Manual
Table Of Contents
- HD96-24 Overview
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. HD96-24 Overview
- Chapter 3. System Setup
- Initial set-up procedure
- Unpacking the equipment
- Ventilation
- Racking the I/O
- Connection instructions
- System components
- Powering the system
- Switching on the HD96-24
- To switch off the HD96-24 surface
- Setting up the ID of the unit(s)
- To set up the ID of a I/O unit
- I/O Box Update
- Connection to the internet
- Hardware Connections
- Chapter 4. Before You Start
- Chapter 5. About the Control Surface
- Chapter 6. Navigation
- Navigating via the surface detail area
- Navigating via the GUI Menu Bar
- Side Bar Menu
- Widgets and Rotary Controls
- Workflow Modes Overview
- Overview
- Side Bar Pop Op Display
- Tags and Pops
- Clipping Channels
- Bus Setup and Outputs Management
- Meter Bridge
- Channel View
- Console View
- FOH View
- Automation View
- Navigating via Touch Screen Faders
- Navigating via the Layer Overview/Channel Strips area
- Navigation via Global Assignable Shortcuts area
- Navigation via Pinned Fader and Assignable Controls
- Flip Mode
- One Shot Pot
- Clipped Channels, fault finding a problem channel
- Console Layout Configuration (Navigation)
- Creating a Custom Layout
- Chapter 7. Patching
- Chapter 8. Basic Operation
- Scene and show management (Automation)
- Clear the Console
- Saving and Loading show files to a USB memory stick
- Saving and Loading show files to the mCloud
- Save & Mark
- Rollback
- Load Options
- Automate patching preferences:
- Naming Page
- Channel Tags
- Channel Configuration (Config)
- Setting a Pre-Amp’s input gain
- Linking & Stereo
- Patching
- Direct Output
- Options
- Configuration Pages for Outputs
- Linking & Stereo (Outputs)
- Patching (Outputs)
- Direct Input
- Options
- Oscillator (Output Widget)
- Setting the HPF and LPF
- Input equalisation
- True Audition
- Output processing
- Input Dynamics Processing (Dynamics Section)
- Using VCA & POP groups
- How to configure a VCA/POP group:
- Alternative way to assign VCA/POP groups
- Routing to master stereo outputs
- Manchino Multi Edit Page (Basic introduction)
- Security (locking mode)
- Chapter 9. Stereo Linking
- Chapter 10. Panning
- Chapter 11. Soloing
- Chapter 12. Chapter 12: Muting
- Chapter 13. Monitors and Shout Configuration
- Chapter 14. Graphic EQ (GEQ)
- Chapter 15. Internal Effects
- Effects overview
- Working with channel inserted effects
- Effects Browser
- Effect Rack
- Effect Sub-slots
- Effects Rack Safes
- FX Mode
- Effect Programs
- Reverbs:
- TC Electronic VSS4 Reverb
- TC Electronic VSS3 Reverb
- TC M350
- Ambience Reverb
- Vintage Room Reverb
- Chamber Reverb
- Hall Reverb
- Plate Reverb
- Delays:
- Midas Delay
- Stereo Delay
- TC 2290 Delay
- KT 1176 Limiting Amplifier
- KT Bus Compressor
- R-Comp
- Smart Dynamics Processor
- Dual De-Esser
- DSR De-esser
- PIE (Prime Input Expander)
- Stressor Compressor
- Dual Band & Brickwall limiter.
- Midas U Flange
- Midas U Phase
- Pitch Shifter
- Chorus
- Rotor Motor
- Distortion/Exciter:
- Enlightenment Bass
- Glow
- Tape Saturation
- UNCL.HD MULTIBAND DISTORTION
- M Harmonics
- Chapter 16. Talk and Mute Groups
- Talk Groups
- Mute groups
- Using copy and paste
- Copy and Paste rules and restrictions
- Channels Versus Scenes
- Copy and Paste Parameters
- About the Assignable Rotary
- Controlling the Assignable rotary controls
- Pinned Channels
- Flip Target
- Global Assignable Shortcuts
- Assignables Types: Automation
- Assignables Types: Groups.
- Chapter 19. Automation (Scenes and Shows)
- Chapter 20. Show Editor (Recall and Store Scope)
- Chapter 21. Events (Automation)
- Chapter 22. Crossfade Events
- Chapter 23. TBC
- Chapter 24. File Management
- Chapter 25. Multiple Consoles and Other Devices
- Chapter 26. Preferences (Console Configuration)
- Chapter 27. Delay Compensation (Latency)
- Chapter 28. Panel Connections
- Chapter 29. Inputs
- Input channel routing
- Input channel areas of the control surface
- Input Widget Area
- The following processing sections are available:
- Channel View Workflow
- Side Bar Area
- Channel View
- Sends Overview
- Send Detail Area
- Input channel delay
- Aux return mode
- Effects Insert
- Input Metering
- Input Inserts
- Options - Processing Order
- Safes
- Mic Amp Input Gain
- Dynamics and mode descriptions
- Compressor
- Compressor modes
- Corrective mode (exponential peak - fast)
- Adaptive mode (exponential RMS - accurate)
- Creative mode (linear peak - slow)
- Vintage mode (adaptive peak - bright)
- Compressor Graph
- Ratio
- Knee
- Gate
- Ducker
- Sidechain
- EQ
- Phase (All Pass Filter) Controls
- Mixes
- Input channel Pick Off points
- Masters Section and Pan Control
- LCD Displays
- Chapter 30. Outputs
- Outputs on Channel Banks
- GUI channel strips
- Master Section on the control surface
- Output metering
- Bus trim (GUI only)
- Compressor (Dynamics)
- EQ (Equaliser)
- Mute, safes, level and solo
- Output channel name
- Output channel source/destination (GUI only)
- Stereo linking
- Output Configuration Patching
- Safes
- Insert
- Output channel delay
- Processing Order
- Mixes
- Masters
- Outputs macro interrogation control
- Flexi-Aux
- Chapter 31. GUI Menu (Side Bar Menu)
- Chapter 32. Configuring a virtual soundcheck
- Chapter 33. Manchino (Multi Edit Page)
- Chapter 34. Update Manager
- Chapter 35. Channel AI
- Chapter 36. Specifications
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Chapter 5. About the Control Surface
Overview of the Control Surface
This chapter introduces you to the control surface and provides a brief hardware description.
The HD96-24 has been designed to give the operator easy-to-use touchscreen controls along with familiar analogue style controls. This clever combining of working
methods ensures any engineer can walk up to this console and instantly feel at home, but when required can delve deeper into the system to achieve spectacular
results.
The surface is constructed on a robust MIDAS steel frame chassis similar to those used in established MIDAS analogue products. All associated power supplies,
computer motherboards, Wi-Fi router, Bluetooth, memory, graphics cards etc. are housed within the surface, which also contains a digital audio router box that
supports local I/O connectors on the rear panel. Substantial forced air-cooling is provided by a bulkhead and large (but slow moving) internal fans. The large capacitive
touchscreen displays a large quantity of information and can be customised to match your workow to make mixing a pleasure. Using modern day gestures from
mobile phone and tablet technology, such as pinch and swipe, makes parameter manipulation even faster and more responsive with up to 10 simultaneous touch
points.
The HD96-24 system is designed to be easy to see for colour blind people. Great care has been taken to make the system visible to as many types of colour blind people
as possible.
Control Surface Layout
The HD96-24 surface can be spilt in to 7 distinct areas making operation quick and precise with all controls close to hand. The areas are dened in the diagram below.
The HD96-24 has 4 fully assignable fader banks split into three banks of eight faders and one bank with four faders, each with individual full colour ultra-bright LCD
displays. Any section can be assigned to any function, be it inputs, outputs, POPs, VCA, Matrices or Masters. This concept allows the user to fully customise the surface
to suit their mixing preferences.
The global assignable shortcuts area can be used to provide many simple and complex functions with macro style controls at your ngertips. E.g. Pop group selection,
triggering macros or automation recall.