Specifications

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Triggering of External Devices on
Snapshot Recall
The VENUE system can be set to send MIDI Bank and Program
Change messages whenever a snapshot is recalled, to trigger ex-
ternal devices whose cues are related to snapshots. You can set
the system to send on any one of 16 available MIDI channels.
While it is possible to add Bank Select and Program Change mes-
sages to individual snapshots, this option lets you toggle mes-
sages on and off for all snapshots in one step. Using this option
also ensures that the Bank Select and Program Change messages
correspond to the snapshot number, even after snapshots are rear-
ranged in the Snapshots list.
The Bank Select and Program Changes messages reflect the num-
ber (1–999) of the recalled snapshot. (See Table 8 on page 233.)
To enable triggering of external devices when snapshots are
recalled:
1 Go to the Options page and click the Snapshots tab.
2 Under MIDI, select the Snapshots Send on Channel option,
and choose the MIDI channel from the corresponding pop-up
menu.
The VENUE system sends a Bank Select and Program Change
message on the specified channel whenever a snapshot is re-
called.
Sending MIDI Messages on Snapshot
Recall
You can add up to 20 specific MIDI messages to each snapshot.
These messages are sent whenever the snapshot is recalled. Send-
ing of the messages is enabled with the MIDI scope control in the
Snapshots window. For more information, see Chapter 20,
“Snapshots.”
Synchronizing with Word Clock and
Digital Audio Input
The S3L system operates at a native sample rate of 48 kHz. You
can sync an external digital device to your VENUE system, or
you can sync your VENUE system to external digital devices
such as a Master (or “house”) clock, or to another digital console.
The Word Clock In and Word Clock Out ports are located on the
back panel of the E3 engine.
Your system also automatically synchronizes to signals on its
AES digital audio inputs using sample rate conversion.
Syncing External Devices to VENUE
To sync an external digital device to your VENUE system:
 Connect a coaxial cable from the Word Clock Out on the E3
engine back panel to the word clock input on the external de-
vice. Set the external device to sync to the word clock signal
coming from the VENUE system.
The Word Clock graphic in the External Devices section of the
Options > Devices page is lit when a valid word clock connection
is detected by the S3L system.
Syncing VENUE to External Devices
Your VENUE system automatically syncs to external word clock
when connected to an external device sending a valid word clock
signal.
To sync your VENUE system to an external device:
1 Make sure the outgoing word clock rate of the external device
is set to match your VENUE system word clock rate (48 kHz).
2 Connect a coaxial cable from the word clock out port on the
external device to the Word Clock In port on the E3 engine.
EXT is indicated in the on-screen Status box when your
VENUE system is synced to the external device.
MIDI output is automatically suspended while in Preview
mode. For more information, see “Preview Mode” on
page 202.
VENUE systems always send a Bank Select message before
every Program Change message, even if the bank number has
not changed from the previous snapshot.
Snapshot MIDI send option
The MIDI Snapshot Output Safe option (Options > Snapshots
page) does not affect this option. You can only turn off this
feature by de-selecting the “Snapshots Respond to Channel”
option.