Studer Vista 5 M2 - Level Meters

Vista 5 M2 Digital Mixing System
6 TFT Meters
Date printed: 09.06.11
SW V4.5
seee.g.allauxiliaryoutputs–ortoallgroups,allprogrammemasters,direct
outputs,busoutputs,N–1s,matrixchannels,etc.
  Inadditionthereareuserpagesassignabletowhateverisdesiredviathestrip
set-up.Therearefourconfigurableuserpages.Oneofthemhastenslotsin
onerow,thenextonehas20slotsintworows,andthenexttwohave40half-
widthslotsintworows.Soifcallinguppagefour,thereare40meters,and
theycanbevirtuallyanything.Thetwometerslotsattherightofthecontrol
bayTFTscreencontinuouslyshowPFLandCRlevels.
  Theillustrationonthepreviouspageisanexampleofameterscreenwith
mono,stereoandsurroundchannels,aswellasdifferentviewsinthelower
area–suchasmeteringoftheL2channel,history,busassignmentandsur-
roundview.Furtherinformationisdisplayedaswell,suchasgainreduction
or surround signal type.
Level Meters Thelevelmeterbargraphsindicatedigitalpeakvaluesincludingheadroom
ofmono,stereo,5.1andN–1channels.ThemeterscalealwaysisindB
FS
with0dB
FS
atthetop,withanadditionaloverloadsegmentclearlyindicating
overloads.Stereometersfeatureacorrelationmeterontopofthemeterbars,
bothonstereoinputsaswellasonstereomasterchannels.
  Abovethelevelbargraphareagainreductionmetersareadded.Clippingis
displayedbyturningthewhitebargraphsection(i.e.,thesegmentsabovethe
headroomthreshold)overtored.Themetertappointcanbeselectedfrom
input,postfaderanddirectoutputlevelofthecorrespondingchannel.
  Itispossibletousetheredoverloadindicatorabovethemeterstoindicatea
leveljustenteringtheconfiguredheadroom,ratherthanclipping.Thisisset
intheGC’s‘Meter/Generator’window.
 Theareabelowthelargebargraphsprovidesadditionalvisualinformation,
dependingonthechanneltypeandonwhattheoperatorpreferstosee.
  Whenthedeskisin‘twolayer’mode,asmallerbargraphmeteroftheL2
channel(e.g.asparemicrophone)isalwaysshown.
 Furthermorethereistheoptiontodisplaytheaudiowaveformofthesignal
thathaspassedthechannel,sotheoperatorcanseethehistoryoftheaudio
backtoaconfigurabletimeofupto50seconds.Thewaveformoftheaudio-
signalnotonlygivesveryclearinformationaboutsignallossoroverload
(whichcoloursthatpartofthewaveforminred)butalsoindicatesthechar-
acterofthesignal,asintheageofDAWsmostoperatorsareusedtointerpret
signalsbylookingattheirwaveform.Thespeedofthemeterhistoryview
canbesetintheMetering&GeneratorSettingswindow,asshownbelow.