offsets the member value by the move amount of the Master Operating the parameter on the mem...

Page 287: ...eenshot on the previous page In the Control Group Filter dialog the user can define functions to be grouped or not To group the desired function the appropriate Select checkbox must be checked If Sele...

Page 288: ...er range will be zeroed Note This will however clear the initial relative level of that particular Member with respect to the other Members Snapshots Control Groups are part of the snapshot Their data...

Page 289: ...setup mode All the channels currently defined as conference members are marked in the strip setup window The conference icon in the toolbar has three states Grayed out No conference active nor defined...

Page 290: ...is possible to add an amount of the master signal to the conference in case the conferencing members should want to constantly hear what s happening on air This functionality is provided by a special...

Page 291: ...during the production Such a channel can be the alternate cue signal source for all N X buses or you can define a different alternate source for each N X bus separately Set up an alternate N X signal...

Page 292: ...signal to the outside lines while there are not on air e g output signal from on air console including commercials Result When the fader is opened the outside lines get the normal N X signal when clos...

Page 293: ...icon changes to indicate the overall condition of the Vista These indications are as follows Yellow triangle Loading The system is booting look at the Status Bar Green square OK The console will opera...

Page 294: ...e the Surveyor Page will display the result Clicking the Refresh button will survey the entire system and display the current the status of all elements View Log File This tool allows the Vista Log Fi...

Page 295: ...and Dynamic Objects 18 5 3 1 1 Static Objects 18 5 3 1 2 Dynamic Objects 20 5 3 1 3 Mix Snapshot 21 5 3 2 Touch Un Touch Events 22 5 4 File Management 23 5 4 1 Mix Tree 24 5 4 1 1 Passes in the Mix Tr...

Page 296: ...78 5 10 1 Switch Classifications 78 5 10 2 Switch Control Modes 80 5 10 3 Switch Operation 81 5 10 3 1 Press and Release 82 5 10 3 2 Press and Hold 83 5 10 3 3 Modified Press Function 84 5 11 Graphica...

Page 297: ...Snap Source Mix 127 5 16 4 Timecode Controls 128 5 16 4 1 General Information 128 5 16 4 2 Editing Timecode Entries 128 5 16 4 3 Timecode Entry Controls 130 5 16 4 4 Locking Timecode Fields 131 5 16 5...

Page 298: ...Vista 9 Digital Mixing System 5 AutoTouch Date printed 28 10 10 SW V4 5...

Page 299: ...t settings applied System Start with AutoTouch In order to start yourVista system with the dynamic automation active double click on the Vista x x dynamic icon Note Static i e snapshot and dynamic aut...

Page 300: ...e next time the corresponding event occurs e g GLIDE will switch on or off the glide mechanism for upcoming punch outs HOLD will suppress the detection of the physical un touch of an object The object...

Page 301: ...a music mix when a solo is played For finding a value while listening and applying the final value to the whole passage Write to PUNCH IN In TRIM mode 1 Trim an object back to the beginning of a mix w...

Page 302: ...TRIM ISO LATE As a standard only the objects selected in the preselector area of the Auto Touch panel e g FADER are toggled but not the whole channel This key has also the important function to suppr...

Page 303: ...ore it is not possible to erase data by going backwards using the jog wheel In order to locate precisely to a certain frame without overshooting it might be useful to suspend the reading of timecode w...

Page 304: ...eing overwritten by automation data it is possible to define a write zone in the graphical controller If activated it is not possible to write any data outside that zone When working together with mac...

Page 305: ...nce you want your settings to stay when you physically un touch an object In this way you will see all objects you changed in order to rehearse some alternate settings indicating held state either by...

Page 306: ...r the entire mix while keeping its movements In the WRITE TO section activate Extend back to WRITE TO BEGIN and Write to END Select TRIM mode for the desired objects section ENABLE MODES CONTROL MODES...

Page 307: ...o explain the operation of the Studer Auto Touch dynamic automation system It will prepare the reader for basic to advanced operation of the system It assumes the user will have basic familiarity and...

Page 308: ...e manual controls except that their final setting is remembered by the automation All controls remain Static until a Dynamic move is recorded Any switch fader or rotary control automation objects may...

Page 309: ...ted there Also specific Glide transitions may be suppressed while others are allowed Scene Capture Any specific set of controls their settings and automation modes can be saved in the Scene buffer Thi...

Page 310: ...nditions and Options may be imposed that further define the behavior of the basic modes or functions It is these Conditions and Op tions that add extra facility and flexibility to the system Options e...

Page 311: ...ty Conditions further define behaviors and Options provide specific parameters to the vari ous elements being used In some instances such as Switch and GC automation the operation of the control will...

Page 312: ...Pass to Mix Pass In Auto Touch Static controls will perform in this manner and allows the user to work in a very familiar and intuitive fashion Static Objects A Static object is defined as any automa...

Page 313: ...es there is information in the Static Data Buffer and there is a difference between the current Static values and those stored within the Active Mix Pass Pressing clicking the Clear Static button clea...

Page 314: ...x process and recorded to a new Mix Pass using WRITE or TRIM automation modes In this way the value of selected Dynamic objects is updated from pass to pass Dynamic controls may also be Auditioned and...

Page 315: ...g operations occur Changes to Static values are written directly to the Mix Snapshot each time a new Mix Pass is created Changes made to Dynamic objects are written to timestamps timecode locations wi...

Page 316: ...Touch Event Ac tuating an automatable switch or GC item may also generate a Touch Event depending on the current mode Un touch Events The physical release of a fader or encoder produces an Un touch Ev...

Page 317: ...ey are all within their own separate folder Mix File Organization The files and folders created and used by Auto Touch are identified as fol lows The Mix tree database file has an mt extension filenam...

Page 318: ...of the Mix Tree from which the pass evolved Working in conjunction with the Mix Pass Stack the Mix Tree provides an efficient means of organizing the multiple Mix Passes that are created during the co...

Page 319: ...ersist until the current Mix Tree or Title is closed or a new Mix Tree or Title is opened If no name is entered the assigned pass number will appear as the Mix Pass Name in the Mix Tree The resultant...

Page 320: ...notes can be entered or edited To enter or change Mix Pass Notes use the following procedure 1 Make the desired Mix Pass the Active Pass if it is not already Click its icon in the Mix Pass Stack or do...

Page 321: ...ighted in green The Active Mix is normally the mix on the top of the stack Refer to chapter 5 5 1 for details regarding the Mix Pass Stack 5 4 1 3 Mix Tree Display Modes Hide Tree Show Tree Button Aut...

Page 322: ...ected Active Mix See above Mix Pass Display Modes Within the Mix Tree Mix Passes are displayed in one of three ways Pass Name Pass Number Pass Name and Number Changing the Display Mode There are two m...

Page 323: ...mber if they match only the number is displayed The Mix Pass number name and notes for the Active Mix are always dis played in the Auto Touch window Round and Square Corners Mix Passes within the Mix...

Page 324: ...y combination of passes may be marked Shift clicking holding the Shift key and single clicking two Mix Passes allows these passes and those in between to be marked or unmarked The passes must be withi...

Page 325: ...l be marked Selecting a Mix Pass in the middle of a branch will prevent any member of that branch from being marked whether they were made before or after the selected pass All other branches will be...

Page 326: ...es will be shown 2 Enter a name for the Mix in the New Mix Tree Name entry field Please note that the selected directory is given by the opened Project and Title and cannot be edited 3 Click the New M...

Page 327: ...ix Tree Loads an entire Mix Tree A directory of existing Mix Trees within the current Title will be displayed Double clicking the desired Mix Tree or selecting it and clicking Open will load that tree...

Page 328: ...e Mix Tree is closed However the last Active Mix Pass is loaded at the top of the Mix Pass Stack when an existing Mix Tree is opened 5 5 Mix Pass A Mix Pass contains a set of records for each dynamic...

Page 329: ...llowing ways Creating a new Mix Pass The newly created Mix Pass will be added to the top of the Mix Pass Stack and becomes active See Creating a New Mix Pass above Double clicking a Mix Pass in the Mi...

Page 330: ...even while a mix is being played back Comparing Mix Passes Mix Pass comparisons can be performed in one of two ways Clicking a Mix Pass in the Mix Pass Stack The clicked Mix Pass will become active af...

Page 331: ...pass in the Mix Pass Stack is the Active Pass the system provides eight levels of undo redo Conditions Undo and Redo are disabled once RECORD has been entered Notes Since all Mix Passes are stored in...

Page 332: ...Pass may be engaged and disengaged at any time while timecode is being played back This allows the user to kill a pass and then change his or her mind before the timecode is stopped As long as timeco...

Page 333: ...nction of each mode are determined by the selection of other functions selected options and record status With this in mind it may be helpful to think about Control Mode as the primary func tion which...

Page 334: ...UDITION If the control is moved or prevented from following written changes the audio changes to reflect the audition level When released the control will snap back to its written value A new Mix Pass...

Page 335: ...nd the newly recorded data Note WRITE RECORD is a destructive mode in regard that previously written data is overwritten However mix data is never lost because a new Mix Pass is generated at the end o...

Page 336: ...ystem Controls in TRIMENABLE are armed for recording offsets and allows Trims to be Auditioned Those in TRIM RECORD will apply the offset to previously written mix data and the resultant values will b...

Page 337: ...r encoders the null value can show only the offset of Read Mix values from 0 dB The null point for encoders is always a 0 dB offset from the Read Mix value Whenever an encoder is put in TRIM a 0 dB of...

Page 338: ...updated modifying a trim At the end of a pass in which at least one control was in TRIM RE CORD a new Mix Pass is generated that contains the previous Mix Pass Read data plus the Trim offset For fader...

Page 339: ...3 Global punch in via Global Record PUNCH IN key or Auto Punch or GPI refer to chapter 5 8 5 5 6 4 Isolate ISOLATE is the system s manual mode Controls in ISOLATE neither re sponds to or creates new...

Page 340: ...mode are preselected using Control Mode preselector keys The preselected controls are then entered into the desired mode using the Global ModeActiva tor keys Preselectors Global Mode Activators Global...

Page 341: ...ntrol Mode activator will bypass the preselector and select all controls This is very handy as follows If the user wants to set only the fader to a Control Mode and some preselectors are active it is...

Page 342: ...ny controls that are selected in the Global Control Modes preselector will be set to TRIM All others will be set to READ With Mode Enable sets non selected to READ checked on the Control Modes Options...

Page 343: ...nch out the rota ries currently recording MUTE LED Current and replay value of the channel mute If the current value is differ ent from the one in the last mix pass this LED indicates the value within...

Page 344: ...nk colored element indicates the value within the last mix pass while the main display is indicating the current value Recording Recording and recording mode indicator This always refers to the associ...

Page 345: ...Dynamic Static Dynamic static view of the rotary control When pressing the VIEW key in the dynamic automation panel this display changes to DYN if this control contains dynamically automated elements...

Page 346: ...n will be included but for complete information regarding Switch automation refer to chapter 5 10 The activator keys for Touch and Hold functions are found in the TOUCH HELD section of the AutoTouch P...

Page 347: ...sic Touch Un touch Events Touch Un touch events can be registered without Touch Record or Touch Hold engaged These events perform the following functions when dynamic controls are in the Control Modes...

Page 348: ...rol Touch Record With only Touch Record engaged without Touch Hold Touch Un touch events perform the following functions when dynamic controls are in the Control Modes indicated READ Touch Un touch wi...

Page 349: ...to being in a held state Held Controls Controls that are in Held status have specific functional qualities They maintain their current status when physically released Un touched They may be selected a...

Page 350: ...rides section of the Master Panel Options page see chapter 5 21 5 Faders and Encoders can have Touch Hold set to ON OFF or to follow the Master Panel Follows Panel Touch Hold for Switches can also hav...

Page 351: ...DE modifier key For details refer to chapter 5 7 6 5 7 5 Held Controls A control that is touched with Touch Hold engaged becomes a held con trol Held controls are also known as Held Objects Controls t...

Page 352: ...being held inAUDITION This allows a held control to be pre positioned while awaiting a punch in The result is true emulation of the resultant mix while the Mix Pass is being run Option With DisabledW...

Page 353: ...ill allow enabled controls to be auditioned on a local basis without being punched in Touching an enabled control will punch it in holding it will keep it in RECORD Pressing and holding the Auto Mode...

Page 354: ...he control is physically un touched Even if the control remains in RECORD the un touch information is sup pressed 1c A control being in RECORD can be punched out by holding the AUTO MODE key and touch...

Page 355: ...ODE key pressed touching a control in enable mode will switch it to HELD but not to RECORD status if the control is released before the AUTO MODE key 6b While keeping a control in ENABLE mode touched...

Page 356: ...n off Hold Touch E no change 2b on off ENABLE 1 on off Touch Hold RECORD 2 on off Press Hold Hold RECORD 3 on off Hold Un touch RECORD HELD 3a off on ENABLE HELD 1 off on Press Hold ENABLE HELD 2 off...

Page 357: ...NABLE 3 on off Hold Un touch ENABLE HELD 6b on off ENABLE 1 on off Touch Hold RECORD 2 on off Press Hold RECORD 3 on off Hold Un touch RECORD HELD 7a off on ENABLE 1 off on Press Hold ENABLE 2 off on...

Page 358: ...punched in and out independently of the Global Record functions This is done locally on the channel strip 5 8 1 Preselectors Preselectors Regardless of the punch method used the Global Record presele...

Page 359: ...affected are filtered by the preselectors that are currently active PUNCH OUT Pressing PUNCH OUT takes the preselected controls on all channels Option out of RECORD if enabled As with Control Mode en...

Page 360: ...op Pts Checking the Sync with Loop Points function allows to set the Write Zone In an Out points according to the selected cue points in the Auto Touch window Any controls in RECORD will punch out whe...

Page 361: ...Current Time Clear 00 00 00 00 and End of Day 23 59 59 2X Cue List Times Allows access to the Title Cue List and provides the means to sort and go to cues Copy Paste Undo Changes Entry field clipboard...

Page 362: ...roll before the Begin Time the affected controls will act as if in RECORD ENABLE but will not punch in until the Write Zone Begin time At the Begin time the system will automatically punch in and the...

Page 363: ...w it makes the transitions The where behavior is determined in two ways Write To Where Record Data transitions to Read Mix Data Extend Back To Where Read Data transitions to Record Data The Last Recor...

Page 364: ...until it matches the Read Mix Data At this point the Record Data will seamlessly transition to the Read Mix Data and a punch out will occur If a punch out occurs without the level being matched the co...

Page 365: ...Fixed End Times are set using the Write To End Time pull down menu in the Auto Touch window of the GC The pull down menu will allow the selec tion of an End Time definition End of Mix End of Time or...

Page 366: ...e to prevent it from being changed A timecode may be manually added to the list The list may be sorted and deleted Hot Keys Hot Keys are provided to aid in the entry of fixed End timecode locations A...

Page 367: ...wo different Extend Back To functions The selected function key will illuminate when that Extend Back To function is active Only one function can be active at a time Keys for Extend Back To functions...

Page 368: ...behaviors that take place are determined on the End of Pass Options page Check boxes allow the selection of the following options With Extend Back To Begin checked the Extend Back To Begin function is...

Page 369: ...s are engaged by pressing the GLIDE key in the Mix Pass section of the AutoTouch Panel When Glide is active the GLIDE key will illuminate Note If no Glide Options are selected in the Glide Options pag...

Page 370: ...ead Mix values This time can be any value between 00 00 00 00 and 23 59 59 2x and is specified via the Glide Time entry field on theAuto Touch window on the GC Glide times can be typed in or entered u...

Page 371: ...apter 5 21 3 Apply Glide to the following transition points when Glide is ON Write To Glide will be applied to the following Write To transition points Punch Out Next Change End Write Zone End Auto Pu...

Page 372: ...for example See below General Patch Connections Making or breaking General Patch Connec tions Refer to chapter 5 11 1 General Patch Channel Patch Direct Out Tap Changing the location from where the c...

Page 373: ...Key Automation Switches AUTO SWIT REC KNOB REC MUTE REC FDR REC Layer Switches L1 and L2 Clipboard Control Switches CLR Copy Paste A Copy Paste All TALK User Keys USR 1 USR 2 Selectors Selectors are...

Page 374: ...and put the switch in Audi tion The switch will exit Audition when released If its state does not match the Read Mix state it will toggle to match upon release WRITE While in RECORD previously writte...

Page 375: ...change of state for that switch ISOLATE State changes of Isolated switches are not recognized by Auto Touch Note All Mix Pass Write To and Extend Back To conditions apply as appropri ate 5 10 3 Switc...

Page 376: ...ctions are described below The Modified Press Function may be used with either Press and Release or Press and Hold operations Document Note The next three chapters make the assumption that the switche...

Page 377: ...r may not toggle depending on the state recorded in the Read Mix Data at the time of release If Touch Record is engaged the switch will punch in as well as toggle its alternate state when it is presse...

Page 378: ...his Modified Press Function is available for both Press and Release and Press and Hold operations The key press may be modified by holding the Auto Mode key while a work surface key is pressed In this...

Page 379: ...Sidechain Link Setup Dynamic Sidechain Link Enable Dynamic Key Input Routing Direct Output Tap Location Meter Feed Tap Location 5 11 1 General Patch Connections within the General Patch may be automat...

Page 380: ...ring up the connection menu where a mono to mono connection may be made To make a complex connection mono to stereo stereo to stereo stereo to mono double clicking the connection location will bring u...

Page 381: ...chain Link Setup The addition of channels to the Dynamic Sidechain Link Setup may be automated Dynamic Sidechain Link Enable The Enable Sidechain Link button may be automated Enable Disable Dynamic Ke...

Page 382: ...pter 5 10 3 1 The following Channel Patch items operate as Press and Release Selectors Input Selector Dynamic Key Input Routing Meter Feed Tap Location Note The channel Input Selector may be operated...

Page 383: ...Clicking the dashed line will select that route and a Touch event will be produced Meter Feed Tap Location Clicking the alternate location shown grayed out will select that location and a Touch event...

Page 384: ...Bus Assignments may Auditioned Record a Bus Assignment To automate a Bus Assignment use the following procedure 1 Select the desired global Control Mode Write will overwrite previous changes both loca...

Page 385: ...recalling the desired Snapshot Preset without engaging Write or Trim en able The Static values will be updated and saved the next time a Mix Pass is written Recall Behavior The Snapshot page does not...

Page 386: ...utomatable controls Meter Generator Global channel Meter locations and Generator pa rameters may be automated Changes made to these items will produce Touch Un touch events N 1 Assignments N 1 Assignm...

Page 387: ...To function 4 Open the appropriate GC menu and select the desired item 5 Perform desired operations to be automated 6 At the time the desired operation is performed Auto Touch will punch in The new it...

Page 388: ...Controls and the General Patch may also be isolated from the mix using Mix Protection techniques Mix Protection Enabled Button The Mix Protection Enabled button opens the Automation Protection window...

Page 389: ...reating Protection Sets To create a Protection set execute the following procedure 1 Click the Mix Protection Enabled button to open the Automation Pro tection window The first time it is opened no Pr...

Page 390: ...f the object picker OK will close the picker Apply will keep it open A temporary Protection Set will be created and made the current set Current Protection Set Modified will appear in red above the cu...

Page 391: ...ed A temporary Protec tion Set will persist in the system unless it is overwritten even if the Mix Tree and Title are closed Temporary and modified sets may be saved at anytime Using the following pro...

Page 392: ...lection box containing the available Protection Sets will be displayed The current Protection Set will be dis played at the bottom of the box in the Current Protection Set field The current set will a...

Page 393: ...ion is applied to the Active Pass All protected controls will be protected regardless of which Mix Pass is made active Selecting Protection Sets How Protection Sets are selected is determined by selec...

Page 394: ...ot be applied 5 13 3 Removing Protection Just as Protection may be applied in layers it may be removed in layers or entirely To remove one or more Protection Sets use the following procedure 1 Click t...

Page 395: ...OLATE Control Mode in that Isolation persists only as long as the Protection Isola tion is applied This provides a convenient method of temporarily Isolating controls in any Mix Pass without creating...

Page 396: ...stem may be turned On When the system is On the Mix On key illuminates 5 14 2 View Dynamic Pressing VIEW will cause the lights for all dynamic controls currently on the Work surface to illuminate Stat...

Page 397: ...in RECORD Controls that are Held Controls that are being touched when the Scene is captured A list of controls and their values will be stored when a Scene is cap tured Note If no controls are in the...

Page 398: ...eudo offline fashion without the work media Stop Frame Automation may be enabled at any point After control values are written at a specific location the media can be moved forward to the next locatio...

Page 399: ...le Stop Frame by pressing the Stop Frame On key if it is not al ready on The Stop Frame On key will illuminate and record status will change to Ready 5 Adjust enabled controls to the desired values wh...

Page 400: ...k Conditions With Read Lock engaged the following conditions exist All controls are placed into the READ Control Mode and then locked in READ Only the stored values of the Active Pass will be heard Ch...

Page 401: ...y to use means of fine tuning Mix Pass data or working with Edit Decision Lists Each Method of editing is described below 5 16 1 Event List Editing Automation data may be edited using the Event List E...

Page 402: ...ter The Event Editor will display only the items selected by the Event List Filter Show Menu Selecting an item from the Show pull down menu will select the Events for that item s controls to be displa...

Page 403: ...imited to Mutes and Switches Any combination of channels and controls is possible Using the Object Picker for the Event List Filter it is possible to select an exact set of controls for which Events w...

Page 404: ...tton will close the list Expanded Event Lists All Events are shown individually If an Event is part of an Event List the header will be the first item for that particular timecode location Using the d...

Page 405: ...e copied and pasted to a new timecode location When selected a timecode entry box will open Move Event s to New Timecode The selected Events and or Event Lists are moved to a new timecode location Whe...

Page 406: ...ting and will appear in the Event column of the Event List Editor window 4 Click the desired edit operation If moving or copying Events and or Event Lists enter the new timecode location and click OK...

Page 407: ...or example the value of a mute or switch cannot be trimmed The following edit operations may be applied to selected controls using OFLA Set Sets a fixed control value within the timecode window Trim O...

Page 408: ...appear in the Selected Objects section of the Edit Mix window 4 Select the Edit Type from the Edit Type pull down menu 5 Enter the new control value if necessary depending on Edit Type 6 Enter the Spr...

Page 409: ...meters within all objects within all channels Note It is important to realize that the channels and objects displayed in the picker are the same as contained within the VMC used to create the title an...

Page 410: ...ncluded in the VMC just the mono or stereo channels may be selected by clicking on the appropriate button Channel types and or ver sions may be de selected after a large selection such as All Chans ha...

Page 411: ...l Selector Panel select channels and groups on a global basis If individual or subsets of channels groups are to be selected for editing the Show Channels facility must be used 5 16 2 3 Object Selecto...

Page 412: ...iliary parameters for editing Aux Stereo selects all stereo auxiliary parameters for editing Patch selects all patch assignments for editing Selection of an object will select all objects of that type...

Page 413: ...ontained in the tree left part of the picture below To view the Object Tree click the Show Objects button All objects included in the configuration will be included within the tree Only one tree can b...

Page 414: ...llows the group to be checked or unchecked Notes When all items within a channel object section have been chosen the associ ated selector button s will illuminate with a dark blue light and the associ...

Page 415: ...ancels changes made to the Selected Objects Set since the last set was ap plied saved loaded copied or pasted Once an object or set of objects has been selected in the Object Picker they are then sele...

Page 416: ...r an edit to be performed Spread Merge and Update Snap edits all require data from other mixes When an additional data source is needed to perform an edit an additional mix combo box containing the ap...

Page 417: ...ding timecode entries The InTime and OutTime entry fields are equipped with buttons that allow the capture of the current timecode address while the mix is stopped or running Clicking on these buttons...

Page 418: ...Active Mix However it can also be the same mix as the Active Mix Timecode Entry Field For a Spread Edit to be performed a Data Point a single timecode address must be selected from within the Spread S...

Page 419: ...the other fields Changing either In Time will then cause a corresponding change in the other In Time It is important to note that the Offset Value may be edited even when it s locked Note It is possi...

Page 420: ...ctive Mix Therefore the Data Region and Edit Regions must be the same length Because of this the Length field in the Active Mix box works in con cert with the In Time or Out Time in both the Active an...

Page 421: ...re available to the Active Mix and functions using the same selection techniques Note The Update Snap Source Mix may be the same mix as the Active Mix Timecode Entry Field For an Update Snap edit to b...

Page 422: ...original value The current system timecode is displayed in the upper right hand corner of the OFLA screen when the Mix Viewer is enabled 5 16 4 2 Editing Timecode Entries Timecode Entry Fields A vari...

Page 423: ...value Press Enter The math to add or subtract the entered value to from the existing timecode will be applied The result of the math will be entered as the new timecode address Right Click Menu Selec...

Page 424: ...s entered into any field unless Lock Most Recent is enabled Lock Most Recent This prevents changes from being made to the Most Recent timecode address list This menu item may be toggled On Off A locke...

Page 425: ...an Edit Region needs to maintain its total time but the In or Out Times must change Changes made to the In Time will create corresponding changes to the Out Time and vice versa while the Length field...

Page 426: ...ther fields are altered In this case it is possible to change the Offset field by more than one increment Notes To fully understand the relationships between the various entry fields and their locking...

Page 427: ...t Region Note The Value Entry Field is only available in Set and Trim Edit Types The type of value is determined by the type of parameter s selected for editing Some parameters will have specific labe...

Page 428: ...egion Freeze Data for the parameters selected for editing will be frozen at the In Time for the duration of the Edit Region Clear Data from the VMC Defaults will be applied to the parameters selected...

Page 429: ...ems in the Object Tree to choose individual or groups of objects for editing 5 Click Apply to select objects for editing Set an Edit Region 1 Click the In button in the Active Mix box or enter a timec...

Page 430: ...e User File might be created for music mixing while another is created for post Users Auto Touch supports any number of Users For each new User a folder is created in the Users folder in the D950Syste...

Page 431: ...C Automation menu The Load User File As window will open 2 The User folder containing the active User File will be open and the active User File will be indicated in blue letters 3 If necessary open t...

Page 432: ...e Save User File As window will open 3 Either double click the active User File in blue letters or enter the same User name in the field provided and click OK A dialog box will indicate a file with th...

Page 433: ...al ENABLE Modes Preselectors see also chapter 5 6 5 1 Before any enable mode READ WRITE TRIM and ISOLATE can be globally activated the preselectors for the desired objects must be activated These are...

Page 434: ...are FDR faders all faders MUTE all mutes KNOB rotary encoders all continuous controller type encoders except knobs used for selections SWIT switches all switches HELD held controls all controls that...

Page 435: ...e stops see also chapter 5 5 1 3 UNDO Sets the Read Mix to the previous pass in the Mix Pass Stack see also chapter 5 5 1 2 REDO Sets the Read Mix to the next pass in the Mix Pass Stack see also chapt...

Page 436: ...verview for rotary encoders If half lit One or more rotaries are armed i e in TRIM orWRITE enable mode If fully lit One or more rotaries are recording Pressing this key will either punch in the held o...

Page 437: ...one within the last mix pass a pink colored element indicates the value of the last mix pass while the main display is indicating the current value Fader Value Current and replay value of the fader I...

Page 438: ...rently record ing n 1 x n 1 x indicates that the channel is the owner of an n 1 bus together with its bus number e g m 1 for mono 1 Rotary Dynamic Static Dynamic static view of the rotary control When...

Page 439: ...decided if only the Mix Pass number only the Mix Pass name or both shall be displayed refer to chapter 5 4 1 3 for details 3 Mix Pass Stack holds up to eight Mix Passes for immediate use e g direct c...

Page 440: ...To Selected Extend Back To BEGIN on the AutoTouch panel will be dis played in the GC Auto Touch Plus panel in red to indicate that this function has been activated This means that automated parameter...

Page 441: ...an be GEN internal TC Generator 9 pin serial TC or LTC external TC These settings are made in the Option TC Reader Gen menu also refer to chapter 4 6 4 2 11 MIX ON OFF indication Mix on key on the Aut...

Page 442: ...e or show the Mix Tree window 18 Mix Pass information to activate the PASS INFO dialog box A name and notes can be entered for the selected Mix Pass also refer to chapter 5 4 1 3 Mix Shows the Mix Tre...

Page 443: ...fic modes In total the option set defines the specific ways in which the system will work Each individual option however allows the system to have another nuance that allows the mixer to best do his o...

Page 444: ...called at anytime Only the sections that apply to saving and recalling User Files is presented here Users and User Files are discussed in detail in chapter 5 17 Create a New User User File Use the fol...

Page 445: ...provided and click OK A new User folder will be created bearing the name entered 5 Enter the name of the new User File in the Save User File As field and click OK 6 A new User File bearing the name e...

Page 446: ...le will be loaded Update a User File Use the following procedure to update an existing User File 1 Make changes to Options as desired 2 Store any changes to AutoTouch Panel Presets if any 3 Select Sav...

Page 447: ...Mute The Auto Mode key only affects the mute of the channel Fader and Mute The Auto Mode key only affects the fader and mute of the channel When Mix Status is Set to On This set of radio buttons contr...

Page 448: ...n this option is set you are always assured that when you hit an Control Mode activator all control NOT active on the preselectors will be set to READ when the selected controls are set to the activat...

Page 449: ...he glide takes place during the post process after the mix pass is ended then the Master Glide Button must be active at the time that the Mix pass is stopped If End is set to end of time no glide occu...

Page 450: ...ffects whether Held controls are cleared of their held status when The Touch Hold mode is changed from On active to Off If the option is not selected then changing the state of Touch Hold will have no...

Page 451: ...ss of the settings of the AutoTouch Panel Off Faders and Encoders knobs will never be in Touch Hold mode re gardless of the settings of the AutoTouch Panel Switches Follows Panel Switches keys and Sel...

Page 452: ...ack To Punch In Faders Encoders Follows Panel Faders and Encoders knobs will follow the settings of the AutoTouch panel in regards to Extend Back To Punch In Off Faders and Encoders knobs will be bloc...

Page 453: ...for one pass and Write to End Reverts to Punch In at the end of a Record Pass There will be no effect by a play pass which is the case with all of these options Extend Back to Begin Like Write To End...

Page 454: ...t be stored as Static values They can be auditioned and will return to their stored value when a new Mix Pass is started From Kill Pass Stored Static values are not affected by Kill Pass opera tions M...

Page 455: ...ot track the any previous Trim values that were recorded The Read Mix values already contain the effects of any previously recorded TRIMs So this only affects how the faders respond when they are in T...

Page 456: ...ntain Mix Options and Auto Touch Panel Presets Load Mix Options Selecting Load Mix Options from theAutomation menu opens the Load Mix Options File dialog window Any existing User File may be loaded us...

Page 457: ...l click activity will lea ve edit mode When leaving edit mode the new timecode is checked for validity Period If in edit mode and the frames field is included in the selection it will try to justify t...

Page 458: ...rame and the original FOD would be lost For example frame 00 00 00 01 starts at FOD 103 If FOD 105 is converted to the string 00 00 00 01 and the string converted to an FOD the result would be 103 loo...

Page 459: ...own Workspace 21 6 4 2 Sampling Rate 22 6 4 3 Channel Bus Page 22 6 4 3 1 Add Edit Channels 23 6 4 3 2 Function Library 25 6 4 3 3 Add Edit Buses 26 6 4 3 4 Special Configuration Function Stems 29 6...

Page 460: ...Vista 9 Digital Mixing System 6 Session Configuration Date printed 28 10 10 SW V4 5...

Page 461: ...istake kindly notify us per email to studersupport harman com We will be grateful for your feedback No responsibility is taken for any inaccuracies errors or omissions nor is any liability assumed for...

Page 462: ...proceed with the instructions found in the paragraph Check the installation below Check the Installation Check the Results Please use the Windows Explorer to check the results of your work now The fo...

Page 463: ...2 Since those may vary for every installation and software version you will now need to update these entries by using appropriate file names and paths as installed on your system The Browse button can...

Page 464: ...erate and then All This will start the process of generating the DSP and control software that is needed to run a new Session Configuration on your console Various messages will be displayed and after...

Page 465: ...Exp Gate in input path Delay 4 Stereo Input Channels with EQ 96 Mono Input Channels with EQ Delay Comp Lim Exp Gate Surround PAN 4 Stereo Input Channels with EQ 0 Routing buses 48 Routing buses 8 Rou...

Page 466: ...EQ DYN DELAY VSP PAN 48 TRACK FADER DYN FADER INS FADER EQ FADER EQ Installed DSP capacity So the number of available channels depends on two things Total installed capacity 1 9 DSP cards Load requir...

Page 467: ...reen can read data from the VMC and display them It can generally be said that almost all settings and conditions of the Studer Vista console are a part of the VMC Make and Edit a Configuration The Se...

Page 468: ...ey are automatically created by the Tool and do not have to be typed It is good practice to keep all Session Configurations in the same Windows folder because both the Session Configuration Tool and t...

Page 469: ...atures such as Snapshot AutoTouch Automation etc use Windows compatible files to store data Since the contents of such files are dependent on the current configuration each file is internally stamped...

Page 470: ...s why you will want to use the existing configuration as a starting point for your work without having to think of configuring the right I O every time Tip It could be that you want to change the samp...

Page 471: ...mmand from the File menu Note that you do not have to type the extension vmc A new folder and a new vmc file will be automatically created View the Configuration Use the View Channel Bus command from...

Page 472: ...a and change the number from 4 to 8 Click on OK Now you have increased the number of mono input channels to eight Edit the Stereo Input Channel Now we will change the stereo input channel configuratio...

Page 473: ...Number of chan nels to 2 Add 4 Band EQ from the library by double clicking on this item Type in my GRP in the user label area and click on OK This will add two more audio groups including EQ to the co...

Page 474: ...put channels 2 stereo input channels with changed processing 2 2 mono groups different processing 4 group buses 2 mono masters 2 master buses 6 mono Auxes 6 mono AUX buses 2 stereo Auxes 2 stereo AUX...

Page 475: ...ugh Power In order to see the console statistics now select Core in the View menu This will display the statistics of the channels buses and I Os as well as the occupancy of the DSP core Mixing Consol...

Page 476: ...to the DSP frame and load your new configuration You can even do this while the power is on You may need to add some HD Links if you are expanding the number of physical I Os 6 3 3 Generate the Core F...

Page 477: ...ed to the required DSP card processors Then the final core file is assembled from individual components Finished And finally the finished core and core knowledge files are automatically stored You onl...

Page 478: ...ion files to the Studer Vista control PC Since all files are Windows files it is a simple matter of using a transfer medium CD ROM USB stick or even a LAN to transport the files Care has to be taken t...

Page 479: ...view of the configuration process we recommend using two windows at the same time the Channel Bus page alternatively with the Interface page and the Core page in addition This allows following the rou...

Page 480: ...d their functions in a condensed way Channel Types and Numbers Add New Channels Double click to Edit Which Channels go to which Buses Add New Summing Buses Summing Bus Types and Numbers How to Add new...

Page 481: ...e Functions Select Channel Type Enter a Label Enter a Number Current Channel Select Type Number Select Channel Functions Add Remove Functions Select Channel Type Click on the box to display the availa...

Page 482: ...h EQ Input Mono without Dynamics etc Number of Channels Any number can be entered here to define the quantity for this particular channel type The maximum numbers are in function of the overall instal...

Page 483: ...mp Ctrl 3 way input selector with a control interface for D19m or D21m pre ampli fiers Input HPF LPF Gain Variable high pass and low pass filters channel gain 24 dB Insert Insert function with dry wet...

Page 484: ...ass and low pass filters channel gain 24 dB Input Mode Pan 5 1 For positioning a 5 1 channel surround signal into a surround mix Delay 700 ms VariabIe audio delay 0 700 ms 4 Band EQ Notch Fully parame...

Page 485: ...hich do not correspond to channels Multitrack SOLO PFL N 1 and N X buses the suggested number will be initially zero and must be set by hand Tips When having mono and stereo channels of the same type...

Page 486: ...nfiguration the number type and assignment of Stem buses is fixed In the Studer Vista GC there are controls for dynamic Stem setup and for assignments of the related recorder tracks In this way the St...

Page 487: ...ws viewing and editing of the audio interfacing to the DSP core It is important to assign enough audio input and output interfaces so that the configured system can work satisfactorily Two interface t...

Page 488: ...r of channels must be a multiple of eight which is the smallest function unit After adding the required interfacing the display will show the total number of interfaces and their distribution on the D...

Page 489: ...er of channels buses shared proc esses test tone generator side chain links and input and output interfaces These numbers reflect all the entries that have been made during the configu ration process...

Page 490: ...ber of linkable channels has been set to eight rather than only two so that all cur rent surround formats can be supported The dynamics sidechain link requires DSP power so the number is best set to t...

Page 491: ...ensed information on the current configuration Print Preview Shows the Overview of the current vmc configuration file on screen Print Setup Standard Windows printer setup Exit Quits the Session Config...

Page 492: ...el item and choose Delete from the dropdown menu Delete all Interfaces Right click on the Interface item and choose Delete from the dropdown menu Delete All Shared Functions Right click on the Shared...

Page 493: ...8 channel mic preamps or standalone D19 4 channel mic preamps for remote control Important The number of devices is set to 0 per default Enter the number of external devices here otherwise there will...

Page 494: ...is menu item becomes active only when you are in the expert mode Expert mode is activated by right double clicking into the About dialog box while holding the Ctrl Shift keys If a Generate process has...

Page 495: ...rate a core file use only the following three boxes VMC Generate Gen Proc Lib Load Balance Procs which will then display the CORE area Click on one of the buttons in this area to see the load distribu...

Page 496: ...s a new Channel Bus page or if there are already Channel Bus pages creates a new copy of the page New Interface Opens a new Interface page or if there are already Interface pages creates a new copy of...

Page 497: ...should not find it necessary to edit the file using a text editor This file is automatically generated if there is none available upon starting the Configuration Tool for the first time 6 5 2 1 Exampl...

Page 498: ...rs Meter 2 Grp Mono Example Channels Input Selector Input HPF LPF 3 Gains Input Mode Phase 4 Band EQ with Notch Dynamics Insert Fader Direct Out Multi Format Pan w LFE l r c lfe ls rs Meter 2 Mst Mon...

Page 499: ...Pfl s 1__0 CtrlGrp1 right Bus Aux m 1__0 CtrlGrp1 Bus Aux m 2__1 CtrlGrp1 Bus Aux m 3__2 CtrlGrp1 Bus Aux m 4__3 CtrlGrp1 Bus Aux m 5__4 CtrlGrp1 Bus Aux m 6__5 CtrlGrp1 Bus Master 1__0 CtrlGrp1 Bus M...

Page 500: ...No Summing PE 4 SharedProc Delay 10s 1 SharedProc Delay 10s 2 SharedProc Delay 10s 3 SharedProc Delay 10s 4 SharedProc Delay 10s 5 SharedProc Delay 10s 6 Channel Mst Mono 1 Example CtrlGrp1 Channel Ms...

Page 501: ...ut B 3 P 0 IO21 IO21 Out B 3 P 0 IO21 IO21 In B 3 P 0 IO21 IO21 In B 3 P 0 PE 3 IO21 IO21 In B 3 P 0 IO21 IO21 In B 3 P 0 PE 4 IO21 IO21 In B 3 P 0 PE 5 PE 6 task PE D21m 3 slot 2 cluster B firstSlot...

Page 502: ...riteMemory 8040000 vdcaPatchMemory 8080000 DeskType Vista5 VmcRes 28 CoreLayout remove for cores with bridge redundancy 9 sCoreBridge 10 sCoreBridge dir and file settings CoreFuncLibFile C sCoreCfgToo...

Page 503: ...rID 59392 XPos 86 YPos 2 Docking 1 MRUDockID 0 MRUDockLeftPos 86 MRUDockTopPos 2 MRUDockRightPos 202 MRUDockBottomPos 30 MRUFloatStyle 8256 MRUFloatXPos 2147483648 MRUFloatYPos 1168 GUI settings Bar1...

Page 504: ...e warning the following message will be displayed in the Generate All dialog and the configuration process will be stopped Could not find pe for Channel Inp Stereo 1 CtrlGrp1 Please reduce the require...

Page 505: ...3 7 2 Vista Settings 5 7 3 DAW Settings 6 7 3 1 General Recommendations 6 7 3 2 Digidesign ProTools 7 7 3 3 Apple Logic Pro 8 7 3 4 Merging Technologies Pyramix 11 7 3 5 Steinberg Cubase Nuendo 12 7 3...

Page 506: ...Vista 9 Digital Mixing System 7 DAW Control Date printed 29 10 10 SW V4 5...

Page 507: ...pported Thanks to an extended strip setup so called DAW channels can be inserted into any desired slot of the setup With a DAW channel a number of DAW controls can be operated as provided by the Macki...

Page 508: ...there is a new menu option in the TC Reader Generator setup dialog Please note that the 9 pin serial control is disabled as soon as the DAW Control setting is selected MIDI Over Ethernet Instead of th...

Page 509: ...DAW Control While using ipMIDI add the following two lines into D950system ini as shown below Please note the entry is case sensitive Midi DawPorts Ethernet MIDI Define Network Card Define which netwo...

Page 510: ...n the DAW Install ipMIDI v1 6 requires DirectX 8 1 or later Deactivate Loop Back un tick checkbox in the ipMIDI monitor window Define four ports in the ipMIDI monitor window as shown in chapter 7 2 Re...

Page 511: ...roTools tested with V7 4 Protocols Mackie HUI protocol OK Mackie control protocol Not supported Controller Settings Known Issues When closing Vista before ProTools Access violation in ProTools ProTool...

Page 512: ...ta 9 Digital Mixing System 7 DAW Control Date printed 29 10 10 SW V4 5 7 3 3 Apple Logic Pro tested with V8 0 2 Protocols Mackie HUI protocol Not supported Mackie control protocol OK Controller Settin...

Page 513: ...Vista 9 Digital Mixing System DAW Control 7 Date printed 29 10 10 SW V4 5...

Page 514: ...Vista 9 Digital Mixing System 7 10 DAW Control Date printed 29 10 10 SW V4 5 Known Issues Solo un mutes the channel on the DAW...

Page 515: ...al Mixing System DAW Control 7 11 Date printed 29 10 10 SW V4 5 7 3 4 Merging Technologies Pyramix tested with V6 0 Protocols Mackie HUI protocol OK Mackie control protocol Not fully supported Control...

Page 516: ...h messages most commonly with a huge gang a crash of Pyramix can be provoked 7 3 5 Steinberg Cubase tested with V4 0 Nuendo tested with V4 2 Protocols Mackie HUI protocol Only 8 channels supported Ena...

Page 517: ...Vista 9 Digital Mixing System DAW Control 7 13 Date printed 29 10 10 SW V4 5...

Page 518: ...ed 29 10 10 SW V4 5 Note In Cubase Nuendo the controller 4 must be mapped to Ethernet MIDI port 1 controller 3 to Ethernet MIDI port 2 etc as shown in the screenshots above in order to get the correct...

Page 519: ...the correct cps files 1 x Vista HUI 3 x Vista XT HUI Mackie control protocol Use the correct cps files 1 x Vista MackieProto col 3 x Vista XT MackieProtocol These cps files are provided by Studer wit...

Page 520: ...ixing System 7 16 DAW Control Date printed 29 10 10 SW V4 5 7 3 7 SADiE tested with V5 6 2 Protocols Mackie HUI protocol Only 8 channels supported Mackie control protocol Only 24 channels supported Co...

Page 521: ...trol Protocol Mackie HUI Protocol During the tests instabilities of SADiE were experienced when using more than 8 channels in HUI protocol mode and more than 24 channels in Mackie Control Pro tocol mo...

Page 522: ...ks only from DAW toVista but not vice versa Solution The persistent route has not been set correctly see chapter 7 2 7 4 Control Keys in Channel Strip Some of the channel strip keys on the desk surfac...

Page 523: ...D950System ini 15 8 5 6 Tie Line Management 16 8 5 7 Control Network 16 8 5 7 1 Vista 5 and 9 17 8 5 7 2 Vista 6 7 8 17 8 5 8 IP Addresses 17 8 5 9 Audio Sync for all Systems 17 8 6 Network Setup Exam...

Page 524: ...Vista 9 Digital Mixing System 8 RELINK Date printed 29 10 10 SW V4 5...

Page 525: ...O sharing this means that red light fader start and signaling connections are automatically follow ing any console where the audio signal is used and correctly applied to the source Studio CD Player e...

Page 526: ...ked all the gray connections are set active at the same time Set Outputs only becomes active if some output patch connections are made to other systems This is only necessary when doing patch connecti...

Page 527: ...dialog is handled in the channels Vistonics view in order to be able to link a number of channels and do the take over handling for all of these channels at the same time with a gang There is one dif...

Page 528: ...d by other systems directly A description of how all the necessary states look like is given below 1a First no mic is connected to the channel Then a shared mic currently in use by another OnAir or Vi...

Page 529: ...put channel via a snapshot 1c If one or several shared mics are used on other systems but then get patched to a local channel via a snapshot the following message appears on the GC If confirmed with y...

Page 530: ...rs after a click on the OK button 8 4 Vista Restrictions Signaling such as red light or fader start is not combined with I O Shar ing Vista systems cannot have any NETInputs configured 96 kHz sampling...

Page 531: ...r exe Digital Mixing Console VISTA Studer Professional Audio GmbH Regensdorf Switzerland Last modification Sep 1st 2006 Compatible with OATreeLib V2 1 Author SIA Rules always leave one blank before an...

Page 532: ...lines below It is possible that a container is member of one or more than one multicast groups NOTE For an optimal performance make sure that all network resources Switches Routers support IGMP NOTE...

Page 533: ...ile In the configuration tool go to Physical Connections Under Destination all HD links within your system are listed Select the physical inputs to be used as tie lines Once they are configured as tie...

Page 534: ...the appropriate interfaces e g MADI one by one for every single physical audio connection When finished click the Save IO Sharing button at the right hand edge of the Configuration Tool GUI This proce...

Page 535: ...must also be added in this file If no file with this name is found in a configuration folder all I Os of this Vista system will be available for networked access 5 3 Configuration Changes EveryVMC co...

Page 536: ...h this container belongs to The systemid is a unique number within a network The serial number must be in the range 1 255 systemid 35 this needs to be a unique number The systemname identifies the mix...

Page 537: ...preferable addresses from the local scope 239 255 0 0 16 described in RFC 2365 NOTE If the multicast should reach computers beyond the local subnet Set MulticastTimeToLive 1 1 is default MulticastGro...

Page 538: ...ty of 64 64 are quite popular for tie lines MADI tie lines may also be configured to use less than 64 I O any desired number smaller than 64 AES EBU or Line interfaces can also be used as tie lines if...

Page 539: ...trol e g ProTools IP 192 168 2 XXX SUBN 255 255 255 0 STUDER Plugin Engine IP 192 168 2 200 SUBN 255 255 255 0 Vista desk networked Ethernet Tie lines between cores MADI AES or HD Links DNET technolog...

Page 540: ...ds to be used In the case of a Vista 8 with a redundant control system it is recommended to connect the Ethernet switch between the network port of the main control system and the bridge card of the S...

Page 541: ...ese messages are all displayed in the same type of window that also shows mic control messages As long as no sources or targets of a remote system are used locally no status messages of these systems...

Page 542: ...Vista 9 Digital Mixing System 8 20 RELINK Date printed 29 10 10 SW V4 5...

Page 543: ...Studer SCore Live For Vista and OnAir 3000 Systems Operating Instructions October 2010 6th Edition...

Page 544: ...Professional Audio GmbH Studer Professional Audio GmbH Technical Documentation Althardstrasse 30 CH 8105 Regensdorf Switzerland http www studer ch Subject to change Studer is a registered trade mark o...

Page 545: ...3 1 1 Utilization for the Purpose Intended 3 1 2 First Steps 3 1 2 1 Unpacking and Inspection 3 1 2 2 Installation 3 1 2 3 Adjustments Repair Cleaning 5 2 Introduction 6 2 1 Block Diagram 7 2 2 The F...

Page 546: ...SCore Live SCore Live Date printed 28 10 10...

Page 547: ...IEC 320 C13 mains cable sockets have to be connected to appropriate mains cables by a trained technician respecting your local regulations Refer to the Installation Operation andWaste Disposal chapter...

Page 548: ...49 0429 ADAT card long distance option 1 7 W A949 0426 TDIF card 1 W A949 0412 HD card 5 W A949 0411 MADI HD card 5 5 W A949 0437 Serial card 0 2 W A949 0438 Serial Merger card 0 6 W A949 0435 GPIO ca...

Page 549: ...ary with the number of I O channels The basic configuration with two DSP cards offers the functionality of C10802 Con figurations up to C10804 may be operated without a fan unit as long as no redundan...

Page 550: ...sole system The System Configuration Editor software available as an option allows clients to take the factory defined settings and make their own adjustments on a job by job basis including changing...

Page 551: ...lot 7 2 6 HD 12 DSP Slot 1 2 8 9 GPIO CARD Vista DSP CARD DSP CARD DSP CARD EXT SYNC CARD PRIMARY PSU HD CARD RS422 MERGER CARD PRIMARY PSU AUDIO I O CARD AUDIO I O CARD AUDIO I O CARD AUDIO I O CARD...

Page 552: ...e card the SCoreLive s maximum capacity for DSP cards is reduced from 9 to 8 cards Single Bridge Card VISTA 9 PC 1 LAN 1 IP 192 168 1 128 IP 192 168 3 128 SUBN 255 255 255 0 LAN 2 IP 192 168 2 128 IP...

Page 553: ...55 0 Switch 1 Switch 2 PC 2 LAN 1 IP 192 168 1 129 IP 192 168 4 129 SUBN 255 255 255 0 LAN 2 IP 192 168 2 129 IP 192 168 3 129 SUBN 255 255 255 0 BRIDGE 1 IP Port 1 192 168 1 60 IP Port 2 192 168 2 60...

Page 554: ...2 patch cable is required in order to connect the control signals embedded in the HD link data stream via the HD RS422 card and the serial Merger card to the D21m backplane Order no C089 201171 9 pin...

Page 555: ...nk between the Bridge card and the OnAir 3000 desk It hosts the DNet mix engine control software The backplane connector provides 5 V power to the card The card can be hot swapped but requires a power...

Page 556: ...isplays the progress by sequentially lighting the LED bar from bottom to top less than 5 seconds When the complete OS is transferred into the memory the top LED starts flashing indicating that the app...

Page 557: ...ase Other LEDs LK Indicates a network link ACT Indicates network activity INIT FAIL Is on INIT either during initialization of hardware and operating system INIT or during operation in case of a syste...

Page 558: ...re Furthermore the local voltages and temperatures are monitored and may be accessed by the host application The card can be hot swapped Max cable length for HD links 10 m Current consumption 5 V appr...

Page 559: ...eady and waiting for code OFF OFF Card is processing OFF ON Card has detected an error and is disconnected from the TDM Bus ON ON Card is booting code HD LOCK Indicates a valid HD link signal at the c...

Page 560: ...ast setting within less than 10 seconds after powering up thanks to a non volatile memory gold cap backup capacity sufficient for approx one week Two bridge cards may be plugged into the frame for red...

Page 561: ...LEDs on 1GBit s Integrated LEDs The LEDs within the Ethernet connectors have the following meaning Orange Half duplex operation Green Traffic activity DIP Switch S2 Used for factory testing only Duri...

Page 562: ...the first network adapter must not be within the same subnet as the IP address of the second port Click on Apply settings at next startup 3 3 2 Bridge Card IP Address Recovery The following steps allo...

Page 563: ...low resetting the web login password to default studer 1 Connect to port 1 of the Bridge card using FTP User name root Password Obelix 2 Open the folder Studer www CGI DATE 3 Delete the existing passw...

Page 564: ...stem clocks can be used from the WCLK OUT and AES 3x OUT outputs Important If the system is using MADI links the deviation of the external sync signal from the nominal clock frequency must not exceed...

Page 565: ...75 1 2 reserved default setting OFF 1 3 reserved default setting OFF 1 4 WCLK IN termination default setting OFF High Z ON 75 Connector Pin Assignment AES SYNC IN 3x OUT 15 pin D type female UNC 4 40...

Page 566: ...top of and below the frame For a frame dissipating more power a fan unit see below must be used at the bottom of the frame combined with an air deflector filter unit on its top If space is available...

Page 567: ...the fan unit within the SCore Live only For more information on cooling as well as guidelines for power dissipation estimation refer to chapter 1 2 2 paragraph thermal considerations FAN STATUS Conne...

Page 568: ...SCore Live 24 SCore Live Date printed 28 10 10...

Page 569: ...s Update Info Application Note 1 Matrix Buses Panning in a PA Environment Vista 5 8 9 3 Application Note 2 TV Gallery Pre Hear Vista 5 8 9 4 Vista Digital Mixing System Application Notes Update 10 Dat...

Page 570: ...Vista Digital Mixing System 10 Application Notes Update Date printed 28 10 10 SW V4 5...

Page 571: ...l master chan nels to a speaker channel in order to match the sonic impression in the venue with the panner directions It is also possible to add some DSP processing in the matrix output channels e g...

Page 572: ...a D950 conferencing automatically produces a simple pre hear mix and removes presenters mics from this pre hear when they are faded up Configuration First the DSP configuration must be set to provide...

Page 573: ...patch and select Bus Out on the Show Sources pull down menu Patch this bus to the output port feeding the director s loudspeaker Vista Digital Mixing System Application Notes Update 10 Date printed 2...

Page 574: ...deactivation of this feature is done in the GUI with the button on the screen or the option F7 key Vista 5 and Vista 9 host a dedicated ON key for this next to the SETUP CONF key This ON key or the o...

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