Direct Input Master Controls - Midas SIENA Operator's Manual

Master Section: Master Section:
master meters
left right
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send to feed signals to an external reverberation unit. Connecting the reverb return to the direct input allows you to
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add reverb back to each of your artist's monitor sends, without needing to use an additional pair of input channels
solo meters
for this purpose.
left right
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The direct input is a stereo line level feed available on the rear panel of the master section. It features its own input
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level control, solo and mute facilities as follows:
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Direct Input Level
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level provides continuous adjustment of
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input level from off (-inf) to +20dB. Use
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direct input level for the stereo direct input.
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MUTE
50 5k
frequency
SOLO
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0
direct to
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masters
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generator
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talk mic
Direct to Masters Level
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control sets the level of the direct input
NEUTRIK
applied to the stereo master bus when
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talk gain
the
auto
mute
talk talk
depressed. Level may be adjusted from
on ext
masters
input off (-inf) to +6dB.
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Note: the
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located above the mix bus output master
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faders adjust the amount of direct input
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signal added to the each of the 16 mix
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busses. For more details on these
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controls, please refer to Page 16.
input / output
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masters
monitor
add clear phones
Tone Generator (Oscillator)
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SOLO SOLO
input output
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PFL PFL MUTE
The Siena provides an internal tone generator which may be routed to any of the console's 16 mix bus and stereo
local
auto mute
master outputs.
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When enabled, the output of the tone generator is added to the talk bus where it may be combined with the
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console's talk mic and external talk inputs. The combined signals are then routed to any of the bus masters using
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the 'talk to mix' and 'talk to masters' switches located in the Talkback section.
SOLO SOLO MUTE
stereo
masters
Note: to route only the tone generator to a mix bus output or stereo master, without talkback, make sure that both
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the talk on
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Generator On
generator.
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The direct input
This level
Direct to Masters switch
direct 1 to direct 16 controls
and talk ext switches are disabled.
Enables the tone
Stereo Master & Monitoring Controls Stereo Master & Monitoring Controls

Direct Input Master Controls

In addition to the console's input channels, Siena features a
single stereo direct input (line level) which may be added to
any of the 16 mix bus outputs or stereo master.
A common application is to use the direct input as a stereo
effects return. For example, you may be using an auxiliary
1 50 500
direct input
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MUTE
50
frequency
SOLO
20
0
direct to
0
masters
generator
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is
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direct input direct input
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MUTE
50 5k
frequency
SOLO
20 0
direct to direct to
0
masters
10
generator
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Mute The MUTE switch mutes the direct
input cutting off all feeds except to the
PFL bus. The mute status is indicated by
the corresponding mute LED.
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Solo The SOLO switch routes the direct
input signal onto the mono PFL and
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stereo AFL busses. The solo status is
indicated by the solo LED.
Direct to Masters When depressed,
this switch routes the stereo direct input
to the master stereo bus, via the Direct
to Masters level control.
Frequency The output frequency of the
generator is continuously variable from
50Hz to 5kHz allowing the user to test,
for example, three or four bands of a
crossover system.
Generator Level The level of the
generator output is
variable from off (-inf) to +10dB.
continuously