Chapter 3: Connecting and Using the MADI Card
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Replacing Stage Inputs with MADI
Inputs
In MADI Input mode, an external MADI device is the main
source of audio signals for your VENUE system. Audio chan-
nels from your external MADI device appear one-for-one in
place of Stage inputs in the VENUE software Patchbay.
To replace Stage inputs with MADI inputs:
1
Do one of the following to put your system into Config
Mode:
• Press the Console Config switch on the console.
– or –
• Double-click the Mode box in the bottom-right corner of
the screen.
2
Go to the Options page and click the System tab to access
the System Configuration page.
3
Click
Edit
.
4
Do either or both of the following depending on your sys-
tem configuration:
• For inputs 1–48, in the Inputs section of the System Config-
uration page, beneath Inputs 1–48, select
MADI 1
, then se-
lect
Input Mode
from the MADI Format pop-up menu.
• For inputs 49–96, do the following:
• Select
Enable MADI 2
.
• In the Inputs section of the System Configuration page,
beneath Inputs 49–96, select
MADI 2
, then select
MADI Input
from MADI Format the pop-up menu.
5
Click
Apply
. In the dialog box that appears, click
OK
. The sys-
tem restarts with the chosen MADI inputs active.
Adjusting Input Gain in MADI Input Mode
In MADI Input mode, input channel gain is adjusted using the
input gain encoders. Digital gain (-20 dB to +18 dB) is avail-
able for all MADI inputs.
When switching from Stage mode to MADI input mode, all
gains for MADI input channels are set to 0 dB.
When switching from MADI input mode to Stage mode, all
MADI digital gain settings are replaced by pre-existing Stage
gain settings.
Snapshot PRE Settings and MADI Inputs
The PRE Data Type Scope button on the Snapshots page lets
you recall the preamplifier settings on inputs for all scoped In-
put Channels. Go to the Options > Snapshots page to set the
PRE parameters to be recalled by the PRE data type button.
The data in the table below shows which PRE setting can be
stored with Snapshots created in MADI input mode.
Selecting MADI 1 inputs
It is possible to use MADI 2 inputs even if Stage 2 is not
present in the system. To use a second MADI card, you will
need a second Snake card installed in your FOH Rack. See
the Snake Card Guide for more information.
Enabling the second MADI card
Selecting MADI 2 inputs
You cannot cancel this action. However, a history Show file
is automatically created. If you enabled MADI Input mode
by accident, enable Stage mode, go to Filing > History, se-
lect the most recent Show file, and click Load.
PRE settings stored and recalled with Snapshots in MADI input mode
PRE Parameter
Recall
Store/Overwrite
HPF freq and state
Yes
Yes
Phase
Yes Yes
Gain Yes
Yes
Phantom Power
No
No
Pad
No
No