52X32 COMPACT DIGITAL MIXER User Manual

7.5.2Setup Screen: Config Tab:

The setup screen’s config tab allows adjustment of various audio-related settings, such as the console’s base sample rate and use of an internal or external digital clock. It also offers choices for high-level global settings for how signal path buses operate.

To adjust the various settings of the config tab, perform the following steps:

1.Adjust the 1st encoder to select between Console, Show Data, and Libraries for initialization.

2.Tap the 1st encoder to initialize the console back to its factory state.

•An “are you sure” message will appear. Use the left Page Select key to cancel out of the operation, or the right key to confirm the operation and initialize the console.

3.The console’s current firmware is displayed in the first column of the main color screen.

•If/when a firmware update is available for the console, the user simply needs to download the new firmware file to the root level of a USB thumb drive, attach the thumb drive to the console, and then reboot. The console will see the firmware file and an update will be done automatically while booting.

4.Adjust the 2nd encoder to select the digital sample rate of the console. Choices include:

•48 kHz

•44.1 kHz

5.Tap the second encoder to assign the currently selected sample rate.

Tip: Note that the sample rate of the console will be the same sample rate for any audio recorded to the onboard stereo USB recorder, as well as the sample rate output by the AES/EBU connector that may get patched into an outboard recorder. Thus, it is often beneficial to select a sample rate that is appropriate for the medium that recorded audio will eventually be used on.

If the program material being recorded is audio only, with no video component, then it usually makes sense to set a sample rate of 44.1 kHz. This will ensure that any audio recorded is compatible with the 44.1 kHz sample rate of commercial audio CDs.

If the program material being recorded is audio that is meant to accompany video, then it usually makes sense to set a sample rate of 48 kHz. This will ensure that any audio recorded is compatible with the 48 kHz sample rate of the various audio formats used on a video DVD.

6.Adjust the 3rd encoder to set the word clock synchronization of the console to use its internal digital clock, or slave to an external digital clock. Choices for the clock signal include:

•Internal clock

•External clock from the AES50-A port

•External clock from the AES50-B port

•X-USB card

Note that the graphics at the top of the screen will always display a green led when the console has achieved proper “digital lock”, from either its own internal clock or a valid external clock.

7.Tap the 4th encoder to cycle through the different settings for the console’s internal date and time settings.

8.Adjust the 4th encoder to set the value for the currently selected date/time setting.

9.Adjust the 5th encoder to select the console’s “Bus Pre-Configuration”. This settings allows the mix bus outputs to be configured in various combinations of:

•Pre-fader, variable output auxiliary sends

•Post-Fader, variable output auxiliary sends

•Fixed-output sub groups

10.Choices include:

•8 pre-fader auxiliary sends, 8 post-fader auxiliary sends, and no sub-groups

•8 pre-fader auxiliary sends, 4 post-fader auxiliary sends, and 4 sub-groups

•6 pre-fader auxiliary sends, 4 post-fader auxiliary sends, and 6 sub-groups

•4 pre-fader auxiliary sends, 4 post-fader auxiliary sends, and 8 sub-groups

•10 pre-fader auxiliary sends, 6 post-fader auxiliary sends, and 0 sub-groups

11.Tap the 5th encoder to assign the currently selected configuration.

As the configuration is selected, a display on the right-hand side of the color screen changes to show the currently selected configuration.