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Double click on the Encore icon on the desktop.

The system will now launch Encore and the main Encore screen will be displayed. The Routing Screen will load and display routing information.

NB: Please wait for the Routing Screen to complete its initialisation before any further actions are taken.

Basic Control Types

Fader

The faders are a touch sensitive, motorised Penny & Giles model.

•The main scale to the left, shows the absolute position of the fader (in normal operation), and has a range of -∞ to +10dB.

•There is a second scale marked in blue to the right which has a range of -20dB to +20dB and is used in Automation Trim mode.

The electronic scribble shows the precise setting on a fader when the fader is touched. The motorisation is used by the Snapshot and Automation facilities.

Keys

There are three main types of key on the the console.

Access Keys and the AFU

The console is a very compact and convenient control surface.

This is achieved by only having a few essential controls on each Fader Strip.

The remaining controls are split off onto a single expanded section which is shared by all the Fader Strips - this is the Assignable Facilities Unit (AFU).

Only one signal path at a time can Access the controls on the AFU and this is the main function of the Access keys on the Fader Strips.

Fig 23: Access

key

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The top Logicator on the Fader Strips is the Assignable Logicator.

The Display Screens, Mouse & Dockable Keyboard

The screen in the console is used to display routing information and show which paths the keys above and below the screen relate to.

There is an external screen used to display Encore. The mouse and the Dockable Keyboard are used for interaction with Encore.

On systems with only a single screen, the display is toggled using the TOGGLE DISPLAY button on the Routing Screen.

Getting a signal through the Console

These instructions assume that a signal source (e.g. a multitrack tape machine, CD player, etc.) has been connected to a console input and that the control room monitor speakers are connected to the appropriate outputs.

It is also assumed that the console has just been started up, the default Installation configuration is in use and the SELS that allow the monitoring system to work have been set up correctly.

This section describes two methods of getting a signal through the console: the first is with the standard Stereo Monitoring system and the second is through the Surround Sound Monitoring System.

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Getting a Signal through the Stereo Monitoring System

These instructions will explain how to use Channel 1 or Track 1 to send a signal to the main control room speakers via the first Main output.

It is not necessary to use Encore Plus for this exercise.

Whether Channel 1 or Track 1 is used depends on the signal source.

If the signal source is a tape machine then Track 1 will be used, otherwise it is assumed that a line level input will be fed into Channel 1.

There involves five steps:

•Switch monitoring to Stereo.

•Select an Input

•Route that input to Main Output 1

•Select Main Output 1 as the Control Room Monitor source

•Confirm the signal is routed correctly

A Note on Surface Assignments

Each Fader Strip can have two layers of signal paths assigned to it.

In the default Installation Desk Setup, the Channels will be assigned to the faders, and the Tracks will be on the Assignable Logicator (similar to an in-line analogue console).

In a fully populated Mix Setup, the Bank 1 to 6 keys and the FLIP button can be used to swap between the available layers as set up in Encore.

Before starting

As a safety measure, it is advised to set the faders to the bottom of their travel (i.e. off) and to rotate the Control Room level control to its minimum setting.

The SURR MON button on the Surround Monitor Panel swaps the monitoring between Stereo

&Surround.

•If the led is lit, you are listening in Surround.

•Press again, the led will extinguish and you will be listening in Stereo.

When listening in Stereo:

•the 1-16 EXT buttons on the monitoring section will show any Stereo externals.

•The A-F buttons on the routing screen will allow routing to (up to 4) Main Stereo Outputs.

When listening in Surround:

•the 1-16 EXT buttons on the monitoring section will show any Surround externals.

•The A-F buttons on the routing screen will allow routing (up to 6) to Stem Outputs.

To select the input

Press the Access key for Channel 1 (or Track 1).

The Access keys are the black keys above the faders which may have a white triangle on them.

The path will be called to the AFU.

Part of the AFU is the I/O Panel which is used for port selection.

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The integral led will cease to be illuminated and the selection logicator can now be used to select the actual port.

•Rotate the selection Logicator to the appropriate port number.

The green leds in the Logicator will not be illuminated for ports that are not physically in the system.

•Press the On/Off key and the led will light.

The port will be assigned to the input of Channel 1 (or Track 1).

To Route to Main Output 1

•Press and hold the Access key for Channel 1 (or Track 1).

•Press the button for Main Output 1 (A) on the Routing Screen.

This can also be done the other way round to route several paths to a Main Output at the same time (hold the Main Output button then press the appropriate Access keys for the inputs).

To select Main Output 1 as the Control Room Monitor source

•Press the Main key on the Monitor Select Panel.

•Press the 1 key on the Select Panel.

•The alpha display on the Control Room panel will display Main.

To confirm the signal is routed correctly, put the device for the signal source into Play, gradually increase the level on the fader for Channel 1 (or Track 1) and the Control Room level control until audio is heard on the control room speakers.

Getting a Signal through the Surround Monitoring System

This is a lengthier exercise which also shows how to create a new Desk Setup.

These instructions will explain how to route an input signal to Channel 1, to Film Stem A and then to the Film monitor paths. Film Stem A will be a 5.1 format Stem using Track 1 to Track 6.

It is assumed that a line level input will be fed into Channel 1.

These instructions also assume that the Film monitor paths are patched to the correct outputs to the speakers (the patching will be copied by the new Desk Setup).

The steps required to complete this task are:

•Create a new Desk Setup

•Select the Channel Input

•Route Channel 1 to Stem A

•Monitor Stem A

As a safety measure, it is advised to set the faders to the bottom of their travel (i.e. off) and to rotate the Control Room level control to its minimum setting.

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Create a new Desk Setup

A new Desk Setup is created with the Desk Editor utility in Encore.

To display Desk Edit on the screen

•Click on the Desk Edit icon, or

•Click on Tools in the Menu Bar and then click Desk Edit.

Desk Edit will be displayed on the screen with the Config page on top.

To create a new Desk Setup, click the New button.

Fig 26: Desk Editor

You will be asked which type of desk setup you wish to create.

Select an option and then click OK.

More paths are needed to make the Desk Setup useful.

Film paths are required so that the Surround System can be monitored.

The terms Track and Monitor are used interchangeably as they refer to the same path type. These were traditionally called busses on analogue consoles used for film and related post-production.

To change the name, click in the Name box, and Edit the name as required.

To enter the number of paths of each type, click in the Channels box and enter the number of Channels as 24.

Move the mouse pointer to the Tracks box and enter 24.

Select 5.1 from the drop down FILMS list.

(The other path types can be ignored for this exercise.)

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Notice that two 'processing meters' appears in the title bar when you change to a different page.

These Fuel Gauges show how much processing will be used by the new Desk Setup, as a percentage of the total available.

The selected film format is 5.1, so the Pan Designators have been automatically applied to the Tracks to match the film format.

The only other step that is necessary for a working Desk Setup is to decide which paths are assigned to which fader strips. This is accomplished with the Desk Designer.

A Desk Setup can be saved without assigning any paths to the console surface, but if you do so, then you will be prompted that no paths have been assigned and whether you want to continue.

Desk Designer is used to decide which signal paths are assigned to which fader strips. Each fader strip can have two signal paths assigned on each Bank, which can be swapped between the fader and assignable logicator using the Master FLIP button on the lower AFU or the local FLIP button by the fader.

For this exercise, you are going to assign Channels to the Faders and Tracks to the Assignable Logicators.

Open Desk Editor click the Desk Designer tab.

The Desk Setup is now functional because there are some paths assigned to the fader strips. However, it would be useful to assign the Tracks to the Knobs.

To assign Tracks to the Knobs

•Remove the tick from Faders and tick the box for Knobs.

•Click the Tracks radio button (the paths list will change to show the Tracks).

•Click TRK1 in the paths list, scroll down the list to TR12, hold down Shift on the Keyboard and click TR12.

•Click the Assign button.

The Track names will be displayed in the boxes above the faders corresponding to the Assignable logicators.

To Automatically configure the Film Stems

There are six Film Stems that are labelled A to F. They are constructed by assigning Tracks in groups to each Stem letter.

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In this Desk Setup we have 12 Tracks. The film format is 5.1 which uses six speaker positions. A fully configured 5.1 Stem will use 6 Tracks, one for each speaker position. Each Track already has a suitable pan designator according to the intended speaker destination.

To configure the Film Stems automatically, click the Stems tab.

The Desk Setup is now complete and ready to be saved.

•Click Save & Load.

A dialogue box will appear asking for confirmation of creating the new setup. Click the Yes button or press Y on the keyboard.

To Select the Channel Input

Press the Access key for Channel 1, and the path will be called to the AFU. Part of the AFU is the I/O Panel which is used for port selection.

•Press the INPUT key. The integral will illuminate.

•Press the double-arrow key next to the selection Logicator.

The selection Logicator can now be used to select the rack number and port type. Rotate the selection Logicator to the appropriate rack number/port type.

•Press the double-arrow key again.

The integral led will cease to be illuminated and the selection Logicator can now be used to select the actual port. Rotate the selection Logicator to the appropriate port number.

•Press the On/Off key to turn the port on, and the port will be assigned to the input of Channel 1.

To Route Channel 1 to Stem A

To route Channel 1 to the Tracks for Stem A.

•Press the SURR MON button so the led above it is lit.

•Press and hold the Access key for Input 1.

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•Press the A button above the routing screen. The internal leds on the first six Track keys at the top of the Routing Screen will turn red.

The panning controls are enabled automatically in Channel 1, according to which pan designators are applied to the Tracks that Channel 1 is routed to.

To Monitor Stem A

Make sure the SUM key is off (press it if the led above the key is illuminated).

•Ensure that ALL BUS and SURR MON are lit.

•Press the A key.

The led above the key will illuminate.

To confirm the signal is routed correctly.

•Put the device for the signal source into Play.

•Gradually increase the level on the fader for Channel 1 and the Control Room level control until audio is heard on the control room speakers.

•Adjust the panning controls on the AFU to confirm that panning is operating.

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