Unika DSP-1000, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...DSP Audio Processor Operation Manual Control Software and Device Front Panel Operation Unika DSP 1000 Unika DSP 1001 Unika DSP 428...

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Page 3: ...ettings Screen 10 Crossover Settings Window 13 Output Channel Settings Window 15 Access Control and Locking 18 Firmware Update Process 23 Front Panel Control Features 24 Specification 36 DSPControl Do...

Page 4: ...to the right three times to display the IP address Note you cannot connect the unit to the network through the USB or Ethernet at the same time You can only control the unit from one platform at the...

Page 5: ...the network together with their mac address and IP address similar to Figure 1 Note you can control the unit from only one PC at the same time If you want to switch control from one to the other shut...

Page 6: ...3 Clicking the cross icon on the right deletes the Group clicking the blue tool icon opens a screen where you can select the members of the Group you will be able to select any unit which is on line t...

Page 7: ...SPControl window will load the software for the unit At this point the software will go through a synchronization cycle and if a Personal Identification Number PIN was defined before will ask for the...

Page 8: ...Save Presets are the snapshot of all settings for a particular configuration With these commands you can save a preset and reload it at a later time In addition it offers the choice to use the preset...

Page 9: ...However the options shown will depend on the access level currently in force to be discussed 2 3 3 Hardware Configure Power On Preset Allows you to select a preset that will be automatically loaded at...

Page 10: ...sible with a valid password The actual operation of this function depends on the access level as described later 2 3 5 Hardware Go to Standby Will place the unit in Standby In this state outputs are d...

Page 11: ...saved to and reloaded from the unit internal memory The drop down menu under Default Preset shows a list of memory slots where named presets can be stored and recalled Since this is internal in the un...

Page 12: ...and can also be set by entering a specific value in the corresponding text field Faders auto zero Whenever you double click on a fader that fader moves to the default position This is usually 0dB unit...

Page 13: ...Available input sources Analog AES 3 and DANTE 3 3 1 AES Failover In the menu item Hardware Configure AES analog failover a radio button can be turned on so that when there is no AES EBU signal the un...

Page 14: ...channel The various elements that make up the curve like EQ settings and the crossover filters are indicated by their respective colors and EQ numbers There are two ways to toggle the contribution of...

Page 15: ...lick the Looking Glass icon All movements of the cursor now have a much smaller effect and you can drag curves with much greater precision clicking the Looking Glass again reverts to normal operation...

Page 16: ...urn to the output menu When you click X over in the left unit window function list most of the screen is dedicated to the controls and indicators for setting up the cross over filters as shown in Figu...

Page 17: ...ossover screen gain setting 5 4 Delay For each channel a delay can be introduced in the numeric field indicated in milliseconds 5 5 Link When two channels are linked by activating the related Link but...

Page 18: ...are shown numerically below each fader The available range is from 48 dB to 0 dB as in other screen double clicking a fader resets it to default 6 2 Graphical Screen A complete control screen is avail...

Page 19: ...ging the appropriate EQ number as described earlier as well as by entering the desired numerical values in the fields When using the mouse to drag settings the actual numerical values for Gain Q or BW...

Page 20: ...akes it easy to set the maximum power that power amplifier will apply to the connected loudspeaker making it easy to set the threshold so that the attached loudspeaker is not thermally overloaded Note...

Page 21: ...lease change these passwords as soon as possible to prevent unauthorized access to your system Note Please store your changed passwords securely There is no way to retrieve lost passwords If you break...

Page 22: ...nter your Developer password the Hardware drop down menu will show additional options that will not be visible in the other modes In addition to change your Developer password you have the option to s...

Page 23: ...ator and Developer level access you can allow progressively more detailed settings and adjustments to be made For this reason the Access Rights dialog window will show more privileges with higher acce...

Page 24: ...is a dialog screen to set the access levels in locked level mode as shown in Figure 23 A typical Locked screen is shown in Figure 24 Sample Locked screen Figure 23 Locked level access settings dialog...

Page 25: ...er cycle be careful if the user sets this to on he she may be locked out after a power cycle Change Unit Configuration Change the configuration of the Network Auto standby Startup preset setting Again...

Page 26: ...ilable If an update is available it can be performed as follows Hardware Firmware Update The program may run in several stages through the update process If the update fails restart the software and d...

Page 27: ...adjusted up or down with the rotary Encoder The EXIT key will exit any activity and return to the top level showing the preset name and number also the device model Upon power ON a status bar on the...

Page 28: ...ESS LEVEL Rotate the encoder to select Locked or Unlocked for the device When Locked is selected 1 Press then rotate to set password 2 Press MENU key to confirm the password 3 Press MENU key again the...

Page 29: ...from 50Hz to 20KHz Turn ON OFF the LPF Select filter type 1 Butterworth 6 12 18 24dB oct 2 Bessel 6 12 18 24dB oct 3 Linkwitz Riley 12 24dB oct Press the encoder to select Frequency Filter Type or ena...

Page 30: ...annel Select Input A B C or D Compressor Rotate the encoder to change value Threshold from 48dBu to 24dBu Attack time from 1ms to 10000ms Hold time from 1ms to 10000ms Release time from 1ms to 10000ms...

Page 31: ...the time delay Unit as Meter Millisecond or Feet Low Pass Filter Adjust the cutoff Frequency from 50Hz to 20KHz Turn ON OFF the LPF Select filter type 1 Butterworth 6 12 18 24dB oct 2 Bessel 6 12 18...

Page 32: ...Q factor adjustable from 0 1 to 25 for filter type Bell High Shelf Low Shelf All pass Bandpass filters Q factor adjustable from 10 to 80 for Notch filter Q factor adjustable from 0 5 to 2 for High pas...

Page 33: ...ired target channel to paste the data into it Press the key to paste the parameter values into the target channel item Pressed the encoder to confirm completion CLIP The signal begins to distort when...

Page 34: ...end side of the preset name for 3 seconds and the preset number will changed to an exclamation mark If choosing one of the existing presets as a Power ON Preset beware of that if you change any setti...

Page 35: ...rce will be up to 6dB louder when combined 9 3 5 2 EQ The DSP 428 EQ section offers full parametric EQ filters on inputs and outputs each input and output channel has 10 selectable EQ filters filter t...

Page 36: ...h HPF and LPF of the same crossover frequency are summed the combined response is always 3dB With 12dB per octave Butterworth crossover filters one of the outputs must be inverted or else the combined...

Page 37: ...of gain reduction above threshold the compression ratio can range from a mild 1 2 1 adjustment to a brick wall INF 1 The Attack time and Release time settings adjust the time it takes the compressor l...

Page 38: ...e noise floor lower than 90dBu The optimum input signal level which should be fed into the DSP 428 is 0dBu 775Vrms This input level will allow 20dB of headroom while giving a nominal signal that is 90...

Page 39: ...mpressor for each input and output Threshold range from 48dBu to 24dBu Ratio range 1 2 1 to Inf 1 Attack time range 1ms to 10sec Release time range 1ms to 10sec Compression Hold time 1ms to 10sec Make...

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