SYMPHONY DANTE NETWORK AUDIO MUSICIAN’S TWIN HEADPHONE & MICROPHONE AMPLIFIER SYSTEM PRODUCT DETAILS 6 BROOKS PLACE, MAIDSTONE, KENT, ME14 1HE. ENGLAND. Visit our Website at www.glensound.co.
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PRODUCT WARRANTY: All equipment is fully tested before dispatch and carefully designed to provide you with trouble free use for many years. We have a policy of supporting products for as long as possible and guarantee to be able to support your product for a minimum of 10 years.
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GLENSOUND SYMPHONY Handbook Contents Issue 1, November 2016 Description Page No. Contents PRODUCT WARRANTY: .................................................................................................................................... 3 OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 BLOCK DIAGRAM......................................................................................
OVERVIEW The Glensound Symphony is a twin user musician’s microphone amplifier & headphone monitoring box with talkback facilities originally designed to meet the requirements of orchestras and designed to connect to a Dante audio network. The audio inputs and outputs of the Symphony are Dante network audio circuits. Dante network audio is a common protocol for distributing high quality linear audio over standard IP networks and it is widely used by many audio equipment manufacturers.
REMOTE CONTROLLED GAIN MIC AMP ADC MIC AMP GAIN Ethernet Phy Control Data To/ From Micro UP Control Data To/ From Micro DOWN Bi Directional High Speed Multiplexed Digital Audio DANTE FPGA PoE Take Off ETHERNET SWITCH +3.
PANEL LAYOUT & FUNCTIONS 1 2 3 g 4 5 UP SYMPHONY UP LCD DISPLAY PH.PWR GAIN GAIN DOWN DOWN PH.PWR 3/8BSW Symphony includes licence from Audinate Pty Ltd under U.S. patent number(s) 7747725, 8005939,7978696, 8171152 and other patents issued, see www.audinate.com/patents MIC IN MIC IN May be powered by PoE FUNCTION EXT 12VDC CENTRE POSITIVE RESET USB TM Dante Ethernet interface Glensound 12 11 10 PRIMARY SECONDARY SYMPHONY SERIAL No. 000 9 8 7 W www.glensound.co.
4. LCD Display The LCD screen is split in half, with the left half showing details of the left side microphone amplifier’s settings and the right side showing details of the right side microphone amplifier’s settings. The screen has a backlight which only turns on when a button is pressed and automatically turns off again after 10 seconds of inactivity. When no settings are being altered the display continuously scrolls between 3 screens to provide system information.
11. USB Socket This is used for connecting a PC to the inferno for updating its firmware. 12. Reset Switch Only use if advised to by support.
13 14 g POWER www.glensound.co.uk MIX 1 MIX 2 15 MIX 3 Headphones INSTRUMENT level 16 INSTRUMENT pan 17 HEADPHONE volume 18 Talkback Headphones 20 19 13. Talkback Microphone This is the microphone used for the musician’s talkback. When the ‘Talkback’ switch (20) is operated then the output of the talkback microphone is routed to the Dante network. 14. Power On LED The green power on LED indicates that the Symphony is receiving power and that it is turned on and running.
15. Mix Level Controls These 3 potentiometers (marked MIX 1, MIX 2 and MIX 3) adjust the headphone mix level (volume) of the associated input circuit being received across the Dante network. Each ‘MIX’ has an associated stereo input being received from the Dante network. When turned fully anti-clockwise the associated audio input circuit is effectively off. 16. Instrument Level This audio level control adjusts the level of the associated mono input circuit from the Dante network.
CONNECTING THE INFERNO TO A DANTE NETWORK The Symphony is a network audio device utilizing the reliable and versatile Dante audio over IP protocol. Dante is a proprietary system (although very widely used) the originators of which are Audinate. The information below is only meant as a very basic guide. Full details of the power of Dante network audio and instructions for using it can be found at www.audinate.
Running Dante Controller At the time of writing this manual the Dante Controller looks as per the screenshot below: The Symphonys will have been named at the factory during test to allow them to be identified by the Dante controller. The format used for the factory name is: ‘Symphony-serial-141-of63e2’ Where ‘Symphony-serial-141’ refers to the Glensound product i.e. Symphony and its serial no (in this case 103) and ‘of63e2’ refers to the units Dante Brooklyn II module and its MAC address.
UPDATING FIRMWARE 1. General The Symphony is a complex digital audio system comprising of a DSP and several Micro Controllers. All these items run software and may need to be occasionally updated. 2. Single File One single update file contains all the updated software for the internal devices. 3. Connect To A PC Using the rear panel USB connector connect your windows PC to the Inferno.
WIRING INFORMATION 2 1 3 STANDARD XLR AUDIO PINOUTS: 1: Ground/ Earth XLR SOCKET (FEMALE) 2: INPHASE/ POSITIVE/ MIC + 3: MATE/ NEGATIVE/ MIC - RING TIP SLEEVE STANDARD HEADPHONE WIRING: TIP: A/ LEFT Ear RING: B/ RIGHT Ear SLEEVE: Common/ Earth Symphony External DC power input: 2.
