Specifications

Chapter 3: Using HDx 21
While in HDx mode, if you increase the digital gain by 6 dB
(to a displayed setting of +8.2 dB), and then switch back to
Stage Rack inputs, you can do one of the following:
• Apply the gain change, yielding a Stage Rack gain in-
crease of 6 dB, or a final setting of (30+6) or +36 dB.
– or –
• Discard the gain change, leaving the original Stage Rack
gain unchanged at +30 dB.
Snapshot PRE Settings and HDx Playback
Mode
While all current PRE settings are saved in the Show file, the
storage of PRE settings in snapshots scoped for PRE depends
on the current HDx mode.
• Snapshots created while a channel is in HDx Playback
mode will not contain Gain, Phantom Power, and Pad
settings. These settings can only be stored in snapshots
when a channel is configured for Stage Rack input.
• Any snapshots created for a channel in HDx Playback
mode will contain only HPF, Phase and Delay values.
Using Synchronization and Time Code
with HDx
The HDx Option only communicates audio data between
VENUE and Pro Tools.
If you plan to use Pro Tools as a MIDI Time Code master or
slave, a separate MIDI connection for the Pro Tools host com-
puter is required. Use a USB MIDI interface with Pro Tools,
and connect its ports to the MIDI In/Out ports on the
FOH Rack or Mix Rack.
Monitoring HDx Recordings
Monitoring Recording with an HD Audio
Interface
If your HDx installation includes a Pro Tools|HD audio inter-
face, you can use the I/O Setup dialog in Pro Tools to monitor
the HDx recording independently of HDx inputs and outputs.
To configure the Pro Tools system to monitor the recording,
send the outputs of the Pro Tools session to the signal path
that corresponds to the audio interface outputs connected to
your monitoring system.
Auditioning Files in Pro Tools with HDx
The audition function in Pro Tools, used for previewing audio
files in the Import Audio dialog, the Audio Regions list, the
Create Fades dialog, and for previewing AudioSuite processes,
is limited to the first 8 channels of the primary audio inter-
face.
In an HDx-equipped VENUE system, the primary interface is
always the first HDx card, so audition output goes to this de-
fault output path. When you have set Inputs 1–48 to “HDx1,”
audition output will be sent to the first 8 channels of the your
console.
It is not possible to send Pro Tools audition output to an audio
interface that is connected at the end of the HDx card chain.
PRE settings stored and recalled with Snapshots in HDx mode
PRE Parameter Recall Store
HPF freq and state Yes Yes
Phase Yes Yes
Delay Yes Yes
Gain No No
Phantom Power No No
Pad No No
For complete information on VENUE synchronization and
time code features, see the guide that came with your sys-
tem.
For complete information on signal routing in Pro Tools, see
the Pro Tools Reference Guide.
HD audio interface outputs in the Pro Tools I/O Setup dialog