Operation Manual

10 Chapter 2: PRO Series Live Audio Systems
PRO Series Live Audio Systems
Owner’s Manual
• EQ — Fully interpolated phase shifting EQ for that “Midas” sound.
• PEQ — High quality EQ with the “Midas” sound. Each output has a six-band
parametric EQ, while the inputs have four bands each. Midas sound quality and
‘feel’ on the EQ’s four filters.
• GEQ — Up to 36 Klark Teknik-quality GEQs with unique on-board fast access
controller and control from RapidE.
• Effects — High quality effects processing with traditional artefacts. Up to eight
stereo effects units.
• Patching — Unique simple-to-use routing system that lets you carry out all your
routing needs and also configure any attached devices via the GUI.
• Navigation — VCA-based and other advanced intuitive paging/navigation methods.
• Automation:
• Snapshots — Flexible snapshot style save and recall of control settings and
cross-scene global edit capability.
• Showfiles — USB connectors for show archiving. Showfiles are both forward
and backward compatible across firmware versions.
• Metering — Comprehensive metering. The GUI can show all of the meters all of the
time.
• Dual operation — Capable of supporting two-man operation, which is ideal for
festival situations.
• Storable preferences — Storable user operational preferences to suit specific
applications, for example, FOH/MON.
• Broadcasting — 5.1 surround panning for broadcast markets.
• Latency — Low and managed latency through the system. Minimal latency and
fully time aligned.
• Cabling — Cat 5e or fibre optic snakes. Standard system has reduced cabling as
compared to any other available solution.
• System design and network:
• Integrated open-architecture AES50 digital audio distribution.
• Up to 100 metres (Cat 5e) or up to 500 metres (optical fibre) of dual redundant
connectivity between hardware elements.
• Automatic integral delay management system — audio outputs time and phase
coherent.
• Flexible, expandible hardware system includes analogue and digital I/O options
for flexible system integration.
• Ethernet TCP-IP and USB tunnelling for third parties.
• KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) switching on control centre.
• Fast flexible audio and control system architecture.
• Modular digital and analogue I/O options.
• Advanced automation and system operating preferences.
• PRO Series is flexible and the system can be customised with the needs of the
install.
• VGA outputs for additional screens.