Use this screen to patch inputs and outputs from / to analogue sockets, I/O Ports, GX/DX/AB/AR Expanders, USB, or to a ME monitor system. The patch is presented as a matrix view with solid cross-points indicating an active connection. Striped cross-points indicate an invalid connection, for example when the output is not available in the current system configuration.
Use a two-fingers pinch in the screen area to zoom in and out. Low levels of zoom provide a good overview of the I/O patch but disable cross-point operation to prevent accidental changes.
⚙ Touch and hold Options and touch anywhere in the I/O screen to access the following preferences:
Confirm when reassigning opens a confirmation pop-up whenever a patch is being changed.
Only patch when the Patch button is pressed requires a two fingers operation to prevent accidental changes to the patch. Hold down the screen Patch button and touch a cross-point to patch when this option is enabled. Hold down and draw a line on the matrix to quickly patch sources to destinations 1:1.
Use full screen takes advantage of the full touchscreen size when operating the I/O screen.
Allow multiple tabs displays multiple items at the same time in the matrix view.
Inputs
Patch sources (displayed on top) to Input channels or to the Ext In of Mix channels (displayed on the left).
1.Navigation tabs – Touch on an item to present its associated sources or channels to the matrix view.
2.Destinations – Input and Mix channel names and colours are displayed. A green tick appears when any source is assigned to the channel. Touch a channel name or number to edit its name and colour.
3. Sources – The source number is greyed out if already patched, highlighted in red if +48V is detected at the socket, or striped when the input is not available in the current system configuration.
Touch on a socket number to open a window with a list of current assignments and available controls for the socket, for example gain, +48V and Pad for a preamp, or SRC options for a digital input.
ⓘ Sample Rate Conversion can be bypassed for any stereo digital Input on an Avantis or DX32.
ⓘ For supported devices (AES I/O cards and DX32 expanders fitted with AES IN cards) AES Mode (Consumer / Professional) can be configured here.
4.Matrix view – With low levels of zoom, touch on an area of the matrix to zoom in. With higher levels of zoom, touch on a cross-point to patch a source (Patch button disabled). A confirmation popup will appear if the Confirm when reassigning option is enabled. Touch on an active cross-point to unassign.
Outputs
Patch Mixes, Direct Outs, RackExtra FX or PAFL (displayed on the left) to outputs (displayed on top).
1. Sources – Channel names and colours are displayed. Touch a channel name or number to edit its name and colour.
2. Destinations – The output number is greyed out if already in use, or striped when the output is not available in the current system configuration.
Touch on a socket number to open a window with a list of current assignments and available controls for the socket. For example, touch on a DX32 digital output to access its Polarity, AES MODE (Consumer / Professional) and Sample Rate settings.
Touch on a ME output to access the Stereo Link option. When Stereo Linked, outputs to the Allen & Heath Personal Monitoring System will be recognised as a stereo pair and assigned to a single key on the ME-1 mixer.
Tie Lines
Use this page to patch any source (displayed on the left) directly to one or multiple destinations (displayed on top), without impacting on mix resources or bus configuration.
Digital Split using Tie Lines – In a digital split system (for example FoH and Monitors), it is typical to use the Tie Lines to send the Local inputs from the Avantis to an I/O Port and over to the Slave system, as pictured above. This method (as opposed to using channel Direct Outs) splits the signals straight after the preamp so they are unaffected by Digital Trim or Direct Out Source on the Master system.
Virtual SoundCheck
Use this page to configure and enable Virtual SoundCheck. The Record Send and Virtual SoundCheck modes are independent of Scene memories. This means you can patch analogue I/O, inserts and FX whilst in Virtual SoundCheck, with the peace of mind that these changes will stay in place when you exit Virtual SoundCheck. It also means that you can recall and store Scenes whilst in Virtual SoundCheck without the need to use Safes or Recall Filters.
1. I/O Port – Select the I/O Port to use with Virtual SoundCheck.
2. Matrix View – Patch the channels to the I/O Port. It is typical to leave this patch to 1:1 so that Inputs are straight from/to the same numbered I/O Port channel.
3. Range – You can limit the range of I/O Port channels dedicated to Virtual SoundCheck. This can be useful if the same I/O Port is used for other applications at the same time, for example for plugin processing or audio distribution. The range selection is locked when in Record Send or Virtual SoundCheck mode.
4. Inactive disables Virtual SoundCheck. The normal I/O patch is in use.
Record Send sends the pre-trim audio from the Input Channels to the I/O Port for multitrack recording purposes. This will temporarily override the normal output patch to the selected I/O Port, if different.
ⓘ The source point is always pre-trim (it doesn’t follow the Input Direct Out source setting). For multitrack recording applications other than Virtual SoundCheck, where the recording of the processed channel is required, go to I/O / Outputs and patch Input Direct Outs instead.
Virtual SoundCheck sends audio from the I/O Port to the Input Channels in place of the live inputs, temporarily overriding the normal input patch.
Virtual SoundCheck Active – A message is displayed on screen to remind the user that Virtual SoundCheck is active. Touch the orange box in any other screen to go back to this screen.
A Virtual SoundCheck button will also appear in the Processing / Preamp screen. This allows you to disable Virtual SoundCheck on individual channels, for example to run a live mic alongside the recorded tracks.