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1. types USER GUIDE ick Might Mouse Hulton on imis TELT fer Graph Contre infiromalior Click Right Mouse Bulon on itis TEAT for Graph Coninal inframatian ae a a a a Re os Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDON Gh iame Inout i CERI BYPASS jj evens au j FAT Hagh shal ined Order LP a E i iiit jae EREL arms Jems ra Los Sheh And Order E a LL Aatami tt idiii ie ee Ch liame input BYPASS PASS ALL FLAT x a bof bP OOeee oe ee ee qi ta H ESS ott Pa g Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDON Cik Righi Mouse Button on this TEXT for atapi Contro lnftoniahon Ch Heme rout A PEG 4 l BYPASS Erem IL FLAT j LP Vary Q lick Righi Mouse Bulten on this TEXT for Graph Contra infromation Se a ee z Cormirg er hame Merlin Sys Cti These are a shortcut directly to the tabs for those functions The other function that the Input Channel page features is the Channel name which can be edited in the box in the top right corner of the window Ch Name Mixer Left Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDON The name can be up to 12 characters and will appear in all other Merlin tabs within Vu Net and on the unit itself but as there is limited space on some windows the Gain Mute Limiters page for example we would recommend keeping name as short and succinct a
2. Fit to screen offers a quick method of re sizing the window to ensure that all elements are visible Reset Layout will return all elements to the default positions in size order You will see a prompt to confirm this action Bg Master Overview Relayout _ This will reset Master Overview layout Continue Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MARTIN ALDI LONDON Clicking Yes or pressing Return will reset the layout to the default and the display will confirm the new zoom and that Automatic layout has been activated 719 Auto Layout ON As soon as you move any elements or zoom in or out the Auto Layout will disappear The Zoom in and out buttons will chance the zoom in steps of 10 up or down This can also be achieved if you have a mouse connected with a scroll wheel Zoom 1 1 restores the window to 100 regardless of whether any elements will be outside of the view Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Show Mode Show mode is designed to offer a degree of protection once set up is complete and a show has started to prevent the user from muting part of the system accidentally With Show Mode inactive during set up all mutes can be used as and when required with a simple mouse click the array will mute and unmute instantly under command of the button When Show Mode is activated clicking a Mute button anywhere in the system will bring up a confirmation window B Array Mute _ This w
3. As previously mentioned Array and Zone ganging cannot reside together so if you are happy to clear any previously ganged arrays click Yes Zones are ganged in exactly the same way by first selecting a group and then clicking on the required zone Ganging can run across the zones of all arrays or just across some In this example we have ganged all of zone 1 the MSX sub with Zone 2 of the main arrays also ganged but independently ganged zone 2 of the side arrays Zone 3 is ganged across all four arrays and finally zone 4 on the main arrays have also been ganged the side hangs do not have a fourth zone We have excluded Mute from the ganging of all four arrays GROUP 2 oz Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN DD12 DD12 s are discovered in exactly the same way as any other device regardless of whether they are connected via a full U Net network to a Merlin or directly via USB The Device discovery will show all connected cabinets a DD1 controllers 1 unit DO12 O01 425C 7212798319406 i rr 3l Run Wizard As there are no array related options with the DD12 the Run Wizard merely synchronises with all connected cabinets so the software reflects the settings in the devices Ej Dee Pisco rery Wieard m Review synchronization between VU NET and devices Device DOL O01 PSC TSI SRTI SES A system connected via USB will appear like this HWC MEDDEMMEN N mackie c
4. INI MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Array Ganging up Gain 3 LP Speco x fom x CH reo x foun Another option might be to gang both the main arrays together and also independently gang the two Side hangs This is simply achieved by clicking on gang one the red square and clicking on both the side array then selecting an alternative gang say gang two which is green and clicking on the two main arrays In this instance we have included the PEQ in the gang but still excluded the gain Lr irr XArray Filter Ganging La Ta Da La La at A Zone Ganging a m It is also possible to independently gang zones in the arrays note that array ganging over rides this function so you will need to un gang any arrays in which you would like to gang zones You have the option to select any of the ten gang groups there are a further ten gangs available for zones which are completely independent from the array gangs We will however use a different colour to make things a little clearer This system has the entire side hangs ganged and all three zones ganged across the two main arrays Not that the parameter exclusion still apply to zones so in this example gains are not ganged Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MARTIN AUDIO LONDON err Ferrrr met la lat tt as lat lat lat let lett HURTS Wy i if i Al tie neon DOD 066000 nog Telel 5 This is particularly useful for example giving you the option to EQ an
5. The Merlin Master will also show the same ganging Input channels can be ganged across devices in exactly the same way To remove cross device ganging either right click on the input or output you wish to remove and click the Remove button OUTPUT CHANEL 1 Please select a Merlin controller to gang Please Select a channel to gang If you wish to clear all cross device ganging you can click the input or output Clear button as for all other types of ganging Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Loading Presets One an array has been discovered and tested the next stage is to upload the optimisation file that has been created using Display 2 1 or Display2 Mini This is done using the Preset Loader which is found in the Tools menu ile Edit Tools Window Help BaN Preset Loader Z 0 Firmware Update Wizard MLA MLD Conversion Tool Be u Net Preset Loader Please select D2P file drag amp drop the D2 1 presets from the right panel and the PEQ files from the left panel to the arrays in the centre and press Synchronise H Available PEQ Files Assigned PEQ Files Arrays Assigned D2 1 Presets Available D2 1 presets UNASSIGNED MLA Array 1 6 MLA UNASSIGNED MLA Array 2 6 MLA Add Custom PEQ File a Load in Background l Target snapshot E Preserve array names Select D2P File a There are a number of options available but particularly when loading t
6. DOWN buttons Note that only one delay can be selected at any time but multiple delays can be changed simultaneously by using the link function as we will see The output channels are very similar The order of the boxes is reversed The first box is the active box in which the delay for the output is entered Next comes the link drop down Then the delay display box shows the total delay allocated to that particular output The output channel name is next and finally a phase button to invert the polarity of the output The button changes colour to a pale blue when Inverse Polarity has been selected Delay Link As the name suggests the delay for multiple inputs or outputs can be linked together to allow simple set up without having to enter the same figures several times Input link and output link work in the same way but you cannot link an input to an output or vice versa In its simplest format you can link several inputs or outputs together Inputs for example can be linked to any of the other three in this example the drop down for input A shows it can be linked to input B C or D Similarly Outputs can be linked to any of their other neighbours here is the link drop down for output 1 Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN Note that if you link a particular input to another the master input cannot be linked to another channel This also applies to outputs In its simplest use you can link one
7. Visually verily and modify VU net DSX cabinets U Use AL OM button te check segmentation into arrays and BY ONE button te check order of cabinets within array Ute drag in drop technique to move cabinei wath and across anys Ute deublechck to tum indnadual cabinet s DSX Array 1 _REVERSE ORDER MEON LED BY ONE Repeat the process of flashing LED badges to ensure that the cabinets are in the correct order If any are in the wrong position use drag and drop to reposition them For a conventional sub stack this may not be vital as the parameters are likely to be identical for all cabinets but for cardioid or broadside arrays it is essential to ensure that they are correct so delay and other parameters applied are directed to the correct cabinet At this stage you can also change the LED badge to flash on the rear They are configured for the front LED by default signified by the F on the thumbnails Double click directly on the badge and you will see the F become a B to signify the back LED This will flash instead of the front LED when selected Note that selecting B does not change any internal parameters that may be required for cardioid array operation if simply changes the LED indicator from the front to the rear for cabinet identification All parameter changes must still be entered manually Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Visually verity and modify VU net DSX cabinets Use ALL ON
8. Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDOWN Contents NEVI La HANS COV TA E O sana aunionsa pes panne pnd prose ied E I E E E A A nas T A T 5 MENG Tel UN a E N E E T T A EOE E E A E E E E 5 EAEE VS IK S a E E AE A AAN AEE 5 a E E A A NEE EE case OE E A A A AA A E A A AA A A A eee 6 WAT O LU E1 PEE T E E I A EE at AE I A E A N O S 6 IVT S aE EA EA EAA E A E E A A EEA AAEE A Panneseches 6 WOW COND ONEN E T EAEE OLA roe enaeualnaeceeds 7 Menu and Tool Da rsss EEE E EEA E E E E EEEE ee E EE re 7 El E E A OEE ANTENE E AE TE TE ET N E EN 8 BCG E T AASA A NAI AS EI E I A E A E E 8 BN EER E A A E A E EE E E uatssersenant 9 MOONS ceca E E E eee aaa ane eeaueee secs en esos toes 13 estes ts AN pence gee ce sree eb A A esc ec ee cece ain tind eee od ee ce eee sce one 13 Fl o AE N A TIETEET O I I A A E E E AEA N AE EEA AEO E AA TE EEO 13 TORD T a E E E E E E E AE 15 OEC WV OFS IO a A E N E EAE 17 WO OG aa A E E EEEE E A A A AE 22 Adding Merlin MLA MILD and MLX eiicesssucwsiciicnaiwenseirencaieslsteaedevesisetuseiadlessbensxeneumanctencuesemencieusaniota uate ievalate io iminbanenctesencesiaiucucdanis 22 Adding MLA Compact amp DSX sensen aaa Senter etn nen tence ne EEEE errr rt 23 Anane MES MI eea A E A E 24 AANE DD orara EEEE E E E EEE A E AAE E EAA E 27 PRAIA P A oera E A A E NOAE EAE E A O 27 Arranging the Array OA MES carta se scree sargetnsnye dese AAAA ected N a AEREA REKETE 27 DOV CS DISCOV IV is cts crs cata E E avant AAAA EAT E EE E ats e
9. mn ene meee sean ates T EL ee Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Noise Gate The PSX has a noise gate that is applied globally to all DD12 s in the project This is controlled using the section at the bottom of the overview window Once enabled the Threshold Depth and Hold Time can be adjusted either by manually typing a value or using the up down arrows to scroll though values The default values are Threshold at 67dB Depth of 10dB and Hold time of 5000ms HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Merlin The Merlin system controller is most often employed in MLA systems as a PC to U Net interface however the Merlin is a four input ten output audio processor with a host of extremely powerful functions available all of which can be controlled via Vu Net on exactly the same platform as MLA MLA Compact MLA Mini and other U Net compatible systems As well as being used as a simple matrix for controlling main arrays side hangs and subs it could easily be deployed to control conventional non powered speaker products in use at events as stage front fills for example The fact that everything can be controlled on the same tablet PC running Vu Net makes system alignment and trim very straightforward indeed Gain Mute amp Limiters Double clicking on the Merlin in the System overview page opens the Merlin System Control window which by default opens on the first Gain Mu
10. 10 10 Baaada T 1 M234 M34 ee it There are three types of ganging available whole input and output ganging Part input and output ganging and cross device ganging which enables you to mirror the parameters programmed into one Merlin across one or more other Merlins on the same U Net network Ganging duplicates the settings on ganged channels or parameters There is no Master and Slave system parameters can be adjusted on any channel parameter or device and any ganged channel will match the setting Whole Input Output Ganging This is dealt with by using the panel on the right hand side of the window HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mal MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Output Whole Channel Ganging m 3 4 5 617 8 9 10 m 4 56 7 8 910 W s 5s 6 7 8 9 10 m s 671819110 7 8 9 10 MB 7 elo io m e 9 10 W o 10 E io m M234 ms ms In the default state there is no ganging each input and output is essentially ganged to itself as indicated by the red squares in the left hand column To gang output channel 1 to channels 2 3 4 9 amp 10 for example click on the relevant squares in the horizontal line by output channel one Output Whole Channel Ganging mmm pcnn l AA N Ac AAAA ahaks isi spo pio 415 6 7 8 9 10 m s 7 s 90 W7 s olo ms You can see that the red squares by the channels that have been ganged have disappeared from the vertical column and are now in
11. RA 01 MLAMini LF Ral 001 MLAMini LF RA oo MLAMini LF IRA 002 MLAMini LF Ral 002 MLAMini LF RA 002 MLAMini LF Ral 002 MLAMini LF Click the Zone 1 button a second time and the two MSX will return to the normal view Click on Zone 2 and you will see all of the MLA Mini turn blue Vu Net USER GUIDE hy 001 MSX Analogue mi i Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Now click on Zone 3 and there will not be any illuminated cabinets Next click on boxes five and six these will turn green RA 002 MSX Analogue RA 001 MLAMini LF RA 001 MLAMini LF RA 001 MLAMini LF RA o MLAMini LF IRA 002 MLAMING LF Ral 02 MLAMInI LF This indicates that these cabinets are now part of zone three Finally click on Zone 4 and then the final two MLA Mini Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON RA 001 MLAMini LF IRA 001 MLAMini LF l RA 001 MLAMini LF RA 001 MLAMini LF MLAMini LF inal 002 If we click again on zone four the solid block of colour disappears leaving just the coloured outline to show which boxes are members of which zone The array is now fully zoned as we wanted it Ral 001 MLAMini LF IRA o MLAMini LF Ral 001 MLAMini LF NAI 001 MLAMini _ LF Ral 002 MLAMini LF RA 002 E MLAMini LF a nal 2 NA 002 MLAMini LF RA 002 MLAMini F MLA Mini PEQ The MLA Mini Zone PEQ window appears like this Vu
12. drag amp drop the DZI presets from the nght panel and the PEQ files from the left panel to the arrays in the centre and press Synchronise Available PEQ Files Assigned PEQ Files Arrays Asngned D21 Presets UNASSIGNED MLA Array Right 6 MLA UNASSIGNED MLA Array Left 6 MILA Add Custom PEQ File Load in Background Target snapshot B Preserve array names Select DAP File Synchronise Close You can see that the optimisation contained within the file called 6 box test appears in the Available D2 1 presets list on the right It is also already showing in the Assigned D2 1 Presets for both of the left and right arrays in our system If we created several optimisation for the array trying a few different goals for example which was done in the file User Guide 6 Box in our examples this is how the window will appear Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Preset Loader Please select DAP file drag amp drop the D2 1 presets from the nght panel and the PEQ files from the left panel to the arrays in the centre and press Synechronse Available PEQ Files Assigned PEQ Files Arrays Assigned D2 1 Presets Available D2 1 presets UMASSIGNED MLA Anray Right 6 MLA UN OSSIGWED MLA Array Left 6 MILA Add Custom PEQ File Load in Background Target snapshot B Preserve array names Select p2p Files This example has two op
13. Device and will be greyed out the third panel will allow selection of either Analogue the default selection or AES3 Digital Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON As AES feeds two interleaved digital channels you have the option to select either AES L or AES R The initial display will match what the array was set to when the system synchronised until you use the Preset Loader and load one of the default PEQ s which will set the input to Analogue See the chapter of Preset Loading for more detail Array Cell Check Double clicking on the array diagram brings up a new diagnostics screen which enables testing of individual cells an extremely useful tool for checking an array over either just before it is flown or back in the shop when a system is checked over Note that this function is not available when in Show Mode P Mure array __ Mut a N MODULES WOI i BFT 3 MAOC Restore Defaults vl v 2 2 lvl lvl v e ME MORT 1 1 7 eiel This is how the window appears the array diagram is still visible on the right but it is now also shown on the left with each cell shown but with a representation of its physical location in the cabinet Each cell can be muted from this section this can be done by individual cells or the entire cabinet depending on the selection mode selected MODULES i Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON In MODULES mode clicking on a
14. GUIDE Mi C O MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Output Whole Channel Ganging mM MMs S56 7s I E Ea SERS ES RA EEE dup Jin La la la oT GE iasosoon mus Jb Le A A Taia faf ZC Sonnan E O MME o 10 s e 9 fio o9 9 10 owa E ES i T BE Ch CE Note that you cannot freely change the ganging channel when using Whole Channel ganging of outputs and inputs The channel is determined by the base channel to which everything is ganged Therefore anything ganged to channel 1 will be coloured red anything ganged to channel 2 will be coloured green channel 3 light blue and so on You can also remove all ganging by using the Clear button for both output or input ganging Click Yes and all ganging is completely removed Output Part Ganging It is also possible to gang individual parameters between channels Note that you can only gang the same parameters together between channels for example some or all of the output channel high pass filters or all of Parametric EQ 2 You cannot gang dissimilar parameters as shown in the ganging window diagram part ganging only works in vertical columns There are 10 channels of ganging available for each output parameter and 4 for the input parameters as signified by the coloured squares at the top of each part ganging section CLEP Pree Vu Net USER GUIDE Mal MARTIN AUDIO LONDON For example if we want to gang just the low pass
15. Preset Loader Please select D2P file drag amp drop the D2 1 presets from the nght panel and the PEQ files from the left panel to the arrays in the centre and press Synchronise Assigned PEQ Files Arrays Assigned 02 1 Presets Available 02 1 presets er evon MLA Array Left 6 MLA Target snapshot E lt Preserve array names Select DAP File The PEQ already uploaded will be preserved and if you select an alternative snapshot to the one currently being used you can even synchronise while the system is in use It will synchronise in the background as the name suggests without disturbing system performance and you can then wait for an appropriate break in a show or rehearsal to select the new snapshot Synchronise Once you have completed your selection of the available options the final step is to click on the Synchronise button to start the Preset upload You will see a series of Windows that show the process of the upload including the following Progress Information The presets are loaded to each array in turn in our example first the left array The optimisation is then stored in a snapshot The snapshot will be recalled T F Recalling snapshots B in MLA Main Left array Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON The PEQ s will be loaded This step will not take place if you selected Load in Background Srogress 7 es Progress Information You can then
16. VERY extreme Zone Filter Ganging MLX amp DSX Arrays MLX and DSX share many similar features to MLA MLD and MLA Compact and are virtually identical to each other with regards to Vu Net operation Double clicking on a six box MLX array brings up this window F VU MET hindoes Help 6 is gt ji ay ostr E And DSX looks like this Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON File Eda Teol Window mie i Maser Block 1 Bock Array Overview Block PEQ Array Block Ganging Almost identical with just a minor difference in the position of the Led bargraph in the array diagram and of course the name under the Martin Audio logo The input gain and muting is identical to other cabinets and sub arrays can be zoned in exactly the same way giving independent gain and mute on the Overview page ceeataceeS pean Ba ition na Seana la eee Pewee Sec ee Bones Se eee Be Sa ineehiaeie 20 ARE Sunnas APA Sub arrays when zoned are referred to as blocks rather than zones The array thumbnail is almost identical to the MLA MLD and MLA Compact just with a single LED level meter to reflect the single cell The temperature readout will always show 1 and display the temperature of the single amplifier channel on the top line Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON and the DSP on the lower line Input mode is also displayed above the temperature read out If
17. all Cell output bargraphs for all cabinets in the array all other arrays and speakers show input and output levels and all Merlins display input and output meters All bargraphs are updated in real time which makes monitoring an entire system very easy from a single page In addition to monitoring the meter response essential features are accessible The function control is the same for all Array and speaker types The top line shows the input configuration for the array if this needs to be changed clicking on the top line takes you to the array input overview screen where you can change the input configuration If the array isn t already open it will be opened by clicking on this button On the second row is GAIN Gain adjustments can be made by clicking on this button A pop out fader appears which can be adjusted in real time either by dragging and dropping the fader knob until the desired gain value is displayed Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Bere rSivaad IEA ORO reohaee aaa 20 PRE OO 4 gt Or by directly typing the gain figure you need A click anywhere in the Master Overview Window away from the gain control will close it once you have made any necessary adjustments Next to the gain is Mute clicking on this will mute the array and the button will turn red Note that when in Show Mode a pop out Window will appear to confirm that you want t
18. and MLA Compact systems Merlins connected their unique IP address will appear listed in the bottom Available IP addresses You can set an IP address Filter in the smaller window which will search only for IP addresses within the range of values between the two entered which should be separated with a comma IP Address Filter 192 168 1 1 192 168 2 8 This could be used if you have two systems running on the same Ethernet network and need to control them independently Only devices with their IP address set to within the filter range will be found and the system will work completely independently as if there were no other devices on the network Note that if you are connecting to MLA Mini DD12 or PSX via their integral USB port no IP address will be visible This function is only applicable to networks supported by Merlins Observation The next available option is Observation B Preference type filter text Observation Calculetons Firmware update MLA MILA Sub Temperature Observation Help T Fun temperature observation for MLA and MLA Sub Network Obsenrainon Liter Interface Restore Defaults LiKe Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON This enables two options for connected cabinets The first is to run temperature monitoring for all amplifier and DSP modules displayed in the array windows These display two temperatures the hottest of the amplifier modules the module concerned indicated by a
19. and will turn red when active There is comprehensive metering available with a bargraph meter for input Sub out and Main out The input meter registers the level applied to the PSX up to the maximum of 18dB the yellow and red segments indicating that the level is getting close to the maximum The output meters indicate level prior to limit The yellow segments indicate the onset of limiting the red segment indicates 4dB of gain reduction Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON oana a isophon alaisiin aanalaiairDrnriil EENI CEREILTEEI _ 10 0 7 2 Ceo ete eS pee ic et aeaaa D aul J LI i ay Ore E EA A AE a ARR EET te eee T T R A OT Se R Pe ax lax TS ow oN pelos oo Gore There is also a temperature read out showing the temperature of both the DSP and amplifier module DSP 47 C AMP 52 C There is independent delay available for both the Sub and main outputs which is extremely useful for time aligning the PSX and the mid top speaker that it is powering particularly when used as a delay fill with a larger main system The maximum delay available is 1 second Values can either be typed directly into the Delay field or scrolled up and down using the arrow buttons These increase or decrease the delay in increments of 10us DELAY MAIN 18 95 A The Preset button ac
20. button te check segmentation inte arrays and BY ONE button te check order of cabinets within array Use drag n drop technique to move cabinet within and across arrays Use doublechek to tum indmidual cabinet s DSK Array 1 DSX 009 Vi psx 004 DSx 007 A psx DSi Once you are satisfied with the sub layout click on Next and the synchronisation of all elements on the U Net loop will commence l Device Syne direction Progress Result Merlin Sys Ctrl Controller gt VUNet OK MLA 005 Controller gt VUNet OK MLA 053 Controller gt VUNet s OK MLA 001 Controller gt VUNet synchronizing MLA 003 Controller gt VUNet queued D5x 009 Controller gt VUNet queued DSX 007 Controller gt VUNet queued DSX 002 Controller gt VUNet queued DSx 004 Controller gt VUNet queued DSX 010 Controller gt VUNet queued DSX 006 Controller gt VUNet queued It possible although unlikely that one or more element will not synchronise correctly on the first pass in which case there will be a Red Fail in the Result column for that device If this occurs wait until the rest of the synchronisation is finished and click on the Synchronise button for that device in the extreme right column The device will attempt a further synchronisation which should result in a success and a green OK A complete successful synchronisation will appear like this Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN
21. buttons indicate a band that has either cut or boost applied these will go a pale green when selected Note that the high pass filter is always active so will always appear green Next there are the zone buttons In this example the array has three zones with zone 1 selected As well as individual gain as already discussed zones each have completely independent PEQ to allow precise adjustment most commonly used with the MLD which often requires a different equalisation to the rest of the array Clicking on the zone number brings up the PEQ page for that zone If the array has not been divided into zones there will just be one button with a number 1 essentially the entire array is a single zone The graphic view of the equalisation is a relatively standard frequency response graph Click Right Mouse Bullon on this TEXT for Graph Control infromation The horizontal axis is frequency in Hertz from 20Hz to 20KHz the vertical axis is gain from 18dB up to 18dB Colour coding is also used on the graph to represent the various modes First there are two traces one red and the other blue The red trace is the response of the band that is currently selected the blue trace is the overall response of the entire PEQ Each small rectangle represents the position of each of the ten bands plus the high pass For all of the EQ bands the position on the horizontal represents the EQ centre frequency the vertical position is the cut or boost applie
22. diagnostics window already open before activating Show Mode the Mute Array button and individual cell mutes for each cabinet will be unavailable you will see the following window if you click on any of these Mute not available in Show Mode You will however be able to click on the Hide button to close the diagnostics screen and any muted cells will be un muted You will not be able to go back to the diagnostics page until Show mode is switched off
23. for Cardioid arrays but it is important to remember that delays and polarity are NOT ganged they must be individually modified in the array output page anm e E e X Array Filter Ganging TEE Zone Filter Ganging ss Y gt me DE hh za fas Col i ao ea g DOE Neo e K DOOL DDO DDA piejeaaa eee Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON MLA Mini MLA Mini retains many of the network features of its bigger brothers but with a slightly different approach to the implementation within Vu Net Double clicking on an array regardless of how the system has been deployed brings up the following Window E aw a gt ey 000 GROUND MSX DELAY OFFSET Auray Overview Zane DEG Paaa Sasa As you can see the main array window is almost identical to the other MLA System components there are the usual six zones available each with a gain fader and mute switch Unlike other cabinets the faders are present at all times regardless of whether anything is assigned to them The difference is that un assigned zones have the gain read out above the mute button greyed out If you attempt to adjust gain or mute an un assigned zone you will see the following window The zone ts not assigned to any cabinet Please click the top ZONE button and select cabinets from the right panel Click the ZONE button again to finish editing There is the same LED badge option up to 993ms of delay and the standar
24. ganged OFOAECENT Output J A 2S ees stelle ts lol met fal jlo Tat Tat lef lef fal let Biers pads ps 7 s 5 fo te la tat lad les le let MD P55 7 bs 9 fi lat la le lot r MES Bs 7 Ps Fo Fo w bs a a r e Ms es fo Ti lB i M7 s 9 0 MM s 9 10 6 MM 9 10 a m io a wie oo Dia Ties ta Pe t Now repeat the same operation for the other two Merlins Delay A and Delay B If you return to the Master Merlin and hover the cursor over output 1 we see this Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN Merlin Master Merlin Slave 1 Delay B 1 Delay A 1 Which shows that channel 1 of all four Merlins are ganged If we right click on the Merlin Master Output 1 we will see this window o This chanel is alreday cross ganged as a base Remove the cross ganging from ganged device to perofrrm a cross ganging payee fanaa Ahe Dy Saeima De angat emporarity for this channel Each cannel can be ganged to another device independently if required here is the Merlin Slave with every output ganged to its counterpart on the Merlin Master You will see that each gang is assigned a different colour so it is easy to identify that the gangs are independent Basdiddiae Em C ngggaggoari SOME 3 f4 fs pe 7 sho fio Ge i ngogoagaogogn MMs s 7 s o 10 Oe MBs 7 8 9 10 0G M7 1s 5 10 WM MMs 9 10 te Mo fio J 09 E io
25. greyed out As the pop up window mentions it is not possible to make any changes to the system whilst the system is in this state We recommend using disconnect and re connect when changing from a wi fi to a wired connection for example when set up is complete before the show start RECONNECT Available hests rings Host Avwilable controllers i Coniroller Merlin Sys Ctrl MLA 005 MLA053 MLA 001 MLA 003 System Diagram And a click will restore the connection to the system If the project has been saved when re opened you will be prompted to re connect immediately As you can see the System diagram detects and draws all network connections Note that Ethernet connections from PC to Merlins are shown as a line regardless of whether it is a hard wired cable copper link or wireless connection The Unet ports on individual devices also show the network integrity Good connections will show as a green U1 and U2 port A faulty or missing connection between devices in an array will be shown as either a grey no connection or a red connection with network errors U Net port By hovering your mouse over a port displaying an error you will see details outlining the nature of the issue Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON MLAJI I MLA 005 MLA015 MUA MLD In most cases this is not critical as a U Net topology is a redundant ring so if there is a break in the network connection every device will
26. in to the PC The Main out also has a limiter to protect the connected mid top cabinet from excessive power This is located at the top right of the EQ window above the properties section E Bee BS 5 A m r il 3dBu 16ms _ 32xAtk The Limit is the threshold point in dB and can be adjusted from 18dBu to 2dBu The Attack time can be adjusted from 0 3ms up to 90ms and the release is a factor of the attack time either x2 x4 x8 x16 x32 or x64 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN Zones PSX has a very simple method for assigning cabinets to zones Any cabinet can be a member of any or none of the ten zones available which are labelled A to J To select a zone click on the Zone button at the top of the Overview page NO ZONE ANNALENE EENI CEEEL INET K SA Pe Click on the desired zone and it will be displayed on the zone button The zones are colour coded to make it instantly obvious which cabinets are on the same zones Colours are as follows A is red B is blue Cis green D is magenta E is cyan F is yellow G is dark green H is purple lis orange J is black All functions on cabinets in the same zone will be duplicated regardless of which cabinet in the zone is used to make adjustments a 6 04 5 00 zi 6 61 AE 07 DSPO AMPO C Droe aMFO C O oeoc aeo f DELAY SUB DELAYMAIN DELAY SUB DELAYMAIN DELAY SUB DELAY MAIN s 00 ie TUE ms A E e PAON E CO T
27. is not something you will need to do particularly often Open Vu Net project enables you to open a project you have previously created and saved As Vu Net does not have an auto save function it is wise to save your work at every step as is good practice for any PO application Close project closes the presently active project leaving open any others that are also open in the file Close All closes all projects enabling you to start from scratch without closing and reopening the application Save is the standard Windows function to save the project if it is the first time you have saved the project a window will appear giving you the opportunity to give the project a name and to choose a convenient file locations As with Display 2 1 it is sensible practice to save the file in a folder dedicated to a specific event All subsequent Saves will overwrite the existing file As shown the keyboard shortcut Ctl S can be used to save a project It is a good idea to frequently save your work Vu Net files are saved with a vun file extension Save As gives you the facility to save your project with a different file name retaining the original project This could be useful if you wanted to try something but still have the option of returning to you original project file Save All will save all projects running in the file simultaneously Print will print the system layout in the main system overview window Exi
28. may be easier to use than if you were sitting at a desk with a mouse plugged in to the PC Zones DD12 has a unique method for zone selection Any cabinet can be a member of any or none of the ten zones available which are labelled A to J To select a zone click on the Zone button at the top of the Overview page NOZONE NoZone DD12 Fron ZONEA ne ZONEB is ZONE C ZONE D ZONE E ZONE F ZONE G ZONE H ZONE I ZONE J Ale 10 ET AE Click on the desired zone and it will be displayed on the zone button The zones are colour coded to make it instantly obvious which cabinets are on the same zones Colours are as follows A is red B is blue Cis green D is magenta E is cyan F is yellow G is dark green H is purple lis orange J is black All functions on cabinets in the same zone will be duplicated regardless of which cabinet in the zone is used to make adjustments Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON fizoneas zoneas o reaa o Gaa 1 0012 Delay L DD12 Delay R If OUT as OUT i ont l OUT DDi2 Fr DD12 Front R 18 f 18 OUT 18 15 LEETE EEL DETE i m ETE Sree C AT Sete ETT I om dBu 9 96 5 DELAY 5 60 INPUT The zone being adjusted is also displayed on the tab at the bottom of the EQ Window Overview PEQ ZONE A DD12 Front L Noise Gate The DD12 has a noise gate that is ap
29. modification The Default values can be restored at any time by using the Restore Defaults button Both MSX and DSX have default values as shown above of a threshold of 84dB a Depth of 10dB and a hold time of 5000ms When you have finished setting output parameters you can close the output window with a further click on the SHOW OUTPUT button Any amplifiers that have been switched off will have the AMPS OFF indication above the temperature read out Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDON SHOW OUTPUT BackPanel Eo No Dev Block PEQ Equalisation in the subs is referred to as Block PEQ on the tab It is almost identical to the EQ page for the MLA MLD and MLA Compact with a low pass filter replacing the high pass as you might expect Types link Wits Raley didi rie Blerk PEQ Ary Glock Gangeng There are also ten PEQ filters at your disposal each with exactly the same functionality and control The low pass filter in common with the high pass in the MLA MLD and Compact can be either Bessel Butterworth or Linkwitz Riley with slopes from 6dB per octave up to 48dB per octave The frequency can range from 50Hz up to 500HZz Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MARTIN AUDIO L g OHN Sub Array Block Ganging Sub arrays can be ganged in virtually identical fashion to MLA MLD and Compact either by entire array Zones blocks X Array filters or individual zone filters Ganging can be very useful
30. not match what Vu Net has discovered the numbers will be flagged in red Click next and you will see a new window showing the array or arrays De ice Di ery Wiz rd i ee _ Visually verify and modify Yunet MLA arrays Use ALL ON button te check segmentation inte anays and BY ONE button te check order of cabinets within array Ute drag m drop technique to move cabinet within and across arrays Use doubleclick to turn indmidual cabinets MLA Array 1 MILA Array 2 inal MLA 005 al MLA 001 RA MLA 053 RA MLA 003 If you have more than one array the first step is to use the ALL ON button which will illuminate all the LED badges on the array to check that the Vu Net arrays match the physical deployment If there are any errors the cabinets can be dragged and dropped to the correct positions or array If you only have one array it is still worth flashing all LED s to see the look on the faces of the lighting technicians when they see LED lighting over which they have no control Next click the BY ONE button This will flash the LEDs in sequence from top to bottom As the U Net network is bi directional it is entirely possible that the arrays could have been discovered starting with what is actually the last cabinet in the array If this has happened you will see the LEDs on the actual cabinets flashing from bottom to top and you MUST click REVERSE ORDER to Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MART
31. or more inputs or outputs to one other and use that to simultaneously change the delay of all linked channels Here inputs A B amp C have been linked to input D and a delay of 15ms has been applied to input D Bhi Bons om As you can see although the individual channels A B amp C have nothing entered the delay display shows 15ms for all inputs In addition to this simple matched delay channels linked to others can also have a delay entered and the total delay will equal the delay entered for the master channel plus whatever delay is entered for that channel Any changes to the master delay will be tracked by any channels linked to it In this example Output channels 2 3 amp 4 are linked to output 1 Output two has its own delay of 10ms output three 20ms and output four 30ms We add 10ms to output 1 and see the following HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MARTIN AUDIO LONDON The delay on Output one will always match what is entered the other three outputs will always match output one plus their individual delay Linking works in identical fashion to output channels Ganging The Merlin has an extremely comprehensive ganging capability accessed from the Ganging tab The Ganging window appears like this h La ta fla f ta fla la ae MMM 2 3 4 5 6 7 solio a 7 A ta i Ms 4 5 6 7 8 9 110 Ms 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mi si6 7 8 9 0 m s 7 8 9 10 e M789 10 W s o 10 a W gt
32. selected the right hand shot shows them all neatly lined up in a horizontal line The second allows alignment in the vertical MLA Compact Array 1 J MLAC Zone 1 CS MAC doer Pm ULEC Pomc 4 4 MLAC fone 1 Sa MAC fone J MLAG Zone 1 pa MLAC Zoee 1 w MLAC Zone 1 MLALE Jome 1 FA MAC Zone pI mE TI MLL Zora 1 PI Ew GI MACI RE TFT SI MLAC Zoos 1 MLAC Zeews MLA Zone Sy MLC Zone 1 J MLAC Zone 1 2 re J MLAS Zone i PA moan MAE Zone e DE Boa 1 F SA Det mei Again the arrays are not very well aligned but a simple click of the vertical alignment button and they are perfectly in line The fourth button will swap the horizontal position of all selected elements Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Merlin Hare paietu EE E i TT MLA tome i iii i Fores 4 J mage id Dame j Ti mara iii Dame 1 J aan mA zone 1 LA Pame 1 F iden ELA foe The left hand shot shows a system drawn with the left and right arrays placed on the wrong sides the right shot has been corrected with the reverse order horizontally button The fifth button swaps the order of all selected items in the vertical plane MLA Zone 1 MLA Zone 1 MLS Fore MLA Zone MLA Zone MLA Zone a MILA Zone MLA Zone bi pai Te MLAZon MLA Zone par 4F roa MILA Zone MLA Zone FAO MLAZone MLA Zone 1 de ed TENN MLA Fons 1 iy MA Zone MLS Zone 1 RA MILA
33. set up is complete It changes the operation of the Mute function for all products When disabled all mutes can be selected and de selected freely when show mode is active Any click on a mute button will bring up a pop up window asking you to confirm that you want to Mute or Un Mute that array or channel It also disables the output cell check function see later in this guide for details The zoom function Allows you to adjust the system diagram size to suit the complexity of the system on your PC display The and buttons will decrease or increase the zoom in increments of 25 Alternatively you can use the drop down box to select either 10 25 50 100 125 150 200 300 400 600 or 800 Particularly useful are Page which will zoom to the maximum size that the page will allow Width which will zoom to the maximum width of the diagram and Height which will maximise the size to fit the height of the diagram Mute is essentially an emergency function if something is causing severe noise through the system you can click on the mute button This will bring up the flowing window ia System Mute 2 This will mute all connected arrays and Merlins Are you sure about this As you can see it is a very drastic measure which will shut down the entire system which is why it should be considered as an emergency measure only and not an everyday means for muting the system If you ar
34. silent system but the parameters may be modified by either directly typing a value or by scrolling up or down using the arrows to the side of the value windows The Threshold can be any value from 20 to 120dB the depth from O to 120dB and the Hold time can range from 0 to 5 000 milliseconds Default values are threshold of 84 Depth 10 and Hold time of 5000 for MLA and MLD and 67 10 and 5000 for MLA Compact These can be restored at any time by clicking the Restore Defaults button To return to the main window click on the HIDE button in the bottom left _ This will unmute all output channels on this Array Are you Sure me This ensures that you do not suddenly unmute all output channels while you have a test signal applied pink noise at full volume through an entire array is not something you want to suddenly subject a venue to If you click OK you will return to the main window and all output channels will be un muted If you have disabled cabinets they will show AMPS OFF in the array thumbnails Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDON Analogue PEQ Tab All types of array have a PEQ tab which offers multiple bands of equalisation plus a high pass filter that can be used as a means of tailoring the system sound to suit any preferences of the sound engineer or to deal with any peculiarities of the venue acoustics It is important to note that this is completely independent to the Optimisation parameters which includ
35. still remain on line as the A cabinet off line will appear in red at the position in the array MLL 002 MLA 011 MLA 005 The network is monitored in real time so as soon as any network or cabinet issues have been resolved the connections and cabinets will return to the regular colour scheme MLA 015 MLA 004 MLO 0G7 Right Click menu Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALO LONDON Access to array or Merlin functions are achieved in two ways double clicking or right clicking first we will look at the options available when selecting an element with a right mouse click as there are some configuration options that you may need to select first from this page You will see the following menu F2 Ctri t Ctri V Ctri A Load snapshot Define zones synchronize Delete Open will open the full configuration page in exactly the same way as a double click Load is a Merlin function for loading a configuration previously saved as a file Save is also a function available for Merlin There are three options All Inputs and Outputs These will save the Merlin configuration as a Merlin meq file in a location of your choice on your hard drive As the options suggest All will save the entire Merlin configuration Inputs just the input PEQ and delays and Outputs all parameters from the output channels ignoring the inputs The meq file can be saved and re
36. system operation in Vu Net but very little beyond that Unlike some systems you CANNOT create a system design off line and connect to a system on site When connecting to a system you have to use Device Discovery which searches all available connected devices for system elements and automatically drops them into the system diagram showing their Ethernet and Vu Net Connections This is vital as every Vu Net element has a unique factory set IP address which Vu Net records so it can provide real time monitoring of the system and can display the status of every device If for example you re connect to a system having used it on one day and shut down over night Vu Net will be able to detect that every cabinet has been turned back on and the status of all parameters of every DSP We will show how to introduce all available elements into a project off line but will cover Device Discovery and on line operation in a later chapter Adding Merlin MLA MLD and MLX Adding any devices to a System diagram is a simple case of clicking on the required item in the Palette E Merlin Controller BB MLA MLD Array B Mix Array B MLAC Array 3 DSX Array B MLAMini Array H 0012 Speaker IB PSX Speaker Then click on the System Diagram workspace The cursor will have a small white box with a cross in the centre prompting you to click where you wish to deposit the device Here we see a new Merlin added to a project The four black squares in the corners indicate
37. that the device is still selected which is the default when a new element is added to a project The most useful thing about this is that it gives you the opportunity to move it to exactly where you need it simply by using a click drag drop movement A click anywhere else in Vu Net will de select the Merlin Adding an MLA MLD array is done by clicking on the icon and then in the project window you will see the following window Please enter number of MLD cabinets Lox dfi cs _ Enter the number of MLD required in the array In the majority of systems this will be one or two They will automatically be added to the bottom of the array Next this window appears Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN E New Array Please enter number of cabinets Note that you must enter the total number of cabinets including the MLD NOT the number of MLA The array will appear in the workspace like this MLA Zone 1 wa MLA Zoni Ra MLA Zone 1 The array is coloured red to show that it is off line Note that the largest array that can be added is a total of 24 cabinets which matches the maximum flown array from the flying grid If you enter a number higher than 24 Vu Net will enter a 24 box array MLX is added in the same way you will see the same window requesting the total quantity of cabinets Here is a six box array of MLX note that in off line mode sub arrays are always entered a single column of cabinets as if fl
38. the Input and Output tabs the names will then be shown in the routing window Input Channels The input and Output channel tabs are very similar to the PEQ window for MLA MLD and MLA Compact with a few notable differences HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDOWN aja Mute COLSON PcT Sub Gangureg vun Mern Sys Cts res teslftatftashftasftec tacftas fesell ele fol stow an c ea Ch Maree hpa s FEQ i BYPASS eens a FLAT Fansetrier i Cainan Routing input Channels Owtput Channels Deisy Ganging Each input has eight filters which can be selected from the buttons along the top Also available are a delay and gain button which are short cuts to the delay and Gain Mute Limiter windows Filters may be manipulated in exactly the same way as the PEQ filters in the cabinets The filter can be grabbed and drag and dropped to select the desired frequency and gain using right click to modify Q factor The parameter section allows precise values to be typed into the value windows the faders drag and dropped or values cycled up or down using the appropriate arrows There are additional options for the filter type selected by the Type drop down Parametric eS High Shelf 2nd Order Low Shelf 2nd Order HP Vary Q LP Vary Q _ High Shelf 2 order is a high shelf filter with gain available from 15dB to 15dB and Q from 0 25 up to 1 0
39. the array has been zoned the zones or blocks are numbered from top to bottom There is however the significant difference of there being no snapshot name as subs do not have snapshot capability and there is an additional button SHOW OUTPUT which replaces the double click on the other products to bring up additional features Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON This allows individual control of gain phase polarity and mute for each sub in the array Most often used when creating cardioid arrays with a third of the subs rear facing and requiring independent control of the rear facing subs to the front The LED button gives you the option to flash the LED of each sub to ensure that you are applying parameters to the correct cabinet If at any stage you wish to reset the parameters perhaps immediately after device discovery where the subs may still be displaying values from their previous use you can click on the Reset Outputs button Reset Outputs A warning window will appear If you click on OK all gain and delays will be restored to zero any inverted outputs will be re inverted and any muted outputs will be un muted Subs also have the facility to turn off any troublesome amplifiers by checking the Mute Output Stage box Then clicking the Mute button on any sub you wish to turn off As with other cabinets there is a noise gate which has the Threshold and Hold Time available for
40. the horizontal line from channel one You will see on the part ganging screen that all parameters for the ganged channels are now coloured red to indicate that they are all ganged together HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDON Eaa dll a Output Part Ganging Clear Clear Singles G dr r r r a aaa a Wa a We Wa a gt W ie el oa gt H H gt gt W ot ee pitodl gt H b gt a gt gt W gt ol tii gt gt gt gt gt W pode tit odl gt W gt E gt b gt gt W HaHa DH ak H H gt B gt gt gt A A H Dn Oo ar ad al al al al aul a a vulput Ea ane test Glen Singles Output Whole Channel Ganging ouput onn Output 2 Output 3 Output 4 Output 5 Output 6 Output 7 Output amp Output 9 p Output 10 You can see that the parameters for Outputs 5 amp 6 are all coloured yellow and 7 amp 8 are all orange brown Input ganging works in exactly the same way here we have ganged inputs A amp B and C amp D Input Whole Channel Ganging A MBM 4 Sea2 p34 ci Dt 4 Clear Singles N B Right Click on the first column to set N B Part Ganging does not work on same channel i e Columns only Cross Device channel ganing To clear a gang just click in the left hand column for any ganged channel and the ganging will be removed Here we have removed channels three and four from the previous gang Vu Net USER
41. used in future projects or distributed to other MLA partners for use with other systems It is loaded using the Load function Select All will select all components in the system design The keyboard shortcut for this is Ctrl A Renaming Rename allows you to give the array or Merlin a name to suit the event and location if desired Function key F2 is a shortcut to this option Once selected you will see the following window Please enter new name max 50 characters MLA Array 1 Type the required name which can be up to 50 characters PEQs PEQ has two options Load and Save As we will see it is possible to tailor the EQ of an array to suit personal preference This is in addition to the array optimisation from Display 2 1 which will equalise the system to suit the response requested in the design If there is a particular sound required for a style of music or requested by a sound engineer the curve can be stored as a file and recalled for any future shows using these commands Using the house EQ will be covered later in this chapter Loading Snapshots As we will see system configurations including different optimisations can be stored as snapshots These are stored in the DSP of each cabinet once uploaded so recalling is a simple network instruction to load whichever snapshot has been selected It is Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON therefore quick to do and could easily be done betwee
42. 1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Either double clicking or right clicking and selecting Open will bring up the overview option for the PSX which shows all PSXs in the project PSK X12 L Toi J E MAN AEAT TI j an LA Ba coed Made Seca TT mee peas he valent EREI i neier T E AT e art Enei ba ts 2 T re dBu 4x ito po TF pog o Tao 12 0 00 T l o o aco E Aa ma 00 sine ji a DPOC AMPO __ DSFO C AMP ONC eas wat em DELAY MAIN maka DELNA DELAY SUB DECA eee eee resno oy ere ey a FR SA meroa Ss Hoa Te N This gives an overview of the state of all PSX s allowing comprehensive monitoring of the system The box at the top will show any names that have been assigned to the cabinets by right clicking and selecting rename or selecting and pressing F2 in the System Diagram There are three gain faders one for Input level and one each for control of the output of the internal sub and the external amplifier output Each fader has a range of 15 to 40dB Precise values can be entered by typing directly in the box below the fader or values can be scrolled up or down using the up down buttons The increments that the up down buttons will step is determined in the Preferences section by default it will be 0 25dB The mute button will mute the cabinet irrespective of the position of the gain fader
43. AUD LONDON be warned that any ganging already implemented will be removed which is why it is sensible to create zones prior to any other processing Processing zones will be covered in later chapters Synchronize When connecting or reconnecting to any system the cabinets will be synchronised these is also the facility to re synchronise at any stage using the right click menu Delete Any array or Merlin can also be deleted from the right click menu This can also be achieved by selecting the item or items and pressing the Delete Key MLA MLD amp Compact Arrays MLA MLD and MLA Compact arrays are almost identical when controlled and monitored via Vu Net with the only significant difference being that MLA Compact has five cells to MLA and MLD s six This chapter will predominantly refer to arrays comprising MLA with MLD where the same functionality is available for MLA Compact All differences between the two will be explained Double clicking on an MLA MLD or Compact array or right clicking and selecting Open will open a new window as an additional tab as shown Mono SNAPSHOT UNKNOWN BackPanel ho Device Analogue Anay Overnew Zone PEQ Ar ona Gan disihi nd Get Formware Updates MLA compact arrays will appear almost identically just under the MLA logo the name is MLAC and of course there are only five cells visible in the array thumbnail Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDO
44. E IAC Output3 SEACA ee J ae ea ec Qutput6 fy eee Output7 im i E ile las i lat oes Sha oak Output 8 see e la E Tataan ite i I Sa Sen ae oie lad tat amio Ce ia Tla la ai Cross Device Ganging Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON A very powerful feature of Vu Net is the ability to gang channels between other Merlins on the same U Net network Cross device ganging over rides all other ganging In our example we have a project with 4 Merlins named Merlin Master Merlin Slave Delay A and Delay B We will gang output channel 1 of all Merlins together with the Master as the base First if we open the Merlin Slave and click on the Ganging Tab we right click on the Output Whole Channel Ganging channel 1 This window appears OUTPUT CHANEL 1 Please select a Merlin controller to gang Select Merlin Please Select a channel to gang Click on the Select Merlin drop down and select Merlin Master OUTPUT CHANEL 1 Please select a Merlin controller to gang Please Select a channel to gang Merlin Master_ Delay B_ Delay A_ Note When a Merlin from a Group is selected that group will be ganged OUTPUT CHANEL 1 Please select a Merlin controller to gang Merlin Master Fae TS Oute ee 2 5 Click OK and Channel 1 is now ganged between both the Slave and Master Merlins The Ganging Window on the Slave Merlin shows that it is
45. ECTED Similarly ground stacked with MSX in both horizontal and vertical modes Vu Net USER GUIDE WC MEDDEMMEN N mackie com MLA Mini Array 4 ma oo GROUND MSX CONNECTED wang OOL muanan 001 MLAMINM 001 MIL AME 00i MLAming 002 MLAMING 002 ML AMIN 00 Fi F Miuaweng O02 WC MEDDEMMEN N mackie com Ma MARTIN AUDIO LONDON MLA Mini Array 1 CONNECTED GROUND MSX 002 GROUND MSX Mianany 001 mamng 901 MLA opi MLAMEN 901 Miangng 002 MLAMING p07 Bi L A WIRI DO 2 mamng 002 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON On line operation Note the differences from the off line mode of operation First in the top tight corner you can see the indication that the Merlin and connected speakers are on line Available hosts mings Host 10 11 2133 Available controllers We now have the facility to Disconnect from the system whenever necessary at the end of the night when a show is finished for example Click on the DISCONNECT button Next you will see the following message Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON System Disconnected 0 VU NET has disconnected from the system It is not possible to make any changes to the system until reconnected The Vu Net Window will now appear as follows note that the connection between PC and Merlin is showing as Disconnected and the system in the Diagram window is
46. IN AUDIO LONDON get it flashing the right way up This is essential so that Vu Net knows that the array is orientated the right way failure to do this could result in an EQ optimisation being loaded upside down producing an array attempting to produce a coherent flat response for an audience 30 meters or so up in the air Next you will see the following window for any connected MLX or DSX ry Wi a Segment DSXs into groups arrays Specify number of arrays Set array name and number of DSXs within array by modifying table By default the Arrangement will be displayed as Flown therefore the No of columns field will show 1 If you click on Flown it will toggle to Ground Stacked and if this is how your subs are deployed you can select the number of columns to reflect in Vu Net exactly how they are positioned No of cabinets Arrangement 6 Ground Stacked This could even mean making the columns equal the number of enclosures where a broadside array is being deployed HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Array Arrangement No of columns DSX Array 1 Flown 1 DSA Array 2 Flown 1 DSX Array 3 Flown 1 DSX Array 4 Flown l DSX Array 5 Flown I DSX Array 6 Flown 1 Once you have selected the array configuration select Next and you will see a similar window to the one for MLA MLD or MLA Compact
47. MLD down fill independently from the rest of the array but ensuring that the EQ is matched on both left and right arrays X Array Ganging X Array gangs are groups of a single parameter in any included arrays X Array ganging is not possible on arrays or zones that are already ganged In this example we will gang only the high pass filter on all four arrays of the previous system example With the ganging tab for one array selected click on the parameter we wish to gang in the X Array Filter Ganging section If there is already an upper level gang array or zone in use you will see the following window You will need to remove any gangs by clicking again on the array name or zone number boxes Once this is done click on the parameter again you will see this window i i i f EELEE NO Arrays in the group 7 i 3 aa m i Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Click on Add Filter and in our example the high pass filter for the Compact Left Array is added to the group Note that you again have ten gang groups to select from by clicking on the desired coloured square Array Compact Left Filter 0 e select a group Arrays in this group Compact Left Now click on the tab for any of the other arrays that we would like to include in the group if they are not already open go to the project system diagram and double click on the array you wish to include Select the ganging tab for
48. MSX with four MLA Mini above on a pole mount Four Single fills is for using the MLA Mini individually as stage front fills for example 10 Two double fills pairs the Mini to create two fills for various applications If you have selected the deployment options 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7 you will next be asked to select the number of MSX 4 MLA Mini systems g New MLAMini Array Number of MSX 4MLA Mini blocks Cancel If you select a number greater than is possible for the desired deployment Vu Net will automatically restrict the number to the maximum allowed Here are a few examples of MLA Mini arrays first a single flown array Vu Net USER GUIDE a MLA MINI Array TRA 001 FLOWN M S K Mlamini 001 mlangoni 902 OO Ll ALA LASINI e RAI 001 RA 002 GROUND GROUND MSX MSX Finally a single system with the MLA Mini pole mounted C MLA MINI Array MLAMINI 001 LAMINI 001 TEAT TALUS WILAMINI 001 NAI 001 GROUND MSX Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Adding DD12 DD12 can be added individually dragged across from the device menu Adding PSX PSX is also added in the same way clicking on PSX in the Devices list and clicking in the system diagram workspace As the system is off line there is no preset showing and the satelite cabinet is a generic shape When used on line and selecting one of the thre
49. N File Edit Took Window Mele ae Hute RECONNECT furay Gveraea Zone PEQ Baray Zone Ganging This page is the Array Overview each array also has a tab for Zone PEQ and Ganging First we will look at the metering and gain faders Here is a 12 box array that has been divided into three zones the top five cabinets next six and an MLD The Master and Zone Section looks like this Zone 3 Zone 4 i a errr ce tenes Sara peoePoeee See I i oo pene Ba poet Rete eee ee eee eee Oe ed Pepe Pine e Peres Bowes See ee eee Se Be OE amp 20 l al Pere jk her AAT APEP The Master Gain allows up to 15dB of gain or 40dB attenuation of the input level to the entire array the meter shows the absolute level to the input stage of the cabinets it is pre fader so if the level is clipping it is an indication that you need to attenuate the signal upstream of the array at the mixing console for example The Master level as with the zone faders can be adjusted in four ways either dragging and dropping the fader knob to the required level clicking just above or below the fader knob which will increment or decrease the gain in steps specified in Preferences clicking on the up down arrows by the value window or by typing a specific gain into the box at the bottom of the fader A value between 15 and 40 can be entered is a value higher than 15 is typed it will d
50. Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDON aji uie is come CT Test Wu ILA MINE Array 3 BILA Aray 1 mm F A aray veriea Zone PEQ Asn Zone Ganging It is a slightly simplified version of the PEQ Tab that is available in all other array components The six available zones can be selected by using the Zone buttons at the top of the window Zone 1 is always the MSX sub so the EQ bands available are slightly different There is a high pass filter low pass filter and three bands of PEQ all of which may be adjusted in the same way as the PEQ in all other array types grabbing the points on the graph adjusting the controls in the EQ panel on the right or directly entering the required values in the windows at the bottom of the EQ panel Zones 2 to 6 all have a high pass filter and six bands of PEQ zone 1 zonez zones zone a zow s zow fft ESI ESI ESS AP Fiar Type Linbatz Filey 4odE Frequency 2 of om Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON MLA Mini Ganging Ganging for MLA Mini is also handled in a simplified manor If you select the Array Zone Ganging tab we see the following view Note that for this example we have a Vu Net project consisting of two main left and right arrays each with two MSX and eight MLA Mini plus two side arrays each with a single MSX and four Mini The larger array has four zones one for MSX and three for the array the side arrays have
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52. ON LED BY ONE ALLON LED BY ONE REVERSE ORDER REWERSE ORDER Pole Mount Pole Mount GROUND MISA Cancel USER GUIDE DYA Vu Net MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN There are two options to use Mini as front fills either as four single cabinets or two pairs eS Hd Device Discovery Wizard 13 3 e t Visually verify and modify Yunet MLAMini arrays Use ALL ON butten BY ONE button or click a cabinet to control cabinet s LED Use drag n drop technique to move cabinets into appropriate position in the diagram matching its physical position MLA Mini Array 1 MLA Mini Array 2 ALLON LED BY ONE ALUON LED SY ONE REVERSE ORDER REVERSE ORDER Pout Sage Als oo Two Double Fil iene RT GROUND NLS Use ALL ON button BY ONE button or click a cabinet to control cabinet s LED Use drag n drop technique to move cabinets into appropriate position in the diagram matching its physical MLA Mini Array 1 ALLON LED BY ONE REVERSE ORDER Ground Stack next to MSX Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Once you have selected the appropriate deployment you can check the arrays by flashing the LED s on the front of the MSX as with MLA and MLA Compact cabinets You can select ALL ON to illuminate every cabinet in an array useful for identifying which array is which where two or more are in use and BY ONE which will flash all MSX in an array sequentially so you c
53. PEQ window for each output Parameters are set by clicking on the drop down arrow and selecting the desired value from the list Clip level is a clip limiter designed to catch very fast peaks that might exceed the input headroom and can be set from 2dBu to 34dBu in 1dB increments Peak Level is the principal limiter threshold with time constants determined by the Attack and Release controls The threshold range is from 10dBu to 22dBu also in 1dB increments Attack time is in milliseconds and can be the following values 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 7 1 0 1 4 2 0 2 8 4 0 5 7 8 0 11 16 23 45 or 45ms Release is specified as a multiple of the selected attack time and can be either 2x 4x 8x 16x 32x or 64x The limiter can be hidden again by clicking the HIDE LIMITER button Routing The Routing Tab brings up the routing matrix window which allows the input and output modes to be selected and the routing freely configured As with All other MLA devices the Merlin has the facility to accept a digital input over the U Net network ready for when this feature is implemented This is achieved by selecting the Unet option which can be done individually for each channel Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN Select device Select device i Select device gt As with MLA MLD and MLA Compact you will have the option to select a device and route from any of the available inp
54. Pole Mount c Stage Monitor 3 Front Fill Stage Apron A DD12 Test Stage Monitor Front Fill Stage Apron User Manual _ Theatre Corporate gig DD12 delays Jazz Band Rig With WS18X Sub Pole Mount Pole Mount Pole Mount Clicking on a new Preset will prompt you to confirm your selection Load preset E Clicking OK will confirm the selection and the preset will load The Preset select window can be closed The currently active Preset is displayed on the Preset button Polarity will invert the phase of the cabinet A confirmation window will appear Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDI LONDOWN E Cancel Clicking the LED button will illuminate the front grille LED to help identify the DD12 under control in multiple deployment applications This can be done individually for any cabinet Maleate Or globally using the LED controls at the bottom of the DD12 Overview window ED am ib Pressing the play arrow LP will make the LEDs of all DD12s illuminate in sequence cycling round continually until you click on the stop button CI Note that the global LED switches will overwrite any LEDs which have been activated on an individual DD12 The back and forward buttons KI allow manual cycling of all cabinet LEDs each click will extinguish the currently illuminated LED and light the LED on the next or previous DD12 EQ The EQ button will ope
55. Review synchronization between VUNet and devices Device Sync direction Progress Merlin Sys Ctrl Controller gt VUNet MLA 005 Controller gt VUNet MLA 053 Controller gt VUNet MLA 001 Controller gt VUNet MLA 003 Controller VUNet DSX 009 Controller gt VUNet DSxX 007 Controller gt VUNet DSX 002 Controller gt YUNet DSX 004 Controller VUNet DSx 010 Controller gt VUiNet DSX 006 Controller gt VUNet Synchronize Synchronize _ Synchronize Synchronize Synchronize Synchronize i i Synchronize This means that all settings residing in the DSP of all components have been uploaded into Vu Net so you have a completely accurate picture of exactly how the system is configured on your tablet PC You can click Finish and a further Finish on the Device Discovery Report window Repeat the procedure for all connected Merlins which will all have their own U Net ring of elements Once this is completed the Vu Net workspace will appear as shown aji Hute DISCONNECT HWWC MEDOEMMEN H mackie com Klerin Sys Cirl a PNY LINK QUALITY cub EXCELLENT ms BL et System Diagram Get Frmwara Upiabta Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Device Discovery MLA Mini Device Discovery for MLA Mini is a little more involved as it is necessary to determine the d
56. Show Categories button which is selected by default This shows the categories for each of the properties and gives the option to display or hide any of the properties in a particular category by clicking on the small arrow leaving just the category heading The third icon displays advanced properties for the selected element The final icon will reset any modified properties to their default values The Outline window displays a miniature thumbnail of the system diagram for whichever project is selected The network status shows the status of the network connection to all elements in all projects running in Vu Net This screen shot shows the network status of the elements in three projects one MLA MLD MLX one MLA Compact DSX and an MLA mini system Available controllers Coniroller MLY Block 1 MLS Block 1 MLY Block 1 MILK Block 1 MILE Block 1 MLY Block 1 MILK Block 1 MLY Block 1 MILE Block 1 Unicricren Unknown MILE Fone 1 MLAC fone 1 MLAC Zone 1 MLAC Zone 1 MLAC Zone 1 MLAC Fone 1 MLAC fone 1 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Working Offline Before we move on to look at adding elements to projects it is important to understand the difference between working off line and normal on line operation at an event When working off line the Palette allows you to drop elements into the System Diagram you can open arrays and Merlins as you would for an on line system This is useful as a means to get used to
57. TRE EEE N ETA Aa 139 Bocian PS A A EA AAT EEEE A AN E ew gc A E E A E A E 142 PEO TIOS e E T E E E 144 DDEON sac A A AS 146 S E e E EEEE E ETE OE EEEE E EE AOAO 147 Mater OVE IEW aossen E NE EAT E EAE EEA A asa 149 HOW NIO IC aee EE A AAEE EEEREN 154 Vu Net USER GUIDE INI MARTIN AUDIO LONDON HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDON Version History Manual Version 4 0 Vu Net Version 1 2 5 Installation MLA and MLA Compact touring system owners will have a Tablet PC as part of their system package which will be pre loaded with all necessary software including the latest version of Vu Net For owners of Installed systems MLA Mini DD12 or PSX Vu Net can be downloaded from the Martin Audio website at https martin audio com software software and installed on a PC of your choice System requirements Vu Net requires a Windows PC running either Windows Vista Windows 7 or Windows 8 no other operating systems are supported We would recommend a 64 bit i7 processor running at 2 6GHz minimum with a minimum of 8GB of RAM File sizes are not particularly huge so a high capacity Hard Drive is not necessary but an SSD drive will be faster and more reliable It may be useful for a portable system to use a tablet style PC which can be connected wirelessly to the network to allow freedom to listen to the system in all points in the venue and make any adjustments in real time Users have report
58. Zone f hae MLA Fone 1 MLA Tone 1 MLA Zone Merlin Slave _ ____ MLA Zone 1 ae IEA MLAZone 1 The third button applies only to the Merlin When a system is discovered on line all U Net connections are shown from the Merlin to all arrays W 6 vOVoUT OY a b owe iy kii a pi WiL dii Wla tall ML Doe The U Net ports on the Merlin are on the top and bottom of the Merlin icon in most cases this allows Vu Net to draw the system connections neatly as in the above example but they may be instances where the position of the arrays and complexity of the system means that the network connections cross and the system diagram looks untidy Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN Merlin Sys Ctrl SN E s UON If this is the case select the Merlin and click on the Reverse U Net ports button and the port position is reversed in the system diagram hopefully making the network connections look neater Merlin Sys Ctrl A mem 2 HWM a r Note this button reverses the port positions in the system diagram ONLY It does NOT make and electrical changes to the two U Net ports it is purely and simply a graphical change Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Device Discovery The normal method for operating a system following completing the system rigging and connection is to run Vu Net is to run Device Discovery It is good practice to check your network connectivity
59. abinet is that the input and network sections are still powered as normal so no other functions are disturbed the U Net array and network will still appear functioning as normal just with the indication that the cabinet amplifiers are off To use the function first click in the Mute Output Stage box in the top left of the window Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Now click on either the thumbnail or the Mute all channels button of any cabinets which need to be isolated All cells will appear muted and on the array view you will see AMP OFF appear above the temperature table Analbocue a i Restore Defaults Note that the Mute Output stage box must remain checked if it is unchecked the cabinets will revert to the standard mute function and the AMPS OFF flags will disappear Also on the test page is the array noise gate control Each amplifier module has an internal noise gate set to keep the amplifier and DSP noise floor as inaudible as possible By default it is enabled but it is possible that with very low levels of program material the gate operation may be audible and so the gate can be defeated by pressing the ENABLED button The button will then display DISABLED Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON DISABLED co The threshold depth and hold time have been carefully calculated to give the best balance between making the operation as inaudible as possible and maintaining a
60. ach the yellow segment you have reached the limiter threshold A red segment indicated 3dB of gain reduction in the limiter Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN Marais ab Diaa i ir nn weal ibni Ra RT R E EDR g amp Saunas There is delay available which is very useful for time aligning the DD12 when used as an extra fill with a larger mains system The maximum delay available is 1 second Values can either be typed directly into the Delay field or scrolled up and down using the arrow buttons These increase or decrease the delay in increments of 10us The Input allows the connection mode to be changed from the default which is Analogue to AES EBU taking its feed from either AES left or AES right This can either be done individually for each DD12 or globally using the Input switch at the bottom of the DD12 overview Window A global change will bring up the flowing window Input of ALL cabinets will be set to AES L Do you wish to continue Click Cancel if you have changed your mind or OK to accept the change of input mode All DD12 s will display the new input selection Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN The Preset button acts in the same way as the Load Preset function which is available from the right click menu in the Project System Diagram It will bring up the Prest Menu with the currently active Preset shown highlighted in green
61. alette to return to normal select mode Secondly you can click to select an element then press and hold either Ctrl or Shift and click on all other elements you wish to select Note that you can use a combination of selection modes if necessary use the box drawing method initially then Ctrl or Shift click to add additional elements to the selection Deselecting an element from a multiple selection must be done with Ctrl click With a multiple selection there is always one primary element by default the last one added to the selection This will have the familiar black squares in the corners all other selected items will have white squares You can change the primary element by a further Shift Click on an object Deselecting all objects is done in the same way as a single item by clicking anywhere on the work surface The icons on the tool bar offer quick and easy alignment of multiple objects there are five tools available MA eee i E i z F rt Ls Tone I 3 WATE MLS fons 1 J klipak 1 re ot j MLA Tose MLA Zone 1 pz res ay T uiia J MLA Zone i iri MLA Zasa 1 MLA toe 1 MLA Zone 1 T MLA iota T Ms Sie i ig MLE ene PF m MLA cota 1 MLA Piece i Se ey F BLIZ i 1 BLL tome l P ae fi s r PE 7 BLA fone La dee i E m MLa foar 1 z ALi as l MLS Fora 1 In the left hand shot the arrays have been positioned roughly in a line and all
62. an check that they are in the correct order a Devic e Discovery Wizard Visually verify and modify Vunet MLAMini arrays Use ALL ON button BY ONE button or click a cabinet to control cabinet s LED Use drag n drop technique to move cabinets into appropriate position in the diagram matching its physical MLA Mini Array 1 ALLON LED B ONE REVERSE ORDER own If they are not they can be drag and dropped into the correct positions until the Vu Net flashing sequence matches the real world cabinets Clicking on one MSX will grey out all others until it has been dragged and dropped to the desired position Visually verify and modify Yunet MLAMini arrays Use ALL ON button BY ONE button or click a cabinet to control cabinet s LED Use drag n drop technique to move cabinets into appropnate position in the diagram matching tts physical MLA Mini Array 1 ALE ON LED BY ONE REVERSE ORDER fiom Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN Visually verify and modify Yunet MLAMini arrays Use ALL ON button BY ONE button or click a cabinet to control cabinet s LED Use drag n drop technique to move cabinets into appropnate position in the diagram matching its physical MLA Mini Array 1 ALLON LED BY ONE REVERSE ORDER own Device Progress Result MSX001 0D60ADFS892130102 ME OK Synchronize MSX002 OD60AB28C8F130102 OK Synchronize Once compl
63. ay and you would rather position them round the other way you just select both arrays and click on the Reverse order horizontally button and their order will be reversed maintaining their connections and keeping them aligned Likewise if you wish to reverse the vertical order position DSX subs under an MLA Compact array when the diagram has the subs on top select the required components and click the Reverse order vertically button Discover Devices is the method by which U Net connects to all system components once all hardware connections have been made DISCOVER DEVICES This will interrogate the U Net network and find all connected devices opening Wizards for each type of device MLA amp MLD MLX MLA Compact DSX MLA Mini MSX DD12 and Merlin All devices on the same U Net loop will be grouped together by type by the discovery process Master Overview OVERVIEW Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Gives an overview of all devices in the project displaying all bargraph level meters giving access to essential functions such as gain mute and Delay and with a link to EQ functions This is designed to be used once a show is in progress to allow easy monitoring of an entire system from a single page The Master Overview is opened as another tab next to the Project System diagram and any other open arrays or components Show Mode As the name suggests this is intend for use during a show once
64. b EQ Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDON As you can see there are a number of colour variations for these buttons Unused bands are pale blue until they are selected for editing by clicking on them in which case the colour goes to a brighter blue and the image shows the button depressed Unused is defined as the gain left at OdB A red button indicates that the band has been bypassed irrespective of whether any gain change has been made Bypassed bands will change to a pale red when selected Green buttons indicate a band that has either cut or boost applied these will go a pale green when selected Note that the high pass filter is always active so will always appear green The graphic view of the equalisation is a relatively standard frequency response graph The horizontal axis is frequency in Hertz from 20Hz to 20KHz the vertical axis is gain from 18dB up to 18dB Colour coding is also used on the graph to represent the various modes First there are two traces one red and the other blue The red trace is the response of the band that is currently selected the blue trace is the overall response of the entire PEQ Each small rectangle represents the position of each of the ten bands plus the high pass For all of the EQ bands the position on the horizontal represents the EQ centre frequency the vertical position is the cut or boost applied A blue rectangle is an active EQ a grey rectangle is an EQ that has bee
65. be changed on the properties panel in three ways The faders can be drag and dropped to a new value the value can be scrolled up or down using the up down buttons to the right of the value windows and finally values can be directly typed into the value windows The response graph will adjust according to the new values and vice versa adjustments in the graph window will be reflected in the fader positions and values in the properties panel The High and Low pass filters only has a single fader for the corner frequency This may be adjusted in exactly the same way as the faders for the PEQ s The Type drop down for the high pass offers two types of filter and slopes from 24dB to 48dB per octave for the low pass Butterworth Bessel and Linkwitz Riley are available with slopes from 6 to 48dB per octave The high pass for the main out is 48dB per octave Linkwitz Riley only To summarise there are four ways to adjust filter parameters Click and drag on the graph Click and drag the properties faders Use the up down value buttons in the properties section et Directly type values into the value boxes Whilst this might seem over versatility it is intended to offer several options to suit the way that the system is being operated If adjustments are being made with the Lenovo tablet PC in tablet mode with the stylus whilst walking around a venue certain options may be easier to use than if you were sitting at a desk with a mouse plugged
66. by right clicking elsewhere in the graph window i e not when the cursor is over one of the filter rectangles This is the window that appears Show All Grag Frequency Q Paste All Gain Frequency Q The first option is to display all graphs which displays the response of every filter band in grey The active selected band remains coloured red with the overall response still blue Next is a copy function which will copy the selected band You can select All which copies Gain Frequency and Q or any of these individually You can then select a different band on the same or another graph on a different zone or even different array and paste whichever parameters have been copied If you have for example copied All you have the option to paste All or just paste Frequency Gain or Q If however you copied only say Frequency when you go to Paste you will find that only Frequency is available with All Gain and Q greyed out The final section on the right of the window is the Properties panel Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON oe oa iin Erie see gees i ER T ee ee ce ee ee ETET E ie i pitt pee eepeneage This shows all properties of the selected band At the top you will see some text indicating which zone and which band the properties apply to Below this are three buttons BYPASS bypasses the individual band you have s
67. ch zone can be equalised independently so the metering will show the effect this has had in addition to the effect that any gain trim has contributed The zone meters differ from the Master in that they display headroom rather than absolute level OdB at the top of the scale indicates clipping the signal level reached will show how much headroom is available before clip The entire array is shown as a thumbnail diagram with each cell shown on every enclosure on the left is an MLA MLD array on the right is MLA Compact both have been zoned in the same way mai 2345 6 L Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDON The enclosures are grouped in their zones which are labelled on the left The type of cabinet is shown on the left under the Martin Audio logo the MLD is also a slightly different greenish colour The cells in each enclosure are labelled next to their meters The metering is post PEQ and pre amplifier and indicates level prior to limit The yellow OdB segment indicates that the limit threshold has been met the Red LEDs illuminating show progressive amounts of gain reduction in each limiter In the right corner of each element you will see the temperature readout This displays two readings simultaneously the top reading is the amplifier module that is showing the highest temperature the number on the left shows which module in the example above it is number three which is the final two HF cells The bottom reading is the t
68. close the Preset Loader It can be re used whenever you wish to upload new optimisations HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net Master Overview USER GUIDE M MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Vu Net features a Master Overview window intended for use following set up when it is useful to view the entire system on a single page with the ability to monitor all levels and make changes to essential functions Here we see a project with a variety of U Net enabled devices connected including an array of one MLA and an MLD a flown MLA Mini system a PSX DDD12 and a Merlin E VU NET 1 Fie Edit Toots lal ua s of Palette De Select i Marquee Network EUnet cable Ga Network Cable L gt Dentes 2 Merlin Controller E MLA MLD Aray BB iLk Array E MLAC Array B DEX Array BB MLAMini Array Bh 0012 Speaker BB PSX Speaker Window Help TSR AARE ORS O 100 bv If we click on the Master Overview button Pierini ESONI amp att eT mia A new tab is opened with a window showing all devices in operation Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON File Edit Toots Windies Help _ se a MARIE ua 4 SYETE Marins Dnlime Speakers Online TUser Guide Systemivun Master Overview eibipab Fit to screen Reset Layout Zoom in Q foam out Zoom Ll 47 T Gat Farmiware Updates The MLA array shows the input bargraph plus
69. d A blue rectangle is an active EQ a grey rectangle is an EQ that has been bypassed The green rectangle identifies the cut off frequency of the highpass filter Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON In common with most PC controlled equalisation systems it is possible to make adjustments by dragging and dropping the filter curves Left click on any of the band rectangles and holding down the left mouse button drag the icon horizontally to change the centre frequency or vertically to change the gain Right click and drag up and down to adjust the filter Q factor You can also use the left and right keyboard buttons to adjust the selected band frequency up down buttons to adjust gain and Page Up and Page down buttons which will adjust the Q factor The graph will adjust and the audio adjustment will be made in real time If at any stage you need a reminder of how to control the PEQ right click on the text at the top of the graph This will bring up the following window Click Left Mouse Button on the Blue Controller and drag for Frequnecy and Gain value changes Left and Right for Frequency Up and Down for Gain Click and Drag Right Mouse button On the Controller for Q value changes Up and Down Up and Down Arrow key for Gain changes Left and Right Arrow key for Frequency changes Page Up and Page Down key for Q changes Or use the Property Panel for all value changes ox There are also other functions available
70. d input select from either the back panel or U Net not presently implemented and back panel input can be either Analogue AES3 Left or AES3 right In common with sub arrays there is a SHOW OUTPUT button to access array utility functions rather than double clicking on the array thumbnail MLA Mini Cell check As long as Show mode is not active clicking on the SHOW OUTPUT button n__n MM F SHOW OUTPUT Brings up an array diagram with each cell individually accessible as with MLA and MLA Compact systems Clicking on the MUTE ARRAY button will mute every cell Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN A test signal such as Pink Noise can be applied to the array and each cell can be individually un muted by clicking on it to test that everything is operating correctly and all components are in the correct position in the array This can be done by individual cells if the Selection mode is in the Elements position or by an entire MLX and 4 Mini group if you click on Groups This is particularly important as the amplifier modules are all in the MSX sub it is possible to incorrectly wire from the MSX to the MLA Mini You can either click on cells manually to unmute them and there is a play function to cycle through all cells in the array Unlike the other systems unmuting a cell will mute all others which speeds up the testing process as you no longer need to manually re mute the last cell you lis
71. de is three sets of Mini and MSX twelve MLA Mini cabinets Flown in Front of MSX allows the maximum flown array of MLA Mini which is sixteen cabinets and allows for configurations with the MLA Mini flown using the flying grid with up to four MSX on a second grid flown behind the Mini Flown with Ground stack MSX MSX vertical stack is from four to sixteen MLA Mini flown using a Universal Bracket maximum four cabinets or flying grid with the MSX on the ground under the array stacked on top of each other vertically Flown with Ground stack MSX MSX horizontal row is from four to sixteen MLA Mini flown using a Universal Bracket maximum four cabinets or flying grid with the MSX on the ground under the array in a row horizontally Ground Stack on MSX is possible with one or two MSX and four or eight MLA Mini Ground Stack next to MSX MSX vertical stack allows ground stack arrays with the MLA Mini stacked directly onto the ground perhaps at the front of a stage for example using the flying grid and the ground stack base plate Two systems eight MLA Mini can be used in this configuration The MSX would be placed to one side of the MLA Mini array stacked on top of each other when two are used with eight MLA Mini Ground Stack next to MSX MSX horizontal array allows ground stack arrays as option 6 but with the MSX to one side of the MLA Mini array placed horizontally in a row when two are used with eight MLA Mini Pole Mount adds a single system of one
72. de you can select front or rear badge during the Device Discovery process but off line you can specify rear facing when adding the array the idea being you would add all front facing cabinets as one array and all rear facing as a second You will have noticed the F on each cabinet on the MLX array if you select rear facing for the DSX you will see a B to indicate the back LED has been selected Here is a typical Cardioid array comprising six DSX DSX Array 4 In normal use this would be stacked two wide three high with the middle two cabinets rear facing Adding MLA Mini MLA Mini is deployed in blocks of four MLA Mini plus an MSX sub or amplifier module to driver them This makes entry to Vu Net a little different First you need to specify how the system is to be physically deployed the following window appears when you select MLA Mini Array and click in the System Diagram workspace Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi 8 g MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Layout 1 Flown 2 Flown in front of MSX 3 Flown with Ground Stack MSX MSX vertical stack 4 Flown wath Ground Stack MSX MEX horizontal row Ground Stack on MSX 6 Ground Stack next to MSX MSX vertical stack 7 Ground Stack next to MSX MSX horizontal row amp P ole Mount 9 Four Single Fills 10 Two Double Fills Lox M ccn Flown refers to a system with MLA Mini flown below the MSX sub using the flying frame and transition grid The maximum configuration for this mo
73. der Low Shelf and 2 order High Shelf Below are the three principal faders for adjusting the filter parameters Vu Net USER GUIDE Mal MARTIN AUDIO LONDON dn Parameters can be changed on the properties panel in three ways The faders can be drag and dropped to a new value the value can be scrolled up or down using the up down buttons to the right of the value windows and finally values can be directly typed into the value windows The response graph will adjust according to the new values and vice versa adjustments in the graph window will be reflected in the fader positions and values in the properties panel The High pass filter only has a single fader for the corner frequency This may be adjusted in exactly the same way as the faders for the PEQ s The Type drop down offers three types of filter and slopes from 12dB up to 48dB per octave To summarise there are four ways to adjust filter parameters HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Click and drag on the graph Click and drag the properties faders Use the up down value buttons in the properties section E a Directly type values into the value boxes Whilst this might seem over versatility it is intended to offer several options to suit the way that the system is being operated If adjustments are being made with using a wireless tablet PC with a stylus whilst walking around a venue certain options
74. e box just above the units selection As well as entering an absolute value any selected delay may be stepped up or down using the UP or DOWN buttons This is particularly useful when time aligning systems by ear perhaps using an audible click the delay can be gradually adjusted until the clicks are perfectly in sync Step size can be selected from the drop down and can be 0 01 0 1 1 0 10 0 or 100 0 milliseconds The delay window displays the entire routing matrix and input and output channel names so it is easy to see where delays need to be applied The input and output sections are broadly similar first here is an input channel Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON This is Input A as shown by the designation to the right It has been re named in the Input Channel tab as Mixer L The first box with a pale green fill is for display only and shows the total delay applied to that input The total comprises the delay added by virtue of a link to another channel which will be explained in a later chapter added to the delay in the final box which is where the required delay for the channel is entered To enter a delay the input or output needs to be selected with a single click whereupon the box fill will change from white to a brighter lime green The existing value can then be selected and over written with the new value following which it can be scrolled up and down if required using the UP and
75. e factory presets for either DD6 CD12 or XD15 the thumbnail picture reflects the selected cabinet Arranging the Array components Vu Net has a number of tools available to help keep the system diagram looking tidy Selecting elements can be done in a variety of ways The most obvious is a single mouse click the selected object will show the small black squares in the four corners around it A subsequent click anywhere else will de select the object as will click on a second object The selected element can also be changed using the left right up and down arrow keys the object selected will jump in the direction of the keys Selecting multiple objects can be done two ways First you can draw a box around multiple items Click and hold in the corner of a group of objects and drag over all of them diagonally A box will appear round all selected items until you release the mouse button whereupon all objects within the box will be selected You can draw the box from any corner in any direction I MLAC Zonet T MLSC Zona 1 MLAC Zone i zE TI aMn dud Master Merlin roy NLAC Zona 1 ali Eee i Tal MLAC Zone 1 cy MLAC Zonet rly MULAC Zone i MILAC Zonac 1 MLAC Zon 1 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON If you need to repeat this action several times you can select the Marquee tool from the Palette menu which changes the mouse cursor to a cross and enables box drawing mode Click on the Select icon in the P
76. e maximum through delay from input to output is 1 second so for example you can add 999 99ms to an output but then you will not be able to add any delay to the input and vice versa or you could have up to 500ms on the input and the same on the output It is important to note that if you make any changes to routing after you have set delays all delays on a re routed channel will be reset to zero This is how the routing window appears Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Tan ee stome a pe IWERSE POLARITY SH ff oms noun soms Df Ouput2 pt INVERSE POLARITY Sf 00m Noine x soms pf Outputs p INVERSE POLARITY SP fat om Notin soms E outputa ef INVERSE POLARITY ETE o oo PED ETE a SE E o toms Ef Output Delay times can be specified by time in milliseconds or distance in either Metres or Feet This is set in the bottom left of the window The temperature can be set to match the ambient temperature at the venue and will compensate for the variations in speed of sound through the air as temperature varies when distance has been selected The temperature adjustment does not affect delay times when Time has been selected as the unit of display The temperature is selected from a drop down list from 20 to 40 C You may wish to consider cancelling any shows where the ambient temperature is 20 C ticket sales are likely to be poor The other option available is the step size selected from th
77. e parametric FIR and all pass filtering These parameters which are created in your Display 2 1 project are uploaded to a completely separate section within the cabinet DSP They cannot be accessed manually The PEQ section can be compared to the grab EQ in a conventional system which is commonly a third octave graphic equaliser at front of house and is used for subtle adjustment once a system has been configured in the system processors This is the EQ window which is common to MLA MLD and MLA Compact aHa PISCONEPCTI Device Discovery dernan Uoer GischeSyatertieen MLA Asiy 1 MCA Compacts 2 FP fom 4 PEG t ETPA IS wrracses ats fiat The window has three sections the buttons along the top the graphic display window and the controls on the right of the window First we will look at the buttons along the top Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDOWN First there are ten parametric EQ buttons plus the high pass filter As you can see there are a number of colour variations for these buttons Unused bands are pale blue until they are selected for editing by clicking on them in which case the colour goes to a brighter blue and the image shows the button depressed Unused is defined as the gain left at OdB A red button indicates that the band has been bypassed irrespective of whether any gain change has been made Bypassed bands will change to a pale red when selected Green
78. e sure you wish to proceed you can select Yes if not click on No and the window will disappear the audio will remain routed This function mutes every input and output Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON on connected Merlins and every zone on all arrays Once used there is no global un mute all Merlins and arrays will have to be individually un muted Note that Show Modes does not change operation of the System Mute the confirmation window will always appear Our advice is never to leave a system muted within Vu Net always use a mute that can be defeated manually such as a Merlin output If a system has been muted within Vu Net and for some reason you lose network connectivity you will be unable to un mute and will have an unusable system System Disconnect This will disconnect the project from the hardware in the system A Window will pop up giving you a selection of options System Disconnected VU NET has disconnected from the system It is not possible to make any changes to the system until reconnected Close project with Save Close project without Save Minimize As you Can see once you are disconnected from the system you are unable to make any changes to the project this is to ensure compatibility and accurate synchronisation when you reconnect You have the option to reconnect straight from the window or can close the project with or without saving Finally you can minimise the
79. ed can be displayed as a window on the application or as an Infopop Help includes a sub menu for accessing help from remote infocenters This is not currently operational and will be a future upgrade Master Overview There is an option within Master Overview to show the Merlin Controllers in the system in the Overview tab This is for systems where Merlins are used purely as a network interface with no audio passing through them which would make it unnecessary to monitor them in the Master Overview screen type filter text Master Overview i F Calculations Firmware update a Help Content Master Oversiew Network Observation User Interface Show Merlin controller Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Network The Network option is an important section for determining how devices are found on the Ethernet network F Preferences type filter tet Network Calculations i Set comma separated hist of IP addresses that wall be searched during the Firmware update device discovery process or leave the field blank to search for all available Help devices Examples of valid entries are 192 168 1 2 or 192 163 1 7 192 168 2 5 Network Observation x ike Interface IP Address Filter Refresh Available IP addresses Restore Defaults Apply Running the application off line will display a blank window as shown When you have one or more usually at least two for MLA
80. ed that Vu Net works perfectly well on an Apple Mac using Bootcamp or under a virtual platform such as VM Ware Fusion or Parallels these options still require a copy of Windows Vista or Windows 7 to be installed however this is not supported by Martin Audio Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Vu Net Introduction Vu Net is the application used to connect to a U Net enabled device such as the multicellular family of products the DD12 PSX or Merlin processor Connection to the cabinets is achieved using the U Net network protocol Vu Net is used to monitor and control the system EQ optimisations are uploaded from the program and cabinet firmware is checked and updated Vu Net is supplied ready installed on the Lenovo tablet PC supplied with MLA and MLA Compact systems It is an optional method of control for full use of MLA Mini and DD12 Menus Before we look at the design process that is used with a system it is worth taking a look at the file structure which we will refer back to throughout the chapter When you run Vu Net you will see the following Window Fle Edt Tools Bie Fy Merina Geikene This is a blank screen with only New Project and Open Project active prompting you to start by using one or the other Start by clicking on New Vu Net project You will see the following window New VU Net project This wizard creates a new project file and opens it Name project Locatio
81. efault to 15dB if a value lower than 40 is typed it will default to 40 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Note that that the available gain and attenuation is combined for both the Master and Zone controls for example if the Master is boosted by 15dB you will not be able to boost any Zones If the Master is boosted by say 5dB you will have up to 10dB of boost available for the zones If you attenuate the Master by say 30dB you will only have 10dB of attenuation for the zones and so on At the bottom of the Master fader is a Mute button which will mute the entire array The button and all zone mutes will turn red when activated Next are the Zone faders which allow gain trim and mute for each of the zones that have been configured in the example above there are three The maximum number is six Gain may be adjusted exactly as described for the Master fader dragging the fader knob or typing a value All zones may be adjusted completely independently The zones also have a Mute button which will instantly mute a zone A further click will un mute the zone All zone mute buttons will also turn red to show they are all muted The Mute buttons can be freely changed whilst in normal mode during set up for example but when in Show Mode you will be prompted to confirm a mute function to avoid accidentally muting something while a show is in progress See the Show Mode chapter for more details The zone metering is post PEQ ea
82. elected turning the BYPASS button and the filter button red BYPASS ALL bypasses every band FLAT will instantly change the gain to OcB Next is a Filter type Click on this and the drop down shows the options for each filter band The default is Peak a standard parametric EQ the other options are 2 order Low Shelf and 2 order High Shelf Below are the three principal faders for adjusting the filter parameters Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON i UR o ote eet Ba ae i FF 8 amp 8 E E 6 E E amp I L l l l I il i i E in ee R ee ERERR a 8 wi Parameters can be changed on the properties panel in three ways The faders can be drag and dropped to a new value the value can be scrolled up or down using the up down buttons to the right of the value windows and finally values can be directly typed into the value windows The response graph will adjust according to the new values and vice versa adjustments in the graph window will be reflected in the fader positions and values in the properties panel The High pass filter only has a single fader for the corner frequency This may be adjusted in exactly the same way as the faders for the PEQ s The Type drop down offers three types of filter and slopes from 6dB up to 48dB per octave Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON To summarise there are FIVE ways to adjust filter para
83. emperature of the DSP section Just above the temperature read out is a display showing the input setting for each individual cabinet Here we can see a cabinet set to AES Digital and one set to Analogue This will display the last input setting used with each cabinet so you can see at a glance if you have a miss match of input modes When uploading EQ optimisations together with a house PEQ file all inputs are reset to analogue Alternatively you can change the input mode manually and all cabinets will match if for example you are running the system with an analogue feed and have one cabinet showing AES select AES from the input selection see below then select analogue to change all cabinets back to analogue inputs This indication is particularly useful if you have had to change a cabinet or amplifier module after loading optimisations whilst you will need to reload the optimisation at some point it is reassuring to be able to rapidly check the input mode if you hear any particularly strange sounds a mix of analogue and AES inputs can sound extremely unpleasant Just below the zone level and metering is LED control if you need to identify a cabinet or cabinets again once you have completed Device Discovery Pressing the play triangle will start the LED running sequence from top cabinet to bottom The play button then changes to a pause and the Next and Previous buttons are greyed out Clicking the pause button wil
84. eployment to ensure that the amplifier module is correctly configured particularly between ground stacked and flown options as the software compensates for the fact that the cabling is done in different directions for flown systems the cables attach from above so the longest NL4 on the Speaker cable loom going to the lowest cabinet the opposite is true for ground stacked systems where the speaker loom comes from below with the longest NL4 reaching the upper most cabinet Here is a small MLA Mini system with a pair of MSX Subs and 8 MLA Mini We have connected via the USB connection on one of the MSX and the two are linked together with U Net cables Device Discovery Report D Review discovered controllers per host and optionally nen a wizard for the hosts you wish to contre from VU NET USB MSX controllers 2 units MSA 001 SODSADRERS21 30102 MSH 002 0 DSABIRCHF1 O02 If we click on Run Wizard we see the following Window Segment MSXs into arrays Specify number of anrays Set anay name and number of MSs within anay by modifying table Total Number of PHYSICAL MSX 2 Total Humber of ASSIGNED MSX 2 y Total Humber of ARRAYS Ca Array No of MSX Mo of MLA Mini MLA Mlini Array 1 F amp The first task is to determine how many arrays are deployed By default Display assumes a single array comprising all of the MSX discovered if the system is actually stereo for example we need
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86. ete the arrays will appear on the System Diagram window with the thumbnail representing how you have selected the system deployment Here is an eight box system flown from MSX Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON HWC MEDDEMMEN N mackie com E a MLA Mini Array 1 a ee sa f CONNECTED FLOWN MSX MLAMIN 901 MLAMINI 901 manang OOL MLAMINI 001 MLAMINI 002 MAM 002 MLAMINT 002 MLAMaN 002 This is a flown system with the MSX flown behind the Mini HWC MEDDEMMEN N mackie com MLA Mini Array 1 001 f measan 001 CONNECTED SE MSX ___ OTA 002 wiLAMang DOI FLOWN J MSX meanman 002 MLAMINI 002 Eight mini ground stacked on their MSX Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON HWC MEDDEMMEN N mackie com MLA Mini Array 1 MILANI NI 00 1 el 001 mlamang 001 MLANENI OOL mamang 002 MLAMing 002 MLAam ni 002 MLAamgng 002 RAI 001 GROUND CONNECTED GROUND MSX Eight flown Mini with ground stacked MSX stacked vertically and horizontally IWC MEDDEMMEN N mackie com A s WC MEDDEMMEN N mackie com 4 MLA Mini Array 1 MLA Mini Array 1 LAN O01 MLAMING O01 MLAMINI 001 weanany 001 LAMINI 001 Lang OO1 7 O01 LA MEN 001 MLAMIN gt a 002 MLAMINI 002 MLARTHI 7 MLANEN 002 mMiamant O02 pb wy anon COZ MLAMINI 002 Pil te pee T ba MLANIN 002 masang 902 CONNECTED 001 RA 001 RAI 002 GROUND GROUND GROUND MSX MSX GROUND MSX CONN
87. filter for the output channels in pairs click on the red square then click on the low pass filter icon in the diagram Now select the green square and click on the low pass for channels 3 and 4 then the cyan square and click on low pass for 5 and 6 and so on This is the result Now we have each pair of low pass filters ganged changing the slope or frequency of either channel will be matched by its pair we have also ganged the high pass and even though the channel colour is the same the high and low pass are NOT ganged in any way vertical columns of parameters act completely independently Part ganging is very versatile and highly complex ganging is possible using one or more of the available channels for each parameter Note that this is a decidedly extreme example Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN dada isa oa fee 5 S NE AA OPO If you have accidently left some single selected parameters after building your gangs these can be quickly and easily removed without disturbing any of the genuine gangs If we look at the example above there is a single green gang in PEQ 2 a purple in PEQ 4 a pale green in PEQ6 and a pale purple in PEQ 8 As there is just one of each they are clearly not ganged to anything They can be removed individually with a second click on each parameter however they can all be removed instantly by clicking on the Clear Singles button Ji Output 2 a g la Ilat beth A
88. first by using the network icon on the PC task bar which should show connection to your system it will flag that there is no internet connectivity which can be ignored Then by going into Preferences and selecting Network and making sure that the Available IP addresses window has an IP address for every Merlin in use with your system If all is ok you can proceed by clicking on the Discover Devices button Assuming everything is OK with your network connection you will see the following window Progress Information Oo Please wait discovering devices on the network The meter bar will gradually move across until it is completely green and all devices have been found This may take a few seconds on large systems with large arrays of many cabinets There are a couple of other windows that may appear at this stage as well as discovering all devices on the network and identifying their type and IP address Vu Net also checks their Firmware to ensure it matches the latest version stored in its internal Firmware database If it detects an older Firmware version you will see the following window Ga New firmware available iC itis essential to update devices to the latest firmware Would you like to run the firmware update wizard now For more detail on Firmware updates please see the relevant Firmware chapter Finally it is possible you may see this window Bd Device discovery Unableto discover any devices o
89. g the various modes will change the array thumbnails accordingly and also importantly shows how the arrays should be cabled This is particularly important as flown systems are cabled the opposite way to ground stacked with the longest NL4 cable reaching down to the lowest cabinet For example Flown will appear like so Ga Device Discovery Visually verify and modify Yunet MLAMini arrays Use ALL ON button BY ONE button or click a cabinet to control cabinet s LED Use drag n drop technique to move cabinets into appropriate position in the diagram matching its physical MLA Mini Array 1 ALLON LED BY ONE Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Ground stacked on MSX which is available for up to 8 cabinets appears like this not the cable which unlike flown has the longer NL4s running up to the top cabinet Visually verify and modify Vunet MLAMini arrays Use ALL ON butten BY ONE button or click a cabinet to control cabinet s LED Use drag n drop technique to move cabinets into appropriate position in the diagram matching its physical MLA Mini Array 1 ALLOW LED E amp Y ONE REVERSE ORDER Ground Stack on MSX Visually verify and modify Yunet MLAMini arrays Use ALL ON button BY ONE button or click a cabinet to control cabinet s LED Use drag n drop technique to move cabinets into appropriate position in the diagram matching rts physical position MLA Mini Array 1 MLA Mini Array 2 ALL
90. he first preset into an array the first step should always be to click on Select D2P File to navigate to wherever you have saved the D2P file saved when you did your Display 2 1 optimisation See Display Chapter for details Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN HD Desktop Name d Downloads 37 Dropbox iCloud Photos u Recent Places _ ample_6_box settings dzp Single_box_test settings d2p _ User Guide 6 box d2p User_Guide_Project d2p oa Libraries a Documents a Music l Pictures H Videos Computer fe Local Disk C cm HP_TOOLS E UA Er meow rei File name kd D2 Preset d2p Open ly It is essential that you select a d2p file which matchers the array configuration size and type that matches the array to which you wish to upload optimisations You cannot load a non matching d2p file There are a couple of possible outcomes when you have selected a d2p file If you have only created one optimisation for your project it will be automatically placed in the array thumbnails ready for synchronisation In the above list of d2p files Simple 6 box setting is an example of this Note that the optimisation will always specify the type of cabinet in this case MLA You will be able to select any d2p file but will not be able to synchronise a file created for the wrong type of cabinet The Window will appear like this Please select DZP file
91. he response of the band that is currently selected the blue trace is the overall response of the entire PEQ Each small rectangle represents the position of each of the ten bands plus the high pass For all of the EQ bands the position on the horizontal represents the EQ centre frequency the vertical position is the cut or boost applied A blue rectangle is an active EQ a grey rectangle is an EQ that has been bypassed The green rectangle identifies the cut off frequency of the highpass filter In common with most PC controlled equalisation systems it is possible to make adjustments by dragging and dropping the filter curves Left click on any of the band rectangles and holding down the left mouse button drag the icon horizontally to change the centre frequency or vertically to change the gain Right click and drag up and down to adjust the filter Q factor The graph will adjust and the audio adjustment will be made in real time The final section on the right of the window is the Properties panel Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN 1 ot teeing i BYPASS bypasses the individual band you have selected turning the BYPASS button and the filter button red BYPASS ALL bypasses every band FLAT will instantly change the gain to OdB Next is a Filter type Click on this and the drop down shows the options for each filter band The default is Peak a standard parametric EQ the other options are 2 or
92. hem to file Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MARTIN AUDIO LONDON VU NET Export Preset Specify the export options and press Export fe Pole Mount F Pole Mount mbes OO If you clicked on a preset accidentally or change your mind you can click on Cancel otherwise select OK You will see the following window HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 USER GUIDE IRAI Vu Net MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Save Preset allows you to store the current configuration including all settings that you may have modified It brings up a similar window showing all User Locations HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Type in your desired name and click OK The current configuration will be saved to the chosen location and will appear as the highlighted active preset when you next load a setting Laue Load Preset TES Lo PoleMount ooo EL PoleMount oo o Synchronise will repeat the synchronisation process that occurs during Device Discovery and is used if a network error such as a network cable disconnection has caused the device and Vu Net to no longer be synchronised Delete removes the selected DD12 You will be prompted with the following Window to confirm the delete If you selected Delete accidentally or have changed your mind click No otherwise click Yes and the DD12 will be removed from the pr
93. ill mute the array 2 Are you sure about this The window is slightly different for a zone mute B Zone Mute This will mute the zone Are you sure about this For a DD12 aa Speaker Mute This will mute the speaker Are you sure about this The Sub and main Mutes for the PSX have different mute messages lig Sub Mute This will mute the sub Are you sure about this Gal Main Mute This will mute the main Are you sure about this And finally the input and output channels on a Merlin USER GUIDE Mi Vu Net MARTIN AUDIO LONDON This will mute the channel ce Are you sure about this If you definitely want to mute the array zone or speaker click Yes or press Return If you accidentally clicked on a Mute click No and the window will disappear with no change to the mute state Un muting part of the system could also potentially be destructive so a similar message will prompt you to confirm the action _ This will unmute the array Are you sure about this Note that the Master system Mute on the toolbar is not affected by Show Mode as it is so destructive it always produces a prompt to verify that you wish to proceed The Output diagnostics for MLAS MLA Compact or MLA Mini is also unavailable in Show Mode Double clicking on the array thumbnail will bring up the following window If an array has the
94. indow menu is used to determine which sections of the project window are displayed e Help Show View Properties Outline Network Status System Event Log Reset Perspective The System Diagram is always visible but the other windows can be closed and reopened as required By default they are all open but if closed they can be reopened by selecting them from the Window menu The Reset Perspective option will restore the project layout to the default view Help The help menu has a number of options Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN Welcome User Guide About VU NET MARTIN AUDIO Stam Using he software Go to Martin Audio website Goto MLA website The lines Go to Martin Audio website and Go to MLA website are hyperlinks and clicking on them will take you directly to the respective website if your PC is connected to the internet The window can be closed in one of three ways 1 Click on Start using the software 2 Click on the x in the Welcome box in the top left of the window 3 Any of these will close the welcome screen to reveal the project window Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON User Guide This is essentially a link to this very guide slightly rearranged for use in the field when running the software The contents page features links directly to the specific subject so you can very quickly navigate to where you need to be to discover the answer to
95. ini for example only has a Normal PEQ available These may also be dragged over to the Assigned PEQ file position Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Available PEQ Files Assigned PEQ Files UNASSIGNED UNASSIGNED UNASSIGNED It is important to do this not only to add some tonal EQ to the system but the PEQ synchronisation also performs a reset function on certain parameters in the array It matches the input setting for every cabinet in the array to the first enclosure and resets the array delay to the default setting Here we have applied the Rock PEQ to all arrays Available PEQ Files Assigned PEQ Files There is also the option to load a Custom PEQ file Add Custom PEQ File A PEQ file that has been created in an array can be saved as a file by right clicking on the array in the System Diagram window To up load the file at the same time as synchronising Optimisations click on the Add Custom PEQ File button and navigate to the file location where the mlap PEQ file is saved Click on the file and it will appear in the list of available PEQ files and can be dragged across in the same way as any other Available PEQ Files Assigned PEQ Files It is important to understand that a Custom PEQ will NOT perform the same system reset as one of the factory PEQ s so we would always recommend using a Factory PEQ for your first Sync and then add your own PEQ if you load any subsequent new Optimi
96. l freeze the LED badge the previous and next buttons can then be used to scroll the illuminated LED badge between the cabinets Clicking the square Stop button will extinguish the LEDs Below the LED buttons you will find the Delay section which will add a delay to every cabinet The delay displayed will be that which was already residing in the array DSP when the devices were discovered and synchronised DELAY 2 25 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON The delay can be entered in two ways either by scrolling up and down using the up down button on the right of the value box The increments are determined by the options in the Preferences menu either 1 0 0 5 0 25 0 2 or 0 1 milliseconds Values can also be directly typed into the box The maximum value is 1 000 00ms 1 second Next to the delay is displayed the currently active snapshot In this case the factory default snapshot A This display will automatically update when a new snapshot is loaded The final section on the System overview is the Input selection Note that digital audio over U Net is not yet supported so this option should NOT be selected When this option is active the second section is used to select the Unet source from one of the Merlins discovered on the network NO Canne _ No Channel However as mentioned until notified otherwise ALWAYS keep Back Panel selected The second panel will display No
97. meters Click and drag on the graph Use the arrow and page up amp down buttons Click and drag the properties faders Use the up down value buttons eS i a Directly type values into the value boxes Whilst this might seem over versatility it is intended to offer several options to suit the way that the system is being operated If adjustments are being made with a tablet PC in tablet mode with a stylus whilst walking around a venue certain options may be easier to use than if you were sitting at a desk with a mouse plugged in to the PC Array amp Zone Ganging MLA Systems have a highly versatile set of ganging options to help make system set up consistent across arrays or zones This is the ganging page for a project consisting of two main MLA Compact arrays each of 12 enclosures and divided into three zones plus two side hangs each of six MLA Compact This is how the Array Zone Ganging tab appears HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Tlexzsanu 3 gt den si werk E pangon 7 fone Filter Ganging at BREE DiI DOOR DOOR TBOG DOOR Doogee DOO DooBBe DOOBBa aiit p JAGA There are four principal types of ganging available Array ganging Zone ganging X Array Filter Ganging and Zone filter ganging Array ganging This gangs all parameters in an entire array and is activated by clicking on the Array description in the Array Ganging column Array ganging has the op
98. n C my Display projects projectcdemo vun __ Cancel Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN Type a name for your project and select a suitable file location As with Display 2 1 we would recommend creating one folder for all related files for a given event New VU Net project This wizard creates a new project file and opens it Name User Guide System Location C User Guide Files User Guide System vun EI Marquee Network fy Utter Cable E Network Cable Devices im Merlin Controtes E MLA MLD Array MLE Array MILAT Anay E oE Array a MOLAR dura Bf 0012 Speaker a PSX Speier T System Diagram You will notice that the top left of the main window has your project name and a number of options on the toolbar are now available Window components The window has a number of distinct sections with their own function Menu and Toolbar Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Along the top of the window is a standard file menu and tool bar which gives quick access to a number of functions File Edit Tools Window Help New VU Net project Open VU Net project Close project Ctrl W Close All Ctrl Shift W Save Ctrl Ctrl Shift S Ctrl P The File menu controls all file management tools The New VU Net project duplicates this function on the tool bar and is how you create a new project Note that you can have several projects open simultaneously although it
99. n MSM Inf Ej rA PUL MSX Paie Mount For a larger system the options will change for example as the maximum for pole mount is 4 cabinets 8 or more in an array will remove this option _ _ Visually verify and modify Vunet MLAMini arrays Use ALL ON button BY ONE button or click a cabinet to control cabinet s LED Use drag n drop technique to move cabinets into appropriate position in the diagram matching its physical MLA Mini Array 1 ALLON LED BY ONE REVERSE ORDER Flown Laf Flown in front of MSX Ground Stack on MSX Flown with Ground Stack MSA LSF Ground Stack next to MSX P Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON There are however additional options for ground stacked systems of eight or more MLA Mini the black arrow against these brings out the option for stacking the MSX either horizontally or vertically T Device Discovery Wizard Visually verify and modify Yunet MLAMini arrays Use ALL ON button BY ONE button or click a cabinet to control cabinet s LED Use drag n drop technique to move cabinets into appropriate position in the diagram matching its physical MLA Mini Array 1 ALLON LED BY ONE REVERSE ORDER Flown with Ground Steck MSX w Flown Flown in front of MSX Ground Stack on MSX Flown with Ground Steck MSX Ground Stack next to MSX Ere MSX horizontal row IN o1 GROUND MSX Ral 202 GROUND Si MSX Selectin
100. n acts at a festival for example This could be extremely useful if you have done a number of optimisations for an outdoor space with different environmental conditions to compensate for the variation in air absorbsion during the day as the conditions change from bright sunlight to cool evening If you need to save or select snapshots for several arrays simultaneously you would select the necessary arrays as already described then use the Load or Save Snapshots commands in the Edit menu however if you just need to select snapshots in a single array you can do so using the menu functions available by right clicking Snapshot creation and recall will be covered in greater detail in a later chapter Defining Zones By default every array is discovered as a single zone but from this menu any array can be divided into up to six zones which can all be equalised and have their gain trimmed independently Perhaps the most common use for this is to zone an MLD independently from the rest of the array as there is often a requirement for the near filed coverage to have quite different equalisation As an example we will take a twelve cabinet array and divide it into three zones the MLD the lower six MLA and the top five MLA First click on Define zones in the right click menu Will see the following window aa Define Array zones Cabinets per Zone 12 Cancel This shows a single zone of twelve cabinets the total at the bott
101. n bypassed The green rectangle identifies the cut off frequency of the highpass filter the red rectangle the low pass filter Sub EQ only In common with most PC controlled equalisation systems it is possible to make adjustments by dragging and dropping the filter curves Left click on any of the band rectangles and holding down the left mouse button drag the icon horizontally to change the centre frequency or vertically to change the gain Right click and drag up and down to adjust the filter Q factor on any of the peak or shelving bands The graph will adjust and the audio adjustment will be made in real time The final section on the right of the window is the Properties panel Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN 1 ot teeing i BYPASS bypasses the individual band you have selected turning the BYPASS button and the filter button red BYPASS ALL bypasses every band FLAT will instantly change the gain to OcB Next is a Filter type Click on this and the drop down shows the options for each filter band The default is Peak a standard parametric EQ the other options are 2 order Low Shelf and 2 order High Shelf Below are the three principal faders for adjusting the filter parameters Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON 1 iterate ILLL Paaaa ld IULI itiiti l I gt Een ue t Bae se oe TT fo I gee P FY tele LE eee ee ERER J IE Cy ill Wd Parameters can
102. n the EQ tab for that particular DD12 The EQ window is virtually identical to all other Vu Net controlled devices Cece TEE Linita Fey Mab Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDON The window has three sections the buttons along the top the graphic display window and the controls on the right of the window First we will look at the buttons along the top First there are ten parametric EQ buttons plus the high pass filter gE As you can see there are a number of colour variations for these buttons Unused bands are pale blue until they are selected for editing by clicking on them in which case the colour goes to a brighter blue and the image shows the button depressed Unused is defined as the gain left at OdB A red button indicates that the band has been bypassed irrespective of whether any gain change has been made Bypassed bands will change to a pale red when selected Green buttons indicate a band that has either cut or boost applied these will go a pale green when selected Note that the high pass filter is always active so will always appear green The graphic view of the equalisation is a relatively standard frequency response graph The horizontal axis is frequency in Hertz from 20Hz to 20KHz the vertical axis is gain from 18dB up to 18dB Colour coding is also used on the graph to represent the various modes First there are two traces one red and the other blue The red trace is t
103. n the network E j This would indicate a problem up stream of the Merlin are the cabinets powered Are all the network connections made Can you see two green U Net LEDs on all devices including the Merlin If everything is ok try power cycling the Merlin and run Device Discovery again Note It is not essential to have the complete system wired before you run Device Discovery for example you may wish to check each array individually as they are rigged so they can be flown out which is perfectly acceptable Every subsequent press of Device Discovery will find any new elements that have been introduced to the network Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Once Device Discovery has completed its scan you will see the following window Device Discovery Report D Review discovered controllers per host and optionally nun a wizard for the heats you wish to control from VUWNet 40 11 2 133 Merlin controllers 1 unit Merlin Sys Ciri 040108 MLA controllers 4 units MLA 005 OF 95 D3 02 76 45 21 2F MILA 053 16 0A A283 CD AE 26 3F MILA 001 4 16 3 00 16 41 21 BF MILA 003 09 26 91 00 68 6 FO DS DEX controllers 6 units De 008 D9 15 95 7A B948 7C 40 DSa 007 D9 165 AB GC BA ee TC a0 DSx 002 48 08 95 5F 96 52 26 3F DS D3 16 AA SE 0548 7C 40 Dex 010 9159563 AF 49 TC 40 DS 006 D916 AA GI 0543 TC 40 T Run Wizard This shows a list of all connected devices found grouped into categ
104. n to the next cabinet and so on until you have checked the entire array This is a very quick and easy test for the system it can be completed in the shop or on an array that has just been rigged prior to flying the system into place The big advantage is that there is no need to wait until front of house has been set up or any other part of the system each array can be tested individually the only additional equipment that is required is a simple signal generator which can even be an app on a smart phone When the system has been tested and the signal source disconnected or switched off the system can be un muted by a further click on the MUTE ARRAY button In addition to muting cells you can also completely disable a cabinet by switching off the amplifier This is designed for emergency situations if for example an amplifier module has a fault and is generating unwanted noise If you have tried the mute function and the noise persists it is being generated by the amplifier not anything upstream in the audio path such as the DSP In that instance the only option is to switch off the amplifier The mains distribution system has a breaker on each pair of cabinets so if that were to be used to isolate a cabinet you would also unnecessarily switch off its neighbour so the mute output stage function allows independent isolation of a single cabinet without disrupting any other functions The big advantage of this compared to physically powering off the entire c
105. ner of the palette Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN lt Palette hamas A gt Select 4 Marquee Network UNet Cable The overall size of the System Diagram can be increased or decreased by clicking and holding on the gap between its right hand edge and the left hand edge of the other windows You can then drag either left or right to adjust the relative sixes of the windows Alternatively the white drop down arrow gives you the option to maximise the screen The other windows will not be closed they will be represented by an icon on the right side of the page with the option to restore Clicking restore will return the windows to their previous state On the right side of the window are two further windows a oy Preset Loader Project vun b MLA Array1 gt MLA Array 2 Merlin Sys Ctrl The first is a project overview window showing the open project The window can be maximised detached or closed by clicking on the white arrow in the top right corner The project icon can be expanded if they have a small arrow to the left a project that doesn t yet have any components added or discovered will not show an arrow This will then show all connected components as in the picture above Arrays will have a further arrow which if clicked will show all individual cabinets This screen grab shows an enlarged project window in which the User Guide system has been expanded and one of the MLA a
106. number from 1 to 3 for MLA and MLA Compact the amplifier modules are two channel The second value is the temperature of the module DSP section This can be disabled to speed up network traffic for large complex systems User Interface The final option in the Preferences window is User interface type filter text User Interface Calculations Firmware update Increment Values Help Gan 05 Network Observation User Interface Delay 0 25 EQ Graph Show selected graph only Windows Power Options w Allow VUNet to modify Windows power options User confirmation of array synchronisation This allows customisation of certain functions within the application Increment Values Increment Values Gain 05 v Delay 0 25 These allow the default increment values for both Gain and Delay to be changed as required The default for Gain is 0 5dB but the options are for increments of 0 1 0 2 0 25 0 5 or 1dB For delay the default is 25ms the options are 0 1 0 2 0 25 0 5 or Ims EQ Graph controls how the various parametric EQ filters are displayed in the array and Merlin windows EQ Graph V Show selected graph only By default the graph will display the selected filter band that is being adjusted and the overall frequency response which keeps the display from getting too cluttered If you un check the box the response of every active filter is displayed individually as well as the overall resp
107. ny cell will mute or unmute all calls in the cabinet In CELLS mode you can mute and unmute individual cells by clicking on them Or an entire cabinet can be muted by clicking on the button to the right of each enclosure regardless of which mode you have selected Pressing the Mute Array button Will mute every cell in the array Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON CELLS Restore Defaults 7 j pa i f 2 a LELI TAT piil U m 3 fe A Tian 7 Lhe et 7 JIBE o R This mutes all cells except the low frequency and then cycles through all six cells in sequence unmuting the next cell at the same time as muting the previous The idea behind this is that you can mute the entire array apply a test signal such as pink noise to the input and then use the Mute Cycle function to un mute each cell to listen for the test signal to make sure that you have output from every cell offering an audible test that all amplifiers and drivers are operating It is good practice if you intend to use this test to recall the default snapshot A first Without doing this all cells will have the last parameters used still loaded so the sound from each cell when heard individually will vary enormously making it difficult to judge if they are operating correctly When you have checked all six cells in the first cabinet click on the play arrow a second time to stop the mute cycle You can then move o
108. o mute the array Clicking on Delay opens a pop out window showing the gain figure with a series of arrows for adjustment Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Clicking on the arrows will adjust the delay up or down by either 100 s 10s individual or tenths of a millisecond making it very quick and easy to enter a precise figure As with gain clicking anywhere else once you have completed adjustments will close the window The Window for PSX is slightly different in that it has individual delay adjustment for both the sub and main outputs DELAY SUB ms 100 101 MAIN 0 00 ms 100 10 1 The EQ button will take you directly to the EQ Window for the array opening it in a new tab if it is not already present Double clicking on Merlin will also open it in a new tab the tab on view will be the last tab that was in use if the Merlin has already been opened or the Gain Mute Limiters tab if it is not already open The layout of the Master Overview screen will by default show the arrays in size order This will automatically re size to ensure that all elements fit in the window Elements can be dragged and dropped to arrange the system to match the physical layout of the system as in the Array Overview window A series of buttons and a display on the right hand size of the window allow adjustment of the view and shows the current zoom Fit to screen Reset Layout Q Zoom in Q Zoom out Zoom 1 1 19
109. oject HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Overview Either double clicking or right clicking and selecting Open will bring up the overview option for the DD12 which shows all DD12s in the project TELLIN E N i gilus 4 This gives an overview of the state of all DD12 s allowing comprehensive monitoring of the system The box at the top will show any names that have been assigned to the cabinets by right clicking and selecting rename or selecting and pressing F2 in the System Diagram D012 Delay L D012 Dela 12 Delay R R m a a a E tee 7 eed ous The gain fader allows gain adjustment from 40 to 15dB Precise values can be entered by typing directly in the box below the fader or values can be scrolled up or down using the up down buttons The increments that the up down buttons will step is determined in the Preferences section by default it will be 0 25dB The mute button will mute the cabinet irrespective of the position of the gain fader and will turn red when active There is comprehensive metering available The bargraph to the left of the fader shows input level up to the maximum before input clip of 18dBu The smaller meters to the right show the amplifier output levels for both the low frequency amplifier driving the 12 driver and the high frequency amplifier driving the compression driver and show level prior to limit If the levels re
110. om DDi2 002 DDi2 003 CONNECTED A system connected via Merlin like this Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON HWC MEDDEMMEN N mackie com i Merlin Cabinets ie LINK QUALITY EXCELLENT 2 ms Each DD12 icon in the overview screen features a Martin Audio logo Double clicking on this will illuminate the LED on the cabinet front grille to assist in identifying each DD12 which is very useful when multiple units are deployed There are a number of functions available by right clicking on a cabinet icon DDi2 001 FY E Open Rename Select All Import preset Export preset Load preset Save preset Synchronize W Delete Open functions in exactly the same way as double clicking on the cabinet icon and opens the DD12 overview screen to allow detailed control and monitoring Rename as with any other device allows the cabinet to be given a name of up to 50 characters Please enter new name max 50 characters DD12 Left front Cancel Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Select All selects all devices in the system Diagram the keyboard shortcut for this is Ctrl A Import Preset allows importing of a preset previously saved as a file Import Preset Select a preset file target snapshot and press Import Preset File Target Snapshot R Load in Background import Cancel Clicking on Select allows yo
111. om is shown in green because it equals the numbers in all zones We now click Add and an additional zone is added of one cabinet below the first The upper zone has its quantity reduced to eleven to maintain the total of twelve wa Define Array zones Cabinets per Zone 11 1 Cancel Click Add a second time it is necessary to create the desired number of zones first and then modify the quantities in each zone New zones are always added below the previous and the position in which they are shown corresponds to the physical position in the array Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON D Define Array zones Cabinets per Zone 10 1 1 Add Delete We want our top zone to consist of five MLA to click on the 10 shown in the top array and type 5 The quantity of cabinets is no longer 12 so the total is flagged red g Define Array zones Cabinets per Zone 5 1 1 D Define Array zones Cabinets per Zone 5 If we need to reduce zones at any time they can be deleted by clicking the delete button Note that this will reduce the quantity of zones by one but will also reset the numbers in each zone All zones will have a single cabinet up to the top zone which will have the balance of cabinets required to equal the total in the array We have finished defining zones so can click OK You will Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN
112. onse The Windows Power Option Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Windows Power Options V Allow VUNet to modify Windows power options Allows Vu Net to prevent Windows from implementing changes to the power settings that can effect network operation This should be left checked unless there is a very specific need to do otherwise User confirmation of array synchronisation User confirmation of array synchronisation This may be used when synchronising an array during the Device Discovery process In normal use all cabinets are synchronised to the first cabinet found in the array By checking the User confirmation box a message will be displayed if the discovery finds devices that are not synchronised Tools The tools menu Tools Window Help Preset Loader Firmware Update Wizard MLA MLD Conversion Tool This has three important functions for system operation Preset Loader is used to upload EQ optimisations into the arrays Firmware Update Wizard is used to check and upload the latest firmware into the system components MLA MLD Conversion Tool is used to convert the amplifier modules used in MLA and MLD cabinets from one type to another Mechanically and electrically these are identical they simply need a firmware conversion so the system is aware of what type of enclosure they are powering An MLD module can be converted to an MLA or more commonly an MLA module to an MLD Window The W
113. ories Merlin Controllers MLA MLD MLX et cetera Each individual U Net network created either by a Merlin or USB connected device such as an MSX or DD12 will create an individual window with the IP address shown at the top All devices connected to that U Net loop will be listed grouped by type Next press the Run Wizard button and an individual Wizard will run for all categories the first will be MLA MLD or MLA Compact a Discovery Wiz Segment MLAs and MLDs into arrays Specify number of arrays Set array name and number of cabinets within array by modifying table stat Number of PHYSICAL CABINETS 4 Total Number of ASSIGNED CABINETS 4 Total Number of ARRAYS L Array Ne of cabinets MLA Array 1 Cancel If you have more than one array of each type of cabinet on the same U Net loop you have the opportunity to divide them into two or more arrays as required Use the up down button to select the number of arrays then change the number of cabinets in each array to match what you physically have connected Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN Na Device Discovery Wizard Segment MLAs and MLDs into arrays Specify number of arrays Set array name and number of cabinets within array by modifying table Total umber of ASSIGNED CABINETS 4 Total Humber of ARRAYS 12 J te ER Array No of cabinets MLA Array 1 Fi MLA Array 2 F Cancel If the total does
114. own Device Discovery of an on line system gives you the option to specify ground stacked and draw the array exactly as it has been physically positioned MLX Array 3 Adding MLA Compact amp DSX MLA Compact is added in exactly the same way the only difference is that as there is no downfill enclosure you are simply asked the total number of cabinets Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON EI MLAC Zone 1 MLAC Zone 1 Ba muc Zone i Ra MLAC Zone 1 MLAC Zone 1 cal MLAC Zone i ERETI 3 MLAC Zone 1 R MLACZow i RA MLAC Zones l e MLAC Zone i 1 Ra MLAC Zone 1 DSX has a slightly different option When DSX Array has been selected you will first see the standard window asking for total number of cabinets When this has been entered you will see the following window Front Back Would you like the array facing back With MLX and DSX is it easy to build and operate directional sub arrays one of the most popular of these being the gradient or CSA array with a third of the subs facing backward and phase inverted When devices are discovered in normal use their LED badges can be flashed to help identify which actual cabinets correspond to the icons in Vu Net Both MLX and DSX are designed to be used either front or rear facing and there is a front and rear LED badge so you can still easily identify the cabinet even when facing backward In on line mo
115. plied globally to all DD12 s in the project This is controlled using the section at the bottom of the overview window Once enabled the Threshold Depth and Hold Time can be adjusted either by manually typing a value or using the up down arrows to scroll though values The default values are Threshold at 67dB Depth of 10dB and Hold time of 5000ms Vu Net USER GUIDE Mil MARTIN AUDIO LONDON PSX PSX s are discovered in exactly the same way as any other device regardless of whether they are connected via a full U Net network to a Merlin or directly via USB The Device discovery will show all connected cabinets PSX controllers 1 unit PSX 001 40C96EEFTOA40FFB06 As there are no array related options with the PSX the Run Wizard merely synchronises with all connected cabinets so the software reflects the settings in the devices HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON CO i UU lt lt 7 CE Device Bas M Wizard bis e Review synchronization between YU NET and devices Device Progress PSXOOL 40 COSEEFTOAA0FFE06 ee ok Synchronize A system connected via USB will appear like this HWC MEDDEMMEN N mackie com Ea so CONNECTED Each PSX icon in the overview screen features a Martin Audio logo Double clicking on this will illuminate the LED on the cabinet front grille to assist in identifying each PSX which is
116. project This is particularly useful if you have disconnected to switch from a Wi Fi to a hard wired connection having minimised to can access the PC network setting to make the switch to a cable Ethernet connection Once Disconnected the Disconnect button will change to reconnect also allowing you to reconnect to the project Project Workspace The workspace is divided into several sections which can each be opened closed or in the case of the ancillary section detached as a floating window By default the workspace appears like this Vu Net USER GUIDE awe File Edt Took Window Help lec a ial i 2 Marquee gt Metwork Unet cable E Network Cable Devices Sa Merlin Controlle E MLA MLD Array f HiL Array P MLAC Array Bi 05x Anay f MLAMini Array Bi 0012 Speaker Bi PSX Speaker i System Diagram gt Network E UNet Cable Ed Network Cable im Merin Controller BB ALEM Aray Mix array BB MLAC Array BB 05x Array BB MLAMini Armay Bf 0012 Speaker B PSX Speaker Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON This window will show all array components on the network and is used for all configuration changes and system monitoring The palette on the left is used to manually enter system components when working off line in normal use Device Discovery is used to find all connected components If you need to maximise the workspace the palette can be minimised by clicking on the white triangle in the top left cor
117. red Presets The Preset window appears Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON If you clicked on a preset accidentally or change your mind you can click on Cancel otherwise select OK You will see the following window After which your newly selected prest will be highlighted in green HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Save Preset allows you to store the current configuration including all settings that you may have modified It brings up a similar window showing all User Locations Type in your desired name and click OK HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Sa ave Pres reset PSX amp 4 x Omnilind The current configuration will be saved to the chosen location and will appear as the highlighted active preset when you next load a setting bol ace Synchronise will repeat the synchronisation process that occurs during Device Discovery and is used if a network error such as a network cable disconnection has caused the device and Vu Net to no longer be synchronised Delete removes the selected PSX You will be prompted with the following Window to confirm the delete Sa f Conf rmaion If you selected Delete accidentally or have changed your mind click No otherwise click Yes and the PSX will be removed from the project Overview HAM09224 User Guide V
118. rrays and one of the MLX arrays have also been expanded Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON The final window by default has Properties and Outline available but by using the Show View option in the Window menu you can also select Network Status This shows all three options available Property Ethernet Master a General Manufacturer id Name Product id Product instance a UNET Family number Instance number Is connected Any of the three options can be viewed by clicking on the relevant button As with the Project window any of the selected options can be detached as a floating window maximised or closed by clicking on the white arrow If all options in the window are closed the project window will fill the space if that is also closed the Project window will fill the space The Properties window will show the properties for any element selected in the System diagram The example above shows the properties for a Merlin in an off line project There are a number of options available for the Properties display selected by the icons in the top right corner of the window Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON The first pins the Property view of the selected element so it remains on view regardless of whether an alternative element or even project is selected A second click on the icon will un pin the view and any new selected element can have its properties displayed The next is the
119. s possible Output Channels The output channel page is almost identical to the input pages aji Auta DISCONH ECT Preset Loader Projectvun Mastin Sys Chi a on AAA E 8 bine i E i tianmi oe ee eT i i ever U AARNEN Gain Mote Linfies Routing Input Channels Output Charinels Delay Ganging There are also eight filters available selected by the buttons top left but in addition there are also dedicated high and low pass filters The last three buttons are short cuts to the delay gain and limiter sections The parametric EQ have the same options as the input channels parametric high and low pass 2 order shelving EQ and high and low pass filters with variable Q High Shelf 2nd Order Low Shelf 2nd Order HP Vary Q LP Vary Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN ALDI LONDON The High and lowpass filters can be configured as either Bessel Butterworth or Linkwitz Riley types with slopes of either 12 18 24 or 48dB per octave 48dB oct is only available on Butterworth or Linkwitz Riley ButterWorth 18dB Bessel 24dB ButterWorth 24dB LinkWitz Riley 24dB ButterWorth 48dB LinkWitz Riley 48dB Ch Mares lisin Left Butter Worth 488 As with the input channels the output channel name can be edited on the Channel pages Ch Name Main Left Delay The delay window offers a sophisticated system for controlling time alignment if all systems routed via the Merlin Th
120. sations or use the right click PEQ Load PEQ function in the array thumbnail on the System Diagram Window Note that you do not have to have the same PEQ applied to every array and if you wish to change the file prior to Synchronisation just drag the new file over to the array and it will replace the existing file type Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Available PEQ Files Assigned PEQ Files Other options There are some other options available in the Preset Loader From right to left you will find Preserve array names Preserve array names If you have already named your arrays check with box prior to synchronisation Without it the arrays will be renamed with the same name as the D2 1 optimisation Target snapshot allows you to select the cabinet snapshot into which an optimisation will be loaded Target snapshot By B There are ten available labelled from B to K A is the default factory preset with basic box EQ which may be used whilst checking a system or in an emergency all other are available for your optimisations and once uploaded can be selected in a few seconds Select the desired location using the drop down button Load in Background is very useful for uploading new optimisations after your first files have been synchronised Clicking on the Load in Background button removes the PEQ options and the window appears as follows Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON
121. something you don t fully understand Tool bar The toolbar has a number of icons which offer either quicker access to commonly used functions from the file menus or specific functions which are essential to system set up and operation The first 4 icons are file management tools These are New Project Open existing project Save and Save As The next group are graphic alignment tools for making your system diagrams look neat The first second fourth and fifth of these are only active when two or more components are selected the third is only active when one or more Merlin controllers are selected The first icon aligns all selected components horizontally on the page The second aligns all selected objects vertically The third tool is used with the Merlin When a system is discovered its network connections are drawn in place The two U Net nodes on the Merlin usually run as a closed loop will go off to the first cabinet in the array and back from the last cabinet Depending on the layout of your system diagram this may mean that network cables are crossing over looking a little messy This tool reverses the two network nodes in the diagram to try and neaten the diagram Note that it is only adjusting the graphic representation it is not making any electrical changes to the U Net nodes in the Merlin The final pair of icons will reverse the position of any selected objects Perhaps you have an MLA array to the right of an MLX arr
122. t will close the application Edit The Edit menu has a number of functions available Select All Ctrl A Delete Delete Load snapshot Load preset Save snapshot Save preset Define zones Preferences Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Select All selects every item on the main project window All selected items will show four square black dots in the corners around the object or objects Load snapshot Save snapshot Save Preset and Define zones are functions relating to the arrays in the project and will be covered later in this manual Preferences Preferences have some important options for how Vu Net operates Gm Preferences Calculations Calculations Firmware update Help 20 0 Master Overview Network Observation User Interface Venue Temperature in C Restore Defaults Apply Cancel Calculations The first option is labelled Calculations and allows you to select the venue temperature in steps of 5 This is used when the option is selected in the Merlin Controller to read delay figures as a distance as opposed to time The temperature adjustment calculates the delay time according to the speed of sound at that temperature Select the desired temperature using the drop down box or an exact value may be typed directly into the box and click Apply Note that if you have a Merlin open in the project window the change will not be visible
123. te Limiter tab E VU NET i a 4 sci iE File Ed Tools Window Heip Br oe E Merins Onine Speakers Onine kra This has all input and output channel faders meters and mute buttons available As with the gain control on other Vu Net controlled devices there is up to 15dB of gain or 40dB of cut available on all inputs and outputs Metering is different for input and output Input shows absolute input level in dBu the upper point is 22dBu which is the highest level signal which can be applied to the input prior to clipping The output meters display level before limit therefore their range will be determined by the limiter threshold that has been set for that particular output The metering shows green up until it reaches 3dB from the limiter threshold whereupon it shows amber and finally red when the limiter threshold is reached The upper most point of the meter shows 3dB of gain reduction essentially 3dB over the limit threshold Limiters are accessed by clicking on the SHOW LIMITERS button Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON By default the time constants are set to Manual but they can be set to Automatic by clicking the Auto Time Constant button which will then grey out the Attack and Release windows Auto Time constants select the most appropriate time constants for the frequency band that has been selected using the high and low pass filters in the
124. tened to As with the other cabinets the array noise gate is accessible but in MLA Mini there is only the option to Enable or Disable the gate Which will un mute all cells and return you to the main array window Assigning Zones in MLA Mini As with MLA MLD and MLA Compact there are up to six zones available for the system as the Array Overview shows How these are defined is however different from the other MLA components You may have noticed that the right click function in the System diagram does not allow zone definition for an MLA Mini Array Instead zones are defined using the zone faders If you look at the Array Overview thumbnail you will notice that the MSX two in our example have a red border and the 8 MLA Mini have a blue border Vu Net USER GUIDE IRA o0 MLAMini LF IRA o MLAMini LF IRA o wal 001 DE T A we MLAMini LF RA 002 MLAMini LF INAI 002 I MLAMini LF RA 002 Ral 002 gt wT Ki Sv MLAMInE LF Analogue 002 nra INA es eee Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON By default MSX are assigned to zone 1 and all MLA Mini to zone 2 Reassigning zones is extremely simple In our example we will keep the MSX assigned to zone 1 the top four MLA Mini to zone 2 the next two to zone 3 and the final two to zone 4 First click on the Zone 1 label You will notice All components that are already part of the zone will turn red RA 001 MLAMini LF
125. the array and click on the same parameter in the X Array Filter Ganging section and click on Add Filter You will now see both the array you have just added and the first array in the list of arrays If you select the wrong parameter you can click on remove filter to exclude the array Array Compact Right Filter 0 Please select a group a val Arrays in this group Compact Left al ai Coripact Right al al aj al Add Filter __ Remove Filter You can repeat this for every array you wish to include For example if we wanted to have the high pass filter ganged for all four arrays in our previous example we would end up with the following Array Side Right Filter 0 ase select a group Arrays in this group side Left Side Right Compact Left Compact Right Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Zone Filter Ganging The final ganging option is Zone Filter ganging Unlike all other ganging options this only affects parameters in a single array It cannot therefore be used if any of the other higher level gangs across several arrays have already been used although it can be if X Array Filter Ganging has been used but not on any of the parameters that are already in an X Array group Once again you have ten independent gangs to choose from completely unaffected by any of the groups used to gang other arrays or zones As few as two zones or all six if that is how many zones are present Note that this example is
126. three zones with the Mini divided into two GROUP 2 GAIN Pea LPF HPF The first option is to choose either Array Ganging or Zone ganging note that you can only employ one type of ganging they cannot reside together in the same array There are 10 independent groups available for both types of ganging these are selected by the Group buttons along the top of the window and can be identified when in use by their colour red for Group 1 blue for Group 2 green for Group 3 and so on Array Ganging To gang an entire array first click on one of the Group buttons say Group 1 and then click on all arrays you wish to be ganged together In our example we will gang the main left and right arrays and on a second group the two side arrays _GAIN MUTE PEa LPF HPF Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON The filters are also available for you to exclude any of the parameters shown from ganging A typical example might be to gang everything other than mute so you can ensure that arrays are matched left and right but have the ability to mute them independently useful during set up All parameters are included by default so click one any you wish to exclude Here we have removed Mute from the ganging for both main and side arrays GROUP 1 Zone Ganging To select Zone ganging click on the ZONE GANGING button If you have already used array ganging you will see the following window
127. timisations contained within the file User Manual 6 MLA and 6 Box alt At this point you are able to select which file you would like to use by simply clicking and holding with the left mouse button and dragging and dropping from the available list onto the Assigned Presets boxes Note that you do not necessarily have to load the same optimisation into each array In the following example we now have side hangs also of six cabinets our d2p file is the same as the previous example and contains two optimisations We have dragged User Manual 6 MLA over to the Main left and right arrays and 6 Box alt over to the side hangs e O a aT Preset Loader Please select DAP file drag amp drop the DZ presets from the nght panel and the PEQ files from the left panel to the arrays in the centre and press Synchronise Available PEQ Files Assigned PEQ Files Arrays Assigned D21 Presets Available 02 1 presets UNASSIGNED MLA Array Right 6 MLA User Manual 6 MLA 6 MLA ar TAE UNASSIGNED MLA Array Lett 6 MLAJ UNASSIGNED MLA Array Side Left 6 MLA UNASSIGNED MLA Array Side Right 6 MLA Add Custom PEQ File Load in Background Target snapshot B Preserve array names Select 02P File synchronise Close PEQ files On the left side of the Window you can see three available PEQ files Normal Rock and Orchestra Spoken Word Note that the available list of PEQ files may change depending on the product MLA M
128. tion of excluding the Lowpass filter equalisation or gain from ganging That is the purpose of the small white boxes above each Clicking in any of the boxes will exclude that parameter from the ganged array This array has PEQ excluded from all arrays and gain from the two side hang arrays Vu Net USER GUIDE INA MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN C Left e There are up to ten independent gangs available for each ganging variation These are selected using the coloured squares at the top left of the ganging window FLEE rr If for example we want to gang the Low pass filters on all four of the above arrays with gains ganged on the main left and right arrays we simply click on one of the squares to select a gang group let s say group one which is red Then click on the Array name boxes they are now all ganged Note that as the entire array is ganged all zones are also ganged We have however excluded the PEQ therefore in the Zone Filter section the PEQ s are not red Basudsuddida fever Foor Gace T Cn oo Zone Filter Ganging a LJ E If we click on the tab for one of the side hangs the ganging tab looks similar but as we also excluded the gain that is also not coloured red to show that it is not part of the ganging Vu Net USER GUIDE aad i ada X Array Filter Ganging Zone Filter Ganging DABAR UDOUUE pDEp00R UDUUDE so0000 500006 50008 HBOUUE 000008 000008 Ho0008 o000e
129. to help identify the DD12 under control in multiple deployment applications This can be done individually for any cabinet Pressing the play arrow Lp J will make the LEDs of all PSXs illuminate in sequence cycling round continually until you click on the stop button m Note that the global LED switches will overwrite any LEDs which have been activated on an individual PSX The back and forward buttons KI allow manual cycling of all cabinet LEDs each click will extinguish the currently illuminated LED and light the LED on the next or previous PSX EQ There are two buttons available for applying equalisation to the system one for the Sub output and one for the Main Clicking on either button will bring up an EQ Window virtually identical to other Vu Net controlled devices this is the Sub EQ window Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDI LONDOWN ie ARRAAAARAA HP Fitter Laat ATTACK RELEASE 7 m alli HP Finer TYPE Linkeertr Riley 2 48 The tab at the bottom of the window indicates which EQ you are using if the cabinet is part of a zone and the preset in use PEQ MAIN NO ZONE PSX DD6 R The window has three sections the buttons along the top the graphic display window and the controls on the right of the window First we will look at the buttons along the top First there are ten parametric EQ buttons plus the high pass filter for both EQ windows and low pass filter for the Su
130. to select 2 in the Number of ARRAYS box Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDOWN Segment MSXs into arrays Specify number of anays Set array name and number of MSMs within amay by modifying table MLA Mini Array 1 MLA Mini Array 2 This now shows two arrays each comprising of a single MSX and 4 MLA Mini Click Next and the next window is where we select the desired deployment Visually verify and modity Vunet MLAMini arrays Use ALL ON button BY ONE button or click a cabinet to control cabinet s LED Use drag n drop technique to move cabinets into appropriate position in the diagram matching its physical position MLA Mini Array 1 MLA Mini Array 2 ALLON LED BY ONE ALLON LED BY ONE REVERSE ORDER REVERSE ORDEA Flown in frontof MSW Flown in iront of MSN This shows the two MLA Mini array which are deployed in the fault methods of Flown in front of MSX The drop down box shows all other options USER GUIDE DYA MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Vu Net Visually verify and modify Vunet MLAMini arrays Use ALL ON button BY ONE button or click a cabinet to control cabinet s LED Use drag n drop technique to move cabinets into appropriate position in the diagram matching its physical position MLA Mini Array 1 MLA Mini Array 2 ALLOW LED BY ONE ALLON LED GY ONE REVERSE ORDER REVERSE ORDER Flown in frontof MSX Fiown in frant of MSX oo Fiewn Fawn in front of MSX Ground Stack o
131. ts in the same way as the Load Preset function which is available from the right click menu in the Project System Diagram It will bring up the Prest Menu with the currently active Preset shown highlighted in green Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON XD15 Jazz Band XD12 Rock XD15 DD6 Front fill Corporate small room DD6 Under Balcony XD12 Vocal only XD15 Dance Club mm EB EB CR ES ea Ca Undefined Undefined Undefined Undetined Clicking OK will confirm the selection and the preset will load The Preset select window can be closed The currently active Preset is displayed on the Preset button The Input allows the connection mode to be changed from the default which is Analogue to AES EBU taking its feed from either AES left or AES right or a split mode which feeds AES Left to the Sub and AES Right to the Main out thus allowing individual control from two sends This can either be done individually for each PSX or globally using the Input switch at the bottom of the PSX overview Window A global change will bring up the flowing window Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON gt Input of ALL cabinets will be set to AES L Do you wish to continue Click Cancel if you have changed your mind or OK to accept the change of input mode All PSX s will display the new input selection Clicking the LED button will illuminate the front grille LED
132. u to browse to the file location where preset files have been stored This could be a specific preset for a regular venue or type of program material Target Snapshot determines which of the User Snapshot locations the file will be stored to Load in background when checked allows you to select a snapshot location and upload a new file without disturbing the active snapshot this can be done while audio is running through the system and will be completely inaudible This way specific snapshots can be uploaded ready to be recalled when required This includes uploading to the currently selected snapshot there will still be no audible effect you will need to recall the same snapshot for the changes to take effect If Load in Background is not checked the DD12 will automatically revert to the new snapshot Export Preset allows you to save any of the presets loaded into the DD12 as a file for future use Bg VU NET Export Preset i Specify the export options and press Export Export current settings _ Export stored preset Preset name stored preset Pole Mount Output File The default choice is to export the current setting You have the option to give the Preset a dedicated name and then to browse to a suitable file location and give the file and easily remembered name If you select Export stored preset you can select any of the presets factory or user stored in the DD12 and save t
133. until you close it and reopen Firmware update The next option is Firmware update type niter text Firmware update Calculations Firmware update Update server Help URL http fupdatesmartin audio com updates Network Observation User Interface Restore Defaults Apply Caneel Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON This shows the web URL for the system to search for firmware updates which will be covered in the Firmware chapter This should not be changed unless notification is received from Martin Audio to do so If however it accidentally gets changed or deleted it is possible to reset all Default parameters by clicking on the Restore Defaults button Note that this restores ALL Preferences so any that you wish to retain will have to be re entered Help Next are options for how the Help menu is displayed Help Calculations Firmware update Help Network Open help search Observation In the dynamic help view User Interface Specify how help information is displayed Open Modes Open help contents In the help browser ContedHelp Open window context help Inthe dynamic help view Open dialog context help In a dialog tray Restore Defaults cancel c By default the help window is displayed in a dedicated help browser but you can select it to open in your default Internet Browser Context help which responds dynamically to objects select
134. uts or outputs on the network This should be left un selected until the feature is available in a future firmware upgrade To return to inputs from the rear panel XLR s which are bought out on the Merlin patch panel on the MLA Master and slave racks you should ensure that the Back Panel option is selected From there you can also select either Analogue or AES3 inputs Note that selecting AES for either inputs or outputs changes how physical connections are made to the Merlin see the chapter on the Merlin for more details The routing matrix is shown with the inputs forming vertical columns and the outputs as horizontal lines Each node can be selected to route any input to any or all output This is entirely freely configurable there are no restrictions on where or how many outputs and of the inputs are routed to Note that any changes to the routing will remove any delay settings that have been configured for any of the output channels HAM09224 User Guide V1 0 Vu Net USER GUIDE Dai i Output i f oupas Fouts INI MARTIN AUDIO LQHioown The outputs can also be selected to be standard balanced analogue or AES3 This is done completely independently of the input it is perfectly acceptable to have the inputs and outputs set to different formats analogue inputs from an analogue console and AES3 outputs to feed MLA arrays for example Note that the input and output names can be changed in
135. very useful when multiple units are deployed There are a number of functions available by right clicking on a cabinet icon Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON Open Rigt Rename F2 Select All Ctri A Import preset Export preset Load preset Save preset Synchronize Mt Delete Open functions in exactly the same way as double clicking on the cabinet icon and opens the PSX overview screen to allow detailed control and monitoring Rename as with any other device allows the cabinet to be given a name of up to 50 characters Please enter new name max 50 characters PSX Main Left Select All selects all devices in the system Diagram Import Preset allows importing of a preset previously saved as a file Import Preset i Select a preset file target snapshot and press Import Preset File Target Snapshot R 4 Load in Background Clicking on Select allows you to browse to the file location where preset files have been stored This could be a specific preset for a regular venue or type of program material Target Snapshot determines which of the User Snapshot locations the file will be stored to Load in background when checked allows you to select a snapshot location and upload a new file without disturbing the active snapshot this can be done while audio is running through the system and will be completely inaudible This wa
136. y specific Vu Net USER GUIDE Mi MARTIN AUDIO LONDON snapshots can be uploaded ready to be recalled when required If Load in Background is not checked the PSX will automatically revert to the new snapshot If you choose to upload to the active snapshot Load in Background will have to effect Export Preset allows you to save any of the presets loaded into the PSX as a file for future use Expor Preset Gi Specify the export options and press Export Export current settings _ Export stored preset Preset name Stored preset DDG Output File The default choice is to export the current setting You have the option to give the Preset a dedicated name and then to browse to a suitable file location and give the file and easily remembered name If you select Export stored preset you can select any of the presets factory or user stored in the PSX and save them to file vent Export Preset Specify the export options and press Export Export current settings Export stored preset Preset name Stored preset l DDG Output File 2 xXD12 se 3 XD15 A Jazz Band X012 b Rock X015 DDS Front fill Ed Corporate small room E DD6 Under Balcony F XD12 Vocal only H XD15 Dance Club Note that you will see Factory Presets 1 2 amp 3 but only User Preset locations where a setting has been stored will be shown Load Preset allows you to load one of the already sto

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