Control Surface; Rear Panel - Midas M32 Quick Start Manual

10 M32 DIGITAL CONSOLE

1. Control Surface

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(1) CONFIG/PREAMP - Adjust the preamp gain
available. Boost or cut the selected frequency
for the selected channel with the GAIN with the GAIN rotary control. Select the
rotary control. Press the 48 V button to apply specifi c frequency to be adjusted with the
phantom power for use with condenser FREQUENCY rotary control and adjust the
microphones and press the Ø button to bandwidth of the selected frequency with the
reverse the channel's phase. The LED meter WIDTH rotary control. Press the VIEW button
displays the selected channel's level. Press the to access more detailed parameters on the
LOW CUT button and select the desired Main Display.
high-pass frequency to remove unwanted
(4) BUS SENDS - Quickly adjust the bus sends by
lows. Press the VIEW button to access more
selecting one of the four banks, followed by
detailed parameters on the Main Display.
one of the four rotary controls. Press the VIEW
(2) GATE/DYNAMICS - Press the GATE button button to access more detailed parameters on
to engage the noise gate and adjust the the Main Display.
threshold accordingly. Press the COMP button
(5) RECORDER - Connect an external memory
to engage the compressor and adjust the
stick to install fi rmware updates, load and
threshold accordingly. When the signal level
save show data, and to record performances.
in the LCD meter drops below the selected
Press the VIEW button to access more detailed
gate threshold , the noise gate will silence
Recorder parameters on the Main Display.
the channel. When the signal level reaches
the selected dynamics threshold, the peaks (6) MAIN BUS - Press the MONO CENTRE or
will be compressed. Press the VIEW button MAIN STEREO buttons to assign the channel
to access more detailed parameters on the to the main mono or stereo bus. When MAIN
Main Display. STEREO (stereo bus) is selected, the PAN/
BAL adjusts to the left-to-right positioning.
(3) EQUALISER - Press the EQ button to
Adjust the overall send level to the mono
engage this section. Select one of the four
bus with the M/C LEVEL rotary control.
frequency bands with the LOW, LO MID,
Press the VIEW button to access more detailed
HI MID and HIGH buttons. Press the MODE
parameters on the Main Display.
button to cycle through the types of EQ
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(7) MAIN DISPLAY - The majority of the M32's
controls can be edited and monitored via
the Main Display. When the VIEW button is
pressed on any of the control panel functions,
it is here that they can be viewed. The main
display is also used for accessing the 60+
virtual eff ects. See section 3. Main Display.
(8) MONITOR - Adjust the level of the monitor
outputs with the MONITOR LEVEL rotary
control. Adjust the level of the headphones
output with the PHONES LEVEL rotary control.
Press the MONO button to monitor the audio
in mono. Press the DIM button to reduce the
monitor volume. Press the VIEW button to
adjust the amount of attenuation along with all
other monitor-related functions.
(9) TALKBACK - Connect a talkback microphone
via a standard XLR cable via the EXT MIC
socket. Adjust the level of the talkback mic
with the TALK LEVEL rotary control. Select the
destination of the talkback signal with the TALK
A/TALK B buttons. Press the VIEW button to
edit the talkback routing for A and B.
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SCENES - This section is used to save and
recall automation scenes in the console,
allowing diff erent confi gurations to be
recalled at a later time. Please refer to the User
Manual for more details on this topic.
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ASSIGN - Assign the four rotary controls • • AUX IN / USB - the fi fth block of six
to various parameters for instant access to channels & USB Recorder, and eight
commonly-used functions. The LCD displays channel FX returns (1L ...4R)
provide quick reference to the assignments of
• • BUS MAST - this allows you to adjust the
the active layer of custom controls. Assign each
levels of the 16 Mix Bus Masters, which is
of the eight custom ASSIGN buttons (numbered
useful when including Bus Masters into
5-12) to various parameters for instant access
DCA Group assignments, or when mixing
to commonly-used functions. Press one of the
buses to matrices 1-6.
SET buttons to activate one of the three layers of
custom-assignable controls. Please refer to the Press any of the above buttons (located to the
User Manual for more details on this topic. left of the Channel Strip) to switch the input
channel bank to any of the four layers listed
(12) MUTE GROUPS - Press one of the buttons in
above. The button will illuminate to show
the MUTE GROUPS section to activate one of
which layer is active.
the mute groups. For more details, see MUTE
GRP in section 3. Main Display. You will fi nd a SEL (select) button on top
of every channel which is used to direct the
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INPUT CHANNELS - The Input Channels
control focus of the user's interface, including
section of the console off ers 16 separate
all channel-related parameters to that channel.
input channel strips. The strips represent four
There is always exactly one channel selected.
separate layers of input for the console, which
can each be accessed by pressing one of the The LED display shows the current audio signal
following buttons: level through that channel.
• • INPUTS 1-16 - the fi rst and second blocks The SOLO button isolates the audio signal for
eight channels assigned on the ROUTING / monitoring that channel.
HOME page
The LCD Scribble Strip (which can be edited
• • INPUTS 17-32 - the third and fourth via the Main Display) shows the current
blocks of eight channels assigned on the channel assignment.
ROUTING / HOME page

2. Rear Panel

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(1) MONITOR/CONTROL ROOM OUTPUTS - (4) POWER - The IEC mains socket and
connect a pair of studio monitors using ON/OFF switch.
XLR or ¼" cables. Also includes a 12 V / 5 W
(5) USB INTERFACE CARD - Transmit up to
lamp connection.
32 channels of audio to and from a computer
(2) OUTPUTS 1 - 16 - Send analogue audio
via USB 2.0.
to external equipment using XLR cables.
(6) REMOTE CONTROL INPUTS - Connect to a PC
Outputs 15 and 16 by default carry the main
for remote control via Ethernet cable.
stereo bus signals.
(7) MIDI IN/OUT - Send and receive MIDI
(3) INPUTS 1 - 32 - Connect audio sources
commands via 5-pin DIN cables.
(such as microphones or line level sources)
via XLR cables.
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The MUTE button mutes the audio for that
channel.
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GROUP/BUS CHANNELS - This section off ers
eight channel strips, assigned to one of the
following layers:
• • GROUP DCA 1-8 - Eight DCA (Digitally
Controlled Amplifi er) groups
• • BUS 1-8 - Mix Bus masters 1-8
• • BUS 9-16 - Mix Bus Masters 9-16
• • MTX 1-6 / MAIN C - Matrix Outputs 1-6
and the Main Centre (Mono) bus.
The SEL, SOLO & MUTE buttons, the LED
display, and the LCD scribble strip all behave in
the same way as for the INPUT CHANNELS.
(15) MAIN CHANNEL - This controls the Master
Output stereo mix bus.
The SEL, SOLO & MUTE buttons, and the LCD
scribble strip all behave in the same way as for
the INPUT CHANNELS.
The CLR SOLO button removes any solo
functions from any of the other channels.
Please refer to the User Manual for more information
on each of these topics.
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(8) AES/EBU OUT - Send digital audio via 3-pin
AES/EBU XLR cable.
(9) ULTRANET - Connect to a personal
monitoring system, such as the BEHRINGER
P16, via Ethernet cable.
(10) AES50 A/B - Transmit up to 96 channels in
and out via Ethernet cables.
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AUX IN/OUT - Connect to and from external
equipment via ¼" or RCA cables.
Please refer to the User Manual for more information
on each of these topics.