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section and a
Virtual Mixer
to the portion later in this chapter). The portions
V-Mode
of this page that display settings on a grey background
are indicators only, not controls. Settings displayed on
white backgrounds are controls, and can be adjusted.
At the top of the page, you can see the name of the
Engine you are logged into. Below are eight submix-
ers, each with five stereo inputs. All eight submixes are
summed into the VMIX Main. You're probably already
thinking that there are a lot of things you can do with
this setup!
Figure 7-1 shows a portion of the VMIX setup found
in the Studio Engine web pages. It shows the first of the
eight Submixes (VMIX 1). Let's look at the controls and
see what they do.
is the sum of all eight submixes. Unless
VMIX Main
you really need a stream that combines the audio outputs
of all the submixes, you may leave this disabled — it
doesn't need to be
Enabled
In Figure 7-1, the channel is
If you need to use this mix, verify that the Channel num-
ber assigned to it is a unique channel number (just as you
would in configuring the channel numbers assigned to
Audio Node streams). When enabled, you can use this
section (We'll get
V-Mode
for the submixers to work.
(default setting).
Disabled
FIgure 7-1: Engine VMIX screen
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source anywhere in your network.
In most cases, the VMIX Subs are the only chan-
nels you will need to enable. Select the type of Livewire
mode needed for the application (Live or Standard Ste-
reo). Provide an appropriate unique channel number to
generate and send a Multicast signal to the network.
Only enable Submixes you intend to actively use; ac-
tive submixes without any activity simply clutter up your
network with empty streams and waste your StudioEn-
gine's processing resources.
At the bottom of each of the eight submix sections is
an button. Any changes you make will be saved
Apply
when this button is pressed. Be sure to save the changes
for each submixer as they are configured.
Other controls for each of the Submixer's five input
channels include:
Enter a user friendly name for the stream
•
Src Name:
you want to assign to this input.
Enter the unique channel number of your
•
Channel:
audio source.
In most cases this drop down
•
In Stream Type:
will be set to
From Source.
(unique feed or mix-minus audio) is desired as in in-
put into the mixer, select
If a source's Backfeed
(If this instruc-
To Source.