Setup Screen - Behringer X32 User Manual

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7.5 Setup Screen

The setup screen o ers various controls for global, high-level functions of
the console such as display adjustments, sample rates and synchronization,
user settings, and network con guration.
The setup screen contains the following separate tabs:
1. Global: This screen o ers adjustments for console sample rate and
synchronization, as well as initialization options.
2. Con g: This screen o ers adjustments for various global preferences of how
the console operates.
3. Remote: This screen o ers di erent controls for setting up the
console as a control surface for various DAW recording software on a
connected computer.
4. Network: This screen o ers di erent controls for attaching the console to a
standard Ethernet network.
5. DCA Groups: This screen o ers controls for various aspects of the console's
DCA groups.
6. Card: This screen selects between the USB and FireWire connectors, and also
selects the input/output con guration.
None of the setup screen's tabs contain a secondary level of encoder functions,
so the Layer up/down keys do not need to be used for these screens.
7.5.1 Setup Screen: Global Tab:
The setup screen's global tab allows the user to adjust various global controls of
the console, such as display brightness and contrast, sample rate, and the time
and date.
To make adjustments in the global screen, perform the following steps:
1. Adjust the 1st encoder to select from the list of System Controls:
Shutdown
Reboot
Update Firmware
2. Tap the 1st encoder to engage the selected function.
3. Adjust the 2nd encoder to select the sample rate and synchronization.
4. Tap the 2nd encoder to con rm your selection.
5. Adjust the 4th encoder to select an item to initialize.
6. Tap the 4th encoder to initialize your selection.
7. Adjust the 5th encoder to change the currently selected gure for the time
or date.
8. Tap the 5th encoder to scroll through the entries for time and date.
9. Adjust the 6th encoder to change the LCD or LED brightness.
10. Tap the 6th encoder to alternate between LCD and LED brightness.
7.5.2 Setup Screen: Con g Tab:
The setup screen's con g tab allows adjustment of various audio-related settings,
such as the console's base sample rate and use of an internal or external digital
clock. It also o ers choices for high-level global settings for how signal path
buses operate.
To adjust the various settings of the con g tab, perform the following steps:
1. Adjust the 1st encoder to select between Console, Show Data, and Libraries
for initialization.
2. Tap the 1st encoder to initialize the console back to its factory state.
An "are you sure" message will appear. Use the left Page Select key to
cancel out of the operation, or the right key to con rm the operation
and initialize the console.
3. The console's current rmware is displayed in the rst column of the main
color screen.
If/when a rmware update is available for the console, the user simply
needs to download the new rmware le to the root level of a USB
thumb drive, attach the thumb drive to the console, and then reboot.
The console will see the rmware le and an update will be done
automatically while booting.
4. Adjust the 2nd encoder to select the digital sample rate of the console.
Choices include:
48 kHz
44.1 kHz
5. Tap the second encoder to assign the currently selected sample rate.
Tip: Note that the sample rate of the console will be the same sample rate for
any audio recorded to the onboard stereo USB recorder, as well as the sample
rate output by the AES/EBU connector that may get patched into an outboard
recorder. Thus, it is often bene cial to select a sample rate that is appropriate for
the medium that recorded audio will eventually be used on.
If the program material being recorded is audio only, with no video component,
then it usually makes sense to set a sample rate of 44.1 kHz. This will ensure that
any audio recorded is compatible with the 44.1 kHz sample rate of commercial
audio CDs.
If the program material being recorded is audio that is meant to accompany
video, then it usually makes sense to set a sample rate of 48 kHz. This will ensure
that any audio recorded is compatible with the 48 kHz sample rate of the various
audio formats used on a video DVD.