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Duality SE ’ ’ P P E E R R A A T T O O R R A A N N U U A A L L Part Number: 82S6DUA20D...
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Solid State Logic, Oxford, England As research and development is a continual process, Solid State Logic reserves the right to change the features and specifications described herein without notice or obligation...
S S e e c c t t i i o o n n 1 1 : : I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n Section Contents What is Duality SE? Design Concepts Key Features Summary...
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I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n The Centre Section 2-17 Introduction 2-17 Power Supply Indicators 2-17 Central Routing Panel 2-18 Main Output Functions 2-20 Main Bus Compressor 2-21...
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I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n Motion Control 3-27 Basic Transport Controls 3-27 Additional Transport Controls 3-27 Other useful transport modes 3-28 Setting Pre and Post Roll 3-28 Setting start (In) and end (Out) Times...
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Seciton Contents Section Index 5-iii Overview Key features Automation and Projects Working with Projects and Titles Automation in the Duality SE Remote Operation Activating the Automation System List Mix Menu Creating A New Mix Pass Mix Running 5-10 Dedicated Automation Buttons...
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I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n S S e e c c t t i i o o n n 6 6 : : L L o o g g i i c c t t i i v v i i t t y y R R e e m m o o t t e e Section Contents Section Index...
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Duality SE ’ ’ P P E E R R A A T T O O R R A A N N U U A A L L S S E E C C T T I I O O N N 1 1...
Conventions Used Contacting Solid State Logic D D u u a a l l i i t t y y S S E E O O p p e e r r a a t t o o r r ’ ’ s s M M a a n n u u a a l l...
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U U A A L L I I T T Y Y Duality SE is an innovative combination of super analogue console and DAW controller from Solid State Logic. It draws on years of design experience, and incorporates industry standard features from SSL’s range of large format music consoles.
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Today’s DAWs provide the power and convenience of recording and editing audio, but a keyboard and mouse is not the most intuitive way to access these controls. For most users, finding an integrated solution that answers all of their working needs is strongly desired. Duality SE achieves this to an extent and quality that has previously been unavailable.
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If you have not previously used an SSL console, you are advised to read the Duality SE overview at the start of Section 2. Those of you who have experience of SSL’s range of analogue consoles will have little difficulty getting to grips with the operation of this console’s control surface;...
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Duality SE ’ ’ P P E E R R A A T T O O R R A A N N U U A A L L S S E E C C T T I I O O N N 2 2...
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s select button (fader) 2-18 Setup Menu 2-43 Signal Processing Order 2-14...
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DAW’s present new challenges of integration within the studio environment today. Duality SE has been carefully designed with these requirements in mind. It addresses all the needs of current DAW production techniques in an integrated, high quality and robust design, coupled with all of the sonic benefits expected from a Solid State Logic console.
D D A A W W I I / / O O L L a a b b e e l l l l i i n n g g When using DAW routing with Duality SE, it is advisable to take time to sensibly label the inputs, outputs and busses within your DAW.
I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n INPUT Duality SE’s Split Mode enables the channel processing to be easily applied to HI-Z Channel channel input signals feeding the DAW record path or to the DAW returns.
Total Recall™ (optional). At your first introduction to the Duality SE console, you will immediately see that the channel strip controls are presented in reassuringly familiar manner. The following pages describe each control in detail, with brief coverage of the routing possibilities.
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s D D y y n n a a m m i i c c s s S S e e c c t t i i o o n n The Dynamics section contains a compressor section identical to that of the 9000K series and also found in SSL's X-Logic range of outboard processing units.
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s THRESHOLD — Variable hysteresis is incorporated in the Threshold circuitry. For any given ‘open’ setting, the Expander/Gate will have a lower ‘close’...
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s F F i i l l t t e e r r s s These comprise a 3rd Order 18dB/Octave high pass filter (HF) and a 2nd Order 12dB/Octave low pass filter (LF).
S S i i g g n n a a l l P P r r o o c c e e s s s s o o r r R R o o u u t t i i n n g g By now you will have realised that Duality SE features extremely flexible signal processor routing within each channel.
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s C C h h a a n n n n e e l l S S e e n n d d s s Each channel has two stereo and four mono sends that can be used for a number of different purposes: headphone feeds, FX sends, etc.
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s C C h h a a n n n n e e l l P P a a n n At the bottom of the channel strip is a fully featured 5.1 panning section for both the Main Mix busses as well as the 24 Track Busses.
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The fader button, and associated LEDs are used in conjunction with the DAW automation (HUI interface only) or the optional Duality SE automation and ‘multi-operator’ Total Recall systems. The play and match buttons are used only with Duality SE automation. See Sections 4 and 5 for more details.
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s F F a a d d e e r r G G r r o o u u p p i i n n g g The console’s centre section is fitted with eight group control faders.
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s To adjust balance of a link, hold one fader whilst moving another. This automatically isolates the second fader from the link whilst the remaining faders continue to track the first fader touched.
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s T T h h e e C C h h a a n n n n e e l l T T F F T T S S c c r r e e e e n n The TFT screen fitted above each channel bay (see above) is normally used to display a number of channel related parameters for the six channels in that bay.
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s In addition to the expected channel metering, two columns of five ‘LEDs’ give an indication of channel gate/expander gain reduction (green ‘LEDs’) and compressor gain reduction (yellow and red ‘LEDs’).
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4. Group faders and master fader. To the right of this area is a trackball for DAW control. Once you have spent a few moments sitting at the console, you will find the Duality SE’s centre section layout just as intuitive as its channel strip.
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s C C e e n n t t r r a a l l R R o o u u t t i i n n g g P P a a n n e e l l In addition to the DAW transport controls and the console monitor pot, in day-to-day operation you will probably find you use this panel more than any other, so it’s worth taking a few minutes to fully...
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s Having selected a channel, or range of channels, all the functions in the area above can be selected/deselected. Routing buttons 1-24 and MIX A, MIX B, MIX C, are self explanatory, as should most of the buttons above.
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M M a a i i n n O O u u t t p p u u t t F F u u n n c c t t i i o o n n s s As you are probably aware by now, Duality SE features a 6-wide main mix bus that can be configured either to provide a full 5.1 surround mix or three stereo mix busses.
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s M M a a i i n n B B u u s s C C o o m m p p r r e e s s s s o o r r Using the same classic design as found on the original SL4000 series console, the main bus compressor can be used as a single stereo unit or as a master 5.1 compressor.
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s M M a a s s t t e e r r F F a a d d e e r r The master fader can be selected to control the stereo Mix A, B, C busses or the 5.1 mix bus via the main bus select matrix (see previous page).
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s T T r r a a c c k k B B u u s s M M a a s s t t e e r r C C o o n n t t r r o o l l s s The output level of the console’s 24 mono Track busses is set by a group of rotary controls in the upper right of the centre section (see left).
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s M M o o n n i i t t o o r r i i n n g g The large knob below the ‘MONITOR LEVEL’...
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s If either MINI A or MINI B ‘LS SELECT’ buttons are selected, the left and right monitor busses are fed to the corresponding stereo mini loudspeaker output.
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s Monitor Insert The External A selector output (ie. all 5.1 sources) is automatically routed via a 5.1 insert point to which an encoder/decoder system may be interfaced;...
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s Monitor Options A wide range of monitor options are available via the soft keys and associated display on the monitor panel. Pressing the MONITOR OPTIONS button above the display produces the following choices;...
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s BMN — Turns on the Bass Management system. This is designed to extend the low frequency response of the monitoring system, and to simulate the 5.1 monitoring systems in TV and domestic environments.
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Monitor Speaker Calibration The monitor calibration system enables the level of any loudspeaker connected to Duality SE to be trimmed by ±10db. Note that, with the monitor gain at maximum, a trim level of +10dB corresponds to unity gain through the monitor section.
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s NEXT — selecting this in the first layer produces a second layer of calibration options: Selecting ALS or ARS or ALF allows you to trim the Left Surround, Right Surround or LFE channels respectively by ±10db, using the method described above.
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s Monitor Level Display and Calibrated listening level The SSL / Misc / Setup menu provides two additional options: Monitor Gain Display: Music (Off to 11)
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s SOLO / AFL / PFL The console’s default solo mode is a destructive solo-in-place — soloing a channel cuts all other channels. The alternative solo modes —...
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s C C u u e e / / F F X X S S e e n n d d M M a a s s t t e e r r C C o o n n t t r r o o l l s s Each channel is fitted with two Cue Stereo and four mono FX sends for use as foldback, feeds to effects devices, etc.
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s A small area of the monitor control panel (see right) provides source selection (control room monitor and foldbacks) and a CUT function for the console’s stereo headphone output.
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s M M i i s s c c O O p p t t i i o o n n s s A number of useful options can be accessed via the MISC menu.
The talkback button functions are all duplicated on a Talkback/GPIO connector on the rear of the console, as are the monitor CUT and DIM switches. See the Duality SE Installation Manual for more information. 2 2 - - 3 3 6 6...
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s The following options for the console’s communications are located in the SSL / Misc / Setup menu: Talkback switches: This selects the operation of the talkback buttons: Momentary / Latching / Auto (Play) / Auto (Record).
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s O O s s c c i i l l l l a a t t o o r r The word oscillator is a slight misnomer in this case, as the console actually provides a comprehensive tone and pink noise generator! The ‘Oscillator’...
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s M M i i x x R R e e a a s s s s i i g g n n M M a a t t r r i i x x This useful matrix, to the left of the main output compressor (see right), adds the selected mix(es), post output level control, to the six Main Mix busses.
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s G G r r o o u u p p C C o o n n t t r r o o l l F F a a d d e e r r s s The console centre section features eight control group master faders.
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s C C e e n n t t r r e e S S e e c c t t i i o o n n M M e e t t e e r r i i n n g g The panel above the main centre section features LCD and analogue metering for the console’s main and auxiliary outputs: On the left of the centre section meter bridge are six sets of LCD bargraphs.
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C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s Meter Options Meter options are provided by soft key selections on the monitor panel; select the METERS button to produce the following selections: Locks the channel meters to the DAW layers.
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s S S e e t t u u p p M M e e n n u u The centre section TFT screen provides access to a setup menu that holds a number of useful console-related items.
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s Talkback Talkback switches: Select the operation of the talkback buttons: Momentary / Latching / Auto (Play) / Auto (Record).
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s DAW setup The next few items in the Setup menu are concerned with DAW interconnection, but are included here for completeness;...
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When connected to a Digital Audio Workstation that supports the HUI or Mackie Control Universal (MCU) control protocols, the Duality SE console becomes a powerful digital workstation control surface, giving direct access to the most important controls within the DAW. The console faders can be used to control the workstation faders and sends, the channel D-pots can be used to control pans, sends and I/O functions, and the Master Control Panel and plug-in controller provide easy access to a range of other parameters.
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Master Control Panel. This switches the channel meters, faders, solo and cut buttons between control of the analogue signal path and the DAW. When the Console Focus button is illuminated, Duality SE is in ‘Analogue Focus Mode’. When the Console Focus button is not illuminated, Duality SE is in ‘DAW Focus Mode’. This section describes operation of the console in DAW Focus Mode.
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D D A A W W L L a a y y e e r r s s Duality SE can connect to two DAWs when connected using ipMIDI, and these are controlled from the two virtual ‘layers’. Control operations performed on the Duality SE control surface will then affect whichever DAW is assigned to the currently selected layer.
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Refer to your DAW manual for information on how to configure its software. Once configured and connected, communication with the DAW will be initialised, and the level of Duality SE’s channel faders, rotary controls and master functions will be set to match the DAW controls (provided you are ‘DAW Focus’ mode).
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C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i n n g g v v i i a a p p h h y y s s i i c c a a l l M M I I D D I I p p o o r r t t s s The Duality SE console has sixteen (eight in, eight out) MIDI ports on the rear panel of the console. Duality SE emulates multiple HUI or MCU controllers depending on the control surface support required by the layer’s DAW.
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The MCU protocol supports automatic detection of connected control surfaces. To enable this select Logic Handshake for the appropriate layer. Logic will then automatically detect Duality SE. If you select Logic Handshake on both layers then Logic will detect 12 control surfaces, which may not be what you want! The other protocols do not transmit handshaking messages.
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D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l Setting your workstation(s) to communicate via ipMIDI The Duality SE software uses 16 virtual MIDI ports which are pre-assigned as follows: Port...
SE MIDI port 8 if you are using the console MIDI ports): Also, set the MMC midi port in the Machine Control tab to ipMIDI port 14 (or Duality SE MIDI port 8 if you are using the console MIDI ports): D D u u a a l l i i t t y y S S E E O O p p e e r r a a t t o o r r ’...
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Duality SE Faders 9 - 48 are mapped to the Mackie Control Extender ports. The actual ipMIDI ports used will depend on which layer (or layers) Logic is assigned to. See the list of Duality SE MIDI port assignments for details.
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To enable DAW Automation, set the MMC midi port in File/Project Settings/Synchronisation/MIDI to ipMIDI port 14 (or Duality SE MIDI port 8 if you are using the console MIDI ports): D D u u a a l l i i t t y y S S E E O O p p e e r r a a t t o o r r ’ ’ s s M M a a n n u u a a l l...
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Control Panel Controls Duality SE’s faders, and its Solos and Cuts panels, can be switched between controlling the analogue audio signal path and the DAW by pressing the Console Focus button — see below. The Motion Controls, Master Control Panel and Plug-in Editor always control the DAW.
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DAW control in HUI mode, and Pro Tools only supports 4 HUI controllers, giving a maximum of 32 faders. If the DAW session has more tracks than this, Duality SE can ‘bank flip’ its faders to control any number of virtual faders within the DAW.
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D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l D D A A W W U U t t i i l l i i t t y y B B u u t t t t o o n n s s ( ( 9 9 ) ) This group of four buttons provide shortcuts to useful functions on the DAW.
Faders, pans and sends can be reset to their default values using the DEFAULT button: Resetting Pans Select the PAN button on the Master Control Panel, and all Duality SE’s D-pots become pan controls. Hold the DEFAULT button while pressing the D-pot on the channel you wish to reset. Hold down OPTION and press DEFAULT to perform a reset across all pans.
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D D A A W W M M e e t t e e r r s s In DAW focus mode, Duality SE’s channel meters flip to a stereo mode to indicate the level of the DAW signal path. Mono tracks are displayed on the left meter only. When a signal reaches 0dBFs, the corresponding OVL tally will light to indicate that the DAW signal level has clipped.
DAW channels. Changing to DAW Focus reverses this. One easy way to tell if you are soloing a Duality SE or DAW channel is that channels cut by a Duality SE solo have a solid lit CUT button, and channels cut by a DAW solo have flashing CUT buttons.
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D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l C C h h a a n n n n e e l l S S E E L L B B u u t t t t o o n n — — R R e e c c o o r r d d R R e e a a d d y y / / E E d d i i t t / / S S e e l l e e c c t t The function of the channel SEL button depends on the mode selected by the centre section RDY, EDIT and SEL buttons (5) on the Master Control Panel.
D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l S S e e l l e e c c t t M M o o d d e e With the SEL button (5) on the Master Control Panel selected, all the console’s channel SEL buttons become track select buttons.
D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l Send Mode Select the SEND button on the Master Control Panel, and the D-pots become level controls for any sends or aux send levels within the DAW.
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3. Turn a channel D-pot to scroll through a list of available DAW inputs or outputs (names are derived from the DAW I/O settings, not Duality SE). The list will appear in the channel scribble strip. The LED below the D-pot will flash.
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D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l M M o o t t i i o o n n C C o o n n t t r r o o l l B B a a s s i i c c T T r r a a n n s s p p o o r r t t C C o o n n t t r r o o l l s s ( ( 1 1 4 4 ) ) Dedicated transport controls are provided for direct control of the DAW: REWIND...
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Hold down ALT and press the PRE or POST button to highlight the left hand numeric field of the pre-roll or post-roll time window; the time is displayed on Duality SE’s TFT screen in place of the DAW’s timecode position.
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F F o o o o t t s s w w i i t t c c h h C C o o n n t t r r o o l l Duality SE has two 1/4” jack footswitch connectors on the rear of the console. These are intended for hands-free access to essential transport functions: Footswitch Control 1 either plays or stops the DAW.
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D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l Selection Mode (Zoom/Sel button flashing) In this mode the cursor buttons provide a way to create and edit selections within the DAW program. To create a selection, press and hold either the left or right cursor button and move the inner shuttle wheel to adjust the start or end point for the selection.
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D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l Scrub Mode Select a region to scrub within the DAW. Press the SCRUB button above the wheel. The inner wheel now becomes an analogue tape machine style scrub wheel.
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P P l l u u g g - - I I n n E E d d i i t t o o r r Duality SE comes with a powerful Plug-in Editor located in the console centre section. From here, plug-ins and hardware inserts can be assigned, and plug-in parameters can be edited.
D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l S S e e l l e e c c t t i i n n g g a a D D A A W W C C h h a a n n n n e e l l f f o o r r P P l l u u g g - - I I n n C C o o n n t t r r o o l l Select EDIT mode on the Master Control Panel then use the channel SEL buttons to choose the channel you wish to edit.
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D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l A A s s s s i i g g n n i i n n g g a a P P l l u u g g - - I I n n o o r r H H a a r r d d w w a a r r e e I I / / O O I I n n s s e e r r t t ( ( A A s s s s i i g g n n M M o o d d e e ) ) To Assign a Plug-in to a Channel Insert Point: 1.
D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l Comparing Your Changes Pressing the COMPARE button allows you to compare any changes made to plug-in parameters with the values stored before editing.
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D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l S S o o f f t t K K e e y y s s The Plug-In Editor panel includes an 8x8 matrix of soft keys that map to the 16 menu boxes at the bottom of the plug-in display.
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D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l E E d d i i t t T T o o o o l l s s M M e e n n u u Edit Tools (EdTs) displays a list of available tools used by your DAW system.
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S S S S L L M M e e n n u u This menu is used to access additional optional features such as the Duality SE Automation System and Total Recall. Information regarding these features will be found in the appropriate section of this manual.
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W W o o r r k k i i n n g g w w i i t t h h D D A A W W A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n Duality SE’s touch sensitive moving faders can be used to write automation for the DAW faders. Most automation functions are enabled from the soft key matrix below the Plug-in Editor display screen.
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In some DAW applications, you can write automation data to the start, end or whole part of a track/selection in any automation mode. To perform these functions from Duality SE use the following: CTRL + RTZ will write automation data from the current position to the start of...
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D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i n n g g C C u u t t s s As the console’s CUT buttons have no touch sense, automation will start being written when the button is first pressed.
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Mackie Control unit together with as many 8-channel extender units as required, within the limits set by Duality SE’s fader configuration and the number of available MIDI ports (6 per layer) that support controller interfacing. For the majority of DAWs, the set up layout should follow the actual console surface layout, with the Mackie Master Console unit assigned to channels 1–8.
D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l The majority of DAW functions are controlled via dedicated Duality SE front panel switches, with less reliance than the HUI protocol on the 8x8 soft key matrix located beneath the TFT screen. All plug-in editing is via the channel D-pots.
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D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l M M a a c c k k i i e e F F u u n n c c t t i i o o n n C C o o n n t t r r o o l l O O v v e e r r v v i i e e w w As far as possible, all the function templates use button groupings and layouts that follow the original Mackie Control surface groupings, in order to simplify moving from one DAW platform to another: Channel D-pot functions and display options (1)
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Duality SE emulates a Mackie Control unit plus multiple Mackie XT fader expanders. Logic will accept the full 48 fader control offered by Duality SE. The control surface set up should be configured as shown below in the Logic Preferences/Control Surfaces menu:...
VIEW is selected automatically by pressing the GLOBAL button; this accesses the eight global view select buttons; VIEW may also be selected manually if required. There are no tallies for the selected View. VIEW is a Duality SE function and not part of the MCU protocol.
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Mackie Extender, so for a 48 fader controller, six Mackie Control units are entered into the device list with the top most unit corresponding to the highest numbered eight channels on the Duality SE control surface, and the other units mapped to the remaining channels in descending order.
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CHANNEL is unchanged and assigns Duality SE’s channel gain element or DAW channel to the D-pot according to the state of the Console Focus button. The encoder switch is used to ‘flip’ parameters onto the faders as before but includes all processing parameters, not just send levels.
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D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l Duality SE’s Nuendo Control Screen Fkys provides access to the eight functions buttons. These are also mapped to the numeric keypad, which is not supported in Logic Control.
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Surface setup menu is located in the Sonar Options menu: To set up the correct mapping of Duality SE faders to DAW channels, select Mackie Control from the Tools menu to access the Properties page and the Configure Layout option. Full online operational documentation for the Mackie Control and Expander (XT) functions can be accessed via the PC keyboard F1 key when the Control Surface Properties dialogue is open.
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D D A A W W C C o o n n t t r r o o l l CHANNEL is unchanged and assigns Duality SE’s channel gain element or DAW channel to the D-pot according to the state of the Console Focus button. The encoder switch is used to ‘flip’ parameters onto the faders as before, but includes all processing parameters not just send levels.
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Duality SE emulates a Mackie Control Unit plus additional Mackie Control Expanders. The Control Surface setup menu is located in the Digital Performer Setup menu: Assign Duality SE’s MIDI ports so that the console faders map correctly to the DAW tracks with the Mackie Control Unit as channels 1–8.
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Tallies are provided for the Marker function, together with an on screen tally for the MCU ‘Rude Solo’ indicator. Duality SE’s Digital Performer Control screen Two sets of menu buttons can be accessed via the 8x8 soft menu button matrix: AUTO produces the six Automation mode options.
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O O v v e e r r v v i i e e w w The Multi-user Total Recall (TR) package is a chargeable option for the Duality SE console. If not supplied with your console, please contact your nearest SSL representative for details.
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T T o o t t a a l l R R e e c c a a l l l l a a n n d d P P r r o o j j e e c c t t s s Duality SE uses a logical and intuitive Project-based system within which TR Setups and Mixes (automation data) can be stored and managed.
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‘1’. If a Setup is deleted (see below) then its number will not be re-used. The only exception to this is if all Setups are deleted; the numbering will then restart from ‘1’. Setups are saved to Duality SE’s flash memory. They can be backed up aa part of a console Project - see section 6 D D u u a a l l i i t t y y S S E E O O p p e e r r a a t t o o r r ’...
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R R e e n n a a m m i i n n g g T T R R S S e e t t u u p p s s Autonumbered TR Setups may be named via the Duality SE Remote application. Please refer to Section 6 for more details.
T T o o t t a a l l R R e e c c a a l l l l T T o o t t a a l l R R e e c c a a l l l l D D i i s s p p l l a a y y s s As mentioned before, individual channels are displayed on the TFT screen in Fader that same bay.
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T T o o t t a a l l R R e e c c a a l l l l R R e e s s e e t t t t i i n n g g C C o o n n t t r r o o l l s s A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i c c a a l l l l y y R R e e s s e e t t C C o o n n t t r r o o l l s s A double press on a fader status button, or on Set Sel or Set All, will reset all the non-latching functions on that channel strip, channel strips selected on the central routing panel, or all channel strips respectively.
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5-17 Trim Lok 5-18 Delete Mix button Deleting Mix Passes Updating a Mix Pass 5-13 Display soft key 5-15 Duality SE Remote (Automation) Fader Links 5-20 fader status button 5-15 FSM soft key 5-13, 5-15, 5-17 Glide Frames 5-20 JOIN...
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Duality SE’s automation system is a fully featured package, developed from SSL's renowned G and K Series Ultimation systems, but with a feature set designed specifically for Duality SE. The classic SSL look and feel, familiar to thousands of engineers worldwide, is utilised to add dynamic fader and switch automation to the console. MTC (MIDI Time Code) serves as the mix timeline reference, together with support for MMC (MIDI Machine Control) locate commands to follow non-play speed positional changes from the DAW.
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A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n a a n n d d P P r r o o j j e e c c t t s s Duality SE uses a logical and intuitive Project-based system within which Mixes and TR Setups can be stored and managed.
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A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n W W o o r r k k i i n n g g w w i i t t h h P P r r o o j j e e c c t t s s a a n n d d T T i i t t l l e e s s At least one Project and Title must be present before you can store an automated Mix.
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A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n i i n n t t h h e e D D u u a a l l i i t t y y S S E E R R e e m m o o t t e e In the Duality SE remote browser (See section 6), the Projects tab provides additional access to the Projects and Titles folders described above, and the Mixes tab provides additional access to the Mix list described on the following pages.
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A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n A A c c t t i i v v a a t t i i n n g g t t h h e e A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n S S y y s s t t e e m m Use the softkeys below the centre section TFT to select SSL then Auto.
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A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n C C r r e e a a t t i i n n g g A A N N e e w w M M i i x x P P a a s s s s To create a new automated Mix Pass, enter the List Mix menu (shown below) and use the left-hand encoder to highlight the New Mix entry.
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A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n Automated mode: Red LED. All automated moves are written at the current fader position. Manual mode: No LEDs. The fader operates as a monitor fader only, ie. no information will be written to memory.
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Press Play on the DAW to move forward. Check that timecode on the screen matches that of the DAW — if Duality SE is not reading MTC, it will not record any mix data. Note that when doing the first Mix Pass, it is important to start the Pass at the beginning of the song/track.
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A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n D D e e d d i i c c a a t t e e d d A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n B B u u t t t t o o n n s s A group of dedicated automation buttons are provided in the centre section, just above the transport buttons: A double-press on the CANCEL button cancels a Mix and returns you to the Mix List page.
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A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n J J o o i i n n a a n n d d R R e e v v i i s s e e At any time during Mix Review, the JOIN button can be used to switch all channels that were in Write at the last rollback point, back into Write at the levels or state they were at the rollback point.
A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n D D i i s s c c a a r r d d If the system is in play or stopped following a rollback operation, pressing the Discard soft key, or the dedicated DISCARD button, clears any data recorded since the start of the rollback Pass and restores the active rollback points from the previous Pass.
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A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n P P r r o o t t e e c c t t i i o o n n M M o o d d e e s s Each component which is included in the automation can be protected globally, on a per-channel basis, or individually.
A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n To display which controls are in each mode, press the Display softkey – the three Protection Modes will be shown in the lower left-hand softkeys.
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A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n S S w w i i t t c c h h A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n Pressing any automatable switch (Cut, EQ, Ins (insert), Cue and Fx1 to Fx4) will toggle its state and automatically start writing data (the rec LED by the fader will light).
Trim update status by pressing the fader status button. Duality SE’s automation system features SSL’s ‘auto-nulling’ feature so that each time Trim is re-enabled, a new null point is set (unless Trim Lok has been selected – see below). When writing a trimmed move, the trim value in dBs is displayed in the scribble strip above the fader.
A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n T T r r i i m m L L o o k k Trim Lok (only available in ‘Motors Off’ mode — see below) defeats the auto nulling feature provided for the standard Trim function, and ‘locks’...
A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n S S n n a a p p M M o o d d e e Snap mode uses the fader touch sensor to control both the start and end of a fader update — for fast hands-on changes to mix levels.
A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n C C o o p p y y a a n n d d S S w w a a p p Copy and Swap (CS in the Auto menu) are used to interchange or transfer mix data between channels.
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S S a a v v i i n n g g M M i i x x P P a a s s s s e e s s t t o o y y o o u u r r D D A A W W P P r r o o j j e e c c t t Mix Passes are stored in Duality SE’s internal flash memory when you ‘End’ a Mix, are saved to Duality SE’s flash memory in the Mixes folder in the current Title.
A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i o o n n S S e e t t u u p p O O p p t t i i o o n n s s The following entries in the SSL / Misc / Setup menu are used to configure automation operations: Glide frames: Sets the ramp time in frames for the automation SNAP mode.
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Now go to Setup / Peripherals and select the Synchronisation tab. Select the port on the MIDI interface that is connected to Duality SE’s physical MIDI port 8 or select ipMIDI Port 14 . Also select the timecode rate for the session and the session start time.
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To set up MMC locates, select the Machine Control tab in Setup / Peripherals: Enable MIDI Machine Control and select the Port on the MIDI Interface that is connected to Duality SE’s Port 8 MIDI IN. Leave the ID as 127 (this sends to all connected devices).
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Finally, in Setup / Preferences: When mixing with Duality SE, it is advisable to enable the first two options in the left-hand list (see above). This ensures that a Rollback will occur following a locate or rewind operation in Pro Tools. If these options are not enabled, then Pro Tools does not send a locate command following a Stop command even though the desk counter will show the position that Play last occurred from, and where Play will resume from.
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Installing the Application A note on Java Connecting Duality SE to the Computer P P r r o o j j e e c c t t s s T T a a b b 6 6 - - 3 3...
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I I n n s s t t a a l l l l i i n n g g t t h h e e A A p p p p l l i i c c a a t t i i o o n n If you do not yet have the Duality Remote application for Duality SE, you can download it from the SSL website: http://www.solidstatelogic.com/music/duality/downloads.asp...
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C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i n n g g D D u u a a l l i i t t y y S S E E t t o o t t h h e e C C o o m m p p u u t t e e r r Duality SE is the first analogue console to feature an IP address. This allows any standard personal computer (Mac or PC) to connect to your console.
D D u u a a l l i i t t y y R R e e m m o o t t e e P P r r o o j j e e c c t t s s T T a a b b After launching Duality Remote the Projects tab will appear: Clicking on the ‘+’...
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D D u u a a l l i i t t y y R R e e m m o o t t e e B B a a c c k k i i n n g g u u p p a a P P r r o o j j e e c c t t To create a .zip backup of the project, right click (or ‘<Ctrl>...
D D u u a a l l i i t t y y R R e e m m o o t t e e M M i i x x e e s s T T a a b b This page shows a list of Mixes associated with the currently selected Title, as well as which mix each is based on..
D D u u a a l l i i t t y y R R e e m m o o t t e e T T o o t t a a l l R R e e c c a a l l l l T T a a b b Here you can rename and delete any Total Recall data from the currently selected Title.
To delete a graphic from the list, highlight it and select Delete. Note that if you delete one of the system eyecons it will be restored next time you restart your Duality SE. Note that systems fitted with LCD scribble strips support a maximum of six characters. Longer names will be intelligently shortened to this length.
D D u u a a l l i i t t y y R R e e m m o o t t e e E E x x t t e e r r n n a a l l s s T T a a b b This page allows you to rename the Ext A and B sources which will appear on your consoles monitor selection.
SSL website. Clicking on the box underneath the Time and Date legend will sync the Duality SE to the time and date on your computer, in order for mixes and total recall setups to be time and date stamped (these are not currently displayed).
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