User Manual
M
ETERS
February
16,
2010
Xynergi Media Production Centre
Page 206
Step 4
Select one or more signal paths to patch to the meters.
If you wish to display Tracks or Live Feeds, choose their Insert Send, which always sends, even
if Insert is not switched on (it’s the Return that is affected by the switch). Note the position of
the insert in the channel, which can be controlled on the Path Menu.
Choosing Direct Out is also possible, but is subject to the Direct Out on/off switch, pre/post
switch and level control.
Step 5
Select one or more individual meters to patch in the upper right of the screen.
Step 6
Click the
Patch
button.
This patches the sources to the selected meters and saves the Meter Set.
Whole Bus Patching – Expandable
If you patch a whole bus to the meters in one gesture, it becomes resizable.
“One gesture” means that you selected all the bus elements, and the same number of consecutive
meters, and clicked Patch.
“Resizable” means that, if you change the bus format, it will grab as many meters as it needs, pushing
the next signals to the right when it expands (potentially off the end) and pulling them to the left when
it contracts.
If you leave blanks to the right of a resizable bus, it will consume the blanks before starting to push
other channels to the right.
Using the Meters Menu
Step 1
Press the
Meters
button in the
Setup Megamode
.
Step 2
Press the
assign meters
soft key. This displays the Patch I/O page.
Step 3
Use the Patch I/O page as described in the previous section.
Peaks
The numeric peak levels displayed on the mixer display bus meters have a variable threshold. The level
at which these values are displayed can be set in the
C:\Program Files\
Fairlight\FMC\Data\System_Variables.txt
file. Edit the following line in the file:
PEAK_DISPLAY_LIMIT,950
The value is from 0 to 1000 in 0.1dB steps where 1000 = full scale level. In the example above the value
of 950 will cause the numeric display to first be shown when the signal level reaches -5dB below full
scale. 970 will set the threshold to -3dB, 990 will set the threshold to -1dB, and so on.
Clear Peak
Signal levels in excess of 0dB full scale are indicated by a fixed orange peak hold display. To reset the
peak hold display:
Step 1
Press the
Meters
button in the
Setup Megamode
.
Step 2
Press the
Clear Peak
soft key.
You can also clear peaks using the Clear Max button on the Master Screen Meters.
