Studer Vista, Operating Instructions Manual

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D950/Vista Digital Mixing System
7-26 ConfigTool
SW V3.3 Date printed: 05.08.03
All channel types correspond to similar channels of an analog console.
Each channel will be assigned to a channel strip on the Studer D950/Vista
Desk upon loading of the configuration. AUX mono and stereo masters are
treated as normal channels in this respect. On selection, a set of factory de-
fault functions will be loaded to the Channel Structure area, depending on
channel type.
Mtrk Input / Monitor (D950 only) These channel types largely correspond to what is known as “in-line”
channel. They have a very similar structure as input channels, and the only
major difference is in the way they are both assigned to the D950 desk.
The Mtrk Monitor channel is always automatically assigned to the upper
layer of a bank, and the Mtrk Input channel to the lower layer. This simu-
lates an in-line desk layout. Please refer to the corresponding chapter in the
Studer D950 Operating Instructions for more information on the Desk
layer/bank concept.
The Vista knows no such rule.
Control Master The Mono Control Master is a special channel type having any audio
functions – it is the Control Group Master used for the “VCA” style con-
trol groups. Up to 16 such Control Masters may be configured.
User Label User label is an optional text label that can be entered to additionally dif-
ferentiate the channel types. Usually, labels are used to differentiate chan-
nels of the same type but with different functions, e.g. Input Mono “with
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 in-
stalled DSP capacity (check the Core page to see how requirements
change) and, for some channel types, the maximum number is limited by
the capacity of the Studer D950 or Vista Desks to operate them. Desk
limitations are as follows:
Aux Mono D950 8, can be extended to 16 if no Aux Stereo extension
Aux Mono Vista 32
Aux Stereo D950 4, can be extended to 8 if no Aux Mono extension
Aux Stereo Vista 16
Master Mono 8
Master Stereo 8
Group Mono + Stereo 48, Stereo counts as 2 (e.g. 32 Mono + 8 Stereo Groups)
Control Master 16
MultiDesk Groups See chapter 7.4.3.4 .
Current Channel Structure This area displays the functions that have been selected for the current
channel type. There are five sections of each channel, corresponding to the
audio signal flow:
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Input Section
•
X-bar Section (order of functions can be set in the D950/Vista GC using
drag-and-drop)
•
Output Section
•
Pan Section
•
Meter Section
The functions have icons in different colours corresponding to each of the
five sections above. Functions can be removed from the current channel by