SmartAV Elite Series Instructions de fonctionnement

Tutorial Manual

For Elite Series Smart

Consoles

Document number 02-07

Date 30-April-2007

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INTRODUCTION

This is the manual for people who don’t like manuals. Its aim is to get

you mixing as quickly as possible, as well as introduce you to the primary

concepts that the Smart Console uses in its operation.

For more detail on the operation of your Smart Console, please refer to

the User Reference Manual available from your Smart Console dealer.

This manual is written for Smart Console software version 1.5.3. Although most of

what is outlined here will be relevant to other versions of the software, please check

with your dealer to determine if there is a more recent version available.

Please note also, that this manual is designed to familiarise you with your Console and

does not cover the different implementations that certain controls may have in

differing audio engines. For details of the way that your engine works with the Smart

Console, please refer to the Application Notes pertaining to your engine, also

available from your dealer.

No part of this documentation may reproduced in any form whatsoever or be stored in any data retrieval system without prior written permission of the

This documentation is supplied on an as-is basis. Information contained within this documentation is subject to change at any time without notice and must

not be relied upon.

Smart AV Pty Ltd makes no warranties express or implied regarding this software, its quality, performance, merchantability or fitness for a particular

purpose. The software is supplied “as is” you, the purchaser, are assuming the entire risk of the results of using this Smart AV Pty Ltd software.

In no circumstances will Smart AV Pty Ltd, its owners, directors, officers, employees or agents be liable to you for any consequential, incidental or indirect

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hardware and or software or for any defect in the hardware software or documentation.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................3

TABLE OF CONTENTS......................................................................................................4

CONSOLE PANELS, SECTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY....................................................6

THE BASICS.......................................................................................................................7

How to turn your console on........................................................................................7

How to turn your console off .......................................................................................7

How to load your project ..............................................................................................7

IMPORTANT INDICATORS ON THE FADER PANELS......................................................8

IMPORTANT INDICATORS ON THE ARC.........................................................................9

SELECTING CHANNELS...................................................................................................9

SELECTING CHANNELS.................................................................................................10

Chair Mode...................................................................................................................10

Wipe Mode....................................................................................................................10

Inject..............................................................................................................................10

Hold...............................................................................................................................11

Undo/Redo....................................................................................................................11

How to Store an Ergonomic Spread..........................................................................11

How to store an Ergonomic Spread into a Hotkey ..................................................12

How to Recall an Ergonomic Spread from a Hotkey...............................................12

How to store an Ergonomic Spread into an ARC Segment....................................12

How to recall an Ergonomic Spread from an ARC Segment..................................12

GAME BUTTONS.............................................................................................................12

How to select a Group Bus Master............................................................................12

How to select an Aux Bus Master..............................................................................12

How to select a Mix Bus Master.................................................................................12

EQ SECTION....................................................................................................................13

AUX SECTION..................................................................................................................14

How to select an Aux ..................................................................................................14

How to turn the selected Aux on/off..........................................................................14

How to change the send level of the selected Aux .................................................14

How to set the Pre-Post status of the selected Aux................................................14

PAN ..................................................................................................................................15

UPPER AND LOWER ACTIVE PANELS..........................................................................16

How to Pan using the Joystick ..................................................................................16

How to assign a channel to mix stems or deselect from mix busses...................16

How to assign a signal to Group Busses .................................................................17

How to invert the phase of a channel........................................................................17

THE ACTIVE SCREEN.....................................................................................................17

DYNAMICS.......................................................................................................................17

How to insert the compressor into a channel..........................................................17

How to insert the Expander into a channel..............................................................17

ARC MODIFIERS .............................................................................................................18

How to mute any channel on the ARC......................................................................18

How to solo any channel on the ARC .......................................................................18

How to set the Fader of any channel on the ARC to unity gain.............................18

How to arm a track for record....................................................................................18

ARC MODIFIER MEMORY BUTTONS.............................................................................19

How to copy parameters from one channel to another..........................................19

SOLO................................................................................................................................20

How to solo a channel not currently physically present in a slot .........................20

How to quickly solo one channel at a time using the ARC ....................................20

TRANSPORT CONTROLS...............................................................................................21

THE MAIN TRANSPORT CONTROLS........................................................................21

How to manually enter a number into the Timecode Display ................................21

How to reset the display to 00.00.00.00 ....................................................................21

How to reset the display to Active Mode at any time..............................................22

How to capture a Timecode location while the display is in active mode............22

How to store a Timecode location.............................................................................22

How to locate to the currently displayed Timecode location.................................22

How to locate to a stored Timecode location...........................................................22

How to initiate ‘Cycle’ mode on your engine ...........................................................22

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SMART LOCATOR CONTROLS .................................................................................23

How to store a Timecode location into a Smart Locate memory button..............23

How to locate to a Timecode location stored in a Smart Locate Button..............23

MONITORING...................................................................................................................24

How to turn the volume of the monitors up or down..............................................24

How to select an Internal Mix Bus to the monitors and Master Meters ................24

How to select an External Tape Machine to the monitors and Master Meters.....24

How to mute any Speaker Output..............................................................................24

How to Dim the speakers............................................................................................25

How to set the Dim level.............................................................................................25

How to select a different speaker set........................................................................25

How to fold-down the current Monitor set to mono ................................................25

How to switch the monitors to a predetermined reference level...........................25

How to set the reference level for your monitors....................................................25

CHROME MODIFIER........................................................................................................26

How to Solo channels using the Chrome Modifier..................................................26

How to mute channels using the Chrome Modifier.................................................26

GROUPING ......................................................................................................................27

How to find out what channels are grouped............................................................27

How to make a new group..........................................................................................27

How to update the relationship between fader levels of group members............27

How to add/remove members from a group.............................................................27

How to escape Group mode discarding any changes you have made since

entering Group mode..................................................................................................28

How to make a mute group ........................................................................................28

SETS (Console Setups)....................................................................................................29

How to change to a different SET..............................................................................29

How to copy a SET from one location to another....................................................29

How to initialise a SET................................................................................................29

USING THE SCANNER....................................................................................................30

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CONSOLE PANELS, SECTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY

Smart Consoles functions are described in relation to physical ‘Panels’ or ‘Sections’.

For the purpose of all Smart Console documentation we use the following terms:

Channel – A mixer channel on the audio engine represented by the controls on the

Smart Console. This can also refer to bus masters such as Mix or Aux Bus Masters.

Slot or Physical Channel Slot –The physical channel controls present in your Smart

Console. You will either have 4, 8,16 or 24 of these, depending on the model and

configuration of your console. A Slot can have any channel selected to it.

Segment or ARC Segment – The section of the ARC that refers to, and allows

selection of, a single channel.

ARC Selector Strip – The touch sensitive clear plastic rod running the length of the

ARC allowing Channel selection etc…

Chrome Modifier – The capacitive touch sensitive steel wire running along the very

bottom edge of the ARC that modifies what the ARC Selector Strip does when

touched.

Ergonomic Spread – The collection of channels/paths currently present on the

console. An Ergonomic Spread can be stored, recalled, modified etc…

UPO Indicator, or UPO Light – Stands for User Programmable Over-view

indicator. Every Arc Segment has a UPO Indicator, which is used, depending on the

context, to tell you information about the channels on the ARC. (In grouping it is

used to show you which channels are members of a group, when recalling Ergonomic

Spreads it tells you which ARC Segments have a Spread stored in them etc…)

Touch Screen Button – refers to an area of the touch screen that must be touched to

perform a function, not a hardware button.

THE ARC

MONITOR PANEL

EXPERT PANEL

UPPER ACTIVE PANEL

LOWER ACTIVE PANEL

ACTIVE SCREEN

HOLD BUTTONS

ON BUTTON

FADER DISPLAYS

ARC SCRIBBLE STRIP

ARC MODIFIERS

G.A.M.E BUTTONS

LOOK BUTTON

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THE BASICS

How to turn your console on

Assuming the console (and the Controller PC) has been correctly installed and is

plugged into mains power – simply pressing the silver ‘on’ button on the right hand

side of the ARC will power on the console.

How to turn your console off

Press the ‘SYSTEM’ Button on the Upper Active Panel, then touch the

‘SHUTDOWN’ Active Screen button then confirm by touching the ‘CONFIRM’

Active Screen button.

How to load your project

For DAW based consoles, once your console is booted, you should be able to load a

project on your DAW and start mixing using the console.

Note it is important that the console is fully powered up before you load your DAW

project.

Please refer to the application notes specific to your engine for guidelines as to how to

best set up your project/live engine for control by the Smart Console.

If you have a console SET saved that corresponds to this project/mix, recall that SET

(see the description of SETS on page 29).

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IMPORTANT INDICATORS ON THE FADER PANELS

HOLD BUTTON

Press this button to lock this channel

in its slot.

It will now stay in place regardless of

Ergonomic Spread recall, undo

functions, etc…

FADER

SOLO TOUCH POINT AND

INDICATOR

Touch this to solo a channel. The

indicator will light to indicate the channel

is in solo.

MUTE BUTTON

NULLING INDICATORS

INJECT TOUCH POINT

Touch this point and then, whilst

holding it, any ARC Segment to

‘inject’ a channel into this slot. AUTOMATION STATE

INDICATORS

CHANNEL NUMBER

CHANNEL METER

CHANNEL TYPE INDICATORS

G is lit when channel is a Group Bus Master.

A is lit when channel is an Aux Bus Master.

M is lit when channel is a Mix Bus Master.

When none is lit – channel is normal audio

channel.

FADER DISPLAY

This usually shows you the channel

number or name and can display other

information, such as fader level in dB,

depending on the console mode.

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IMPORTANT INDICATORS ON THE ARC

UPWARDS FADER

MOTION INDICATOR

This indicator is lit whenever the

fader is moving up – either being

moved manually or under

automation.

DOWNWARDS FADER

MOTION INDICATOR

This indicator is lit whenever the

fader is moving down – either

being moved manually or under

automation.

FADER TOUCH INDICATOR

This indicator is lit whenever the fader is

bein

touched.

CHANNEL SOLO INDICATOR

CHANNEL MUTE INDICATOR

UPO INDICATOR

The User Programmable Overview Indicator

changes it’s function according to the mode

you are in. Eg: when in Grouping mode – it is

lit to display group members, when storing

Ergonomic Spreads it is lit to indicate which

segments have data stored in them etc…

CHANNEL NUMBER

This number is brightly illuminated when

it’s channel is currently selected to a slot

on the surface, dimly lit when available

for selection, and off when not available

for selection.

CHANNEL METER

SCRIBBLE STRIP

This white strip is where you write your own

channel descriptions to be scanned and

displayed on the Scribble Displays above the

faders.

See the section ‘Using the Scanner’ (page

29) for more details.

SELECTOR STRIP

Touch this plastic rod to select

channels or apply functions to

channels.

CHROME MODIFIER

The silver wire that runs on the very underside of the ARC acts

like a shift key. Touching the ARC Selector Strip while touching

the Chrome Modifier (with your thumb for example) will change

the function of the Selector Strip. See the Chrome Modifier

section on page 24 for more details.

AN ARC SEGMENT

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Press the Chair button - When it’s lit, you are in Chair

mode, when it’s not lit

–

ou are in Wi

e mode. Eas

Place and hold your finger on an Inject

Touch Point and then touch any ARC

Segment to select a channel into that

Slot.

SELECTING CHANNELS

At any time, the selection of channels called to console channel ‘slots’ is referred to as

an ‘Ergonomic Spread’.

There are several ways of getting the channels you need to in front of you. The main

two modes of channel selection are Chair mode and Wipe mode. You can toggle

between these two modes simply by pressing the ‘Chair’ Button on the Expert Panel.

Chair Mode

When the console is in Chair mode, touching the Selector Strip on the ARC is

equivalent to moving your chair to in front of that particular channel on a long

console. Try it! Touch Channel 16 and channel 16 will appear near the centre of your

available faders with the surrounding channels also being selected. Wiping your

finger up and down the ARC Selector Strip allows you to quickly zoom around your

channels as well giving you an overview of your entire project.

Wipe Mode

Use Wipe mode to select non-sequential arrangements of channels. Here, touching

the ARC Segments (in any order) on the ARC Selector Strip fills in individual

channels sequentially from the left most available physical channel through to the

right most. The process starts again, and the left most available physical channel slot

is again filled, when the Timmometer decays. The Timmometer is a time period that

is represented by a light blue bar at the bottom of the Active screen. Whenever a

channel is selected the Timmometer is re-triggered and any other channel selected

while the Timmometer is still decaying will fill in next to the last channel. When a

channel is selected after the Timmometer has decayed, the left most available physical

channel slot is again filled and the next wipe session is begun.

The rate of decay of the Timmometer is set by the

Timmometer knob at the top centre of the Upper

Active Panel. Turn it clockwise for a slow decay time

– allowing you to take your time between channel

selections, and turn it anticlockwise to shorten the

decay time – meaning that new wipe sessions can be

quickly initiated. Try a few wipes while adjusting the

knob and you’ll get the idea in no time.

Inject

Inject allows you to quickly select a single channel into any available slot.

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