Studer Vista, Operating Instructions Manual

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STUDER
21. Sep. 2004 Release Notes Vista 3.4
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Inactivate Conference temporarily
The conferencing may temporarily be deactivated by pressing the CONFERENCE icon in the
toolbar (
) or hitting the F7 key on the control Bay. In this case the definition of which
channels should be in the conference is kept. As soon as the conference is activated again
globally (hit F7 again or click again on the icon in the toolbar), the previously selected
channels are again able to talk to each other. Temporary activation of the F7 button is also
possible.
Conference Level
When in conference, it is also possible to alter the n-x send level of the channel
conferencing. This level will then be used as a conference send level only. When opening
the fader, the previously set level comes back. In other words: the system remembers two
level settings, one is active when conferencing, the other value will be activated when in
normal n-x mode.
Monitoring the conference using the MPX bus
Another new bus type is available within the new Configuration Editor software: MPX. This
bus only exists once within a configuration (similar to a PFL bus) and is used to monitor the
conference. It is a mono bus. Any channel currently conferencing is automatically assigned
onto the MPX bus and the MPX bus output may be monitored by the sound engineer using a
source selector key. Since the MPX bus output is a normal bus output, it can also be patched
to any console output. This allows you to feed this signal to a small loudspeaker constantly
playing back the conference signal, for example.
Adding On Air signal to the conference
It is possible to add an amount of the master signal to the conference, in case the
conferencing members want to constantly hear what's happening on air. This functionality is
provided by a special function, whereby an auxiliary master channel is added as a
conference member. This AUX bus is fed by the on air signal from the masters.
Step by step:
1. Have one aux bus configured with an On/Off symbol at the master channels. Have
another On/Off symbol between this master channel and all n-x busses. (This step is
normally performed by the n-x wizard available in the configuration editor
software.)
2. Define your conference members by hitting F6 and selecting any of the half lit n-x
owner channels and add the aux master channel as a conference member too.
3. Go to the console master channels and open some level to the aux this aux bus.
4. Vary the n-1 send level on the corresponding aux master channel in order to add the
on air signal to the conference. Since this feed is taken prefade, the fader of this
master doesn’t have any influence.
Typically one auxiliary bus is reserved for this use. It may be the one with the highest bus
number of all, in order to confuse with the rest of the busses. By using the new "n-x setup"
wizard within the Configuration Editor software, this functionality can be easily added with
all typical settings.
Alternate signal to n-x outputs (CUE)
With the new n-x bus type it is possible to define an "alternate n-x bus assignment". It is
possible to select any console channel or multiple together to the alternate signal to an n-x
output. This signal is activated by one of the user keys on the channel strip. It is only
possible to do so at the moment when the fader of the owner channel is closed.
If you don’t want to use normal console channels to be the alternate signal, feel free to
configure simple input channels which are not used otherwise during the production. Such a
channel can be the “alternate cue signal” source for all n-x busses - or you can define an
different alternate source for each n-x bus separately.
Set-up a “alternate n-x signal” for a specific n-x bus: