POWER CORE User Manual
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10. Audio Utilities
10.1
DMS Metering & Loopbacks
All systems provide
DMS
elements which can be assigned to a VisTool display for metering or to create audio
loopbacks to feed signals back into other parts of the system.
Mono DMS may be linked to operate in stereo or surround. Each DMS channel is equipped with silence detect
logic.
sapphire compact
and
Nova29
support 64 DMS;
sapphire MK2
and
POWER CORE
supports 256 DMS
presented in 4 groups of 64.
Additionally
Nova29
supports 256 internal loopbacks without silence detect and Vistool metering, presented in 4
groups of 64.
crystal
systems also support DMS and Loopbacks, but these operate slightly differently
and are accessed
from the “System -> Definition -> Parameter = DMS” branch of the ‘Tree Definition’.
To access the parameters:
1.
Select a
DMS
entry from either the "
Audio Input
" or "
Audio Out Only
" branches of the 'Tree Definition'.
2.
Then select the menu tabs to configure the
DMS Input
and
Loopback/Silence
parameters.
The same parameters can be accessed by double-clicking on
DMS
in "
". DMS
parameters can also be edited in list form from the "Command -> Inputs" window.
10.1.1 DMS Input Parameters
Meter n
Reference name for the meter.
Type
On the 1st input of eight, you can select the following options from the drop down menu:
·
Mono
.
·
Stereo
– normal stereo L/R operation.
·
5.1
– this option links 1-6 of the set for L, R, C, LFE, Ls, Rs surround.
·
5.1+2
- this option links 1-8 of the set for 5.1 surround, as above, plus separate stereo
input.
On other odd numbered DMS, you have the option to check the Stereo box to link the
odd/even pair for stereo operation.
Matrix Enable
This option enables matrix control of the DMS, with options for ON, LS and OFF. See
Label
Enter a label for the DMS.
Audio
Assigns the default audio signal.
Note that the audio feeding a DMS may also be configured in reverse - for example, the
DMS may be assigned as the audio input to another configuration element. In this case,
the default audio is overridden.
Color
Define the color for each DMS channel. The color is used for PPM bars in VisTool.