56 M32 DIGITAL CONSOLE User Manual
Mic: Abbreviation for ‘microphone’.
Microphone: Device for converting sound waves into audio signals.
MIDI: Acronym for ‘musical instrument digital interface’. A digital signal system
standard that facilitates integration of musical instruments, such as synthesizers
and guitars, with computers.
Mix: 1. A signal that contains a combination of signals, such as a pair of stereo
signals with numerous eects. 2. The act of creating such a combination.
3. A type of bus. See Bus.
Mix bay: Control area for outputs and groups.
Mixer: 1. A console or other device that blends input signals into composite
signals for output. 2. An engineer/technician who carries this out, especially
during a live performance.
mm: Symbol for ‘millimetre’ (one thousandth of a metre).
MON: Abbreviation for ‘monitor’, used to describe a control centre being used to
mix the signals sent to the stage monitor speakers.
Monitor: 1. Speaker(s) used for listening to a mix or live audio. 2. The act of
listening to a mix or live audio.
Monitor A: Primary monitor bus system.
Monitor B: Secondary monitor bus system.
Monitors: Control area on the master bay for monitoring the A and B
signal paths.
Mono: A single signal.
Mute: Function that allows a channel’s signal to be silenced.
Mute safe: Function that means a mute cannot be controlled by scene recall or
auto-mutes.
N
N/A: Abbreviation for ‘not applicable’.
nm: Symbol for nanometre (one billionth of a metre).
Normalise: To boost the amplitude of a digital sound so that it is as high as it
can be without clipping (0 dB).
Normalisation: An automatic process whereby the gain of all program material
is adjusted so that the peak level will just arrive at 0 dB.
Normalised connection: Also known as ‘normalled connection’. A connection
that allows a signal to pass through it when no plug is inserted in it, but breaks
the connection when a plug is inserted.
Normalising: The process of making audio les the same volume.
NVRAM: Abbreviation for ‘Non-volatile random access memory’. this is the
general name used to describe any type of RAM that retains its information when
power is switched o. For example, ash memory.
O
O/B: Abbreviation for ‘outside broadcast’.
Oct: Abbreviation for ‘octave’.
Octave: A dierence in pitch where one tone has a frequency that is double or
half of the frequency of another tone.
ohm (Ω): Unit of electrical resistance.
OpticalCon®: A cable connector for bre optic cables.
OS: Abbreviation for ‘operating system’.
OSC: Abbreviation for ‘oscillator’ or ‘oscillation’.
Out of phase: 1. A signal, being similar to another in amplitude, frequency and
wave shape, but oset in time by part of a cycle. 2. 180° out of phase or having
opposite polarity. See Phase.
Outboard: External, as in an ‘external device’.
Outboard equipment: External equipment used with the M32 Control Centre,
but that is not part of it.
Output: 1. The signal put out by a device. 2. The physical location of where a
device sends out a signal.
Output fast strip: One of 16 channel strips in the output fast zone. Provides
detailed control of the currently selected outputs. See Output fast zone.
Output fast zone: Control area for fast access to primary main output functions.
Overload: A condition where the signal level is too high.
Overview: The main view in the GUI channel strip, which contains the control
sections of the selected channel. This represents the associated channel strip on
the control surface.
Overview screen: One of the GUI screens. This is the default screen of the
mix bay.
P
PAN: Abbreviation for ‘panoramic’.
Panning: The left/right positioning of a signal across a stereo image.
Parameter: A setting whose value can be altered by the user.
Parametric EQ: A type of EQ that allows all of the parameters of equalisation to
be changed, including centre frequency, boost/cut in gain and bandwidth.
Patch: A temporary connection (physical or virtual) made between two audio
devices or inside one.
Patch connector: Any tab patching point, for example, an XLR connector, bus,
sidechain compressor etc. See Patching.
Patching: Also known as ‘soft patching’. The process of routing a channel/signal
from a source to a destination(s).
PCB: Abbreviation for ‘printed circuit board’.
PEQ: Abbreviation for ‘parametric equaliser’. See Parametric EQ.
PFL: Abbreviation for ‘pre-fade listen’. A function that allows the signal to be
monitored pre-fader, that is, before it reaches the fader.
Phantom power: The power required for the operation of a condenser
microphone when it is not supplied by internal batteries or a separate power
supply. This is supplied by the M32 Control Centre itself.
Phase: A measurement (in degrees) of the time dierence between
two waveforms.
Pitch: A continuous frequency over time. Musical interpretation of an
audio frequency.
Pitch shift: Alteration of pitch or frequency, but without adjusting tempo.
Point scene: Subdivision of a scene. See Scene.
Pointer: 1. On the GUI, the pointer is the arrow-shaped object on the screen
that moves when the user moves the trackball or external mouse. 2. On a control
knob, it is the marking that, when used in conjunction with the ident around
edge of control knob, helps to indicate the setting.
POP: Abbreviation for ‘population’.
POP group: A number of channels assigned to a group that has unfold and area
B controls. Provides an easy and quick method of manipulating and controlling
the numerous channels available on the M32 Control Centre.
Post-: The point for accessing audio just after it leaves a specic channel
component, for example, ‘post-fader’, where the audio is tapped from just after it
leaves the channel’s main level control.
Pre-: The point for accessing audio just before it reaches a specic module, for
example, ‘pre-EQ’, where the audio is tapped from just before it gets to a channel
strip’s EQ.
Primary navigation zone: Area in the master bay for mix and master bay GUI
screen navigation and control. Also has a screen access section for fast access to
GUI menu options.
Processing area: A display in a GUI channel strip showing a specic control
section. Accessed from the channel’s overview display. See Overview.
PSU: Abbreviation for ‘power supply unit’.
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