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1. stage racks stage racks optional redundant fibre pair of MADI coax optic fibre local rack local rack 1 4 lt lt DIGIGO Chapter 1 1 2 2 The DiGiConfig PrograM oooccconccccococcccnnocnnorennnronnnnronannnnnnas The following example shows how to run the DiGiConfig program from the D5 software in order to configure you hardware 1 Open the System Service menu 2 Press the Configure Hardware button the D5 software will close and DiGiConfig will open 3 Press the relevant buttons for all the consoles that you wish to configure in the example a single FOH Main console is selected Press the This radio button to selectthe console that you are working on 4 This will apply the correct configuration but the details can be further edited by pressing the Edit Configuration Details button 5 Press OK to return to D5 software Kr F11 Rsstart F12 Reset Reset Engine Surface Timecode Oscillator Security amp Network DiGiConfig 2 1 Console Type D5 Live Fie CADSNDSIN Console Configuration Press each button that applies to the current D5 rig and select one of them as THIS console FRONT OF HOUSE MONITORS THIS C THIS C THIS C THIS a a E F I se EDIT Configuration Details Y OK a fea 3 gt DiGiConfig Y 2 0 Console Type DS Live File EXSSOUNDTRSCES LATESTYSTA Mu Renate OTHER C THIS Theatre OPS Standalone PC THIS X Cancel
2. DIGICO Operation Manual D gt DIGICOo Copyright O 2003 Digico UK Ltd All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form by any means without the written permission of Digico UK Ltd Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor Digico UK Ltd shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from the use of information or any error contained in this manual All repair and service ofthe D5 product should be undertaken by Digico UK Ltd or its authorised agents Digico UK Ltd cannot accept any liability whatsoever for any loss or damage caused by service maintenance or repair by unauthorised personnel Software License Notice Y our license agreement with Digico UK Ltd which is included with the D5 product specifies the permitted and prohibited uses of the product Any unauthorised duplication or use of Digico UK Ltd software in whole or in part in print or in any other storage and retrieval systemis prohibited Licenses and Trademarks The D5 logo and D5 name are trademarks and Digico UK Ltd and the Digico UK Ltd logo are registered trademarks of Digico UK Ltd Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp Digico UK Ltd The School House 4 Dorking Road Epsom S
3. FOH Main FOH Mirror MON Main MONA mor y Console Configuration Hardware Expecte Locally Installed I Audio Engine Slave cards p MADI cards BS Input surfaces p GFI port jo a Relay port jo E Y Timecode e WorkSurlace Copy to MADI Password Gain Tracking E Console Use local remote mirror 14 Je o Restore Ds Audio Engine Option Y On Board Fx Matrix Proceszo Y Processing Channels 9 pin Tracks to arm jas E GFI Script file GPI tr Edit Fader Start threshold JE hysteresis 2 E 170 Sockets file D5 96 skt Edit Connected Do p System Access Surround Signal Orde LERS LERS a JLCRSLSRE rd LLCCRCRSLSRE x Cancel Overview Scree Y Connected te 1024 al H E al u Chapter 1 1 3 Getting Started Input Section fi o ela Input Gain and Phase Loa Mn u shot Meet Aux Pan Dynamics Controls Assignable Rotary and Switch Mute and Interactive LCD Function Button Channels Faders Master Section Mute and Interactive LCD Function Button Output Control Group Faders Mute and Interactive LCD Function Button Output Control Group Faders 1 6 lt lt DIGICO Las mn 7 a gt erietlei e Master DIO i Channel Meter Status Channel Insert On Off 4 Band Parametric EQ High and Low Pass Filters Dynamics Thresholds and
4. MATRIZ OUT Loc L1 Chapter 5 5 3 2 Processing Channel Controls cc scecsssseeseeeeeseneeeeeeeees Processing Channel controls can be accessed from the worksurface See Diagram in Section 5 3 but by touching eitherthe EQ graph or the word Comp on the screen further parameters become available When the EQ panel is expanded the 3 rows of rotaries and switches below the channel screen are assigned to the 3 rows of controls in the EQ panel When the compressor panel is expanded the first row of rotaries and switches below the channel screen is assigned to the row of controls inthe compressor panel Proc Channel Reset Proc Ch 01 In Out Switches for each EQ Presets Flat of the six bands Proc Eh Change filter type for band 1 Change filter type for band 6 TE Proc Ch 10 1 45 zo pa E a re gt Fo pl E T Touching the EQ panel Presets button opens the Processing Channel EQ library and this functions in the same way as standard Channel EQ and Dynamics Presets Cu Presets P01 Proc 1 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Multiple Console Setups Chapter 6 6 2 lt lt DIGIGO Chapter 6 6 1 FMX Setup Frontof House and Monitor consoles with 1 local rack each may independently share input signals from 2 stage racks and have individual control of input gains with the use of Gain Tracking The local racks may be completel
5. Snapshots Insert Inserts new snapshot after assigned Green snapshot Relative Makes assigned Green E snapshot relative Opens snapshot scope panel Opens snapshot timing panel Enable Undo 4090 Fourth Rel Update Updates current Highlighted 2 fr delay AN relative snapshot s master l na Undo Replace Replaces current Undo previous firing ta da Curr Highlighted snapshot if enabled ei ae pg Replaces snapshot chosen control by after pressing button Puts snapshot under control el Edit Allows editing of multiple snapshots after selection ws Allows changing of order of snapshot list of sequence duration in timing panel ul Press and select snapshot to rename Delete Press and select snapshot s x to delete Puts snapshot firing under control by controlof incoming MIDI midi Fire Prew i data on channel 16 Fires previous snapshot in list Fires next snapshot in list Fire Henst Note The current snapshot appears in the panel as the highlighted pressed button The snapshot name displayed in green indicates that it is the assigned to the worksurface and its name is indicated in the display The Fire button recalls this assigned snapshot and highlights it in the screen list as the current snapshot If the current snapshot button shows an asterisk next to the number eg 001 this indicates that a controller has changed since the snapshot was fired If a Snapshot name appears in black in the l
6. E LCD FUNCTION E J No LCD FUNCTION a i fo a a XK Bw er PFL Default mode with nothing else selected Mono pre fader listen mode which only uses one reserved buss AFL Monitoring the signal at post fader level with full stereo or surround panning which uses the same number of busses as the Master buss SIP Destructive Solo In Place This function leaves the soloed signal routed to its current destination and mutes all non soloed signals To hear the soloed signal s the relevant buss es should be monitored Note This function can only be switched on by holding down the SIP button for 2 seconds Single Single mode means that only one channel can be soloed ata time If single is not selected any number of channels can be soloed simultaneously Monitor Solo 1 and Solo 2 Outputs This allows you to select dedicated output sockets forthe Monitor Solo 1 and or Solo 2 signals Touch the required Output Signal Group button and then the first output left that you require from that group The second output right will be automatically selected A button at the bottom of the panel will switch the solo to Mono Monitor Delay The monitor signal can be delayed by up to 160ms using the on screen rotary control This control may also be adjusted by touching it on screen and using the worksurface Matrix rotary control Monitor Master Ifthis button is pressed the master buss will be monitored when no solos are on
7. Solo 2 Assign To Master Fader Ifthis button is pressed Solo 2 s Level and Mute controls can be adjusted using the Master Fader and Mute Monitor Mute Touch the Mute button to cut the monitor signal Solo Clear Pressing the Solo Clear button will ensure thatthere are no solos engaged anywhere on the console Solo Trim Level The Solo Level may be adjusted by altering the dB value in the Trim Level box Ifthe worksurface Solo Trim control is adjusted this panel will automatically appear and the Trim Level value will change to reflect any adjustment Solo Safe Solo safe may be used in any solo mode Ifthe Solo Safe button is pressed channels that appear on the list will be soloed automatically whenever any other solo is pressed To add channels to the list press the Touch Faders to Select button and touch the required faders When the Solo Safe button is switched off the list is not affected and the Solo Safe function is disabled The contents of the list are saved in the session files Note If one of the channels on the list is soloed manually the other channels are not automatically soloed with it 4 10 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 4 4 2 10 Master Section Meters meters Successive presses ofthe Meter Button in the top right hand corner ofthe worksurface will toggle through three metering options these are Meter Master Buss Default Meter Monitors The meters will show the selected type of monitor signal Master bu
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9. The Input Gain control provides a basic level trim Ifthe input source is an analogue input socket the Gain setting controls the analogue amplifier which sets the incoming signal level before conversion to digital The Phase switch allows phase settings On mono or stereo channels you can use the Delay control to delay the input signal by up to 240ms On a mono channel pressing the Set 0 button sets the delay back to zero 2 2 2 Equaliser Module sicario The EQ module comprises four user configurable parametric filters There is also a pair of swept High pass and Low pass filters If the EQ module is not expanded the EQ can be switched On or Off with the In Out button above the EQ graph To expand the EQ Module for a channel first select the channel then touch the channel s EQ graph To hide the module again touch the expanded EQ graph Note The EQ panel can be expanded automatically when an EQ control is adjusted by setting System Menu System Options system Options ner EEE remracayenesco reee y dos 2 8 u DMIGICOo Chapter 2 Filter Centre Frequencies Response Graph Reset EQ Preset Selector ae B ean wl Parametric 1 Yellow en a Cure Curve Select for Parametric 1 SN Y treg Parametric 2 Blue ae EQ In Out Parametric 3 Green Curve Select for Parametric 4 Parametric 4 Red gain ce 2a Lopass In Out Hipass Lopass Filters l Hi
10. The output of the Reverb module must then be monitored in a channel by opening the input routing screen selecting the Effects signal group and then selecting Reverb L from the signal list Touch the Stereo button to monitor Reverb L and Reverb R in the same channel Reverb R 5 14 QUMUTt AAA NE EHEGNERPEEENEIEGER SER NEEUEREEREREUPERER In the buss master routing panel there is an Output Insert facility that can also be used to route signals to effects and processing This is particularly useful if you wish to use FX5 or FX6 to process the output of a buss In this situation the output should be routed to its normal destination but it will be diverted through the Effects module for processing Touch the Send button and select the input to the required effects module then touch the Return button and select the output from the same module Then touch the Output Insert button to switch it on Chapter 5 5 2 Effects Control 5 2 1 Effects Parameters ccscccccsesssseeeeceeeeeeceeeeseeeeceesesseeesessanes Touching the Effects button in the Master Screen opens the following panel HI FILTER TEMPO HI FILTER MOO RATE F OD DEPTH DELAY FEEDBACK LO FILTER Touch the tabs at the top of the panel to select the effect that you wish to adjust Normally two effects modules are shown in the panel but the output processing module uses the whole panel on its own If the name on the tab is greyed out an effect type has not yet b
11. E Groups 4 UX E Black File Date Ti tie Up SE Mode Mo St Su Mo St C internal Ee an 1 3 6 Save Session uuu u uauanannnnnnananannnnnnnnannnnnnnnununnnnn nun an anannnnnnnn This button which is found above the Save As New File button will save the existing session in the same location and under the same file name as itwas previously saved or loaded from Ittherefore serves as a Quick Save option to update an existing session Remember that this function will overwrite your last saved version If you wish to save the session under anew name use the Session Files menu button and select Save As New File See above 1 12 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 1 The EQ section comprises four user configurable parametric filters and a pair of swept High pass and Low pass filters The EQ is accessed by touching the on screen display to Assign the channel the colour changes to orange and then using the controls on the right hand side of the input module When a control is adjusted the expanded view seen below appears in the input screen but this view can be seen at any time by touching the EQ response graph on the screen NOTE Ifthe expanded view does not appear when a control is adjusted open the System Options panel and press the Automatically expand EQ view when adjusted button Filter Centre Frequencies Response Graph PRESETS Reset EQ Preset Selector Parametric 1 Yellow Curve Select for Parametric 1 P
12. IP LCD FUNCTION LCD FUNCTION O LCD SEREEEEEE The Only Display Name option changes the appearance of the Channel LCD buttons when they are in Solo Mode to show the Channel Name in a large easy to read font To activate this function Press the Channel LCD Function button on the left of the input section and then press the Only Display Name button When the function is activated the button appears with a tick in its display Press the Solo button again to return to the standard view A LCD FUNCTION LCD FUNCTION O o SERRA The Safe function makes selected channels safe from all Snapshots 1 Press the Channel LCD Function button 2 Press the Safe button 3 Press the Channel LCD buttons for the channels that should be Safe The buttons and screen channel strip will turn red 4 Press the Channel LCD Function button to exit Safe mode 5 Press the Solo function button to return to the standard view gt ERP LCD FUNCTION O LCD FUNCTION O LCD FUNCTION LCD o 5 EEE EE 2 18 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 2 The Aux Send gt Faders function allows you to control the Aux Send levels for a selected channel with the Upper and Lower Master Faders 1 Press the Channel LCD Function button 2 Press the Aux Send gt Faders button 3 Press the Channel LCD buttons for the channel that you wish to control 4 Press the Channel LCD Fun
13. Press the Master Fader Bank button for the relevant row of outputs to adjust the output level with the worksurface master faders NOTE For a stereo buss select the output for the left hand signal and the next consecutive output is used automatically for the right hand signal MATRIX OUT DS 1 Chapter 1 1 3 5 Save As New File ooooococococcocococococoncncororananannnnararananannnnanas When you change the configuration of the template session you should save it to the console s flash drive under a new filename 1 Touch the Session Files button at the top of the Master Screen to view the menu 2 Touch the Save as New File button in the Sessions menu to open the panel 3 Touch the Projects folder button at the bottom of the panel to select the file destination 4 Touch the New Filename box and type the chosen name with a maximum of 8 letters and no punctuation 5 Touch the Session Title box and type a description of the session if required 6 Touch the Save button in the bottom right of the panel to save the session file Note If you touch a session name on the existing list this name will automatically be selected as the new file name and touching Save will overwrite the old file System Session Layout Snapshots Bus Control Matrix Effects Talkback Setup Files Outputs Groups Inputs Save New Session New Filename llastsess u session Title Template Session F or select a file below to ow 4
14. in the socket list This indicates that the output is already being used Touching the greyed out name will show a message to indicate what it is being used for If the message says that the socket is not in use but cannot be used for the first left signal of this channel you may be trying to route a stereo or surround buss but there are not enough consecutive output sockets available For example Grps RETURN 00 Te ie IH Stereo Group 5 is routed to Loc L3 and 4 but Loc L2 appears greyed out as well A stereo buss cannot be routed to Loc L2 and 3 as Loc L3 is already in use It can however be routed to Loc L1 and 2 Loc L5 If you were routing a mono buss Loc L6 Loc L2 would be available Loc L7 The console has crashed but when it tries to recover the session there is still a problem The session file may have become corrupted Reload the D5 software whilst holding the keyboard Shift key A Recover and Restart panel will appear which provides different reboot options Note If you hold the Shift key while Windows is rebooting the Surfaces exe program will not start and the console will not function correctly Therefore load the D5 software then Quit To Windows using the System Service Menu and then load the D5 software again whilst holding the Shift key rn 7 3 Chapter 7 have an input source selected for a channel but there is no audible signal Check that the channel insert is not switc
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16. 6 5 Sync Session 6 6 Sync Sockets Files 6 5 Synchronisation Digital 4 27 System Menu 4 4 System Options 4 4 System Shut Down 4 4 y Talkback 4 12 Talkback Mic 4 13 Talkback Mixer 4 14 Talkback Presets 4 14 Talkback Setup 4 13 Template Session 1 8 Timecode Output 4 26 Timecode Source 4 26 To Master 3 5 U Unassign Faders From Banks 4 18 Unattended 4 5 Undo Redo 2 17 Update Master 4 21 USB Data Port 4 7 V Video Sync 4 28 Video Sync Lock 4 26 VU Default 4 11 W White Light Illumination Brightness 4 4 Width 7 4 Word Clock 4 28 Worksurface Channels 2 3 D gt Index DIGICO
17. Edit pors A een Connected M IT Tip fog In System ccess Surround Signal Orde Connected WM IT M IT pb Au a Surround Signal Orde Copy to MADI TT IT IM Password LORS Lers o CRS Copy to MADI MIT Ir z asswor LeRSILCRS Gain Tracking M IT IM IT le z Si LCRSLSRB ah LCRSLSAB Network Network I Connect Console Use imal IL LCCRCARSLSRB I Connect Console Use 71 IL LCCRCARSLSAB IP subnet local remote mirror IP subnet local remote mirror Change am Tem 177 X cme Note that Gain Tracking has been switched on for both consoles and the Optocore IDs are 20 FOH and 22 MON In this example other details are the same but this is not necessarily always the case MADI Connections If the consoles are to be connected via MADI the setup would be as follows but Gain Tracking would only be unidirectional with the FOH acting as Master and the Monitor console tracking the changes Note This configuration requires a Word Clock connection from the FOH to the Monitor console The FOH console should be set to Setup Audio Sync Master and the Monitor console to Setup Audio Sync Word Clock Do FH BIG uzing WADI 192 168 0 stage racks madi amp port local rack pair of MADI coax uni directional gain tracking FOR has control of analog gains and MONS can track this local rack 6 4 lt lt DIGICO Ch
18. LCD Function button for the relevant bank 3 Press the Build Bank button 4 Touch the on screen row press a Bank button or touch an input screen for the Bank that you wish to Build If a bank button is touched the entire bank is copied to the current Master bank including the Bank Label If a screen is touched then eight input or output channels or Control Groups will be assigned from left to right starting with the channel that you touched On the master screen output and Control Group rows wrap to the next row down 5 Press the Master LCD Function button to exit Build Bank mode 6 Press the Solo function button to return to the standard view master fader bank Matrix Groups Auxes I o o o a LCD FUNCTION LCD FUNCTION LCD FUNCTION O LCD FUNCTION LCD FUNCTION O DS 4 19 Chapter 4 4 6 Snapshots Any number of Snapshots of the entire current console settings can be stored and recalled using the Snapshots panel This is only limited by system memory These Snapshots can be absolute or relative to another snapshot The scope of the snapshot can be set by controller or by input channel To display the Snapshots panel touch the Snapshots button at the top of the Master Screen Worksurface controls can be found to the right of the Master Screen cs 0
19. Limiter is activated or if the Limiter is switched out whenever the buss signal level goes over OdB Once lit the Over light stays on until it is touched 3 2 5 UL A o Touching the Mute button on the screen or the worksurface cuts the output signal from the relevant buss 3 2 6 Meters 0 cccccccecccccceccccnccceneeceaenceneneaneaeaneceaeaneneaneneanenenneaennsneaeas The Meters display the signal level and indicate a peak level 3 2 7 Output Channel Routing occocccccocncccnccccnnoronananenannnnnanrnnanonos The Buss Routing section indicates which output sockets the channel is currently connected to To alter this routing touch the Routing section you can then select a socket or a number of sockets to which the buss signal s are routed NOTE If an output socket button is disabled Text in white and is touched a message temporarily pops up explaining why a ET al J Ei fisen HUTE Note that with Stereo or Surround busses you cannot route the buss signals separately by assigning the socket for the left most buss channel you also assign the next socket s in the socket Group to the remaining buss signal s The illustration above shows a stereo group so choosing socket Loc L1 would assign the left buss signal to socket Loc L1 and the right buss signal to socket Loc L2 NOTE The order of signals output from a surround stem can be adjusted by using the System Service Configure Hardware menu This closes the
20. Mute and Interactive LCD Master Mute Function Button Master Fader Banks Output Control Group Faders Master Fader 4 1 1 The Master Screen u2uuuuu0 nananannnnnnnnnnananan nun nn nnanan nun n nn Master Screen Status Display The master screen displays information on the current session mode timecode and sync at the top left The system date and time are displayed on the right Further system information can be found in the Diagnostics Panel System Menu D5 43 Chapter 4 4 1 2 The Menu Buttons cccoccoccconcconcconoconaconcnonnnnnncnaronaronarenanenanos System Menu This menu displayed by touching the System button contains additional buttons which display system information System Shut Down Button This command should be used to shut down the console in normal operation Bus Cutputs Ts F11 Restat F12 Reset Configure Quit to Engine Surface E Hardware Windows Oscillator Security amp Network SHUT DOW Quit To Windows Command In the Service menu this button will close the D5 program but will remain in a Windows environment It is unlikely that the user will need this option in normal operation System Options To adjust the level of lighting on the console use the up down arrows next to the value boxes for White Light Illumination Brightness Screen Brightness or Surface Label Display Brightness System Options White light illumination brightness ES 15 ES 0 15 _ 6
21. Overview 2 26 Channel Presets 2 7 Channel Scope 4 23 Channel Sends 7 4 Clear All 3 5 Clear Assignment 2 23 Clearing Settings 4 6 Compressor 2 10 Configure Effects 5 3 Connect All 3 5 Console Security 4 5 Control Change 4 25 Control Groups 1 16 4 14 Controller Scope 4 23 Copy Channels 2 24 Copy Levels from Faders 3 5 Crossfades 4 24 Crossover 5 7 Curve 1 13 2 9 D dB Pop up Readouts 4 4 Delay 2 8 Delete File 4 7 Deleting a Snapshot 4 22 Destructive Solo In Place 4 10 DiGiConfig 6 3 Direct Outputs 2 15 Divergence 2 13 Duplicate Channel 2 25 Dynamics 1 14 2 10 Dynamics Linking 2 11 Dynamics Presets 2 11 E EDIT Configuration Details 6 3 Editing Multiple Snapshots 4 21 Effects and Auxiliaries 5 4 Effects and Routing 5 4 Effects Control 5 6 EQ 1 13 Equaliser 2 8 Exclude 4 23 External Screens 2 21 External Sync 4 27 4 28 E Fader Assigns Channel 2 18 Fader Bank 2 3 Fire Next After 4 24 FM Setup 6 3 Frame Rate 4 26 G Gain 2 8 Gain Tracking 6 5 Ganging 2 20 Gate 2 10 Gate Key 2 10 Graphic EQ 5 8 Greyed out 7 3 Group Buss Control 3 5 Group Routing 2 15 H Headphones 3 7 Hipass Lopass Filters 2 9 Input Balance 2 7 Input Meters 2 4 Input Module 2 6 Input Normalising 5 6 Input Screen 2 4 Input Source 1 8 Insert On Off 3 3 Index Insert Routing 2 16 Internal Signals 7 4 Internal Sync 4 27 J Joystick 2 13 K Key Solo 2 11 L Label 3 5 Layout 2 21 Level Trim 3
22. Screen brightness EJ ES 0 15 E Surface label display brightness Ed 12 a 0 15 E 6 Use on screen touch keyboard Alphanumeric _ Numeric only Show system status indicators Display system alerts Show aux amp fader dB pop up readouts Round to whole dBs Automatically expand EQ view when adjusted Y Close Use On Screen Touch Keyboard activates a touch sensitive keyboard which will automatically appear on screen when any label button Channel name control group etc is pressed While editing numeric only data such as timecode a small numeric keypad will appear This is intended as an alternative to using the computer keyboard itself 4 I lt gt 7 Del Del vna fojwjefefr irie eleli c Jafsfofrfofufofxf ofa lt gt swe pa px fol vfoluf f sy yoy sme ca comprare po psoe Show System Status Indicators activates on screen information concerning the system This will appear in the bottom right hand corner ofthe Master Screen Show aux and fader dB Pop up Readouts activates yellow boxes which pop up showing the Auxiliary send and fader dB displays Display System Alerts activates on screen information to warn the user of any potential problem with the system Round to whole dBs switches any dB readouts to whole dB measurements instead of decimal places 4 4 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 4 4 1 3 Console Security and Network Settings cccooccconcnooo The console has 3 modes
23. being viewed on the worksurface and this view can be changed by touching the on screen banks The Fader Banks can be named by touching their label and typing To clear a bank from the worksurface hold down the relevant bank button on the worksurface and touch the on screen Clear Bank button To assign a bank to the worksurface hold down the relevant bank button on the worksurface and touch the on screen bank that you wish to assign The Set 0dB and Set oo buttons may be used to reset all or selected fader levels for the top and or bottom row of channel faders To Select Channels drag the mouse through the white boxes beneath the bank labels and release the selected channels will be highlighted in yellow If channels are selected then the Copy and Move functions become available and pressing either ofthese buttons will open the relevant panel with the source channels already selected Channel Banks Hold Fader Bank button and touch here to clear fader bank from worksurface Touch here and type to name Bank 1 2 EEF 123456739301 23456 739301 23456789012 3456789012345678 Bank E in BEEEEEEEEHEEEEEENEEEEEEEREEEEENEEEEENEEEEHEHEEENEL Comp in Gate in Drag mouse through white boxes to select channels Channels Copy Channels a Mute Duplicate Solo Channel Set O48 Channel Fader AHHH Overview Set 00 H o HAHAHAHA HHH HHI HHH HH HHH HHH E T 3 3 3012345675301 2345675301 234567
24. buss configuration of an existing console you are unlikely to wish to clear all of your current settings Note Clearing Output Processors is linked to the Aux Outputs button You may also choose to Set all Input Direct Sends to Pre Mute Pre Fader Post Mute Pre Fader or Post Mute Post F ader for the new session Remember that when all settings are cleared any labelling or routing which you have done will be lost 4 2 4 The Load Session Button ococococococoncococococancnroraranannnrarananana Touching this button will open the following panel Jal Session 08 07 03 13 31 2 s MASTER undt 1 stracs 1 d5_183 d5 pre e DEEE 0 ee Wel m TO if il y SYSTEM RESOURCES SYSTEM MEMORY AUDIO ENGINE MADIRACK 1 MADI RACK 2 Load Session Back Groups Aux File Date Time Title Up SR Mode Mo St Su Mo St 4 6 a Chapter 4 This panel shows the contents of your drives and folders listing any saved sessions with a note of the console configurations on the right hand side ofthe screen These include the removable drive that can be plugged into the USB Data Port on the meter bridge Simply select the drive you require in the bottom left corner and then open a folder from the scrolling list next to it by touching it You can then touch a specific session file to highlight it and touch the Load button to open the session Sessions can also be renamed or deleted in this panel using the Rename File or Delete Fi
25. controlled by incoming MIDI messages on channel 16 and can cause these same messages to be output in addition to any MIDI snapshots included in 1 above The MIDI Input Control button allows the Snapshot system to respond to the following incoming MIDI messages General Purpose Controller A Controller 16 Values 0 to 127 will fire snapshots 1 to 128 General Purpose Controller B Controller 17 Values O to 127 will fire snapshots 129 to 256 General Purpose Controller C Controller 18 Values 0 to 127 will fire snapshots 257 to 384 General Purpose Controller D Controller 19 Values 0 to 125 will fire snapshots 385 to 510 General Purpose Controller D Controller 19 Value 126 will fire the previous snapshot in list General Purpose Controller D Controller 19 Value 127 will fire the next snapshot in list MIDI Output causes the above messages 1 to 510 to be sent whenever a snapshot button is pressed Previous and Next buttons do not output MIDI messages of their own 4 24 Ei s Di G ico Chapter 4 4 6 16 MIDI Patches ununuununeannnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ann nn ann nun anne anne Touching the MIDI Patch button in the Setup menu opens the MIDI Patches panel which allows any MIDI program change controller change note on or off message to be recorded and played back manually or against timecode MIDI Patches Type MIDI messages in the format ch N note velocity ch H note velocity ch control value 1 16 0 127 DE
26. current session and opens the DiGiConfig program For more information please refer to the Interconnection and System Setup section 36 DIGICO Chapter 3 3 2 8 Buss Signals as Input Sources coocccoccconcccococenanoncnconnnnonanos The output results from output channels can be returned into input channels by scrolling to the bottom ofthe Signal Group listing atthe input stage of a channel You will see Signal Groups for each type of buss which is in the current console configuration eg Mono Stereo LCRS etc Touching the Signal Group buttons will show the separate legs of each buss and these signals can then be selected as inputs in the normal way These signals are labelled with a to indicate that they are buss results and are therefore subject to delays 3 2 9 HEaGPHONES necio idas The headphones are always fed by the monitor solo1 signals and there is a dedicated level control in the worksurface Monitor section on the right hand side ofthe worksurface 3 2 10 Output Insert senacsicraines casado nailon este ie deeretee ern In the buss master routing panel there is an Output Insert facility that can be used to route signals to effects and processing This is particularly useful if you wish to use outboard processors on the output of a buss In this situation the output should be routed to its normal destination but it will be diverted through the Send and Return for processing Touch the Send button and select the input t
27. from the scope is also copied to all snapshots selected for Editing but note thatthe choice between add or remove depends on the currently displayed list IMPORTANT NOTE When editing the channel scope by touching faders the Snapshot with the light horizontal line next to it whose Scope is currently being displayed will be updated whether it is selected for editing or not During the Edit command all other scope controls do not affect the snapshot whose scope is being displayed only those snapshots selected for editing 4 6 7 MOVING a Snapshot ccrciinaineia denne If you wish the Snapshot list to appear in a specific order you may change the order of the list by moving the entries Touch the Move button and then touch the Snapshot that you wish to move You then touch the point in the list where the snapshot should be moved to Note If a Relative Snapshot is moved above its own Master Snapshot in the list it will become Relative to the previous Master Snapshot but only when it is fired Therefore the list can be rearranged in any way without changing the data in the snap shots 4 6 8 Renaming a Snapshot c ococccocccccnocccncncoconanonannnnnanrnnannrnnanronnns Torename a snapshot touch the Rename button then the name that you wish to change and enter a new name using the keyboard 4 6 9 Deleting a Snapshot uus 2uu0 a000 n0nnnnonannonnnnnannnn nun To delete a snapshot touch the Delete button and then the Snapshot tha
28. full LCR panning between left and right busses Zero Divergence Setting the rotary full right will remove the signal from the centre buss and only allow the signal to feed the left and right busses Negative Divergence The Sub control is only present on 5 1 console configurations It is a trim control with unity gain at the centre position for sending the signal to the Sub channel of a surround buss or output Controlling the Sub Feed When a Sub control is present the lower button directly below the pan rotaries switches between three different states for controlling the Sub Feed Successive presses of the button will change to the following states LCRSS on The signal can go to all busses except the sub buss according to the channel pan position Default mode Sub on The signal can only go to the Sub Buss Indicated by a B in the display All on The signal can go to all busses including the Sub Buss Indicated by LCRSS and B in the display The current state is indicated by letters in the background of the pan control display NOTE This control is contained in snapshots and channel presets It is part of the Panning Scope for Snapshots DS 2 13 Chapter 2 2 2 5 ROUUNG Mod le uses india euere een At the bottom of the input channel display is the Routing Module This gives an abbreviated display of the current channel routing on the left the Master and Group routing and on the right if the channel is routed to a Dire
29. is selected the filter operates at 12dB Octave and the Q and Gain controls disappear Hipass Lopass Filters The Hipass and Lopass filters at the bottom of the module purple and orange operate at 12dB Octave and can be swept from 20Hz 20KHz HPF and 200Hz to 20KHz LPF Note The Hi and Lo Pass Filters are positioned preprocessing and therefore they will be unavailable to any internally gener ated signal such as the test noise These internally generated signals consist of 1 Any signal in the Misc signal group Talkback Mics Test Tone and Noise 2 Group or Aux Buss results labelled with a eg Aux L 3 Internal FX Returns any signal from the Effects input signal group which is used by the optional effects module Chapter 2 2 2 3 Dynamics Module ices sisicincetenectsindcainonsctucnucunevenncesancciveaueneeneaes The Dynamics Module on each channel incorporates a Compressor and Gate and also includes optional Filters for the sidechain and key signals You can display the Dynamics Module by touching the dynamics display on the channel strip Touching the In Out buttons will switch the section On or Off When expanded the Dynamics Module appears across the bottom of the screen and its settings are changed using the corresponding controls below the display DYNAMICS Compressor Controls Gate Controls Compressor The Threshold is the level at which the compression begins to affect the signal For e
30. line Buttons The configuration panel allows you to temporarily disable all timecode and transport control to any combination of outputs The ALL button disables all timecode and machine control output this is especially useful to prevent external machines trying to chase the console timecode Video Sync Lock Indicator By connecting a video or black burst signal to the video frame sync input on the worksurface rear panel you can provide an external frame sync forthe timecode Ifthe console is acting as timecode master or regenerating timecode the frame boundaries in the timecode are then locked to those on the incoming video signal Ifthe lock is operating the green indicator on the panel lights up to indicate this 4 26 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 4 4 8 Audio Synchronisation NOTE If you are running an Optocore system the console can only currently sync to Optocore at 48KHz therefore Optocore must be selected as the sync source If you are only using MADI connections Master must be selected as the Audio Sync source When the D5 is used with only analogue signals connected to both inputs and outputs synchronisation does not need to be considered The mixer will operate in a self contained manner operated as master sync source usually at 48KHz see below for setting this This will be the case even if some of the external equipment is in fact digital eg digital delays as long as their connections are analogue From a system point o
31. menu before loading D5 software Restart amp He Start audio engine Start surfaces Return to last startup This allows the options of 1 Rebooting the audio engine or worksurface 2 Recovering the last session from NVRAM and last saved session file 2 Loading from the last startup session file 3 Notloading any file and creating a default stereo console 4 3 Talkback The console includes a built in talkback microphone socket situated in the top right hand corner ofthe worksurface and there is an input socket provided on the rear panel for a 2nd remote talkback microphone There are two Talkback channels A and B and both can be activated by buttons on the worksurface in conjunction with three Talback Feed Presets labelled a b and c Both channels are controlled by a level control on the worksurface talkback talk mic 0 10 talk level 4 12 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 4 4 3 1 Talkback Configuration Button oonccocccconccccocccoonccnonnanonnnns The two talkback channels can be mixed independently onto any buss using the Talkback Setup panel which is displayed on the Master screen when the on screen Talkback button is touched TR When you first touch the on screen Talkback button only the bottom section ofthe panel is displayed push the Talkback Setup button to display the full mixer panel 4 3 2 Talkback Mic Setup 2 u en an Talkback channels A and B can be controll
32. mix output channels with E Q Dynamics Delay Racks Local rack 8 mic line in 32 line in 40 line out 16 AES EBU Stage rack 1 56 mic in 8 line out Stage rack 2 56 mic in 8 line out 1 x Optical link 1 x 150mtr optical drum Chapter 1 4 D5 FMX System 112 mic lines from stage Package 2 x D5 56EX Packages 112 mic lines from stage 1 x extra 150mts Optic Cable on Drum 1 x Optical link Complete Specification 2 x D5 Surfaces 112 mic lines from stage Mode a 96 channel surface 32 channels of F X 32 mix output channels with E Q Dynamics Delay Mode b 128 channel surface and choice of 32 channels of F X or 32 mix output channels with E Q Dynamics Delay Racks FOH local rack 8 mic line in 32 line in 40 line out 16 AES EBU MON local rack 8 mic line in 32 line in 40 line out 16 AES EBU Stage rack 1 56 mic in 8 line out Stage rack 2 56 mic in 8 line out 1 x Optical link 3x 150mtr optical drum 1 2 1 Connections uu uu0 u 0anananannnnannnnnnnn nn ana nun nn nn an ann nn nnununnn nn Detailed information on the various systems of connection is provided in the Interconnection and System Setup Manual butthe following diagram provides an overview of a single console setup Detailed information on multiple console setups is provided in Chapter 6 of this manual Ba FDH MADI PORTS available for independant os Fa feeds for broadcast record etc using OPTOCORE using MADI
33. of operation which dictate the types of operations that can be performed The Setup mode is essential if you wish to access all the console operations but when the basic setup is complete you may wish to switch to Live mode which only enables changes to controllers and not routing reconfiguring or labelling This may prevent accidental changes to the basic setup For total security the Unattended mode locks the console completely and all operations are disabled This state can only be changed by typing a password the standard password is D5 Network settings and other functions in this panel are discussed in Chapter 6 Multiple Console Setups Console Security amp Network 4 2 Configuring the Console As a digital console the D5 is highly configurable allowing a wide range of different bussing formats and channel configurations This section describes how to use the command buttons on the Master Screen to Configure store and recall sessions A Session file contains the following information e Theconsole configuration e TheSnapshots A Session file therefore represents a complete snapshot of the console and is the simplest way to store and recall a complete system setup 4 2 1 Session Files Menu cccccsccsecsecseeceeceeeeeeceeeeeeceeseeseneseeeas All ofthe configuration and file management functions are handled in the Session Files Menu which is accessed by touching the button on the Master Screen 4 2 2 The Ne
34. to the cunent D5 rig and select ons of them at THIS consols FRONT OF HOUSE MONITORS E Ties T mie r is FOH Man FOH Minor 3 Chapter 6 The following configuration details will have been created FOH Console Details Monitor Console Details A Dox gt DiGiConfig y 2 0 Torx Console Type DS Live z Console Type DS Live z File E SOUNDTRACS LATESTASTR Console Config ur ati on File E SSOUNDTRACS LATESTASTR Console Config urati on Hardware Expected Audio Engine Options Overview Screen Hardware Expected Audio Engine Options Overview Screen Locally Installed VW On Board FX VW Connected Locally Installed VW On Board FX Y Connected peo i Iv Audio Engine Slave cards Ei Matrix Processor un ma IV Audio Engine Slave cards p FT Matrix Processor w hood IV Processing Channels Y IV Processing Channels v 17 EE MADI cards 2 IV Timecoda MADI cards 23 H 768 H 768 V WorkSurface Input surfaces p 9 pin Tracks to arm E IV WorkSurface Input surfaces Po 9 pin Tracks to arm E p lt GPI cards GPI port jo GPI Script file GPI txt Edit 04 GPI cards GPI port jo GPI Script file Pt Edit p lt Relay cards Relay port jo Fader Start threshold E hysteresis 2 04 Relay cards Relay port jo Fader Start threshold fe aj hysteresis E Optocore 170 Sockets file D5 96 skt Edit Dptocore ae 170 Sockets file D5 96 skt
35. will appear in the Effects socket group as a different number If FX 5 is configured as a Graphic EQ the six units are FX 5 1 FX 5 2 FX 5 3 FX 5 4 FX 5 5 and FX 5 6 If FX 6 is configured as a Graphic EQ the six units are FX 6 1 FX 6 2 FX 6 3 FX 6 4 FX 6 5 and FX 6 6 5 3 Processing Channels If you have activated the 32 Processing Channels in the DiGiConfig program Setup Menu Service Configure Hardware four of the console s Channel Fader Banks will contain panels like the one pictured below They will initially be labelled Pr 1 32 in blocks of eight Trim Proc Ch 03 Proc Ch 04 Mute Solo Label Output Routing Delay Time Delay In Out Compressor Threshold Compressor In Out G assign These channels provide Trim Delay up to 240ms Compression and 6 Band Parametric EQ and may be inserted into the signal path via Channel Direct Outs and Insert Points Group Auxiliary and Matrix Outputs or Insert Points A Socket Group called Processors will be available in all of the routing panels which contains the inputs and outputs of these channels 5 8 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 5 5 3 1 Inserting Processing Channels 0ccooncccconccoccncnononoonnaronnnanons Toinsert a Processing Channel on an output using an insert point Open the relevant Group Auxiliary Matrix or Master routing panel then 1 Touch the Insert Send button to view the list of output socket groups 2 Touch the Processors socket grou
36. 39301 2345675301 23456 O E ir Comp in Gate in Hute Sets all or selected faders to unity gain Sets all or selected faders to off 2 26 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Busses and Outputs Chapter 3 3 2 lt lt DIGIGO Chapter 3 3 1 Busses and Outputs 3 1 1 Buss Outputs Display coocccocccocnccocccocnncocnconnnnonaronnanonaronns The Master Group Aux and Matrix busses are displayed on the Master Screen and the buss levels are controlled by the fader banks below the screen i ie mag Scrolling the Master Screen Ifthe console configuration is using more than the 24 outputs which the screen can display you can scroll the screen down the rows of busses using the Master Screen Scroll on the left hand side ofthe section On Screen Buss Output Controls Each buss has Mute Solo Insert On Off and Limiter In Out buttons and the screen also displays an Over light for each buss these are described in the next section I 5 3 3 Chapter 3 3 1 2 Expanding the Buss Output View cooccccccccocccoccciocnnnonnnonnns In the default state shown on the previous page the level for each buss is controlled by a single fader whether the buss is mono stereo or surround To see an expanded view of an assigned buss and access additional controls touch the buss meter display Outputs al MATRIX OUT MATRIX OUT Touching the expanded view ofthe buss mete
37. 6 Limiter 3 6 Limiter In Out 3 3 Limiting 5 7 Live mode 4 5 Load Presets 4 8 Load Session 4 6 Locate To 4 24 Machine Control 4 26 Main Buss Mode 4 5 Main Channels Dynamics 5 7 Main EQ 5 7 Make Masters Safe 4 15 Master Banks 2 22 2 23 Master Fader Banks 1 17 Master LCD Function Button 4 15 Master Screen Status Display 4 3 Master Section Meters 4 11 Master Snapshot 4 20 Matrix 3 8 Matrix Inputs 1 15 3 8 Matrix Send 1 15 3 8 Merge 4 8 Meter Ballistics 4 11 Meter Bridge 4 11 Meter Button 4 11 Meter Monitors 4 11 Meter Selected Busses 4 11 MIDI MTC 4 26 MIDI Machine Control 4 26 MIDI Patches 4 25 Misc Signal Group 2 6 Monitor Delay 4 10 Monitor Master 4 10 Monitor Mute 4 10 Monitor Output 4 10 Monitoring 4 9 Move Channels 2 24 Move Intervening 2 24 Moving a Snapshot 4 22 MS Decode 2 7 N Network Rank 6 6 Network Settings 4 5 New Project 4 7 New Session 4 5 4 6 Note Off 4 25 Note On 4 25 O Off line 4 26 On Screen Touch Keyboard 4 4 On Line 6 6 Only Display Name 2 18 Other Effects 5 3 Output Channel Routing 3 6 Output Insert 3 7 5 5 5 9 5 10 Output Normalising 5 6 Output Processing FX5 and FX6 5 3 Over 3 3 Overview 2 21 Overview Setup 2 22 P Pan 2 13 Pan Aux Module 2 12 Peak Hold 4 11 PFL 4 10 Phantom Power 2 7 Phase 2 8 Play To 4 24 Post Fader Option 4 15 PPM Default 4 11 Preset Pan Positions 2 13 Presets 4 8 Preview 4 23 Processing Channels 5 8 Proces
38. A long decay time means that the attenuation increases gradually making any sub threshold signal fade out A short decay time means that the Gate shuts quickly cutting offthe signal abruptly The Hold time is an extra period for which the Gate remains open after the signal level has dropped below threshold The Range control sets the maximum amount of signal attenuation implemented by the Gate when it is closed ie when the signal level is below threshold A Range setting of OdB means that the Gate has no effect while a Range setting of 30dB means that all signal levels below threshold will be attenuated by 30dB The Meter provides a constant indication of the Gate attenuation If the Gate is fully open the meter shows full deflection indicating OdB attenuation If the Gate is fully closed and the Decay and Hold times have passed the meter shows the amount of attenuation set by the Range control The Gate Key button allows you to select the signal used to trigger the Gate The default setting is Self where the level of the channel s own signal is used as the trigger but you can use this switch choose a different channel or buss Pressing the Gate Key button in the Dynamics panel displays a routing panel from which to select a key source All input signals and buss results are listed as well as input channel post processed signals Note The Signal Group labelled Channels contains the post processed signals Gate Key signals use the channe
39. Chapter 2 describes how to use the assignment and channel controls provided on an Input channel bank Chapter 3 describes the Output channels including Group Direct Aux and Matrix Outputs e Chapter 4 describes most of the Master Section functions including console configuration monitoring snapshots and timecode and transport control Chapter 5 describes the onboard Effects and Processing Channel Modules standard on ex models e Chapter 6 describes the various functions of multiple console setups Chapter 7 provides help with troubleshooting common problems 1 2 Hardware 1 D5 Live 56 56 mic lines from stage Surface 1 x 64 channel surface Racks Local rack 8 mic line in 32 line in 40 line out 16 AES EBU Stage rack 56 mic in 8 line out 1x 150mtr optical drum 2 D5 Live 56EX 56 mic lines from stage Surface 1 x EX Surface Mode a 96 channel surface 32 channels of F X 32 mix output channels with E Q Dynamics Delay Mode b 128 channel surface and choice of 32 channels of F X or 32 mix output channels with E Q Dynamics Delay Racks Local rack 8 mic line in 32 line in 40 line out 16 AES EBU Stage rack 56 mic in 8 line out 1 x 150mtr optical drum 3 D5 Live 112EX 112 mic lines from stage Surface 1 x EX Surface Mode a 96 channel surface 32 channels of F X 32 mix output channels with E Q Dynamics Delay Mode b 128 channel surface and choice of 32 channels of F X or 32
40. DAMAGES Embedded manufacturer s suppliers shall not be held to any liability for any damages suffered or incurred by the end user including but not limited to general special conse quential or incidental damages including damages for loss of business profits business interruption loss of business information and the like arising from or in connection with the delivery use or performance of the software pro gram SPECIAL PROVISIONS This Software License Agreement and Warranty are governed by the law of the State of Washington USA Attachment to the License Agreement dated 16 August 1996 between Microprocessor and Memory Distribution Ltd and Soundtracs PLC DIGICOo 1 1 The Console 1 2 Hardware 2 2 Expanding a Processing Module D5 Contents 1 2 1 Connections sra 1 4 1 2 2 The DiGiConfig Program 222 200020002000nn0n ann ann nnnn nun nenn 1 5 ic is ea 1 3 1 Loading the Template Session cooncccncccococonocococcconanonnnonnnnanonannos 1 8 1 3 2 Selecting an Input Source ooocconcconcconcconcconcconnconnconcconaroncnonnronnnnns 1 8 1 3 3 Routing the Channel Signal 20220022002000nn0nannn ann nun 1 10 1 3 4 Routing Busses To Outputs 2u222020002n002n0nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnen 1 11 AAA cedeeeencapeesneesbeeseets 1 12 1 3 6 Save DOS SOND saiscnicala litis ee 1 12 E o eo 1 13 Mg oO DMAMMOS aaa iii aii ies 1 14 eo NO ANOS APP ee 1 14 A A ee ern een
41. Dias soil sc og a eS Zn 5 1 Master A 5 1 Master provides separate Input and Output Normalising for each of the six signals and in addition the Sub Channel has its own Compressor Limiter and 4 Band EQ fx1 Large hall fx2 Studio delay pecs te 1x5 5 1 master fx6 Stereo master OUTPUTS E a 0 00 0 00 0 00 nn an sine Al Master eee i T i eee l i a 5 a A a a S di 5 5 a pe ad a a u e 10 10 INPUT NORMAL a i OUTPUT NORMAL 0 00 0 00 0 00 MAIN CHANNELS ERBE RR apie nT ul SUB CHANNEL A N aes E as a age 3 rl e 01031083 fE von z 50 50 7 i e Sub Channel Dynamics 1x1 Large hall fx2 Studio delay Output 5 1 master l an INPUT NORMAL OUTPUT NORMAL MAIN CHAMMELS SUB CHANEL Sub Channel EQ LOPASE LOPASE BELL HIF ASS 300 LOSHELF HISHELF _ 2 Output 5 1 master INPUT NORMAL OUTPUT MORMAL MIM CHANNELS HAIN En SUB CHANNEL SUB EG HIF ASS Boao LOSHELF HISHELF wi 4 Ei a 3 5 1 20700 ik 20k Chapter 5 Graphic EQ The controls for the 12 Graphic EQs are as follows Click here to link EQs in stereo pairs Reset Flat Click here to select Processing In Out Lea faders a bad which Graphic EQ o assign control to to adjust 1 of 6 Zum Cone worksurface master faders If a stereo source is being processed the EQs can be linked in pairs 1 and 2 3 and 4 5 and 6 When connecting channels or busses to the Graphic EQs each unit
42. F ch P program 1 16 1 126 oi PEO This panel is implemented just like existing controller snapshots MIDI is received and transmitted via the timecode card An indicator on the MIDI panel shows when any MIDI data is being received When the Capture button is pressed a text panel is displayed and any incoming MIDI controller or program change information is recorded There is also a list of required syntax for entering the text manually The captured text may be edited or new text entered into an existing patch by touching the Edit button and typing This textis then compiled into the required stream of MIDI data when OK is pressed Errors are reported at this stage The correct format for the messages is as follows Note On A 2 digit MIDI Channel number between 01 and 16 N to indicate Note On A note number between 0 and 127 A velocity value between 0 and 127 eg 01 N 60 127 Note Off A 2 digit MIDI Channel number between 01 and 16 N to indicate Note Off A note number between 0 and 127 A velocity off value between 0 and 127 eg 01 N 60 127 Program Change A 2 digit MIDI Channel number between 01 and 16 P to indicate Program Change A program number between 0 and 127 eg 01 P 127 Control Change A 2 digit MIDI Channel number between 01 and 16 Ctoindicate Control Change A controller number between 0 and 127 An equals sign Optional A controller value between 0 and 127 eg 01 C 11 64 The words Program
43. NC CONSOLE function on the System Security 8 Network panel There are also options to Sync Sockets Files and Presets DS MIRROR BIE nn using OPTOCORE for broadcast record etc optic fibre optional redundant fibre CONSOLE PORTS can be configured to output rack signals for recording optic fibre and replaying rehearsals Ogi Traces 56h HO MAD recorder gi Tracts 56c8 HO MAD recorder ethernet x Chapter 6 Having ensured that the consoles are identical in both hardware and software run the DiGiConfig program in the System Service Configure Hardware menu D5 software will automatically close to enable configuration changes Select all the consoles in the rig eg FOH Main and FOH Mirror and then select the console that you are configuring by pressing the THIS radio button You can check the configuration by pressing the EDIT Configuration Details Button but clicking OK will confirm the setup and return to D5 software Repeat this process for the other console Diailonta w 21 Console Tepe D5 Live Files CADISWDSLIKI Console Configuration Pies asch bution thal sppbes lo the cunteni DS op ar select or ol them ac THIS console FRONT OF HOUSE TH THEE POH Himm POH Him F H Remote THIS EDIT Configuration Destade Da ema FOH Console Details Mirror FOH Console Details ltd Console Configuration File EXSOUNDTRACS LATEST STA Audio Engine Option VW
44. NELS e 2 3 04 0 00 y a s td THR 2 04 ATT 12 7 E REL TO e 0 00 0 00 elo k n i GF Click here to view Threshold Attack Release Ratio Provides 4 Band EQ with adjustable Filter Types on Bands 1 and 4 Output Stereo master fs INPUT NORMAL OUTPUT NORMAL 0 00 MAIN CHANNELS MAIN EQ LOFASE BELL Hifas 300 LOSHELF HISHELF _ I 0 00 FREU S q 102 5 02 4 amp 4 amp 0 00 0 00 fx5 Stereo master tes Stereo master OUTPUTS Pomo BO aip 2 THE REL 5 Mi 10 A is o o 20 0 00 j de o oo 12 LY 12 rag 41 INeaur 18 Ha ta ee GR Al L R e Click here to view Processing In Out Limiter Threshold or Release LOPASE OUTPUTS BELL nen HIPASE eee LOSHELF HISHELF 5 231 19 ns 4 15 o E 2 00 30 s z a A 1 IHAGLT 20100 ik 20k 50 Set EQ Flat Click here to change Band 4 Filter Type Click here to change Band 1 Filter Type LCRS Master The controls for an LCRS Master are the same as stereo See previous section but the Input and Output Normalising panels allow separate Gain and Phase control for each of the four signals Bb LERS master fel Large hall 1x2 Studio delay fx 5 1 master OUTPUTS Output Too Fono 0 00 a LORS master sa H ee H viw H a p os Hi AA A A 10 Pro 15 15 INPUT NORMAL 0 00 Bee OUTPUT NORMAL FE IE H pae MAIN CHANNELS 5 3 w ri ac do Oo
45. On Off Joystick Undo Redo Button Channel Fader Banks Meter Status Talkback Snapshots Monitoring Master Fader Banks Matrix Controls Flip Master Fader Banks Master Mute Master Fader Banks Master Fader Chapter 1 Input Channel Master Screen Input Gain Screen Scroll Phase Input Module Analogue Gain Digital Trim EQ Module Dynamics Module Aux Send 8 Compressor Controls Aux On Off 8 Compressor Controls Aux Send amp Gate Controls Aux On Off 8 Gate Controls Solo Mute Aux Pan Module Routing Module Channel Fader LIMITA Insert m AFL LIMITA INSERT AFL i over LIMITA INSERT AFL over LIMITA IHSER MUTE NATA OUT AFL LIMITR LIMITR LIMITR LIMITA LIMITA LIMITA Inser Inser Inser INSER Inser HSER Am m AFL AFL AFL AFL AFL AFL LIMITA LIMITA LIMITA LIMITE LIMITA LIMITA IHSER INSER INSEF INSEF INSER HSER MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE AFL AFL AFL AFL AFL il 1 7 Chapter 1 1 3 1 Loading the Template Session ccoonccconcccccncconnncnnnnnonannnonanos A basic template session default configuration is provided with the console To load it 1 Touch the Session Files button at the top of the Master Screen to view the menu 2 Touch the Load Session button in the Sessions menu to open the Load Session panel 3 Touch the Projects folder button at the bottom of the
46. On Board FX r Matrix Processo A ES Console Configuration Audio Engine Options Y On Board FX p Matrix Processor IV Processing Channels DiGiConfig 2 0 Console Type D5 Live File E SSOUNDTRACS LATESTASTR Overview Screen V Connected TEE Hardware Expected Locally Installed IV Audio Engine Overview Screen V Connected Hardware Expected Locally Installed Slave cards 5 2 vr Slave cards Ei V Timecode V WorkSurface p lt GPI cards p lt Relay cards MADI cards p Input surfaces 22 GPI port JO Relay port 0 V Processing Channels J H 768 9 pin Tracks to arm 42 GPI Script file GP Itt Edit Fader Start threshold b hysteresis 2 Y Timecode Y WorkSurface GPI cards Relay cards MADI cards p Input surfaces 3 GPI port p lt Relay port p lt H 768 9 pin Tracks to arm 42 GPI Script file GPI txt Edit Fader Start threshold J6 hysteresis 2 kanm T 170 Sockets file D5 96 skt Edt Dptocore ETA 1 0 Sockets file D5 96 skt Edt ports ports Connected M IT M ip fon a Svstem ccess Surround Signal Orde Connected M IT IM IT ip a Svstem ccess Surround Signal Orde Copy to MAD IT IT r xi Password LCRS IL CRS Copy to MADI TT IP IT IT Password LCRS IL CRS Gain Tracking T IT r Gain Track
47. Outputs Bridge 4 2 12 Meter Ballistics Touching the Meter Ballistics button in the Setup menu opens the following panel Meter Ballistics Attack rate y 41 v ms per 20dB _ VU Default Peak Hold gs ms Release rate 416 v ms per 20dB ENE Y Close This allows ballistics to be altered for all meters on the bridge and screens using the up down arrows on the panel VU Default sets Attack and Release to 300ms PPM Default sets Attack to 41ms and Release to 416ms which are the engine defaults Peak Hold time can be adjusted to a value between 10 and 9999ms Chapter 4 4 2 13 Restart and Recovery coccococcoccconococonconnconannonanonannnnanrennnrnnanos When changes are made to a session it is important to save the session regularly as the recovery process uses the last saved session In the unlikely event of a console software crash an abnormal shutdown hardware or power failure D5 will recover the latest session automatically and itcan be rebooted without losing audio Ifthere is any problem with this process holding the keyboard Shift Key during the reloading of D5 software will open the following panel IMPORTANT NOTE The easiest method of doing this is to Quit To Windows and then reload D5 software from there If you are holding the SHIFT Key when Windows is reloading the D5 Surfaces program and D5 software itself will not load automatically If this situation occurs be sure to restart Surfaces exe from the Windows Start
48. SCOPE ice The input channels which are included in each snapshot can be set by pressing the Touch Faders To Select button and touching the required faders which will be added to the list touching a fader again will remove it from the list Press the All Channels button if the snapshot is to be global Ifthe Exclude button at the bottom left ofthe panel is pressed then the snapshot will apply to all the channels which are not on the list Note If both All Channels and Exclude are highlighted the snapshot will have no effect on any input channels Channel scope is not applied when recalling Banks layouts 4 6 13 Controller SCORE u a een Input Channels The first eight Controller scope buttons relate to input channels only The Panning scope includes Sub and Divergence controls if applicable Output Channels The Matrix Processors Groups Auxes and Main output buttons relate to all controllers for output channels including trim and limiter settings for individual stem signals Routing The Input Routing scope button includes channel labels Inserts includes send and return routes send gain pre post switch and Insert in out Directs includes send route send gain and pre post switch Matrix and Processors scope buttons include both inputs and outputs Misc Control Group Members includes Control Group label and a complete list of each group s members Banks Each snapshot stores the current assignment for all controllers on the wor
49. Set Solo 1 Mono A Set Solo 2 Mono L Route Solo 1 To Output Route Solo 2 To Output There are two solo busses and each console solo button can be independently assigned to use Solo 1 or Solo 2 with a total of 16 inputs available to each solo buss Therefore if the console was being used for stage monitors the first solo buss could feed an in ear monitor and the second solo buss could feed a wedge To use Solo 2 there must be sufficient busses available at least two and if Solo 2 does not appear on the panel a new session should be created to make these busses available The dedicated worksurface buttons control the relevant Monitor Solo 1 functions and the Solo 2 level and trim may be controlled by touching the on screen control and using the Matrix rotary control on the worksurface To Select Solo 1 or 2 for a Buss or Channel 1 Press the Master or Channel LCD Function button for the relevant bank or channel 2 Press the Solo 1 OR 2 button All Solos are set to Solo 1 by default 3 Press the LCD button for the Buss or Channel that you wish to switch to Solo 2 It will change colour and Solo 2 will be indicated 4 Press the Master or Channel LCD Function button to exit Solo 1 or 2 mode 5 Press the Solo function button to return to the standard view and you will see Solo 2 indicated on the button D5 13 Chapter 4 LCD FUNCTION po toe ai ee D LCD FUNCTION D LCD FUNCTION A f 3 Ser
50. TION DS 4 15 Chapter 4 Auxiliary sends can be controlled by the console s channel faders or rotaries in several different ways There are Assign Sends To Faders and Assign Sends To Rotaries buttons in the Auxiliary Buss Control panel See Section 3 2 2 Buss Control Button which activate these functions but for faster access there are options to activate them by a Solo Press on the Auxiliary Masters To switch these functions on or off Solo Assigns Aux To Faders 1 Press the Master LCD Function button 2 Press the Solo Assigns Aux gt Fad button a tick will appear in the box 3 Press the Solo function button to return to the standard view LCD FUNCTION LCD FUNCTION LCD FUNCTION O LCD FUNCTION O Solo Assigns Aux To Rotaries When this function is activated and an Auxiliary Master Solo button is pressed the Input Channel screen will automatically scroll to the relevant auxiliary and allow instant control ofthe send 1 Press the Master LCD Function button 2 Press the Solo Assigns Aux gt Rot button a tick will appear in the box 3 Press the Solo function button to return to the standard view LCD FUNCTION al LCD FUNCTION O lt LCD FUNCTION LCD FUNCTION O 4 16 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 4 The contents of a Master Fader Bank can be customised at any time by adding or removing faders from it To Assign Faders To Banks 1 P
51. aeeceaeeeaesneneas While a channel is assigned to the EQ Dynamics Joystick controls the Undo Redo LED comes on when a control is changed and pressing the button toggles between the new state and the state when assigned The controls affected by the undo function are input gain phase and delay all EQ and dynamics all aux send levels on off buttons and pans the insert and the main pan for the channel It does not include any routing buttons 2 2 8 Channel LCD Function Buttons 0coccccocococococoncncoronorananannnrs Pressing the Channel LCD Function button on the left hand side of the Input Section allows you to select the function that the individual Channel LCD Buttons are currently assigned to LCD FUNCTION z The default function is Solo To Solo a channel use the Channel LCD Buttons just below the mute buttons in the channel strip Oe oe aoe FUNCTION O Note The console has the option of two Solo busses See Monitoring in Chapter 4 for more details D gt 2 17 Chapter 2 There is also an option to assign a channel by either touching its fader or pressing its solo button To activate either ofthese functions Press the Channel LCD Function button on the left of the input section and then press the Fader Assigns Channel and or Solo Assigns Channel buttons When the function is activated the button appears with a tick in its display Press the Solo button again to return to the standard view
52. also indicated by triangular symbols on the LCD buttons NOTE Members of the gang do not have to be in adjacent channels they can be anywhere within the 8 channels in an input bank 2 3 2 Clearing or Editing a Gang cccsseccssseeeseeeseeeeeeeeeeseeneneens A gang can be cleared or edited at any time by entering the Build Gangs mode as described in section 2 3 1 To remove a member of the gang press the relevant highlighted LCD Buttons and they will return to their original colour and no longer be members of the gang To clear the gang remove all the members in the same way 2 3 3 HOW a Gang Works icuinnciianioricie arica rice dor When channels are added to a gang their present settings are retained until an adjustment is made to any of the members controls When this happens all members of the gang will be adjusted in the same way as the first but relative to their own starting position For example ifthe channel fader of one member of a gang is at minus 6dB and another is at OdB when the first fader is raised to OdB the second will be automatically raised to plus 6dB ie Both faders will be raised by 6dB from their previous position A similar situation exists with the other channel controls such as EQ and Auxiliary sends but when any of the gang members controls reaches its maximum or minimum level the relative offset relationship is lost Only the channel faders can retain their relative offsets afterthey have reache
53. an choose to view any ofthe processing Modules in more detail by touching the abbreviated display of the section There are five areas of the channel you can touch to see the module in more detail Input Module Analogue Gain Digital Trim EQ Module Dynamics Module Aux Pan Module Routing Module Chapter 2 2 2 1 Input Module u nn seinen You can display the Input Module for a fader by touching the top ofthe fader s on screen channel strip where the channel label is displayed You can then hide the module by touching the same area again Gain Phase Signal Label Stereo Channel Mode Selector Signal Group Selector Signal Selector 48 Phantom von Mic i p only Ela Preset Selector 5 0 u ma Signal Delay The Input Module contains the following controls Channel Label To alter the Label touch the Label area then type the new label on the keyboard Labels can be up to 31 characters long but only the start of the label will be displayed depending on the character width Signal Group The input sockets are arranged into named Groups To display the signal groups touch the Signal Group Selector area as shown above You can then touch the button for the group you want Misc Signal Group The Misc group contains the console s internal signal sources and sockets including signals from the worksurface and rear Talkback microphones and the internal Noise and Tone generators The origina
54. an external source the control panel will immediately try to find the sync source you specify and display a warning if no sync can be found as shown in the illustration below The presence of a valid sync source is indicated by the green OK lights not by the button If the selected sync source should disappear this panel will automatically be displayed with the warning message 4 27 Chapter 4 4 8 3 External Sync Sources nusnannennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nenn nun Word Clock and AES EBU The worksurface rear panel has connectors for Word Clock and AES EBU inputs either of which can be used as the master sync source by pressing the appropriate on screen button note thatthe AES EBU worksurface input is for sync only and cannot be used for audio Video Sync Also located on the worksurface rear panel is the Video Sync input Although this carries only a frame boundary signal the console can generate a full digital word clock from it This means that when you choose to sync to the video signal you have to choose the sample rate you want to generate between frame boundaries in just the same way as when the console is providing the master sync Sync to Audio Signal Any of the console s digital audio inputs can be selected as sync source If you choose the Audio Signal option in the Sync control panel you can then choose any input signal group and number in just the same way as the audio component of the signal is selected
55. and Controller may be used or just their initial letters case insensitive The equals sign is optional Comments are not stored although anything on a line after a semicolon is ignored The first message in the editor is used as the snapshot name on the button label but this may be edited When not capturing editing renaming or deleting the snapshot buttons will output the stored MIDI data when pressed MIDI Patches are stored in session files The New Session panel has a Clear option for MIDI which deletes all MIDI Patches leaving an empty list D gt 4 25 Chapter 4 4 7 Transport Timecode Configuration When the D5 is used in typical live sound applications there will be no time related control systems timecode or motion control tape transport connected Synchronisation and machine control does not need to be considered This panel can be accessed by touching the Setup button on the Master screen and then touching the Transport 8 Timecode button Frame Rate This must be set up for the frame rate used by your other equipment You can select from four different basic frame rates with a drop frame option available for 29 97 and 30 fps Timecode Source You can choose the Console option to make the console generate the master timecode for the setup or you can choose to make the console chase timecode which arrives at one ofthe external sockets SMPTE LTC MIDI MTC or 9 pin These external sockets are located on
56. and Group busses is Stereo or Surround depending on the console configuration Pan position for each channel can be controlled in two ways by using the rotary controls in the Lower Row below the on screen channel display or by Selecting the channel and using the Joystick For surround panning the Joystick is much more intuitive than using a pair of rotary controls Surround Panning With Surround console formats in addition to the surround Pan control there are two additional controls for Divergence and Sub in 5 1 format and one control for Divergence in LCRS format When using the Joystick to Pan the Selected channel you will find that the Joystick position is shown on the Pan control as a pair of green lines Moving the Joystick moves these lines but does not move the Pan position of the channel itself until the green lines travel over the real Left Right or Front Back pan position Once the Joystick position has passed through the real Pan position further move ment of the Joystick will then alter the Pan position in the normal way When using the rotaries for surround panning the upper rotary controls the Left Right position and the lower rotary controls Front Back Preset Pan Positions The upper button directly below the pan rotaries can be used to reset panning positions In a stereo console it will switch panning between left centre and right positions with successive presses In LCRS and 5 1 consoles the button works in a simil
57. annels that you want to include Touching the fader again will remove it from the group 4 Touch the Touch Faders To Join Leave button again to turn the function off 5 Press the on screen Mode button to select Moving faders VCA style static faders or Mutes only 6 Use the worksurface fader mute and solo to adjust settings for the Control Group members IIA S og A k E 1 aa j Esa w E AR del Ea E a5 Bd 5 r ie oar De A ET i g oTa 5 E z Se SS A A list of all the connected channels and their names is displayed above each Control Group display touch the area above the Clear button to expand this list When a fader is touched it is highlighted in the list You can also clear all the channels from a Control Group by pressing Clear 4 14 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 4 When a channel is a member of a Control Group its own controls can still be adjusted independently of the other Group members Adjustments to fader levels are transmitted to the Group members as dB changes so that a level increase of 2dB on the Group fader will increase all the member levels by 2dB irrespective of the relative levels of the individual channel faders 4 4 2 Naming Control Groups 0cccooccconccccnnononnnanononnnonanrnnnnrrnnnnronnns Like inputs or busses Control Groups can be named by touching the name display on the screen default CG1 CG2 etc and typing a new name onthe cons
58. apter 6 01 1 Gal Track IN neuen With the Optocore connection Gain Tracking can be bidirectional both users can control it Each Input Channel has a Track On Off switch next to the Digital Trim control If this is switched off the Analogue Gain and Digital Trim are completely independent but if it is switched onfor both consoles any change in the Analogue Gain by either user is compensated by an opposite Digital Trim This means that the overall level remains the same on both consoles when the Analogue Gain is adjusted Gain Track Off Gain Track On Analogue Gain Digital Trim and Digital Trim compensates for independent changes in Analogue Gain 6 2 Redundancy and Mirroring 6 2 1 Redundant Optical Loop occocccocccccccoccconccnncconncnancnnronanonnns If an additional Optocore cable is connected to complete the loop between all connected devices the redundant cable will ensure that a single break in the Optocore connection will not result in a loss of function This applies in single or multiple console operation 6 2 2 Redundant Mirror Console 2 u00 0 0a0ananannnnnnnn an anne In this example there are 2 consoles with 1 local rack sharing signals from 2 stage racks may be networked and thereby track each other Ifone console fails the other takes over The two consoles must be identical in hardware and software When the consoles have been connected and started their Sessions must be Synced using the SY
59. ar way for each available position Panning Stereo Channels When an input channel is stereo and therefore controlling a pair of input signals the pan control will appear in one of the following ways In a stereo console configuration the upper rotary serves as a width control with the full left position being mono the centre position being normal stereo and the full right position being wide stereo The width control is accessed by scrolling down pastthe pan The lower rotary serves as a balance control between the relative levels ofthe stereo pair The surround panner for stereo inputs simultaneously controls the position of both left and right signals The joystick and wheel directly control the position of the left signal and the right signal is automatically mirrored on the left right axis A red indicator shows the position of the right signal This provides some control of width The signals can also be crossed to reverse the stereo image When panned to centre left and right will be mono Front back Sub and Divergence are always identical for both left and right signals Divergence and Sub The Div and Sub controls can be adjusted using the normal Pan Aux rotaries below the screen use the Screen Scroll buttons to move the highlight down from the Pan control to highlight Div and Sub The Divergence control limits the width effect of the Pan control when sending to Surround busses A Divergence setting of zero Full left allows
60. arametric 2 Blue EQ In Out Parametric 3 Green Curve Select for Parametric 4 Parametric 4 Red Lopass In Out Hipass Lopass Filters l Hipass In Out Note The four band EQ and each of the filters have their own in out switches The type of filter used by bands one and four can be changed by successive presses of the Curve Select button for that band There are three possible settings for each band Chapter 1 1 3 8 VAIN S nit HEHE meer ee here nee The dynamics are accessed by touching the words Comp or Gate just below the EQ graph on screen to open the dynamics panel The worksurface controls beneath the screen control the various parameters Touching the panel again will close it Dedicated Threshold controls and In Out switches can be found on the right hand side of the input section worksurface These can control the Assigned channel s dynamics whether the on screen dynamics panel is open or not DYNAMICS Compressor Controls Gate Controls e 4 assign The third row of buttons in the input section can be assigned to any of the dynamics on off switches Hold the Assign Switch button on the left of the input section and touch the dynamics section on the screen The selected control is shown by the Status Display Note These switches can also be assigned to other functions See section 2 1 3 1 3 9 Auxiliaries eae ee roe The auxiliaries are accessed by touching the auxiliary row on screen
61. as the source for a console input channel When you have selected a signal group the panel displays a green OK light to indicate when a signal in that group carries a valid sync source Please note the Digico s experience shows by far the most trouble free master sync source will be an AES EBU signal from the AES sync input or audio input Word clock is second best and video is the more difficult source to implement 4 8 4 Sample Rate and Conversion 22220 200 200n 000m anno nnnn anne The default sample rate for the console is set up at installation and it is this sample rate which will be used when the console is operating as the master digital sync source If the console is synchronised with an external digital audio unit the sample rate used by the external unitbecomes the master sample rate forthe system Sample Rate Convertors The AES EBU Rack Modules are equipped with input Sample Rate Convertors SRC By defaultthese are switched on atalltimes These allow the console to synchronise incoming digital signals of differing sample rates to avoid the glitching which occurs when signals with different sample rates are mixed SRC also allows the same sample rate but different clock phase to be connected without problems such as systems locked to external video sources SRC is also provided on the AES EBU outputs By default the outputs are locked to the console rate however other rates can be preset to specific outputs for
62. ceccececeececeeacececeeneneeneneeneaeeseaears You can set up three different Talkback Presets which specify routing configurations for the talkback channels by storing the settings of the talkback feed switches for each output buss though they do not store the mic signal levels sent to each buss Once you have one or more stored presets they are recalled automatically when the corresponding worksurface Talk button is pressed a b or c which also activates channels A and or B if they are enabled You can also switch between them without activating talkback by touching the buttons at the bottom of the Talkback panel You can name each routing preset by touching the white label above its button and typing aname on the keyboard Changing Talkback Presets Any changes you make to the talkback mic routing while a preset is selected is automatically stored as part of that preset 4 4 Control Groups 4 4 1 Creating Control Group z2u2s0 n00nnnn0nnnnnnn nun nn nen nun Any number of input channels and output channels can be connected to one or more of the 24 Control Groups They can then all be operated from a single worksurface control Changes to the Control Group fader mute or solo controls will affect all channels connected to the group To set up Control Groups 1 Touch the Control Groups button on the Master screen 2 Touch the Touch Faders To Join Leave button on the required Control Group 1 24 3 Touch the faders on the ch
63. ct Output the name of the Direct Output socket As the screen only has enough space to display one buss name the routing ofthe channel to additional Groups is indicated by dots If the channel is a member of a Control Group the name of that group also appears here Routed to Master and other Routed to Master only and group s no direct routing Direct routed to a socket called Line 1 Displaying the Routing Module Touching the bottom of the channel displays the full Routing module which controls the buss routing for the signal To hide the Routing Module touch the same area again The Routing Module allows you to select the console Group and or Direct output socket routing for the channel BE ue 2 14 ad DIG ico Chapter 2 Group Routing When the Groups button is selected the on screen group buttons allow you to connectthe channel to any number of output group busses mono groups are displayed with a single dot groups 1 4 in the diagram below while stereo or surround busses appear with a double dot groups 5 8 To connect or disconnect the signal simply press the on screen button for the relevant group The number and type of groups depends on the console configuration Direct Outputs You can also choose to route the channel signal directly to any of the console s output sockets by touching the Directs button This shows a display of the console s Output sockets so that you can select a
64. ction button to exit Aux Send gt Faders mode 5 Press the Solo function button to return to the standard view LCD FUNCTION FUNCTION O LCD FUNCTION O MASTER SECTION UPPER FADERS LCD FUNCTION LCD FUNCTION O LCD FUNCTION O DS 2 19 Chapter 2 2 3 Ganging Ganging is the linking of input channel controls which will allow most types of adjustment made to one channel within the gang to be automatically made to all ofthe other members For example if 2 channels are ganged and a fader movement is made on one of them the other will be adjusted in the same way Ganging can apply to any number of channels within one Input Bank 2 3 1 Creating a Gang au nein 1 Press the Channel LCD Function button on the left ofthe Input Bank 2 Press the Build Gangs button 3 Press the LCD Buttons for the channels that you wish to gang They will change colour 4 Press the Channel LCD Function button again to exitganging mode 5 Press the Solo button to return to the standard view LCD FUNCTION a LCD FUNCTION N i 4 J LCD FUNCTION BO II lt LCD FUNCTION O lt LCD FUNCTION f ND Tocreate another new gang you should repeat the process When a channel is a member of a gang a coloured line will appear at the bottom of that channel s screen display Adjacent gangs are assigned different colours Ganging is
65. d touching Save will overwrite the old file 4 2 6 The Save Session Button 2 u2u 00000000ananan nun nn an ann nn nn nn This button which is found above the Save As New File button will save the existing session in the same location and under the same file name as it was previously saved or loaded from It therefore serves as a Quick Save option to update an existing session Remember that this function will overwrite your last saved version Ifyou wish to save the session under a new name use the Sessions menu button and select Save As New File See above 4 2 7 USB Data Port cccccccececececsccececececeeneecececeeeeeeeaeeneaeeeneeneneaeas The console e equipped with a Data Port which is designed for use with a key ring style data card To use this facility insert the card into the USB Data Port and it will be recognised as an external drive It will then appear in the Load and Save panels and can be used for storage and retrieval of sessions and presets DS m Chapter 4 4 2 8 Managing Presets iu ee Presets Channel EQ and Dynamics can be loaded and saved in any file ending with PRE Under the Sessions menu touch the Load Presets button and the following panel will appear Load Presets This panel shows the contents of your drives and folders listing any saved presets Simply select the drive you require in the bottom left corner and then open a folder from the scrolling list next to it by touchin
66. d Divergence levels and switches GRP Group routing buttons only Channel mutes and control group membership are always included Direct Outputs and Insert Sends can only be fed from one channel at a time and therefore their routing is not copied Stereo channels will be copied as long as sufficient audio processing unrouted channels is available otherwise they will appear as mono 2 4 7 Duplicate Channel ccccccceccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeseneseeeeeenenens Where Copy Channels only duplicates each of a block of channels once the Duplicate Channel panel allows a single source channel to be copied into several destination channels duplicating the source several times Duplicate Input Channel last destination channel in range DEMA El hin Touch a fader to define which channel will be duplicated and then touch two more channels to define the destination range The source channel will be duplicated into each channel in the destination range Scope is applied inthe same way as with Copy Channels See previous section D5 2 25 Chapter 2 2 4 8 Channel Overview cccocccocccocconococnconnconncnancnnnnoncnnnronarennrnanrnnnnns The Channel Overview panel in the Layout menu provides similar functions to the Channel Banks panel and a graphic representation of all the consoles input channels Many controls can be adjusted on screen using the mouse trackball controls The coloured outlines representthe banks that are currently
67. d a maximum or minimum level Adjusting settings for one member of a gang If you wish to adjust the settings for one member of a gang without affecting the others a member of a gang can be temporarily isolated from the rest of its gang by holding the channel s solo button down while adjustments are being made When solo is released the channel will continue to behave as a normal gang member Which controls are affected by ganging Screen display changes such as showing the input or group routing modules can be different between gang members but the functions themselves are always linked For example if 4 channels were members of a gang and a different input source was selected for one of them the other three input sources would automatically be assigned to the next consecutive sockets in that input group This assumes that there are enough input sources for all the gang members in the socket group Ifthere are not enough sources the gang will be allocated as many as are available atthattime 2 20 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 2 In a similar way if one gang members group routing is changed the other gang members will all be routed to the same group NOTE The following controls are not affected by changes to other gang members Channel and AuxPans Sub Feed Modes Input Phase buttons Solos All other controls are affected by changes to other gang members including 1 Presets If a preset is selected for one gang member it will load int
68. d button in the list and a new snapshot will be added to the end ofthe list then type a name for the snapshot The first Snapshot must always be a Master Snapshot 4 20 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 4 To store a Relative Snapshot you must first create a second Master Snapshot and this can then be changed to Relative by assigning the snapshot to the worksurface using the Scroll Up Down buttons it will then be in green text and pressing the Relative button The details of the snapshot should then be shown in red Once the Relative button is pressed all subsequent snapshots will also be Relative until you choose to change them All snapshots with the exception of the first Master Snapshot may be made Relatives or Masters at any time 4 6 3 Recalling a Snapshot uuususuunnnnnnononnonnnnunnnnnnnnnnnen nn To recall a snapshot simply touch the snapshot button you require The button will then remain highlighted until the next snapshot is recalled Alternatively the buttons on the Worksurface on the right of the screen provide Scroll Up Down buttons to change the assigned snapshot named in the worksurface display and listed on screen in green The Fire button then recalls the assigned snapshot The Undo button is only enabled ifthe Enable Undo option button is pressed on the screen The x fade button has a LED which indicates whether the assigned snapshot has cross fading enabled and may be used to switch off this feature tempora
69. d submix eto no splitters required stage racks 165 mic ins B 24 line outs mn I ID DO mirror MONITORS STME OPTO ida0 icl32 ids optic fibre ethernet x optional redundant fibre local rack 561560 DO mai MONITORS ST MC OPTO I ee ITTI ht optic fibre port ethernetx DO ma FON DO mirror FOH SYNC OPTO madi A madi B SYNL OFTO 1 36 560 DS 6 9 Chapter 6 lt lt DIGIGO Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Chapter 7 1 2 lt lt DIGIGO Chapter 7 7 1 Troubleshooting If you are experiencing any difficulty with D5 operation please check the following commonly asked questions and answers am trying to select input sources for my higher numbered channels but the channel numbers are greyed out The greyed out number indicates that the channel is unavailable This is a normal console function which occurs when you have one or more channels set to stereo mode or some of your group busses are routed directly to the Master buss The number of console processing channels is fixed so by setting one to stereo you are actually using a second one as well Routing a group buss directly to the Master buss uses the same number of channels as there are buss signals eg 2 for a stereo buss or 6 for a 5 1 buss The highest numbered unused channels are taken first am trying to route to specific output socket but it appears to be greyed out
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71. e console can support up to 28 Mono or 18 Stereo Auxiliaries depending on the availability of bussing resources Auxiliaries can be mono or stereo and stereo Auxiliaries have a Pan control as well as the normal Send Level control The Aux send rotaries below the screen operate differently depending on the Aux format For mono Aux sends each row of rotaries controls a different send level but for a stereo Aux send the two controls are used for send level and pan position for that Aux As always the assignment of the rotary controls below the screen is clearly indicated by the highlight on the relevant screen controls and you can always use the Screen Scroll buttons to access the control you require Aux Pre Post and On Off Switching Each Aux Send rotary control in the Lower Row has an associated switch which operates both the Mode and On Off function for that Aux If the level control is set to zero as Aux 1 above the switch controls the Mode setting for that Aux As soon as the level control is moved above zero Aux 2 above the switch becomes an On Off switch for that Aux send So to change the Mode setting for an Aux you must first reduce the level on that Aux Send to zero There are 3 possible Modes PREM Pre Mute and Pre Fader PRE Post Mute and Pre Fader POST Post Mute and Post Fader See Aux Buss Control in Chapter 3 for global mode changes 2 12 DIGICO Chapter 2 Pan Control Panning to the Master
72. e omitted from the clearing process and remain connected to the buss To Master allows the group to be routed onto the Master Buss Only groups whose width is the same as the Master Buss can be routed in this way ie stereo groups on a stereo console surround stems only in surround modes When a buss is routed to the Master Mix audio processing resources are taken from the highest numbered available input channels If insufficient channels are available a message is displayed quoting the number required If any of the input channels routed to the group are also routed to the Master Mix a warning is displayed Note The To Master button is not included in snapshots Auxiliary Buss Control aux 5 PRE Hute PRE Fader POST Hute PRE Fader POST Hute POST Fader Copy Levels from Faders Set Levels Set Levels to 0d6 Assign Sends to Faders Assign Sends to Rotaries Switch All Pre Mute Pre Fader makes the auxiliary sends for this particular buss pre mute and pre fader on all channels Switch All Post Mute Pre Fader makes the auxiliary sends for this particular buss post mute and pre fader on all channels Switch All Post Mute Post Fader makes the auxiliary sends for this particular buss post mute and post fader on all channels Copy Levels from Faders makes the auxiliary send levels for this particular buss the same as the fader levels on each different channel Set Levels OFF turns off all the auxiliary sends for this pa
73. ed separately by touching the relevant button at the bottom left of the Talkback configuration panel Talkback channels A and B can be sourced from any input signal the Local Top mic the Rear Mic Tone or Noise using the buttons at the top ofthe Channel Both channels could be sourced from the same mic but each one could route to different output destinations Each channel has a high pass filter a compressor with variable threshold and a control for the Dim level which is applied to the monitor signal when the Talk switch is pushed These can all be adjusted by touching them on screen then using the fader below the display Below these controls are buttons which configure the talkback switch The switches can be latching or momentary and you can also choose to disable either channel altogether The worksurface Talkback buttons A B and C may be used to activate either Talkback Channel by pressing the required combination of the On With buttons DS 4 13 Chapter 4 4 3 3 The Talkback Mixer ccccccsccecscseccceccecscecceceneeneneanenennsaeanes Each output buss has its own level control in the Talkback mixer along with a switch for connecting each Talkback channel to the buss at the chosen level The level controls can be adjusted using the faders below the screen with each row of busses assigned to the physical faders by touching one of the rows of faders in the display 4 3 4 Talkback Presets cccccccccecc
74. een assigned See 5 1 1 Selecting effects The effects parameters available will differ according to the type of effect chosen To adjust a parameter touch the on screen control that you wish to change and use the Matrix rotary and switch on the right of the master worksurface They can also be adjusted by moving the trackball horizontally whilst holding down the left button 5 2 2 Output Processing Parameters cooncccnnccococcncncocnnoncnnonanonnnos If you are using FX5 or FX6 as output processing modules the appearance of the Effects Control panel will depend on the size of the master that you have selected eg Stereo LCRS or 5 1 Stereo Master Successive presses of the button in the lower left corner shows each of 3 sets of controls but the Trim and In Out controls are global and appear on all ofthe panels Input Normalising Provides Input Gain and Phase controls for the left and right signals GAIN PHASE GAIN PHASE 0 00 INPUT ae NORMALISING f I y cf TRIM Output Normalising Provides Output Gain and Phase controls for the left and right signals 2 00 OUTPUT Fin NORMALISING f I at cf TRIM gt Y DIGICGO Chapter 5 Main Channels Dynamics Provides Crossover adjustment 3 band compression and Limiting 1x1 Large hall Output Stereo master 3 01 Click here to change parameter view Main EQ fx2 Studio delay Eu CJ INPUT NORMAL 233 OUTPUT NORMAL MAIN CHAN
75. example to allow a 44 1KHz output to a CDR from a console running 48KHz Switching of both the input and output SRC is not adjustable from the mixer screens but is configured in the socket setup file of the control computer as this requires careful consideration of clocking issues within the system as a whole For most users the default setup will work forthe majority of applications 4 28 DIGICO Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Effects and Insertable Processing Channels Chapter 5 5 2 lt lt DIGIGO Chapter 5 5 1 Configure Effects If The Effects and or Processing Channel modules are not active touch Setup Service Configure Hardware button to open the DiGiConfig program select the console that you want to configure by pressing the relevant This button then tick the relevant boxes at the top ofthe panel and press OK The optional effects section provides up to 6 different effects modules FX1 is always a stereo reverb unit FX2 3 and 4 can be configured as reverbs or any of a selection of other effects FX5 and 6 can function as effects modules but can also provide Output Processing on stereo LCRS or 5 1 output busses or Graphic EQ 5 1 1 Selecting Effects ici ai Touching the Configure Effects button in the Setup menu on the Master Screen opens the following panel configure Eiiecis o Largenal Clear hall warm hall Bright hall Stage hall mbient Fall Live hall Soft hall Vocal hall Small hall Silky plate B
76. f view this is the simplest mode of operation However as the D5 offers digital audio interfacing and therefore synchronisation must be considered ifthis is to be used To ensure glitch free audio digital signals must be correctly synchronised using a Word Clock or Digital Sync The D5 console can act as Master generating the word clock for other digital units in the system or it can slave to an external digital sync input External sync can be derived either from a dedicated sync unit or from an incoming digital audio signal connected via an AES EBU or MADI signal input The digital sync source will usually be set up when the console is installed but it can be altered using the Audio Sync button in the Setup Menu Pressing this button displays the Audio Sample Clock Sync control panel 4 8 1 Internal Sync Console As Master zuus 2200 200000000 000000 If you choose to use the console as the master sync source you can select a standard sample rate with the 44 1KHz or 48KHz buttons and the adjust it if necessary in steps of 0 1 or 100Hz and 1Hz 4 6 2 External SYNC secc aries WARNING Operators should be aware that it is normal for a misclocked or unclocked digital audio system to produce loud random noises This can be damaging to external systems especially large PA systems Take care to disable such systems until the digital sync has been properly established and proved to be stable When you choose to sync to
77. g it You can then touch a specific preset file to highlight it and touch the Load button If you wish to keep your existing presets and add the contents of a saved presets file to them touch the Merge button Presets can also be renamed or deleted in this panel using the Rename File or Delete File buttons in the same way The smaller New Folder Rename and Delete buttons all refer to the folder listing and also appear in the Save Presets panel To save a Preset file touch the Save Presets button and the following panel will appear Ravno Drocote save Presets Select a drive and folder in the bottom left hand corner of the panel type a new name in the New Filename box and press the Save button NOTE The current presets file is always saved automatically when the console is shut down 4 8 DIGICO Chapter 4 42 9 MOMIEOTING ainia The Monitoring panel can be found under the Setup Menu in the Master Screen and some ofthe controls can be accessed on the right hand side ofthe Master worksurface It may be accessed at any time to change the monitoring setup monitor gt single afls asolo clear e ELON 0 10 ER monitor lt gt headphones solo trim NO solo Solo Safe Assign Solo 2 Level Clear All Solos n to Master fader 7 5 pa a a Hits Solo 1 Controls Solo 2 Controls uw Monitor Master Buss When No Solo On 4 n u
78. hannels respond identically Press the Stereo Link switch on the right hand side of the Dynamics panel Both sides of the pair are switched simultaneously Note The switches are not included in snapshots or presets In a stereo channel the stereo link switch is pressed by default DS 2 11 Chapter 2 2 2 4 Pan Aux Module u0000000 0 0a0anannnn nn nn nn ana nnnn nn ann nanannn nun ann The Aux Send and Pan controls are always operated using the Lower Row of rotaries below each channel ofthe on screen display There are only two rotaries and switches for each channel but these can be assigned to any Aux or Pan control using the Screen Scroll buttons at the left end or by touching the on screen control that you wish to adjust The current assignment of the controls is indicated by a highlight on the screen Toexpand the display to show more auxiliaries on screen touch the highlighted control Toreturn to the standard view touch the highlighted control again Note Holding the All button on the worksurface and touching the highlighted control will expand the view for all the channels in the relevantbank Aux Sends Aux On Off and Pre Post Screen Scroll Aux Sends Aux On Off and Pre Post Assign Rotary Assignable Rotary and Switch l l Labels with Value Readouts Assign Switch The Pan Aux controls and scroll buttons operate in exactly the same way in both the Standard and the Expanded view Auxiliaries Th
79. hed on If it is switched on but no insert return signal is se lected then there will be no audible signal in that channel The channel high and low pass filters are not having any effect on my audio signal These filters have no effect on internal signals as they are preprocessing Internal signals consist of 1 Talkback mics tone and noise generators Misc Input Group 2 Buss results used as input sources any input source name preceded by the symbol 3 Returns from the optional internal effects module Effects Input Group do not seem to have as many Channel Sends available as should The number of Channel Sends available can be seen in the Diagnostics panel under the System menu They are used by Direct Outputs Channel Insert Sends and the internal Effects module If you are using the internal Effects module 2 Channel Sends will be used for each stereo effect IFFX5 and FX6 are set to Output Processing anything between 4 2 x stereo masters and 16 2x 7 1 masters Channel Sends will be used How do tell if a channel is stereo or mono when the input screen is in its standard view Stereo channels have two on screen meters and there is also an s below the channel number at the top of the screen How can change the Pre Post setting for a single auxiliary send To change this setting use the button beneath the auxiliary send control but make sure that the send is set to minimum Using the same button with the send t
80. in the channel 2 16 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 2 2 2 6 The ALL Button cece ccecsccecsceecececeececencencceeceneassaeaesneaeaneaes The All button provides a quick way of displaying all the Input Aux or Routing modules for a bank of eight channels If you hold down the All button while touching the Input Routing or Aux modules the expanded view ofthe relevant module is displayed for allthe visible channels ALL You can also scroll through lists using the All button For example if you wanted to select several input sources from the same group holding All and pressing the scroll arrow on one channel would scroll the adjacent channels as well In the Routing window holding the All button will also allow you to perform the following tasks 1 Selecting Group or Direct routing for all the channels in the bank 2 Scrolling Up and Down through lists 3 Routing Input sources to consecutive channels without making them part of a gang 4 Routing all channels in a bank to the same group by holding all and routing the first one 5 Routing all the channels in a bank to consecutive direct outputs by holding all and routing the first one 6 Routing all the channels in a bank to consecutive insert sends returns by holding all and routing the first one NOTE In examples 3 4 5 and 6 the functions are limited to consecutive channels in the same view mode 2 2 7 Undo Redo Button cccccccccccecececsceccecaceceeeceec
81. ing T IT r IT SIILCRSLSAB SIILCERSLSAB r Network Network E le U 71 IL LCCRCARSLSAB Console Use 7 1 IL LCCRCARSLSAB V Connect IP subnet Be asale se IV Connect IP subnet local remote mirror 1921680 me 44 J4 46 _ Change EN m E Resiore x Cancel _Shange a EN E Bestore x Cancel Note that the Optocore IDs are 20 FOH and 21 MON In this example the network details show that the FOH Main console has an IP address of 192 168 0 6 and the FOH Mirror console has an IP address of 192 168 0 4 All other aspects of the two consoles are identical Assuming that both consoles are running open the Setup Security and Network panel on each console and check the Network Rank of Master for the Main console and Slave for the mirror console Then press the On Line button and the consoles will check that both are using identical session files before linking the controllers The number of channels and buss structure the session filename and the session title are all compared Ifthis is not the case press the Sync Console button to ensure thatthe console sessions are identical You may also include the Presets and the Sockets files in the sync procedure by pressing the relevant buttons Therefore there are three states Off Line No communication atall between mirrored consoles On Line Sync Session is permitted but no other operations are mirrored Linked Controllers routing labelling and snapshot commands are all mirrored Console Securi
82. ist it is a Master Snapshot and if it appears in red it is a Relative Snapshot Sends snapshot firing data to MIDI out 4 6 1 Master and Relative Snapshots u u00 n0200n00an0n0nn A Master Snapshot black entry in the list is an absolute snapshot of the current state of all the console controls A Relative Snapshot red entry in the list is a snapshot of the current state of all the console controls but the variable controls such as the fader levels and auxiliary sends are stored as offsets from the previous Master Snapshot in the list Therefore if the level of a control is changed in the Master Snapshot the same control will change by the same amount in all of its relatives Commonly a Master Snapshot would be used as a starting point at the beginning of a performance and would contain all the basic routing and levels The subsequent Snapshots would be Relative and would contain the changes that were required for each different part of the performance If used in this way any global changes that are made to the Master Snapshot will automatically update the relatives without changing each snapshot individually 4 6 2 Storing a Snapshot wewesivncsisescrrncsnsnciasteciwerkeuctsveievenducadooerncues To store a snapshot of the current state of all the console controls simply touch the Snapshot panel s Insert button and a new snapshot will be inserted below the currently assigned green snapshot Alternatively touch an unuse
83. ksurface Fader banks currently assigned to input surfaces but not the names of these banks Which channel on each surface is assigned to EQ Dynamics Joystick controls Which rows of pans or auxes are assigned to rotaries The Master Fader Banks assignment Note Banks are not intended to reproduce the exact screen states Channel views and other panels visibilities are not stored orrecalled Relays The sixteen red indicators below the Relay scope button represent the state of the relays which will be output when the snapshot is fired not the current state Itis sampled at the time the snapshot is recorded and can be edited by clicking on individual indicators with the trackball DS m Chapter 4 Restrictions Important Note The following features are not included in snapshots The input channel stereo switch Talkback Channel Bank names Choice of Solo 1 or Solo 2 4 6 14 Snapshot TIMINg pinar ac To automatically sequence the firing of Snapshots 1 Select the Snapshot using the up down arrows in the centre of the panel 2 Press the Fire Next After button on the left hand side and enter a time in the boxes next to this button 3 Activate the function by pressing the Auto Sequence button When this Snapshot is fired the next Snapshot in the list will automatically be fired after the set time has elapsed Each Snapshot may also trigger a Play To and or a Locate To timecode command Select the required Snapshot and e
84. l send resource just like direct output and insert sends This resource is limited to 96 channels and when all 96 are used up other channels listed will be greyed out The state of channel send resources is displayed on the diagnostics panel Note When the Filters are switched into the Dynamics section the Gate Key Source is automatically switched to its Self setting and disabled 2 10 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 2 Gate Hey Source Signal Group EZ Select Signal Channels Line 2 Mic 1 16 Line 3 Line 1 16 Linea Stereo Buss Line 5 Line 6 Line 7 Hono Buzz Line amp Line 3 Line 10 Line 11 Line 12 Line 13 IS Liei _ Liez lines linea lines _ lines _ Line _ Lieg _ Lieg Line tine Liner Lime E BI Y ciose Y Close The Key Solo places the Key Source signal on the Solo buss in PFL Mono mode This is achieved by holding down the corresponding button in the gate controls below the screen Configuration and Filters The default structure for the Dynamics Module is a simple Compressor Gate layout but you can also select from four other structures or orders of effect processing and use filters to achieve frequency sensitive keying of the dynamics The filters are a pair of second order 12dB Octave High Pass and Low Pass filters which can be swept between 20Hz and 20KHz You can select any of the structures just by touching them on the screen and all the struc
85. l talkback sources the unprocessed microphone inputs are labelled Talk Mic L Top R Rear The post processing results from the talkback input channels are labelled Talkback A amp B Select Signal Signal in Group To select a source touch the button for the signal you want to connect to the channel If there are more than five channels in the group you may need to use the scroll buttons top and bottom to display the button for the signal you want Stereo Channel Mode Selector Gain Phase Signal Label Stereo Channel Mode Selector Ifthis button is pressed the input channel functions will control two input signals the one which has been selected and the next one in the rack Input source Direct output Insert Send and Insert Return will all function as adjacent pairs so making a selection for the left signal will resultin an automatic selection for the right signal 2 6 DIGICGO Chapter 2 Processing for the right signal is taken from the highest numbered channel available which has no input route or insert return route selected The channel which is used will no longer be available for normal operation This is indicated by a white channel number Stereo channels show all signal meters as pairs Gain reduction meters in dynamics are also shown as pairs but with the dynamics stereo link switched on only the larger gain reduction of the pair is used for both sides of the stereo channel The meter bridge shows two peak
86. le buttons in the same way The smaller New Project Rename and Delete buttons all refer to the folder listing and also appear in the Save As New File Panel The Set Backup Files button is only relevant if your system is connected to a NetTracs server which is used in multiple console environ ments to store and backup files New Project Creates a new folder with the default name Proj001 You can then rename this as required Rename Touch this button and then touch the folder name that you wish to change This will then be highlighted and you may type a new name Delete Touch this button and then touch the folder name that you wish to delete You will then be asked to confirm the deletion request 4 2 5 The Save As New File Button ooococococococcocococononancororarananans Touching this button will open the following panel Save New Session SSj li I 1 e Template Session This panel allows sessions to be saved as new files under new names Select your drive and folder by touching in the boxes in the bottom left corner then touch and type a new file name with a maximum of 8 letters and no punctuation in the box on the top left You may also specify a session title which can be a different name to the file itself and may therefore be longer and more descriptive Then touch the Save button to complete the process NB If you touch a session name on the existing list this name will automatically be selected as the new file name an
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89. m to Master fader Solo 1 Controls Solo 2 Controls Monitor Master Buss When No Solo On Set Solo 1 Mono L Set Solo 2 Mono L Route Solo 1 To Output Route Solo 2 To Output There are two solo busses and each console solo button can be independently assigned to use Solo 1 or Solo 2 with a total of 16 inputs available to each solo buss Therefore if the console was being used for stage monitors the first solo buss could feed an in ear monitor and the second solo buss could feed a wedge To use Solo 2 there must be sufficient busses available at least two and if Solo 2 does not appear on the panel a new session should be created to make these busses available The dedicated worksurface buttons control the relevant Monitor Solo 1 functions and the Solo 2 level and trim may be controlled by touching the on screen control and using the Matrix rotary control on the worksurface For more information on Monitoring and Solo options see Section 4 2 9 1 18 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Inputs and Console Channels Chapter 2 2 2 lt lt DIGICGO Chapter 2 2 1 The Input Channels The console Worksurface consists of a Master section and three Banks of faders for controlling input channel or auxiliary levels Internally the console has 64 D5 56 or 96 128 D5 112EX and D5 56EX processing channels 2 1 1 Channel Assignment ccccocnnccococccnccnonnononananonannrnnanrrnnnnrrnanconnns The assignmen
90. n Overview Screen DS 2 23 Chapter 2 2 4 5 Move Channels cccccccccsecececcccceccecccecececeneecaeseneeneeeaeansaeaeaeess Touching the Move Channels button in the Layout menu opens the Move Input Channels panel which allows a single channel or a range of channels to be moved Move Input channels destination offirst channel Touching a single channel allows it to be shuffled left or right with the arrows at the bottom of the panel Both halves of a stereo linked pair are automatically selected together Shuffling will automatically skip past stereo linked pairs when moving the selected channels to their new positions Touching two channels or a gang defines a range to be moved The shuffle arrows now operate on this range of channels and the double arrows move by the number of channels in the range Touching a third channel defines the left ofthe destination range and enables the Move Intervening and Swap Channels buttons A move or a swap cannot take place if a stereo pair would be split as a result a warning message is displayed instead Move Intervening means move the source range to the destination position and shuffle all channels between the source and the destination including all channels in the destination range to fill the gap left by the source range Swap Channels swaps the source and destination ranges leaving intervening channels alone Move and Swap have the same effect if the source and destination ranges ove
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92. nonnnnanancnnacacananacanannonananas 4 1 1 The Master Screen nennen 4 3 4 1 2 Tne Menu BUHONS simi anni 4 4 4 1 3 Console Security and Network Settings 222 2022202020o 4 5 4 2 Configuring the Console 2u 2 2 2um0 rennen 4 2 1 Session Files Menu occocconcncooconconconcancnnonronronrnncancnncanonrnnrnarancnnos 4 5 4 2 2 The New Session Panel usu000n00n00nnnnonnunnunnunnunnunnnnnn nn 4 5 4 2 3 Clearing Settings 22u022002n0n2nunannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nun nun nun nnn nn 4 6 4 2 4 The Load Session Button 022000000n00n0nnnnnunnonnunnunnnnnn nun 4 6 4 2 5 The Save As New File Button 22202202000000000000nn0n nun nun nn nnnnn 4 7 4 2 6 The Save Session Button 0su000000n00nonnonnunnonnunnunnnnnn nun 4 7 42 USB Data Port 4 7 4 2 8 Managing Presets nase en 4 8 ALI MONIOFIN A A een 4 9 4 2 10 Master Section MeterS onconconcoccocconcoconconcancancancnronncaronrnncannanos 4 11 4 2 11 Meter Bridge Options u een 4 11 4 2 12 Meter Ballistics socialista 4 11 lt lt DIGIGO 4 2 13 Restart and Recovery coccoccocccoococccoococncnncenaronnonnnnaronarnnnenaronnenanes 4 12 4 3 Talkback aras 4 3 1 Talkback Configuration Button ccoccconcccnncnococncocaronaconanenanonons 4 13 4 3 2 Talkback Mic Setup ccoccoccconcoccconcoccconcccncnnronncnnccnnconrnancnnrnanenanos 4 13 4 3 3 The Talkback Mixer o iia 4 14 4 3 4 Talkback Presets c
93. nt up and down the list of Aux Pan controls using the two Screen Scroll buttons on the left hand side of the section or by touching the control on the screen Surround panning is operated using both rotaries but is easier to adjust by selecting the channel and using the joystick 2 1 4 Input Meters ariel Note that the meter above the channel display will show the input signal level for that channel but if the Meter Buttons to the right of the Input screen are pressed the meter can show any of the following Input Gate GR Compressor GR Direct Out Insert Send The meter display buttons allow you to scroll through the options meters 2 4 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 2 2 1 5 Assigning a Channel coocccoccccncncocnncncnconnnconarcnnnnonaronanronannnns To assign one of the on screen channels so that you can adjust the EQ or Dynamics settings or use the Joystick touch the on screen display of the channel anywhere in the EQ or Dynamics area Not on the In Out switches The background colour of the channel changes to show that it is selected Touching the IN OUT buttons will switch the relevant processing module ON or OFF Stage Zs a Plal P A analog o Mo A analog o Mo A analog Elsa po ala A a There is also an option to assign a channel by either touching its fader or pressing its solo button See Section 2 2 8 Channel LCD Function Buttons 2 2 Expanding a Processing Module Once you have selected a channel you c
94. nter a timecode value in the relevant box Then activate the function by pressing the Locate To or Play To button When the Snapshot is fired the specific timecode position will be located or played to You may activate both functions if you wish to locate to a specific position and then play from there to another position nal TA OTS Crossfades A crossfade time which is measured in frames can be applied to a Snapshot by adjusting the Crossfade Time in the Timing panel Either use the Up Down arrows or type a value into the box The x fade light on the worksurface will be illuminated when the currently assigned Snapshot has crossfading enabled The button next to it may be pressed to temporarily disable crossfading while recalling this snapshot but it does not change the crossfade time itself The Crossfade time is applied to faders and pans only including sub level and divergence A value of zero switches it off 4 6 15 Snapshots and MIDI oocnconnconcnccnnnincnnonaninnnronannonaronannos There are two separate areas of MIDI control 1 Asnapshot can have a MIDI Patch attached to it and will output that MIDI when fired The MIDI Patch must be created separately in the Setup Menu MIDI Patches panel Switching the MIDI scope on pops up a panel prompting for a MIDI Patch button to be pressed which will then be linked to the snapshot whose scope is currently displayed 2 The firing of snapshots can be
95. nun nun nnnn nenn 6 2 1 Redundant Optical LOOP u ini 6 5 6 2 2 Redundant Mirror Console 222220020000000nn0nnnnnnnn nun nun 6 5 alo PP e A o A DIGICOo Chapter 1 Getting Started Chapter 1 Chapter 1 1 2 lt lt DIGIGO Chapter 1 1 1 The Console The Digico D5 consists of a worksurface and 2 or 3 Input Output Rack Units The Rack Units are connected to the console by optical fibre and or MADI links which carry all the audio input and output signals The console worksurface consists of 3 Input Banks and a Master Section Each input bank has 8 assignable faders and 8 sets of assignable on screen channel controls the Master Section has 16 assignable faders and a master fader The Master section controls outputs monitoring and configuration The console s buss architecture is dynamic and can support mono stereo LCRS and 5 1 configurations Multiple console setups can provide Frontof House and Monitoring with shared stage racks and gain tracking Redundant Mirroring of Front of House and or Monitoring consoles Remote control of console via a wireless ethernet link with a laptop computer tt Ff Fee ES 6 a AAA TT EA AAA keat ebbi a e Be l ka har u i Ss nina lala m Eee jo oo age ee bebe This manual is divided into chapters each dealing with one aspect of the console Chapter 1 is a quick start guide that provides an overview ofthe basic console functions e
96. ny number of sockets for the Direct Out Directs Selector Output Socket Group Selector Output Socket Selector Minus 10dB Output Switch Level Trim amp Meter Pre Post Fader Switch A Direct Output can operate in one ofthree modes PREM Pre Mute and Pre Fader PRE Post Mute and Pre Fader POST Post Mute and Post Fader Its level can be trimmed by 18dB and a 10dB pad can be applied D gt 2 15 Chapter 2 Insert Routing and On Off Switch This button controls the routing for the input channel insert send and return selection Touching the word Insert displays a panel which allows you to select Send and Return sockets in the same way as you would select an Input socket or a Direct output There is also a Send Gain control providing a trim of 18dB Touch Here to Open Close Panel Insert On Off Touch to Select Send Socket Touch to Select Return Socket Socket Group Selector Socket Selector Pre Post EQ Dynamics Switch Level Trim amp Meter Insert On Off The Insert can be PRE or POST EQ and Dynamics switched by the button just above the Send Gain If you touch the In button the channel s signal is taken from the Insert Return socket and thus switches the insert on The In button is also on the console worksurface on the top right hand side of the input screen Note If the insert is switched on but a socket has not been assigned for the insert return then there will be no signal audible
97. o adjust and they will become highlighted Use the worksurface Matrix Send control and On Off switch to adjust the settings for all highlighted sends At the bottom of the panel there are buttons to Clear All Assignment Load and Save Presets and Scroll buttons to view the other inputs Matrix Send Send On Off Open Matrix matrix Clear All Selections Scroll Inputs Matrix Presets Chapter 1 1 3 11 Control Groups unto ee ee kiss ehren Any number of input channels and output channels can be connected to one or more of the 24 Control Groups They can then all be operated from a single worksurface control Changes to the Control Group fader mute or solo or controls will affect all channels con nected to the group To set up Control Groups 1 Touch the Control Groups button on the Master screen 2 Touch the Touch Faders To Join Leave button on the required Control Group 1 24 3 Touch the faders on the channels that you want to include Touching the fader again will remove it from the group 4 Touch the Touch Faders To Join Leave button again to turn the function off 5 Press the on screen Mode button to select Moving faders VCA style static faders or Mutes only 6 Use the worksurface fader mute and solo to adjust settings for the Control Group members master fader bank I qu un ER EEE N EAN A list of all the connected channels and their names is displayed above each Control Group displa
98. o all the other gang members as well 2 Socket Routing Buttons ie Input source Direct Out and Insert Send Return 2 4 Layout 2 4 1 External Screens u2u ua0a00nnannnanananunn nn an anan nun nn nn an un nnnn nn Each ofthe console s worksurface screens have an equivalent SVGA video output on the back ofthe console and therefore any ofthe input screens can be duplicated to an external colour monitor Input screens are 640 x 480 resolution There is also an output for an Overview screen and this can be customised to show different combinations of the console s controls using the functions in the Layout menu It is recommended to use a 1280 x 1024 resolution for greatest flexibility The monitor should be Plug N Play compatible CHANNEL BANKS Banks Ch 01 05 Ch 09 16 Cha17 24 Ch 25 32 Ch 33 40 Ch 41 46 Ch 49 56 Ch 57 54 Alo lolo lojelalojojelejolojojojejalojojolojolojojolojojoje slolojolojojojejelojojojolelolojojolojolojojojeojalojojojololojojojelele Inzert Comp Gate Mute MASTER E Banks ME Groups Auxes bein LON mid ein leid odo La oda Codo de odo oa Led ein leid id odo oo od ein leid leid e Quer elelelelelo o Inzert Comp Gate Mute EEE eee EIE EE E E EEEIEE JE JEE E IE E Solo Hi m m m eee a ee a d m a a a a a a a la Els 7 alli a aa PA E E E E Each channel displays the essential meters switches and fader which may be operated with the trackball if required Coloured rectangles su
99. o the required processor then touch the Return button and select the output from the same unit Then touch the Output Insert button to switch it on IMPORTANT NOTE The Insert Send signal is post fader until the Insert Return is routed from a MADI signal DS 37 Chapter 3 3 3 The Matrix The 38x8 way Matrix is accessed by touching the Matrix Inputs button on the Master Screen or the Matrix button on the far right of the worksurface Master Section Inputs are selected in the same way as the input channels Touch the on screen matrix send controls to select which ones you wish to adjust and they will become highlighted Use the worksurface Matrix Send control and On Off switch to adjust the settings for all highlighted sends Atthe bottom of the panel there are buttons to Clear All Assignment Load and Save Presets and Scroll buttons to view the other inputs Matrix Send Send On Off Open Matrix matrix Clear All Selections Scroll Inputs Matrix Presets 3 8 Y DIGICO Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Master Section Chapter 4 4 2 DIGICO Chapter 4 4 1 Master Section The Master section ofthe D5 console includes the output controls described in the previous chapter and the meter bridge above it Meter Status Talkback Master Screen Snapshots Mute and Interactive LCD o Function Button Monitoring Master Fader Banks Output Control Group Faders Matrix Controls Flip Master Fader Banks
100. ole keyboard 4 4 3 Mode Option asnicar Successive presses of the Mode button above the control group s label allows the control group to function in one of three different ways Moving The default mode where the input channel faders move to reflect any adjustment made with the Control Group fader VCA The Control Group fader controls the level of an input channel without moving the channel s fader Mutes Only Input Channel Mutes are affected by the Control Group not faders 4 5 Master LCD Function Buttons Pressing the Master LCD Function button on the left hand side of the Master Section allows you to select the function that the individual Master LCD Buttons are currently assigned to To Show Functions Press the Master LCD Function button LCD FUNCTION 8 LCD FUNCTION To Make Masters Safe From All Snapshots The Safe function makes selected Group Aux Matrix and Control Group Master Faders safe from all Snapshots 1 Press the Master LCD Function button for the relevant bank 2 Press the Safe button 3 Press the Master LCD buttons for the Masters that should be Safe they will turn red and a tick will appear 4 Press the Master LCD Function button to exit Safe mode 5 Press the Solo function button to return to the standard view LCD FUNCTION 2 a 5 LCD FUNCTION D N lt LCD FUNCTION E jia D a BO lt LCD FUNCTION a LCD FUNC
101. ommission 4 14 4 4 Control Groups ooo oie 4 4 1 Creating Control Groups 2u022000n0n2nunnnnnnnunnnnn ann nun 4 14 4 4 2 Naming Control Groups 222022002n00an0nnnnnnnn nun nnnn nun nun ann 4 15 4 43 Mode OPON tacna 4 15 4 5 Master LCD Function Buttons ooooococncncncncncncno nono nono nono nonanannnnnnos A A 4 6 1 Master and Relative ShapshotS cconcoccconcoccconccccconccancnaroncnnanos 4 20 4 6 2 Storing A SNapS NOt use aiT a 4 20 4 6 3 Recalling a Snapshot u 0220022000000n000nnnnnnnnnunnnnnn nun 4 21 4 6 4 Replacing a Snapshot 2220 n0n2000n0nnnunnunnnn nun nun nun nn 4 21 4 6 5 Update MASTER ansiada 4 21 4 6 6 Editing Multiple Snapshots 2 220 200n002000n0n0n0nnunnnnnnn 4 21 4 6 7 Moving a SnapShot a eine 4 22 4 6 8 Renaming a Snapshot 22 2u002000n000n0nannnnnnn nun nun ann nun 4 22 4 6 9 Deleting a Snapshot u 2u220020002n0nanunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nun annn nen 4 22 4 6 10 Snapshot Undo 2 2202200n0nn0nanunnunnnunnun nun nun nun nnnnnnn nun 4 22 4 6 11 The Snapshot Scope Editor 2222002002000n0nn0nn0n0 4 23 4 6 12 Channel Scope 222200n00 n0nn0nnnunnun nun nun nun nun mann nun nnun nun nenn 4 23 4 6 13 Controller Scope 2u 220 2002n00n0nnunnnunnnnnnun nun nun ann nun nun ann 4 23 4 6 14 Snapshot Timing 2u02u000n0n2n0nan
102. onfirms the changes I 5 4 21 Chapter 4 For example if Snapshots 1 and 2 are selected and the input gain for channel 1 is changed subsequent recall of Snapshots 1 or 2 will set channel 1 s input gain to the new value Only channels which are altered while the Edit command is active will be affected and only in snapshots that are selected at the time IfCancel is pressed instead of Keep all snapshots changed since the Edit button was pressed are returned to their original states irrespective of which are currently selected This allows any accidental changes to be undone If there is not enough memory to store a copy of every edited snapshot a warning is displayed and the Cancel button is disabled A change in any ofthe following settings can be copied to all selected snapshots in edit mode Snapshottable controllers Routing Relay outputs Selection of MIDI snapshots Crossfade times Control Group members Gang members All Channels and Exclude buttons in Channel Scope NOTE Banks Layout settings are excluded from the Edit operation since it is likely that scrolling etc may be needed to access channels which need to be changed without wanting to change the stored layout Changing Snapshot Banks can only be done with the Replace command on one snapshot ata time If you recall the Snapshot before changing the layout all other settings stored inthe Snapshot will remain unchanged Touching faders to add or remove channels to or
103. or using the Screen Scroll buttons on the left of the input section Aux Sends Aux On Off and Pre Post Screen Scroll Aux Sends Aux On Off and Pre Post Assign Rotary Assignable Rotary and Switch Labels with Value Readouts Assign Switch 1 14 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 1 Using either ofthese methods the highlighted auxiliaries on the input screen will change The rotary controls and switches beneath the screen are used as auxiliary sends pans on off and pre post switches in the following way MONO AUX STEREO AUX FIRST MONO AUX SEND STEREO AUX SEND FIRST MONO AUX ON OFF STEREO AUX ON OFF PRE POST WHEN SEND IS DOWN PRE POST WHEN SEND IS DOWN SECOND MONO AUX SEND STEREO AUX PAN STEREO AUX PAN TOGGLE TO CENTRE SECOND MONO AUX ON OFF PRE POST WHEN SEND IS DOWN The third rotary control and button in the section can be assigned to any of the auxiliary sends or on off switches Hold the Assign Rotary or Assign Switch button on the left of the input section and touch the required auxiliary row on the screen The selected auxiliary name is shown by the Assignable Rotary Display 1 3 10 The Ma Dira The 38x8 way matrix is accessed by touching the Matrix Inputs button on the master screen or the Matrix button on the far right of the worksurface master section Inputs are selected in the same way as the input channels See Section 1 3 1 Touch the on screen matrix send controls to select which ones you wish t
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105. p button to view the list of sockets 3 Touch the button relating to the Processing Channel that you want to use Proc Ch 01 02 in the example below 4 Touch the Insert Return button to view the list of input socket groups 5 Touch the Processors socket group button to view the list of sockets 6 Touch the button relating to the Processing Channel that you want to use Proc Ch 01 02 in the example below 7 Touch the Output Insert In button to turn it on G ih 00 0 0 622 m 00 622 Tr ma m Poo Mel Alternatively the signal may be sentto the Processing Channel via normal output routing and the Processing Channel can be routed to an output In the example below Matrix 1 output is routed to Processing Channel 1 and the processed signal is then routed to Local Line 1 1 Open the output routing panel for the Buss open the Processors Socket Group and touch the relevant Processing Channel button 2 Touch the bottom ofthe Processing Channel s on screen strip to open the output routing window 3 Touch the relevant output routing socket Loc L1 in the example below 4 Touch the bottom of the Processing Channel s on screen strip to return to the standard view Note With this method the Group Auxiliary or Matrix output can be routed to multiple Processing Channels and these channels can in turn be routed to multiple outputs as required Proc Ch 01 Proc Ch 01 Proc Ch DI
106. panel to view its contents 4 Touch the template ses entry in the file list to highlight it 5 Touch the Load button in the bottom right of the panel to open the session file Load Session Back ps Aux Grou Up SR Mode Mo St Su Mo St 48 Stereo 4 4 18 This will provide you with a configuration where 56 or 96 microphone inputs are already selected as input sources and some basic output routing is in place However the following instructions will help you to check or change the basic configuration and then save your custom setup as a new session file 1 3 2 Selecting an Input Source coooccconccconccccocococcnronanaronannonnnanenanos First select the Fader Bank that you require by pressing one of the bank of buttons next to the channel faders Holding a Fader Bank button for more than half a second will switch all input banks to view the same Fader Bank row fader bank 00 A 1 8 lt DIGICO Chapter 1 You can display the Input Module for a fader by touching the top of the fader s on screen channel strip where the channel label is displayed You can then hide the module by touching the same area again or stos x Mo Gain Phase Signal Label Stereo Channel Mode Selector Signal Group Selector Signal Selector Preset Selector Signal Delay Input sources are divided into groups of signals eg Stage 1 8 or Line 1 16 To select an input source 1 Touch the top of the input screen to open the inp
107. pass In Out When expanded the EQ Module shows the filter settings in detail using a different colour for each filter The In Out switch and indicator for the EQ module is located in the centre When the EQ module is visible the EQ controls at the right side of the screen operate corresponding to the on screen controls Preset Selector Presets are used not only for complete channel setups but also for EQ and Dynamics setups They provide a way of storing the EQ settings for a particular channel so that these settings can be recalled instantly at a later date or for another channel Touching the EQ module s Presets button displays a Selector panel for the EQ presets The panel works in exactly the same way as the Channel Preset Selector described earlier in this section see 2 2 1 although an EQ preset only contains settings for the EQ controls not for the whole channel Flat Button The Flat button forces all controls on the channel s EQ section to their default settings Equalisers Filters two and three blue and green are swept parametric bell curve equalisers with a centre frequency range of 20Hz 20KHz They provide up to 18dB Cut Boost with Q adjustable from 0 1 to 20 Filters one and four yellow and red default to being a Hi and Low Shelf but each has an additional Curve switch which allows you to select HiShelf Lowpass or Bell for filter one and LoShelf Hipass or Bell for filter four When the Hipass or Lowpass function
108. r will restore the display back to the single fader mode 3 2 Output and Buss Controls Once an output channel is expanded you can access its controls Buss Label Buss Control button Level Trim use fader Mute Limiter In Out Limiter Threshold use fader Limiter Release use fader Over Indicator Output Routing The Label Buss Control and Routing settings apply to the whole buss but for Stereo and Surround busses the other controls can be set independently for each signal on the buss 34 DIGICO Chapter 3 e A HR Ne mee NICH eae ae oe The Label operates in the same way as an Input Channel label to change it just touch the on screen label then type a new name on the computer keyboard or the On Screen Touch Keyboard When a buss is labelled its name will appear in the input channel routing display 3 2 2 BUSS Control Button ocoocococococonoccncococacanonnoraracanananrnraranananas Touching the Buss Control button displays a screen showing which channels are currently routed to the buss and offers different options according to the type of buss it is CONTROL Group Buss Control To Master Connect All Clear All Connect All routes all input channels to the buss Any fader which is being touched will be omitted from the connection process to facilitate the set up of a mix minus feed Clear All clears the routing of all input channels from the buss Any fader which is being touched will b
109. ress the Master LCD Function button for the relevant bank 2 Press the Assign Faders button 3 Press the Master LCD button for the Master fader that you wish to use 4 Touch the on screen meter for the Buss that you wish to Assign or touch an Input Channel screen or Control Group display If several LCD Assign buttons are pressed they will be filled from left to right starting with the channel thatis touched 5 Press the Master LCD Function button to exit Assign Faders mode 6 Press the Solo function button to return to the standard view LCD FUNCTION LCD FUNCTION O LCD FUNCTION O LCD FUNCTION LCD FUNCTION LCD FUNCTION O LCD FUNCTION O D5 4 17 Chapter 4 To Unassign Faders From Banks 1 Press the Master LCD Function button for the relevant bank 2 Press the Unassign Faders button 3 Press the Master LCD buttons for the fader s that you wish to Unassign 4 Press the Master LCD Function button to exit Unassign Faders mode 5 Press the Solo function button to return to the standard view 4 18 LCD FUNCTION a LCD FUNCTION O LCD FUNCTION O LCD FUNCTION o LCD FUNCTION LCD FUNCTION O lt lt DIGIGO Chapter 4 Master Fader Banks can also be built from scratch in the following way To Build A Bank 1 Press the Master Fader Bank button for the bank that you wish to build 2 Press the Master
110. right plate Hard plate Ambient plate Perc plate Wood room Clear room Percussion room 9 Fehearsalroorm Hard room Lounge Kitchen Bathroom Corridor Car Boardroom Factory Subway Courtyard Forest Touch one of the buttons on the left to select an effects module and assign an effect to it by selecting from the grid of buttons labelled with the effect names Reverb FX1 Selection of an effect for the first module labelled Reverb can only be made from the first page of 30 reverb effects Other Effects FX2 FX3 and FX4 Selection for modules 2 3 and 4 can be made from a similar list of reverb effects but by selecting the tab labelled Other Effects there are further choices including delay chorus flange and pitch shifters MOnTQuUre Ciects Sa eee Simple delay Studio delay PingPong Filter Stereo 4 Tap Chorus amp Echo Public Address Phone Thru the wall Congregation Comms Piano chorus strings chorus Strum chorus Pick chorus Low chorus Deep flange Light flange Vibrato Robo Dual pitch Stereo pitch 12 string ox thicken Vox double vocoder AutoPan Output Processing and Graphic EQ FX5 and FX6 Selection for modules 5 or 6 can be from the Reverb or Other Effect lists butthe Output Processing tab also becomes available and you may choose the type of signal that you wish to process or apply mono or stereo Graphic EQ The processing options are Stereo LCRS 5 1 or 7 1 or up to 12 mono Graphic EQs Configure Eiteci
111. rily while recalling the snapshot Snapshot firing can also be controlled by specific events on MIDI channel 16 See Snapshots and MIDI 4 6 4 Replacing a Snapshot uu2 22000n00nanunnannnnnun nun nnnnnn To update or change a snapshot set the console controls as required and then touch the Replace button followed by the snapshot that you wish to amend A dialogue box will appear asking you to confirm the action There is also a button with an option to Replace Current snapshot and this can be used to replace the last snapshot that was fired Note The Current snapshot is not necessarily the one whose name appears on the worksurface this is the Assigned snap shot For a snapshot to be Current it must have been the last one that was fired and be highlighted in the on screen panel s list 4 6 5 Update Master mrincininia ie The Update Master button can be pressed at any time when the current highlighted button is Relative This will copy the current console settings into the Relative Snapshot s Master but subtract the relative values from it first Therefore if you are working in a Relative Snapshot and realise that the changes you are making need to be applied to the other Relatives as well you can immediately press Update Master even though the Master is not the current snapshot 4 6 6 Editing Multiple Snapshots ccoonccocccccoccccccoccncccnconancnnnnonnns Individual controller changes can be written to several snapshot
112. rlap After a Move or a Swap the selections are cleared but the panel remains visible tor a new selection The shuffle buttons do not clear any selections and remain enabled as long as at least one source channel is selected Single channels may be moved or swapped simply by touching the source channel twice when the top selection button is pressed Any of the three selections can be changed by pressing the relevant button and touching a fader 2 4 6 Copy Channels anne Touching the Copy Channels button in the Layout menu opens the Copy Input Channels panel which allows different elements of channel settings to be copied Copy block of Input Channels first destination channel DEMA eo bald Touch faders to define the start and end of the range to be copied and then touch a third fader to define the destination for the left hand side ofthe group The selected group will be highlighted in yellow in the input screen The destination channels will be overwritten and their previous settings will be deleted Scope Which controller values are copied depends on the scope buttons beneath the word Include INP all input routing controls including gain and signal source EQ all EQ controls plus HP and LP filters DYN all Gate and Compressor controls plus gate key route and HP LP filters in dynamics AUX all aux send controls 2 24 Y DMIGICOo Chapter 2 FAD channelfader positions PAN L R and F B pan or balance Sub an
113. rround the channels which are currently assigned to the worksurface magenta for the Input Banks and red for the Master Banks CG 9 16 OG 17 24 D5 2 21 Chapter 2 2 4 2 Overview Setup un aa To change the appearance ofthe Overview screen touch the Layout button on the Master Screen and touch the Overview Setup button UVETVIEW Screen Setup Channel Banks small Master Banks This panel allows you to select which banks appear on the screen and whether they are Large or Small format The default view shows Channel Banks and Master Banks in small format To show your choice of Output Banks touch the relevant buttons in the left hand column and then touch the related Small or Large buttons on the right 2 4 3 Channel Banks 2 20u2u 0 0a0annnnnnnnanan nn nn nn an nn ann nn nn an an ann nn The naming and assignment ofthe worksurface Fader Banks is controlled from the Channel Banks panel in the Layout menu on the Master Screen To Name a Channel Bank touch the existing name eg Ch 1 8 and type a new one Toinclude the Channel Bank on the Overview Screen touch the Include button next to the relevant Bank name To change the appearance of the Channel Banks on the Overview Screen touch the Small or Large View buttons at the bottom of the panel Touch here and type to Assign Bank to name Channel Bank Worksurface input Channel banks Clear Bank from Worksurface Include channel Overview Screen in Overvie
114. rticular buss on all channels Set Levels to 0dB makes the auxiliary send levels for this particular buss OdB on all channels Assign Sends To Faders transfers auxiliary send control to the channel faders for the relevant auxiliary Assign Sends To Rotaries scrolls the input channel view to the relevant auxiliary and allows immediate rotary control of the send Note To activate Assign Sends to Faders Rotaries using Solo Press see Section 4 5 Master LCD Function Buttons Ds 35 Chapter 3 32 3 Level TN ee are ee ee em This trims the level for each buss signal For Stereo or Surround busses you can trim the level of each signal independently using the fader below the display The faders can also be assigned to the Limiter controls see below touch the Level Trim display to assign the fader to the Level control 3 2 4 Limiter oo cccceccceecececcececencecececceeneeneneaneneaceneneeneueaneaeaeeneneaneneanens The Limiter is a feed forward system which provides absolute signal limiting You can operate the on screen In Out switch by touching it or by using the LCD button As with the Level the Limiter Threshold and Release time are set using the fader below the display To adjust eg the Threshold setting touch the on screen display of the Threshold this will make the on screen Threshold slider control turn red indicating that this control is now assigned to the physical fader below the screen The Over indicator lights up whenever the
115. s Stereo master LORS master 5 1master FAmaster Output Processing consists of input and output gain 3 band compression and limiting and 4 band EQ for each channel Graphic EQ consists of 12 independent 28 band EQ s D5 5 Chapter 5 5 1 2 Effects and Routing sas rer Signals can be routed to the effects modules from Direct Outputs Insert Sends Auxiliary Outputs and Group Outputs An output routing Socket Group named Effects which contains the list of all the effects modules inputs appears in the output socket routing panel In a similar way the returns from the effects modules appear in a signal group named Effects in the input socket routing panel EERE This group contains left and Right sockets for FX 1 to 4 and 8 sockets each for FX5 and FX6 Therefore FX5 and FX6 can be used for output processing on stereo or surround busses 5 1 3 Effects and Auxiliaries ccecececsceceececececececeecececeaeceeeenseeaes Touch the relevant auxiliary bus on the Master Screen to open it and then touch the Routing box beneath the meter to show the output socket routing Select the effects socket group and then the output which you require eg Reverb L Note If the auxiliary is stereo selecting Reverb L will automatically route the left and right signals to Reverb L and Reverb R Reverb R To Effects Reverb L Effects ReverbL o E CN zZ 5 4 Y DIGICoO Chapter 5
116. s that you require eg Master Grp1 etc 4 Touch the bottom of the input screen again to return to the standard view To Route to a Direct Output 1 Touch the bottom of the input screen to open the routing panel 2 Touch the Directs button if it is not already highlighted 3 Touch the name of the Socket Group to view the output socket names 4 Touch the Output Socket button s that you require eg Loc L1 Loc L2 etc 5 Touch the Pre Post button to specify the position of the Direct Out relative to the channel fader in the signal path 6 Touch the bottom of the input screen again to return to the standard view 1 10 Y DIGICO Chapter 1 1 3 4 Routing Busses To Outputs 0ccoccccoccconccoccncconononnnonanrnnnnnonars The Master Group Auxiliary and Matrix busses must be routed to output sockets as part of the initial configuration This is achieved by using the buss output routing panel in the Master Screen 1 Touch the Buss Outputs button at the top of the master screen 2 Touch the on screen meter of the relevant buss to expand the view 3 Touch the Route button at the bottom of the panel 4 Touch the name of the Socket Group that contains the output you require eg Loc 1 8 5 Touch the Output Socket button s that you require eg Loc L1 Loc L2 etc 6 Touch the Route button at the bottom of the panel to close the routing 7 Touch the area around the on screen meter to return to the standard view 8
117. s for stereo inputs The stereo channel display will change in the following way MS Decode Swap Left and Right Signals Input Balance Thefollowing additional functions are made available MS Decode This button will activate MS Decoding for the stereo signal Swap Reverse Left and Right Signals This button will reverse the left and right signals or the Middle and Side signals if MS Decoding is active Input Balance Controls the relative levels of left and right signals in the stereo pair NOTE Most of the channel settings are preserved when switching from Mono to Stereo or vice versa Pans are reset and stereo routing may not be correct if the relevant output sockets are unavailable Phantom Power only appears if the channel s source signal is a microphone When you connectto a Microphone input a Phantom Power switch appears in the Input Routing Module Phantom Power operates at 48V The default setting of this button can be controlled in the Sockets File Channel Presets The Channel Presets button allows you to store or recall a complete channel setup A Channel Preset contains all the channel controls from the Input Gain to the Pan and Fader positions and group routing Note that a channel preset does NOT include any input socket routing information this must be set specifically for each channel When you press the Channel Preset button the screen displays a Preset Selector n annel Presets 04 011202 13 24 Me
118. s simultaneously using the Edit button This does not replace the complete snapshotassociated with the button When the Edit button is pressed a panel pops up allowing All a Range or individual Snapshots to be selected by pressing their buttons If you press the Select Range button touching the first and last snapshots in a range will automatically select all the snapshots in that range Snapshots Inzert JH Scope 100 First a 200 Second Relative el Timing aE Enable Linda 2 fr delay Undo Replace 4m Curr Replace control by a duration control by midi Selected snapshots will record changes With the Edit button pressed pressing the Snapshot buttons does not fire the snapshots it only selects them for editing The selection may be changed by pressing and releasing snapshot buttons at any time during the operation of the Edit command soa variety of controllers or routes may be changed in a variety of snapshots before completing the operation by pressing the Keep button The Snapshots window may even be closed to gain access to other editable functions In this case a warning message will appear to advise the user that they are still in snapshot edit mode While any Snapshot button is selected changes to any snapshottable controller routing changes and any changes to the Snapshot Scope controls can be written to every selected Snapshot overwriting the previous settings Pressing the Keep button c
119. sors 5 8 Program Change 4 25 Q Quit To Windows 4 4 R Recovery 4 12 Redundant Mirror Console 6 5 Redundant Optical Loop 6 5 Relative Snapshot 4 20 Relays 4 23 4 24 Rename 4 7 Rename File 4 7 Renaming a Snapshot 4 22 Replacing a Snapshot 4 21 Restart 4 12 Return 2 16 Reverb FX1 5 3 Round to whole dBs 4 4 Route to a Direct Output 1 10 Route to a Group 1 10 Routing 2 14 DIGICO Index Routing Busses To Outputs 1 11 S Safe 2 18 Sample Rate 4 28 Sample Rate Convertors 4 28 Save As New File 1 12 4 7 Save Presets 4 8 Save Session 1 12 4 7 Scope 2 24 Screen Brightness 4 4 Screen Scroll 1 14 2 4 2 12 Scrolling the Master Screen 3 3 Select Signal 2 6 Send 2 16 Send Gain 2 16 Sessions Menu 4 5 Set All 1 15 3 8 Set all Input Direct Sends 4 6 Set Levels OFF 3 5 Set Levels to OdB 3 5 Signal Group 2 6 Single 4 10 SIP 4 10 SMPTE LTC 4 26 Snapshot Layouts 4 22 Snapshot Scope 4 23 Snapshot Timing 4 24 Snapshot Undo 4 22 Snapshots 4 20 Snapshots and MIDI 4 24 Solo 1 9 2 17 Solo 10or2 4 9 Solo 2 Assign 4 10 Solo Assigns Channel 2 18 Solo Asssigns Aux To Faders 4 16 Solo Clear 4 10 Solo Options 1 18 Solo Safe 4 10 Solo Trim Level 4 10 Status LED 1 14 Stereo 1 9 Stereo Channel 2 6 Stereo Link 2 11 Sub 2 13 Sub Channel Dynamics 5 7 Sub Channel EQ 5 7 Surface Label Display Brightness 4 4 Surround Panning 2 13 Swap Reverse Left and Right Signals 2 7 Swap Channels 2 24 Switch All 3 5 SYNC CONSOLE
120. ss or PFL AFL Destructive SIP Meter Selected Busses The meters in the console s Master section can be assigned to any console buss To assign Group or Aux busses to the Master meters press and hold down the Meter Button in the top right hand corner of the worksurface and touch up to eight buss displays on the Master screen one after the other Release the button when all the required busses are selected Upper Bank The meters follow the currently assigned upper master fader bank Unlike the other modes the fourth displays stereo groups on one meter with twin peaks just like input channels Surround groups only meter left 8 right signals in this mode Note If input channels have been assigned to master banks the metered signal is pre fader 4 2 11 Meter Bridge Options 0cccococccncnconcncoonccnoncanonnnncnnanronannnnnnars Touching the Meter Bridge button in the Setup menu allows you to choose between two options The default setting is Inputs amp Outputs where the Input Section meters show the corresponding Input Channel signal and the Master Section Meters show the outputs The other option is All Outputs where the output signals are shown consecutively across the entire Meter Bridge In this mode holding the Meter Button and touching a row of on screen outputs will determine which outputs are assigned to the meters on the first Input Section Caicos Monitoring Meter Ballistics All Inputs amp lt q Meter Outputs
121. t of audio input channels to faders on the D5 worksurface is soft so that there is no direct link between channels and faders The console has either 56 or 112 inputs which are then assigned in blocks of eight to the console s physical fader banks Input Gain and Phase q Channel Meter Status Channel Insert On Off 4 Band Parametric EQ High and Low Pass Filters Far Te A i a gt er a e E I Bi Mojo A ai d mil u i y H 7 T ee nit ne Pis E el mh z A E y E Aux Pan Dynamics Controls Dynamics Thresholds and On Off Assignable Rotary and Switch Joystick Mute and Interactive LCD de Sea Ses Sa Function Button 5 Undo Redo Button Channels Faders Channel Fader Banks When you want to access an input channel which is not currently visible on a worksurface channel press the relevant Fader Bank button ontheconsole worksurface Note Holding a Channel Fader Bank button for more than half a second will switch all input surfaces to their equivalent bank for the same bank button 2 1 2 Worksurface Channels u2u2020000 0a0anan ann nn nn an an an an nun Each fader bank has eight channels Each channel has a Mute switch an Interactive LCD button which performs a number of different functions and assignable rotary controls and switches to control auxiliaries and dynamics functions As well as a number each channel has a Label which
122. t you wish to delete You will then be required to confirm the deletion Note You cannot delete the first Master Snapshot in the list if it has Relative Snapshots below it 4 6 10 Snapshot Undo zr u 00 000m nenn asus rn Ifthe button labelled Enable Undo is pressed an undo button will appear and the worksurface undo button willbe enabled When a snapshot is fired a separate hidden snapshot of the complete console is stored before the fired snapshot has its effect If the Undo button is pressed the hidden snapshot is fired using the same scope as the previously fired snapshot to undo its effect This sampling before firing can take up to two frames to store depending on console configuration and should therefore be switched off in situations where timing is important eg when synchronising snapshots to MIDI Note The Undo remains possible throughout any subsequent operation changes to controllers will be undone along with the last fired snapshot if the Undo button is pressed unless it is switched off or the console structure changes 4 22 DIGICO Chapter 4 snapshots Pressing the Scope button expands the panel to display and edit the scope for one snapshot indicated by a light band linking the snapshot list to the scope The scroll buttons in the centre of the panel move the scope editing up and down the snapshot list If the Preview button is pressed the scope for the next snapshot in the list is displayed 4 6 12 Channel
123. th Store Rename il Delete X DEFAULT ToRecall an existing channel preset simply touch the preset you want Ifthe preset is not visible you can touch the vertical arrows to scroll the list up or down The preset settings are implemented in the channel as soon as you touch it To store the current channel settings as a New preset touch the New button then type a name for the new preset To Replace an existing preset with the current settings touch the Store button then touch the name of the preset you want to overwrite To Rename an existing preset without changing its settings touch the Rename button then touch the preset you want to rename and typethe newname To Delete a preset touch the Delete button then touch the name of the preset you want to delete The Default button forces all controls on the channel to their default settings This will normally mean flat EQ inactive dynamics central pan Aux sends at zero and fader at OdB The Close button removes the Preset Selector from the screen but has no direct effect on the channel settings DS 27 Chapter 2 Gain Phase and Delay When the Input module is expanded the rotaries and switches in the Lower Row of input bank controls immediately below the channel display control the Delay settings for mono channels or Input Balance and Delay for stereo channels In addition Gain and Phase adjustmentis always available using the controls above the Inputs Screen
124. the console rear panel The 9 pin Eavesdrop option requires a special 9 pin cable See technical manual for details The option is provided for installations where the 9 pin connection runs between two other pieces of equipment for example a video machine and DAW butthe console is required to chase this timecode 9 pin does not normally allow more than a single direct connection between two machines but using the Eavesdrop cable you can make the console listen to the timecode passing between two other machines and to sync to and display this timecode on the worksurface Note that if you are using 9 pin Eavesdrop mode you cannot use any of the options for direct 9 pin connection Timecode Output Enable Whetherthe console is operating as timecode master or deriving its timecode from another device you can choose to route a timecode signal out from the MIDI MTC and or SMPTE LTC sockets If timecode is being received from another device it is regenerated before being routed to the output Machine Control Enable The console can only send Control signals if you have enabled a Machine Control output This can be MIDI Machine Control MMC and or 9 pin Disk or Tape Note that you cannot output 9 pin control if you are using the Eavesdrop option to read timecode MIDI Machine Control has limited transport features supporting only the Play Record FF Rewind Stop and Locate functions 9 pin control supports Shuttle and Jog functions Off
125. ture options except the default top one use the Hipass and Lopass filters The filter roll off frequencies are controlled by the rotaries directly below the on screen controls Note that the filters cannot be used on an external trigger source In this configuration the filters are used in the side chain of the compressor to provide frequency conscious compression effects such as de essing HeT In this configuration the filters are used in the side chain of the gate to provide frequency conscious gating eHh In this configuration the filtered signal feeds the input of the gate while other frequencies bypass the gate This allows for a specific band of frequency to be gated and then mixed back into the remaining band ff Lett ns In this configuration the filtered signal feeds the input of the compressor while other frequencies bypass the compressor This allows for a specific band of frequency to be compressed and then mixed back into the remaining band Dynamics Presets Touching the Dynamics module s Presets button displays a Selector panel for the Dynamics presets The panel works in exactly the same way as the Channel Preset Selector described earlier in this section See Section 2 2 1 although a Dynamics preset only contains settings for the Dynamics controls not for the whole channel Dynamics Linking The Gate and Compressor modules may be linked in adjacent channels to produce a stereo mixed control voltage ensuring both c
126. ty amp Network SETUP All operations enabled Controller change only enabled routing reconfiguring and labelling disabled Leck console All operation disabled when this panel is closed Type password to unlock Network Rank SLAVE Copy console from Master to Slave Press this to ensure consoles are identical for successful mirroring before using Live mode fie EXSSOUNDT 11STRACS 11D5_18 file ae Y Close Once the consoles are synced any console operation which results ina mismatch between Master and Slave eg switching a channel from mono to stereo will result in an message appearing on screen This indicates that the sessions should be resynced and this can be done by pressing the Sync Session button in the Session Files menu DIGICO EE BE EN BE aa A 6 6 Chapter 6 The following diagram shows the connections required to set up a mirror console with MADI connections Oo MIRROR BIE using MADI stage racks pair of MAD coax wrordclock DS 67 Chapter 6 The following diagram shows the connections required to set up a full rig with redundant mirror Front of House and Monitor consoles a redundantoptical loop and multi operator Gain Tracking P F CONCERT redundant mirrored FOH redundant mirrored MOMTORS redundant optic multicore multi operator gain tracking DigiTracs 56c8 HO MAD recorder Ogi fracs 56ch HO MAO recorder dual redundant madi feeds for broadcast an
127. urned up will switch the auxiliary on and off cannot see the Width control for a stereo channel on the screen Use the Screen Scroll buttons to move the highlighted line down The Width control is in the last position after the Pan control want to trigger a noise gate with an external source but when press the Key button the key source panel doesn t appear Check that you haven t selected a dynamics configuration which includes filters The external trigger is only available for the first dynamics configuration where the filters are not used The audio is sometimes interrupted when use the channel EQ Switching the Channel LPF or HPF Filters in will briefly interrupt the audio in that channel 7 4 lt lt DIGICO Index Index Symbols 3 band compression 5 7 9 pin 4 26 9 pin Eavesdrop 4 26 A AES EBU 4 28 AFL 4 10 ALL Button 2 17 All Channels 4 23 Assign Faders To Banks 4 17 Assign Rotary 1 15 Assign Sends To Faders 3 5 4 16 Assign Sends To Rotaries 3 5 Assign Switch 1 14 1 15 Assignable Rotary 2 4 Assigning a Channel 2 5 Auto Sequence 4 24 Aux Pre Post 2 12 Aux Send gt Faders 2 19 Auxiliaries 1 14 2 12 Auxiliary Buss Control 3 5 B Build Bank 4 19 Build Gangs 2 20 Buss Outputs Display 3 3 Buss Signals as Input Sources 3 7 C Channel Assignment 2 3 Channel Bank Assign 2 23 Channel Banks 2 22 Channel Label 2 6 Channel LCD Button 1 9 2 17 Channel LCD Function 1 10 2 17 Channel
128. urrey KT18 7LX England Telephone 44 0 1372 845600 Fax 44 0 1372 845656 Email sales digiconsoles com WWW http www digiconsoles com Manual Issue and Date Issue C July 2003 For Version 2 Software Licence Agreement Product D5 software product produced by Digico UK Ltd intended for use on Target Platform identified below Target Platform Digico D5 Digital Console system In return for the payment of the one time fee the Customer identified at the end of this Agreement receives from Digico UK Ltd a licence to use the Product subject to the following terms and conditions 1 The Product may be used without time limit by the Customer on the Target Platform 2 The Customer must register the Product with Digico UK Ltd Registering the Product is deemed an acceptance of the terms and conditions in this agreement 3 The Product and its licence are not transferable and the Customer is not permitted to onward license to any third party The Cus tomer indemnifies Digico UK Ltd against any and all claims and actions arising from third party use of copies of the Product made by the Customer 4 The Customer agrees not to attempt to decompile the object code of the Product otherwise than in circumstances specifically provided for by law and then only after consultation with Digico UK Ltd The Customer agrees not to use or licence the Product for use with equipment other than the Target Platform The Customer agrees notto mo
129. ut panel 2 Touch the name of the Signal Group to view the signal names 3 Touch the name of the signal to assign it to the channel 4 Adjust the gain analogue rack gain or digital trim selected by touching the required on screen control with the worksurface rotary control at the top of the channel 5 Touch the top of the input screen again to return to the standard view Note Touch the Lab box and type a name for the channel if required Stage 1 8 3 Sk Pal 3 Stage 3 Stage 7 Ifthe Stereo is pressed the input channel functions will control two input signals the one which has been selected and the next one in the rack eg If Stage 1 is selected and the stereo button is pressed Stage 2 will also be controlled To Solo a channel use the Channel LCD Buttons just below the mute buttons in the channel strip mute mute mute mute mute mute mute mute aaa LCD FUNCTION O Chapter 1 These are multi function buttons and by pressing the Channel LCD Function button on the left hand side you can select which function they are currently assigned to LCD FUNCTION i 1 3 3 Routing the Channel Signal u 2u0002000n2nn0nn nenn The channel signal can be routed to Groups and Direct Outputs To Route to a Group 1 Touch the bottom of the input screen to open the routing panel 2 Touch the Groups button if it is not already highlighted 3 Touch the Group button
130. w Screen size 2 93 ad DMIGICOo Chapter 2 To Clear a Channel Bank from a worksurface Fader Bank 1 Touch the Clear Assignment button 2 Press the Fader Bank button that you wish to clear To assign a Channel bank to one of the console worksurface Fader Banks 1 Touch the Channel Bank Assign button 2 Press the relevant Fader Bank button input Channel Banks fader bank 00 a Include M 2 4 4 Master Banks cccceccccecsceccecsccecsceccececeeneneaceneaneneansaeaeeneueenenes The naming and assignment of the worksurface Master Fader Banks is controlled from the Master Fader Banks panel in the Layout menu on the Master Screen To Name a Master Fader Bank touch the existing name eg CG 1 8 and type a new one To include the Master Fader Bank on the Overview Screen touch the Include button next to the relevant Bank name To change the appearance of the Master Fader Banks on the Overview Screen touch the Small or Large View buttons at the bottom of the panel Touch here and type to name Master Bank Master Fader Banks m nz ns me ns fme Jot m include sor so eos Jens Joos Jene sor sos Include ror Jaoz Jaos Jans Jaos Jaos Jaor Include PTTTTTT TO pr Forrest ey FTTITT TT Sey E Jeso2Jesos esos esos Jesos Teer esos include ra E OUBRA an ccoa ceto Jean Josie esta Joa Jess fece Include ccr Baca _ TIT ee vox Clear Bank from Worksurface Include Master Bank i
131. w Session Panel ccccccecececececcecececececeecececeeeeeenenes The Main Buss Mode defines the format of the Main buss as Stereo LCRS Surround or 5 1 Surround This also affects the options for selecting the Group and Aux buss formats if the Main buss is stereo the other busses cannot use the Surround formats and if the main buss is Surround format the other busses cannot use a different Surround format although they can be stereo The Output Groups and Aux Outputs settings allow you to define the format and number ofthe Aux and Group busses The total amount of busses cannot exceed 39 excluding one PFL Buss DS m Chapter 4 Template Session E Group AUX e Talk ee Inputs Outputs Outputs Matrix back Groups PRE Mute POST Mute POST Mute PRE Fader PRE Fader POST Fader 7 hots MIDI Note The total number of busses available will be affected by the choice of solo mode selected in the Setup Menu Monitoring panel For example if you wish to use AFL within a 5 1 Surround console configuration an extra 6 busses will have to be reserved for that purpose 4 2 3 Clearing Settings ritmica When you start a new session all current settings will be inherited by default but Snapshots will be cleared The buttons at the bottom of the New Session panel allow you to clear settings according to your own requirements When the buttons are pressed the relevant settings will be cleared If you are simply adjusting the
132. xample if you set the Threshold to 12dB this means thatthe compressor has no effect until the signal level exceeds 12dB The Attack time is the time taken for the attenuation to reach the desired level after an increase in the level of the input signal The Decay time is the time taken for the attenuation to reach the desired level after a decrease in the level of the input signal The Ratio control lets you set the ratio between the signal level change and the resulting attenuation change For example if you set the Ratio to 2 1 and the signal is above Threshold a 6dB increase in level will resultin a 3db increase in attenuation so the net effect on the audio signal will be a level increase of 3dB The Gain control allows you to boost the overall level of the audio signal coming out of the compressor to make up any level lost through compression The Meter provides a constant indication ofthe compressor gain reduction The Sidechain Solo places the Sidechain signal on the Solo buss in PFL Mono mode This is achieved by holding down the corre sponding button in the compressor controls below the screen Gate The Threshold is the signal level above which the Gate has no effect The Attack time is the time the Gate takes to open once the signal level has risen above threshold The Decay time sets the time the Gate takes to close once the signal level has dropped below the threshold and the Hold time has passed see next paragraph
133. y touch the area above the Clear button to expand this list When a fader is touched it is highlighted in the list You can also clear all the channels from a Control Group by pressing Clear When a channel is a member of a Control Group its own controls can still be adjusted independently ofthe other Group members Adjustments to fader levels are transmitted to the Group members as dB changes so that a level increase of 2dB on the Group fader will increase all the member levels by 2dB irrespective of the relative levels of the individual channel faders 1 16 lt lt DIGICO Chapter 1 1 3 12 Master Fader Banks cccccccceccecscceccceneececeececeneeceneaneneanens The faders in the console Master section control the output levels for busses auxiliaries and the matrix To select a bank press the relevant Master Fader Bank button for the Upper faders zii ne peta i E ML BI 2 p a 4 E ale Ta 5 4 y 1 H Ma h au N Chapter 1 1 3 13 MONIORING incidido cis The Monitoring panel can be found under the Setup Menu on the Master Screen and some of the controls can be accessed on the right hand side of the Master worksurface It may be accessed at any time to change the monitoring setup monitor gt single af s olo clear Oar O OS Y sk monitor headphones solo trim 0 9 Solo Safe Assign Solo 2 Level Clear All Solos m
134. y different but the sockets file on each console must contain identical entries for the shared racks The rest of the configuration must match the hardware of the actual console but the two consoles do not need to be identical OS FN RIG uzing OPTOCORE MADI PORTS available for independant feeds for broadcast record etc ajajajaja ajajajaja stage racks A A A laa id optic fibre porta optional redunciant poo HH local rack ooo coo ooo E Be id E ER so Be coo I A pop MONITORS STME OPTO o O ooo oO ooo HH o ooo O full bi directional gain tracking _ optic fibre wireless ethernet remote laptop STME OPTO madi A ojojo ojojo olola eee local rack To set up the hardware configuration open the DiGiConfig program in the System Service Configure Hardware menu D5 software will automatically close to enable configuration changes Select all the consoles in the rig FOH Main and MON Main and then select the console that you are configuring by pressing the THIS radio button You can check the configuration by pressing the EDIT Configuration Details Button but clicking OK will confirm the setup and return to D5 software Repeat this process for the other console Note Both consoles should have Optocore selected in their Setup Audio Sync panels Bus DiGiConhg v 2 1 ile ES Outputs DER Console Configuration Quit to Windows Press each button thet apples
135. you can define Labels can be up to 31 characters but only the start of the label will be displayed The number of characters displayed depends on the character width Above the faders on each bank the touch screen provides access to the routing and processing for each channel Chapter 2 2 1 3 Input Screen The Standard View cccccsseseeeesseeeeeees Inthe screen s Standard View each on screen channel is shown in abbreviated form The controls around the screen operate as follows detailed information about each particular control is given later in this chapter Upper row Channel Input Gain and Phase Lower row the first two rows of controls below the screen are used to adjust the channel s Pan position Auxiliary sends and Dynamics parameters The third row of controls can be assigned to any of the following functions by holding down the Assign button and touching the chosen control on the Input screen Assignable Switch Assignable Rotary Set channel delay to zero Channel delay time EQ In Out Aux level Compressor or Gate In Out Stereo panning Aux On Off Direct Output Gain SetPan position Insert Send Gain Insert In Out Direct Output PreM Pre Post Status Display Assign Rotary Assign Switch The on screen channel strip is normally coloured grey but one or two of the Aux Pan controls are highlighted in a different colour indicating that these controls are currently assigned You can scroll the assignme

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