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<blockquote data-quote="Dan Mortensen" data-source="post: 114923" data-attributes="member: 2826"><p>Re: 2.0</p><p></p><p>Finally got 2.01 loaded the other day. Several USB sticks didn't work at all (Sandisk), one finally did (Kingston). Didn't try holding down the View button when restarting, will do so to set up another console.</p><p></p><p>In an earlier post I was really excited about the Head Amp Split feature, and spent some time with that today. This is a new feature which lets you set up House and Monitor consoles so they have separate control of their own input trims. After the controlling console sets the Head Amp gain, whether that's in its own internal inputs or the S16's, selecting "HA Split" gives each console +/- 18db of gain (in a video I saw from NAMM, Jan D. thought it was +/- 15 db when asked, but it's 18; digital gain before 2.01 used to be +/- 12db, so this is way better) to compensate for changes at the source without affecting the other console.</p><p></p><p>The question I tried to answer today was <strong>"What happens if you are in HA Split mode, have made some digital gain adjustments due to signals varying after HA Split mode was entered, and then get a radical change in source level which requires you to exit HA Split mode? What happens to your digital gain adjustments when you come back to HA Split mode?"</strong></p><p></p><p>For the <strong>downstream</strong> <strong>console</strong> (the one <strong>taking its sync from an AES50 connector</strong>, as opposed to the <strong>upstream console with local sync</strong> which is setting the HA gain and is the decider about entering HA Split mode), <strong>nothing changes</strong>. All digital trims remain as they are. The only effect on this console is from the change in HA gain made by the upstream console, which is the same effect as before 2.01 and which is inevitable in the absence of automatic gain compensation.</p><p></p><p>For the <strong>upstream</strong> console, <strong>leaving HA Split mode and then reentering it loses ALL digital gain adjustments made while in HA Split mode</strong>, and all channels go to unity digital gain.</p><p></p><p>That is a pretty heavy result, and maybe there is no getting around it with the architecture in the console.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Per Per's suggestion below, I tried to <strong>adjust the trim at the Preamp Page in the Setup screen (same page as the HA Split options). IT WORKS!</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>So once you are in HA Split mode you can stay there and still compensate for wild signal changes.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>I tried to imagine a scenario where before exiting, the operator saved the console to a scene and reloaded the scene when back in HA Split mode, but that would wipe out any HA gain changes made as the reason to have left HA Split mode and is therefore pointless.</p><p></p><p>The other interesting thing is that <strong>HA Split mode is not something that is saved or recalled by a scene change. It overrides scene changes</strong> (unless I'm missing something) and remains however the operator set it (on or off), which after some thought I think may be a feature not a bug.</p><p></p><p>An amazing thing now in 2.01 is that <strong>the upstream console can now give control of the HA and of entering HA Split mode to the downstream console by checking a menu box</strong>. Previously, making a console the upstream console meant it connected directly to the inputs (whether internal or in S16) and that's how it stayed. Making the FOH console the upstream console and Monitor console the downstream one required two runs of CATx to FOH. Now you can do it with one cable run.</p><p></p><p>I'm really liking this upgrade (for many other reasons), and look forward to the iPad upgrade to match and to leaving Beta.</p><p></p><p>Thanks, Uli and all!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dan Mortensen, post: 114923, member: 2826"] Re: 2.0 Finally got 2.01 loaded the other day. Several USB sticks didn't work at all (Sandisk), one finally did (Kingston). Didn't try holding down the View button when restarting, will do so to set up another console. In an earlier post I was really excited about the Head Amp Split feature, and spent some time with that today. This is a new feature which lets you set up House and Monitor consoles so they have separate control of their own input trims. After the controlling console sets the Head Amp gain, whether that's in its own internal inputs or the S16's, selecting "HA Split" gives each console +/- 18db of gain (in a video I saw from NAMM, Jan D. thought it was +/- 15 db when asked, but it's 18; digital gain before 2.01 used to be +/- 12db, so this is way better) to compensate for changes at the source without affecting the other console. The question I tried to answer today was [B]"What happens if you are in HA Split mode, have made some digital gain adjustments due to signals varying after HA Split mode was entered, and then get a radical change in source level which requires you to exit HA Split mode? What happens to your digital gain adjustments when you come back to HA Split mode?"[/B] For the [B]downstream[/B] [B]console[/B] (the one [B]taking its sync from an AES50 connector[/B], as opposed to the [B]upstream console with local sync[/B] which is setting the HA gain and is the decider about entering HA Split mode), [B]nothing changes[/B]. All digital trims remain as they are. The only effect on this console is from the change in HA gain made by the upstream console, which is the same effect as before 2.01 and which is inevitable in the absence of automatic gain compensation. For the [B]upstream[/B] console, [B]leaving HA Split mode and then reentering it loses ALL digital gain adjustments made while in HA Split mode[/B], and all channels go to unity digital gain. That is a pretty heavy result, and maybe there is no getting around it with the architecture in the console. EDIT: Per Per's suggestion below, I tried to [B]adjust the trim at the Preamp Page in the Setup screen (same page as the HA Split options). IT WORKS! So once you are in HA Split mode you can stay there and still compensate for wild signal changes. [/B] I tried to imagine a scenario where before exiting, the operator saved the console to a scene and reloaded the scene when back in HA Split mode, but that would wipe out any HA gain changes made as the reason to have left HA Split mode and is therefore pointless. The other interesting thing is that [B]HA Split mode is not something that is saved or recalled by a scene change. It overrides scene changes[/B] (unless I'm missing something) and remains however the operator set it (on or off), which after some thought I think may be a feature not a bug. An amazing thing now in 2.01 is that [B]the upstream console can now give control of the HA and of entering HA Split mode to the downstream console by checking a menu box[/B]. Previously, making a console the upstream console meant it connected directly to the inputs (whether internal or in S16) and that's how it stayed. Making the FOH console the upstream console and Monitor console the downstream one required two runs of CATx to FOH. Now you can do it with one cable run. I'm really liking this upgrade (for many other reasons), and look forward to the iPad upgrade to match and to leaving Beta. Thanks, Uli and all! [/QUOTE]
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