Studer Vista 5 M2 User manual

Vista 5 M2 Digital Mixing System
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VISTA 5 M2, SW V4.5, DIFFERENCES AND NEW FEATURES
Please insert this document at the end of chapter 10 of your Vista 5 operating instructions folder.
Meterbridge Installation (Option)............................................................................................................................................. 3
Mechanical ............................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Electrical................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Configuration............................................................................................................................................................................ 4
System Start.............................................................................................................................................................................. 4
TFT Level Meters........................................................................................................................................................................ 5
TFT Meter Setup ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8

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Meterbridge Installation (Option)
Please Note This option can only be used for Vista 5 M2 consoles, i.e. with SW versions
4.5.03 and up. If your console should not be a Vista 5 M2, it has to be electri-
cally upgraded to M2 before, please contact your distributor.
Contents of the Kit • Meterbridge(32or42faderversion,dependingonyourconsole)
 • 6screwsM4
 • 2Cat5linkcables(30cm/1m)
 • DVIcable(1.8m)
 • Power-onlinkcableDB9(0.5m)
 • Thisinstallationinstructionsheet
Required Tools • 2.5mmAllenkey
 • 3mmAllenkey
Mechanical
Important
!
For attaching the meterbridge to the console, you will need the assistance of
one or, even better, two additional person(s). Ask them to proceed with care
in order not to damage any surface or screen.
  Switchtheconsoleoffandplaceitinsuchawaythatitsrearsidecaneasily
beaccessed.
  Removeanycablingfromtheconsole’srearsidethatmightgetinyourway
during installation.
  DisconnectandremovetheGCscreenfromtheconsole.Usea3mmAllen
key.Thisscreenwillnomorebeusedsinceoneofthemeterbridgescreens
isprovidedforthispurpose.
  Removethe6countersunk-headscrewsattherearoftheconsole,markedin
redinthepicturebelow.Usea2.5mmAllenkey.Thesescrewswillnomore
beused.
32-fader console:
42-fader console:
VGA
SECONDARYLANPRIMARYLAN GRAPHICALCONTROLLER SCREEN
VGA
DVI
CUSTOMPANEL GPIO
COM1(RS422) COM2(RS422)
DATA(USB)
12/24V
DIN
MIDIIN MIDIOUT 1 MIDI OUT 2
OUT
(MAIN)
POWER
(MAIN)
POWER
(REDUNDANT)
100-240V~ 100-240V~ 100-240V~
(12V)
DESKLIGHT
(12V)
DESKLIGHT
(12V)
DESKLIGHT
LINE
CONTROL ROOM STUDIO A DESK MIC OUT
PROD TB INSTUDIO B
PFL
L R
LINE
L R
LINE
L R
LINE
L R
AES/EBU
L/R
AES/EBU
L/R
AES/EBU
L/R
AES/EBU AES/EBU
L/R(DIR OUT)
AES/EBU
C/LFE(DIR OUT)
AES/EBU
C/LFELFEC
LS RS
AES/EBU
LS/RS
AES/EBU
LS/RS(DIR OUT)
L R
LINE LINE
L R
LINE LINE
LINE
LINE
LINE
(DIROUT)
LINE
(DIROUT)
MONITORINSERT (AES/EBU)
GENERICI/O (AES/EBU)
MADI(TO CORE)
WCLKOUT
LOCK
TBIN
TBIN
L/R
(12V)
DESKLIGHT
f
DVI
D9p/f D9p/f
MIDIMIDIMIDI
D 37p / f
D 25p / f
D 25p / f
  Withyourassistant(s),setupthemeterbridgeattheconsole’srearside.Pro-
visionallyfixitattheextremeleftandrightwithoneofthenewscrewseach
intheupperofthetwoholes.Usea3mmAllenkey.Donottightenthese
screwscompletely.Theninserttheremainingnewscrewsandtightenthem
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Electrical
1. Wirethesystemaccordingtothediagrambelow.
2. Connectthemainscableattachedtothemeterbridgetothemainsoutletat
theconsole’srearside.
SCore Live
Frame
VISTA 5 M2 Desk
Rear Side
Cat5 Control Connection Desk - Core
Cat5 Control
Connection
Meterbridge
- Core
GB Ethernet Switch
Cat5 MADI Connection
Desk-Core
(CR Monitoring)
Secondary Lan Port to Meterbridge Switch
Meterbridge PC to
Meterbridge Switch
GC DVI Signal to Meterbridge
Meterbridge PC
(Bottom View)
Ext. DVI Input Power ONGC DVI Input
Power ONGC DVI Input
Ethernet EthernetUSB
Power-On Link to Meterbridge PC
Cat5 Ethernet Connection
Cat5 MADI Connection
DVI Connection
Power-On Connection
Configuration
  ForcorrectoperationoftheTFTmeters,openthe D950system.ini file
and add HasTFTMeters=Yes in the [d950systeminfo] area.
System Start
  Oncethisallisdone,theVista5M2canbestartedasusual,asdescribedin
thismanual.Themeterbridgewillautomaticallystartupwiththeconsole.

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TFT Level Meters
  Dependingonconsolesize,theTFTmeterbridgefeatureseitherthreeorfour
screensdedicatedtothemetering.Anadditionalscreenisusedfordisplay-
ingeithertheGCinformationofthedeskcontrolPC,themeteringPCor
anexternalDVIsignal;selectionfromthesesignalsisdonewiththe3keys
locatedjustbelowthisscreenlabeledGC,INT and EXT.
  ThemeteringPC also features two USB sockets where a keyboard anda
mousemaybeconnectedwheneveritneedstobeoperatedseparately(e.g.
foraSWupdate).
  Forallpossiblechanneltypesthemeteringgoeswithit–frommonoover
stereoto5.1,alwaysinthesamespace.Prioritywastohaveaslargeabar
graphmeteraspossible.Inordertobringinmoreinformation,alowerarea
isconfigurablethatenablesdisplayingdifferentoptions,dependingonthe
channeltype.Itcanbringasurroundimagevieworwhatiscalledthe‘history
diagram’ofincomingoroutgoingsignalwaveforms.Thisshowsthehistory
ofthesignalandmakesiteasytospotanomaliesintheaudiosignal,suchas
overloadsorsignalloss.
  Whenfocusingonsomeimportantchannels,onemightmisswhat’sgoing
onsomewhereelse.Ifsuddenlyhearingsomethingstrange,withthehistory
featureaquicklookacrosstheconsoleissufficienttoseewhathappened,and
where.AnotheroptioninthelowerportionoftheTFTsisabusassignment
view,givinganoverviewofthechannel’scurrentbusassignment,e.g.ona
singlechannelwherebusassignmentischangedfrequently.
  Thecontrolbaymeteringdiffersfromthemeterscreensonthefaderbays;it
ismainlymadetoshowoutputchannels.Forthecontrolbaymetersdifferent
viewsareavailable.Thisviewcanbeswitchedtoapredefinedmeterviewto

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seee.g.allauxiliaryoutputs–ortoallgroups,allprogrammemasters,direct
outputs,busoutputs,N–1s,matrixchannels,etc.
  Inadditionthereareuserpagesassignabletowhateverisdesiredviathestrip
set-up.Therearefourconfigurableuserpages.Oneofthemhastenslotsin
onerow,thenextonehas20slotsintworows,andthenexttwohave40half-
widthslotsintworows.Soifcallinguppagefour,thereare40meters,and
theycanbevirtuallyanything.Thetwometerslotsattherightofthecontrol
bayTFTscreencontinuouslyshowPFLandCRlevels.
  Theillustrationonthepreviouspageisanexampleofameterscreenwith
mono,stereoandsurroundchannels,aswellasdifferentviewsinthelower
area–suchasmeteringoftheL2channel,history,busassignmentandsur-
roundview.Furtherinformationisdisplayedaswell,suchasgainreduction
or surround signal type.
Level Meters Thelevelmeterbargraphsindicatedigitalpeakvaluesincludingheadroom
ofmono,stereo,5.1andN–1channels.ThemeterscalealwaysisindBFS
with0dBFSatthetop,withanadditionaloverloadsegmentclearlyindicating
overloads.Stereometersfeatureacorrelationmeterontopofthemeterbars,
bothonstereoinputsaswellasonstereomasterchannels.
  Abovethelevelbargraphareagainreductionmetersareadded.Clippingis
displayedbyturningthewhitebargraphsection(i.e.,thesegmentsabovethe
headroomthreshold)overtored.Themetertappointcanbeselectedfrom
input,postfaderanddirectoutputlevelofthecorrespondingchannel.
  Itispossibletousetheredoverloadindicatorabovethemeterstoindicatea
leveljustenteringtheconfiguredheadroom,ratherthanclipping.Thisisset
intheGC’s‘Meter/Generator’window.
 Theareabelowthelargebargraphsprovidesadditionalvisualinformation,
dependingonthechanneltypeandonwhattheoperatorpreferstosee.
  Whenthedeskisin‘twolayer’mode,asmallerbargraphmeteroftheL2
channel(e.g.asparemicrophone)isalwaysshown.
 Furthermorethereistheoptiontodisplaytheaudiowaveformofthesignal
thathaspassedthechannel,sotheoperatorcanseethehistoryoftheaudio
backtoaconfigurabletimeofupto50seconds.Thewaveformoftheaudio-
signalnotonlygivesveryclearinformation aboutsignalloss oroverload
(whichcoloursthatpartofthewaveforminred)butalsoindicatesthechar-
acterofthesignal,asintheageofDAWsmostoperatorsareusedtointerpret
signalsbylookingattheirwaveform.Thespeedofthemeterhistoryview
canbesetintheMetering&GeneratorSettingswindow,asshownbelow.

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 Surroundchannelscomeperdefaultwithasurroundimageviewinthelower
area,offeringaspatialvisualizationofthesurroundsignal.Itallowsspotting
anomalities in a surround signal much faster than any other method.
 Alternatively,abusassignviewcanbeselectedonanychannel,givinganice
overviewofthebusroutingrightbelowthebargraphmeters.Thismaynotbe
sensibleforeverychannelbutisusefulfortheoneswherethebusassignment
is changed frequently.
Control Bay ThecontrolbayTFTmeteringisofmultipleuse.TheVIEWkeystogether with
the ñ(shift) keyallowswitchingbetweendifferentviews.AllVIEWkeysare
ofthemomentary/latchingtype.
The FOLLOWkeydisplaysthemeteringthatbelongstothechannelassigned
tothedesksurface.
  Then,thereareviewkeysforalldifferenttype of master channels:Aux,
Groups,programMasters,Matrix, etc., as well as output meter viewsof
multitrackandn-1/xbusses.
  Moreover,therearefouruserkeysthatallowdisplayinganychoiceofchan-
nelsofthemixingconsoleonthefouruserpages.Forassignmentthereisa
pageontheGC’sStripSetupwindowthatletsassignupto10channelson
the USER 1page,upto20channelsintworowsontheUSER 2page,and
amaximumof40half-widthchannelsintworowsonboththeUSER 3 and
USER 4 pages.
The two meter slots at the right of the control bay TFT screen, however, con-
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TFT Meter Setup
Strip Setup Window  Ifthe‘FaderBays’or‘ControlBay’tabisactive,everychanneldisplayed
on the console surface also has a slowmeterinthestripsetupwindowthat
isaslowindicationofsignalactivityatthischannel’sinput.Colorisusedto
identifythechannel’sstatus.Abluemeterbarmeansthatthechannelhasits
faderopenandisswitchedon.Ifthemeterbarisgray,thenthechannelhasa
signalassociatedwithit,buteitherthechannelfaderisclosedorthechannel
ismuted(off).Ifthemeterbarisred,thechannelcurrentlyisinoverload
status.

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Fader Bay Meters  ThedefaultassignmentoftheTFTmeterstothefaderchannelstripsis1:1.
Thismaybemodifiedbythesystemadministratoronly;ifnotloggedinas
systemadministrator,the‘FaderBayMeters’tabisnotdisplayed,andmeter
assignmentisisrestrictedtothecontrolbay.
  Assignmentisdoneinthestripsetup window.First,clickthe‘FaderBay
Meters’tab.Thewindowchangestotheviewshownbelow.Enteringchannels
isdonewiththesamemechanismasisusedfortheassignmentofchannels
tobays.
  Changesinthechannelassignmentmaybeeasilyresettothedefaultsetting
byselecting‘ResettoStripAssignment’.
Lower Meter Area Thedefaultsettingsofthelowermeterareaarelabeled‘DEF’.Thesearethe
historyviewformonoandstereochannels,andthesurroundviewfor5.1
channels.
  Whenright-clickingintothelowermeterarea,thedisplaymodeofthelower
partofthemetercanbeselected(‘HIST’forthehistorydisplay,‘BUS’for
busassignmentview,‘SRND’forsurroundview,and‘L2’forlayer2view).
Optionsnotavailableforaparticularchanneltypewillbegrayed-out.
  Changesmadeheremayalsoberesettothedefaultsettingbyselecting‘Reset
toStripAssignment’afteraright-clickintheuppermeterarea.
Control Bay Meters  Clickonthe‘ControlBayMeters’tab.Thewindowchangestotheviewshown
below.Enteringchannelsisdonewiththesamemechanismasisusedforthe
assignmentofchannelstobays.
  Afterselectingoneofthe‘USER’fields,theviewcorrespondingtotheuser
keyscanbedefined.
  Pleasenotethatthetwometersatthefarrightofthecontrolbayarealways
usedforPFLandCRmonitoringandcannotbeassignedtoachannel.

Vista 5 M2 Digital Mixing System
10 TFT Meters Date printed: 09.06.11 SW V4.5