INNOVASON Eclipse Manuel utilisateur
Eclipse
User Guide
Version: V1.0/1
Edition: Apr - 2009
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 3
ABOUT THIS MANUAL 7
How to Use This Manual 7
Conventions 8
CHAPTER 1:OVERVIEW 9
Welcome 9
Control Surface Overview 9
System Overview 14
Signal Flow 17
Channel Types 19
Smart Faders (SFADs) 20
Smart Busses (SBus) 21
Nova Software 22
Digital Patching 23
Internal Effects (FM-8VB Card) 24
Console Reset and Automation 25
The Standard Template 27
CHAPTER 2:INSTALLATION 28
Introduction 28
Before Installing This Device 29
The Standard Eclipse I/O Package 30
Handling and Transportation 35
Dimensions and Weight 36
Ambient Conditions 38
Power 39
System Connections 40
Audio Connections 44
Switching on the Power 47
CHAPTER 3:OPERATING PRINCIPLES 49
Introduction 49
Fader Strips and the Smart Panel 50
Fader Strips 51
Smart Panel “Strips” 54
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The Nova Touch-Screen 56
The Main Mix Display 57
Routing, Sends and the SEL Button 62
Nova Operating Principles 68
CHAPTER 4:GETTING STARTED (THE STANDARD TEMPLATE) 74
Introduction 74
Loading a File 75
Creating a New File (Save As) 77
Interrogating the Fader Strips 78
Interrogating the Smart Panel 79
Signal In to Out 80
Default Patching 81
Default Bus Routing 85
Your First Mix 86
Saving Your Settings 105
CHAPTER 5:CONSOLE OPERATION 106
Introduction 106
Fader Strips and the Smart Panel 107
Input Channels 108
Smart Faders (SFADs) 124
Mix Busses 135
Mix Bus Sends 141
Output Channels 151
Smart Busses (SBus) 160
VCAs 169
Assignable Delays 173
Labels 176
Monitoring 182
Talkback 195
User Defined Panel 197
CHAPTER 6:CONSOLE CONFIGURATION 198
Introduction 198
The Personal Console Builder 199
Digital Patching 211
The Patch Input Display 212
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The Patch Output Display 223
The Patch Direct Display 230
Ethersound (DioCore) Networks 232
The Muxipaire Stagebox 240
Patch Grids: Input and Output Names 242
Default Patch Memories 243
Internal Effects (the FM-8VB Card) 244
Inserts 264
CHAPTER 7:RESET AND AUTOMATION 273
Introduction 273
Files and Pages 274
File Management 276
Page Management 288
Sequence Playout 295
The Play List (Automation) 296
Automation Enable Buttons 311
Processing Libraries 312
CHAPTER 8:UTILITIES & PREFERENCES 315
Introduction 315
FLAT (Parameter Reset) 316
Copy and Paste 317
Over Ram 319
Relax (Automation Isolate) 321
Request Mode 323
Pre/Pan 325
Link Cards 325
Linking 326
Offline Mode 334
Test Signal (Oscillator) 336
Fader Start 338
Mute Midi Message 339
General Preferences 341
Lock (Password Protection) 345
Help (Keyboard Shortcuts) 347
About 348
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Console Shutdown (Quit) 349
CHAPTER 9:OFFLINE CONFIGURATION 350
Introduction 350
Working Offline 351
Saving and Importing to the Console 351
Mouse and Keyboard Operation 352
Building a Configuration 354
Adjusting Mix Parameters 355
CHAPTER 10:USING M.A.R.S COMPUTER AS A BACKUP NOVA
COMPUTER 357
How to proceed 357
CHAPTER 11:INSTALLING A NEW RELEASE OF NOVA 358
Release description 358
Installation procedure 358
CHAPTER 12:ADVANCED CONFIGURATION - COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
THE DESK, THE LOCAL AUDIO RACK AND THE COMPUTER. 361
The System Setup window 361
APPENDICES 363
Appendix A: The Standard Template 363
Appendix B: Plug-in Effects 367
GLOSSARY 373
TECHNICAL DATA 375
Control Surface 375
Audio Rack 376
I/O and FX cards 376
Options 376
About This Manual
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About This Manual
How to Use This Manual
Before we guide you through the operation of the Eclipse, first
a few words about this manual.
Chapter 1 introduces the console. Read this chapter to learn
more about the system’s concepts and capabilities.
Chapter 2 deals with installing and connecting a console
supplied with the standard Eclipse I/O package.
Chapter 3 covers the basic operating principles of the console
surface and Nova management software. Chapter 4 provides a
“Getting Started” guide to loading and working from the
standard template File (Templ1). If you have limited time to
learn the console, then these two chapters are for you!
Chapters 5 to 9 cover each area of operation in greater detail.
Use the Table of Contents at the beginning of the manual or
Index Directory (Page 377) to locate help on a particular topic.
Appendices, Technical data, a Glossary of terms and the Index
Directory are provided at the end of the manual.
You will find additional installation and service information for
the Eclipse in the “Eclipse Technical Manual”.
You can also access more information on the Innovason
website at http://www.innovason.com. Here you may download
any additional documentation on the latest releases for your
product.
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Conventions
Throughout this manual we will be using a number of
conventions:
Action Buttons
To help distinguish explanatory text from the text referring to
items on the console:
Silk screened text on the console’s front panel is referred to in
UPPERCASE and button cap engravings are written in bold –
for example, press the 48V button located on the INPUT control
panel to enable or disable phantom power.
On-screen buttons and descriptive text within the Nova touch-
screen displays are both referred to in bold.
Console keyboard keys are referred to inside [ ] marks - for
example, press the [F11] key to access the PATCH INPUT grid.
Menu paths are referred to as a string of selections – for
example, select “GRID -> Patch Input” from the main menus:
Also look out for the tables shown opposite which summarise
how to select a display or option from a front panel button,
trackball/mouse or keyboard short-cut key.
Screenshots
Please note that most of the Nova screenshots used in this
manual have been taken offline. As a result, meters may be
shown at full scale rather than at normal operating levels:
Patch IN
(UTILITIES)
“GRID -> Patch
Input”
[F11]
Chapter 1: Overview
Welcome
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Welcome
Eclipse is a powerful live mixing and recording console with the
flexibility to adapt to Front of House (FOH), Monitors or OB van
applications.
Control Surface Overview
Fader Strips
The lower half of the Eclipse control surface features 48 Fader
strips each with its own VU meter, rotary control (gain, trim, pan
or user), Label, ID, MUTE, CUE and fader select (SEL) button.
Faders are touch-sensitive and motorised. Each is clearly
labeled with a 4-character user name and colour coded ID. The
IDs enable you to glance across the console and easily
distinguish Inputs (blue) from Auxes (green), VCAs (yellow),
Masters (red), Matrix outputs (violet), etc.
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Smart Panel “Strips”
Above Fader strips 14 to 20 you will find the SMART PANEL.
This provides 48 additional control strips available in 4 layers:
A, B, C and D.
Each Smart Panel strip features the same functionality as a
Fader strip, except level and cue are adjusted by a rotary
control, and there is no Gain/Trim/Pan control.
As for the Fader strips, the colour coded IDs allow you to
glance at the Smart Panel to see whether its controllers are
assigned to Auxes, Matrix outputs, additional Inputs, etc.
Selected Channel Control
To the left of the SMART PANEL are the INPUT, DELAY,
DYNAMIC, PARAM EQ and PAN sections. Together these form
a “channel strip” for the selected Fader or Smart Panel strip:
Once a SEL button is active (flashing), these panels offer direct
control of all settings – gain, insert switching, low cut filter,
delay, dynamics, equalisation and panning. The controls work
in conjunction with the Main Mix display which provides
graphical feedback on the selected channel:
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