Renaming; Peqs; Loading Snapshots - Martin Audio MLA User Manual

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Access to array or Merlin functions are achieved in two ways; double clicking or right clicking, first we will look at the options
available when selecting an element with a right mouse click as there are some configuration options that you may need to select
first from this page. You will see the following menu;-
'Open' will open the full configuration page in exactly the same way as a double click
'Load' is a Merlin function for loading a configuration previously saved as a file.
'Save' is also a function available for Merlin. There are three options, 'All', 'Inputs' and 'Outputs'. These will save the Merlin
configuration as a Merlin *.meq file in a location of your choice on your hard drive. As the options suggest, 'All' will save the
entire Merlin configuration, 'Inputs' just the input PEQ and delays and 'Outputs', all parameters from the output channels
ignoring the inputs. The *.meq file can be saved and re-used in future projects or distributed to other MLA partners for use with
other systems. It is loaded using the 'Load' function.
'Select All' will select all components in the system design. The keyboard shortcut for this is Ctrl + A.

Renaming

'Rename' allows you to give the array or Merlin a name to suit the event and location if desired. Function key F2 is a shortcut to
this option. Once selected you will see the following window;-
Type the required name which can be up to 50 characters.

PEQs

'PEQ' has two options, Load and Save. As we will see, it is possible to tailor the EQ of an array to suit personal preference. This is
in addition to the array optimisation from Display 2.1 which will equalise the system to suit the response requested in the design.
If there is a particular sound required for a style of music or requested by a sound engineer, the curve can be stored as a file and
recalled for any future shows using these commands. Using the house EQ will be covered later in this chapter.

Loading Snapshots

As we will see, system configurations including different optimisations can be stored as snapshots. These are stored in the DSP
of each cabinet once uploaded so recalling is a simple network instruction to load whichever snapshot has been selected. It is
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