Control Surface - Midas M32R Quick Start Manual

10 DIGITAL RACK MIXER M32R

1. Control Surface

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(1) CONFIG/PREAMP - Adjust the preamp gain (3) EQUALISER - Press the EQ button to
for the selected channel with the GAIN engage this section. Select one of the four
rotary control. Press the 48 V button to apply frequency bands with the LOW, LO MID,
phantom power for use with condenser HI MID and HIGH buttons. Press the MODE
microphones and press the Ø button to button to cycle through the types of EQ
reverse the channel's phase. The LED meter available. Boost or cut the selected frequency
displays the selected channel's level. Press the with the GAIN rotary control. Select the
LOW CUT button and select the desired specifi c frequency to be adjusted with the
high-pass frequency to remove unwanted FREQUENCY rotary control and adjust the
lows. Press the VIEW button to access more bandwidth of the selected frequency with the
detailed parameters on the Main Display. WIDTH rotary control. Press the VIEW button
to access more detailed parameters on the
(2) GATE/DYNAMICS - Press the GATE button
Main Display.
to engage the noise gate and adjust the
(4) TALKBACK - Connect a talkback microphone
threshold accordingly. Press the COMP button
to engage the compressor and adjust the via a standard XLR cable via the EXT MIC
threshold accordingly. When the signal level socket. Adjust the level of the talkback
in the LCD meter drops below the selected mic with the TALK LEVEL rotary control.
gate threshold , the noise gate will silence Select the destination of the talkback signal
the channel. When the signal level reaches with the TALK A/TALK B buttons. Press the
the selected dynamics threshold, the peaks VIEW button to edit the talkback routing for
will be compressed. Press the VIEW button A and B.
to access more detailed parameters on the
Main Display.
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(5) MONITOR - Adjust the level of the monitor
outputs with the MONITOR LEVEL rotary
control. Adjust the level of the headphones
output with the PHONES LEVEL rotary
control. Press the MONO button to
monitor the audio in mono. Press the DIM
button to reduce the monitor volume.
Press the VIEW button to adjust the
amount of attenuation along with all other
monitor-related functions.
(6) RECORDER - Connect an external memory
stick to install fi rmware updates, load and
save show data, and to record performances.
Press the VIEW button to access more detailed
Recorder parameters on the Main Display.
(7) BUS SENDS - Press this button to access
detailed parameters on the Main Display.
Quickly adjust the bus sends by selecting
one of the four banks, followed by one of
the corresponding rotary controls under the
Main Display.
(8) MAIN BUS - Press the MONO CENTER
Press any of the above buttons to switch the input
or MAIN STEREO buttons to assign the channel bank to any of the four layers listed above.
channel to the main mono or stereo bus. The button will illuminate to show which layer
When MAIN STEREO (stereo bus) is selected, is active.
the PAN/BAL adjusts to the left-to-right
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INPUT CHANNELS - The Input Channels
positioning. Adjust the overall send level to
section of the console off ers eight separate
the mono bus with the M/C LEVEL rotary
input channel strips. The strips represent
control. Press the VIEW button to access more
four separate layers of input for the console,
detailed parameters on the Main Display.
which can each be accessed by pressing one of
(9) MAIN DISPLAY - The majority of the M32R's
the buttons in the LAYER SELECT section.
controls can be edited and monitored via
You will fi nd a SEL (select) button on top
the Main Display. When the VIEW button is
of every channel which is used to direct
pressed on any of the control panel functions,
the control focus of the user's interface,
it is here that they can be viewed. The main
including all channel-related parameters
display is also used for accessing the 60+
to that channel. There is always exactly one
virtual eff ects. See section 3. Main Display.
channel selected.
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ASSIGN - Assign the four rotary controls
The LED display shows the current audio signal
to various parameters for instant access
level through that channel.
to commonly-used functions. The LCD
displays provide quick reference to the The SOLO button isolates the audio signal for
assignments of the active layer of custom monitoring that channel.
controls. Assign each of the eight custom
The LCD Scribble Strip (which can be edited
ASSIGN buttons (numbered 5-12) to various
via the Main Display) shows the current
parameters for instant access to commonly-
channel assignment.
used functions. Press one of the SET buttons
to activate one of the three layers of custom- The MUTE button mutes the audio for
assignable controls. Please refer to the User that channel.
Manual for more details on this topic.
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GROUP/BUS CHANNELS - This section off ers
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LAYER SELECT - Pressing one of the following eight channel strips, assigned to one of the
buttons selects the corresponding layer on the following layers:
appropriate channel:
GROUP DCA 1-8 - Eight DCA
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• • INPUTS 1-8, 9-16, 17-24 & 25-36 - the (Digitally Controlled Amplifi er) groups
fi rst, second, third and fourth blocks
• • BUS 1-8 - Mix Bus masters 1-8
of eight channels assigned on the
ROUTING / HOME page • • BUS 9-16 - Mix Bus Masters 9-16
• • FX RET - allows you to adjust the levels of • • MTX 1-6 / MAIN C - Matrix Outputs 1-6
the eff ects returns. and the Main Centre (Mono) bus.
• • AUX IN / USB - the fi fth block of six The SEL, SOLO & MUTE buttons, the LED
channels & USB Recorder, and eight display, and the LCD scribble strip all behave in
channel FX returns (1L ...4R) the same way as for the INPUT CHANNELS.
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• • BUS 1-8 & 9-16 - this allows you to adjust MAIN CHANNEL - This controls the Master
the levels of the 16 Mix Bus Masters, Output stereo mix bus.
which is useful when including Bus
The SEL, SOLO & MUTE buttons, and the LCD
Masters into DCA Group assignments,
scribble strip all behave in the same way as for
or when mixing buses to matrices 1-6
the INPUT CHANNELS.
• • REM - DAW Remote Button - Press this
The CLR SOLO button removes any solo
button to enable remote control of your
functions from any of the other channels.
Digital Audio Workstation software using
the Group/Bus fader section controls. Please refer to the User Manual for more information
This section can emulate HUI or Mackie on each of these topics.
Control Universal communication with
your DAW
• • FADER FLIP - SENDS ON FADER
Button - Press to activate the M32R's
Sends on Fader function. See Quick
Reference (below) or the User Manual for
more details.
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