Operation Manual

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Controls have standardised properties that allow them to work in a
consistent way across various control panels for different devices. Many
controls will allow the mouse wheel to be used for fine adjustments, or the
keyboard as an alternative (see Keyboard Shortcuts). When using the
keyboard or the mouse wheel, it is necessary to have the control in question
‘in focus’. You can bring a control into focus either by tabbing to it (using the
Tab key), or by clicking on it with the mouse. Focus is often shown as a
dotted rectangle around part of the control (FIG 6).
INPUT CONTROL PANELS (IN A AND IN B)
The there are two input control panels (one for each input; in A and in B).
Bringing these panels "in focus" allows control of many input parameters
including high pass and low pass filters, and up to six bands of fully
parametric EQ.
OUTPUT CONTROL PANELS (OUTPUTS 1 TO 6)
The there are six output control panels (one for each output). Bringing these
panels "in focus" allows control of many output parameters including limiting
threshold, delay, high pass and low pass filters, and up to six bands of fully
parametric EQ.
LIMITING PARAMETERS
Note that the limiters do not require you to set the ratio, attack time or
release time since they are automatically derived from the crossover
frequency chosen.
DROP-DOWN SELECTOR BOXES
These are for selecting one item from a number of possibilities in a list.
Click the arrow on the right-hand end of the control to cause it to display a
list of the options. Click on the text for that option to select it. If there are
many options to choose from, a scroll-bar will be shown, allowing you to
scroll up and down the list by clicking the scroll arrows. Note that once the
control is highlighted, the PGUP, PGDWN and Arrow keys or the mouse
wheel may also be used to change the selection.
SPIN BOXES
The value would normally be adjusted by clicking on the top button to
increase the displayed value, or on the bottom button to reduce the displayed
value. Holding the mouse button whilst on a button will after a short delay
cause the repeat mechanism to repeatedly increment or decrement the value.
Alternatively, values may be typed into the value box directly. To do this, click
in the value box and type in the new value. The value you type in may include
a minus sign, a decimal point, and/or an engineering multiplier, such as ‘k’ to
signify a multiplication of 1000. This may appear at the end of the typed
string, or may be used instead of a decimal point (such as 6k2 to mean
6200). For the value to be accepted, you can either click outside the control
(such as on another control), or press the Enter key. Once a control button is
highlighted, the PGUP, PGDWN and Arrow keys a mouse wheel may also
be used to adjust the value (FIG 7).
BUTTONS
Buttons generally have two states; depressed (active) and non-depressed
(inactive). Generally, the button will apply the condition that is labelled when
it is depressed. The space bar may be used to activate a highlighted button.
FADERS
Faders provide a linearly traversing button, which may be dragged using
a pressed mouse to adjust the value. These sometimes also have an
associated value box for showing the numerical value of the parameter.
Once the control is highlighted, the PGUP and PGDWN keys may be used
for coarse adjustment, and the Arrow keys or the mouse wheel may be used
to for fine adjustment.
Also see (VNET™ Control Panel)
FIG 6
FIG 7