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Midas XL8 User Manual

Midas XL8
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Contents xv
XL8 Control Surface
Operator Manual
Setting a mic amplifier’s input gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
To set stage box gain/console gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Setting the high and low pass filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
To set both high and low pass filters in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Input equalisation (E zone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
To EQ the input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Input dynamics processing (D zone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
To set up a compressor/limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
To set up a gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
VCA/POP groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
To assign input channels to a VCA/POP group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
To set up the name and colour of a VCA/POP group . . . . . . . . . . . 180
To recall a VCA/POP input group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
To recall a VCA/POP output group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Navigating the outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
To select the output screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
To select a bank of auxes or returns to the mix bay . . . . . . . . . . . 183
To select an output channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Setting up a mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
To set up a mono aux mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
To program a mix preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Setting up the effects rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
To add an effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Routing an aux to an effect or output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
To route an aux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Simple routing to master stereo outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Scenes (automation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
To create a new show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
To save a show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
To load a show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
To store a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
To recall a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Naming inputs and outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
To change the name and colour of an input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
To change the name and colour of an output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Areas A and B (split surface/dual operation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Saving your show files to USB memory stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
To save a show file to a USB memory stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
To check active master controller via the GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Chapter 10 Advanced Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Mixer details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Mixing (buses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
To set up a stereo aux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
To set up a group (subgroup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
To set up a mix minus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Side chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
To select a side chain source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

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Midas XL8 Specifications

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BrandMidas
ModelXL8
CategoryMusic Mixer
LanguageEnglish

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