Studer Vista 5 M2 - TFT Level Meters

Vista 5 M2 Digital Mixing System
TFT Meters 5
Date printed: 09.06.11
SW V4.5
TFT Level Meters
  Dependingonconsolesize,theTFTmeterbridgefeatureseitherthreeorfour
screensdedicatedtothemetering.Anadditionalscreenisusedfordisplay-
ingeithertheGCinformationofthedeskcontrolPC,themeteringPCor
anexternalDVIsignal;selectionfromthesesignalsisdonewiththe3keys
locatedjustbelowthisscreenlabeledGC,INT and EXT.
  The meteringPCalso featurestwoUSB socketswhere akeyboardand a
mousemaybeconnectedwheneveritneedstobeoperatedseparately(e.g.
foraSWupdate).
  Forallpossiblechanneltypesthemeteringgoeswithit–frommonoover
stereoto5.1,alwaysinthesamespace.Prioritywastohaveaslargeabar
graphmeteraspossible.Inordertobringinmoreinformation,alowerarea
isconfigurablethatenablesdisplayingdifferentoptions,dependingonthe
channeltype.Itcanbringasurroundimagevieworwhatiscalledthe‘history
diagram’ofincomingoroutgoingsignalwaveforms.Thisshowsthehistory
ofthesignalandmakesiteasytospotanomaliesintheaudiosignal,suchas
overloadsorsignalloss.
  Whenfocusingonsomeimportantchannels,onemightmisswhat’sgoing
onsomewhereelse.Ifsuddenlyhearingsomethingstrange,withthehistory
featureaquicklookacrosstheconsoleissufficienttoseewhathappened,and
where.AnotheroptioninthelowerportionoftheTFTsisabusassignment
view,givinganoverviewofthechannel’scurrentbusassignment,e.g.ona
singlechannelwherebusassignmentischangedfrequently.
  Thecontrolbaymeteringdiffersfromthemeterscreensonthefaderbays;it
ismainlymadetoshowoutputchannels.Forthecontrolbaymetersdifferent
viewsareavailable.Thisviewcanbeswitchedtoapredefinedmeterviewto