Basic Operation; Setting A Mic Amplifier's Input Gain - Midas PRO6 Owner's Manual

Chapter 9: Basic Operation
This chapter is intended to familiarise you with the PRO6 Control Centre by showing you
how to carry out some basic operations in order to get some audio out of it.
Note: As the operation of both input bays is principally the same, this chapter will
generally only show the operation of the 12-channel input bay. However, any
differences in operation between the 4-channel and 12-channel input bays will be
highlighted.
Please don't forget that, although this system is a complex, high-tech piece of
equipment, it is very easy to use.

Setting a mic amplifier's input gain

The PRO6 Control Centre has two input gains per channel, one is the remote gain for
the analogue mic pre (stage box gain) and the other is the digital trim (console gain)
(see "Mic amp input gain (preliminary input processing)" on page 264). In its default
state, the stage box gain is in the channel strip and the console gain is in each input
fast strip. However, you can swap these sections over (by pressing the gain swap
button) to give you a more global control of the stage box gain.
GUI
channel
strip
Figure 11: Gain and filter sections of the input strips
Note: The gain trim and stage box control knobs on the control surface will adjust
whatever has been 'swapped' to their respective strips and not necessarily what their
names suggest. The stage box control knob (channel strip) always controls the
alternative 'swap' to the ones shown in the input fast strips on the GUI screen.
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Input gain/trim section
GAIN SWAP button
Graph shows the
GUI
filter effects
input
fast
strip
Input fast
strip
Filters
section
Quick access
button
79
Channel
strip