Owner`s manual

Upper Panel Controls
If a MULTI switch is pressed quickly twice in sucession,
the next insert in the selected channel will be brought
forward for editing. Likewise, if MULTI switch is held
down, the next insert in the selected channel will be
brought forward for editing. If the switch is held
continuously, inserts 1-5 will all cycle through.
Whenever Dashboard is editing a plug in, that plug in
can be bypassed or made active by pressing the SHIFT
switch down, then the OPT/bypass switch. All the session
plug in’s can be bypassed or made active while the
MULTI switches are in “bypass” mode. Simply press and
hold down the OPT switch and press any channel MULTI
switch.
Select.
Press the PLUG IN switch to light the “select” LED. The
channel MULTI switches are now used to select other
channels for plug in editing. If Dashboard was editing
parameters (rotary display showing “PA”), it will return to
insert mode and will select another channel for plug in
editing. The channel selected will have its track label
displayed on the top row of the LCD.
Assign.
Press and hold SHIFT (on the Dashboard lower panel)
and then press “assign” on the Dashboard lower panel.
The SHIFT LED will light solid, and the “assign” LED will
flash to show that assignment is in process. During
assignment, the Burn Mode Switches and the Rotary
Mode Switches are all disabled.
The Rotary Display will show “IN” for insert, and any
SELECT LED’s that were on, now go off. Rotate the
rotary pots to move through the list of assignment
choices. The choices will appear on the LCD bottom row
as you do this.
When the SELECT LED flashes, it indicates that the
choice in that channel input or output assignment is not
the original one. When the desired assignment is shown
on the LCD, press that channel’s SELECT switch. That
will lock in that assignment on that channel. The channel
SELECT will light solid to indicate it is locked in.
MONITOR Operations.
When the green “stereo” LED is lit, the Rotary Display
will display “ST” for stereo. The MULTI switches revert
to activate the functions labelled below them just as
they did in MIX (fader and pan) mode. Rotary pot number
1 sets the control room speaker level which is labelled “C
Room” on the LCD top row. The SELECT switch and
LED above the rotary pot control the on/off state of the
control room speaker outputs. A lit SELECT LED
indicates that it is the on state. The level is displayed in
dB on the bottom LCD row.
Similarly, the studio and phones levels appear above
pots number 3 and 5 and are set by those rotary pots.
The SELECT switches also control the on/off state of
those outputs.
Pot number 7 sets the talkback level assigned to the
studio speakers. VERY IMPORTANT NOTE ! ! If you
are using the Studio speaker outputs to feed
speakers in the control room or anywhere near
Dashboard, you must set this level to -96dB or
audio feedback will occur from the talkback mic and
will damage your speakers and could damage your
ears ! !
Press the ROTARY SELECTOR in to show the dim
levels for the control room, studio and phones outputs as
well as the slate level. The dim levels are the amount of
level drop that occurs while the TALK switch is held
down. The dim levels are adjusted by rotating the rotary
pots. The Slate level controls the talkback mic sent to the
control room speaker outputs. This feature is used to
record the talkback mic into your session for cue
identification or other similar purposes. Of course, you
would have to temporarily patch a control room output
from Dashboard into your DAW input to accomplish this.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE ! ! You must turn off or
disconnect the control room speakers to perform
slate operation or audio feedback will occur from the
talkback mic and will damage your speakers and
could damage your ears ! !
Note: Dashboard retains all the stereo monitor levels
when it is powered off. If you have been using the slate
feature, always set it to -96dB when you are done. When
in doubt, check the slate level before turning on your
control room speakers and be sure it is -96dB !
Press the MONITOR switch and the yellow “surrnd” LED
will light. Please note that you must have a CM Labs
SixtyFour connected to the RS-232 port on Dashboard to
access the surround features.
The SixtyFour Studio Router and Level Control
The Rotary Display will display “Su” for surround. The
MULTI switches also activate the functions labelled
below them just as they did in MIX and Stereo Monitor
mode.
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