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- Page 1 Tutorial Manual For Elite Series Smart Consoles Document number 02-07 Date 30-April-2007...
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Page 3: Introduction
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles INTRODUCTION This is the manual for people who don’t like manuals. Its aim is to get you mixing as quickly as possible, as well as introduce you to the primary concepts that the Smart Console uses in its operation. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................4 CONSOLE PANELS, SECTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY............6 THE BASICS........................7 How to turn your console on..................7 How to turn your console off ..................7 How to load your project ....................7 IMPORTANT INDICATORS ON THE FADER PANELS............8... - Page 5 Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles SMART LOCATOR CONTROLS .................23 How to store a Timecode location into a Smart Locate memory button ....23 How to locate to a Timecode location stored in a Smart Locate Button ....23 MONITORING........................24 How to turn the volume of the monitors up or down ..........24 How to select an Internal Mix Bus to the monitors and Master Meters ....24...
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Page 6: Console Panels, Sections And Terminology
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles CONSOLE PANELS, SECTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY Smart Consoles functions are described in relation to physical ‘Panels’ or ‘Sections’. ACTIVE SCREEN ARC SCRIBBLE STRIP ON BUTTON THE ARC UPPER ACTIVE PANEL MONITOR PANEL LOWER ACTIVE PANEL... -
Page 7: The Basics
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles THE BASICS How to turn your console on Assuming the console (and the Controller PC) has been correctly installed and is plugged into mains power – simply pressing the silver ‘on’ button on the right hand side of the ARC will power on the console. -
Page 8: Important Indicators On The Fader Panels
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles IMPORTANT INDICATORS ON THE FADER PANELS FADER DISPLAY This usually shows you the channel number or name and can display other information, such as fader level in dB, depending on the console mode. -
Page 9: Important Indicators On The Arc
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles IMPORTANT INDICATORS ON THE ARC AN ARC SEGMENT CHANNEL METER UPWARDS FADER MOTION INDICATOR This indicator is lit whenever the fader is moving up – either being FADER TOUCH INDICATOR moved manually or under This indicator is lit whenever the fader is automation. -
Page 10: Selecting Channels
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles SELECTING CHANNELS At any time, the selection of channels called to console channel ‘slots’ is referred to as an ‘Ergonomic Spread’. There are several ways of getting the channels you need to in front of you. The main two modes of channel selection are Chair mode and Wipe mode. -
Page 11: Hold
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles Simply hold your finger on the Inject touch point on a channel, and touch a Segment on the ARC. The channel you touched on the arc is now ‘Injected’ into that channel Slot. While holding down Inject you can also wipe your finger along the ARC selector strip quickly zooming through multiple channels. -
Page 12: How To Store An Ergonomic Spread Into A Hotkey
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles How to store an Ergonomic Spread into a Hotkey Press the Store button on the Expert Panel and then press the Hotkey you wish to store the Spread into. You can tell which Hotkeys contain Spread information since, once in Store mode, any Hotkey with an Ergonomic Spread Stored will be illuminated. -
Page 13: Eq Section
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles EQ SECTION Each Channel Strip has a series of dedicated EQ controls. There are three Dual Concentric Encoders, the top of which control the gain, and the bottom the frequency for each band. The settings of each EQ band are displayed using the EQ Fans around each encoder. -
Page 14: Aux Section
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles AUX SECTION The Aux section allows control of nine discreet Aux Sends per channel. You can also see the settings for all nine Aux’s on the Active Screen (see page 17). AUX SELECT INDICATORS... -
Page 15: Pan
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles The Pan encoder on the channel strip allows pan control from left to right in the pan field. For surround panning, use the Joystick on the Active Panel (see page 16). Divergence and LFE controls can also be updated from the Active Panel. -
Page 16: Upper And Lower Active Panels
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles UPPER AND LOWER ACTIVE PANELS With the exception of the Smart Locator controls at the very bottom of the Lower Active Panel, and the Function and Macro Buttons at the very top of the Upper Active Panel, the controls on the Active Panel (upper and lower) give access to all the parameters for the currently ‘active’... -
Page 17: How To Assign A Signal To Group Busses
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles How to assign a signal to Group Busses Any signal, once brought to the active panel, can be assigned to one of 24 Group Busses by pressing any of the dedicated Group Bus buttons on the Lower Active Panel. -
Page 18: Arc Modifiers
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles ARC MODIFIERS The ARC modifiers allow you to change parameters of any channel without necessarily having that channel physically present in front of you in a slot. They modify what happens when you touch the selector strip of the ARC. -
Page 19: Arc Modifier Memory Buttons
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles ARC MODIFIER MEMORY BUTTONS The four right-hand most ARC Modifier buttons are Memory locations. These allow a parameter, or a series of parameters, that you select, to be applied to any channel using the ARC. -
Page 20: Solo
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles SOLO There are a number of ways of soloing on the Smart Console. To solo a channel physically present in a Slot, touch the Solo Touch Point near the top of the fader panel. Touch it again to turn the solo off. -
Page 21: Transport Controls
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles TRANSPORT CONTROLS There are two sets of transport controls on the Smart Console, the main Transport Controls on the Monitor Panel, and the Smart Locator on the Lower Active Panel. TRANSPORT FUNCTION BUTTONS... -
Page 22: How To Reset The Display To Active Mode At Any Time
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles How to reset the display to Active Mode at any time Press the Clear button twice quickly. How to capture a Timecode location while the display is in active mode Press the Mark button. -
Page 23: Smart Locator Controls
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles SMART LOCATOR CONTROLS The Smart Locator features duplicates of the transport controls on the Main Transport Block as well as including five Smart Locators. The Smart Locators are designed to give you instant access – one button press - to the most important locations in your project. -
Page 24: Monitoring
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles MONITORING The Smart Console features controls for a sophisticated and flexible monitoring system. Not all engines host all the features available from the control surface so please keep in mind that some of these controls may not be available to your engine. -
Page 25: How To Dim The Speakers
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles How to Dim the speakers Press down on the Dim encoder/button. How to set the Dim level After engaging Dim, turn the Dim encoder. How to select a different speaker set Press one of the Big, Medium or Small Buttons. -
Page 26: Chrome Modifier
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles CHROME MODIFIER Normally touching the ARC selects channels. In various different modes the ARC is also used to specify which channels you wish to apply functions to. Running along the very bottom edge of the ARC is a thin steel wire called the ARC Modifier. This wire is a capacitive touch point, which, again, changes what happens when you touch the Selector Strip on the ARC. -
Page 27: Grouping
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles GROUPING Grouping on the Smart Console is simple, fast and flexible. The buttons that control the grouping functions are found on the Expert Panel. Press the Group button to enter Group mode. Whenever you are in Group mode, one of the three Group indicators will be illuminated to indicate the group ‘target’;... -
Page 28: How To Escape Group Mode Discarding Any Changes You Have Made Since Entering Group Mode
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles you wish to modify by either touching any fader, or any ARC Segment, belonging to that group. Now only the members of the group you have just selected will be displayed using the UPO indicators on the ARC. Once you have selected the group, press either the + button to add members to the group or the –... -
Page 29: Sets (Console Setups)
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles SETS (Console Setups) A console setup, or SET, consists of Scribble Strip images, Groups, stored Ergonomic Spreads and stored Timecode locations. Up to 14 different SETS can be stored and recalled at will. It is useful to associate these with projects or songs you are working on. -
Page 30: Using The Scanner
Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles USING THE SCANNER 1. Use the provided overhead transparency marker to draw your graphic symbols on each channel on the scribble strip. 2. Ensure scanner cables inside of Smart Console have been connected to the Main Processor Rack PC, as per initial Smart Console installation instructions. - Page 31 Tutorial Manual – Elite Series Smart Consoles 10. Next, press and release the silver button on the front of the scanner to start the scan. NOTE: scanner will drive a short distance then pause for a few seconds before continuing to scan across the remainder of the scribble strip along the ARC.
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