User guide

System 5 Digital Audio Mixing System User Guide52
Meter Configuration
Press the Cnfg key at the bottom of the Meter Presets Panel. The Meter Configuration Panel appears (right of figure above). By default,
the Full key (bottom-left) is lit, which selects one large meter; the Channel key is also lit, which displays the Channel options along
the right side of the Panel. The double arrows to the right of Channel mean that the right side displays Channel options. For
example, press Group to display Grp 1, Grp 2, etc. along the right side and the arrows appear opposite Group.
Each Strip can have a different meter configuration but it is also easy to assign the same configuration to consecutive Strips (with
automatic incrementing).
To select one meter:
1 While displaying the Meter Configuration Panel, press Strip 1’s Wave key.
2 Press the Full key from the bottom row to select one large meter.
3 Select Channel as the signal type for Strip 1’s meter from the options on the left side of the Meter Configuration Panel.
The right side of the figure above shows the relevant Channel options. Group, Mix, and Aux have different options.
4 Select Fader, Main, Swap, or Ch # to assign the signal to meter.
Fader: Meter measures whatever the fader controls (i.e., the active Swap/Main channel). Despite the name, the signal is mea-
sured pre-fader.
Main: Meter measures the Main channel even when Swap is active.
Swap: Meter measures the Swap channel even when Main is active.
Ch #: Meter measures the assigned channel even if it is not assigned to that Strip.
To select dual meters:
1 From the Meter Configuration Panel, press Strip 1’s Wave key.
2 Press the Dual key from the bottom row to select two, small meters.
The Dual and Lwr keys light.
3 Press the Channel key on the left.
4 Press the Fader key on the right.
The lower meter now measures the signal applied to Strip 1’s fader.
5 Press the Upr key to set the upper meter’s options.
6 Press the Group key on the left side.
The double arrows move down to appear opposite Group. The options change along the right side to Grp 1, Grp 2, etc.
7 Press the Grp 1 key on the right side.
Strip 1’s upper meter now measures the Group 1 Bus.
To select the same meter configuration for multiple Strips, press another Strip’s Wave key after configuring the first Strip. Because
each meter’s signal is automatically incremented by one, set the lowest numbered Strip first and then set additional Strips con-
secutively. For the dual meter example above, pressing Strip 2’s Wave key assigns Group Bus 2 to the upper meter and Strip 2’s
fader to the bottom meter. If Strip 3’s Wave key was pressed instead of Strip 2, Group Bus 2 would still be assigned to Strip 3’s upper
meter.
It is most common to meter the Fader, Main, or Swap signals. The TFT meter and fader meter follow the meter source point as set
in the path order. See “Channel Process Order and Patch Points” on page 74.