Centre Section Metering - Solid State Logic AWS DELTA 916 Owner's Manual

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ENTRE ECTION
Fitted above the centre section is a meter panel for all of the console busses. On the left there are two VU meters and a
phasemeter, which can display the outputs of the Record, Mix, Monitor or Solo busses. The indicators between the meters
show the selected signal.
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LEFT
On the right there are a number of LCD bargraphs. The top row of bargraphs meter (from left to right) the stereo MIX
and REC busses, followed by the 6 components of the monitor busses (L, C, R, LS, RS, LFE) and the stereo solo bus. The
bottom row meter (from left to right) the eight track busses, the two stereo cue busses and the four mono FX busses.
The standard scale is +24dB for 0dBFS (top of the scale); see below for alternative scale options.
The monitor and solo meter feeds are also available via a 25-way D-type connector on the centre section connector panel,
for use with external metering/monitoring.
Meter options are provided by soft key selections in the Function keys. Select
the METERS button to produce the following functions in the softkeys
below the display:
Daw Locks the channel metering to the selected DAW layer.
Anl Locks the channel metering to the analogue layer.
If neither DAW or Anl is selected the channel metering follows the console's Focus switch.
VU This button cycles the source for the VU meters between the REC (record) bus, MIX bus or MON
(monitor) bus, – the appropriate signal name will highlight in between the left and right VU meters to indicate
what is being displayed. Note that the SOLO level is automatically displayed whenever a solo or AFL function
is activated on the console.
10db This button introduces a 10dB reduction in the VU signal, for the purpose of metering high level signals. The
red -10dB signal between the LEFT and RIGHT VUs lights to indicate this function is active.
PK Switches the meters to display a peak-hold segment; peak readings are held for 3 seconds.
HLD Select this to hold the peak readings indefinitely. When active, press this button twice to clear the peaks.
Meter scaling options are accessed via the TFT screen. The 16 boxes at the base of the screen indicate the functions
assigned to the 16 buttons in two rows of eight below the screen. Press the SSL button, followed by Misc > Setup and
locate the meter scaling in the list:
Analogue Meter Scaling: 24 dBu = 0dBFS / 22 dBu = 0dBFS / 20 dBu = 0dBFS / 18 dBu = 0dBFS.
AWS elta Owner's Manual
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ETERING
SOLO
REC
MIX
MON
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MONO
MIX
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RIGHT
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Analogue Operations
MONITOR
REC 5.1
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