Operation Manual
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PRO Series Live Audio Systems
Owner’s Manual
Chapter 26: Using Other Devices With
The PRO Series
This chapter explains how to use other external devices with the PRO Series.
Using multiple digital consoles
WARNING!
CHANGING THE SYNCHRONISATION CAN RESULT IN LOUD NOISES
FROM THE SYSTEM. ALWAYS MUTE THE PA AT THE
AMPLIFIER/SPEAKER BEFORE CHANGING THE SYNCHRONISATION
SOURCE OR MASTER/SLAVE STATUS.
You can use a PRO Series Live Audio System together with one or more digital consoles,
which can be other Midas digital consoles or indeed any digital console. For example,
you can use two PRO Series Control Centres together in a dual FOH and MON system.
To do this the digital consoles must be synchronised.
The synchronisation method can be via AES50, AES3 or wordclock. If you are
connecting the digital consoles via DL431 Mic Splitters, you can synchronise using the
splitters themselves via their AES50 connections.
Synchronising the consoles
Before you start, choose which Midas digital console you want as master.
For information on external AES50 synchronisation between two Midas digital consoles,
see “External AES50 synchronisation” on page 124.
>> To configure system synchronisation at the consoles
1 Mute the PA at the amplifier/speaker. Refer to the WARNING at the beginning
of this section.
2 On the master Midas digital console, configure it
by choosing home
PreferencesGeneral at
the GUI and then clicking the “Master” option
under the Master/Slave Status heading (shown
right).
3 Configure a slave Midas digital console by
choosing home
PreferencesGeneral at the
GUI and then selecting the following options:
•Under the Master/Slave Status heading,
click the “Slave” option.
•Open the Sync Source drop-down list and select the desired synchronisation
source you want, that is, “Word Clock” or “AES3”. If you want to sync using
AES50, choose one of the eight AES50 ports as necessary, for example,
“AES50
Port 2”.
Repeat for any other Midas digital consoles. Configure any non-Midas digital
consoles as appropriate.