Axia Element - Chapter One: Setup and Connections; Introduction to Setup and Preparation; Element Preliminary Setup; Connections and IP Configuration

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©2008 Axia Audio — Rev. 3.0
Table of Contents
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
New in Manual Version 3.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
A Note From The President of Telos . . . . . . . . vii
A Note From The President of Axia . . . . . . . . viii
Quickstart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Making Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Software Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Chapter One: Setup and Connections . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Element Preliminary Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Connections and IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . 2
“Capturing” Your Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Short Navigation Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
IP Address Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Clock Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
StudioEngine Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connections and IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . 8
StudioEngine Channel Settings. . . . . . . . . . . 9
Set Your Console Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter Two: Configuring Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Understanding Source Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Source Profile Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Source Profile Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adding Backfeeds and GPIO to a Source Profile . 18
Chapter Three: Configuring GPIO . . . . . . . . . . . 21
GPIO Port Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Assigning GPIO to a Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
A word about the GPIO Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Input Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Output Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter Four: Element Operations . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Show Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sources, Channels and Faders . . . . . . . . . 37
Mix-Minus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
GPIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Monitor Module and SoftKnobs. . . . . . . . . 38
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Control Callout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Element with Standard Monitor Module . . . . . . 39
Element with 2-Fader Phone Module and 2-Fader +
Monitor Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Element Stereo Main Screen Overview. . . . . . . 41
Control Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
General Fader Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4-Phone Module Channel Controls . . . . . . . . 43
Call Controller + 2Fader Phone Module Controls 44
Production Module Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Standard Monitor Module Controls . . . . . . . . 46
Nav Keys & Control Knob. . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Channel Options Section . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Delay Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Monitor Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Global Options Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Timer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Record Mode Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
“Magic Key” Sequences for Standard Monitor
Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Monitor + 2-Fader Module Controls. . . . . . . . 59
Channel Options Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Monitor Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Other Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Timer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Record Mode Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
“Magic Key” Sequences for Monitor + 2-Fader
Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Source-Specific Channel Controls . . . . . . . . . 73
CR Operator Mic Channel Operation . . . . . 74
Producer Microphone Channel Operation . . . 74
CR Guest Microphone Channel Operation . . . 74
Studio Microphone Channel Operation . . . . . 74
Line Channel Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Phone Channel Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Codec Channel Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Chapter Five: Show Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Creating A Show Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Build A Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Capture It! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Show Profile Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86