Euphonix System 5 InDepth - Manual (Page 9)

9 System 5 Digital Audio Mixing System - InDepth
Strips
System 5 is built up of modules of 8 strips. Controls closely
resemble those of a traditional analog surface. In its simplest
form a single strip controls a single source so a 48 strip surface
could control 48 channels.
TFT Graphic Display:
meters, designation, pan, EQ,
dyn graphs, routing indication
Knobset:
8 knobs with 4 character
displays
Knobset Function Select:
selects the 8 knobs to control
Input, Dyn, EQ, Filters, Aux, Pan
or Routing
Fader:
twin 4-character designations
(that may be linked to the facil-
ity router), solo, channel on,
channel select key for bringing
up the source in the center of
the console, 100mm long-throw
touch-sensitive motorized fader,
twin hi-res LED meters
Swap Button
Designations:
Swap Source
Main Source
ON & Fader
Select/Punch
Wave Button
(brings source
to center)
Touch
Sensitive
Moving Fader
Dual Hi-Res
LED Meters
Swap (Replace)
However there is a very useful function
called “Swap” which allows single strips,
or every strip, to switch between two chan-
nels. So 96 channels (sources) could easily
be controlled from 48 strips by Swapping
between the two layers at the push of a
button (1-48 and 49-96).
System 5 adds further flexibility by allow-
ing any source to be controlled from any
strip, it is even possible to have two strips
controlling a single source. This is where
Layouts come into play.
Layouts & Control Groups
The position of sources on the surface can
be saved and recalled as Layouts. For ex-
ample one Layout could be sources 1-48
and another sources 49-96 for a console
with 96 channels and 48 strips. More im-
portantly the most critical sources can be
placed next to the operator. For example,
dialog to the left and music sources to the
right of the center. Different Layouts can be saved so that the
engineer always has the most important sources within easy
reach. Layouts do not save and recall knob and fader settings,
they simply recall the layout of sources on the control surface.
SnapShots are used to save parameter settings. Control Groups
allow a number of faders to be controlled from a single strip.
Layouts can store/recall the entire desk or only certain strips
defined by the operator.
Central Control of Strips
The Master Control Module includes a complete strip for cen-
tral control of any source. The optional CM402-T module also
includes additional knobsets that are available for control of EQ,
dynamics, aux sends, filters, input and routing at the same time.
Pressing the Wave key next to a source fader brings that source
to the center.
Swaps the Strip between the
Main and Swap Source
STRIPS