Meyer Sound galileo 616 operating instructions About this Document, Audience

PREFACE : DOCUMENTATION OVERVIEW

About this Document

Compass™ provides an intuitive interface to the Galileo™ 616 loudspeaker management system. Galileo is a fully digital matrix processor providing 96 kHz/32 bit resolution signal processing for six inputs and sixteen outputs.

Galileo may be directly connected to the SIM® 3 audio analyzer, providing complete measurement as well as control for complex audio systems. The Galileo loudspeaker management system with the Compass control software fulfills all of the necessary signal routing and processing between the console and the amplifier/loudspeaker.

Compass provides “snapshot” capturing of Galileo control values, allowing you to design numerous sound processing configurations, each specific to a particular use of a venue and subsequently available for recall at any time. Numerous snapshots may be saved as a “project” to a workstation or laptop computer, providing backup and restoration capability, and another level of organization.

Audience

Galileo and Compass are professional audio hardware and software. Users of the system are sound design professionals with an understanding of sound design theory, signal equalization design, atmospheric correction, signal delay design, and matrix mixing. This manual does not teach sound design theory and practice.

The Galileo hardware is presumed to have been correctly installed and configured. In particular, the Galileo must be configured with an IP address before running Compass. This process is detailed in the Galileo Hardware Reference Manual.

Users of Compass software are assumed to be experienced computer users. Inexperienced computer users may wish to read the Document Conventions (p. x) section, below, to become familiar with the terminology used in describing the user interface. Inexperienced computer users are also advised to read the operating system user manual that came with their system.

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