Manual

33 PRO X User Manual
Basic Operation Of The PRO Series
Chapter 5: Before You Start
This chapter is intended to familiarise you with the control centre by showing you
how to carry out some basic operations in order to get some audio out of it.
Note: As the operation of both input bays is principally the same, this chapter
will generally only show the operation of the 12-channel input bay. However, any
dierences in operation between the 4-channel and 12-channel input bays will
be shown.
Please don’t forget that, although this system is a complex, high-tech piece of
equipment, it is very easy to use.
Principles of operation
Control centre operation is based on the concept of colours and groups rather
than ‘layering’ or ‘paging’, which is the case with most digital consoles on the
market today. With so many channels available it is far easier to remember them
by their user-congured individual/group colour and name rather than their
channel number.
The control surface is populated with instantly recognisable controls that are
logically distributed in major sections, so that all the controls you need to access
most of the time are always on the control surface, while the remainder are only
one action away. You can display all I/O meters, both on the control surface and
the GUI, to give instant monitoring feedback.
Operating modes
You can change certain aspects of the control centre operation by assigning
dierent tasks to certain areas of the control surface. This section will explain the
dierent ways in which the control surface can operate.
Normal mode
During normal operation the 12-channel input bay is operated from the mix bay
controls and GUI screen, while the controls and GUI screen in the master bay
operate the 4-channel input bay. Both input bays operate in unison and are,
in eect, area A.
Note: The 12-channel input bay will always be area A, no matter which operating
mode you are using.
Using the 4-channel input bay as area B
You can assign the 4-channel input bay as area B, thus making both the input
bays independent from each other. This facilitates two-man operation.
Operating the top output fast strips from the
master bay
During normal operation, three rows of output fast strips — which are always
independent from each other — are operated using the controls in the mix bay.
However, you can assign the master bay to control the top row of output strips.
>> To switch control of the output strips to the master bay
Dial in the appropriate channel number.
Controlling the mix buses in ip mode
Flip provides a more global approach to mix bus level control. Normally, you can
only use the level control knobs in the channel strips to adjust the signal level of
the aux/matrix mix buses going to the aux/matrix channels. However, by using
ip you have the option of controlling them from either the pan control knobs or
the faders in the input fast strips.
In ip mode the left/right arrow buttons in the upper channel select section
scroll across the input fast strips.
>> To congure the control centre for pan or fader ip
1. At the GUI, choose home  Preferences  General.
2. Depending on which option you require, click the option button of one of
the following in the Fader ip section. When an option is selected, it will
contain a red circle:
• “Flip to faders”.
• “Flip to Pans”.
>> To ip mixes to input pan/fader control
With an output selected on the control surface, press FLIP. The button will
illuminate to show you are in ‘ip’ mode. The currently selected mix bus in the
input fast strips will change to AuxS1 and, on the GUI, the background colour of
the pans and faders will change accordingly.
Also, the LCD select buttons in the input fast strips will display the current
bus mode, for example, “MONO AUX”.