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Chapter 2
Configuration Basics
Working With Profiles
A standard console configuration step is defining the sources that will be used on the console.
Along with declaring the audio source (giving it a user-friendly name), we also must define how
loading the source to a fader will modify the operation of the console, and how the source in turn
is modified by user interaction. Once the console has sources configured, we can go one
additional step and define channel layout and monitor settings.
The Axia terminology for these source settings is "Profiles". There are two types of profiles:
1. Source Profiles, which define the different audio sources and how they function within the
studio system, and
2. Show Profiles, which define what sources are placed on which console input channels,
and how the console's Monitor section is configured.
This chapter reviews some specifics of Profiles and in turn is the basic knowledge needed to
configure the Quasar surface. A description on each specific option is available in the
Appendixes.
Source Profiles
The fundamental difference between an Axia console (not just Quasar, but all models!) and its
competitors, is that we created a set of logic attributes that can be associated to any audio
source, which describes how that source behaves when it is loaded onto the console. This "logic
layer" can be manipulated directly by the end user via the console built-in Web UI (no
configuration softwares required), and once associated to the source, it is carried on with it
across the entire network.
A good way to understand Source Profile configuration options is to jump in and build a few
common sources that almost any studio would need, such as:
•
Operator Microphone (Operator source type) – the Board Op's mic
•
Guest Microphone (CR Guest source type) – an additional microphone in the same
studio
•
CD Player (Line source type) – any basic audio source
•
Caller (Phone source type) – a source that would require a mix-minus return
•
Codec with specialized return feed needs (Codec source type with custom backfeed)
Although the type and number of source profiles that need to be built at any facility differs from the
next, these five samples represent the basic types of sources found in most studios; with this
foundation (followed by a review of the full Source Profile options found in the Appendix), you
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