Rear Panel; Main Display - Midas M32R Quick Start Manual

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2. Rear Panel

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(1) TALKBACK/MONITOR CONNECTION - (9) ULTRANET - Connect to a personal
Connect a talkback mic via XLR cable. Connect monitoring system, such as the Behringer P16,
a pair of studio monitors using ¼ " balanced or via Ethernet cable.
unbalanced cables.
(10) AES50 A/B - Transmit up to 96 channels in
(2) AUX IN/OUT - Connect to and from external
and out via Ethernet cables.
equipment via ¼" or RCA cables.
Please refer to the User Manual for more information
(3) INPUTS 1 - 16 - Connect audio sources on each of these topics.
(such as microphones or line level sources)
via XLR cables.
(4) POWER - The IEC mains socket and
ON/OFF switch.
(5) OUTPUTS 1 - 8 - Send analogue audio
to external equipment using XLR cables.
Outputs 15 and 16 by default carry the main
stereo bus signals.
(6) USB INTERFACE CARD - Transmit up to
32 channels of audio to and from a computer
via USB 2.0.
(7) REMOTE CONTROL INPUTS - Connect to a PC
for remote control via Ethernet cable.
(8) MIDI IN/OUT - Send and receive MIDI
commands via 5-pin DIN cables.
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3. Main Display

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(1) DISPLAY SCREEN - The controls in this section
confi g: Allows selection of the signal
are used in conjunction with the colour screen source/destination for the channel,
in order to navigate and control the graphical confi guration of insert point,
elements it contains. and other settings.
By including dedicated rotary controls that gate: Controls and displays the channel
correspond to the adjacent controls on the gate eff ect beyond those off ered by the
screen, as well as including cursor buttons, dedicated top-panel controls.
the user can quickly navigate and control all of
dyn: Dynamics - controls and displays the
the colour screen's elements.
channel dynamics eff ect (compressor)
The colour screen contains various displays beyond those off ered by the dedicated
that give visual feedback for the operation of top-panel controls.
the console, and also allow the user to make
eq: Controls and displays the channel
various adjustments not provided for by the
EQ eff ect beyond those off ered by the
dedicated hardware controls.
dedicated top-panel controls.
(2) MAIN/SOLO METERS - This triple 24-segment
sends: Controls and displays for channel
meter displays the audio signal level output
sends, such as sends metering and
from the main bus, as well as the main centre
send muting.
or solo bus of the console.
main: Controls and displays for the
(3) SCREEN SELECTION BUTTONS - These
selected channel's output.
eight illuminated buttons allow the user to
immediately navigate to any of the eight • • METERS - The meters screen displays
master screens that address diff erent sections diff erent groups of level meters for
of the console. The sections that can be various signal paths, and is useful for
navigated are: quickly ascertaining if any channels need
level adjustment. Since there are no
• • HOME - The HOME screen contains an
parameters to adjust for the metering
overview of the selected input or output
displays, none of the metering screens
channel, and off ers various adjustments
contain any 'bottom of the screen'
not available through the dedicated top-
controls that would normally be adjusted
panel controls.
by the six rotary controls.
The HOME screen contains the following
The METER screen contains the following
separate tabs:
separate screen tabs, each containing
home: General signal path for the level meters for the relevant signal paths:
selected input or output channel. channel, mix bus, aux/fx, in/out and rta.
Quick Start Guide
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• • ROUTING - The ROUTING screen is where
all signal patching is done, allowing the
user to route internal signal paths to
and from the physical input/output
connectors located on the console's
rear panel.
The ROUTING screen contains the
following separate tabs:
home: Allows patching of physical inputs
to the 32 input channels and aux inputs of
the console.
out 1-16: Allows patching of internal
signal paths to the console's 16 rear panel
XLR outputs.
aux out: Allows patching of internal
signal paths to the console's six rear panel
¼" / RCA auxiliary outputs.
p16 out: Allows patching of internal signal
paths to the 16 outputs of the console's
16-channel P16 ULTRANET output.
card out: Allows patching of internal
signal paths to the 32 outputs of the
expansion card.
aes50-a: Allows patching of internal
signal paths to the 48 outputs of the rear
panel AES50-A output.
aes50-b: Allows patching of internal
signal paths to the 48 outputs of the rear
panel AES50-B output.
xlr out: Allows the user to confi gure the
XLR outs on the rear of the console in
blocks of four, from either local inputs,
the AES streams, or expansion card.
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