Main Display (Summary) - Midas M32 User Manual

Main Display (Summary)

1. Display Screen
2. Main / Solo Meters
3. Screen Selection Buttons
DISPLAY SCREEN
The controls in this section are used in conjunction with the colour screen in order to navigate and control the graphical
elements it contains.
By including dedicated rotary controls that correspond to the adjacent controls on the screen, as well as including cursor
buttons, the user can quickly navigate and control all of the colour screen's elements.
The colour screen contains various displays that give visual feedback for the operation of the console, and also allow the
user to make various adjustments not provided for by the dedicated hardware controls.
MAIN/SOLO METERS
This triple 24-segment meter displays the audio signal level output from the main bus, as well as the main centre or solo
bus of the console.
SCREEN SELECTION BUTTONS
These eight illuminated buttons allow the user to immediately navigate to any of the eight master screens that address
different sections of the console. The sections that can be navigated are:
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4. Rotary Controls
5. Up / Down / Left / Right Navigation Controls
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HOME
The HOME screen contains an overview of the selected input or output channel, and offers various adjustments not
available through the dedicated top-panel controls.
The HOME screen contains the following separate tabs:
home: General signal path for the selected input or output channel.
config: Allows selection of the signal source/destination for the channel, configuration of insert point, and
other settings.
gate: Controls and displays the channel gate effect beyond those offered by the dedicated top-panel controls.
dyn: Dynamics - controls and displays the channel dynamics effect (compressor) beyond those offered by the
dedicated top-panel controls.
eq: Controls and displays the channel EQ effect beyond those offered by the dedicated top-panel controls.
sends: Controls and displays for channel sends, such as sends metering and send muting.
main: Controls and displays for the selected channel's output.
METERS
The METERS screen displays different groups of level meters for various signal paths, and is useful for quickly ascer-
taining if any channels need level adjustment. Since there are no parameters to adjust for the metering displays, none
of the metering screens contain any 'bottom of the screen' controls that would normally be adjusted by the six rotary
controls.
The METERS screen contains the following separate screen tabs, each containing level meters for the relevant
signal paths: channel, mix bus, aux/fx, in/out and rta.
ROUTING
The ROUTING screen is where all signal patching is done, allowing the user to route internal signal paths to and from
the physical input/output connectors located on the console's rear panel.
The ROUTING screen contains the following separate tabs:
home: Allows patching of physical inputs to the 32 input channels and aux inputs of the console.
out 1-16: Allows patching of internal signal paths to the console's 16 rear panel XLR outputs.
aux out: Allows patching of internal signal paths to the console's six rear panel ¼" / RCA auxiliary outputs.
p16 out: Allows patching of internal signal paths to the 16 outputs of the console's 16-channel P16 Ultranet
output.
card out: Allows patching of internal signal paths to the 32 outputs of the expansion card.
aes50-a: Allows patching of internal signal paths to the 48 outputs of the rear panel AES50-A output.
aes50-b: Allows patching of internal signal paths to the 48 outputs of the rear panel AES50-B output.
xlr out: Allows the user to configure the XLR outs on the rear of the console in blocks of four, from either local
inputs, the AES streams, or expansion card.
SETUP
The SETUP screen offers controls for global, high-level functions of the console, such as display adjustments, sample
rates & synchronisation, user settings, and network configuration.
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