Harman Studer Vista FX, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...Studer Vista FX Option to Vista Digital Mixing Systems from SW Version 4 9 or higher Operating Instructions...

Page 2: ...assumed for any loss or damage resulting either directly or indirectly from use of the information contained within it Prepared and edited by Copyright by Studer Professional Audio GmbH Studer Profess...

Page 3: ...d when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as the power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or...

Page 4: ...d to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment...

Page 5: ...angerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended t...

Page 6: ...any way during operation e g by objects placed upon them placement of the unit on a soft surface or installation of the unit within a rack or piece of furniture The unit must not be heated up by exter...

Page 7: ...n class must be earthed using the provided earth terminal if one or more external signals are connected to the unit see expla nation at the beginning of this paragraph B4 Electromagnetic Compatibility...

Page 8: ...pling can be improved by an additional conducting surface in the operator s area connected to the equipment housing e g metal foil underneath the floor covering carpet with conduc tive backing C Maint...

Page 9: ...air By removing housing parts or shields energized parts may be exposed For this reason the following precautions must be observed Maintenance may only be performed by trained personnel in accordance...

Page 10: ...PCB 3 2 1 3 2 1 F Disposal Packing Materials The packing materials have been selected with environmental and disposal issues in mind All packing material can be recycled Recycling packing saves raw ma...

Page 11: ...Cet appareil num rique de la ClasseArespecte toutes les exigences du R gle ment sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer co...

Page 12: ...l maximum 10 K increase at the hot components In order to dissipate 1 kW with this admissible average heat increase an air flow of 2 65 m min is required Example Arack dissipating P 800 W requires an...

Page 13: ...urface always remains below 100 Ensure that the enclosed air is as dry as possible when powering off i e before switching off in winter aerate the room with cold dry air and remove humid objects such...

Page 14: ...Recommended application temperature range is 20 C to 40 C Remove the plastic protective backing from the rear side of the clamp and apply it firmly to the surface at the desired position Allow as much...

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Page 17: ...ne setup 13 5 2 General Patch 15 5 3 Create Send Return Effects 18 5 4 Create Insert Effects 20 5 5 Loading Effects 22 5 6 Effect parameters 24 5 6 1 Halls Plates and Chambers 24 5 6 2 Rooms 27 5 6 3...

Page 18: ...Vista FX 1 2 Vista FX Document generated 28 08 14 SW V4 9...

Page 19: ...nits which are linked to the SCoreLive These hardware units are based on the legendary Lexicon PCM96 Surround DSP platform and therefore provide all PCM96 Surround effect preset categories Hall Random...

Page 20: ...Links for audio connection to the dsp engine as well as slave units 4x RJ45 Ethernet Control Ports Aand B Two of each for daisy chaining Number of Slaves switch Arotary switch allows to set the Numbe...

Page 21: ...FX Vista FX 1 5 Document generated 28 08 14 SW V4 9 Mains Switch Mains Switch Mains Inlet Number Of Slaves Switch Mains Inlet Lock LED s HD Link Connectors Ethernet Control Ports B Ethernet Control Po...

Page 22: ...er box with the HD Link ports of the DSPcard Set the Number of Slaves rotary switch to the number of connected slave FX boxes Slave Box Setup Connect the Core Master IN and OUT of the Slave x box to t...

Page 23: ...3 128 subnet mask 255 255 255 0 then click Add Click OK to close the Advanced TCP IP settings window Click OK to close the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window Click OK to close your network ada...

Page 24: ...Vista FX units being connected to the second HD Link port 1 of a DSP card where no D21m communication can be used and therefore Vista FX units cannot be detected automatically For Offline usage of Vis...

Page 25: ...art Setup button can be pressed Setup Window Then all the connected Vista FX hardware units are detected and become available for the Vista mixing system This is then displayed in the Surveyor window...

Page 26: ...the Vista mixing system will always provide the FX every time the system is started Start up time of the Vista FX unit During the power up of the Vista FX hardware unit its lock LEDs of the active HD...

Page 27: ...consoles only a subset of these routing possibilities are available for Vista FX These are Dual Stereo Quad Mono Single Two In Five Out Single Five In Five Out Single Six In Six Out Once the structur...

Page 28: ...orking and because many operators are very familiar with this concept it is also used for Vista FX Insert Effects When an effect is only used for one single channel it can be patched into the channels...

Page 29: ...with Vista FX the engine setup needs to be carried out By pressing the FX button the Vista FX Engine Setup window opens up The Vista FX Engine Setup window has three tabs FX1 FX2 FX3 Each tab is repre...

Page 30: ...ove Single Two In Five Out setup This setup can be used to create a five channel surround effect with a simple stereo signal as the source A nice way to create 5 1 ambiance for a stereo track Single F...

Page 31: ...engine setup is stored in snapshots This means that the engine setup can be changed be recalling a previuosly created snapshot 5 2 General Patch On the general patch page General Patch there are addi...

Page 32: ...hardware units 36 patch points After one or several setup s have been loaded the respective input and output ports become available and are ready to be patched These ports are then not greyed out anym...

Page 33: ...n Five Out setup the ports look accordingly Single Five In Five Out setup When loading a Single Five In Five Out setup the ports look accordingly Single Six In Six Out setup When loading a Single Six...

Page 34: ...ch to the desired target or source 5 3 Create Send Return Effects To setup the desk for working with a Send Return effect a few steps of preparation need to be carried out 1 Patch the Direct Out of th...

Page 35: ...d bus assign for the return channel 4 Operate the FX parameters from the FX icon in the Vistonics touch area 5 Use Filters and EQ as well as Dynamics of the return channel to further pro cess the effe...

Page 36: ...t port into the insert path of the desired channel either on general patch or easier on channel patch page On the channel patch page only the desired FX block needs to be chosen from the pull down men...

Page 37: ...icon in the Vistonics touch area the panning can still be done in the channel misc view 2 Operate the FX parameters from the FX icon in the Vistonics touch area 3 Activate the channels Insert On Off 4...

Page 38: ...ct On all reverb effects the categories are further divided into small medium or large size S small M medium L Large The size can be toggled through with the Vistonics button Preset Presets are define...

Page 39: ...rs in this case STUDER has made the choice of the 16 most important parameters which then can be controlled Loading a preset To load a Preset first the effect Category has to be chosen With all rever...

Page 40: ...e late reverb signal is filtered by a one pole low pass This is the filters cutoff frequency Range 50 20 000 Hz Front Reverb Frequency The front portion of the late reverb signal is filtered by a one...

Page 41: ...rees On stereo engines only Early Level This parameter acts as a master control for any early signals going to the output channels Early signals include echoes reflections and the room reflection patt...

Page 42: ...The spread parameter is closely tied to the Shape parameter Spread is a window of time during which a signal is injected into the reverb Shape con trols just how the signal is injected during this wi...

Page 43: ...ally used to lessen the impact of strong transients Range 0 100 Front Frequency The front portion of the late reverb signal is filtered by a one pole low pass This is the filters cutoff frequency Rang...

Page 44: ...tail all components of the reverb except for early reflections etc is passed through a simple 2x2 matrix This provides an encoding of the tail that dramatically changes its spatial characteristics The...

Page 45: ...nes only Voice Delay Wander This parameter determines the amount of additional delay that the LFO pro cess can add to a voice s offset Range 0 0 1000 ms On surround engines only Mst Diffusion Input di...

Page 46: ...ing a delay It can be described as a smearing or softening of the signal and is typically used to lessen the impact of strong transients Range 0 100 FB Diffusion Feedback Diffusion is similar to Input...

Page 47: ...is percentage Range 0 100 Resonance Master Controls all voices in the algorithm Each voice has its nominal resonance adjusted by this percentage Range 0 100 Resonance Frequency This parameter determin...

Page 48: ...5 6 9 Pitch Effects For the category Pitch Effects the following parameters are available Delay Time Controls all delays in the algorithm Each voice has its nominal delay time adjusted by this percent...

Page 49: ...the button is blinking with the configured time intervall 5 7 Copy Paste With the Copy button the current preset with its current parameter settings is being copied into the clipboard As now the clip...

Page 50: ...surround The paste function will only be carried out when the target channel has the same engine format as the source channel or the setting stored in the clip board library If the format is not match...

Page 51: ...hen be overwritten Therefore it is important to keep in mind that the engine setup is of great importance and should be set up correctly at the start of a session and prefer rably not be changed anymo...

Page 52: ...partial snapshots as any other audio param eter in the system Please refer to chapter 4 4 4 of the Vista operating instruc tions for more details Trim Please note that as a difference to other audio...

Page 53: ...ining the location audio interfaces of the connected FX hardware If there was no FX hardware con nected before the following entries define the desired interfaces D950System ini file LexiconFX Connect...

Page 54: ...n Five Out Six In Six Out Halls Small 50 68 86 86 Medium 50 60 78 78 Large 93 105 139 139 Plates Small 30 30 37 37 Medium 35 35 43 43 Large 35 35 45 45 Chambers Small 15 15 21 21 Medium 31 31 37 37 La...

Page 55: ...mbient Conditions Details Value Operating Temperature Range see safety instructions 5 to 40 C 41 to 104 F Relative Humidity see safety instructions 85 Weight Value Vista FX unit 5 0 kg 11 0 lbs Redund...

Page 56: ...Vista FX 1 40 Vista FX Document generated 28 08 14 SW V4 9...