10X32 PRODUCER DIGITAL MIXER

X32 PRODUCER DIGITAL MIXER Getting Started

11Quick Start Guide

(EN) Getting Started

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Section 5: Various Assignments

•Assigning DCA Groups

Usually this is used to control a specific channel’s parameter, like the lead vocalist’s reverb on/off status.

When preparing a monitor mix for a specific musician

• Select the monitor bus (1-8, 9-16) that feeds the

Section 3: Main Display Area

The main color display presents information about various sections of the console. It can be switched to different screens using the console’s View buttons, as well as any of the 10 buttons on either side of the display.

The top section of the main display permanently covers useful status information. The top left corner shows the selected channel number, its nickname and the selected icon. The next block shows the current scene number and name in amber, as well as the next upcoming scene. The center section displays the playback file name along with elapsed and remaining time and a recorder status icon.

The next block to the right has 4 segments to show the status of AES50 ports A and B, the Card slot and the audio clock synchronization source and sample rate (top right). Small green square indicators show proper connectivity. The right most block shows the console time that can be set under Setup/Config.

When working with any given screen, press the Page keys located on the display bezel to switch to different screen pages.

Editing parameters or settings on each of the screens is done using the 6 associated push-encoders along the bottom edge of the display.

•Whenever there is a continuous control or list entry, you can turn the corresponding knob for editing, which is indicated by various circular icons

•When there is a switch or toggle function on one of these knobs, you will see a broad rectangular button along the lower edge of the field. Pressing the encoder changes the on/off state of the corresponding function. When the rectangular button in the display is dark grey, the corresponding function is off/inactive; when it is amber, the function is on/active

Thanks to the two distinct fader groups (inputs on the left, outputs on the right), the task of assigning channels or buses to a virtual DCA Group is a breeze on the X32 PRODUCER. Simply hold the respective DCA Group Select button on the right-hand side of the console, while pressing the Select buttons for all the input channels that you wish to assign to said DCA Group. You can also press the DCA Group Select button in order to check which channels are already assigned to it. The assigned channel Select buttons will light up.

•Custom Assignable Controls:

The Assign section of the console offers three banks of 8 buttons, allowing for freely customizable access to 24 random functions on the X32 Compact.

To make a custom assignment:

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Press the View button in the Assign section to

 

edit the assignments

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Select the set of controls you wish to edit

 

(A, B or C)

The Jump-to-Page control is a special target type that does not alter any audio parameter, but rather brings you directly to any specified display page.

The “Sends on Faders” Function

The X32 console features a very useful function that can be accessed by pressing the dedicated Sends on Faders button, located between the two fader sections.

The Sends on Faders function aids with level

talent’s stage monitor

• Press the Sends on Faders button;

it will illuminate

• Select one of the six input channel layers

• As long as the Sends on Faders is active, all faders

in the input channels section (located on the left

side of the console) correspond to the send levels

to the selected (monitor) mix bus

When checking/editing where a selected input signal is (to be) sent to

•Select the input channel in the left section

•Press the Sends on Faders button; it will illuminate

•Select either bus channel layer 1-8 or 9-16

•The bus faders (located on right side of the console) now represent the send levels from the selected input channel (located on the left side of the console)

When using the DCA Groups layer, the DCA Groups can be soloed and muted, but they cannot be selected. To edit the DCA group names, icons and colors, navigate to the Setup/DCA Groups page on the main display. DCA group names, icons and color can also be edited by pressing the Utility and Select button concurrently. Once the Setup/scribble strip page is open you can directly select any other channel for editing its layout in the same run.

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Select the control 1-8 you wish to assign

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Select the parameter you wish to control and

 

assign the function

setting of channels sent to any of the 16 Mix Buses. It is only for channels assigned to Mix Buses 1-16, and does NOT work for DCA groups, main or matrix buses. The Sends on Faders function works in two convenient ways to cover the most obvious situations in a live sound environment :

The option to use Sends on Faders in both ways, selecting an input or an output channel, is a special feature of the X32.

When using any of the output bus layers, note that the bottom LEDs on the meters in this section illuminate when the respective bus is fed from pre-fader sources of the selected channel.

Section 4: Group/Bus Channel Banks

This section of the console offers eight channel strips, divided into the following layers:

•Eight DCA (digitally controlled amplifier) groups

•Mix Bus masters 1-8

•Mix Bus masters 9-16

•Matrix Outputs 1-6, and the main center bus

This section also contains a main LR output fader, which is independent and always available no matter which channel bank or layer is active.

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Connected Devices

Inputs 1-8

 

Inputs 9-16

Inputs 17-24

Inputs 25-32

Aux In 1-4

AES50 A

Local In 1-8

 

Local In 1-8

Local In 1-8

Local In 1-8

Aux 1-4

 

Local In 9-16

 

Local In 9-16

Local In 9-16

Local In 9-16

Local 1-4

 

[Local In 17-24]

[Local In 17-24]

[Local In 17-24]

[Local In 17-24]

AES50 A1-4

 

[Local In 25-32]

[Local In 25-32]

[Local In 25-32]

[Local In 25-32]

AES50 B1-4

 

AES50 A1-8

 

AES50 A1-8

AES50 A1-8

AES50 A1-8

Card 1-4

 

AES50 A9-16

 

AES50 A9-16

AES50 A9-16

AES50 A9-16

 

 

 

AES50 A17-24

 

AES50 A17-24

AES50 A17-24

AES50 A17-24

 

 

AES50 B

AES50 A25-32

 

AES50 A25-32

AES50 A25-32

AES50 A25-32

 

 

AES50 A33-40

 

AES50 A33-40

AES50 A33-40

AES50 A33-40

 

 

 

AES50 A41-48

 

AES50 A41-48

AES50 A41-48

AES50 A41-48

 

 

 

AES50 B1-8

 

AES50 B1-8

AES50 B1-8

AES50 B1-8

 

 

 

AES50 B9-16

 

AES50 B9-16

AES50 B9-16

AES50 B9-16

 

 

 

AES50 B17-24

 

AES50 B17-24

AES50 B17-24

AES50 B17-24

 

 

 

AES50 A25-32

 

AES50 A25-32

AES50 A25-32

AES50 A25-32

 

 

 

Cabling for AES50 connections between X32 and S16 stageboxes:

•Shielded CAT-5e cable, Ethercon terminated cable ends (recommended)

•Maximum cable length 100 meters (330 feet)

Routing I/O

The X32 PRODUCER console features 16 analog rear-panel XLR inputs with microphone preamps, as well as 8 rear-panel XLR Outputs and 6 TRS Aux Sends and Returns. In addition, there are two AES50 ports, each featuring 48 input and output channels, and a card slot for 32 channels of input and output to and from a connected computer via USB 2.0.

Input Signals can be attached to the console’s internal audio processing engine in blocks of 8 signals from any one of the aforementioned input sources.

Note: All signal blocks patched to the audio processing will be connected to the corresponding input channels automatically.

Local inputs 17-24 and 25-32 are listed with brackets, indicating that these are not physically available on this device. Assigning these will obviously carry no signal, but they can still be used when preparing shows for a full X32 console.