T-44/48 Series Amplifier
Operation Manual
T-44/48 Series | rev.
firm. 1.258 and above
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Overshoot limiter governs amplitude of transient signals retaining average power
whilst constraining peak energy
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Dante audio networking with automatic fallover to Analogue or AES3
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AES3 inputs
2.3 Drive Modules
The 44/48 Series processor has a new way of ordering and grouping channels in order to
give a more speaker-based approach to controlling, designing and recalling speaker
configurations; these are called Drive Modules. A Drive Module is the Processing provided by
one Input DSP Block, and a number of Output DSP Blocks, which are associated with one-
another by means of routing. For example, if Input DSP Block B is routed to Outputs 3 and 4,
then this is a 2-way Drive Module with Input DSP Block B forming the ‘Master’ control, and
Output DSP Blocks 3 and 4 providing the driver-related control. Overall, this forms the
processing typically for one loudspeaker sub-system. The System Engineer Drive Module
control panel for this sub-system may then be used for control and monitoring of the associated
speaker.
Drive Modules may be included in Module Groups, which use the Parameter Overlay
feature in the Device to achieve trouble-free Grouping in the System Engineer application.
The Presets in the Device are Drive-Module centric, and are used to configure individual
Drive Modules rather than the whole device.
Importantly, Drive Modules move the focus away from the processing device, and onto the
loudspeaker systems.
A Drive Module Preset may be broken apart into Components, allowing any output to be
used for any component within a Drive Module Preset (i.e. any driver in a loudspeaker
subsystem).
See
2.4 Overlays
When the Device is used in Modules view in System Engineer, this allows the modules to
be grouped into
Overlay
G
roups
. These groups allow various Input (master) parameters to be
adjusted in
all modules
in that group, whist maintaining independent parameter values across
each group. This is achieved in the device by combining the parameters for all the layers for a
given section (Gain Delay, EQ etc.). When an Overlay parameter is active, the Overlay indicator
will become illuminated. The combined Gain or Delay etc. associated with a given section is
shown on the module panel in System Engineer, within square brackets [ ] under the Delay and
Gain for each input channel. The combined EQ curve is shown in an olive colour. The Input
Mute button in System Engineer will flash if an overlay mute is active. On the device, the
presence of an active overlay is generally indicated by square brackets “[]” after the parameter
value on the display.
An input overlay mute is indicated on the mute/clip indicator for that channel flashing.
Note
that overlay parameters cannot be adjusted on the Device itself; these can only be controlled by
the System Engineer application. However, overlay parameters may be removed on the device
–
see
.
Note that overlays are not stored in presets or snapshots or
carried in settings files.
