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Appendix A: SixtyFour Operation
The red “source” LED indicates that the channel BURN
switches are the Source selectors for the SixtyFour.
Press any of the 8 BURN switches and its LED will light
to show that a source has been selected. The Source
Labels will appear on the top row of the LCD, and the
Source level will be on the bottom row.
Press the middle Burn Mode switch again and the yellow
“destin” LED will light. Now you are dealing with the
destination outputs on the SixtyFour.
The top row of the LCD will display the Destination
labels. The bottom row of the LCD shows the Destination
level settings. Stereo Destinations will show level and
stereo balance from Left 99 to Right 99. The 8 rotary
pots now control the destination levels and stereo
balances.
Any Destinations that are routed to the previously
selected Source will light to show that they are routed to
that Source.
When the “source” or “destin” Burn Mode LED’s are on,
the upper panel of Dashboard no longer controls the
DAW, although the channel Mute and Solo switches still
control the DAW.
The lower panel of Dashboard continues to operate the
DAW as normal except for the SHIFT, CUT/default,
CTRL/compare SAVE, ENT and ESC. These exceptions
are described later.
To exit SixtyFour operations, and return the upper panel
to DAW operations, press any of the four Rotary Mode
switches on the right or the top Burn Mode switch. If
there are any pending operations on the SixtyFour, the
must be completed before exiting.
Creating LCD Channel Labels
Whenever the “source” or “destin” LED’s are lit, the Sixty
Four Source or Destination labels appear on the top row
of the LCD on Dashboard. These labels are stored inside
each SixtyFour device. The SixtyFour comes with
Source labels already defined as Source 01, Source 02
etc. The Destination labels already defined as Destin 01,
Destin 02 etc. Each label is 10 characters long.
Viewing Un-truncated labels
The LCD shows the first 2 and last 2 characters of each
label. Press any channel Select switch (just below the
LCD) on Dashboard, and all 10 characters of that
channel will appear on the top row of the LCD.
Editing Labels
To edit a label, first select either “source” or “destin” with
the Burn Mode switch. Hold down the CTRL switch on
Dashboard and press a channel Select switch to begin
editing that label. Its label will appear on the top row of
the LCD. Use the upper panel switches to enter the
desired name. The left and right View switches move the
edit cursor, and the decimal point switch (MUTE switch
on channel 8) functions as a space key. To capitalize a
letter, press SHIFT down first. You can also double click
the SHIFT switch to enter all capital letters.
To abort the edit, press the ESC switch or press ENT
switch to save the label inside the SixtyFour.
Mono Source and Destination Labels
These can be labelled any way you like, but remember
that most of the time they will be truncated on the LCD,
so make your selection accordingly.
Stereo Source and Destination Labels
Use the same name for stereo labels but add a /L ( a
slash and a capital L) as the last two characters for left
channels of a stereo pair, and a /R ( a slash and a capital
R) as the last two characters for right channels of a
stereo pair.
Surround Source Labels
Use a /S ( a slash and a capital S) as the last two
characters for the Source labels of a Surround or Multi
Channel source. If you will be using additional devices
for surround sources, label them also with the /S. It is not
necessary to do this /S for sources, it is a handy way to
keep track of things.
Surround Destination Labels
Use a /S ( a slash and a capital S) as the last two
characters for the Destination labels of a Surround or
Multi Channel device. It is this /S that lets Dashboard
know that a Surround device is being sourced from the
SixtyFour. When Surround Monitor mode is selected on
Dashboard it will know how to deal automatically with the
outputs. If you will be driving additional Surround devices
also label them with the /S as the last 2 characters.
Labelling the Front Panel on the SixtyFour
The SixtyFour has 4 label strip holders on the front
panel. Use the “SixtyFour Labeller and Interconnect
Planner” spreadsheet that comes on the CD ROM that is
included with each SixtyFour router.