Inputs/Outputs; Inputs; Focus Window - Solid State Logic SB i16 User Manual

SB i16 and SB 8.8 User Guide

Inputs/Outputs

Select the Inputs or Outputs tab in the Page Select area to view I/O available on the network.

Inputs

Control Status shows whether the viewer has control of the input's parameters.
channel has independent ownership.
Rel in cyan indicates that this input is under the control of the viewer. Press and hold to
relinquish control.
Take indicates that this input is NOT under the control of the viewer. Press and hold to take
control from the owner.
Own indicates that this input is not owned by any controller. Press and hold to take ownership of
this input.
Channel Info shows all
parameters of the channel
at a glance. The
background colour
indicates ownership
status: green for owned
inputs, purple for inputs
owned by another
controller and black for
unowned inputs.
Holding Audition
automatically sets the gain
based on the source level.
Selected Channel is
highlighted in cyan.
Fader allows for manual level control via the slider,
keyboard arrow keys, or numeric entry by clicking
the text Gain Value box.
Fader Level Bar is coloured red on microphone input
channels and cyan on line level inputs.

Focus Window

+48V toggles the mic preamp
phantom power.
Selecting Line input will turn off
phantom power.
Mic/Line toggles the appropriate
input gain range and impedance
for mic or line level sources.
Mic inputs have a gain range of
74dB including the pad. The
available range values are
dependent on the operating level.
Line level inputs have a gain range
of +20 to -10 dB.
Each individual
Mute mutes the input or output
channel. The mute state is
stored in volatile memory on the
unit and all channels will reset to
unmuted if the unit is
repowered.
Pad toggles the -20 dB mic
preamp pad.
Further information is
given in the Pad section.
Channel Label as entered in Dante Controller.
Limiter toggles the mic preamp limiter, an
oversampled DSP-based feed forward limiter which
reduces the mic pre gain as soon as the output
level exceeds a peak average level of -3dBFS.
ATT!
LED for swift identification of inputs or outputs.
Multiple channels can have Attention active.
Attention can be cancelled by pressing the ATT!
button again on the selected channel or from the
device front panel.
Show Gain toggles the fader into
the Focus Window. Gain can be
controlled via mouse, keyboard, or
numeric entry.
Focus Window displays
the available parameters
for the selected channel.
Level Meter shows the
signal level for the
selected channel. A red
clipping indicator is also
provided.
Ownership window
displays the owner of the
selected channel.
Left and Right arrows switch the selected channel.
Up and Down arrows adjust the gain for the selected
channel in discrete 1dB steps.
(0.1 dB) gain adjustment and Alt coarse (3 dB) gain
adjustment. These controls are mapped to the
computer keyboard.
(Attention) toggles the hardware front panel
Control toggles fine
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