Midas PRO6

4 Chapter 1: Introducing The PRO6
PRO6 Control Centre
Quick Reference Guide
System components (standard supply)
The PRO6 Live Performance System is modular, allowing for some variations in physical
placement and system size. The standard PRO6 package touring system is configured
as a 14U rack (containing two DL3n1 units) in a single, easily portable flight case, with
an equally portable, flight-cased control surface and minimal cabling. This package
comprises:
• 1-off PRO6 Control Centre (in a flight case). Its user-configurable modular I/O rack
(rear panel) will be populated with the following modules (from top to bottom):
• DL443 analogue Jack I/O module, providing eight Jack line inputs and eight Jack
line outputs.
• DL441 analogue input (mic) module, providing eight balanced mic/line inputs.
• DL452 digital (AES3) I/O module, providing four stereo AES/EBU inputs and
outputs.
• 1-off main 14U rack (in a flight case), which houses:
• 1-off DL351 Modular I/O. This is populated with seven DL441 analogue input
modules (56 main inputs) and a DL442 analogue output module. There are a
total of 64-off XLR mic/line inputs provided on the system.
• 1-off DL371 DSP. This is populated with five cards, the two empty slots being
blanked off.
• 4-off interconnecting (N+1) rack cat5E copper cables.
• 2-off interconnecting (dual redundant) gigabit HyperMac Cat5E copper cables,
each 100 m long.
• 8-off mains cables.
About this guide
This is the Quick Reference Guide for the PRO6 Control Centre. Its purpose is to quickly
familiarise the user with the PRO6 Control Centre, show how to set up the PRO6 Live
Performance System and then show how to carry out some basic operations on the
PRO6 Control Centre in order to produce some audio. This guide is structured such that
it may also provide a useful introductory guide for training purposes.
This document is aimed at professionals, such as front of house (FOH) and monitor
(MON) engineers, who will be using this equipment in a live performance environment.
It is assumed that the reader has prior experience of using professional audio
equipment and has, most likely, undergone training on this system.
This guide has been structured specifically so that mix engineers and system
technicians can go straight to the areas applicable to them, that is, “Operation” on
page 11 and “Connecting And Setting Up The System” on page 57, respectively. The
rest of the guide is intended for general readership.
For full details on the PRO6 Live Performance System and the PRO6 Control Centre,
refer to the PRO6 Live Performance System Owner’s Manual (part number DOC02-DL3),
which can be found on our website at www.midasconsoles.com.
Note: The content of this guide does not supersede any information supplied with any
other item of the PRO6 Live Performance System.