mc²96 - Build a Setup
If a production contains all the connections and fader strip assignments you need, then you are ready to mix! However, at some point you will need to edit or build a setup to suit the particular requirements of your show.
This topic describes the recommended workflow. Please follow the links for more information.
1. Start by loading an existing production as described earlier.
Choose something close to your own requirements or a default production if you have one. This will reset the console to a known starting point. If a default production does not yet exist, then you should create one. Follow the steps below, but keep the settings more generic so that they are suitable for the installation, rather than a specific user or show.
2. Check and, if necessary, change the DSP Configuration.
This defines the number of input channels, groups, auxes and sums.
3. Using the Signal List display, configure your signal routing and channel formats: mono, stereo and surround.
By doing this you will know exactly which channels (and signals) are needed on the console surface.
4. Configure the desk layout by assigning your channels to fader strips.
Any type of channel (audio or control) can be assigned to any fader strip on any bank or layer. This allows you to control your input channel, groups, sums, etc. from the most convenient position.
Bank switching provides fast global access to different sets of channels, or channels in a different layout - for example, to bring the music channels in a live entertainment up onto the surface when the band are playing!
Layers can be switched on individual fader strips, making them ideal for related signals - for example, to flip quickly between a presenter's input channel and their mix minus (N-1) return.
5. Set up the default mix parameters using either the Fader Strip controls or Central Control Section and Main Display.
You can use these areas to adjust any channel parameter - level, mute, AFL, PFL, EQ, Dynamics, Delay, Aux sends, etc.
It is a good idea to check the channel signal flow for your input channels and bus masters. And, also set the EQ types (filter, shelf or parametric) and starting frequencies, so that when you turn on the EQ and start adjusting the gain, you will know what to expect!
6. Save all your settings into a new production.
You can use snapshots to store different mixes and/or desk layouts.
7. The production (and snapshot) can then be loaded at any time to recall the setup.