These pages give access to the mixer bus configuration, Input stereo configuration, network settings, audio settings and User Profiles.

Control / Strip Assign

Any combination of Input channels, FX, Mix masters, DCAs and MIDI strips can be assigned to the 6 layers of faders. This lets you customize the mixer layout to suit the application. The layout is stored within Scenes and can be made Safe from Scene recall.

The factory Template Shows provide a classic layout with Input channels on the left and Mix masters on the right to give you a starting point.

Current assignments are shown in the lower window arranged in Banks and Layers.

Drag and drop channels into the desired position in the lower window. Use the tabs on the left to view different types of channels available, and the tabs on top to navigate to higher / lower number channels.

Turn on Block Select and touch the first and last items you wish to assign to drag a range of channels into the lower window. If you drop more channels than there are strips available, then they will wrap into the next Layer overwriting channels currently assigned there.

Drag channels out of the lower window to unassign.

Turn on Lock Master Strips to make the channels assigned to strips 9-12 on Layer A (right hand bank only on Avantis Dual Screen) visible on all layers. This can be used to ensure important channels (e.g. Mains) are always accessible. This functionality can also be assigned to a SoftKey.

⚙ Touch and hold Options and touch anywhere in the Strip Assign page to access the assign preferences. Turn on Sync Selected Layer with Surface to make the screen follow the active Layer on the Surface for the selected Bank.

Control / SoftKeys

Avantis provides 24 user-assignable SoftKeys (or 18 on Avantis Solo).

1. Touch one of the SoftKeys buttons on the left of the screen to select it. Swipe up / down to scroll.

2. Open the Function drop-down menu and select the function to assign. Set the Channel Type and Channel Number to select the required channel (only applies to certain functions). Turn on Invert LED if you want the SoftKey LED to be lit when the function is off. Press Apply to confirm the changes.

ⓘ SoftKey assignments are store within Scenes. To prevent SoftKey assignments to be overwritten on Scene recall, you can make one, a selection or all Safe using the Scenes / Global Scene Safes screen.

Available SoftKey functions are as follows:

• Unused
• AMM Control – Turns on/off an AMM zone or an individual channel in an AMM
• Assign On/Off – Turns on/off a channel assignment to a bus
• Channel Processing – Insert or Bypass a specific channel processing block
• Custom MIDI - Transmit a custom MIDI message string
• DCA Spill Active – Turns DCA Spill mode on/off
• Fader On-Off –Illuminates a SoftKey while the selected channel fader is above -inf
• Fader Start – Momentarily illuminates a SoftKey when the selected channel fader moves above -inf
• Level Down – Tap to decrease level for faders
• Level Up – Tap to increase level for faders
• Lock Master Section – Toggles the activation of Master Strips section
• Mix – Quick access to a specific Mix
• Mute – Mute control for any input channel, bus or DCA
• Mute Group – Mutes/unmutes the specified Mute Group
• PAFL – Quick access to a selected PAFL
• PAFL Clear – Turns off all currently active PAFL keys
• PAFL Mix Sel Scene – Sets multiple parameters with one softkey
• PAFL - Surface Number - Sets the PAFL the Avantis will use to the PAFL number selected. This affects the function of the PAFL keys, Listen key, and audio to the headphones.
• Peak Hold Reset – Clear all current Peak Hold indicators
• Scene Controls – Quick access to scene controls (Recall, Store etc.)
• Sel – Quick access to processing for a channel
• Send Level Down – Tap to decrease level for Aux sends
• Send Level Up – Tap to increase level for Aux sends
• Set Bypass UFX - Toggles Bypass for the selected RackUltra FX engine (not all RUFX engines support bypass)
• SIP – Press and hold for 1 second to activate Solo In Place (SIP)
• Smart Rotary - Toggle Smart Rotary control for each set of screen rotaries (for Solo consoles, use Toggle Left)
• Talkback Assign - Talkback to different outputs
• Talkback – Enable Talkback (momentary or latching)
• Tap Tempo - Assign to any of the 12 FX L or R tap or as a Global Tempo
• USB Play/Record –Transport control for USB Play / Record system
• Virtual Sound Check – Set Virtual Sound Check mode

Control / Surface Preferences

1. Channel Strip Rotary Functions – Use the drop-down menus to select the required custom function for each channel strip rotary control. Available functions are Unused, HPF Frequency, Direct Out, Send Level (Aux or FX sends), Compressor Threshold, Channel Level, AMM Priority Level, PEQ Controls, and Gate & Compressor Controls, LCR+ Divergence. Touch Apply to confirm the change.

2. General surface preferences:

Highlight On Fader Touch illuminates the name block on channels when the faders are touched.

Display Fader dB in Select Area will display the fader position (dB value) in the name block every time the fader or rotary is moved.

No Sends On Faders inhibits sends on faders when pressing any Mix key. The channel faders will always control the Input main levels or Mix masters when this option is enabled. You can still control the send levels by using the strip rotary Sends function, Soft Rotaries Sends widget, or touchscreen Routing screen.

Single Select Mode limits the number of channels that can be selected simultaneously to one. (Dual screen models only)

Layer Link – Touch the buttons to link or unlink the Layers across both fader banks. Selecting a Layer will select the same Layer across both banks. (Dual screen models only)

Control / Dimmer

Use this page to separately adjust the brightness of the touchscreens, LEDs, switch backlights, fader strip LCD displays, and intensity and colour tone of the integrated armrest LED strip illumination. These settings are stored in Scene memories.

Control / DCA Spills

DCA Spills populate the Surface with only the channels assigned to a DCA, temporarily overriding the current strip layout, whenever a DCA Mix button is pressed.

The DCA Mix function can be assigned to SoftKeys, which allows spills to be used when DCA strips are not in the active Layer, or even dedicate some DCAs as pure ‘population groups’ without a fader. Go to Setup / Control / SoftKeys to assign.

Order - The order in which the channels are displayed on the Surface. Set to Numerical to follow the channel number, or Strip to follow the order of the strip layout at the moment of the spill.

Layout - Set to Auto to automatically spill to the fader banks not used by the DCA. Set to Manual to manually select the fader banks for the spill.

Spill Active - Touch to enable or disable the DCA Spills function globally. This switch can be assigned to a SoftKey and used as a quick way to restore the normal strip layout whichever spill might be active.

Frozen Strips in Spill – When enabled frozen strips will remain on surface when in DCA spill. 

ⓘ DCA Channel will always overlay on Frozen channel.

Place DCA on Surface - Keeps the DCA channel in view during a spill.
 

Control / Custom Rotary

Configure the functionality of the six screen rotaries and the Fast Grab Tab.

1. Using a Screen Rotary will automatically open the onscreen Fast Grab Tab. Popout Timeout sets the amount of time that the Fast Grab Tab will remain visible onscreen before automatically closing.

ⓘ If the Fast Grab Tab is opened using the View button above the Screen Rotaries, the Popout Timeout is ignored and the Fast Grab Tab will remain onscreen until the View button is pressed again.

2. Select the function for each of the Custom Rotaries, and whether the parameter is Channel Locked, or if it should Follow Sel or Follow Mix

Available fixed Custom Rotary functions:

• Unused
• Preamp – Gain, Trim, Stereo Width
• Filter – HPF Frequency, LPF Frequency
• Gate – Threshold, Depth, Attack, Hold, Release
• PEQ - Frequency, Width, Gain for each band of parametric EQ (LF, LM, HM, HF)
• Compressor – dependent on compressor model
• Dyn8 - Multiband Gain, Threshold, and Ratio / Dynamic EQ Frequency, Gain, Width, and Threshold.  Selected by band (LF, LM, HM, HF)
• FX – Dependant on the FX Engine.
• UFX - Dependent on the RUFX Engine.
• Send Level
• AMM Priority
• Monitor - Level for IEM or Wedge bus

Touch Smart Rotary to enable contextual control to automatically follow the selected window for the associated screen. Each Smart Rotary button can be configured to toggle by assigning it to a softkey in Setup / Control / SoftKeys.

Smart Rotary functions are available for:

• Preamp - Gain / Trim
• Filter - HPF / LPF
• Gate and Ducker - Threshold / Depth / Attack
• dPack Expander Models - Dependent on the model
  • Dual Expander - Upper Threshold / Depth / Lower Threshold
  • Source Expander - Threshold / Depth
• Dyn8 - For selected band - Multiband Gain / Threshold / Ratio, DynEQ Frequency / Width / Gain
• PEQ - For selected band - Frequency / Width / Gain
• Compressor - Ratio / Threshold / Gain
• dPack Compressor Models
  • 16T - Ratio / Threshold / Gain
  • 16VU - Compression / Threshold / Gain
  • Bus - Ratio / Threshold / Gain
  • CompStortion - Input / Output / Attack
  • Mighty - Threshold / Release / Output
  • Optronik - Peak Reduction / Gain
  • Opto - Ratio / Threshold / Gain
  • PeakLimiter76 - Input / Output / Attack
• Ext In - Trim
• NEQ-12- For selected band - Frequency / Width / Gain
• FX
  • All units
    • PEQs are Frequency / Width / Gain for the selected band.
  • Reverbs - Predelay / Decay Time / HF Decay
  • Stereo Tap Delay - Lo Cut / Hi Cut / Feedback
  • Bucket Brigade - Lo Cut / Hi Cut / Stutter Level
  • Echo - Repeat Rate / Intensity / Echo Volume
  • ADT - Delay Seperation / Thickness
  • Chorus - Rate / Depth
  • Flange - Depth / Regen
  • Phaser - Resonance / Rate / Depth
  • Symphonic - Frequency / Depth
  • Sub Harmonics - LF Input / Infra Level / Sub Level
  • Gated Verb - Attack / Hold / Release
  • De-Esser - Ch A Frequency / Reduction / Response
  • Transient Controller - Ch A Attack / Sustain
• RackUltra FX
  • All Units
    • Pre/Post PEQs are Frequency / Width / Gain for the selected band.
    • Pre/Post Dynamics
      • Gate - Threshold / Depth / Attack
      • Expander - Threshold / Depth
      • Compressor - Ratio / Threshold / Gain
      • Ducker - Threshold / Depth / Attack
  • Spaces Reverb - Predelay / Dcaey Time
  • Plate Reverb - Predelay / Dcaey Time / Size
  • Vocal Tuner - Correction / Retune / Transition
  • Vocal Gridder - Speed / Time Tolerance / Pitch Tolerance
  • Vocal Shifter - Pitch Left / Pitch Right
  • Vocal Harmoniser 2 - Reverb / Chorus
  • Vocal Harmoniser 4 - Reverb / Chorus
  • MIDI Harmoniser  - Glide / Width / Formant
  • Amp+Cab Distortion - Gain / Output / Sub
  • Saturator - Drive / Level / Bias
  • Rhythm Delay - Autopan / Feedback / Drive
  •  

3. With Popout Scene List enabled, on pressing the View button above the Custom Rotaries will enable a view of the Scenes List that remains on the screen until the View button is pressed again.

Audio / PAFL

Set your preferences for the PAFL monitoring system.

The strip PAFL key operates in the following way:

• Mix PAFL overrides Mains in the monitor
• Input PAFL overrides Mix PAFL
• Releasing Input PAFL restores previous Mix PAFL
• Pressing Mix PAFL clears any Input PAFL

1. PAFL Number Set the PAFL bus that the Avantis will use for the monitoring system. This affects the function of the PAFL keys, Listen key, and audio to the headphones.

When two PAFL busses are configured in the Mixer / Config / Mixer Config screen, multiple operators can share the same Avantis system whilst using different PAFL busses – for instance, one engineer using the Avantis mixer on PAFL 1, and another engineer using an iPad with IEMs fed from PAFL 2.

ⓘ The RTA function is fixed to PAFL bus 1
ⓘ Wedge and IEM strips are fixed to PAFL bus 1

Mix Follows Mix PAFL automatically makes a Mix key active when a Mix PAFL key is pressed.

Mix Follows Input PAFL automatically makes a Mix key active when an Input PAFL key is pressed.

Sel Follows PAFL automatically selects a channel when its PAFL key is pressed.

Additive Mode sums PAFL selections when turned on. Selections auto-cancel when turned off.

Select either PFL (pre-fade listen) or AFL (after-fade listen) for Input channels and Mix (Output) masters when the strip PAFL keys are pressed.

2. A Delay up to 680ms can be set to align the PAFL signal with the acoustic sound from the stage.

PFL Trim attenuates the PFL signal by up to 24dB relative to the AFL signal. This avoids loud PFL levels in situations where the Mix output levels are low.

3. Ext Input to PAFL Source – Use the drop-down menu to select and assign an external signal to the PAFL monitor, for example an I/O Port input for ‘shout’ communication between FoH and Monitor engineers. The signal will not be affected by the engineer’s Wedge or IEM fader strip level.

When assigned, controls for the preamp Gain, Trim, PAD and phantom power will appear in the window to the right.

4. Mix to PAFL – Set how much of the selected mix goes to the monitor system when no PAFL is active. It is typical for example to have Main Left and Right feed the PAFL Left and Right busses. Touch Set Mix to select the mix used for this function.

Audio / SIP

When Solo-In-Place is enabled, channel PAFL buttons on the Console, Director and IP controllers will function as a SIP select button.

SIP can be used to listen to one or more channels (Inputs, Groups and FX Returns) in isolation through the main outputs of a system. When SIP is active on one or more channels, all other channels are muted unless they have been made Solo Safe. Typically this may include FX returns and Groups so soloed sources can be heard with their FX and group routing.

ⓘ SIP affects the audio to all outputs in the system and should be used with care.

Audio / I/O Port

These tabs display information on the fitted card in I/O Port 1, 2 and 3, and give access to any relevant option.

See the I/O Module Section for module specific information.

ⓘ Note that clock, redundancy and other options for the Dante and Waves cards are accessed by the Audinate or Waves Audio software respectively. Access to these settings is not provided by the Avantis interface.

Audio / Audio Sync

Use the Audio Sync page to set the audio clock options for the system.

1. Audio Clock Source – Select the clock source for the Avantis system. Set to Internal (96kHz) to use the internal audio clock, this is the default setting. Set to an I/O Port to sync from an audio networking card, or Ext BNC to sync from a 96kHz Wordclock provided at the rear panel BNC socket.

ⓘ When linking two or multiple systems together using audio networking cards, the ‘Master’ system (typically the one that has control over the preamps) is set to Internal and all other systems are set to sync from the relevant I/O Port.

ⓘ Only sync from 96kHz sources or, if an M-DL-ADAPT ‘letter-box’ adapter is fitted, from a 48kHz audio networking card fitted in the adapter.

2. AES – Select the sample rate for the AES outputs on the rear of the mixer. Choose between 44.1kHz, 48kHz or 96kHz. Choose whether to bypass sample rate conversion (SRC) on the mixer’s AES inputs.

3. Word Clock – Choose whether the rear panel BNC connector acts as an Input or Output. When operating as an output, select the sample rate from 44.1kHz, 48kHz or 96kHz.

Audio / Metering

The response of Avantis meters can be tweaked to suit the engineer’s preference.

ⓘ To set the global meter source point for Input channels and Mix masters, Touch and hold Options and touch the main i area in the Meters / Inputs or Meters / Mix screen.

1. Ballistics Config - Use fast Attack and Release for fast response, digital absolute peak meters. This ensures you keep control and avoid digital clipping of signals including those with very fast dynamics but note that the meters may read hotter than those on other consoles you are used to.

Use slower Attack and Release to ‘dampen’ the response if required.

The Peak Hold Time can be set from 40ms to 10s or to infinite. This is the amount of time the highest segment of the meter will stay lit and indicates the highest signal level within such time. It also affects the red Peak indicator.

ⓘ The red peak indicator lights to warn that the signal is within 3dB of clipping. It is multi-point sensing which means it detects peak activity at several points in the signal path.

Touch Peak Hold Reset to clear all current Peak Hold indicators.

2. Chromatic Meter Config – Configure the colours for the chromatic meter used on the Utility / USB Audio / Manager page.

Audio / Source Selector

The Source Select page allows the configuration of up to 20 Source Selectors, each with up to 20 sources, that can be controlled via GPIO or IP Remote Controllers.

Sources configured in a Source Selector are mutually exclusive on the output Mix. This can be used for example for selection of background music in a room, with automatic crossfades when switching sources.

ⓘ Note that any Input or Group routed to the selected output Mix but not selected as a member will not be affected by the Source Selector. This allows for a priority mic, paging, announcement or alarm system to be always routed to the output Mix regardless of the active source in the Source Selector.

1. Sources: Inputs / Groups – Use the vertical tabs to switch between inputs and groups. Drag and drop inputs and/or groups into the lower pane to add them to a Source Select group.

2. Source selector members – This area shows the members of the currently selected Source Select group along with the current level. Each group can contain up to 20 sources which can be any combination of inputs and groups.

Once a source has been added to the group, touch the source to specify the name, colour and on-level for the source. The name and colour specified for a source here is independent from the name and colour used for the source elsewhere in the system so you can give “friendly” labels to the sources for the operators.

3. Source Selector – Touch to select a Source Select group. Up to 20 Source Select groups can configured.

Output – Touch to select a stereo or mono AUX/MTX that is used as the output for the source select group.

Fade In/Out Time – Set Fade In and Fade Out times between sources of up to 10s.

Audio / AMM

The Automatic Mic Mixer (AMM) provides automatic level control of multiple microphones for spoken word applications such as conferences and discussion panels involving several participants each with their own mic around a table. This improves intelligibility and can reduce the risk of feedback by reducing the levels of mics which are not being spoken into. Once set, the AMM needs little or no change at all whilst still allowing the engineer to maintain absolute control of the mix. For more information see the AMM section in this guide.

ⓘ The AMM is intended for speech applications, not music.

Main Screen - NOM Mode

ON - When switched to 'ON' the AMM takes automatic control using its own gain element just after each fader.

Chair - You can set a channel as 'Chair' to give it higher priority over the other channels, for example to let a chairman override another speaker. The Chair mic sensitivity and the amount that other channels are automatically ducked when the Chair is open can be set.

Best Mic - This option ensures a single participant activates the one microphone receiving the strongest signal. This can prevent crosstalk, phasing and ambience issues caused by multiple microphones triggering for the same voice. The Chair mic is not part of the Best Mic On calculation.

ⓘ We recommend you only select Best Mic On if all microphones involved are the same type and have similar positioning and gain.

Solo - Each input has a solo option which opens the selected channel and turns all others down. This is not additive. Only one channel can be soloed at a time.

Main Screen - D-Classic Mode

Unlike NOM mode which uses gating and fixed gain attenuation, D-Classic uses a 'constant gain sharing' algorithm to dynamically adjust the gain for each mic proportional to its input level. Louder signals will receive more gain in the mix.

Priority Level - For each channel you can set a priority 'level' which will offset the amount of gain going into the mix calculation and therefore give a higher or lower artificial gain to that channel. This is a variable slider with a range from -15dB (low priority) through 0dB (no offset) in the middle to +15dB (high priority) at the top.

ON - When switched to 'ON' the AMM sets the channel fader to '0' and then takes automatic control using its own gain element just after each fader.

ⓘ D-Classic does not provide Best Mic On, Solo, Chair or other setup functions.

Input Assign

The Input Assign window is used to specify the number of AMMs and the members of each AMM.

1. Inputs – Drag and drop inputs from this area into the desired AMM. All 64 inputs can be accessed (96 with dPack), in blocks of 32, via the tabs above the input strips. Turn on Block Select and touch the first and last item you wish to assign to drag a range of channels into the lower window.

2. AMM(s) – Here you can view the members of each active AMM. To remove an input from an AMM, drag and drop the item to the upper pane. A Clear button is provided to quickly remove all inputs from an AMM.

3. Number of AMMs – Choose between 1, 2 and 4 AMM zones:

1 AMM = Maximum 64 members
2 AMM = Maximum 32 members per AMM
4 AMM = Maximum 16 members per AMM

When working with multiple AMMs in NOM mode, each AMM has its own Chair, Best Mic and Solo options.

Settings in the Setup screen, including AMM mode, are applied to all active AMM zones.

Setup: NOM

Side Chain Filter - Set High Pass and Low Pass filters to cut off frequencies below and above the normal speech range that may cause false triggering of the mics.

Off Attenuation - Set the amount of shutoff for closed mics (from -10dB to -90dB).

On Hold Time - Set the amount of time an open mic is held open once the trigger is removed (from 1 to 5 seconds). The Chair mic is not affected by Hold Time.

NOM Attenuation - Set the amount of attenuation applied per doubling of open mics (from 3 to 6dB).

Chair Sensitivity - Set the sensitivity of signal required to trigger a Chair mic open and therefore duck the other mics (from 1 to 10 = least to most sensitive).

Chair Duck Level - Set the amount of attenuation applied to other mics when a Chair mic is open (from -3 to -40dB).

Setup: D-Classic

Side Chain Filter - Set High Pass and Low Pass filters to cut off frequencies below and above the normal speech range that may cause false triggering of the mics.

Config / Mixer Config

Use this page to reconfigure the architecture of the 42 Mix busses available (56 with dPack).

1. Bus configuration – Touch a box and use the screen rotary to set the number of mono / stereo Groups, FX sends, Aux sends and Matrix outputs. You can choose any combination but note that mono busses can only be added / removed in pairs.

2. PAFL – Touch and use the screen rotary to set the number of stereo PAFL busses. Set to 1 for a typical standalone system. An additional PAFL bus can be useful when multiple operators are sharing the same Avantis system. For example, an engineer mixing FoH on the Surface, and a second engineer mixing Monitors via the Avantis MixPad app.

ⓘ Firmware V1.02 or higher required for multi-PAFL operation

3. Main – Select one of 6 modes of Main mix:

• None - No Main mix, for example dedicated monitor mixing with a large number of Aux mixes.
• LR - Standard stereo Main mix.
• LR+Msum - A stereo Main mix with additional output which is the mono sum of the pre-fade, pre-processed LR mix. For example to feed a mono delay speaker or zone.
• LR+M - A 3-way main mix with independent stereo LR and mono M busses. Channels can be separately assigned to any combination of LR and M. Typical application for M is main centre speaker, mono PA or bus-fed sub bass.
• LCR – A 3-way main mix with LCR panning. Each channel can be panned from left, through centre to right. At mid pan, full signal is fed to C and none to L and R. Stereo channels feed the LR mix only.
• LCR+ - A 3-way LCR main mix with two controls to position the sound. Pan balances between L and R, and Divergence blends the signal between C and LR.

4. Main Fader Strips – The Main LR mix can be presented as a single, Combined fader strip or as two Individual fader strips. When combined, all processing for LR including delays is linked. A Balance control is provided to adjust the relative Left and Right level.

Press Apply to confirm the changes. All current settings other than the bus configuration will stay in place.

ⓘ Mix Config reassigns the bus architecture and resets mix parameters. These changes if needed should be done before, not during a show.

5. Displays the number of busses and FX sends remaining and warns if you exceed the maximum.

Config / Input Stereos

Displays the current mono/stereo configuration of the 64 Input channels (96 with dPack). Stereo channels are highlighted in green. Touch the buttons to change the configuration and press Apply to confirm. Stereo channels use a single fader strip and all their processing controls are linked.

ⓘ This is intended for permanently configuring channels as stereo inputs, for example music players. Use the Ganging screen for on-the-fly linking of stereo sources while mixing live.

Config / Name & Colour

Use this page to change or reset the name and colour of a range of channels. Name and colour for individual channels can be edited from the Processing Screen.

1. Channel Selection - Set the channel Type from the drop-down menu. Touch Select All or set the Start and End to select a range of channels.

2. Name – Press Reset to restore the default channel names to the selected range. Touch the name box to edit the name when a single channel is selected.

3. Colour – Touch a colour to change or press Reset to restore the default channel colours to the selected range.

Config / Network

Use this page to configure the IP Address and Unit Name to identify the Avantis on the network.

1. IP Settings – To set a static IP Address, touch the IP Address box and type in the address. Make sure the Subnet Mask and Gateway are valid, and all devices on the network including Wi-Fi routers, access points or laptops have unique but compatible addresses.

The default Avantis IP Address is 192.168.1.80 with Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 and Gateway 192.168.1.254. You can restore these defaults by touching the Reset button.

Enable DHCP to allocate an IP Address to the Avantis by a network DHCP server, for example a Wi-Fi router.

ⓘ Only use DHCP when a DHCP server is connected to the Avantis. If DHCP is enabled and the Avantis is powered up while no server is present, it can take longer than usual for the system to boot.

2. Unit Name – A name with up to 16 characters can be set to identify the Avantis on the network. The default is ‘Avantis Console’

3. Connections – Displays the number of active network connections to the Avantis.

ⓘ In firmware V1.10 the default figure is 3 with no external connections present.

Config / User Profiles

Up to 10 User Profiles including an Administrator can be set to restrict operator access and protect selected functions.

1. Users – The Admin user has access to all functions and can set permissions and allocate passwords if required for the other users. The password, if one is set, is required when the User logs in, changes User or locks / unlocks the Avantis. Icons in the list indicate if a password is set and if the User is active.

Touch a User to edit its profile. Touch Active to enable this User in the Home / User Login screen.

2. Settings – Touch the User Name box to enter a name up to 16 characters. Touch the Password box to set or change a password up to 16 characters. Touch the Comment box to enter an additional note.

Touch the User Scene drop-down to select a Scene to recall automatically when the User logs in. This will overwrite current settings. A User Scene can ensure that the mixer is restored to a known starting point for the User.

ⓘ The User Scene only recalls when the User is changed. It does not recall when the same User logs in or the system is powered up without changing User.

Press Set Permissions to open the Permissions window (see below).

ⓘ User Profiles are stored in the Avantis. They are not stored in Show memories.

User permissions – Each User can have their own set of Permissions applied. Use the tabs across the top of the window to view and set different groups of permissions. Select an item in the list and toggle the Enabled/Disabled button as required. The window on the right provides a description of the functions included in the currently selected item. Use the Enable All / Disable All buttons to quickly toggle all items in the currently open tab. Touch Apply to accept the changes.

Config / Add Ons

This screen is used to activate software add-ons such as dPack and the Free Registration Pack. The DNA code of the Avantis is also displayed here.

Touch the software add-on that you wish to activate under Available Add-ons, and then touch Enter Add-on Key to enter your key.

On an Avantis that does not have dPack activated, touch the dPack Hidden / dPack Shown button to toggle visibility of the extra channels and busses included in dPack. This can be used to copy/paste processing of channels/busses from unavailable channels to available channels.  This is useful if you have loaded a show from an Avantis that has dPack on a console that does not.

Config / RF Devices

Use this screen to monitor and configure up to 45 connected receivers.

ⓘ  Firmware 2.0 and higher support Shure SLX-D and ULX-D Wideband Variants.

ⓘ  Firmware 1.13 and higher support Shure ULX-D, QLX-D and Axient Digital devices.

ⓘ  Firmware 1.20 and higher support Sennheiser 2000, 2050 and 300, 500 (G3/G4) devices.

1. External RF Device Channels – Information on node and device name, receiver channel, socket association and Online/Offline status. Touch to select a device.
2. Add Sennheiser Device – Press to add a Sennheiser receiver to the RF devices list, and type the IP address of the receiver.
3. Associate with Socket – Associate the selected RF device channel with a Local, DX, DT or I/O Port socket. This step is required for RF Info to appear in the Preamp section of Input channels.

4. Enable / Disable Detection – When no devices are connected it is recommended to Disable Detection to minimise network traffic. This can be done for Shure and Sennheiser independently.

   ⓘ An Avantis power-cycle is required when disabling Shure detection.

5. Clear Offline Devices removes offline RF receivers from the RF Devices list. Unassign All Offline removes all socket associations for offline RF Devices. Unassign All removes all socket associations for both online and offline RF Devices.

Talkback

Use this screen to assign and configure Talkback.

Assign – Touch a Mix button to assign Talkback.

Settings – Use this page to choose the Talkback source and set its options.

1. Enable Dim PAFL on Talkback attenuates the PAFL signal while talking to prevent feedback from the engineer’s monitor into the Talkback microphone.

2. Talkback Source Select – Use the drop-down menu and Socket box to select the Talkback source from any system input. Press Apply to confirm.

3. Talkback Source Preamp – Set the source Gain, Trim, Pad and phantom power. You can also make the source Safe from Scene recall.

4. HPF – High Pass Filter frequency and In/Out switch.

Mute Groups

Avantis provides 8 Mute Groups in addition to the 24 DCA Groups. This page lets you assign channels and mixes to Mute Groups and control Mute masters. You can assign one or more SoftKeys to control the Mute Groups using the Setup / Control / SoftKeys menu.

1. Select the Mute Group using the tabs at the top of the page.

2. These tabs let you navigate all available Input channels, FX Returns and Mixes.

3. Touch the on/off buttons to toggle the channel assignments to the Mute Group.

4. Touch Mute to mute the Mute Group. Touch PAFL to listen to the contribution of the channels assigned to the Mute Group in the Monitor system. Touch SoftKey Setup to open the Setup / Control / SoftKeys menu should you wish to assign the Mute Group to a SoftKey.

SigGen

The Signal Generator provides a test signal to help you align and test components of a sound system.

General – Touch a Mix button to assign the SigGen. The signal routes through the Mix processing, therefore will be affected by the Mix EQ and compressor.

ⓘ The SigGen is disabled while Talkback is active.

Signals

The SigGen Level can be set from fully off to full scale +18dB. Touch the Mute button to turn off.

There are 4 types of signal available:

Sine - A pure tone. Set the frequency using the Frequency box. This can be swept across the full audio spectrum from 20Hz to 20kHz.

White Noise - A signal containing all audio frequencies with equal energy per Hz.

Pink Noise - A signal containing all audio frequencies with equal energy per octave, a logarithmic curve and typically used for testing speakers and room response.

Band Pass Noise - Band filtered pink noise centred around the frequency set using the Frequency control.

Controllers / Device Manager

Up to 8 GPIO modules and 16 IP remote controllers per device type are configurable, each with its own assignments and functions.

ⓘ Refer to the Remote Controller Getting Started Guide for information on the device hardware and connection.

1. Select the device tab using the tabs on top and select one of the 16 locations in the list. The list shows the unit name of assigned devices.

The link icon will display green when the physical device is connected to the network and synchronised. It will display red when the device is not present or synchronising after being added.

ⓘ The key and fader / rotary assignments for each device are stored in the Avantis Scenes. They are not stored on the physical device. These settings belong to the device location in the list, for example you can assign functions and parameters to a location prior to adding a device, or you can remove a device without affecting the functions and parameters of its location.

2. Add Device – touch to assign a physical IP controller to the selected location in the list.

Remove Device – touch to unassign an IP controller from the selected location.

3. Unit Name – touch to edit the name of the selected device.

Network – touch to edit the IP address, subnet, DHCP and HTTP enable setting for the selected device.

The default settings are:

ⓘ To avoid network conflicts, make sure all connected IP controllers are assigned a unique name and IP address.

HTTP Enable – By default controllers can have their network configuration changed by using a browser to navigate to the IP address of the controller. This can be disabled for security reasons if desired.

Controllers / Quick Setup

Quick Setup lets you quickly assign one or multiple channels to the IP controller strips, automatically mapping the keys and faders / rotaries to a set of default functions and parameters.

⚙ Before you start, touch and hold Options and touch anywhere in this screen to edit the default settings for Quick Setup. These settings determine the function of the strips at the moment of assigning to the IP device. They don’t affect strips which are already assigned.

1. Drag and drop channels into the desired position in the lower window. Use the tabs on the left to view different types of channels available, and the tabs on top to navigate to higher / lower number channels.

Turn on Block Select and touch the first and last item you wish to assign to drag a range of channels.

2. Drag channels out of the box to unassign.

3. Set the active Number of Layers from the dropdown menu and select the Layer you want to assign channels to. Up to 6 SoftKeys on the IP Controller will be automatically assigned to the Layer selection.

Controllers / Advanced

Advanced allows one-by-one assignment of keys and faders / rotaries.

1. Touch a strip header to expand the view and display the assigned functions or parameters for the strip.

2. Touch a control to assign a function or parameter. Note that the screen will display two rows of rotary controls for the IP6. The lower row is the main function, the upper row is the secondary (push ‘n turn) function.

3. Select the Layer you want to edit.

Controllers / Simulator

Use this screen to simulate the operation of the selected device.

Touch a key on the screen to control the assigned function. Touch a fader / rotary control and use the screen rotary encoder to control the assigned parameter.