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11 Routing Panel

The Routing Panel & Screen is used for internal signal path routing and interrogating the current routing.

The keys on the left of the screen are for selecting the source path type.

The 1-24 keys along the bottom of the screen show how many of the sources are available when their integral leds are illuminated green.

• Valid sources are Tracks and Channels.

• Valid destinations are Tracks, Auxes,

Groups, Main Outputs and Stems.

Fig 59: Routing panel

The 1-32 arrow keys above the screen correspond to Tracks as destinations (routing to the Bus inputs).

When the integral led is green this indicates an available destination. When a routing source key is held down then the leds will illuminate red for the destinations that the source is already routed to.

The Group and Aux keys to the right of the screen operate in a similar manner.

The integral leds will always be illuminated green to show how many Groups and Auxes are currently available. The Auxes can only be used as destinations (ie to switch on the auxiliary contribution from the selected source to the selected aux).

The six black buttons down the left edge of the screen determine what functionality the 1-24 buttons underneath the screen have. The 1-24 buttons are always sources (ie a place to be routed from rather than to).

Press the relevant MT or CHAN button to assign those paths to the buttons under the screen. The internal led will light.

The six red buttons labelled A - F can either operate as Stems or Main Outputs.

Press the adjacent ASSIGN button to swap the function, or press the SURR MON button on the Surround Monitor section of the lower AFU (this swaps the monitoring system between Stereo & Surround). The current assignment of the buttons will be displayed in the alpha display.

•When working in Surround mode, you can route a path to whole stems (using A to F) or to individual stem members (using the 1 - 32 buttons).

•When working in Stereo mode, you can route a path to any individual stem member(s) or to Main Outputs.

The Routing screen has three displays.

•Process view

•Panel view

•Track view

The three displays can be cycled by either pressing the keyboard PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN buttons, or pressing 1, 2 or 3 on the MCS keyboard.

For information on the Joystick, please separate chapter on Joystick Automation.

On single-screen systems, the routing screens can be toggled with the Encore Plus screen by pressing the TOGGLE DISPLAY button.

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Process Display

Fig 60: Process display

•The top two rows of icons are the Tracks and relate to the two rows of buttons above the screen.

•The single display line of processing beneath this shows processing for the path currently held in the AFU.

•The Monitor & Channels sections of the display shows fader levels and processing (if applied). Icons labelled EQ, DYN or FILT will be shown if these processes are present and switched on.

•The highlight bar around Channels 1-24 (as shown above) indicates the function of the routing buttons underneath the screen.

By pressing the buttons to the left of the screen, it is possible to swap the function of these buttons between all the available Inputs and Tracks.

To create a route, press and hold a Source button underneath the screen, then press a Destination button above the screen.

Routing can be interrogated by holding a button down and viewing the led states:

•A green led indicates the Source/Destination is available.

•A red led indicates a route is in place.

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Panel Display

Fig 61: Panel display

This screen shows a block of 6 paths at a time and all routing on these paths.

As you press Access keys on the console surface, the display will chase to the path selected.

Default path names are displayed at the top of the screen.

If you have give given the paths names, these will be displayed in the centre of each path display.

NB: Please note that this screen displays paths in sequential system-order, so paths adjacent to each other on the console surface may not necessarily be adjacent on screen.

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Track Display

Fig 62: Track display

Shows the routing to all Main Outputs, Groups & Tracks.

•Outputs 1-4 are shown as a blue dot at the top of the path. A red number (1-4) indicates a route in place.

•Group routing is shown with a letter G. A black number (1-8) indicates a route in place.

•Track routing is shown with a letter T. A number (1-32) shown in red indicates a route in place.

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Clearing Routing

Clearing routing (or de-routing) can be achieved by the same actions as doing the routing (to toggle the particular routing selection off again).

This will de-route paths one at a time.

Alternatively, multiple paths can be de-routed in one operation by using the Clear Routing dialogue box.

Right click on the routing screen.

The pop-up Routing menu will open.

Select the Clear Routing option.

The Clear Routing dialogue box will be displayed.

Fig 63: Routing screen options

Tick the parts of the routing matrix you wish to clear, or select All to clear all routing (this will tick all the on-screen boxes and also include Talkback and Tone routing etc).

The selected routing will be cleared and the routing screen will update as applicable.

Clear Routing does not affect monitoring selections made via the Select Panel.

Fig 64: Clear Routing options

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Routing Screen Display Options

To change the background colour of the routing screen, double click anywhere on the background, and the Windows Colour Dialogue will open.

Click on the required colour, and click OK.

The background colour will be changed as selected.

Fig 65: Colour selector

To show names instead of path numbers

Right-click on the screen, and the pop-up routing menu will appear. Click the Toggle Names option.

The user path names (if any) will be used in place of the path numbers.

Next time the mouse is right clicked on the routing screen, the Names option on the flyout menu will be ticked.

Path Routing with the Access Keys

The Access Keys on the Fader Strips can be used for routing, either by using other Access Keys or any of the routing controls associated with the Routing Screen.

When Access Keys are used for routing Tracks, they can only be used as a routing source.

To Route a path to destinations

Press and hold the Access key for a Channel, Track or Group.

Existing routing of the path will be indicated by the illumination of leds above Access keys and integral leds in the keys around the Routing Screen illuminating red. The path will also be assigned to the AFU.

Press the keys for valid destinations on the Routing Screen (Groups, Auxes, Main Outputs or Tracks). The integral leds in the keys for the selected destinations will illuminate red.

Release the Access Key for the source path, and the Routing Screen will show routing changes.

To route multiple sources to a Track

Press and hold the key for the required Track above the Routing Screen. Existing sources will be indicated.

Press the Access keys for the required source paths. The leds above the selected Access keys will illuminate. Release the Track key.

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Joystick Module

The Joystick is used to pan a signal across surround destinations.

Channels and Tracks can be assigned to a joystick. The regular panning control on the fader strips is locked out once a path is assigned to the joystick.

If the AFU is assigned to a path on which panning is controlled by a joystick then the Pan Logicators will display changes as the joystick is moved.

The joystick provides full automation for recording panning information. This makes it possible to pan as many paths as required with repeated passes.

Fig 66: Joystick

PanPos Display

The led matrix above the joystick is called the PanPos display.

The position of the joystick is indicated by a single dot.

The notional panned position of the signal (i.e. where the signal seems to be when listening to it) is indicated by an open diamond of four dots.

When the joystick is in control of the panning, the dot and diamond join together to form a cross.

To select the path to be controlled by a joystick

Either:

•Press the nudge keys ( & ) on either side of the alpha display below the PanPos and speaker display. The alpha will cycle through the available paths and shows both the system and user names. The speaker symbols will illuminate to show the speakers the path is routed to.

or

•Press and hold the SET key, then press the Access key for the required path. Release the SET key.

In both cases, the alpha will flash the selected system path name and user path name.

To control the Panning with a joystick

Press the CALL key. The integral led will illuminate red.

The diamond on the PanPos display will jump to the dot to form a cross. The path name will stop flashing.

Move the joystick as required.

To prevent the sound jumping when the CALL key is pressed, first move the spot to the diamond.

To freeze the Panning Axis or Divergence

Press the DIV, LCR, F/B and L/R keys as required. The integral led will cease to be illuminated.

If LCR, FB or LR is frozen then the diamond will separate from the dot as it moves according to the remaining panning axes.

If a control is un-frozen then the diamond will jump to the dot.

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To adjust Divergence

Press the arrow nudge keys on either side of the divergence alpha display and the value will run either up or down, with a range of zero to 100.

Joystick Automation

The Joystick Module has two MODE keys.

•The Upper Mode key causes the REC, GLIDE, ISOLATE and PLAY keys to show and set the automation mode of the Divergence controls.

•The Lower Mode key (with a line leading to the joystick), causes the REC, GLIDE, ISOLATE and PLAY keys to show and set the automation mode of the three panning axes as a group.

The path to be assigned to a joystick is selected with the nudge keys or by using the SET key in conjunction with the fader strip Access keys.

The path can then be called to the Joystick by the CALL key. The Joystick Automation Controls will override the automation controls on the AFU fader strip, allowing separate automation modes to be set for the panners, divergence and the rest of the AFU.

This allows the full functionality of the panning controls to be controlled and automated from one location.

For instance, a Channel is assigned to the AFU and a joystick. The automation controls on the AFU fader strip are set to Lock Record.

This will not affect the panners or divergence as they are now out of the scope of control from the AFU automation controls.

The selection of automation modes is identical to that for a channel strip.

Automation is recorded against the panning controls for the path called to a Joystick, and the Joystick module is treated as an extension of the channel strip for Scope purposes.

For full details of automation modes and using automation, see the Automation chapter in the Encore Plus manual.

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12 Monitoring

The standard stereo monitoring system is used when there are no Film paths in the current Desk Setup or when Surround Monitoring is switched off.

The Stereo monitoring system provides control for 3 pairs of control room loudspeakers, a pair of studio loudspeakers and a headphone output.

The monitoring system uses a set of special system paths called SELS, LISTENS, FILMS and FILM LISTENS. There can be up to 5 SELs, 2 LISTENs and 8 FILM LISTENS.

•The path names for the SELS are SEL1 through SEL5.

•The path names for the LISTENS are LS1 and LS2 (this should not be confused with the two sets of small loudspeakers, L/S1 and L/S2).

•The pathnames for FILMS are FLM1 to FLM8

•The path names for FILM LISTENS are FLS1 through FLS8.

•SELs relate to Stereo Monitoring.

•LISTENs relate to Stereo Solos.

•FILMS relate to Surround monitoring (one FILM per speaker destination)

•FILM LISTENS relate to Surround Solos.

The Monitoring Schematic shows how the SEL and LISTEN paths are used.

The distinction between a SEL and a LISTEN is that the source for a SEL is chosen from the SELECT panel.

The sources for LS1 and LS2 are fixed to the AFL and PFL busses respectively.

Fig 67: SEL Monitoring

To switch between Surround and Standard Monitoring, press the SURR MON key on the Surround Monitor section.

The alpha display in the Monitor Select Panel shows which monitoring system is active:

•It displays SURROUND when the Surround Monitoring system is active.

•It displays STEREO when the Standard Monitoring system is active.

This key will have no effect if the current mix setup does not contain any Films.

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Control Room Monitoring

See the Solo chapter for information on the operation of the PFL key.

To control the Analogue output levels to the speakers

Rotate the LARGE LS, SMALL L/S 1 and SMALL L/S 2 to the required setting.

•To switch the control room source to the first set of small loudspeakers, press the SMALL L/S 1 key. The integral led will illuminate orange.

•To switch the control room source to the second set of small loudspeakers, press the SMALL L/S 2 key. The integral led will illuminate orange.

Fig 69: Control Room Monitor

In both cases, the main speakers will be cut and the control room monitoring source will be sent to the small loudspeakers.

If SMALL L/S 1 and SMALL L/S2 are active at the same time then the source will be sent to SMALL L/S 2 only.

To mute the output to the speakers

Press the CUT key.

The integral led will illuminate orange. This cuts the output to all three sets of speakers.

To reduce the output level to the dim level

Press the DIM key.

The integral led will illuminate orange.

The level of the output to the three sets of speakers will be reduced to the Dim Level setting on the Monitoring page of System Preferences in Encore.

To Cut the output to individual speakers

Ensure the CUT/SOLO key is set to Cut, then press the speaker keys as required. The integral leds will illuminate orange and the relevant speakers will be cut.

To Solo the output to individual speakers

Ensure the CUT/SOLO key is set to Solo, then press the speaker keys as required. The integral leds will illuminate orange and the relevant speakers will be soloed.

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