R/C Manual | 1. R/C OVERVIEW |
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A CONSTELLATION refers to the whole array of preamps attached to the same LAN. It may comprise only one 1788A or up to 128 of them. Preamps may be assigned NET numbers placing them in different banks even when any given bank is not filled. For example, you could have up to 16 preamps all within one bank, or assign them variously to as many as 8 banks. At the other extreme, you could have 128 preamps that occupy 8 fully filled banks. That’s a damned lot of channels (1024).
1.4 HARDWARE R/C
Aphex manufactures a dedicated companion controller unit, the
Fig. 1-5. 1788A-R Dedicated Control Surface
NOTE: One
Direct selection of any 1788A within a bank gives rapid access to all functions through a control surface that exactly matches the front panel of a 1788A including Group Select and Test Tones. The
1.5 COMPUTER R/C
Software developed especially for the 1788A is available for both PC and Mac platforms. Using a friendly GUI (Graphic User Interface) the software program makes monitoring, controlling and automating multiple 1788A’s easier in many ways. It is certainly more economical than using multiple
Fig. 1-6. Example of a Software Control Panel
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