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  • Page 1 Operation Manual For Tango Series Smart Console DAW: Logic 8+...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Welcome 1.2 Overview 1.2.1 Hardware 1.2.2 Touch Screen 2. WORK CHANNELS AND ACTIVE CHANNEL 2.1 Work Channels 2.1.1 Overview 2.1.2 Faders 2.1.3 Solo Touch Points 2.1.4 Mute Buttons 2.1.5 Inject Touch Points 2.1.6 Latched Inject 2.1.7 Hold Buttons 2.1.8 Channel Information Display 2.1.9 Channel Encoder Display...
  • Page 3 4. PANNING, SENDS AND ROUTING 4.1 Input 4.1.1 Input Monitoring 4.2 Sends 4.2.1 Sends Block 4.2.2 Sends Active Block 4.2.3 Sends Active Encoders 4.2.4 Sends Active Controls 4.2.5 Sends Channel Encoders 4.3 Panner 4.3.1 Panner Block 4.3.2 Panner Active Block 4.3.3 Panner Active Encoders 4.3.4 Panner Active Controls 4.3.5 Panner Channel Encoders...
  • Page 4 7.2 Edit Panel, Edit Keys and Active Edit Panel 7.2.1 Overview 7.2.2 Configuring Edit Panel 7.2.3 Configuration Modes 7.2.4 Naming Buttons 7.2.5 Button Colour 7.2.6 Macro Trigger Selector 7.2.7 Assigning Functions 7.2.8 Testing the Remote and VirtKey Function 7.2.9 Properties Mode 7.2.10 Swapping Buttons 7.2.11 Copying a Button 7.2.12 Configuring Edit Keys...
  • Page 5 10. TROUBLESHOOTING 10.1 Touch Screen Cleaning 10.2 Troubleshooting FAQ 10.2.1 Tango won’t turn on? 10.2.2 Tango won’t connect with your host? 10.2.3 Tango won’t shut down? 10.2.4 Tango’s faders behave erratically or don’t move? Operation Manual – Tango Smart Console...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Welcome Welcome to Tango! Tango is a unique console – a mix of tradition and new ideas. A console intended not just for mixing but also for every aspect of audio production – including a number of musical features never implemented before.

  • Page 7: Overview

    1.2 Overview 1.2.1 Hardware The image below outlines the various sections of the Tango Smart Console. The operation of each section will be detailed in the following chapters of this manual. touch screen channel encoders active encoders monitoring active controls expert panel transport &...

  • Page 8: Work Channels And Active Channel

    2. WORK CHANNELS AND ACTIVE CHANNEL 2.1 Work Channels 2.1.1 Overview The main channel area consists of 8 work channel strips. Each strip consists of hardware controls and 8 channel blocks displayed on the touch screen The hardware controls include a channel encoder, a solo touch point, a mute button, an inject touch point, a fader and a hold button.

  • Page 9: Faders

    2.1.2 Faders A fader on Tango also acts as a channel selector. When you touch any fader its track is selected in the workstation. On the MonARC the selected channel name and number is colored white when selected. 2.1.3 Solo Touch Points You will find the solo button under the channel encoder and above the mute button on the channel strip.

  • Page 10: Channel Information Display

    Press a hold button (or wipe across it with the heel of your palm) and now the channel selected will NOT change! It will stay selected to that slot regardless of any other action such as chair, recall (ergonomic spread), undo etc. This is very useful for master busses, or keeping your main vocal or whatever else you want in front of you! Note: holding channels affects such functions as selecting channels in chair mode.

  • Page 11: Active Channel

    2.2 Active Channel 2.2.1 Overview Active channel display shows detailed information of the currently selected (active) channel. This includes channel I/O, inserts, EQ, dynamics and sends. Active encoders and active controls allows you to have full control over the parameters of the active channel block. active channel display active encoders...

  • Page 12: Channel Lock

    fine active encoder motorised active pot active button There are three active controls. The left most control is an encoder whose sensitivity is set to be the finest possible control of the selected parameter. Pressing it down causes it to toggle between two levels of fineness.

  • Page 13: Inserts, Eq And Dynamics

    3. INSERTS, EQ AND DYNAMICS 3.1 Inserts Graying Due to the limitations of HUI protocol you can only control one insert, EQ or a compressor plug-in at any one time. 3.1.1 Inserts Block The insert block consists of 8 slots. The first 7 names displayed on the block are the names of the first 7 effects inserted on the channel in Logic pro.

  • Page 14: Inserts Active Controls

    NOTE: Note that for certain third party plug-ins parameter values may come up as decimals between 0.0 and 1.0. This is due to the way the plug-in is implemented and the users should contact the plug-in manufacturer regarding this. active encoder parameter display name...

  • Page 15: Eq Blocks

    3.2 EQ 3.2.1 EQ Blocks If on Logic's channel strip Channel EQ or Linear Phase EQ is inserted then EQ block will light up on the corresponding channel on Tango, otherwise it will stay dimmed. EQ on/off band curve overall curve band number 3.2.2 Instantiating It is possible to instantiate Channel EQ or Linear Phase EQ from Tango.

  • Page 16: Active Controls

    3.2.5 Active Controls While you are controlling the EQ using the active encoders the active controls follow you around. The fine active control allows more precise control over the parameters while the active pot helps you with quick adjustments. The active button turns the band on or off. 3.2.6 Channel Encoder Touching an active encoder or an active encoder display not only maps the parameter to active controls but also maps the same EQ parameter from each work channel to it's corresponding channel encoder.

  • Page 17: Zoomed Eq Window

    3.2.7 Zoomed EQ Window The zoomed EQ window is displayed by selecting the zoom icon at the top right of the panner active block. You can touch and drag any EQ band on this window. This allows you to adjust frequency and gain values of the band.

  • Page 18: Instantiating

    dynamics on/off AHR graph compression graph additional parameters 3.3.2 Instantiating Just like Logic EQs, it is possible to instantiate Logic's Compressor plug-in from Tango. In order to do that touch a dimmed dynamics block on a desired channel and then tap once on the dynamics active block.

  • Page 19: Active Controls

    dynamics dypass parameter name parameter value parameter value var 3.3.5 Active Controls While you are controlling the Dynamics using the active encoders the active controls follow you around. The fine active control allows more precise control over the parameters while the active pot helps you with quick adjustments.

  • Page 20: Panning, Sends And Routing

    4. PANNING, SENDS AND ROUTING Input 4.1.1 Input Monitoring The input signal can be monitored by holding down the “Custom” monarc modifier button on the monarc. 4.2 Sends 4.2.1 Sends Block This block shows 8 auxiliary send slots. Each slot indicates send on/off, name, level and pre/post status. The title indicator will turn white if any one of the sends are turned on.

  • Page 21: Sends Active Controls

    aux send name send on/off send level value send level send pre/post bar graph 4.2.4 Sends Active Controls Selecting a send will automatically assign the sends parameters to the active controls. The fine active encoder gives fine control while the active pot provides a traditional aux send with end stops and the active button controls the send pre/post value.

  • Page 22: Panner Active Block

    4.3.2 Panner Active Block This block mirrors the panner block described above, with the exception that the output destination is not displayed here. Also, the panner active block is touch sensitive so you can pan L/R and F/R directly with your finger on the touch screen. zoom Operation Manual –...

  • Page 23: Panner Active Encoders

    4.3.3 Panner Active Encoders The panner active encoders allow control of the panner parameters on the currently selected channel. The encoders control the L/R pan, F/R pan, divergence and sub level (the latter three parameters will only work if the channel destination is of a surround format). Divergence controls the centre level in Logic Pro's surround panner destination on/off parameter...

  • Page 24: Zoomed Panner Window

    4.3.6 Zoomed Panner Window The zoomed panner window is displayed by selecting the zoom icon at the top right of the panner active block. The window displays 8 numbered rectangles, these represent panner positions of the work channels. To select a panner either touch one of the rectangles or touch a corresponding fader. Once selected you can drag it to a new position.

  • Page 25: Mixes

    4.4.2 Mixes By Logic's surround output is mapped to the first mixes button. The rest of the five mixes buttons are mapped to Logic's 5 stereo outputs (if your audio interface supports that many outputs). 4.4.3 Groups There are 24 group buttons on Tango. By Logic's busses 1 to 21 are mapped to Tango's group buttons 1 to 21.

  • Page 26: Transport

    5. TRANSPORT 5.1 Transport 5.1.1 Overview transport buttons cursor keys search key smart locators touch screen jog wheel shift key wheel modifiers 5.1.2 Jog Wheel Use Tango’s jog wheel to navigate backwards and forwards through your project. 5.1.3 Wheel Modifiers and Search Key These keys are user programmed via edit panel, see Edit Panel chapter for more information.

  • Page 27: Smart Locators

    The transport buttons can be programmed by the user. The transport buttons can also have a secondary function if the shift () key to the left of the transport keys is held when the button is pressed. 5.1.7 Smart Locators The transport section features five smart locators buttons.

  • Page 28: Solo Modes

    output routing. To store channel parameters simply press and hold the desired memory modifier (mem 1 or mem 2) then touch the desired channel parameter or channel block on the Tango screen. The modifier button will light up when you have something stored in it. To paste the stored parameters simply touch an inject point or a MonARC channel and the parameters will be copied to the new channel.

  • Page 29: Monitoring

    6. MONITORING 6.1 Overview Tango has a monitor panel section on it's control surface as well as a software representation of the monitor section on it's screen. Touch the small monitor section on the main Tango screen to open up a large touch sensitive panel for more extensive monitor panel functionality.

  • Page 30: Monitoring Buttons

    example, if an output channel name contains the following code [M34], Tango will map the output metering to 3 and 4 speakers of the med speaker set. In the code [M34] the letter “M” stands for med speaker set, and can be replaced with “B” and “S” for big and small speaker sets correspondingly.

  • Page 31: Edit Panel

    7. EDIT PANEL 7.1 Virtual Keyboard 7.1.1 Overview pc keyboard keyboard panel button layout Tango features an on screen keyboard utilising its touch screen technology. To access the keyboard, press the Keyboard button on the panel selector (left hand side of the touch screen). It functions just like a regular keyboard, but only one key can be pressed at any one time.

  • Page 32: Edit Panel, Edit Keys And Active Edit Panel

    7.2 Edit Panel, Edit Keys and Active Edit Panel 7.2.1 Overview edit panel 10 edit panel 100 edit panel button tabs buttons Tango features an on screen edit panel utilising its touch screen technology. This panel allows customised access to all remotely controllable edit features within your DAW via either the dedicated remote control interface for each engine, or via the virtual keyboard interface.

  • Page 33: Configuring Edit Panel

    7.2.2 Configuring Edit Panel To configure the edit panel, select Configure > Edit Panel from the panel selector. This is used to configure the 100 buttons on each of the 10 edit panel tabs. The edit panel will appear in the top half of the Tango screen and when you press either a tab button or an edit panel button, the editor will appear underneath it.

  • Page 34: Macro Trigger Selector

    7.2.6 Macro Trigger Selector You can have macros triggered four different ways: on button press, on button release, jogging the wheel left while holding down a button or jogging wheel right while holding down a button. Be set using macro trigger selector. Note that the wheel functions will colour the main bar red to draw your attention to the fact that you are editing the wheel trigger functions, rather than the press or release button function.

  • Page 35: Swapping Buttons

    button type override built-in function on/off When a Go to Tab property is enabled the edit panel button will change the active edit panel tab on the release of the button. This functionality, currently, is not available for Edit Keys. Jogwheel Exclusion is used to prevent execution of the button release function if the jogger wheel has been turned while the button was held.
  • Page 36 SMART TIP: While in Copy mode, you can select a destination and press Erase All and select the first black colour tile to clear the button assignment. And then continue with your copy operation! Pressing the copy button again will take you out of copy mode. Operation Manual –...

  • Page 37: Configuring Edit Keys

    7.2.12 Configuring Edit Keys shift + top top row transport keys transport keys automation & cursor & wheel extension bay custom keys modifier keys keys The edit keys configuration panel is identical to the edit panel configuration page with the exception of the number of keys, and the physical key icons on each button.

  • Page 38: Configuring Active Edit Panel

    7.2.13 Configuring Active Edit Panel dynamics set EQ set sends set input & inserts panner set The active edit panel configuration is identical to the other two edit panel configurations with the exception that the page is divided into 5 sets of two columns. Once again, these buttons can be labeled and each set can be selected to appear in the active display area using the Active Display button on the left hand side of the touch screen to toggle the display through the possible settings.

  • Page 39: Selecting Active Tabs

    At any time to return to a previously created tab, simply use the Previous Tab and Next Tab buttons in the tab naming mode. tab colour new tab next tab selector previous tab delete tab naming tab 7.2.16 Selecting Active Tabs Previous Tab and Next Tab buttons will cycle through the available tabs you have created or imported.

  • Page 40: Recovering Deleted Tabs

    name is formatted as follows consolepanel <date> <time> <eng> .zip, where <eng> is the DAW name. The file contains an archive of the edit panel folders. It is copied to the Tango's Archive folder and will also copy the file to the root directory of any connected USB media. 7.2.20 Recovering Deleted Tabs All is not lost if you accidentally delete any of your tabs.

  • Page 41: Extension Bay

    8. EXTENSION BAY 8.1 Overview A 12 fader extension bay is available to extend the number of faders and channel displays on your Tango. For setup and installation, refer to the Tango Extension Bay Install Guide. The image below shows the Tango console with an extension bay fitted to the left hand side. The extension bay can be fitted to either side of the Tango and has the same channel controls as the main Tango unit as well as 16 user programmable macro keys.

  • Page 42: System Menu

    9. SYSTEM MENU 9.1 Top Menu To access the system menu press the System button on the panel selector on the left of the touch screen. The following section will describe functionality of each of the menu items. system menu user files menu active...

  • Page 43: Versions

    9.1.4 Versions This menu item allows you to update Tango software. You can also roll back to previous versions. 9.1.5 Firmware This menu item allows you to update Tango firmware. 9.1.6 Edit Panel This menu item allows you to import, install and export edit panel layouts. 9.1.7 Resync Engine Pressing Resync Engine forces Tango to resync with the workstation.

  • Page 44: Copying User Files

    9.3.3 Copying User Files To copy the current user file, use the Copy button, then select the destination file you wish to replace and press Confirm button. 9.3.4 Deleting User Files To clear the current user file, press the Clear button and confirm. This will erase all user data and is not undoable.

  • Page 45: Engine

    Active extension bay IP address, as name indicates, is used to set the active extension bay IP address. This needs to be set, otherwise the active extension bay will not work. Autosave time (minutes, if non-zero) indicates how often the active user file is automatically saved. If it's set to 0 then the user file is only saved when another user file is loaded or Tango is switched off.

  • Page 46: Metering

    will insert the fader's channel into the inject point's position. Single-shot group recall – If set to true once you recall a group Tango will go out of group recall mode, and if it's set to false Tango will stay in group recall mode until the user manual exits the mode. Chair to right of finger –...
  • Page 47 10. TROUBLESHOOTING 10.1 Touch Screen Cleaning Your Tango Smart Console utilises an Acoustic Wave Touch Screen. These units provide a sharp image and the glass surface has a high level of durability, and proven reliability in a professional environment. The touch screen is a sensitive part of the system which needs to be treated carefully and kept clean. If the screen is allowed to get dirty it could result in false touch readings.

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