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D-12 / D-16 / D-32
Digital Control Surfaces

TECHNICAL GUIDE

600 Industrial Drive, New Bern, North Carolina, USA 28562

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Page 1: ...D 12 D 16 D 32 Digital Control Surfaces TECHNICAL GUIDE 600 Industrial Drive New Bern North Carolina USA 28562...

Page 2: ...t channel there are no limitations for IFB And because it s a live television console it has extensive communication capability If there is a mix you can talk to it It even has twelve programmable tal...

Page 3: ...UT FRAME 27 5 x 82 00 CUTOUT DIMENSIONS The D 12 D 16 D 32 digital audio control surfaces are designed for simple drop in installation in a countertop Mainframes are available in a variety of sizes fr...

Page 4: ...der for 3 seconds After 3 sec the user scrolls through the available functions until the desired function isdisplayed andselectsitbypressingtheProgrammable switch The Programmable switch will light if...

Page 5: ...E mix pre fader pre on and post gain EQ and DYN AFL puts the input channel s post fader post ON signal into the AFL mix NOTE If both AFL and PFL are on they are summed by default to the PFL output Thi...

Page 6: ...witch to assign the source displayed in the lower source window to this input channel strip REVERT press this switch to go back to the previously selected source Acts as an A B source selector that to...

Page 7: ...fader knobs engraved with 5 1 Bus Assign LED s Each input strip has four sets of LED indicators which display the state of the channels bus assignments An illuminated LED indicates GROUPS shows which...

Page 8: ...dB on a calibrated scale beside the bargraph If the channel is stereo the bargraph shows the sum of the left and right signals The bargraph is colored with green indicating lower levels and red indic...

Page 9: ...Channel Status LCD display underneath the AUX SEND information Once again this 8 character name is as defined in the Wheatstone Bridge Router Channel Status VariousindicatorsontheChannelStatusLCDdispl...

Page 10: ...ow Mid Band Level HIMID F High Mid Band Freq High Mid Band Frequency HIMID Q High Mid Band BW High Mid Band Q HIMID L High Mid Band High Mid Band Level HIGH F High Band Freq High Band Frequency HIGH Q...

Page 11: ...AUX SENDsweassumetheSENDbuttonislit andwewill freely discuss controls in both the AUX SENDS and MASTERS sections of the panel without qualifying which panel section the control being discussed is loc...

Page 12: ...e XYE D12 panel and pressing the associated TAKE button AUX SEND 1 can be mono or stereo Press the AUX SEND 1 button then press the appropriate MODE button on the SUR D12 panel If AUX SEND 1 is in STE...

Page 13: ...pre or post fade and pre or post ON Settings are made individually to each of the 8 MXMs but are global in the sense that once they are made the settings apply equally to all MXM sources Once you have...

Page 14: ...GRP D12 or MSTR D12 panel will change to reflect the new bus assignment Input channels may be assigned to any group master DCA or MXM in any combination The situation is similar for groups except that...

Page 15: ...nd output masters Dy namics controls are accessible by selecting an input or master fader SET button Dynamics may be switched in out directly from the input fader and master fader DYN switches without...

Page 16: ...an effective high frequency bias up to as much as 6dB differential which helps to mitigate the detrimental limiting effect of the resulting audio seeming bottom heavy normal to most compressors While...

Page 17: ...pressor s output level back up to nominal system signal level up to 20dB of output gain is available to allow this Gate The Dynamics section also contains a noise gate useful for reduc ing sounds belo...

Page 18: ...nthe IS D12 panel The input channel s EQ button will light and its LCD display will show EQ High Pass Filter This is a 24dB octave variable high pass fil ter with Butterworth characteristics tunable b...

Page 19: ...in and out by way of the IN switch Equalizer This consists of four bands of parametric control used for modify ing the sonic qualities of a signal Each band has 14dB of BOOST CUTcapabilities knob dou...

Page 20: ...Audio Delay Audio delay is shown in the CHANNEL DELAY display Delay is accomplished for inputs submixes master mixes aux sends and mix minuses by means of activating their correspond ing SET button an...

Page 21: ...cut Dobbying the trim knob will reset it to 0dB SOLOswitchesallowformonitoringofeach component The 5 1 trims are gain offsets independently applied to the current gain setting of each compo nent the 5...

Page 22: ...rogrambypressingitsSETbutton Assignittothe5 1 destination by means of the ASSIGN switchbank on the MXM D12 panel The 5 1 SURROUND section will indicate the currentsettingsoftheencoderLT RT FRONT REAR...

Page 23: ...E row of six interlocked switches only one selected at a time Affects which channels of the source signal are passed to the rest of the input signal path 5 1 surround sets the input fader to be a surr...

Page 24: ...MXM s are always MONO SUB GROUPS or STEREO MASTER SET PRESSED 5 1 master is permanently set to 5 1 mode Press STEREO MONO LEFT or RIGHT to put the subgroup or master in stereo mono left only or right...

Page 25: ...ttings only COPY ALL copies all settings from the source fader except Source Preset Choose the desired channel to be copied by pressing its SET button IS D12 panel The SET button will then flash in co...

Page 26: ...sets the order in whichyoupressthebuttonsmatters Forexample ifyouselected inorder channels 1 2 4 and 3 for COPY and then selected in order channels 5 7 6 and 8 for PASTE the end result would be that...

Page 27: ...EO ID TONES button and adjust the level by pressing the LEVEL button The test tone destination is chosen by pressing the SET button at the desired destination location and then the ASSIGN button in th...

Page 28: ...isplay the current count Time of Day Clock The MASTER LCD screen includes the display of a time of day clock To set the time on this clock you run a Wheatstone utility program WSTimeSet exe on a netwo...

Page 29: ...ton again will do nothing Modifying the Currently Selected Event It is presumed an event has already been executed on the control surface Modifications to that event can be accomplished by simply adju...

Page 30: ...them However an event may be custom named when saved or at a later time To rename the displayed event press the ALPHA SCROLL knob The CURSOR LT and CURSOR RT buttons will light and the cursor indicate...

Page 31: ...E when displaying the current mode the displaywillswitchto Okay andyouwillnotneedtoenterthepassword If you stop partway through the procedure the mode selection process will time out after about 15 se...

Page 32: ...rs orMXMmasters ispressed itsmostcurrentdestinationwill be shown in the DESTINATION display A mix is capable of being sent to one or many outputs To see all the destinations that the mix feeds rotate...

Page 33: ...t to the switched meters whenever a PFL switch is lit Likewise input faders put into the AFL mix are summed and output on the AFL mix signal mono or stereo which is sent to the switched meters when an...

Page 34: ...nwiththe CONFIDENCE FEED ALL LED function This input is cross connected to an auto generated mixer signal with the CONFIDENCE FEED LED CFLED1 forexample functionattached thesignalnamewillbeDxCF1 for c...

Page 35: ...pot show the selected source MONITOR SOURCE display shows the cur rently programmed source Use rotary encoder and TAKE to select a new source Monitor sources can be selected several ways FourPRE PROGR...

Page 36: ...ne is normally set in the configuration software to MUTE the control room output to prevent the occurrence of feedback CR SET BUTTON lets the operator select the source to be listened to in the contro...

Page 37: ...nes will usually provide a part of the signal that is going out over the air If that signal is the one being monitored with the studio speakers feedback will occur To prevent this the studio mic fader...

Page 38: ...be lit by a remote device connected to a Logic card input port See the Bridge Router manual for details Talkback Mic The operator s talkback mic plugs into the panel mounted XLR connector located on t...

Page 39: ...the corresponding switch Each individual TB button is programmed as follows 1 Press and hold the TAKE button this button will light to enter programming mode 2 Press the TB button you want to program...

Page 40: ...ude PAN BAL MODE EQ Dynamics Test Tone assign and Routing The group may be in Surround Mode if configured as a surround group Stereo LEFT RIGHT orMONOmodes Thegroup MODE settings affects the group out...

Page 41: ...the MSTR display group Groups can also be assigned to MXM masters but this assignment is not indicated on the GRP D12 panel but only on the MXM D12 panel DCA Group Displays Each sub group channel can...

Page 42: ...dentical controls at the other three destina tions on the MSTR D12 panel Mix Destination 5 1 Surround Input channels are assigned to the 5 1 Surround master by means of BUS ASSIGN button 5 1 MASTERASS...

Page 43: ...lay will show NoDest AsyourotatetheDESTINATIONknobinthe XYE D12 panel the names of allowable destinations will appear in the DESTINATION display If 5 1 is not currently routed to the displayed output...

Page 44: ...tch turns the channel signal ON pressing it again turns the channel signal OFF The switch LED lights to indicate the channel is ON DCA Master Displays Each channel can be assigned to any combination o...

Page 45: ...n the input sub group or master panel will be illuminated as well as the assign buttons DCA ON The ON switch turns the DCA master ON faders assigned to the master will also be turned ON FADER A long t...

Page 46: ...posite PAGE on all input faders i e A becomes B B becomes A Useful for instant LIVE to BREAK setups Display Monitor Controls These switches change what information is dis played on the CHAN SET INFO L...

Page 47: ...M A S T E R P A N E L page 47 D 12 July 2006 RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE...

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