DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options Issue E - April 2014 - Software Version 680+ 1-1
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DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options Contents 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................... .......4 1.1.1 Overview .......................................................................... .......4 1.2 Features......................................................................................... .......4 1.2.1 Surround Busses ............................................................ .......4 1.2.2 Surround Inputs ................................
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 Overview ............................................................................... The DiGiCo Broadcast Options package offers many additional features detailed in this appendix. For details of the standard console operations please refer to the relevant console’s User Manual 1.2 Features 1.2.1 Surround Busses .................................................................
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options 1.2.2 Surround Inputs ................................................................... Folded View Channel Link Control Multi Button Select Type Leave or Remove Channels Settings Unfold Fold Link Indicators Surround (Multi) Inputs work in a similar way to surround busses but they are created by the user. 1) Touch the top of any input channel and then press the Multi button.
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options Alternative method to Create a Surround/Multi Input The other method of creating a Surround or Multi Channel is very similar but starts with an empty channel strip. 1) Press the LCD Function button and select Create Multi. 2) Any blank channel strips will now have the words “Create Multi” written in their LCD display. 3) Press one of the Channel Select buttons on a blank strip and the Select Multi Channels will be displayed on screen.
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options 1.2.3 Folded Multi Channel Controls ........................................... Clear Multi Folded Controls Edit Multi A Folded Multi Channel, when first created will appear as above with a Multi Meter at the top of the strip, a list of member channels in the middle and a number of other indicators and buttons at the bottom. The first of these buttons is Folded Controls.
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options 1.2.4 Mix Minus .............................................................................. A different Mono Mix Minus feed can be created at the Direct Output of any input channel. Firstly send all required signals (including the channel that is to be removed) to an existing Mono Buss and note the name of this buss.
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options 1.2.5 Monitoring ............................................................................ The console's Monitoring system normally monitors the Master buss signal, or the Solo signal if it is configured to do so. Additionally, source definition and selection enable any input or output source to be monitored by pressing one or more of the Source Select buttons.
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options Floating Controls Floating Meters Configuring Speaker sets The column of buttons marked Speaker select a, b, c are assigned to the Speaker Select Switches in the Master Section of the console worksurface and can also be selected on this page. When pressed they will switch the monitoring signal to one of the three sets of speakers. They could, for example, be configured as 5.
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options To Edit a Speaker Set Select a Speaker Set in the column on the left hand side or define a new one by pressing one of the buttons in the column marked New. The Delete button will prompt you to Select All or a Range of Speaker Sets to remove from the list. A new monitor can be named in the name box.
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options Speaker Feeds - Adjusting Upmix / Downmix Rules The box on the right hand side of the screen shows which speakers will be fed by which signals in the different monitor configurations. For example, in the previous diagram, the left signal is chosen in the select signal column and in the speaker feed section you can see the speakers which will be fed by this signal in the different monitor configurations.
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options The Insert Point The setting of the speaker insert point can also be programmed with the above macro commands in the column beneath the insert button. For example, if you programmed the insert to TOGGLE ON, and the required sources to ON you would be able to hear your sources with or without processing by toggling the relevant Output Switch.
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options 1.2.7 Solo Options ........................................................................ There are two Broadcast specific Solo Options which can be set in the Master screen Options > Solo tab. Backstop PFL This is a global function which applies to all input channels. When a channel fader is held against the backstop, that channel will be soloed automatically and when it is released the solo will go off.
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options Surround Solos & PFL Direct Out The Master screen Solos panel shows details of the console’s two Solo Busses. Solo Buss 1 can be sent to the Main Speakers (Monitor Matrix Speaker Outs) and/or Mono Direct Output. Beneath the To Monitoring label press one of Mono/Stereo/Surround or Off buttons to determine whether the Solo 1 signal will go to the main speaker outs and if so, which mode the Solo will have.
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options 1.2.9 Meter Options ....................................................................... The scale and the ballistics of all on-screen meters can be modified using the controls in the meters tab in the Options Panel. There are 8 preset meter settings. These are SD Default, Digital, DIN, Nordic, EBU, UK, ABC & CBC Changing meter standards sets the on screen meter scales and recalls meter ballistics, as set by each standard.
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options 1.2.10 Headphone Panel ............................................................... The console headphone output is configured using the Headphones Panel, on the Master Screen in the Setup Menu > Headphones. There are 5 choices for the source of the headphones; Solo 1, Solo 2, Speakers, Auxes or Groups. If Solo 1 or Solo 2 is pressed, the headphone output will carry the audio on the selected solo buss.
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options 1.2.11 Auxes On Group Busses ................................................... Auxliary sends as also available on group busses. A button labelled Aux Sends is displayed on mono groups and on each leg of unfolded groups which opens the expanded auxes panel for adjustment of the individual Aux Sends on a per channel (buss leg) basis.
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options 1.2.12 Buss Upmix/Downmix ....................................................... Group to Group Upmix/Downmix settings can be specified per group. Open the Outputs panel by touching at the bottom of a Group channel and an Up/Down Mix button is displayed just beneath the Group Buss routing buttons. This behaves identically to the equivalent Speaker Feeds controls on the Monitor Matrix Sources panel (see Monitor Matrix section of this manual).
DiGiCo SD Series Broadcast Options 1.2.13 Audio Follows Video ......................................................... Audio follows video functionality is achieved using incoming GPI’s to trigger Snapshots using the console’s Macro facility. 1) In the Master screen > Snapshot panel, create one snapshot for each camera that stores the relevant settings for the audio in that location. Adjust the console settings and press the Insert New button to create the Snapshot.
