User Guide

Dugan Model E-3A User Guide Dugan Music System and Gain Limiting
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Completing Setup of the Music System
To continue setting up the Music System (sensing mic or submix):
1. On the Dugan’s Channel Pane, activate the music button on the desired channels.
The
music tab will appear on the Master Pane when at least one channel is assigned
to the Music System.
2. Click the
music tab on the right margin of the Master Pane to open the Music
System panel.
A column of controls appears for each group that has at least one active music
channel.
3. Enter the input channel or Matrix Mix Bus that you chose to use for the
music
thresh input ch.
for that group.
4. If the meter is set to
NOM gain limiting, click the title to toggle it to music threshold
level
.
5. Start with the
music system threshold fader(s) set to 0 dB (default).
See Setting Controls on page 37 to learn how to enter values.
6. On the Channel Pane, start with all channel
thresh controls at 0 dB (default).
7. Activate the
auto buttons for all channels in use, and the mute buttons for unused
channels.
8. On each channel, activate the
preset button adjacent to the selected mode.
This preserves your mode settings when the unit is powered off and on.
9. For each group, set the
music system threshold fader so the auto mix gain for
each affected input channel hovers around -15 dB.
If all the channel
auto mix gain displays stay at full gain, the threshold signal is
missing or too low.
10. Use the
thresh control to fine tune each channel so its auto mix gain display stays
close to -15 dB when that mic is not being used.
To close the Music System pane on an iPad, swipe it to the right.
iPad