Dan Dugan Sound Design E-1 - Manual (Page 36)

Dugan Models E-1 and E-1A User Guide
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Meters
The meters have three display modes.
Table 4-1 Meter modes
The default meter display is auto mix gain . This is the most useful choice during normal
operation; the input and output meters are only used when setting or checking levels.
Click on the Master meters button to toggle through the three meter display modes.
Weight Controls
The weight controls set the side-chain levels for each channel into the control system.
This establishes the relative sensitivity of the automatic mix for the channels in use.
They do not change the mix levels. When the
weight controls are balanced, each mic has
an equal opportunity to take over the system: when one person talks into one mic,
he/she gets all the
auto mix gain and the others get turned down.
Figure 4-8 Weight controls
The weight controls should be used to balance the channel auto mix gain indicators
when no one is talking. If a board preamp trimmer is turned down, that channel’s
weight control can be turned up to re-balance the automixing, and vice-versa.
Weights can be changed by dragging the sliders or by entering dB values in the win-
dows below the sliders. Ctrl-click the
weight slider to reset its value to 0.
Touch and hold the
weight slider to reset its value to 0.
Meter Displays Meter Color
auto mix gain action of the Dugan Speech System green
input input level yellow
output output level blue
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