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1. MODE PAN BAL MODE PAN BAL Koko FADER MODE Issue 1 General Introduction LJ A Master Automation Control Panel LJ A Surround Monitoring PEC Direct Panel LJ Optional additional module providing up to 16 fader pan strips Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Configuring Logic from the AudioFile Control Surface This section describes how Logic is setup by user interaction with a series of displays on the control surface of AudioFile The following pages and procedures are governed by the Logic system and not by AudioFile Z Refer to the AudioFile SC User Manual for detailed explanations of AudioFile facilities and operation In the AudioFile Main Menu shown below press the LOGIC softkey or press the LOGIC hardkey Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm ET AUDIOFILE STUDIO CONTROLLER _ ae C2 008 SC 32 44166 25 CUES BACKUP AND MACROS DEFAULTS MISC EVENTS RESTORE Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration The Logic Main Menu will be displayed Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm 66 61 08 008 EXIT SNAPSHOT FILING FILE LOGIC CHANGE SYNC LOGIC BROWSER AUTMN SOFTWARE SELECT FILE DEFAULTS BACKUP VERSION BACKUP Hard Disk Usage limit indicator On entry the Logic Main Menu checks the Hard Disk Usage if the disk is over full i e it has reached or exceeded the safe level a message box will appear informing the user Z Users are advis
2. Note 2 In TAKEOVER or AUTO TAKEOVER modes ALL WRITE does not affect switches Z Note 3 In TAKEOVER or AUTO TAKEOVER modes Master ALL Chan ALL 1st press does not affect arm state of switches 2nd press disarms all controls on the channel including switches Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation Touch Modes TOUCH INHIBIT All mode changes happen immediately on command Touch sensors are ignored When the TOUCH INH button is pressed all controls in TAKEOVER green flashing are changed to READ TAKEOVER When WRITE is selected for a non switch control it goes instead into TAKEOVER green flashing This is functionally equivalent to READ except that touching the control makes it change to WRITE mode If you select WRITE mode for a control which is already in WRITE it interpolates back to its previous replay value and enters TAKEOVER If you press the TAKEOVER button all controls in WRITE will interpolate back in this way AUTOWAIT When in TAKEOVER if a fader or automatable rotary control is held whilst selecting WRITE for the control again or pressing TAKEOVER the control enters AUTOWAIT Having selected AUTOWAIT the control remains writing even if released until the play pass setting matches the current setting then resumes playing back Whilst in AUTOWAIT the sense to match of a control is indicated by arrows on the parameter display or the path display for faders Transport stop puts
3. Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Appendix II MAKE UP GAIN This is the amount of Manual make up gain added if Manual is selected It is not added in Auto mode It is expressed in dBs and variable between O and 20cB The alpha display initialises to OdB and is variable in 0 1dB steps The Logicator shows an arc with the fixed point at the minimum position OdB increasing in size clockwise as the amount of make up gain is increased The basic expander input output curves can be seen in Figure 2 They show the effect of changing each of the controls outlined below From this it can be seen that the amount of gain reduction required is the difference between the 1 1 curve and the expander gate curve at all times Below the Threshold level the Expander slope is larger than 1 1 therefore increasing the dynamic range of the signal applied to it This also has the effect of making low level signals practically inaudible accounting for an expanders use for noise reduction Like the Compressor Limiter the effects of expansion can be softened by using the Soft Knee control This effectively provides a gain curve with a constantly varying ratio from 1 1 to that selected as shown in Table B 2 The controls available to the user are Control Range Display Step Initialise Logicator Threshold 60 gt 20 dB 1 dB 20 dB gt Min Arc Ratio 1 0 1 gt 9 9 1 0 1 1 0 1 gt Min Spot Attack 0 0
4. 86 ODE 106 ele ODE C a a WRITE g o TRIM ISOL od F dB 30 GAIN 59 c1 LEAD W an onc a an a Mone Fonc Ea Func PON 4 CLR mone Z The ON CLR button toggles the process in out of the path Dynamic Range Controller A Dynamic Range Controller DRC is an alternative dynamics processor which uses significantly less processing resources than Compressor Limiter and Expander Gate units A DRC consists of a Compressor and fixed ratio Expander in one unit Disable DRC Expander Although the Expander section of the DRC cannot actually be turned off it can effectively be disabled To disable the DRC Expander gt Set the Expander Threshold to MIN This sets the threshold to an insignificantly low level about 350dB Z This will remove the effect of the expander for all real world signals except for digital silence in which case the expander will still engage and show on the meter Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 COMP LIM FUNC 1 Selection and Adjustment Dynamics If a DRC is allocated in mix setup pressing the COMP LIM and FUNC 1 buttons allows the following parameters to be adjusted Compressor Threshold Compressor Ratio Expander Threshold Attack Time Release Time The fixed ratio of the Expander element is 2 1 CMPT o 1 N o o o OR gt oii H i is is i Mm M o a a i O L
5. Surround panning is controlled using the panning Logicators when I O amp PAN is selected or by using the Joysticks The Joysticks provide an intuitive means of controlling the pan position particularly where sound must be matched to objects moving about on film Panning with Logicators vo RIN amp PAN at FUNC Ea a ON 4 CLR To access the Panning controls gt gt Press the I O amp PAN and FUNC 4 key The integral LED will illuminate orange Logicators are assigned to panning and the alpha descriptions are Rear F b Div and Lcr respectively If appropriate Groups busses in Stems have not been selected i e the path is not routed through to the appropriate speakers the alphas will display OUT All the Stems are taken into account for panning controls For instance if a path is routed to front speakers on one Stem and surround speakers on another Stem then all panning controls will be available To adjust front pan balance gt Rotate Logicator LCR to the required setting This is a pan control for mono signals and a balance control for stereo signals To adjust divergence of a mono signal gt Rotate Logicator DIV to the required setting The Logicator displays an arc which spreads from the centre as divergence is increased This control is not available on stereo paths Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities To adjust width of a stere
6. Armed Yellow flashing ALL MODE Toggle arm disarm single control READ WRITE ISOLATE Select mode for all armed controls on channel see Note 1 and 2 Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation Master Automation Controls Do AUTO TAKE UNDO auto E o a CUT B MARK AUTO AUTO AUTO ALL READ WRITE ISOLATE Select mode for all controls on desk see Note 1 and 2 ALL Interrogate armed status for all controls on desk Armed Yellow flashing ALL Channel MODE Toggle arm disarm single control ALL Channel ALL Arm 1st press disarm 2nd press whole channel see Note 1 and 3 ALL UNDO Disarm all controls on desk READ WRITE ISOLATE Select mode for all armed controls on desk see Note 1 TO END All controls in WRITE are written to end of mix Transport must be running ALL TO END All controls are written to end of mix Transport must be running UNDO Undo changes made if any on most recent pass Transport must be stopped KEEP Save current automation data and snapshot to disk under current mix setup LOCK ISOLATE Lock out automation press again to re enable Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation Z Note 1 Functions which affect all controls or all armed controls are limited to sections of the desk selected by the FADER AUTO CUT AUTO and DESK AUTO everything else buttons By default all of these are enabled green
7. FUNC 1 6 4 Setting Automation Modes 6 5 Dynamic Key Inputs amp Sidechain Listen 6 5 Key Input Controls 6 6 Automation 7 Introduction 721 Control Modes 7 1 Channel Automation Controls T3 Master Automation Controls 7 4 Touch Modes 7 6 Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Contents Transition Modes 7 7 Automation To Mark 7 13 Changing Between Transition Modes 7 14 Automation TRIM Mode 7 19 Play Safe 7 20 Mix A B Compare 7 2 Mix Merge Join 7 21 Off Line Editing 7 24 Automation Filing 7 29 Setup Cycle 7 35 Ganging 8 Introduction 8 1 Setting Up A Gang Structure 8 1 Surround Sound Facilities 9 5 1 Format Surround Sound Example 9 1 The Surround Monitoring PEC Direct Panel 9 2 The Joystick Module 9 2 How the Surround Sound System Works 9 3 Surround Sound Panning 9 5 Stem Configuration 9 10 Patching Film Inserts for Post Decode amp Lt Rt 9 12 Surround Monitoring 9 15 Surround Panning 9 22 Quad AES EBU Interface Card QuadAES A Introduction A 1 Dynamics B Compressor Limiter B 1 Expander B 4 Noise Gate B 7 Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 General Introduction Design Features The Logic 3SC mixing console shares most of the operational philosophies of the larger Logic 1 and Logic 2 series consoles and all work carried out on a Logic 3SC is transferrable to or from both Logic 1 or 2 via the appropriate medium The console surface is equipped to run with up to 64 channels 16 groups 2 main output and 8 auxiliaries
8. J MAIN SELECT 1 MAIN j To monitor a mono mix of the surround outputs gt Press the MONO key in the Surround Monitor section The integral LED will illuminate red The output to all the speakers except Front Centre will be cut A true mono mix of the surround monitor output will be heard on the Front Centre speaker To swap the front left right outputs with the main monitor output SEL 1 POST 1b lt e B Lt Rt SWAP SPKRS IVONO gt gt Press the SWAP SPKRS key The integral LED will illuminate red The LED s for the currently selected Stem s in the Stem Sel section will flash The output for front left and front right will be sent to SEL 1 The output routed to SEL 1 will appear on the front left and front right speakers and the remaining surround speakers will be cut Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities The SEL1 system path is often used as an output to near field speakers If near field speakers are being used to test mixes on domestic quality speakers then the output format can be changed e g using Lt Rt or MONO to test compatibility with non surround domestic systems LCRS Pre and Post Decode Monitoring Both of these functions use inserts to switch the Film paths through external equipment for encoding and decoding To monitor the Left Total and Right Total output from the Dolby matrix encoder gt Press the Lt Rt key Th
9. MIX OUTPUT TO OTHER KEY IN PATH OUTPUT In this way it is possible to enable a source channel s PRE DYNAMICS AUDIO PRE DYNAMIC PROCESSING POST DYNAMIC PROCESSING MULTIPLIER key input signal to define the dynamics gate of another channel e g the signal of one channel can affect the dynamics of another channel The Sidechain Listen function enables users to monitor elements that they would not normally be able to hear during adjustment e g de essing sidechain EQ etc by routing the sidechain audio of any path derived from the path s pre dynamic audio or its key input directly to the post dynamics processing of the path This feature is applied in an identical way to all other processing Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Dynamics Key Input Controls Selection Key Input control and Sidechain Listen are selected by pressing either the COMP LIM or GATE EXP FUNC 3 buttons followed by the ON CLR button Control is then found on the three horizontal rows of four Logicators in the following order MeT e TRIM ISOL ori Cl LEAD o o one unc y P unc 5 mi OO E O O E E Top row of Logicators Logicator 1 controls EQ shape with its alpha displaying the current selection Logicator 2 allows adjustment of Q level with its alpha displaying the current value Logicator 3 provides level control with its alpha displaying the current va
10. PROJECT CASUALTY TITLE MICKS MIX MIX M PASS PASSO NOTE FROM 14 42 59 20 1 CHANGED TO 14 43 65 12 2 MIC SETUP 2324 FADER LEY 2TRK SETUP GRP1 FADER LEV SETUP GRP2 OUTPUT GRP1 SETUP GRP3 OUTPUT ee SETUP GRP4 amp OUTPUT eRe SETUP MAIN FADER LEY SETUP MAIN OUTPUT 14 42 59 2TRK FADER LEV 14 42 59 2TRK FADER LEV 14 42 59 2TRK FADER LEV 14 42 59 2TRK FADER LEY 14 42 59 2TRK FADER LEV 14 43 66 2TRK FADER 14 43 66 C2TRK ee F F m Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm SELECT EVENT TO ADD TO GRP2 sietan oa sa FROM THE SELECTION BELOW TITLE MICKS MIX PASS PASSO FROM 14 42 59 26 1 TO 14 43 05 12 2 SETUP 2324 FADER LEVEL SETUP GRP1 FADER LEVEL SETUP GRP2 OUTPUT SETUP GRP3 OUTPUT SETUP GRP4 OUTPUT SETUP MAIN FADER LEVEL SETUP MAIN OUTPUT 14 42 59 20 1 2TRK FADER LEVEL 3 3 DB 14 42 59 26 2 2TRK FADER LEVEL DB 14 42 59 21 2 2TRK FADER LEVEL DB 14 42 59 22 2 2TRK FADER LEVEL DB 14 42 59 23 2 2TRK FADER LEVEL DB 14 42 59 24 2 2TRK FADER LEVEL DB 14 43 00 66 2 2TRK FADER LEVEL DB 14 43 88 61 2 2TRK FADER LEVEL DB F F Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation The ADD EVENT button allows a new MUTE ON OFF EQ ON OFF AUX ON OFF or Fader Trim TRIM event to be added to the mix After setting the timecode for the new event the path may be selected using the RH Jogwheel or by typing in the pat
11. SAVE LOCAL DEFAULTS SC 32 4 188 25 SET SET SET SET SPLIT AUTOMIN TIMECODE AUTO SOLO CONSOLE TYPE OFFSET SAVE MODE DISABLED TIMECODE OFFSET R252 532052 0596 The user can select the DIM LEVEL from the range of values 10dB 20dB 30dB or 40cB Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Zero Dbu Level This feature allows the system to operate with a digital headroom of anywhere between 8dBu and 30dBu in 1dBu steps the default is 18dBu 00 00 00 0O LIST EXIT SET DEFAULTS CURRENT a STEREO TONET EBU 1 6 KHZ DBU OFF BRIGHTNESS FULL GREEN LEDS BAR LEDS SELECT ZERO DBU SELECT PARAM YELLOW 15 DBFS PREF Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm PARAM RED 16 DBFS CHANBASE 17 DBFS ROSETTE PREVIOUS PREF 19 DBFS TAKEOVER TIME 20 DBFS SAVE 21 DBFS LOCAL DEFAULTS SC2 66 SC 32 4 180 25 TIMECODE OFFSET SET SET SET DIR SPLIT AUTOMTN TIMECODE auro LEJEL CONSOLE TYPE OFFSET SAVE DISABLED Changing the operating level produces a corresponding change in PPM and VU meter sensitivity and in the level of the console tone generator at any given setting The console dynamic processing threshold levels are also altered accordingly To Set The Zero dBu Level Press the DEFAULTS softkey then press the ZERO DBU LEVEL softkey gt Scroll through the options using the left hand softwheel and select the level required To confirm selection press
12. These control changes are written into the mix currently playing if any and the display reflects this current status Controls in WRITE remain so until a mode change is forced by the operator or timecode is interrupted in which case they revert to full READ TAKEOVER touch sensitive controls only LED green flashing The control is in READ as described above until touched at which point it goes into WRITE as described above It remains in WRITE when released until a mode change is forced by the operator or timecode is interrupted in that instance it reverts to TAKEOVER AUTOTAKEOVER touch sensitive controls only LED green flashing The control is in READ as described above until touched in which case it goes into WRITE as described above It interpolates back to the current READ value at a programmable rate and writes this to the mix when let go before going back into AUTOTAKEOVER ARMED LED yellow flashing when interrogated MATCHING LED red flashing Control is interpolating crossfading back to the old replay value When interpolation is complete TAKEOVER READY is automatically entered Logic 3SC User Manual MODE PAN BAL SOLO FADER MODE Issue 1 Automation Channel Automation Controls MODE READ WRITE ISOLATE Select mode for single control ALL READ WRITE ISOLATE Select mode for all controls on channel see Note 1 and 2 ALL Interrogate armed status for all controls on channel
13. gt 50 0 mS 0 1 mS 1 mS gt Min Spot Release 0 0 gt 5 0S 0 01 S 0 15S gt Min Spot Knee 0 0 gt 60 dB 0 1 gt 1 dB 1 dB lt gt Centre Arc Depth 0 0 gt 60 dB 0 1 dB gt 1 dB 30 dB lt gt Centre Arc Table B 2 Display Step should not be confused with the parameters actual resolution which is much larger Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Appendix II THRESHOLD This is the dB level below which gain reduction of the signal will occur This is expressed in decibels relative to normal program line up level and variable between 60 and 20dB The alpha display initialises to 20cB and is variable in 1dB steps The Logicator shows an arc with the fixed point at the minimum position 60dB increasing in size clockwise as the threshold is increased This gives a visual display of the size of the region under expansion RATIO This is the level of gain reduction applied to the signal below the threshold point i e the ratio between changes in level in dB of the input to the expander and its output This has a range of 1 0 1 to 9 9 1 The alpha display initialises to 1 0 1 i e no expansion and is variable in 0 1 size steps The Logicator shows a simple dot display increasing from the minimum position clockwise to maximum as the ratio is increased ATTACK TIME The attack time determines the rate at which the gain applied to the input signals is increased from the Depth setting to OdB
14. Enter the new name using the QWERTY keyboard and press the ENTER key Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Fader Start System Optional This feature allows users to associate a relay number with any input port so that when channels are then attached to those ports every time the fader is above 60dB the associated relay will close To use the fader start system gt Press the RUN UTILITY softkey then press the RUN UTILITY PROGRAM softkey to display the INPUT CONFIG page gt Now press the SET PORT TYPE softkey and enter a relevant name then press the SET PORT NUMBER softkey and enter the relevant number gt Next press the SET PORT HARDWARE softkey and using the left hand softwheel scroll though the available ports then select either Mono or Stereo hardware by pressing either STEREO or MONO HARDWARE softkeys gt Now press the SET RELAY NUMBER softkey and enter the relevant number this will then associate the relay number with the port gt Tosave the new input configuration first press the FILING softkey followed by the SAVE AS softkey then type in an appropriate name The ADD NEW PORT softkey allows for the definition of additional type number and relay groupings Regard a fader as closed even when above the threshold Fader Start SLS The Fader Start SLS mechanism can be set with a single key depression to regard a fader as closed even when above the threshold Z The default status is
15. MAIN O P CHANNEL y GROUP gt AUX v INPUT gt EXTERNAL gt gt gt CHANNEL gt GROUP gt FILM J GROUP MAIN O P AUX O P OUT MAIN O P AUX O P O P CUE O P GROUP MAIN O P AUX O P O P Issue 1 Configuration Path Types CHANNELS mono stereo within processing limits Provide the main inputs to the console TRACKS mono only Tracks provide the necessary outputs in the surround sound panning system Track routing cannot be configured by the user GROUPS mono stereo In mono form groups can also be used to provide the necessary outputs in the surround sound panning system Channels can be routed to groups which in turn can be routed to main outputs MAIN OUTPUT mono stereo Generally the final destination of all inputs and all eligible outputs i e groups and record monitors Normally routed to a mastering machine in the studio AUXES Auxes are available from channels groups and tracks LISTENS An output bus which enables Logic to provide a comprehensive AFL PFL system TALKBACKS Provide a talkback system and TONE generator SELS abbreviation of monitor SELect An output bus routed to the studio monitoring system Logic 3SC User Manual Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm STERE IP 4 EQ FADER 1 OP 0 AB STERE IP 4 EQ FADER oP 0 AB AB I
16. Mix A B Compare Two mixes may be compared on the fly with timecode running To do this Compare mode must be set to ON and the two mixes loaded as MIX A and MIX B Load review the first mix pass from the Automation Filing page with MIX A highlighted on the MIX A MIX B bistate button Then toggle the bistate button to MIX B and load review the second mix pass The MIX A MIX B button can then be toggled at any time to select the mix currently playing back Switching between MIX A B is still possible when COMPARE MODE is set to OFF but only when the transport is stopped Z In principle when COMPARE MODE is ON new data cannot be written to either mix the console behaves as though in PLAY SAFE i e controls can be put into WRITE or TRIM but nothing should be recorded Mix Merge Join Parts of two mixes may be joined together to form a third composite mix The join points and associated automation crossfade rates may be rehearsed in real time whilst hearing the results before creating the composite mix To do this load the two desired mixes as MIX A and MIX B as described in Mix A B Compare and press the MIX JOIN button in the Main Automation page The screen displays a linear graphical representation of the two mixes to be joined in the same style as the Main Automation Control page Horizontally across the middle of the screen a band is shown running either above or below the line dividing the graphics window This sh
17. This has a range from 0 instant attack to 50mS The alpha display initialises to 1 0mS and is variable in 0 1mS steps The Logicator again uses a simple dot display increasing from the minimum position clockwise to maximum as the attack time is increased Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Appendix II RELEASE TIME The release time determines the rate at which the gain applied to the input signal decreases from OcB to the Depth setting A range of 0 instant release to 5Sec is provided The alpha display initialises to 0 10S and is variable in 0 01S steps The Logicator again uses a simple dot display increasing from the minimum position clockwise to maximum as the release time is increased SOFT KNEE This is the number of dBs above Threshold at which expansion is gradually introduced increasing smoothly to full expansion below the Threshold point It is expressed in dBs and is variable between 0 and 60dB The alpha display initialises to 1dB and is variable in 0 1dB steps from O to 9 9dB and then in 1dB steps from 10 to 60dB The Logicator shows an arc with the fixed point at 12 O Clock OdB increasing in both directions as the Knee size is increased This gives a visual display of the size of the soft knee DEPTH This is the number of dBs below Threshold at which the input output gain change returns to 1 1 with a fixed gain reduction of depth dBs Depth is variable from O to 60dB The alpha display initialises to 30dB
18. 85 2TRK LEVEL 92 C 2TRK LEVEL 35 DELETE 2TRK LEVEL 99 BLOCK C2TRK LEVEL 162 2TRK LEVEL CUT BLOCK 2TRK LEVEL 102 0 DB 2TRK LEVEL 98 4 DB 10 14 03 89 7 2TRK FADER LEVEL aczron 10 14 03 10 7 2TRK FADER LEVEL SC 32 441668 25 wren T VIEW MARK FILT ON f SETUP CLIPBRD BLOCK FADERS MUTES J 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 A list of the automation events in the Current Mix is shown in the lower window with a highlighted cursor which is moved using the RH jogwheel The window scrolls automatically when the cursor moves off the edge of the window The LH jogwheel scrolls the list in pages with the cursor remaining in the same screen position A linear graphical representation of the mix being edited is shown in the upper window with the current cursor and playout position marked The transport controls including LOC may be used to locate to any portion of the mix and play automation including any edits made The list window remains at the position set The PATH FILTER SETUP button allows paths to be included or excluded from the display and therefore editing operations It may be switched on and off using the FILTER ON OFF bistate button Logic 3SC User Manual Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm CASUALTY MIXS 2TRK C2TRK 2TRK 2TRK C2TRK Issue 1 Automation The I O amp PAN FADER MUTES EQ AUX and DYNAMICS buttons enable inclusion or exclusion of those types of event in
19. Any path may be stereo subject to processing resources PANVBAL PANBAL PAN BAL Be m a a MCR MLR MLR MLR MLA 8 LRILRI LR LR PAGE SCREEN INTENSITY Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 General Introduction The main components of the console surface are as follows LJ Eight assignable fader pan strips with automation controls preset and programmable fader to path assignment selection controls and alphanumeric assignment indicators MODE MODE Di MODE PAN BAL PAN BAL PAN BAL LJ An assignable alphanumeric logicator control panel with function select and automation control switches Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 General Introduction LJ A large colour TFT graphic backlit LCD console status display with aligned and screen labelled path softkeys metering function switches and page select switching Bw EE ma ma LA A LLR E L R LRELRELRELRI MENU PAGE SCREEN INTENSITY 1 6 8 7 ENTER PEL Ga Ga PFL Ca PFL PFL ga Ga Ga ca Cao Ca PFL ga gi LJ A compact LS monitor selection and control panel d Two AB MS switchable 32 segment bargraph meters one dedicated to the main output and one which may be assigned to groups auxes or main output MAIN O P ASSIGN s AB MS AB MS Logic 3SC User Manual upo fg TOUCH UNDO INH ALL rn ISOL
20. DAN m aU mL ee AL 5 M A Oo Oo WAE e o TRIM ISOL 6 6 Som r lag 10 dB 30 GAIN_59 MODI M m Je C1 LEAD a ea owe owe Fonc EA Fonc EA o 2S a e Func PON 4 CLR pign MODI Mone JE a n ELOS Mone Activation Toggling the ON CLR button switches the process into the path and the LEDs in the COMP button and the ON CLR button change colour to amber confirming thot the process is active Z Dynamic settings can be copied from one path to another Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Dynamics Setting Automation Modes Pressing and holding the COMP LIM or GATE EXP a button and pressing WRITE will force all controls for i dynamics processes into WRITE or READY depending ie upon the current TOUCH MODE 2 If in TAKEOVER or AUTOTAKEOVER pressing and holding COMP or EXP and pressing WRITE twice will Co m force a touch on all the controls for all those dynamics o processes on that path providing a convenient method of writing dynamics settings without having to physically touch a large number of controls Dynamic Key Inputs amp Sidechain Listen Key Inputs allows the Dynamics Sidechain of a path to be controlled not only from the pre dynamics audio of that path but also by the mix output of any other path KEY INPUT O KEY NORMAL SIDECHAIN EQ optional DYNAMICS CHAIN any SIDECHAIN AUDIO
21. Off To regard a fader as closed even when above the threshold gt Press the CUT key The configuration will always be loaded from boot if it has been designated as the default configuration Z Whenever the renamed ports are accessed they will appear with their new names Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration AES Config Page Any pair of Input Output Config files can be imported and saved as a new AES Config The different types of AES card available are automatically recognised and their resources are monitored Output Rates on 154 cards can be generated by selecting new settings on the on board Frequency Synthesisers Detailed live Input Channel Status monitoring can be executed on any input port To use the AES Config Page gt Press the RUN UTILITY key The Run Utility options list will appear Scroll through the displayed list until AES CONFIG is highlighted using the left hand Softwheel gt gt Press the RUN UTILITY PROGRAM key The AES Config page will appear Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm 66 61 68 00 DEFAULT SRC CONFIG CURRENT SRC CONFIG ROBI MODE PORT STATE C STATUS 1AES 1S INP 826 691 SYNCHRONOUS 44166 C 1AES 1S OUT 826 691 SYNCHRONOUS 1AES 2S OUT 826 691 SYNCHRONOUS SC2 08 SC 32 44168 25 IMPORT IMPORT EDIT EDIT AES SHOW INPUT OUTPUT SRC PORT CHANNEL SRC CONFIG CONFIG MODE STATE STATUS RESRCE Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration gt Sel
22. The Talkback path must be routed to a destination Use the Talkback key to control the LED and relay The input does not need to be routed Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Routing and Monitoring PFL PFL BUS CIRI BY 0 LOGIC 3SC MONITORING PROCESSING HARDWARE lt i O CUITS MADE NA SWITCHING N REAL OR VIRTUAL DACS AFL BUS D e MONITOR SOURCE SELECTOR BUTTON O In order for monitoring to fully function e g to enable PFL and AFL users must modify the LISTENS and SEL features on the console DIGITAL ANALOGUE CONSOLE LARGE L S SMALL LS VOLUME BUTTON O ANY SOLO MAIN LS SMALL L S T VOLUME SMALLLS Ol Q smuus PFL VOLUME PFL OUT LARGE L S OPTIONAL PFL SPEAKERS OPTIONAL AFL SPEAKERS LISTENS 0 SELECTED NONE 1 SELECTED AFL ONLY 2 SELECTED AFL amp PFL ALL PATH SHOWN ARE STEREO gt From the main Logic page on AudioFile press the MIX SETUP softkey then press the EDIT softkey This will highlight the options list located on the left hand side of the screen gt Using the left hand softwheel scroll through the options and select LISTENS then enter via the numeric keypad either 1 to enable AFL or 2 which enables both AFL and PFL the default is 0 gt Continue to scroll through the options and select SEL SPKRS then enter 1 via the numeric keyboard gt Press the SAVE AND ALLOCATE s
23. and hysteresis HYST controls A gain reduction meter which is repeated at lower resolution on the fader strip when the path is assigned to the fader Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Routing and Monitoring Loudspeaker Monitor Facilities Main and small monitor LS outputs are provided with independent level control and a button to select SMALL LS A five button cancelling set allows selection of the LS monitor source as MAIN Output PFL EXT SELECT1 or SELECT2 g D AN AS J Sia EXT MONO wr AF SOLO 3 EEA x MAIN SELECT 1 MAIN f N W SELECT and SELECT2 allow monitoring of several buses simultaneously Press and hold SELECT1 or 2 and use the main group and aux RTE keys to select the buses required Mono buses are fed to both speakers The current source is always shown in the alpha display next to the main LS volume and shows SOLO when any channel is soloed The SOLO CLEAR button cancels any solos in the console A separate output and level control is provided for a PFL Loudspeaker which is fed from the PFL bus output The MONO button feeds a mix of both legs of the source if stereo to both legs of the LS monitor output The M S button converts the monitor output to M S format CUT and DIM buttons are provided which affect both main and small loudspeakers The DIM level defaults to 10dB and is programmable on the Logic defaults page see page 2 26 External Input Monito
24. and is variable in 1dB steps The Logicator shows an arc with the fixed point at 12 O Clock OdB increasing in both directions as the Depth is increased This gives a visual display of depth Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 The Noise Gate input output curves can be seen in Appendix II Figure 3 They show the effect of changing each of the controls outlined below From Figure 3 it can be seen that the Gate operates like a two level switch i e gain reduction jumps from Depth dBs to O dB when the input rises above Threshold and jumps back down to Depth dBs when it drops below Threshold minus Hysteresis Hysteresis is used to eliminate repetitive activation of the gate for signals that jitter around the Threshold point It is used in preference to a hold time as the gate closing point is program dependent and will follow a dynamically changing input more accurately Attack and release times are used to shape the gates envelope i e the time taken to open and close the gate The controls available to the user are Control Range Display Step Initialise Logicator Threshold 60 gt 20 dB 1 dB 20 dB gt Min Arc Attack 0 0 gt 50 0 mS 0 1 mS 1 mS gt Min Spot Release 0 0 gt 5 00 S 0 01 S 0 15S gt Min Spot Depth 0 gt 60 dB 1 dB 30 dB lt gt Centre Arc Hysteresis 0 0 gt 20 dB 0 1 dB 6 dB lt gt Centre Arc Table B 3 Display Step should not be con
25. and pressing WRITE twice will force a touch on all the controls for all filter processes on that path providing a convenient method of writing filter settings without having to physically touch a large number of controls Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Dynamics Dynamics COMP LIM FUNC 1 Selection and Adjustment Pressing the COMP LIM and FUNC 1 buttons displays a compressor limiter if allocated in the processing on the AFP o o O o TRIM ISOL o o LEAD A MODI Vo uNc tome Func ExP E a Amm 4 CLR Logicators are available to adjust the following parameters Threshold Ratio Attack Time Release Time Soft Knee Width Make up Gain Manual or Automatic A second compressor limiter is available on page 2 FUNC 2 Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Dynamics GATE EXP FUNC 1 An expander is available if allocated in mix setup on GATE EXP FUNC 1 The following parameters are adjustable Threshold Ratio Attack Time Release Time Soft Knee Width Depth oO oO O o TRIM ISOL 6 6 MODI MODE 6 ALL Copy dB _30 C O 0 TO C 0 Func PON 4 CLR Oo o MODE MODE Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Dynamics GATE EXP FUNC 2 A noise gate is available on page 2 FUNC 2 if allocated Logicators are available for the adjustment of Threshold Depth Attack Time Hysteresis Release Time aay
26. into TAKEOVER The mode button of any control set to TAKEOVER in this way will flash green No further action is taken until either LJ A control in TAKEOVER is touched at which point the control goes into WRITE and from then on behaves as described above except that it reverts to TAKEOVER when play is stopped If you select WRITE mode for a control which is already in WRITE it interpolates back to its previous replay value and enters TAKEOVER If you press the TAKEOVER button all controls in WRITE will interpolate back in this way LJ A mode change is forced by the operator LJ Transport stop puts all controls in WRITE into TAKEOVER If timecode is interrupted all controls still in TAKEOVER i e they haven t been touched remain in that mode with their mode buttons flashing green No data is written for those controls and the mix for them is unaffected Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation DATA MODE TRANSITIONS IN AUTOTAKEOVER The WRITE mode is used to write into a mix and only becomes effective when the control is touched When released it interpolates back to the current READ value at a programmable rate and writes this to the mix before going back into AUTOTAKEOVER Autotakeover is only applicable when going from READ to WRITE READ to WRITE gt Arm the desired controls and press the WRITE buttons on the desired channels or use the global WRITE button gt Alternatively press channel or g
27. is pressed Whether PASTE INTO CHANNEL or PASTE INTO ALL CHANNELS is selected the channels in question are overwritten If the same data is to be entered into a number of channels the COPY TO PASTE BOX softkey can be used to transfer the required process information from the selected channel into the Paste Box This data can then be copied across to other channels individually or all channels simultaneously The PROCESS softwheel allows scrolling up and down the list for revisions and deletions The first two parameters stereo mono input types are not deletable as they must pre exist any other selections Editing An Existing Path gt Press the CHANNEL softkey and then press the EDIT PROCESS softkey By rotating the softwheel the list of processes in the current path can be scrolled through to enable adjustments deletions etc to be carried out The horizontal softkeys change function according to the process currently selected At any stage the CHANNEL softwheel is available to change to another path Logic 3SC User Manual Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm Issue 1 Configuration The ADD softkey is available whenever a further process can be added to the path On pressing ADD a question mark appears in the path beneath the active process This 2 indicates the position where a new process can be inserted into the path The horizontal softkeys display the available options expander DRC etc Further levels of selection wh
28. key performs a macro sequence that saves the operator from having to press four keys in succession FILING SAVE KEEP and LOAD Path Allocation Inhibit This feature allows a large mix from a large console i e a Logic 2 to be loaded onto a smaller console i e a Logic 1 or 3 by inhibiting paths not considered essential for a project while at the same time ensuring that essential paths Mains SELs etc remain completely unaffected EXIT HANNE EDI 1 EQ 1 EQ FADER FADER oP AB OP AB STEREO STEREO IP AB IP AB EDIT PROCESS SC2 88 SC 322 441008 SHON TOGGLE SAVE AND Hita INHIBIT ALLOCATE To inhibit a path gt Enter the Mix Setup page and press the CHANNELS or TRACKS etc softkey then use the left hand softwheel to scroll across to the required selection now use the TOGGLE INHIBIT softkey to allocate the inhibit function gt Press the SAVE AND ALLOCATE softkey to confirm selection Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration All inhibited channels will be clearly marked with an asterisk indicating their status at the top of the processing display and also in the path selection window of the Desk Designer display Display of Uninhibited Paths Uninhibited paths are placed onto any empty path positions on the Logic 3SC screen Automation on allocated paths even if subsequently inhibited is retained Having completed the mix on a smaller console it can then be re load
29. offset to the WRITE move and its Fader Mode indicator becomes steady yellow indicating that it is in TRIM RECORD When the fader is released it continues to WRITE that fader position until the transport is stopped returning to TRIM READ Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation AUTOTAKE TRIM mode In AUTOTAKE mode a fader in TRIM has its Fader Mode indicator flashing yellow showing that it is in TRIM READ Any underlying WRITE moves are shown on the fader together with TRIM moves if any Moving a fader applies an offset to the WRITE move and its Fader Mode indicator becomes steady yellow indicating that it is in TRIM RECORD When the fader is released the fader reverts to playing the underlying WRITE move with its new offset Its Fader Mode indicator becomes flashing yellow to show that it is in TRIM READ but this time the TRIM offset will interpolate back to its previous value at the takeover time rate Play Safe This mode makes WRITE function as ISOLATE whilst keeping the TAKEOVER AUTOTAKEOVER capabilities It can be used for rehearsing automation moves without altering stored data gt Select PLAY SAFE mode by holding TOUCH INHIBIT TAKEOVER AUTOTAKEOVER and pressing ISOLATE The touch mode LED changes from red to flashing yellow and the memory usage display reads Safe gt To revert to normal operation hold one of the touch mode buttons and press WRITE Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation
30. path name to remain indicated even when a fader is touched To access Fader Level Display Inhibit from the main Logic page on AudioFile Press the DEFAULTS softkey which will bring up the first default page then press the NEXT PAGE softkey gt To activate deactivate toggle the FADER DISPLAY OFF ON softkey gt Finally press the SAVE LOCAL DEFAULTS softkey then the EXIT TO MAIN softkey The fader displays will now be on off as selected Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration This feature allows the end to end travel of Pan Logicators to be reduced from 270 degrees to 180 degrees for easier fast or long pans To access Selectable Pan Logicator Travel from the main Logic page Press the DEFAULTS softkey which will bring up the first default page then press the NEXT PAGE softkey gt To activate toggle the PAN SWEEP softkey from 270 to 180 and press the SAVE LOCAL DEFAULTS softkey then the EXIT SET DEFAULTS softkey The system s Pan Logicators end to end travel will now be 180 use the same procedure to return to 270 degrees Arming Disable This feature enables users to disable the Automation Arming feature allowing bi directional Automation Mode selection i e ALL WRITE or WRITE ALL To access the Automation Arming Disable from the main Logic page gt Press the DEFAULTS softkey this will bring up the first default page then press the NEXT PAGE softkey gt To activate de
31. setup for illustration purposes only This format is known as 5 1 because there are five surround destinations Front Left Front Centre Front Right Rear Surround Left and Rear Surround Right plus the sub woofer The setup will be as follows LJ 5 1 Format Surround Sound using L C R LS RS and SW sub woofer LI 1 to 6 will form Stem A E Channel 10 as a stereo input from llin 1AB LJ Channels 11 and 12 as mono inputs 1lin 2A and Ilin 2B All the examples listed below refer to this setup and the steps towards obtaining it It is assumed an appropriate Desk Setup with enough Channel Group and Film paths has been loaded It is also assumed that the Films are patched to the correct outputs for the speakers the particular outputs used for the speakers will be different from one Logic 3SC to another The other panels that relate to this example are LJ Select Paths to form the Stem LJ Select the speakers for monitoring the Stem LJ Select inputs to the Stem J Monitor the result Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities B E a E a A uA amp SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO Eeke B Rs QUICK ROUTE Provides controls for selecting the Stems to be monitored and the formats to use for monitoring It can be used to configure up to five Stems labelled A through to E Each Stem can consist of up to eight Groups busses which are then routed to the Film paths E
32. softkey It will then be possible to see which files have been tagged for back up gt To complete the process press the PROCEED WITH BACKUP softkey To exit at any level without performing a back up press the SAFE EXIT key Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration gt Press the LOGIC AUTMN BACKUP softkey then verify what is to be backed up ie Automation or Cues gt Press the Backup key A prompt will appear asking for the user to enter a name gt Enter a name using the QWERTY keyboard and press the ENTER key A prompt will appear informing the user of the length of time the backup will take gt Press either the QUIT or CONTINUE softkey as desired Hard Disk Space buffer zone Logic requires a minimum of 7 free disk space to execute a backup if the disk becomes over full i e it reaches or exceeds the safe level a message box will appear informing the user that any edits will be lost when any Logic page is entered This affects all Logic pages and automation passes Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Restoring Mix Set Up amp Automation Data To restore mix set up or automation data gt Press the LOGIC AUTMN BACKUP softkey in the Logic main menu page which will access the Backup amp Restore page The top left hand corner of the display will show the current selected medium i e Exabyte or optical disk Use the SELECT SYSTEM softkey to toggle betwe
33. the ALL PROC PAGE MODE key Use the left hand Softwheel to scroll though the three options gt Press the ENTER key to confirm selection Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Feet And Frames Timecode can be expressed in feet and frames in Logic automation pages if AudioFile S Systems onwards is set to feet and frames To select Feet and Frames in AudioFile from Logic gt Press the LOGIC Hardkey The Main AudioFile page will appear gt Press the DEFAULTS key The Main defaults page will appear gt Toggle the USER DISPLAY MACHINE key to USER The user defaults page will appear gt Use the left hand Softwheel or associated lt gt keys to select Timecode Feet and Frames display type gt Use the right hand Softwheel or associated lt gt keys to select the type desired 16mm 24 16mm 25 35mm 24 35mm 25 gt gt Press the SAVE DEFAULTS key gt Press the EXIT key gt Press the LOGIC key The Main Logic page will appear Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Routing and Monitoring Summary of Facilities The Path Status Display The large colour TFT screen on the console shows routing status pan and fader levels for all paths within the console Channels above channel 16 appear on a second third and fourth page accessed by pressing the PAGE button at the bottom left hand corner of the display Starting from the bottom of the screen a channel display consists of LJ the
34. the ENTER key then the SAVE LOCAL DEFAULTS softkey and finally the EXIT SET DEFAULTS softkey The selection made will now represent OdBu Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Z OdBu 18dBuFs The levels are expressed in dBFS because the only useful reference point for digital signals is full modulation of the digital signal path similar to defining 0 775v rms as OdBu The choice of operating level is primarily a question of the headroom preferred for a particular application However the need to interface with external equipment with operating levels that cannot be adjusted can also determine operating levels Both operating levels and ADC DAC scaling can be matched so that the console is consistent with external devices in those circumstances Having set the operating level the PPM and VU meters read zero as marked on the meter scale when a signal at the operating level is present The console tone generator will produce a signal at the operating level when set to OdB and dynamics thresholds will be at the operating level when set to OdB This will be sufficient for all digital interfacing but the utility only sets the operating level within the digital domain therefore further adjustments may be required to ADCs and DACs to set the desired operating level in the analogue domain When setting ADCs and DACs the important parameters are the scaling of the conversion and the maximum analogue signal level or clip l
35. the display They toggle ON or OFF when pressed and default to all ON after a boot up The FILTER ON button must be set to use this function The MARK button sets the start of a marked block of events at the current cursor position 66 01 66 0G LIST EXIT MARK BLOCK TITLE MICKS MIX PASS PASSO FROM 14 42 59 26 1 To 14 43 05 12 2 The cursor may then be moved forwards or backwards and ENTER pressed to mark a block of events Marked events are highlighted in the list All editing operations see below will affect all events in a marked block or the event currently under the cursor when no marked block exists A second temporary editing space is provided to aid editing operations called the Clipboard Events may be copied to and from the Clipboard and it may be edited in the same way as the current Mix To view the clipboard press the VIEW CLIPBOARD button the button will only appear after a COPY or CUT operation as described below The COPY button copies all marked events or the event under the cursor to the Clipboard Logic 3SC User Manual Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm PROJECT NOTE CHANGED 14 14 14 14 pe 42 42 42 43 a MIXS 59 59 59 88 oe 22 23 24 66 H CASUALTY C 2TRK C2TRK C2TRK C 2TRK C2TRK C2TRK C 2TRK FADER FADER FADER FADER FADER FADER LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL Issue 1 Automation The CUT button moves all marked even
36. the input output gain change returns to 1 1 with a fixed gain reduction of depth dBs Depth is variable from O to 60dB The alpha display initialises to 30dB and is variable in 1dB steps The Logicator shows an arc with the fixed point at 12 O Clock OdB increasing in both directions as the Depth is increased This gives a visual display of depth HYSTERESIS The hysteresis control is used to select the level below Threshold at which the gate closes The turn off threshold level is always below the turn on level It is expressed in dBs and variable between O and 20cB The alpha display initialises to 6dB and is variable in 0 1dB steps The Logicator shows an arc with the fixed point at 12 O Clock OdB increasing in both directions as the amount of Hysteresis is increased This gives a visual display of ON OFF level difference EO ET ogey TO Y ou TSZ Oey Jo d Q 40 uoaa seaulj uou Saseal dul azis aauy Gulseas uj OT OT OT TOUNO HOVA 40 SLOB43 ONIMOHS SIAUND YALIW YOSSTUdWOD T INIH CIOHS3YHL a TOULNOD J3NX 140S MIOHSSYHL TOULNOD Olu 0 CIOHSIYHL ap yndyng NX ra 0 CTOHSIYHL ap dno Vy padde web a nysod Jo Junowe Daas 0 Joyerado smoye 9 7 W jenuew apo CIOHS3YHL padde S AN z 104 3q NNJ O I ueg dn ayew padde 9 N Ww ogny Jaye ain O I TOULNOD NIVD dn DYW ap ndul lt 3 a is OT x TOULNOD OT MIOHSIYHL CH
37. used to move the signal back from this position then the signal will slowly diminish to the Left Group 1 and gradually increase to the Mono Surround Group 4 The Group must then be routed to the correct Film paths in the Surround Monitoring Panel The Film paths are automatically assigned to speaker positions according to the number of Film paths selected in the current Desk Setup There can be 0 4 6 or 8 Film paths In the example in the Simplified Surround Monitoring diagram there are 4 Film paths that have been automatically assigned to the speaker buttons that are used for LCRS monitoring L C R and LS Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities Surround Sound Panning The top Logicator on I O page 1 allows any MONO group to be set as a Surround Sound destination Press and hold ON CLEAR to dial through the following types Mono M Left L Right R Front left FL Centre FC Front right FR Surround mono SM Surround left SL Surround right SR Inner Left IL Inner Right IR o o READ WRITE Oo Oo TRIM ISOL o o TO TO JO Oem o 10 UNC ComP MODE MODE aoe OMi Func f EXP sai o o AUX FUNC MODE P FUNC Pony The group changes to the type selected when ON CLR is released and the panning of all paths routed to it are adjusted appropriately i e A group s filmset type determines which channel pan control will apply
38. A This information is updated twice per second with the exception of the asynchronous flag which remains on for 3 seconds after a sample slip has been detected Source and destination strings 4 characters each decoded from the incoming channel status stream bytes 6 to 13 This option is only valid when AES EBU data with professional channel status is being received at the correct sampling frequency Otherwise the status information as described above in 2 will be displayed instead Transmitter software Transmitted channel status is in professional format and indicates that the signal contains no preemphasis The full 24 bits of audio resolution are used Valid CRC codewords are generated Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Appendix II Compressor Limiter The compressor is probably the most important and widely used dynamics algorithm in today s music and broadcast industry The basic function of a compressor in operational terms is to reduce the dynamic range of a signal by reducing its gain when the peak level goes above a certain threshold level The basic comp lim input output curves can be seen in Figure 1 They show the effect of changing most of the controls outlined below From this it can be seen that the amount of gain reduction required is the difference between the 1 1 curve and the compressor curve at all times The attack and release time filters are used to determine how fast this gain reduction is
39. ADD NEW PORT 1LIN 13S 1LIN 6S ihti Sc 32 44 188 25 SET SET SET VIEW PORT PORT RELAY HARDWARE NUMBER HARDWARE NUMBER DETAILS When a port with delay allocated to it is selected and switched on the delay control appears on a Logicator on I O page 3 If interrogated the Logicator displays DLY and resets to zero delay when cleared with the ON CLR button Delay is adjustable up to the maximum allocated to the port and the value is saved with Mix Setup The control can be automated in the usual way When a Mix Setup is loaded with delays saved on ports but not currently allocated the delay value is retained until delay is allocated Prior to that the DLY logicator reads but will show the latent delay when the MODE button is pressed Delay is expressed in samples therefore the actual delay time is dependent on the system sample rate Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Dither Pattern Selection Quad MADI This feature allows for the addition of noise to Output ports which has the effect of redistributing the noise content of the signal over the whole frequency spectrum eliminating noise peaks The options available are 16 18 20 and 24 bit dithering with 3 patterns LSB Rounding Rectangular Triangular Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration The Current Mix is whichever mix is presently active The Default Mix is the mix which is selected to automatically conf
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41. D above the CUT key will illuminate green To SOLO an individual speaker gt Press the required SOLO key The LED above the key will illuminate red The LEDs above the CUT keys for the other speakers will illuminate green Z Solo is additive so L and R could be soloed by pressing their SOLO keys in turn Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities SIMPLIFIED SURROUND MONITORING Stem setup on the Speaker selection Analogue outputs PEC Direct Panel on the to speakers with Tracks designated Surround Monitoring Panel for the correct panning p L destinations siastr ade Ss Cc StemA ES 1 1 1 Group 1 LHe Film 1 L gt R Surround 1 i i 1 l Panning Group 2 Film 2 C H sL Channel 1 C i i 7 L PGroup 3 R Film 3 R SR 1 1 i i l l 1 Group 4 S Film 4 S i sw l I 1 1 ape ene ee eee eer 4 a ae a eer ee ee 1 NB The SL speaker key is EX1 used as the destination for rear mono surround EX2 Analogue outputs to speakers Surround Path Routing
42. DISABLED LED settings can be optimised and saved as part of the mix set up data Seven bars will be displayed representing the categories of LEDs that can be adjusted Except for CHANBASE and ROSETTE which are adjusted using the left hand softwheel to darken and the right hand softwheel to brighten When each of the parameters has been selected the setting is saved by pressing SAVE LOCAL DEFAULTS the current mix set will then include that data Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Takeover Time An eighth bar enables the user to set the time taken to interpolate between two modes e g when the operator is WRITING information to a mix in autotakeover mode and then releases the control to enter READ the LED configuration alters to indicate this change The time taken by Logic to interpolate between modes is measured in seconds and can be set from a minimum of zero to a maximum of two To select preferences use the two softkeys labelled SELECT PREVIOUS PREF and SELECT NEXT PREF the current selection will be highlighted Once a selection has been made the left hand softwheel can be used to adjust the level of brightness required rotating clockwise increasing the intensity and anti clockwise to reduce it Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration A test tone can be selected with the SET TEST TONE softkey which displays a window as shown below Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm TONE PARAMETERS LEVEL FREQUE
43. E MEMORY A D Fron 00 00 12 65 00 START OF MIX TO 61 44 02 67 58 NEU MARKER 7 12 A z GE 82 8 1 fsc 32 ue 100 25 MEM Df MEM Eff MEM Fo MEM Gof MEM To leave the page gt Press the EXIT SETUP CYCLE or SETUP CYCLE button To play transport in cycle mode gt Press the CYCLE hard key located to the left of the LOGIC key and adjacent to the alphanumeric keyboard Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Ganging A multi level VCA style ganging system is supported for faders An example of gang structure is shown below MASTER SLAVE SLAVE SUBMASTER SLAVE SLAVE SLAVE SUBMASTER SLAVE SLAVE SLAVE SLAVE SLAVE Setting Up A Gang Structure Gangs are set up via the screen based set up page which is accessed from the MENU key and then the GANGS SETUP softkey The feature also has on screen help which is toggled on and off using the HELP key To create a master press and hold the PATH button on the path which is to be master then use other PATH buttons to select slaves to be controlled by that master All PATH buttons of that gang will illuminate RED and the screen display adjacent to the PATH buttons will alternate between the path names and the status of the path within the gang as follows LJ MST for an overall master LL SLV for a slave LI sub X for a submaster of level X relative to the overall master gt To interrogate a gang structure or to ad
44. IGFILE SC Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm ENABLE UARISP D SET VARI LIMIT SYNC SPEED SOURCE MAX SAMPLE RATE 44100 44100 44100 44100 44100 44100 ENABLE SET VARI VARISP D SYNC SPEED LIMIT SOURCE Logic 3SC User Manual Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm varispeeo sf a Issue 1 Configuration SET VARISPEED LIMIT allows the user to set the UPPER varispeed limit for the system sample rate and provides maximum processing resources Use the left hand softwheel to scroll through the options available If varispeed is required it is advisable to set the maximum limit at the start of the session by pressing ENTER after selection this will re allocate the console VARISPEED is controlled within the limits set using the left hand softwheel 00 01 00 88 LIST SC2 96 SC 32 F VARISP D LIMIT Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Defaults enables various system options to be established Press DEFAULTS from the opening display to access the first DEFAULTS page 00 01 00 0G Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm LIST EXIT SET DEFAULTS CORRER nicks STEREO one Eeu 1 6 KHZ 6 DBU OFF BRIGHTNESS RED LEDS GREEN LEDS BAR LEDS PARAM YELLOW PARAM RED CHANBASE SELECT ROSETTE PREVI OUS PREF SECONDS 2 LOCAL DEFAULTS Sc2 66 TIMECODE OFFSET Einara 32 96 SC 32 44166 25 SET SET SET ZERO SET SPLIT AUTOMIN TIMECODE AUTO DBU SOLO CONS OLE TYPE OFFSET SAVE LEVEL MODE
45. L c Stem A Group 1 Film 1 R Group 2 STEM Film 2 SL TO FILM z Group 3 ROUTE Film 3 SR Group 4 Film 4 SW EX1 Stem B Group 5 Ex Group 6 Group 7 Analogue outputs to recorder Group 8 m L m c Stem C Group 9 Track 1 gt R Group 10 Track 2 gt SL Group 11 gt Track 3 SR Group 12 _ gt Track4 SW EX1 EX2 Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities To Use Solo In Place gt Press the SOLO key on the required fader strip s The panned signal from the selected path will now be routed to the Film paths to output to the monitor speakers The signal will appear on the speakers according to how it is panned This should match the routing through any Stems assuming that the Groups in the Stems are routed to the correct speakers according to their pan designators All the surround monitoring capabilities in the Surround Monitoring panel can be used to test the Solo signal e g Lt Rt Any number of SOLO keys can be pressed The LED in the SOLO CLEAR key on the CONTROL ROOM section of the console will flash orange To Cancel Solo gt Press the SOLO keys to turn them off or gt Press SOLO CLEAR on the CONTROL ROOM section of the console The integral LED in the SOLO CLEAR key will stop flashing A a gt N sy il a SOLO P Ba T J TONE gt oom SELECT 1 MAIN A Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities Surround Panning
46. NCY gt To make a selection from the four options use the left hand softwheel and press the ENTER key to confirm the choice gt To interrogate the current test tone press the SET TEST TONE softkey to view Press the softkey again to cancel the window The sample rate is set during bootup and determined by AudioFile Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Set Automation Type The SET AUTOMITN TYPE softkey enables Dynamic automation to be selected Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm EXIT SET DEFAULTS OFF BRIGHTNESS FULL Se BAR LEDS SELECT 7 NEXT PARAM YELLOW PREF PARAM RED CHANBASE ROSETTE PREVIOUS PREF SECONDS TAKEOVER TIME SAVE LOCAL DEFAULTS fsc 32 44100 25 TIMECODE OFFSET SET SET ZERO SET SPLIT TIMECODE AUTO DBU SOLO CONSOLE OFFSET SAVE LEVEL MODE DISABLED Set Timecode Offset A Timecode offset for a complete automation mix can be entered by pressing the SET TIMECODE OFFSET softkey and entering the desired offset in the displayed box using the keyboard SET AUTO SAVE enables the Autosave function for Multiple Mix Passes Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Allows users to select the value that the output will be cut to when the DIM key on the master quadstrip is pressed Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm CURRENT MIx nicks STEREO one eeu 1 6 KHZ 6 DBU OFF BRIGHTNESS GREEN LEDS BAR LEDS PARAM YELLOW PARAM RED CHANBASE ROSETTE SECONDS TAKEOVER TIME
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48. SETTE E cceecan TRACK PRESEND SECONDS TAKEOVER TIME TIMECODE OFFSET MESAS SET SET SET SET ZERO TEST AUTOMIN TIMECODE AUTO DBU TONE TYPE OFFSET SAVE LEVEL DISABLED 1 AFL After Fader Listen mode routes selected SOLOs to a listen bus and routes this to the Control Room monitors All other signals are still present in the desk but are not audible 2 SOLO IN PLACE cuts all routing including aux sends and direct pre post sends except where SOLO has been selected 3 SOLO IN PLACE TRACK PRESEND cuts all routing except where SOLO has been selected but track mon aux pre sends are not cut Z Main output and auxes are immune from the effects of CUT SOLO Any signal can be made immune by use of the SOLO INHIBIT button on the signal strip Groups should be protected in this way Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Defaults Page 2 A second page of defaults is accessed by pressing the NEXT PAGE softkey Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm LIST 66 66 66 66 66 EXIT SET DEFAULTS CURRENT Mie NICKS STEREO si TONE EBU 1 6 KHZ 6 DBU OFF BRIGHTNESS FULL GREEN LEDS BAR LEDS PARAM YELLOW PARAM RED CHANBASE ROSETTE 6 SECONDS TAKEOVER TIME SAVE LOCAL DEFAULTS S C2 66 i TIMECODE OFFSET FADER PAN ARMING MULTI FDRSTRT DISPLAY SHEEP ENABLED MODE CUTS ON 278 OFF OFF Fader Display On Off This feature enables users to disable the Fader Level F F _ J Display allowing the
49. TY PROGRAM fsc 32 44 180 25 READ FLOPPY DISK Logic 3SC User Manual Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm Issue 1 Configuration Input and Output Configuration INPUT CONFIG and OUTPUT CONFIG are accessed via the RUN UTILITY softkey in the main LOGIC page DEFAULT INPUT CONFIG NOTHING CURRENT INPUT CONFIG ROGER TYPE NUM HARDWARE RLY AES SRC DELAY DITHER 1AFT 15 1LIN 1AES 1LIN 1AES ASYNCHRONOUS DELETE J T PORT 2s SYNCHRONOUS 1iLIN 1AES 1LIN 13S 3S ASYNCHRONOUS ADD NEW PORT PORT NUMBER SET PORT HARDWARE c2 66 fsc 32 44100 25 SET VIEW RELAY HARDWARE NUMBER DETAILS These allow the user to re label inputs and outputs with names relevant to the project which will therefore be more easily recognisable e g SDIF 2 can be renamed to MTR 2 i e Track 2 on a connected multitrack machine Default I O configuration is hardware dependent Routing is not performed within this page only re labelling of how I O appears on the console surface Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration An entirely new configuration can be created via the main Input or Output page and saved under a new name or an existing config loaded from disk A default configuration can be set up so as to allocate names on system bootup The ADD NEW PORT softkey on the right hand side of the screen lets you add a blank port to the list on the left which can the
50. WRITE mode every time the PLAY transport key is pressed and automation data is entered by moving a control or fader a new pass is added to the current mix after the transport is stopped again This is indicated by Saving appearing on the scribble display of the main channel This allows the user to automate a mix one fader control at a time If the last pass is not considered acceptable a new mix can then be created using coalesced automation data up to and including the last acceptable pass by pressing the LOAD softkey Automation File Auto numbering When the system automatically generates an Automation File Name any gaps in the sequence i e earlier files have been deleted will remain in place and will not be used for new files e g if the existing files were MixO Mix1 Mix2 gap Mix4 the next file generated will be Mix5 not Mix3 Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation PROJECT LEVEL From this level projects may be created copied renamed or deleted by use of the appropriate softkeys A user definable note can also be attached to each project Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm 00 01 08 60 GROUP MOVES MIXO FROM MIX12 PASSO ANDIES AUDIO WORKS CASUALTY DEL1 EBA FDF sc 32 44100 25 EMPTY DO ENTER RENAME DELETE COPY CREATE CHANGE PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT js The bar at the top shows how many titles belong to the highlighted project and the names of these tit
51. ach Group in each Stem also has Solo and Cut control This only affects the signals routed to the Film paths and is the same as using Solo and Cut on the corresponding fader strips Tracks The Logic 3SC can be configured with up to 8 tracks according to the surround format s required in the mix These tracks are the composite stem outputs for recording combined stem surround mix and should be connected to the stem recorder If it is required to record the stem premixes separately these should be recorded directly from the group stem outputs The tracks can be accessed by pressing the stem F button on the panel The tracks are routed from the group stems according to the group film routing This is fixed within the system and cannot be changed The track outputs are not affected by any SOLO or CUT operations involving the FILMS The Joystick Module Provides an intuitive means of panning a signal in a surround sound field Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities How the Surround Sound System Works A surround sound setup on the Logic DFC consists of three main parts LI Signal sources that are panned Group stems that accept the panned signals Track stems for record out O O wu Film monitoring that controls which stems are output to the speakers Film stems are made up of mono Groups that have had suitable pan designators applied to them using Desk Editor The pan designator means that when a C
52. activate toggle the ARMING ENABLED DISABLED softkey gt Finally press the SAVE LOCAL DEFAULT softkey then the EXIT TO MAIN softkey The Automation Arming feature will now be enabled or disabled as selected Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Free Centre Fader Trim This feature enables the Fader Trim to operate with a fixed centre null position e g when a fader is put into Trim mode it will move to the centre of the travel and relative trim can then be added from the centre null position To access Centre Fader Trim from the main Logic page gt Press the DEFAULTS softkey this will bring up the first default page then press the NEXT PAGE softkey gt To activate Centre Fader trim toggle the CENTRE TRIM FREE TRIM softkey gt Finally press the SAVE LOCAL DEFAULTS softkey then the EXIT TO MAIN softkey Multi Mode Automation This feature enables each control on the console to operate in any of the three Automation Touch Modes e g TOUCH INHIBIT TAKEOVER or AUTOTAKE regardless of the touch modes of other controls To access Multi Mode Automation from the main Logic page on AudioFile gt Press the DEFAULTS softkey which will bring up the first default page then press the NEXT PAGE softkey gt To activate the Multi Mode function toggle the MULTI MODE ON OFF softkey to ON gt Finally press the SAVE LOCAL DEFAULTS softkey then the EXIT TO MAIN softkey The system will now operate i
53. all controls in WRITE into TAKEOVER AUTO TAKEOVER Identical to TAKEOVER but when a control is released it immediately interpolates back to its previous replay value and then enters TAKEOVER READY Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation Transition Modes These modes are selected using data mode buttons labelled WRITE READ and ISOLATE A set of these buttons appears on each channel strip and a master global set is located to the left of the master section The way data modes can be selected and the exact nature of transitions between modes is governed by the transition mode selected Three buttons near the master data mode buttons allow TOUCH INHIBIT TAKEOVER or AUTOTAKEOVER to be selected as the current transition mode and are known as transition mode buttons Multi Mode Automation This feature enables each control on the console to operate in any of three Automation Touch Modes TOUCH INHIBIT TAKEOVER AUTOTAKEOVER regardless of other controls Access to Multi Mode Automation is provided via the default page The system supports three methods of selecting controls that change data mode gt The first and simplest is to press and hold the ALL button on a channel strip and then press a data mode button on that strip All the controls on that channel are then forced into that data mode immediately this is known as a forced mode change Pressing and holding global ALL and then pressing a global data mode button caus
54. all it to the AFP and press and hold the COPY button then press ON CLR to set it as the current copy source The COPY button LED will illuminate amber to show that selection has taken place and will remain that way even if the button is released until a new path is selected as the source Now select either LJ The individual controls to be copied by first selecting the relevant FUNC button pressing and holding the COPY button and then toggling the MODE buttons LJ All the controls on the AFU by pressing and holding the COPY button and pressing the FUNC button for those parameters LJ Or all the controls on a path by pressing and holding the COPY button and pressing the ALL button located to the left of the COPY button To copy the selected parameters gt Press and hold the COPY button then press the SOFTKEY buttons of the desired destination paths for Aux and MAIN press the path button This copy template is maintained for the copy source path when the COPY button is released and can be interrogated or modified at any time by pressing it To set a new source path Call it to the console surface then press and hold the COPY button and finally press the ON CLR button Z Filter and Dynamic settings can also be copied as described above Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Equalisation Setting Automation Modes Pressing and holding the EQ button and pressing 10 WRITE will force all controls for EQ process
55. annel A and channel B the card handles four audio input channels and four audio output channels Provided the system configuration will support it all four inputs and outputs can be operated simultaneously Receiver Software In a Logic incoming channel status information is polled at frequent intervals and is used to provide automatic digital de emphasis The software decodes both professional and consumer format status formats In order to ensure compatibility with transmitters conforming to the minimum implementation of channel status see section 5 2 1 AES3 draft 4 0 Sept 28 1990 incoming CRC violations are ignored Information pertaining to each AES EBU receiver may be displayed on the 8 character displays in the meter panels Possible options are 1 Port name and number default 2 Eight characters of receiver status information Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Appendix I Eight character display No signal present at input N S Incoming sample rate 44 1kHz 4 4 1 Incoming sample rate 48kHz 4 8 Incoming sample rate 32kHz 3 2 Wrong sample rate channel muted 50 15 s digital de emphasis active D CCITT J17 emphasis indicated no de emphasis applied J Consumer channel status C Professional channel status P Badly formed channel status X Receiver error resulting in one or more samples being muted E Incoming signal asynchronous to system sampling clock
56. applied or removed A limiter is simply an extreme case of a compressor where a compression ratio of above 1 10 and a fast attack time are normally selected Hard limiting can be achieved by selecting a ratio of 1 99 The effects of hard limiting or indeed any compression limiting can be softened by use of the Soft Knee control This effectively provides a gain curve with a constantly varying ratio from 1 1 to that selected as shown in Table B 1 The controls available to the user are Control Range Display Step Initialise Logicator Threshold 60 gt 20 dB 1 dB 8 dB lt Max Arc Ratio 1 0 1 gt 99 1 0 1 gt 1 1 0 1 gt Min Spot Attack 0 0 gt 50 0 mS 0 1 mS 1 mS gt Min Spot Release 0 0 gt 5 00 S 0 01 S 0 15S gt Min Spot Knee 0 0 gt 60 dB 0 1 gt 1 dB 1 dB lt gt Centre Arc Man Auto Man gt Auto Auto Left Right Gain 0 0 gt 20 dB Auto 0 1 dB 0 dB gt Min Arc Table B 1 Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Appendix II Z Display Step should not be confused with the parameters actual resolution which is much larger THRESHOLD This is the dB level above which gain reduction of the signal will occur This is expressed in decibels relative to normal program line up level and variable between 60 and 20dB The alpha display initialises to 8dB and is variable in 1dB steps The Logicator shows an arc with the fixed poi
57. are fully supported in Backup Restore Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration 1 O Delay A shared bank of delay is available at the console s input and output ports Depending on the amount of RAM installed the total available is 2 7 or 11 seconds each for both input and output ports The maximum delay available to a port is set in an INPUT or OUTPUT Configuration which must then be loaded to activate it gt Press the RUN UTILITY softkey then press the RUN UTILITY PROGRAM softkey gt Now setup the ports as desired and press the SET MAX DELAY key gt Type in the delay required using the QWERTY keyboard and press the SAVE AND LOAD softkey Delay Type Options Users can choose between SAMPLES TIME DISTANCE SMPTE and FRAMES To select delay options gt Press the VIEW HARDWARE DETAILS softkey in the INPUT CONFIG or OUTPUT COMFIG pages The options box will appear gt Select the option required using the left hand Softwheel The system does not allow total delay greater than that available for inputs or outputs Delay time remaining is displayed and the operator is notified when the delay pool is empty Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm DEFAULT INPUT CONFIG NOTHING CURRENT INPUT CONFIG ROGER TYPE NUM HARDWARE RLY AES SRC DELAY DITHER 1AFT 15 1LIN 1AES ASYNCHRONOUS 1LIN 9S DELETE PORT 1AES 2S SYNCHRONOUS 1LIN 5S 1AES 35S ASYNCHRONOUS
58. at one tenth of the frame rate Mix data is held on a 180Mb hard disk with a 4Mb RAM cache used for greater speed Control Modes All controls on the console can be in any one of the following modes as indicated by the colour of illumination of the corresponding mode button LED ISOLate LED unlit The control is effectively disconnected from the automation system and operates exactly as on a conventional console causing immediate corresponding changes in the audio processing No data is ever written to a mix and no mix can affect the status of the control Controls in ISOLate remain so until a mode change is forced by the operator Z Ifthe transport is stopped all controls behave as if they were in ISOLate controls in READ will then jump to their replay values when the transport starts READ LED green constant The control is inoperative to the user and the status display is either as for the last play back or that currently being played back from a mix The audio processing status corresponds to this display If no mix containing the control has been played back since initialisation a default status is displayed and applied to the audio processing No data is ever written to a mix in this mode Controls in READ remain so until a mode change is forced by the operator Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation WRITE LED red constant The control is active causing immediate corresponding changes in the audio processing
59. ble to pan as many paths as required with repeated passes PanPos Display The LED matrix above each joystick is called the PanPos display The position of the joystick is indicated by a single dot The notional panned position of the signal i e where the signal seems to be when listening to it is indicated by an open diamond of four dots Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities When the joystick is in control of the panning the dot and diamond join together to form a cross To select the path to be controlled by a joystick gt Press the nudge keys on either side of the alpha display below the PanPos and speaker display The alpha will cycle through the available paths and shows both the system and user names The speaker symbols will illuminate to show the speakers the path is routed to If a nudge key is held down then the paths names will scroll rapidly or gt Press and hold the SET key gt Select the required path from the Lower Routing Panel gt Release the SET key In both cases the alpha will flash the selected system path name and user path name To control the panning with a joystick gt Press the CALL key The integral LED will illuminate red The diamond on the PanPos display will jump to the dot to form a cross The path name will stop flashing gt Move the joystick as required To prevent the sound jumping when the CALL key is pressed first move
60. channel number LJ the channel name and CUT status red highlight when CUT LI an allocated channel signal processing list EQ DYN INSERT _J a graphical representation of the channel fader position Stereo channels are shown with a double slot and the fader knobs are colour filled to reflect their automation status a display of the channel routing to MAIN LEFT and RIGHT GROUPS and AUXILIARIES The group status displays are similar to channel displays except for the group routing indication Stereo Group metering appears with the A and B leg on either side of the fader graphic Mono groups have the meter to the left of the fader graphic The Auxiliaries and Main output are similar but have no routing display Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Routing and Monitoring Channel To Main and Group To Main Routing gt Press and hold a destination path key the softkeys of paths routed to it will then be illuminated Red Then route or de route by toggling them gt Press and hold a source path softkey to see its current routing status wherever it is routed the path keys illuminate Red This action will also bring up that path to the AFP see below Panning and Routing to groups is affected by group Pan type as set on the group input page see below If a mono channel is routed to a mono M pan group the pre pan signal is routed If a mono channel is routed to a mono L or R pan group onl
61. d subtract paths from a gang once created press and hold the PATH button of any member of the gang The PATH button LEDs and adjacent screen displays will show the gang structure as illustrated above If a master is CUT then all its slaves will also be cut Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Ganging With SOLO IN PLACE selected SOLOing a master will also include its slaves Only AFL PFL will interrogate the master alone and not its slaves The faders of slaves or submasters will move when the master fader is moved and always indicate the true gain through the fader element in the path Offsets between slaves and other masters are always maintained and may be changed at any time by moving a slaves s fader The gang structure is saved with mix setup when KEEP is pressed The relative values of a master and it s slaves are established at a new mix Only the movements of a master or submaster are recorded to the mix path unless an individual slave is forced into write when it s new relative value is also saved with the mix Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities Surround Sound Facilities The surround features of the Logic 3SC are provided by the Surround Monitoring PEC Direct panel Joystick panel and the controls in the Channel Strips 5 1 Format Surround Sound Example A 5 1 Format Surround Sound setup on Stem A is used as an example for some of the features in this chapter This is a very simple
62. de the region defined by the markers will be unaffected This is similar to TOUCH TO END Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation Changing Between Transition Modes TOUCH INHIBIT to TAKEOVER gt Press the TAKEOVER button Any control in WRITE interpolates before going into TAKEOVER Any mix being played then reverts to its old value for that control at that point Unless no data has previously been written beyond that point in which case the WRITE value just entered is written to the end of the mix Controls in READ and ISOLATE are unaffected All armed controls remain armed TOUCH INHIBIT to AUTOTAKEOVER gt Press the AUTOTAKEOVER button Any control in Write interpolates before going into AUTOTAKEOVER Any mix being played then reverts to its old value for that control at that point Unless no data has previously been written beyond that point in which case the WRITE value just entered is written to the end of the mix Controls in READ and ISOLATE are unaffected All armed controls remain armed TAKEOVER or AUTOTAKEOVER to TOUCH INHIBIT gt Press the TOUCH INHIBIT button Any control in WRITE stays in WRITE and any in TAKEOVER or AUTOTAKEOVER go into READ Controls in READ and ISOLATE are unaffected All armed controls remain armed TAKEOVER to AUTOTAKEOVER gt Press the AUTOTAKEOVER button Any control in WRITE interpolates before going into AUTOTAKEOVER Any mix being played then reverts to its old value
63. e integral LED will illuminate orange The LED s for the currently selected Stem s in the Stem Sel section will flash The output to all the speakers except Front Left and Front Right will be cut This allows the operator to hear how an LCRS mix will sound on an ordinary left right stereo system with the LCRS encoded in the stereo Groups Z The Lt Rt and POST DECODE keys are latched with each other so selecting one will turn the other off if it was on To monitor the decoded output from the Dolby matrix encoder gt Press the POST DECODE key The integral LED will illuminate orange The LED s for the currently selected Stem s in the Stem Sel section will flash The output to speakers other than Front Left Front Centre Front Right and Rear Surround Mono will be cut This allows the operator to hear the LCRS mix after it has been encoded into a stereo signal Lt Rt and then decoded back to LCRS Z The Lt Rt and POST DECODE keys are latched with each other so selecting one will turn the other off if it was on Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities Surround Monitor Solo and Cut The SOLO and CUT keys on the Surround Monitor panel only affect the output to the surround monitors speakers via the films POST DECODE fe LERt cur ae SOLO Eelke Mono QUICK ROUTE lt To CUT an individual speaker gt Press the CUT key above the required speaker key The LE
64. e rename project dialogue box will appear Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation gt Enter the new name using the QWERTY keyboard gt Press the ENTER key To rename Titles from projects gt gt Press the ENTER PROJECT softkey gt Select the title using the right hand Softwheel gt Press the RENAME TITLE softkey The rename title dialogue box will appear gt Enter the new name using the QWERTY keyboard gt Press the ENTER key To rename Mixes from titles gt Press the ENTER MIX softkey gt Select the mix using the right hand Softwheel gt Press the RENAME MIX softkey The rename mix dialogue box will appear gt Enter the new name using the QWERTY keyboard gt Press the ENTER key Logic 3SC User Manual Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm Issue 1 Automation PASS LEVEL The pass level allows you to REVIEW PASS which adds a new pass to the current mix or LOAD pass which creates a new mix using coalesced data up to and including the highlighted pass Ee RESTORE L_roppy RESTORE FLOPPY RESTORE PASSO fsc 32 44100 25 Ee ee Ed Z Mix Setup Automation Modes Ends and Virgin Territory States are converted when paths are added or removed i e path map changes unlike pass automation Logic Automation Restore During a Logic Automation Restore automation data is restored to the current mix and also placed in the automation filing system with PROJECT TITLE and MIX name
65. ect input or output using the left hand Softwheel gt Press the EDIT PORT STATE key The list of available options will appear Z These options are determined by the type of card installed i e 091 or 154 gt Select the option desired using the left hand Softwheel gt Press the ENTER key to confirm selection gt Press the EDIT PORT STATE key again to abandon the selection Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Card Types 091 card Input Options LJ Synchronous port locked to system sample rate LJ Asynchronous incoming signal buffered and truncated interpolated with crossfade to compensate for sample rate discrepancies LJ Always 44100 port locked to 44 1kHz regardless of system sample rate LJ Always 48000 port locked to 48kHz regardless of system sample rate LJ NTSC Pullup port locked to 44 056kHz if system sample rate is 44 1kHz or port locked to A47 957kHz if system sample rate is 48kHz Output Options As above except for the Asynchronous option 154 card Input Options LI On Off Output Options SRC off SRC gt 44 1k SRC gt 48k SRC gt 44 056k SRC gt 47 952k SRC gt 32k LOCK IP gt OP this takes the input clock and provides that as the output clock i e the desk COCO C O sample rate becomes the input sample rate Original settings can be viewed but not changed in the Input Output Config pages AES configuration files
66. ectory and file list Scroll bars to the right of each window show the position of the selected group within the full list Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Each main directory file will have children and these children will in turn have their own files containing data At the lowest level of every branch will be the data of the final child The minus key takes you down through the structure one level at a time and the plus key works in reverse Shown below is an example of a tree path that is followed in this way ENGINEERING REPORTS DUMP SCS ACS IOS SPS CPS ALLOCATION TIME COUNT PESUT eae BACKPLANE BOOT PHASE 1 BOOT PHASE 2 SSP O MEMORY CHECKED OK DATA Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Directory Name Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm The softkey labelled SHOW FILE DATA enables the viewing of data associated with the current file gt Press SHOW FILE DATA to call up the data of the currently selected file When a subsequent file is selected the data in the lower window still relates to the previous file until the SHOW FILE DATA key is pressed once again to update the information in the lower window or when a file with no children is entered This means that data continues to be displayed as a further search through the file structure is carried out On entering the File Brow
67. ed onto the larger console where it can be re assembled Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration A list of stored mixes is shown in the main screen area The mix that is being edited is shown in the current mix box Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm CURRENT MIX MICKS STEREO SETUP DEFAULT MIX MICKS STEREO SETUP JAY JOHNS MIX JONI MIX MICKD WITHOUT ERETT LOADING MIX 1 MONO MICKS SETUP PILKI iSC2 66 REBOOT THEATER PROMO SC 32 CLEAR TOGGLE CLEAR DEFAULT J READ ONLY AUTO MIX FLAG MATION 4 1688 25 The Default Mix can be changed by scrolling through the list of mix titles and pressing the SET DEFAULT MIX softkey when the required mix is active CLEAR DEFAULT MIX boots the system up unconfigured enabling a fresh start Pressing the TOGGLE READ ONLY FLAG converts the selected file to one that cannot be overwritten or deleted by the filing system or back to read and write status EDIT MIX WITHOUT LOADING will load the selected mix and permits editing without the implementation of the mix on the desk Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration To rename mix setups gt Select the mix setup using the right hand softwheel gt Press the RENAME key in the mix setup filing page The Rename Logic dialogue box will appear gt Enter the new name using the QWERTY keyboard gt Press the ENTER key The current mix cannot be renamed Read Only The Filing System im
68. ed that they can not save a file when this limit is reached until some space has been created Z The LOGIC hotkey located directly to the right of the CYCLE key and immediately above the RECORD AUDIO key on the AudioFile SC control surface is used to toggle between Logic and AudioFile screens a green LED indicates that the current selection is Logic Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration File Browser Logic File Structure Unlike MSDOS on a PC all directories in the Logic NAME system contain fields for data i e all directories are COMMENT also files in themselves not just names The File Browser enables the user to examine if desired all files and their data contained within Logic DATA The page is accessed from the Logic main menu by pressing the softkey labelled FILE BROWSER LIST OF CHILDREN The following screen is displayed which consists of an upper file window and a lower data window Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm BROWSER SCSI NURAM LOG scs acs SCS LOGIC STUDIO COMPUTER SYSTEM C 1991 AMS INDUSTRIES PLC SCS gt AUDIOFILE CONNECTED OK ACS gt ALLOCATION BOOTED OK 184745 BYTES I0S gt IOS AUDIO ROUTER C AMS 1991 10s gt BOOTING 10S gt OK T oo SPS gt 2 SSP S FOUND OK I0S gt TESTING Eile SHOH FILE DATA The right hand softwheel scrolls through the data and the arrow keys operate as page up and page down commands The left hand softwheel scrolls through the dir
69. ed to access the AUXILIARY MASTER CONTROLS in which case they are inoperative The path currently called up to the AFP has its fader graphic boxed on the large LCD path status display The path processing controls are laid out as follows on the AFP 1 O FUNCI Input page Input port assignment controls labelled BANK and INPU enable selection of any analogue or digital input or AudioFile output as the input for that path A bus PAN or balance BAL control if stereo for the path AGAIN control giving 24cB input gain trim in the digital domain Mic line switching and mic gain control are provided if mic pre amps are fitted A path phase reverse PHAS switch Presence PRES width WDTH and input leg decoding LEGS controls if stereo AB Wide inputs have been allocated On groups a pan type PTYP selector press and hold ON CLR to dial through the pan types Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Routing and Monitoring 1 O FUNC2 Output page Output port assignment controls labelled BANK and INPU enable selection of any analogue or digital output or AudioFile input as the output for that path An output balance BAL control if stereo for the path A GAIN control giving 24dB output gain trim in the digital domain Presence PRES and width WDTH controls if a stereo AB Wide output has been allocated EQ FUNC Eq page 1 Frequency FREQ Level LEVL and Q adjustment Q for up to four ful
70. ed when touched by the operator regardless of the data or transition mode and always when timecode is interrupted FADER DATA MODE TRANSITIONS IN TOUCH INHIBIT The chosen mode is effective as soon as the channel or global data mode button is pressed READ to WRITE gt Arm the fader and press the WRITE button on that channel or use the global WRITE button The fader mode button goes immediately from green steady to red steady and the fader drive is immediately switched off gt Alternatively press global ALL WRITE to force all faders into WRITE Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation The current fader position i e the current READ value therefore the level being heard is taken as the initial WRITE value and written to the mix file for that channel if a mix is being played The fader remains in WRITE until a mode change is forced by the user or timecode is interrupted In which case its drive remains disabled and it reverts to READ with its mode button green steady Any mix being played then reverts to its old value at that point That is unless no data has previously been written beyond that point in which case the WRITE value just entered is written to the end of the mix gt Totry again on that part of a mix rewind and press WRITE channel or fader global again ISOLATE to WRITE gt Arm the fader and press the WRITE button on that channel or use the global WRITE button The fader mode button goes i
71. election press the PROCEED WITH RESTORE softkey The following prompt will appear ARE YOU SURE press Y to confirm selection To use restored data access the MIX SETUP FILING page in the usual way To obtain a display of the mix set up directory press the LOGIC FILE BACKUP softkey To restore under a new name press the RENAME softkey and enter a new name in the box provided for that purpose via the QWERTY keyboard Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Logic File Backup This provides an alternative backup facility for users who are not employing an Exabyte optical disk with their Logic console It also allows users to restore data created prior to the introduction of the LOGIC AUTOMATION BACKUP facility In addition it provides a diagnostics function with BACKUP REPORT DUMPS which allows the transfer of engineering reports onto floppy disk and in the unlikely event that a user experiences problems this can be sent to AMS Neve for analysis gt To access this facility press the LOGIC FILE BACKUP softkey on the main menu and insert an AMS Neve formatted 3 5 floppy disk into the drive Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm FILE BACKUP LOGIC HARD DISK BACKUP REPORTS 12 STEREO CHANNELS DUMP LOGIC 3 MSU LOGIC 3 SETUP MICK VERY SMALL SETUP DELETE FLOPPY FILE SC 32 44160 25 Files can then be backed up or restored using the appropriate softkeys provided for this p
72. empted to allocate exceeds the maximum number permitted currently 11 Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration 2 READ WRITE Oo Oo TRIM ISOL MODE e 10 Func tome amp PAN 1 7LIM FUNC ExP oO Oo Oo Oo Turbo allocation is then implemented and the desk becomes immediately usable there is no need to re allocate gt To remove processing press the ON CLR button again oO oO TRIM ISOL oO o 50 Can fe MODE MODE 10 UNC tomP Func EXP z _ MODE It is possible to monitor changes as they are made from within the appropriate section of the Mix Setup page e g if an expander is added to Channel 3 and the processing structure for Channels 1 8 is currently displayed on screen then the expander will appear in the structure for Channel 3 as it is added In Turbo Allocation Mode presence is indicated by either red or yellow LEDs and absence by green LEDs Editing can be executed in both Console Desk Designer Console Setup Mode or in the Mix Setup page but not at the same time a message will inform users that this is not possible Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration When in Console Setup Mode it is possible to enter the Mix Setup page and observe the console layout and processing content but it is not possible to execute any edits an on screen message will inform users that this is not possib
73. en and select the required restore medium then press the RESTORE PAGE softkey to start a search of its contents Having completed the search a display will appear listing the contents i e Job Name Comments Cue name duration etc Depending on the type of media being used the screen will display one of two windows In both cases the users is required to provide a name but when using media other than floppy disks the user is also required to complete the comments section gt gt Press the LOGIC AUTMN BACKUP softkey then press the relevant softkey to restore CUES EVENT LIST and AUTOMATION gt Now press the RESTORE softkey and select the job for restoration using the left hand softwheel gt Tag the desired job using the AUTOMATION DATA softkey The selected job will appear in the Restore Box gt When the selection has been made press the RESTORE softkey A prompt will appear informing the user of the length of time the restore process will take gt Press the QUIT RESTORE or START RESTORE softkey as desired The Backup Summary page will now appear displaying mix set up and automation data press the MIX SETUP FILES softkey to view the contents gt Totag or untag individual elements within the list use the left hand softwheel to scroll through the contents and the TAG MIX SETUP UNTAG MIX SETUP softkeys to select or de select Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration gt Having made a s
74. en present are available from the horizontal softkeys EQ FILTER and DYNAMICS have a second level of parameters for example 2 4 band EQ as do Inputs and Outputs when in stereo Press VIEW PROCESS LIST to get back to the first level again Select STEREO or MONO and softkeys are displayed If stereo is chosen a selection is now invited from the three options available on softkeys AB INPUTS AB INPUTS WIDTH or MS INPUTS On pressing one of these three softkeys a further choice becomes available The display now allows the operator to select from the FADER FILTER EQ DYNAMICS INSERT or OUTPUT fields other than when editing an existing configuration DELETE S 22 4 1668 25 Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration This page enables each channel to be allocated a certain configuration of the six fields named in the softkeys above The EQ FILTER and DYNAMICS selections have a further level of parameters which are displayed on their selection The EQ process offers single two three and four band EQ The FILTER process offers single and two band filters The DYNAMICS process offers compressor limiter expander or gate or DRC Logic 3SC User Manual Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm STEREO IP AB IP 4 EQ 4 EQ FADER FADER OP AB OP Issue 1 Configuration When the SAVE AND ALLOCATE softkey is pressed the current mix setup is saved to hard disk leaving the configuration of the desk unaltered In effect this
75. es a forced mode change over the entire console gt The second method allows only nominated or armed controls to have their data mode changed By simply pressing a data mode button on the channel strip the armed controls in that channel and only those will change data mode Pressing a global data mode button will change the data mode of all armed controls in the console gt Thirdly simply pressing and holding a control s mode button and then pressing a channel data mode button on that channel will select that mode for that control When the console is in either takeover mode the control does not go directly into the chosen data mode see transitions in TAKEOVER and AUTOTAKEOVER Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation Arming Press and hold the ALL button on the desired channel then press the mode buttons for the controls to be armed The mode buttons selected come on yellow flashing but revert to indicating the current data mode when the ALL button is released gt To show which channels are armed press and hold ALL once more The mode buttons of armed controls will show yellow flashing and may be toggled to disarmed lamp off by pressing the mode button again The channel ALL button functions in this case as an arm interrogate for that channel If the global ALL button is pressed and held entire channels can be toggled between armed and disarmed with the channel ALL button as well as individual contro
76. es into 0 WRITE or READY depending upon the current ais TOUCH MODE Re a CH6 EQ1 In TAKEOVER or AUTOTAKEOVER pressing and holding EQ and pressing WRITE twice will force a ome touch on all the controls for all the EQ processes on Be that path providing a convenient method of writing pE EQ settings without having to physically touch a large number of controls Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Filters Selection and Adjustment Pressing the EQ and FUNC 3 buttons displays the Filters allocated in the processing on the AFP Oo oO g o TRIM ISOL oO Oo MODE MODE FLAT 18dB The top logicator selects either a Low LF or High HF Filter The middle logicator sets the frequency cut off point in the range 12Hz 20kHz The lower Logicator 3 acts as a five position switch to select the slope of the roll off between FLAT or OFF 6 12 18 or 24dB per octave Z The ON CLR button toggles the process in out of the path Filter settings can be copied from one path to another Logic 3SC User Manual READ WRITE TRIM ISOL ao GAN 30 RED a e yo EO amp PAN 1 me ome FUNC I ON 4 CLR Issue 1 Filters Setting Automation Modes Pressing and holding the EQ button and pressing WRITE will force all controls for EQ processes into WRITE or READY depending upon the current TOUCH MODE If in TAKEOVER or AUTOTAKEOVER pressing and holding EQ
77. et to LOCK the join points are at the same timecodes in both mix A and mix B Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation In SLIP mode the join points may be at different timecodes in mix A and mix B An additional button SET START IN MIX B is used to allow the insert overlay startpoint to be set in Mix B The DELETE INSERT OVERLAY tristate button determines whether the portion of mix A to be joined is overlaid onto mix B e g erasing data in mix B between the join points or inserted into mix B e g into a gap created by offsetting all data in mix B downstream of the join The XFADE button allows the automation crossfade times at the join points to be set Pressing JOIN AND LOAD AS MIX B creates a new mix from mix A and mix B which uses the join points as set and loads this mix as the new mix B The ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT INT EXT and AUTOMATION FILING buttons work in the same way as they do on the Main Automation Control page Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation Off Line Editing A text format automation editing system may be accessed from the Main Automation page by pressing the AUTOMATION EDIT button Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm 66 14 26 19 00 00 00 66 66 LIST SAVE AS NEW PASS MIX MIX PASS _ PASSO NOTE NEU MIX FROM 69 59 49 20 2 CHANGED YES TO 10 14 45 14 9 M 16 17 16 11 16 12 16 13 16 1k 16 15 10 16 16 63 26 15 10 03 20 16 2TRK LEVEL 99 2TRK LEVEL
78. evel which the converters are capable of producing or accepting before clipping Setting the analogue clip level on AMS Neve converters as described will simultaneously scale the convertor so that the clip level corresponds to full digital modulation therefore optimising performance For 16 bit converters the clip level may be set between 16 and 24dBu and for 20 bit between 16 and 26dBu in 2dB steps Logic 3SC User Manual ADC clip level DAC clip level Console OdB reference Meter zero OdB tone level ADC clip level DAC clip level Console OdB reference Meter zero OdB tone level ADC clip level DAC clip level Console OdB reference Meter zero OdB tone level Issue 1 Configuration Examples 1 18dBu analogue clip level 18dB nominal headroom EBU standard 18dBu Factory standard 18dBu Factory standard set to 18dBFS OdBu OdBu 2 22dBu analogue clip level 20dB nominal headroom set to 22dBu set to 22dBu set to 20dBFS 2dBu 2dBu 3 24dBu analogue clip level 20dB nominal headroom Sony US convention set to 24dBu set to 24dBu set to 20dBFS 4dBu 4dBu Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Set Solo Mode The SET SOLO MODE softkey allows the user to select from three modes of operation with respect to Solo mode Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm E a STEREO one eeu 1 6 KHZ 6 DBU OFF BRIGHTNESS GREEN LEDS BAR LEDS PARAM YELLOW PARAM RED RO
79. faders in AUTOTAKEOVER i e not currently touched remain in that mode with mode buttons flashing green No data is written beyond that point for those faders and the mix for them beyond that point is unaffected Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation Automation TRIM Mode The initial release of Automation Trim applies to the faders only Once a WRITE pass has been completed it may be necessary to offset the recorded automation data by a certain level for instance to level match another piece of audio TRIM is used in order to do this without destroying any underlying automation moves gt TRIM is initiated by pressing and holding the FADER MODE button and then pressing TRIM The FADER MODE indicator either flashes yellow or becomes steady yellow depending on which of the three global modes TOUCH INHIBIT TAKEOVER or AUTOTAKE it is in In Free Trim the point at which the fader is put into TRIM is taken as the null point and when touched the fader control shows OdB in the alpha window In Centre Trim mode when the fader is put into TRIM the fader moves to the centre position which is then taken to be the null point There are two modes of operation associated with this control TAKEOVER TRIM mode In TAKEOVER mode a fader in TRIM has its Fader Mode indicator flashing yellow showing that it is in TRIM READ Any underlying WRITE moves are shown on the fader together with any TRIM moves Moving a fader applies an
80. for that control at that point Unless no data has previously been written beyond that point in which case the WRITE value just entered is written to the end of the mix Any control in TAKEOVER goes into AUTOTAKEOVER without affecting the mix Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation Switches The reading and writing of switches is controlled by the ON MODE button for the ON CLR button for the group of switches Since the ON CLR button is assignable to control one and only one of several switches at any particular time the ON MODE button can be used to control the recording and playback of switch data on an individual basis The ON MODE button therefore always shows the automation status READ or WRITE of the switch to which the ON CLR button is currently assigned The ON CLR button itself shows the current logical status of the switch to which it is assigned Which is usually echoed by the function select button i e EQ FLT COMP etc Buttons are not touch sensitive and so cannot be operated in either TAKEOVER or AUTOTAKEOVER mode When WRITE is selected on a switch where TAKEOVER or AUTOTAKEOVER is the current Transition Mode it goes immediately into WRITE and the displayed logical status on the button is written to the mix Faders Faders are a special case within the automation because they playback moves during a mix in precisely the same way as when they were originally made Fader drives are always disabl
81. fused with the parameters actual resolution which is much larger THRESHOLD This is the dB level at which the Gate switches on This is expressed in decibels relative to normal program line up level and variable between 60 and 20dB The alpha display initialises to 20dB and is variable in 1dB steps The Logicator shows an arc with the fixed point at the minimum position 60dB increasing in size clockwise as the threshold is increased This gives a visual display of the size of the gates switch on level Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Appendix II ATTACK TIME This determines the rate at which the gate switches on Opens once the input signal has risen above the Threshold level set This has a range from O instant attack to 50mS The alpha display initialises to 1mS and is variable in 0 1mS steps The Logicator again uses a simple dot display increasing from the minimum position clockwise to maximum as the attack time is increased RELEASE TIME This determines the rate at which the gate switches off Closes as the input signals level drops below the Threshold level set minus the Hysteresis size set A range of O instant release to 5Sec is provided The alpha display initialises to 0 1S and is variable in 0 01S steps The Logicator again uses a simple dot display increasing from the minimum position clockwise to maximum as the release time is increased DEPTH This is the number of dBs below Threshold at which
82. ges to the current READ value for that control and the status indicator reflects this No data is written to any mix being played and the selected controls stay in READ until a mode change is forced by the user WRITE to READ gt Arm the desired controls and press the READ buttons on the desired channels or use the global READ button Armed mode buttons go immediately from red to green steady gt Alternatively press channel or global ALL READ to force the entire channel or entire console into READ The control changes to the current READ value for that control and the status indicator reflects this Any mix being played always reverts to its old value for the control at that point No further data is written and there is no effect whatsoever on the mix beyond the transition point The selected controls stay in READ until a mode change is forced by the user Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation DATA MODE TRANSITIONS IN TAKEOVER The write mode used to write into a mix only becomes effective when the control is touched When released the control remains in WRITE until a mode change is forced or play is stopped Takeover is only applicable when going from READ to WRITE READ to WRITE Arm the selected controls and press the WRITE buttons on the desired channels or use the global WRITE button gt Alternatively press channel or global ALL WRITE to force the entire channel or entire console respectively
83. green No data is written for those faders and the mix for them is unaffected DATA MODE TRANSITIONS IN AUTOTAKEOVER The WRITE mode used to write into a mix only becomes effective when the fader is touched If in WRITE when released it interpolates back to the current READ value at a programmable rate and writes this to the mix before going back into AUTOTAKEOVER as previously described AUTOTAKEOVER is only applicable when going from READ to WRITE READ to WRITE gt Arm the chosen faders and press the WRITE buttons on the desired channels or use the global WRITE button The WRITE button s on the selected channels illuminate red steady gt Alternatively press channel or global ALL WRITE to force the entire channel or entire console respectively into AUTOTAKEOVER The mode button of any fader set to AUTOTAKEOVER in this way will flash green No further action is taken until either LJ A fader in AUTOTAKEOVER is touched in which case the fader goes into WRITE and stays in write until released When released it interpolates back to the current READ value at that particular point at a programmable rate and writes this to the mix before going back into READ with its mode button green steady Any mix being played then reverts to its old value at that point To work again on that part of a mix simply rewind and grab the fader LJ A mode change is forced by the operator If timecode is interrupted all
84. h name or number Pressing MUTE ON MUTE OFF EQ ON or EQ OFF then creates the event Pressing AUX ON AUX OFF will prompt for an Aux no and then create the event Pressing FADER TRIM will prompt for an offset level in dBs and then create the event The new event will then be inserted into the display list at the designated timecode and the cursor moved to it To keep all changes press SAVE AS NEW PASS which creates a new pass of automation containing the changes It will then be loaded automatically as the current pass Logic 3SC User Manual PROJECT1 TITLET m MIX1 m PASSO m PASS1 MIX2 PASSO m PASS1 m PASS2 PASS3 TITLE2 L MIX1 m PASSO PASS1 PROJECT2 L rme MIX1 PASSO m PASS1 PASS2 Issue 1 Automation Automation Filing Introduction Multiple Mix Passes can be saved in an inbuilt filing system accessed from the AUTOM FILING softkey in the LOGIC page Passes are stored according to the directory tree structure Multiple Passes are stored in a Mix Mixes belong to a Title of a Project etc This provides the facility to store and recall automation and mix setup data without having to reboot the desk If the KEEP button is pressed whilst the Autosave function is off the console saves a new pass to the current mix If the Autosave function is on the KEEP button transfers the current pass to the mix setup If the controls are in
85. hannel is routed to a particular Group then the Group only receives the relevant portion of the signal that is panned to that speaker position The Simplified Surround Monitoring diagram shows how this works SIMPLIFIED SURROUND MONITORING Stem setup on the Speaker selection Analogue outputs PEC Direct Panel on the to speakers with Tracks designated Surround Monitoring Panel for the correct panning p L destinations PE Set fil m Cc H StemA l TS l l t gt Group 1 L gt Film 1 L gt R Surround i 1 l Fanning Group 2 C H gt gt Film 2 C SL Channel 1 c T a gt Group 3 R Film 3 R SR 1 1 I l 1 1 1 l l l 4 gt Group 4 S gt Film 4 S SW l 1 I l AE EEE EE AE EOE Ba OO OOOO O D eee mame I NB The SL speaker key is EXI used as the destination for rear mono surround EX2 Stem A consists of the first four Groups in the current Desk Setup and the LCRS Pan Macro has been used to designate the Groups appropriately Channel 1 is routed to all the Groups in Stem A Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities If Channel 1 is panned fully to the left and front then the only significant signal will be sent to Group 1 because Group 1 is designated in the panning position of Front Left If the FB pan control or a Joystick is
86. he joystick affects LCR pan and up down movement the FB pan Divergence control is achieved by means of two nudge buttons and an alphanumeric display window The left button to reduce the right to increase with continuous increment or decrement on press and hold The action of the joystick can be reduced by switching off LCR FB or LR using the buttons labelled for that purpose In that case the movement of the diamond display will be restricted replicating the effect of reduced axis panning Joystick moves may be automated in the same way as other Logic controls using the joystick MODE button and its associated automation status controls When going from READ to WRITE the joystick should first be nulled to prevent a jump from the automation play pass value to the current physical position of the joystick Do this by aligning the spot to the diamond before selecting WRITE Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities Stem Configuration To change the pan designators for Groups gt Bring the required mono Group onto the AFU gt Rotate the Surr Logicator on the AFU to set the pan designators To select the Groups busses for a Stem So ABEDB gt Press the required Stem key A E gt Press and hold the 1 gt Select the group you wish to occupy location 1 of stem A by pressing the corresponding group key above the LCD display gt Repeat for the
87. iately from red steady to green steady gt Alternatively press global ALL READ to force all faders and cuts into READ The fader changes to the current READ level for that channel and moves into position to reflect this Any mix being played always reverts to its old level at that point No further data is written and there is no effect whatsoever on the mix beyond this point The fader stays in READ until a mode change is forced by the user FADER DATA MODE TRANSITIONS IN TAKEOVER The WRITE mode used to write the fader level in a mix only becomes effective when the fader is touched When released the fader remains in WRITE until a mode change is forced or play is stopped TAKEOVER on faders is only applicable when going from READ to WRITE READ to WRITE gt Arm the fader and press the WRITE button on that channel or use the global WRITE button gt Alternatively press global ALL WRITE to force all faders into TAKEOVER The fader mode button set to TAKEOVER will flash green No further action is taken until either LJ The fader is touched and the fader goes into WRITE from then on behaving as described in la above except that it reverts to TAKEOVER when play is stopped LJ A mode change is forced by the operator Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation If timecode is interrupted all faders still in TAKEOVER i e they haven t been touched remain in that mode with their mode buttons flashing
88. igure the console when the system boots up The Default Mix can be changed from within the Filing Page If a Default Mix is either corrupt or invalid Logic will boot up anyway However the user is guided by diagnostic information appearing in the Mix Results box If information in the allocation status message area extends beyond the boundary of the box the softwheel enables scrolling in both directions When the Default Mix is blank the message NO MIX SET UP is displayed gt Press the MIX SETUP softkey to access the Mix Setup page 00 01 00 0G Tue 18 Sep 12 40pm LIST m x resuLTs ALL PATHS ALLOCATED CURRENT MIX MICKS STEREO SETUP i 2 D gt ix R 7 DEFAULT MIX MICKS STEREO SETUP LISTENS 2 TALKBACKS SEL SPKRS S DES I GNER 2 3 na o z e ca N Y n SC2 00 MAIN SAVE AND gt By pressing EDIT and selecting a particular field in the window on the left with either the softwheel or associated Nudge Keys the values can be altered E F F _ gt Use the softkeys at the foot of the Mix Setup page to configure a path type For instance the display shown under editing paths will appear when the CHANNELS softkey is pressed Logic 3SC User Manual I gt input gt CHANNEL gt gt gt TRACK GROUP gt REC gt gt CHANNEL gt GROUP gt gt CHANNEL y GROUP gt
89. is totally automated and enables the recording of dynamic pan effects of the most dramatic subtle and or highly complex nature to be achieved quickly and easily The unit consists of Joystick LED matrix Pan Position PanPos display Nudge buttons and parameter display for divergence control Path assignment display and selection controls In out controls for the individual pan elements Automation controls Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities Operation The green LED matrix PanPos display above the joystick and buttons is used to represent the 2 D soundfield within which a source may be notionally positioned using the joystick The current pan position of the source is indicated by a hollow diamond see Figure 9 3 left hand side on the PanPos display The current position of the joystick is indicated by a single spot When the joystick is directly controlling the pan position in ISOLATE or WRITE these two symbols are superimposed and form a solid cross on the display see Figure 9 3 right hand side For the rest of this section it is assumed that the joystick is in ISOLATE The red loudspeaker symbols around the PanPos display represent the reproduction channels in a listening environment They illuminate according to the pan types of the groups Groups that the path currently under the joystick is routed to regardless of which controls are in circu
90. it To use the joystick to pan a channel or monitor path press and hold CALL on the panel then use the PATH buttons on the console to select a path Alternatively use the nudge buttons to the left right of the current path assignment display to cycle through the channel and monitor list A single press steps forward or back by one Pressing and holding steps through the list at 4 paths sec In both cases the path selected then flashes its number and user name in the current path display window At this point the pan position of the selected path is shown as the diamond and the joystick position by the single spot Pressing CALL again moves the pan position of the path to that of the joystick indicated by the relocation of the diamond to the spot which together form the solid cross see Figure 9 3 To preserve the current pan position of the path move the spot to the centre of the diamond using the joystick then press CALL as previously described Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities The joystick now controls the 3 Pan Logicators and Divergence Logicator on page 4 of the channel or monitor path called to the panel The Logicators are locked out including their touch sensors and cannot be used for control however the movement of the joystick is reflected on the Logicator and parameter displays With all 3 pan controls switched in circuit the sideways movement of t
91. le If edits are made in the Mix Setup page it is not possible to enter Console Setup Mode until those edits have been implemented by pressing the SAVE AND ALLOCATE softkey or discarded by exiting Mix Setup As described above there is a soft limit 11 to the number of process modules which can be allocated and in addition to XXXX which will appear on alpha 2 users will also be prompted with PATH FULL when this limit is reached In Turbo Allocation loss of previous existing processing during the procedure is not possible Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Backing Up Mix Set Up and Automation Data This facility provides a complete back up facility for mix set ups Automation files projects titles mixes and passes I O configurations etc either individually or globally To back up from the Logic hard disk to removable back up media i e Exabyte StarNet or Optical Disk first press the LOGIC AUTMN BACKUP softkey in the main menu This will then access the Backup amp Restore page 00 07 19 11 Tuere sep 12 46pm EXABYTE ye ARCHIVE DEL LAST ARCHIVED CUES S C2 66 b n 44100 25 EJECT BACKUP EXABYTE RESTORE TAPE cart LAST CATALOGIE The currently selected back up medium will be displayed in the top left hand corner of the Backup amp Restore page and the SELECT SYSTEM softkey can be used to toggle between and therefore select the requi
92. les are shown in the box below The ENTER PROJECT softkey steps down the directory tree to the highlighted project Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation TITLE LEVEL At this level titles may be created copied renamed and deleted in the same way as at the project level Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm CHANGE PROJECT FROM MIXO PASSE SC2 66 OC lt lt FULL SC 32 144106 25 pete var ce ait A The CHANGE PROJECT softkey allows you to step back up the directory tree to the project level which will let you change project Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation MIX LEVEL At this level mixes can be added renamed etc Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm FROM MIXO PASSE c2 66 Sc 32 us 100 25 cd ed e ed Ee e The CHANGE TITLE softkey allows you to step back up the directory tree to the title level to let you change title EMPTY GM FULL CREATE MIX installs existing mix setup automation into the pass system as PASS 0 with a user defined mix title The NEW MIX softkey creates a snapshot of all automation console settings regardless of mode time stamped at minus infinity This also activates the virgin territory feature To rename Projects gt Press the MAIN AUTNM softkey The main automation page will appear gt Press the AUTMN FILING softkey The automation filing page will appear gt Select the project using the right hand Softwheel gt Press the RENAME PROJECT softkey Th
93. ll illuminate and the previous selection will be cancelled To select multiple Stems to monitor gt Press and hold the SUM key The LED above the key will illuminate gt Press the A to E keys as required The selected keys will illuminate All the selected Stems will be monitored Each time a key is pressed it will toggle on or off 5 1 Format Surround Sound Example Monitoring the Surround Sound Audio gt Press the A key in the STEM SEL section of the Surround Monitoring panel The Channels are now fully routed through to the Film outputs via Stem A gt Activate the audio source s e g if it is a tape machine put it into play gt Gradually turn up the level control pot on the Control Room panel until the signal is audible on the speakers at a satisfactory level gt Press the I O amp PAN key on the fader strips for Channel 10 to 12 gt Turn Logicators 5 to 8 You will hear the effects as the changes are made to the pan position Alternatively gt Call Channel 10 11 or 12 to a Joystick and adjust the pan position with the Joystick Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities Surround Monitoring Formats The Surround Monitor section allows the operator to override the output to the surround monitoring speakers to check the mix in different formats The section also has trim control for fine adjustment of the monitor level ASN N AFN D om DOA v A D i TONE CUT KZ
94. lm paths For instance an LCRS Stem can be monitored on a 5 1 monitoring setup by routing the rear surround channel to both the left and right surround monitors It is possible for more than one Group within a Stem to feed the same speaker such as two LCR dialogue sets in one Stem To select the outputs for tracks gt Press the stem F key on the surround monitor panel This will call the tracks into the panel gt Select the track by pressing numbered key below the track This will call the track onto the AFU gt Press the I O amp PAN and FUNC 2 key to assign the track output in the normal way To monitor the return signals from the stem recorder use the post decode function of the FILMs Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities Patching Film Inserts for Post Decode amp Lt Rt The insert sends and returns that are used by Post Decode and Lt Rt can be patched from the console surface The sends are shared but the returns are set separately If Stereo is selected as the current Film format in Desk Edit then Post Decode and Lt Rt are not used To patch the Post Decode and Lt Rt inserts gt Press the button for the required Film L C R etc The Film will be called on to the AFU gt Press the INS key on the AFU amp PAN 1 FUNC ae S y FUNC ON q The Film path is now ready for the appropriate insert to be selected To set the Post Decode sends and retur
95. lobal ALL WRITE to force the entire channel or entire console respectively into AUTOTAKEOVER The mode button of any control set to AUTOTAKEOVER in this way will flash green No further action is taken until either LJ A control in AUTOTAKEOVER is touched at which point the control goes into WRITE and stays in write as long as it is held When released it interpolates back to the current READ value at that particular point at a programmable rate and writes this to the mix before going back into AUTOTAKEOVER with its mode button flashing green At that point any mix being played will revert to its old value LJ A mode change is forced by the operator If timecode is interrupted all controls in AUTOTAKEOVER i e not currently touched remain in that mode with their mode buttons flashing green No data is written beyond that point for those controls and the mix for them beyond that point is unaffected Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation Automation To Mark Two markers are provided in the Main Logic Automation page in between which TO MARK and ALL TO MARK operations are active To write the current value of controls in write to the high marker gt Press the TO MARK key between the two markers All controls will return to their value at that point in the previous pass To flatten all controls in write to their current value gt Hold down the ALL key and press the TO MARK key All automation events outsi
96. ls using their respective mode buttons If a channel ALL key is used to disarm the entire channel all controls are disarmed regardless of their previous state Controls always remain armed until disarmed by the operator as described above and their armed status is unaffected by forced mode changes Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation DATA MODE TRANSITIONS IN TOUCH INHIBIT The chosen mode is effective as soon as the channel or global data mode button is pressed READ to WRITE Arm the desired controls and press the WRITE buttons on the desired channels or use the global WRITE button Armed mode buttons go immediately from green steady to red steady gt Alternatively press channel or global ALL WRITE to force the entire channel or entire console respectively into WRITE The status or value indicated the current READ value on the control s is put into WRITE and being heard is taken as the initial WRITE value This is then written to the mix file for that channel if a mix is being played The selected controls stay in WRITE until a mode change is forced by the user or timecode is interrupted in which case they revert to READ with their mode buttons green steady Any mix being played then reverts to its old value at that point unless no data has previously been written beyond that point with the WRITE value just entered written to the end of the mix gt To try again on that part of a mix simply rewind and p
97. lue Logicator 4 provides control of frequency with its alpha displaying the current selection Middle row of Logicators Logicator 1 2 and 3 are blank Logicator 4 controls Sidechain Listen and switches between the two values LSTN listen and NORM normal with its alpha displaying the current setting Bottom row of Logicators Logicator 1 selects the types of path whose mix output will be used as the key signal e g CHAN GRP MAIN or AUX with its alpha displaying the current selection Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Dynamics Logicator 2 selects the path number within the path type with its alpha displaying the current selection Logicator 3 switches between PRE and POST fader as the tap off point of the source path with its alpha displaying the current setting Logicator 4 switches between KEY and NORM sidechain input with its alpha displaying the current setting Z If Key Input and Dynamic EQ are selected at the same time then the controls of both will be combined Z The signal being heard is a soft input not an actual physical input from another path Z This feature allows users to tune a trigger into a single part of a signal Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation Automation All controls apart from ROUTING SOLO and PFL have full dynamic automation Rotary controls and faders are touch sensitive have 10 bit resolution and are sampled at frame rate Switches are sampled
98. ly parametric bands of EQ as allocated Each band has a 12Hz 20KHz range 24dB level adjustment and 0 1 10 Q factor adjustment Overall in out switching is provided via the ON CLR button EQ FUNC2 Eq page 2 Response shape adjustment for each EQ band EQ FUNCS Filters page 1 Controls for Filter Type H LP frequency FREQ slope SLPE and in out switching using the ON CLR button for one or two filters if allocated AUX FUNCT aux page 1 Level AUXn PAN BAL and on off controls for up to 4 mono or stereo auxiliaries AUX FUNC2 aux page 2 Pre Post switching for up to 4 mono or stereo auxiliaries COMP LIM FUNCI Compressor limiter 1 Threshold THRS ratio RTIO attack ATTK release RELS knee KNEE manual automatic make up gain switching GAIN and manual make up gain GAIN controls A gain reduction meter which is repeated at lower resolution on the fader strip when the path is assigned to the fader Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Routing and Monitoring COMP LIM FUNC2 Compressor limiter 2 As above for a second compressor if allocated GATE EXP FUNCI Expander Threshold THRS ratio RTIO attack ATTK release RELS knee KNEE and depth DPTH controls A gain reduction meter which is repeated at lower resolution on the fader strip when the path is assigned to the fader GATE EXP FUNC2 Gate Threshold THRS depth DPTH attack ATTK release RELS
99. mmediately from off steady to red steady gt Alternatively press global ALL WRITE to force all faders into WRITE The level indicated on the fader i e that which has been preset by the user and therefore also being heard is written to the mix file for that channel if a mix is being played The fader stays in WRITE until a mode change is forced by the user or timecode is interrupted in which case its drive remains disabled and it reverts to READ with its mode button green steady Any mix being played then reverts to its old value at that point unless no data has previously been written beyond that point in which case the WRITE value just entered is written to the end of the mix gt Totry again on that part of a mix rewind and press WRITE channel or fader global again ISOLATE to READ gt Arm the fader and press the READ buttons on that channel or use the global READ button Armed mode buttons go immediately from off to green steady gt Alternatively press global ALL READ to force all faders and cuts into READ Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation The fader changes to the current READ level for that channel and it moves into position to reflect this No data is written to any mix being played and the fader stays in READ until a mode change is forced by the user WRITE to READ gt Arm the fader and press the READ button on that channel or use the global READ button The fader mode button goes immed
100. n be edited The SET PORT HARDWARE softkey brings up a window showing all available hardware connected to the console The left hand softwheel moves the cursor through the list and the ENTER key copies the highlighted port to the config list 66 01 66 0G LIST EXIT SET HARDWARE Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm DEFAULT INPUT CONFIG NOTHING CURRENT INPUT CONFIG CD TYPE NUM HARDUARE fsc 32 4100 25 cD z cD o cD o MONO STEREO CLEAR HARDWARE HARDWARE HARDWARE The SET PORT TYPE and SET PORT NUMBER softkeys let the user type in a 4 character name and a 4 digit number which will appear on the console surface in place of the hardware port name and number After the configuration has been edited it must be saved and loaded for the new names to be put into operation It can also be set as a default after boot up Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration To rename I O config gt Press the RUN UTILITY key The Run Utility page will appear gt Next press the FILING key The filing page will appear 00 01 00 0G Tue 18 Sep 12 40pm LIST DEFAULT INPUT CONFIG NOTHING CURRENT INPUT CONFIG NOTHING INPUT CONFIGURATION FILES MICK SRC URONG CREATE ROGER AGU FINAL SC2 66 SC 322 44100 25 SET CLEAR DEFAULT DEFAULT RENAME CONFIG CONFIG gt Select the I O config using the right hand softwheel gt Press the RENAME key The rename dialogue box will appear gt
101. n multi mode automation The touch mode for each control will be taken from the global touch mode in force when the control is put into WRITE Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Fader Start Cuts The FDRSTRT CUTS ON OFF softkey allows users to enable disable the relay box to recognise if the fader is cut or not The button toggles between the two states Only applies to consoles with a relay box Defaults Page 3 A third page of defaults is accessed by pressing the NEXT PAGE softkey gt To access the page from the main Logic page press the DEFAULTS softkey and press the NEXT PAGE softkey twice Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm 66 66 66 66 66 WAIT CURRENT R STEREO Fone eeu 1 6 KHZ DBU OFF BRIGHTNESS GREEN LEDS BAR LEDS PARAM YELLOW PARAM RED CHANBASE ROSETTE 6 SECONDS TAKEOVER TIME TIMECODE OFFSET RSS 44106 25 OLD DEFAULT TALKBACK GLOBAL ALL FB SURR PARTITN LATCHING BUS TAPE PROC PGE LAW 1 DISABLED SURFACE MODE Fb Surround Law The OLD NEW FB SURR LAW softkey allows users to select OLD i e pre 1 7 release or NEW front back surround law The button is used to toggle between the two states Z The default state is Old Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Talkback Latching ENABLED i e latched if the TBK key in the Talkback panel is pressed once it will be selected if pressed again it will be deselected If pressed and held down it is als
102. nctions as an ON OFF switch for the various cut and paste options A ninth panel labelled PASTE is available as a temporary store for a path of processes allowing mix set up data to be transferred between channels as shown below Logic 3SC User Manual Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm PASTE SHOW STEREO IP AB 4 EQ FADER oP AB Issue 1 Configuration COPY TO PASTE BOX takes the selected path and deposits it in the PASTE buffer PASTE INTO CHANNEL copies the contents of the PASTEBOX into the selected path Similarly PASTE INTO ALL CHANNELS copies the contents of the PASTEBOX into all paths IP 4 EQ FADER oP COPY TO PASTE PASTE INTO BOX CHANNEL LIST EXIT CHANNEL EDIT STEREO IP AB 1 EQ FADER oP AB SC2 66 S 22 ie 188 25 INTO ALL CHANNELS Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Creating a New Path amp Editing an Existing Path When first entering the Channel Edit Page the panel is empty and can be used for creating channels gt gt Press the EDIT PROCESS softkey and the STEREO and MONO softkeys will appear Further selections are now carried out in sequence until the path is finished or the processing capacity is exhausted Each selection automatically invokes the next available option If Paste window is empty it can be used for adding processing to blank channels by selecting COPY and pasting into a selected channel or all channels according to which of the two PASTE softkeys
103. ns gt Press the POST DECODE key POST DECODE Lt Rt SWAP SPKRS MONO The integral LED will illuminate red The current ports used by the send and return on each Film path will be shown on the Logicators Ports must be turned off with ON CLEAR before they can be changed Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities To set the return for Lt Rt gt Press the Lt Rt key The insert returns for Lt Rt will be shown on FLM1 Left and FLM3 Right They can not be modified individually gt Press the MONO key The insert returns will be shown as a stereo pair on FLM2 Centre The stereo port must be turned off with ON CLEAR before it can be changed When all changes have been made gt Turn off POST DECODE or Lt Rt and MONO Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities Panning Controls The appropriate panning controls are automatically enabled according to the pan designators on routing destinations for the path The panning controls can be switched out completely from the strip or a panning axis can be frozen when the path is panned by a Joystick To completely disable a panning axis gt Press I O amp PAN and FUNC 4 gt Press and hold ON CLR gt Touch Surround Pan Logicators 5 to 8 as required The associated alphas will display OUT when the Logicators are disabled gt Release ON CLEAR A panning axis can be frozen at a required setting a
104. nt at the maximum position 20dB increasing in size anti clockwise as the threshold is lowered This gives a visual display of the size of the region under compression or being limited RATIO This is the level of gain reduction applied to the signal above the threshold point i e the ratio between changes in level in dB of the input to the compressor limiter and its output This has a range of 1 0 1 to 99 1 The alpha display initialises to 1 0 1 i e no compression and is variable in two step sizes 1 0 1 gt 9 9 1 0 1 step size 10 1 gt 99 1 1 step size The Logicator shows a simple dot display increasing from the minimum position clockwise to maximum as the ratio is increased ATTACK TIME The attack time determines the speed at which the dynamic range control unit responds to a signal once it has entered the compression region The attack and release filter section peak detection circuit is simply one bilinear filter fed by a dB value of audio level minus comp lim curve level for that input If audio is below threshold OdB is passed in The attack filter is used when the input level is larger than the output of the peak detection circuit switching to release when it drops below The attack time has a range from O instant attack to 50mS The alpha display initialises to 1mS and is variable in 0 1mS steps The Logicator again uses a simple dot display increasing from the minimum position clockwise to maxim
105. o activated but when released it will not be latched DISABLED the TBK key must be pressed and held to activate The button is used to toggle between the two states Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration All Process Page Change Three options are provided for all process page operation i e OLD UNIVERSAL and INTELLIGENT Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm ee STEREO one eeu 1 6 KHZ 6 DBU BRIGHTNESS FULL GREEN LEDS BAR LEDS PARAM YELLOW PARAM RED CHANBASE ROSETTE SECONDS TAKEOVER TIME DEFAULTS TIMECODE OFFSET OLD DEFAULT f TALKBACK GLOBAL FB SURR PARTITN LATCHING BUS TAPE LAW 1 DISABLED SURFACE OLD Only affects the current layer Z If no input is selected the layer is not affected UNIVERSAL This changes process and page on all channel strips universally blanking panels that have no process of the chosen type To affect all paths on the top layer gt Press Channel all and proc page To affect paths on all layers gt Press Master all and proc page Z It will not change proc page on paths that do not have the chosen process To affect all paths on the top layer gt Press Channel all and proc page Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration To affect paths on all layers gt Press Master all and proc page To access any of the three options from the main Logic page gt Press the DEFAULTS key gt gt Press the NEXT PAGE key twice gt gt Press
106. o wide signal gt Rotate Logicator WDTH to the required setting The Logicator displays an arc which spreads from the centre as width is increased This control is not available on normal stereo or mono paths To adjust front to back pan gt Rotate Logicator F b to the required setting To adjust the rear surround pan balance gt Rotate Logicator REAR to the required setting This control is only available when a surround format with both left and right rear surround speakers is in use To switch a panning control in or out gt Press and hold the ON CLR key The alpha for controls which are on will display the current setting The alpha for controls which are off will display OUT gt Touch the required Logicators to toggle the control in or out Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities Panning with Joysticks SET GLIDE GLIDE FB ISOLATE ISOLATE LR VA f PLAY MODE PLAY MODE The twin Joystick module is used to pan up to two signals across surround speaker destinations Channels can be assigned to a joystick The regular panning controls on the channel strip are locked out If 1 O amp PAN and FUNC 4 is selected for a path on which panning is controlled by a joystick then the alphas and Logicators will display changes as the joystick is moved The joystick provides full automation for recording panning information This makes it possi
107. oftkey A message will appear on screen asking if the user has decided to permanently overwrite the existing set up e g OVERWRITE Y N gt Press Y on the QWERTY keyboard to confirm selection gt Now press the EXIT TO MIX SETUP softkey and the monitoring will be ready to become fully functional Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Routing and Monitoring To activate AFL PFL gt Hold the PFL button on the monitoring section and use any CALL button on the fader section to toggle between AFL and PFL The display adjacent to the PFL button will show either Pfl or Afl according to the current selection this action will also bring up LS1 or LS2 gt Alternatively hold any CALL button on the fader section and toggle the PFL button between AFL and PFL the displays will act in the same way as described in the previous paragraph gt Press the I O amp PAN and FUNC 2 button this will bring up the output configuration then select a virtual e g a non physical DAC output using the output Logicator This will appear as an additional AB e g over and above the existing DACs cards gt Finally press ON CLEAR to activate Creating Virtual DACs The SELs procedure requires the prior creation of virtual DACs subject to rack size to enable internal routing monitoring and these would normally be set on commissioning If a user requires optional additional speakers for PFL AFL there is no need to use
108. oggle action button Pressing CALL LOCK locks that strip into Call mode assignments to it can be made by simply pressing path softkeys In all cases the current assignment for each fader is shown on its own alpha display immediately below the PAN control Pfl Solo and Local Cut Solo in place is provided via the SOLO button when paths are called to a fader strip A local cut button is provided in addition to the main CUT button on the fader strip Press the button just below the channel signal present LED Its status is shown in the button illumination Red for CUT off otherwise and is latching Logic 3SC User Manual fo READ WRITE 0 TRIM ISOL 5 cAn 30 RED sg amp PAN 1 E FUNC ne FUNC ON 4 CLR Issue 1 Routing and Monitoring The Assignable Functions Panel AFP Pressing just the CALL button alone on a fader strip brings up the path currently assigned to the strip on the assignable functions panel Pressing any path softkey brings up the path to the AFP directly with no need to assign it to a fader The AFP is used to access path INPUT OUTPUT STATUS AND ROUTING EQ FILTERS SETTINGS AUXILIARY SEND LEVEL PAN and PRE POST switching and DYNAMICS PROCESSOR SETTINGS Once a path is called to the AFP the buttons marked I O amp PAN EQ AUX INS COMP LIM and GATE EXP together with the FUNC 1 4 buttons are used to call those path processes to the panel Unless it is us
109. ows which parts of the two mixes will be assembled to form the new composite mix Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation Whilst in the Mix Join page the automation system is locked into PLAY SAFE and when playing across join points the console will be forced into ALL READ Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm 66 66 57 24 a eer MIX A HEAVEN HOME LUTON MIXO PASSO MIX B 5605 MIX6 PASSO PASSO OVERLAYING MIX A FROM 66 66 66 26 TO 66 61 42 66 ONTO MIX B AT 66 66 66 26 JOIN AND LOAD AS MIX B le 1 l SC2 80 SC 32 441080 25 SET MIX AISET MIX af DELETE ff Lock MOVE END START C INSERT BLOCKS TIMECODE TIMECODE MARKERS ouERLAY IN A OR B REH JOINZ _REH_ ALL PRE ROLL POST ROLL _ XFADE ZooM IN zoom ourT The buttons and controls operate as follows The jog wheels move the two join points With TIMECODE selected via the TIMECODE MARKERS bistate button the join points can be moved in subframe increments With MARKERS selected positioning of the join points snaps to the markers The SET BLOCK START END TIMECODE buttons allow the timecodes of the join points to be typed in Pressing the REH JOIN1 or REH JOIN 2 button locates to that join point and plays across it with pre and postroll times set via the PREROLL and POSTROLL buttons The LOCK SLIP bistate button determines whether the portion of mix A to be joined can be offset in time when joined to mix B When s
110. plements a READ ONLY flag facility i e the Mix Setup directory is scanned on boot up and any older mix setups with a READ ONLY note are converted to use the file attribute Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Turbo Allocation IN CONSOLE SETUP MODE Configuration This feature enables users to add or remove processing modules live on the console from existing signal paths gt To access Turbo Allocation press the MENU key on the main Logic page on the Logic 3SC console screen then press the TURBO ALLOC softkey The screen will then display the processing currently allocated to each channel oO oO READ WRITE Oo Oo TRIM ISOL o_o 0 Func tome amp PAN 1 7LIM FUNC ExP 2 GATE ies P tunc Pony gt Select the required channel s using the path key s SET will be displayed in alpha 1 on the AFU gt To then select the type of processing required press the relevant processing button EQ COMP LIM GATE EXP etc and the top right hand Logicator e g to select 1 2 3 or 4 bands of EQ Additionally inserts are controlled via Logicator 4 on the auxiliaries section which switches between INS1 and INS2 with alpha 4 displaying the current selection gt Finally press the ON CLR button on the EQ panel After a few seconds alpha 2 will display OK to confirm allocation or XXXX if the number of processing modules the user has att
111. r 2 3 Run Utility 2 7 Input and Output Configuration 2 8 Filing 2 9 Fader Start System Optional 2 11 AES Config Page 2 12 1 O Delay Quad MADI Systems only 2 15 Dither Pattern Selection Quad MADI Systems only 2 17 Mix Setup 2 18 Editing Paths 2 20 Save and Allocate 2 26 Path Allocation Inhibit 2 26 Mix Filing 2 28 Turbo Allocation 2 30 Restoring Mix Set Up amp Automation Data 2 37 Logic File Backup 2 39 Select Sync Source 2 41 Defaults 2 43 LED Settings 2 43 Takeover Time 2 44 Set Test Tone 2 45 Set Automation Type 2 46 Set Timecode Offset 2 46 Set Auto Save 2 46 Dim Level 2 47 Zero Dbu Level 2 48 Set Solo Mode 2 51 Fader Display On Off 2 52 Pan Sweep 2 53 Arming Disable 2 53 Free Centre Fader Trim 2 54 Multi Mode Automation 2 54 Fader Start Cuts 2 55 Fb Surround Law 2 55 Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Contents Talkback Latching 2 56 All Process Page Change 2 57 Feet And Frames 2 59 Summary of Facilities 3 The Path Status Display 3 1 Assignment Of Paths To Faders 3 3 Pfl Solo and Local Cut 3 3 The Assignable Functions Panel AFP 3 4 Loudspeaker Monitor Facilities 3 7 Metering 3 8 Tone And Talkback 3 8 SELs 3 9 Creating Virtual DACs 3 10 Equalisation 4 EQ FUNC 1 4 1 EQ FUNC 2 4 2 Copy Function 4 3 Setting Automation Modes 4 4 Filters 5 EQ FUNC 3 5 1 Setting Automation Modes 5 2 Dynamics 6 COMP LIM FUNC 1 6 GATE EXP FUNC 1 6 2 GATE EXP FUNC 2 6 3 Dynamic Range Controller 6 3 COMP LIM
112. red back up medium Automation floppy backup restore is not supported on S and L3SC Systems Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Thu 15 Nov 2 56pm SPOTS1 Automation Backup SPOTSAUTO 15711761 This is an example where a StarNet project is selected gt Press the BACKUP AUTOMAT N DATA softkey and a series of messages will appear LOGGING MIX SETUPS LOGGING AUTOMATION FILES LOGGING TITLES etc These indicate that the system is logging all mix set ups and automation files on the hard disk Logic 3SC User Manual Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm PROJECTS TITLES Issue 1 Configuration On completion of the logging procedure the BACKUP SUMMARY will appear on screen this will show how many mix set ups and automation files are capable of being tagged for back up TAGGED TAGGED MIXES TAGGED MIX SETUPS auto TAGGING OF MIX SETUPS STACKS INPUT CONFIGS OUTPUT CONFIGS TAGGED OFF TAGGED TAGGED TAGGED SRC CONFIGS TAGGED OUTPUT CONFIGS Along the bottom of the screen the softkeys will display the options available for tagging e g INPUT CONFIGS AUTMN FILES etc gt Press the relevant softkey to access the filing system e g AUTMN FILES to access automation filing at PROJECT LEVEL ENTER TITLE to access at MIX LEVEL etc gt To return to the backup page having first tagged the desired Project Title Mix etc press the AUTMN FILES
113. remainder of the Stem keys 2 3 4 etc according to the Stem Type e g 4 for LCRS 6 for 5 1 etc Z Groups busses are de routed from Stems in the same way by pressing the selected source red LED to toggle it out green LED To select the speakers for monitoring a stem gt Press the A E key for the required stem gt Press and hold the required speaker key gt Press the 1 8 keys with a Track bus which has the correct Pan Designation The integral LED in the number key will turn red or orange flashing according to whether or not the Stem is selected for monitoring on the STEM SEL section of the Surround Monitoring Panel Release the speaker key gt Continue to select Stem elements to the speakers Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities Pressing the quick route button will route groups within the selected stem to it s corresponding FILM ina logical manner i e GROUP1 FILM1 GROUP2 FILM2 etc This routing will automatically be reflected in the group track routing This can also be done in reverse gt Press and hold the number key then press the speaker key The speaker select key LEDs will be illuminated according to the FILM type in the current Desk Setup For example if four way surround sound LCRS is selected the L C R and LS key LEDs will illuminate It is possible to use Stems for narrower surround formats than the Desk Setup has provided with the number of Fi
114. rent value The lower logicators adjusts the Q factor of the response in the range 0 1 to 10 in each band The line up condition is 0 7Q Qis only adjustable for Bell and Notch responses Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Equalisation Selection and Adjustment Pressing the EQ and FUNC 2 buttons shows the response in each band and allows it to be altered i igg I 7a F N o o o zo o e m le ii l ji zo o m T nN lt gt i A M fe is m F i B O o ba dB 30 GAIN 59 i O H is M 0 func tome amp PAN 1 7LIM Func ExP 2 GATE oO oO Fan ge fw Func PON 4 CLR o zo H m lt J Novo The top logicator behaves like a six position switch altering the response between Low Filter Low Shelf Bell High Shelf High Filter and Notch Filter These different responses are indicated by the following symbols Low Filter High pass Low Shelf Bell High Shelf High Filter Low pass Notch Filter Z The ON CLR button toggles the process in out of the path Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Equalisation Copy Function This function allows settings including EQ Dynamics and Aux parameters to be copied from a source path and applied to any number of paths from one to the maximum available To select a source path gt C
115. ress WRITE channel or global again ISOLATE to WRITE gt Arm the desired controls and press the WRITE buttons on the desired channels or use the global WRITE button Armed mode buttons go immediately from off to red steady gt Alternatively press channel or global ALL WRITE to force the entire channel or entire console respectively into WRITE The status or value indicated on the control i e that preset by the user and therefore also being heard is written to the mix file for that channel if a mix is being played The selected controls stay in WRITE until a mode change is forced by the user or timecode is interrupted at which point they revert to READ with their mode buttons on green steady Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation The mix then reverts to its old value at that point that is unless no data has been previously been written beyond that point In which case the WRITE value just entered is written to the end of the mix gt To try again on that part of a mix simply rewind press ISOLATE channel or global then play and press WRITE channel or global at the desired point ISOLATE to READ gt Arm the desired controls and press the READ buttons on the desired channels or use the global READ button Armed mode buttons go immediately from off to green steady gt Alternatively press channel or global ALL READ to force the entire channel or entire console respectively into READ The control chan
116. ring gt Hold the EXT key and press a CALL key as for SEL LISTEN I O gt Dial up an input port Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Routing and Monitoring Signal present near clip and overload LEDs tricolour are provided on each channel with a one second hold time There is a repeat on the fader strip when the channel is assigned to the fader PPM type bargraph meters are provided on the LCD screen on group aux and main buses as detailed above There are also two AB MS switchable 32 segment bargraph meters One dedicated to the main output and one which may be assigned to channels groups or auxes Press and hold ASSIGN then press the RTE buttons to select a bus MAIN If mono incompatibility is detected on the main output O P in either AB or MS mode the Phase error LED IIluminates red for 4 seconds F AB MS AB MS Z Mono incompatibility is defined as S exceeding M for more than 100msec when M is greater than PPM 1 Tone And Talkback Talkback may be injected into group aux or main buses by pressing and holding the TALK button and toggling feeds to the buses using their RTE keys This talkback routing pattern is preserved until changed by the operator and is used whenever TALK is pressed AP an ai op opm SJ go ooo ZIN w n2g5 S x d Tone injection works in exactly the same way using the TONE buton Using the Talkback output relay to trigger an external talkback system
117. s of FLOPPY RESTORE as shown in the figure opposite Unless the restored project is renamed it is susceptible to being overwritten by another restored floppy Z See Configuration for a description of Backup and Restore Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation Setup Cycle Allows users to create a cycle on the associated transport A cycle can only be setup after loading a mix To setup a cycle gt Load a mix gt Press the SETUP CYCLE button in the main automation page The SETUP CYCLE page will appear Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm PROJECT 5665 TITLE GROUP MOVES MIX MIX15 PASS PASSO E A NEW MARKER 4 66 61 66 66 26 NEW MARKER 22 61 22 33 11 986 A 8 1 mEn 66 ee DISPLAY CYCLE MEMORY gt Press the SET CYCLE START button gt Type in the start time using the alphanumeric keyboard or gt Select a marker lollipop using the left hand Softwheel gt Press the ENTER key to confirm the highlighted selection gt Press the SET CYCLE END button Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation gt Type in the end time using the alphanumeric keyboard or gt Select a marker lollipop using the left hand Softwheel gt Press the ENTER key to confirm selection To display an existing cycle gt Press the DISPLAY CYCLE MEMORY button Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm PROJECT 5665 TITLE GROUP MOVES MIX MIX15 PASS PASSO E A NEW MARKER amp 66 61 66 66 26 CYCL
118. s opposed to being completely inactive using the Joystick Module Z It is advisable to press the DIM key or turn down the level control on the Control Room section before routing paths to Stems This will prevent sudden loud noises if a signal is already present on an input Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities Surround Monitoring When the film stems have been fully configured the Surround Monitoring Panel allows various monitoring options including summing of film stems SB 0 4h EE EA E e Ue B o CUT SWAP QUICK ROUTE g 5 CUT CUT i CUT r CUT Q S BG T 4 6 8 channel encoder Lt Rt return from encoder T O y o z D Zo o D Q 22 Lo 2 25 N 28 g4 2 ea 25 0 QO o Q o 2 2 Q t z 4 6 8 channel return from decoder filter filter filter filter overall spl trim 10dB individual output trim 24dB optional delay analogue outputs i i represents one FILM MON path Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities Monitoring the Stems The STEM SEL section of the Surround Monitoring panel is used to select which Stem is being monitored To select a single Stem to monitor gt Make sure the SUM key is off hold down the key if it is illuminated gt Press the A to E key on the STEM SEL section The key wi
119. ser the user is automatically taken one level down in the hierarchy REPORTS DUMP which is a child of ENGINEERING is highlighted This is the information typically required in the event of system problems The plus and minus keys move between levels the plus moves upwards and the minus downwards The top level can be reached from the opening display by pressing the plus key to move up one level to the top of the tree Comment LOGIC HARD DISK FILE BROWSER AUDIOFILE INFO MIX SETUP DEFAULT SNAPSHOT XFADE CONFIGURATION FILE LENGTH ZERO SHOW CONFIG 0000002594 fsc 32 44100 25 Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration The scroll bar indicates that not every file is being displayed the small gap at the bottom represents the extra file that isn t accommodated within the file window A field for comments is available to the right of the directory file list If the minus key is pressed repeatedly the lowest level is reached and the data of this file appears in the lower window Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Run Utility On pressing the RUN UTILITY softkey a list of utility programs is displayed These can be scrolled through and selected with the left hand softwheel Programs can be initiated from either the hard disk or a floppy Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm RUN UTILITY LOGIC HARD DISK OUTPUT CONFIG AES CONFIG I70 DESIGNER REGISTRATION SURROUND STACK RUN UTILI
120. ssue 1 Configuration Editing Paths The display shown below lists up to 8 channels of information at a time Where more paths exist the softwheel or associated Nudge Keys will scroll across to display further channels gt gt Press the CHANNELS softkey in the Mix Setup page to access the Channel Edit page STEREO STEREO IP AB IP AB 1 EQ 1 EQ FADER FADER oP AB OP AB NAME SC2 66 SC 32 CJ _ TOGGLE SAVE AND INHIBIT ALLOCATE The names of channels and process paths can be edited by choosing EDIT NAME or EDIT PROCESS from the vertical softkeys The left hand softwheel allows scrolling by character across all path names To immediately enter the adjacent label box atthe first character position press ENTER on the numeric pad or Qwerty keyboard Two softkeys toggle between SHOW PATH NAME and SHOW PATH NUMBER When SHOW PATH NAME is active the user can assign names to the channels up to four characters long by pressing the EDIT NAME softkey and typing an appropriate name into the box displayed at the top of the page Press SHOW PATH NUMBERS to view the channel numbers Logic 3SC User Manual Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm STEREO IP AB 4 EQ FADER CMP LIM oP AB FADER OP AB Issue 1 Configuration When EDIT PROCESS is pressed the path names become active Once a mix setup is loaded these also appear in the console scribble displays WAIT STEREO IP AB 1 EQ FADER OP The COPY softkey fu
121. the spot to the diamond Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities To freeze a panning axis or divergence gt Press the DIV LCR FB and LR keys as required The integral LED will cease to be illuminated If LCR FB or LR is frozen then the diamond will separate from the dot as it moves according to the remaining panning axes If a control is un frozen then the diamond will jump to the dot If a control is switched OUT completely with the ON CLEAR key then the axis will remain frozen at its default value regardless of whether the corresponding freeze key is on or off If all panning controls are switched OUT completely with the ON CLEAR key then there will be no diamond on the PanPos display To adjust divergence gt Press the nudge keys on either side of the divergence alpha display Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Appendix I Quad AES EBU Interface Card QuadAES Key Features LJ Four channels in four channels out LJ On board 12 5 mips 24 bit digital signal processor uu Transformer coupled independent inputs and outputs High performance front end receiver design Intelligent Channel Status implementation Automatic digital de emphasis filtering O O O O Upgradable signal processing facilities General Description The AMS QuadAES card features two AES EBU input ports and two AES EBU output ports Since each AES EBU port can carry two channels of audio designated ch
122. to that group when the channel is routed to it Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities Three pan controls and one divergence control are required for all input paths and these appear on I P Page 4 Touch activated in out is provided for each control 20 oO oO 10 READ WRITE Oo oO TRIM ISOL 5 oO oO 30 GAIN 50 c1 1 0 UNC tome amp PAN 1 7LIM ea fren ExP 2 GATE o oO AUX ae MODE Pins Foye PON 4 CLR Pan and divergence controls are switched in out of circuit by pressing and holding ON CLR on that strip s lower chanquad section then using the relevant Logicators to toggle in out OUT is displayed on the alpha display when the control is out of circuit The LCR pan Logicator is a spot type display The DIV control is a Q type display widening according to the setting Zero div hard left corresponds to a point source Full divergence hard right displayed as INF indicates a source spread evenly across the LCR positions FB pan will be a spot type display with hard front on the left LR is the familiar spot type display Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Surround Sound Facilities The Logic twin joystick panner This optional assignable control panel can provide simultaneous control of surround panning with DIVERGENCE on any channel or monitor path in the console This allows optimum control of source placement within the soundfield It
123. ts or the event under the cursor to the Clipboard The PASTE button inserts at their designated timecodes all events in the Clipboard into the mix currently being edited the button will only appear after a COPY operation as described below Relative Block Paste in Off line Editing A relative timecode can be entered during a PASTE This allows the block to be pasted back with a relative offset from its original timecode values The DELETE button deletes all marked events or the event under the cursor after prompting for confirmation The NUDGE EVENT BLOCK button allows timecode adjustment of events or blocks by using the jogwheels LH nudges in frames and RH in subframes by typing a new absolute timecode or by typing in or followed by a timecode offset If an absolute timecode is entered whilst a block is marked the first marked event is moved to that timecode and the rest of the block is offset accordingly 00 01 00 0G LIST TITLE MICKS MIX PASS PASSO FROM 14 42 59 26 1 TO 14 43 05 12 2 2 3 DB 2 1 DB 2 0 DB 2 0 DB a OB 2TRK C2TRK C2TRK FADER FADER LEVEL LEVEL 33 6 DB 34 2 DB Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Automation When an event s timecode is changed the displayed list is reshuffled to accommodate the change if necessary and the cursor moves to the event or block at its new position in the list Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm 66 61 68 00 CENTER TO CONFIRM
124. um as the attack time is increased Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Appendix II RELEASE TIME A range of 0 instant release to 5Sec is provided The alpha display initialises to 0 1S and is variable in 0 01S steps The Logicator again uses a simple dot display increasing from the minimum position clockwise to maximum as the release time is increased SOFT KNEE This is the number of dBs below Threshold at which compression limiting is gradually introduced increasing smoothly to full compression limiting above the Threshold point It is expressed in dBs and is variable between O and 60dB The alpha display initialises to 1dB and is variable in 0 1dB steps from O to 9 9dB and then in 1dB steps from 10 to 60cB The Logicator shows an arc with the fixed point at 12 O Clock OdB increasing in both directions as the Knee size is increased This gives a visual display of the size of the soft knee MAN AUTO MAKE UP GAIN Make up gain is used to compensate for the noticeable average gain level drop as compression is increased This can be added manually or automatically selectable by a Logicator The Logicator shows a fixed point at the 11 O Clock position for manual and at 1 O Clock for automatic The alpha next to the Logicator shows the word Man or Auto In the Auto mode make up gain is only applied when the threshold level is below OdB The amount of positive gain applied is that which will restore a OdB level signal back to OdB
125. urpose with scroll bars displayed in the window to enable easy selection of files for backup restore Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration Two windows will be displayed on screen one for the Logic hard disk and one for the floppy disk the CHANGE SELECTED MEDIUM softkey allows users to toggle between the two windows with the current selection always highlighted When backing up files the backup can be named manually by entering up to eight characters in the box that appears for that purpose or automatically i e when no name is typed into the box a default tittle is created e g BAK1 TRE A user defined name is automatically given the extension TRE therefore this should not be typed When using floppies for backup it is recommended that new i e unused disks are used for storing information Z Depending on the amount of data being backed up users may require a number of floppies Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Configuration GUBIGFILE SC Tue 18 Sep 12 46pm SELECT SYNC SOURCE on Sync Select Main Page is self explanatory and provides access to the page shown below Select the desired sync source with the left hand softwheel or associated Nudge Keys and press ENTER Where syncing does not take place according to the option selected the mode reverts to internal 00 01 00 80 LIST an gt gt gt INTERNAL VIDEO TTL VIDEO TTL WORDCLOCK AES EBU REFERENCE WIDE TTL WORDCLOCK VARISPEED GUB
126. virtual DACs as users can employ existing physical DACs Z Although a virtual DAC is non physical e g it is software as opposed to hardware it is never the less recognised as real by the console for the purpose of the SELs procedure Logic 3SC User Manual Issue 1 Equalisation Equalisation Selection and Adjustment Pressing the EQ and FUNC 1 buttons displays the allocated bands of EQ processing on the AFP up to a maximum of 4 bands LF LMF HMF and HF Oo oO uals TRIM ISOL E ONEONE LOE Oc o Oo oO MODE MODE MODE fe 1 0 Func tome amp PAN 1 7LIM FUNC ExP Oo oO F 7 r ims Func PON 4 CLR 6 6 MODE MODE MODE The top logicators adjust the frequency of the response in each band in the range 12Hz to 20kHz line up values LF 100Hz LMF 400Hz HMF 1kHz and HF 10kHz The relevant value is displayed as a spot on the logicator and as a value on the adjacent alpha If the response for the band is a Filter the middle logicators act as five position switches to alter the slope of the roll off between FLAT default 6 12 18 or 24cB per octave If a Shelf response is selected for the band the middle logicators alter the Cut Lift values in the range 24dB with a line up default of OcB i e flat As the logicator control is rotated the alpha displays the Cut Lift value in dBs and the logicator displays an arc proportional in length to the cur
127. y the post pan Left or Right signal is routed If a mono channel is routed to a stereo group the post pan Left and Right signals are routed to the group Left and Right respectively If a stereo channel is routed to a mono M pan group a post bal mix of the Left and Right signals is routed If a stereo channel is routed to a mono L or R pan group only the post bal Left or Right leg is routed If a stereo channel is routed to a stereo group the post bal Left and Right signals are routed to the group Left and Right respectively Logic 3SC User Manual MODE PAN BAL SOLO FADER Issue 1 Routing and Monitoring Assignment Of Paths To Faders The eight fader strips allow control of any eight paths in the console as selected by the operator using the fader assignment keys immediately to the left of the faders In this way pressing the 9 button brings channels 9 16 under the eight faders from left to right The A B C D buttons provide four programmoble assignment configurations set up using the STORE button To do this press and hold STORE and press A B C or D to store the current assignment to that button Pressing and holding the fader CALL button at any time then pressing a path softkey will immediately bring that path under the fader and calls that path to the assign panel An assignment may be locked in place using the LOCK button when activated the assignment for that fader cannot be changed LOCK is a t

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