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Distributed Program Bus—Talk about a time saver! If you need background music in your instal-

lation, simply wire the background music channels to a single block called a Distributed Program

Bus and, voila, these channels automatically appear in your zones (as long as you use a Zone Proc-

essor or Room Combine Processor to create your zones). See "About the Distributed Program Bus"

on page 93 for more information.

Zone Processor—Need to create an audio zone with background music and paging? The Zone

Processor block supplies all you need (with some help from the Distributed Program Bus and the

Paging System). See "About Zone Processing" on page 95 for more information.

Paging System—Here's another time saver! In the HAL System, you design your paging in one

central location (the Paging Manager). No longer do you need to wire your paging into every zone

you create. This wiring is done for you, behind the scenes. See "About Paging" on page 98 for

more information.

Control Linking—You won't believe how simple it is in Halogen to set up remote controls for

your end users. Each control in the system contains a special link icon. To link two controls

together, you simply drag one control's icon and drop it onto the icon of the control to which you

are linking. There's certainly a bit more to learn, but the process is really as simple as that. See

"About Control Links" on page 105 for more information.

Room Combine Processor—Perhaps the ultimate time saver in the HAL System is its Room Com-

bine Processor. Whereas you may have approached room combine designs with a sense of dread

(all those complicated matrix mixers), you'll now skip through the creation of a room combine

design in no time at all. We can honestly say that the process is simple! See "About Room Com-

bine" on page 121 for more information.

Presets—With the introduction of Toggle and Selector presets, the HAL System makes it possible

to activate and deactivate a single preset, eliminating the complexities introduced by layering pre-

sets (although the layering approach is still available, if needed). See "About Presets" on page 135

for more information.

3. Design to your heart's content! And have fun with it. The Halogen Processing Workspace is a blank can-

vas waiting to be filled with your ideas and design expertise. The tools provided by the HAL System

remove many of the tedious, time-consuming tasks from days-gone-by and free you up to do what you do

best—design audio systems!

CHAPTER 1: Welcome to the World of HAL