Grass Valley Maestro Master Control v.2.4.0 - Manual (Page 74)

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3rd Step: Audio Sets
The Audio Output table is used to divide the audio channels into the audio
groups. Up to eight channels of audio per source are supported with AES
(discrete) audio. If the Grass Valley Sonata AES-to-MADI converter or the
Grass Valley Apex audio router is used with Maestro, up to 16 channels of
AES audio per source are supported. With an embedded audio infrastruc-
ture, 16 channels of audio per source are supported in Maestro without any
additional hardware.
Channel
Assign a channel for each output. The numbers refer to the 16 audio chan-
nels that are handled by the Maestro Processor.
Group Name
Create a name for the first audio group, for example, “Stereo.”
These names are the source for several headings that are used elsewhere in
the system:
• Column headings in the right-hand portion of the Audio Input Table
(
Figure 31 ).
• Group selection “cluster” names on the audio control panel.
• Group names at the top of the audio meter bars.
Note These names are likely to be truncated when they appear on the tables and
displays due to space limitations. For example, “Stereo” may be shortened to
“Ster.” The actual number of characters shown will depend on the number of
groups and channels that are being displayed on the audio panel. For this
reason, it’s a good practice to keep these names as short as practical.
Group Type
The Group type choices are:
• Mono (fully supported in v1.3 or later)
• Stereo (fully supported in v1.3 or later)
• Dolby 5.1 (fully supported in v1.5 or later)
• Dolby 7.1 (not supported)
• Dolby E pass-through (partially supported in v1.3 or later)
These selections are the source of column headings in the right-hand
portion of the Audio Input Table (
Figure 31 ).
Supported types are described below.
Mono
A mono audio group will reserve two channels in the table, as every audio
channel in the Maestro processor is really a pair of channels for I/O pur-