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Midas XL8 User Manual

Midas XL8
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xiv Contents
XL8 Control Surface
Operator Manual
Admin screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Shutdown System screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Chapter 8 Connections, Setting Up And Powering Up . . . . . . . 145
Description of the XL8 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Front and rear connector panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Front panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Keyboard connections and bay allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Rear panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Monitor connector panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
KVM, monitor and synchronisation connector panel . . . . . . . . .150
System interconnection panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Warnings, cautions and important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Connecting up the XL8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Cable type and function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Manual set-up of unit IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Powering the XL8 system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
To power up the XL8 system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
To power down the XL8 system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Switching the XL8 Control Centre on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
To switch on the XL8 Control Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
To switch off the XL8 Control Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Booting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
GUI screen brightness - adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Chapter 9 Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Control surface layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Hints and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Check what is hidden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Check the dashboard screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Saving a show versus storing a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Working with the controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
To adjust a GUI control knob via glide pad/trackball . . . . . . . . . . .163
Selecting a detail area to the channel strip via the GUI . . . . . . . . .164
Operating the control knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Operating the pushbuttons/switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
LCD buttons (control surface only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Faders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Quick access buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Using the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Digital signal path and input routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
To ‘soft patch’ an input channel to a source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Navigating the inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
How input channels are displayed on the GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
To select a bank of input channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
To select an input channel by typing in its number . . . . . . . . . . . .170
To select an input channel via a switch or button . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
To select an input channel via the GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
To select a channel section to the GUI’s channel strip . . . . . . . . . .173

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Midas XL8 Specifications

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BrandMidas
ModelXL8
CategoryMusic Mixer
LanguageEnglish

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