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Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 06-22-2009, 05:46 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 8,720
Posted By Geb
Re: CS 48 mic pres?

The Mic Pres (all the IO cards really) in SC48 are the same as those in Mix Rack (6 dB increments), but different from those in Stage Rack (3 dB increments).

That being said, you can adjust your...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 05-27-2009, 09:06 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 7,756
Posted By Geb
Re: Start Stage 2 Inputs at 49

I'm not sure I see what you guys ask for. When you're patching your second stage rack, how do you locate input 61? Where do you want to see the info "input 61"? In the UI? In the patch list? On the...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 05-12-2009, 04:48 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,710
Posted By Geb
Re: Config / Show mode audio interruptions

I won't comment on "best" practices in analog & digital worlds, because I can't. But I can comment on what D-Show can do, in particular when it can do it very well.

D-Show will stop audio when you...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 05-07-2009, 01:56 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 6,330
Posted By Geb
Re: Group Spill for those of us on Venue non-sc48

Group/VCA spill ignores banking, that is, spills over. When exiting spill mode, safes reappear as they were prior to the spill (in other words, safe is not cleared, simply ignored during the spill)....
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 05-07-2009, 12:04 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 6,330
Posted By Geb
Re: Group Spill for those of us on Venue non-sc48

The reason is simple. It's called Sarbanes-Oxley. As a publicly traded US corporation, Avid has to charge for upgrade adding new features (but not for updates bringing only fixes). Apple has had the...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 05-06-2009, 04:55 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 6,330
Posted By Geb
Re: Group Spill for those of us on Venue non-sc48

Yes, it's in the VENUE D-Show Software 2.8.1 release, coming soon:
http://digidesign.com/index.cfm?langid=100&navid=364&itemid=33853

-g
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 03-11-2009, 09:08 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,736
Posted By Geb
Re: Installing a Plug-In?

Hi Ryan,

If the plug-in is visible in the Options/Plug-Ins page, that means that the plug-in files have been placed at the right location. You then need to wait for the rack status to stop...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 02-15-2009, 12:13 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,870
Posted By Geb
Talking Re: Shutting Down the Console - Yes or No?

Good question. While the system is designed to be able to run with no end, it is difficult for *any* system to actually *prove* that no bug is going to appear just because the system was up for too...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 01-23-2009, 11:50 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,838
Posted By Geb
Re: Lost 8 faders on sidecar

If Vegas mode & other local tests don't work, then yes, the sidecar is misbehaving in a clear way and needs to be serviced. Sounds like you've taken the right steps to get your system back working at...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 01-21-2009, 04:25 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,838
Posted By Geb
Re: Lost 8 faders on sidecar

The fact that the sidecar stays in INIT state tells that the initial handshake between the main SW and the sidecar is not complete. Most likely, the sidecar can send messages to the host, but the...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 01-20-2009, 03:49 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,838
Posted By Geb
Re: Lost 8 faders on sidecar

Hi,

sorry to read that your system is not working right.

I would first check the cables connecting your system (the umbilical between your rack and the D-Show console, and the cable going from...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 12-11-2008, 11:52 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 6,959
Posted By Geb
Re: Mix Rack Bios Out of Date and USB drive problem

Hi Rob,

Good to hear things are working so well for you now. Happy users make us happy!
And thanks for telling us about your early problem: this gives us a clear list of things to work on when we...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 12-11-2008, 11:08 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,601
Posted By Geb
Re: Will this work with the Venue

When you say "need to install Windows drivers" do you mean that you *had* to install drivers provided by the manufacturer?

My experience is that many devices come with drivers for older versions...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 12-09-2008, 03:05 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 6,959
Posted By Geb
Re: Mix Rack Bios Out of Date and USB drive problem

Some users have this setup where there "My Documents" folder is placed on some (office) server, possibly by their IT department. This means that the transfers need to be made between a network...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 12-09-2008, 02:30 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 6,959
Posted By Geb
Re: Mix Rack Bios Out of Date and USB drive problem

Yes, I see the problem (in the code), we are (in 2.7) doing a check that shouldn't be done in standalone environment. Please continue ignoring this message, you are doing the right thing... Nothing...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 10-23-2008, 10:24 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,059
Posted By Geb
Smile Re: Plug in presets without standalone

Sounds like a case that requires a little bit of backdoor handling... Here is how you can transfer presets from Pro Tools to D-Show. It's not all that complicated...

On your Mac or PC running Pro...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 10-13-2008, 06:52 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,908
Posted By Geb
Re: ECx network security

Hi Mark,

(Sorry for the late reply: believe it or not, I typed it all the day you posted your question and today I realize my post never was really posted...)

Yes, VENUE's XP Embedded is...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 10-10-2008, 03:53 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,110
Posted By Geb
Re: Removing an Insert on a per Snapshot basis

Yes, you can... You can patch & unpatch any plug-in during a snapshot recall, as well as change the plug-in settings.

I am not 100% sure I understand what it is you are seeing: Have you added the...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 10-01-2008, 08:35 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,507
Posted By Geb
Re: 2 Small Software Addition Requests...

Well, actually, we do delete the plug-in & create a new one. Yes, it does feel unnecessary. It's one of these little things: to do what you describe is relatively simple, a layer of indirection...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 09-19-2008, 11:14 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,812
Posted By Geb
Re: Bank Safe

I assume you are asking if one can bank safe an input on a Profile desk...
1- go to the "Interaction" tab of the "Options" page.
2- select "Act as Bank Safes" in the "Input Safe Switches", so that...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 09-12-2008, 12:42 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,489
Posted By Geb
Smile Re: Stand Alone Make Stereo

Very simple:
- select two mono strips you want to make a stereo strip out of
- right click on the selected strip to get a popup menu
- select "Make Selected Mono Strips Stereo".
- that's it!
...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 07-06-2008, 07:40 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,507
Posted By Geb
Re: Mac Pro 4-Core or 8-Core for Virtual Soundcheck?

Hi Tim,

To do a virtual soundcheck you need to be able to record & playback all your tracks at the same time. The requirement there is to have enough IO bandwidth in the most reliable way...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 07-04-2008, 02:52 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 7,224
Posted By Geb
Re: Foot switch

Hi Ben,

First, congratulations!



Because of the nature of the connection of the footswitches in our systems, I very confident that this issue has nothing to do with the footswitch itself...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 05-27-2008, 05:08 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,718
Posted By Geb
Re: VNC Without The Control Surface?

I hate to say this, but if you really want to control your entire show using a laptop via ECx and have no control surface available as a backup, you may want to think twice before you do this over a...
Forum: VENUE Live Sound Systems 03-20-2008, 11:12 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,396
Posted By Geb
Re: D Show on Intel Mac UPDATE

I'm going to guess that you are trying to open the show file by double clicking on it, like you'd open a text file.
Because of it's embedded roots, D-Show show files are to be loaded from the D-Show...
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