Operator Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Overview
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: PRO2 Live Audio System
- Chapter 3: About The PRO2 Control Centre
- Getting Started
- Basic Operation Of The PRO2
- Chapter 5: Before You Start
- Chapter 6: Working With The PRO2 Control Centre
- Chapter 7: Navigation
- Chapter 8: Patching
- Introduction
- Terms used in PRO2 patching
- About the Patching screen
- Patching tooltips
- About the patching procedure
- Configuring the devices
- Setting up the I/O rack device(s)
- How to patch
- Chapter 9: Basic Operation
- Setting a mic amplifier’s input gain
- Setting the high and low pass filters
- Input equalisation (E zone)
- Input dynamics processing (D zone)
- Output processing
- Using VCA/POPulation groups
- Setting up a mix
- Setting up the effects rack
- Simple routing to master stereo outputs
- Automation
- Configuring the inputs and outputs
- Using copy and paste
- User library (presets)
- Surround panning
- Area B operation
- Saving your show files to a USB memory stick
- External AES50 synchronisation
- Security (locking mode)
- Advanced Operation And Features
- Chapter 10: Stereo Linking
- Chapter 11: Panning
- Chapter 12: Soloing
- Chapter 13: Muting
- Chapter 14: Monitors And Communications
- Chapter 15: Graphic Equaliser (GEQ)
- Chapter 16: Internal Effects
- Chapter 17: Control Groups
- Chapter 18: Copy And Paste
- Chapter 19: Assignable Controls
- Chapter 20: Scenes And Shows (Automation)
- About automation
- Automation controls
- Automation screen
- Using the right-click menu
- Scenes
- Scene contents
- Point scenes
- Numbering and navigation
- Initial snapshot scene (scene 0)
- Date and time
- Scene cue list
- Editing scene properties
- Adding a new scene
- Copying and deleting scenes
- Changing the order of the scenes
- Overriding store scope
- Using patching in automation
- Using zoom
- Show files
- Rehearsals
- Safes
- Chapter 21: Scope (Automation)
- Chapter 22: Events (Automation)
- Chapter 23: Crossfades (Automation)
- Chapter 24: User Libraries (Presets)
- Chapter 25: File Management
- Chapter 26: Using Other Devices With The PRO2
- Chapter 27: Changing The Preferences
- Setting the meter preferences
- Configuring a virtual soundcheck
- Configuring playback
- Restoring the PRO2 defaults
- Checking the build information
- Using patching in automation
- Selecting the surround mode
- Setting the time and date
- Setting the user interface preferences
- Setting the navigation mode
- VCA unfolding
- Changing the default input/output names
- On-scene store
- Changing the signal processing preferences
- Adjusting PRO2 illumination
- Selecting the function of the foot switch(es)
- Selecting the fan speed
- Remote control server
- Configuring the channels, groups and internal units
- Chapter 28: Delay Compensation (Latency)
- Description
- Chapter 29: Panel Connections
- Chapter 30: Input Channels
- Chapter 31: Output Channels
- Chapter 32: GUI Menu
- Appendices
- Appendix A: Application Notes
- Appendix B: Functional Block Diagrams
- Appendix C: Technical Specification
- PRO2 general statistics
- PRO2 general specifications
- PRO2 audio performance specifications
- PRO2 system inputs and outputs
- DL251 I/O box - analogue inputs
- DL251 I/O box - analogue outputs
- DL251 I/O box - MIDI
- DL251 I/O box - digital system inputs and outputs
- PRO2 control surface - DSP/router system inputs and outputs
- PRO2 control surface - analogue audio system inputs
- PRO2 control surface - analogue audio system outputs
- PRO2 control surface - digital audio system inputs and outputs
- PRO2 control surface - control data system inputs and outputs
- PRO2 control centre - miscellaneous inputs and outputs
- Inputs and output characteristics
- Main processing functions
- Status functions
- Appendix D: Troubleshooting
- Appendix E: Updating The PRO2 Host Software
- Appendix F: Parameters Affected By Scope
- Appendix G: Parameters Affected By Automate Patching
- Appendix H: Parameters Protected By Safes
- Appendix I: Parameters Affected By Copy And Paste
- Appendix J: Parameters Affected By Stereo Linking
- Appendix K: Parameters Copied Through Scenes
- Appendix L: Service Information
- Glossary
- Other important information
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