Line6 STAGESCAPE M20d Advanced Guide

STAGESCAPE M20d

Advanced Guide

Table of Contents

M20d Overview ...................................................................... 1•1

Hardware Legend ........................................................................................... 1•2

Main Toolbar .................................................................................................. 1•5

Stage Icon Gallery .......................................................................................... 1•6

Controller Strips ............................................................................................ 1•7

Contextual Browsers ...................................................................................... 1•8

Hardware Encoders ........................................................................................ 1•9

Setup Mode ............................................................................ 2•1

Creating Input Channels ............................................................................... 2•1

I/O Panel ........................................................................................................ 2•4

Customizing Stage Icons ................................................................................ 2•5

Auto Trim ....................................................................................................... 2•6

Saving & Loading Setups ............................................................................... 2•8

Group Encoders .............................................................................................. 2•7

Channel Presets Overview ............................................................................. 2•9

Tweak Mode ............................................................................ 3•1

Quick Tweak .................................................................................................. 3•2

Deep Tweak .................................................................................................... 3•9

Input Settings ............................................................................................... 3•11

Monitor Settings .......................................................................................... 3•12

Global FX Settings ....................................................................................... 3•14

Media Player ................................................................................................. 3•16

Record Mode .......................................................................... 4•1

Quick Capture ................................................................................................ 4•1

Recording ....................................................................................................... 4•2

Monitor Mode ......................................................................... 5•1

Channel Monitor Levels ................................................................................ 5•2

FX Monitor Levels ......................................................................................... 5•4

Perform Mode ........................................................................ 6•1

Saving & Loading Scenes .............................................................................. 6•1

Encoder Assignments ..................................................................................... 6•2

Mute & Solo .................................................................................................. 6•3

Footswitches ........................................................................... 7•1

Footswitch View ............................................................................................. 7•1

Assignment Options ..................................................................................... 7•3

Managing L6 LINK Devices ................................................... 8•1

Auto-assign L6 LINK Speakers ...................................................................... 8•2

Speaker Controls ............................................................................................ 8•6

System Settings ..................................................................... 9•1

Wi-Fi Remote Setup ...................................................................................... 9•2

Backup & Restore .......................................................................................... 9•6

Firmware Updates .......................................................................................... 9•7

Setup Examples ................................................................... 10•1

Duo With Backing Tracks ............................................................................ 10•1

Rock Band ................................................................................................... 10•6

Electronic Artist ......................................................................................... 10•10

Setup Tips ................................................................................................... 10•16

Appendix A: Channel Processing ......................................... A•1

Appendix B: Global FX ..........................................................B•1

Appendix C: Preset DSP Types ............................................ C•1

M20d Overview

Welcome to the StageScape™ M20d Advanced Guide.

StageScape M20d is the world’s ﬁrst smart mixing system for live sound. Utilizing a groundbreaking touchscreen visual mixing environment, StageScape M20d streamlines the way you mix to get your sound dialed in quickly and stay in the creative zone.

This M20d Advanced Guide contains in-depth details of your M20d’s features and functionality, and includes comprehensive information on the following:

• Setup Mode, Tweak Mode, Record Mode, Monitor Mode, Perform Mode

• Assigning Footswitches

• Managing L6 LINK Devices

• System Settings

• Setup Examples

• Channel Processing

• Global FX

• Preset DSP Types

Before You Begin

Check your M20d’s System Version to make sure your M20d is running the latest ﬁrmware. To do so, tap the Info button in the Main Toolbar, upper right, then select

Show System Settings. The About page will be displayed by default, with your System Version listed at the top of the page.

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You can download the latest M20d ﬁrmware at http://line6.com/software. You can also ﬁnd various M20d resources at http://line6.com/stagescape-m20d/resources, including a Quick Start Guide, M20d Speciﬁcations pdf and an interactive Quick Start Tutorial.

For onboard Help, tap the M20d’s Info button and select View Help. Then select any of the available Help Topics for extensive detailed infomation.

M20d Overview

Hardware Legend

Below is an overview of the M20d hardware, with descriptions of inputs, outputs and user

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interface elements listed on Page 3. As you can see, all input and output connections are easily accessible on the front panel.

The primary user interface is software-based, displayed in color on the 8.6” touchscreen. We’ll describe the M20d’s user interface in more detail throughout this guide. To get started, please review the hardware legend.

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StageScape M20d

Mic/Line Combi Inputs - Twelve mic or line level inputs (XLR or 1/4 inch).

Line Inputs - Four 1/4 inch line level inputs.

Monitor Outputs - Four XLR outputs for stage monitors.

Main Outputs - Stereo XLR outputs of the Main Mix.

Headphones Output - Stereo headphones out with volume control.

Footswitch Jacks - Jacks for footswitches 1 & 2.

USB Out To PC - USB output to computer.

USB Media Port - USB port for thumb drive or hard disk media.

Aux Input - Stereo 1/8 inch jack for auxiliary audio input.

L6 LINK Output - XLR output to other L6 LINK devices.

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SD Card Input - Card slot for SD media.

Mode Buttons - Mode buttons for Setup, Tweak, Record, Monitor & Perform.

Touchscreen Display - Interactive touchscreen user interface.

Mute Mics Button - Toggles the mute state of input channels.

Mute All Button - Mutes the mains and monitor outputs.

Master Level Encoder - Adjusts the level to the main stereo outputs.

Rotary Encoders - Provide control over matching on-screen Controller Strips.

M20d Overview

Main Toolbar

The Main Toolbar is located at the top of the M20d’s touchscreen. It displays various

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visual elements and buttons depending on the M20d’s current mode, which is determined by whichever hardware Mode Button is enaged, as described on Page 3, item L. Below are illustrations of the various states of the Main Toolbar according to the currently selected M20d mode. More detail will be provided in subsequent chapters.

Setup Mode

In Setup Mode, the Main Toolbar includes the I/O Panel and buttons for Setups, Encoder Assign, Auto Trim, Info and Edit Properties (when a Stage Icon is selected).

Tweak Mode

In Tweak Mode, the Main Toolbar includes a channel level meter, Load Presets folder, and buttons for Quick Tweak, Deep Tweak, Info and Quick Capture.

Record Mode

In Record Mode, the Main Toolbar includes Recording Transport controls and buttons for Encoder Assign, Info and the Record/Play Counter.

Monitor Mode

In Monitor Mode, the Main Toolbar includes buttons for FX To Monitors, Encoder Assign, Show Solo Buttons and Info.

Perform Mode

In Perform Mode, the Main Toolbar includes buttons for Scenes, Encoder Assign, Show Solo Buttons and Info.

Stage Icon Gallery

The Stage Icon Gallery, visible in Setup Mode, is the horizontal strip of gear icons at the base of the stage. It includes a collection of commonly used gear items, which in addition to providing a useful visual correlation to your onstage gear, establishes powerful audio signal processing settings for each preset, to ensure each channel will sound as good as if it were mixed by a professional live sound engineer.

Swipe the Stage Icon Gallery to the left or right to see more Stage Icons. At the far right you’ll see a More folder icon, which provides access to the complete Preset Library. See the Setup Mode chapter for more details on the Stage Icon Gallery and Channel Presets, including customizing Presets and building your stage view.

Controller Strips

The Controller Strips are located at the base of the stage. They display indivual channel information such as Channel Name, Channel Icon, Fader Level, Output Level and Mute or Solo state, as illustrated below in Perform Mode or Record Mode.

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Level Fader

Channel Output Meter

Channel Name

Channel Icon

In Monitor Mode the Controller Strips are blue, and the Mute button is replaced by a Linked/Unlinked button. See the Monitor Mode chapter for more details.

In Setup Mode the Controller Strips are half height and display only Channel Name, Fader Level and Output Level. Each controller strip is matched to a color-coded M20d hardware encoder, which controls either channel level or monitor level.

Mute Button

M20d Overview

Contextual Browsers

When various buttons are tapped in the M20d user interface, contextual windows may be

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displayed on the screen. For example, when a Stage Icon is selected in Setup Mode, the Edit Properties buttons will slide into view on the Main Toolbar.

If you then tap the Channel Icon button, the Edit Preset Properties window will be displayed, where you can browse various icons to replace the current one.

You can also rename the channel from this window by tapping the Name ﬁeld, causing an onscreen text keyboard to appear.

Similar contextual windows will be displayed for Setups and Auto Trim in Setup Mode,

Scenes in Perform Mode, Conﬁgure Record/Playback in Record Mode, Edit Preset Properties and Load/Save Presets in Tweak Mode, among others.

Hardware Encoders

The 12 Hardware Encoders make it easy to adjust various software parameters displayed on the M20d touchscreen. They are color-coded in each case, and are matched up with speciﬁc parameters depending on the current view and encoder assignment.

For example, in Setup and Perform mode they can control Channel Level, Trim, Pan or FX Send. In Deep Tweak mode, encoders #1 and #7 control Pan and Level, and if an EQ processor is selected, for example, several other encoders light up and control EQ Frequency, Q, Gain, etc.

To illustrate, below is a graphic of the 12 encoders as they would be assigned to the EQ6 processor in Deep Tweak mode, lit up in various colors to match their EQ6 parameter assignments.

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Pan

100%L ~ 100%R 20Hz ~ 500Hz -15dB ~ +15dB 20Hz ~ 18kHz 0.1q ~ 10.0q -15dB ~ +15dB

Level

Off ~ +12dB 20Hz ~ 18kHz 0.1q ~ 10.0q -15dB ~ +15dB

Low Freq Low Shelf Mid Freq 1

Mid Freq 2

Mid Q 1

Mid Q 2

Mid Gain 1

Mid Gain 2

Observe how encoder #2 is red to match up with Low Frequency, encoder #7 is green to match up with Level, and encoder #10 is yellow to match up with Mid Frequency 2. When

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As you switch M20d modes, you’ll see the encoders changing color in sync with the touchscreen, making for intuitive control of the various parameters in the UI.

Setup Mode

Setup MOde

When you ﬁrst power up your StageScape M20d, you will need to set up your inputs, outputs and channel assignments in Setup Mode.

The M20d will power up in Setup Mode, or you can enter Setup Mode at any time by pressing the hardware SETUP button. The touchscreen will display the Stage View, the

Stage Icon Gallery, the Controller Strips, and the Main Toolbar, which includes the Setups button, Encoder Assign button, Auto Trim button, I/O Panel and Info button.

Below is an illustration of the M20d touchscreen in Setup Mode, with one XLR microphone connected to Input #1.

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Creating Input Channels

There are 3 main ways to create Input Channels and conﬁgure your outputs and channel assignments: Physical Connections, the Stage Icon Gallery and Setups.

Setup Mode

Using Physical Connections

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Plug in the various cables to connect your mic and line inputs, mains and monitor speakers. The M20d will sense an XLR or 1/4 inch jack has been plugged in, and a graphic connector will be displayed on the I/O Panel for each jack, indicating a valid connection.

A default Stage Icon will appear on the stage for each connected input, and a Controller Strip will automatically be assigned to it. When all your gear has been plugged in, the stage will be populated with various default stage icons associated with the physical gear you have connected.

Below is an illustration of a Duo setup with 2 mics, a PC, line inputs, monitors and mains.

The next step when connecting your gear in this way would be to customize your stage icons and channel presets to match your physical gear.

See Chapter 10: Setup Examples for more details on setting up your gear using physical connections, using the above Duo setup as an example.

Using The Stage Icon Gallery

Instead of plugging in your gear ﬁrst, you can create various input channels using the Stage Icon Gallery, which is the horizontal strip of icons displayed just above the controller

strips. Swipe the gallery left or right to reveal all the icons, including the More folder. See the Channel Presets section on Page 2•12 for more detail on Preset customization.

Setup Mode

For each input channel you’d like to create, tap or drag an icon from the Stage Icon Gallery, or tap an icon to replace a selected icon image. The stage icon will be placed on the stage, and a controller strip will automatically be assigned to it. The channel will be loaded with a default Channel Preset, and if there is no physical input connection yet for the selected icon, the associated input graphic on the I/O Panel will be colored dim amber.

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Above is an example of a stage setup created entirely by using the Stage Icon Gallery, with only one XLR cable plugged in for the Female Vocal in channel #1. Inputs 2 through 8 on the I/O Panel are colored dim amber, as are the monitor and mains jacks.

The next step when conﬁguring your setup in this way would be to plug in the various cables to connect your gear as depicted on the M20d stage, at which time their I/O Panel connectors will be colored green.

Setup Mode

Using Setups

The third way to set up your M20d inputs, outputs and channel assignments is to load a Setup. A Setup is deﬁned as the current conﬁguration of all M20d inputs and outputs, all FX and channel settings, levels, mutes, pans, monitor levels, footswitch assignments, L6 LINK settings and your stage icon layout.

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The most recent Setup is persistent in M20d internal memory, and it will automatically be loaded at power up. So if you’ve previously conﬁgured your M20d, your Setup at power up will be exactly as you left it during your last session. And if you’ve previously saved one or more Setups, you can recall and load any one of them by tapping the Setups button in the Main Toolbar. (See Page 2•9 for more details on saving and loading Setups).

All I/O Panel graphic jacks in the Setup will be assigned as you last saved them, and will be displayed as either amber (if not yet connected) or green (if connected). Your previous stage icons and channel names will also be retained.

I/O Panel

The I/O Panel in Setup Mode is essentially a mirror image of the physical M20d’s I/O Panel. It displays all your input and output connections and enables you to swap them around, if needed, via the touchscreen UI. To zoom in on the I/O Panel just tap it in the Main Toolbar. This gives you access to the +48V buttons.

+48 V Buttons

When using condenser microphones, you may need +48V power. The M20d provides this via the +48V power buttons when you zoom in on the I/O Panel. The top +48V button powers the top row of Mic inputs, and the bottom +48V button powers the bottom row.

I/O Reassignment

On occassion you may ﬁnd that you need to reassign an instrument to a different input, or a stage monitor to a different output. Suppose you have ideal channel settings for Input 1 prior to connecting any microphones or instruments to the M20d, and it happens that the instrument intended for Input 1 has been connected to Input 4. You may be inclined to

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swap the physical connections of inputs 1 and 4, but that may prove to be impractical in a critical live performance scenario.

In a situation like this the M20d provides I/O Reassignment, using the touchscreen UI. This feature is also accessible remotely using the free StageScape Remote app for iPad®.

To reassign jacks in Setup Mode using the virtual I/O Panel, follow these steps:

1. Select the Stage Icon for the input assignment you wish to reassign.

2. Tap the I/O Panel in the Main Toolbar to zoom in on it.

3. The selected Stage Icon’s current input jack will be highlighted.

4. Tap the input jack to which you wish to assign the selected Stage Icon.

5. The selected Stage Icon’s input jack is now the jack you tapped in Step 4.

Note: only presets with the 1/4” badge can be swapped or assigned to Inputs 13-16.

Tip : If you tap an input jack to which another channel is already assigned, the

inputs of that channel and the currently selected channel will be swapped.

Tip : You can also reassign outputs for Monitors A-D using this operation.

Customizing Stage Icons

When you’d like to change the appearance of a stage icon and retain its channel settings, this is easily accomplished by using the Edit Selection button in the Main Toolbar.

For example, let’s say you have a Kick drum stage icon and you’d like it to represent a full drum set. First tap the Kick stage icon to select it.

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Then tap the Edit Selection Icon in the Main Toolbar.

Setup Mode

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The Edit Preset Properties window will open. Tap the Kick Icon image to select it.

The Select New Icon Image browser will open.

Select the Drums category, then tap the Drum Set icon.

Tap the blue OK button. This replaces the Kick icon with the Drum Set icon, which will now be displayed on the stage.

For more details on customizing Stage Icons, see Chapter 10: Setup Examples.

Resizing Stage Icons

If you ﬁnd that you have quite a few stage icons on your stage, you may want to make them a little smaller. Or if you have a low channel count, you may want to make them a little larger. With the Resize Slider, it’s easy to resize your stage icons, as follows:

To resize a single Stage Icon:

1. In Setup Mode, select the Stage Icon you wish to resize.

2. Press the Resize button in the bottom-left of the Stage View.

3. Drag the popup Resize Slider left or right to decrease or increase the icon’s size.

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To resize all Stage Icons simultaneously:

1. In Setup Mode, select the Stage View background so that no Stage Icon is selected.

2. Press the Resize button in the bottom-left of the Stage View.

3. Drag the popup Resize Slider left or right to decrease or increase the icon’s size.

Setup Mode

Auto Trim

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The Auto Trim feature optimizes a channel’s input level by quickly analyzing it, then setting the new trim level automatically. This ensures that you always have the best possible input level while guarding against channel distortion. To use Auto Trim, tap the Auto Trim button in the Main Toolbar.

The Auto Trim window will open. Tap the icon of the channel you’d like to optimize - in this example, Female Lead is selected. Tap the Start Analysis button while performing at your loudest level.

Auto Trim will analyze the input level, displaying an activity graphic over the channel icon. After a few seconds, any needed trim adjustment will be displayed in dB.

Auto Trim will analyze the input level and display an activity graphic over the channel icon. After a few seconds, any needed trim adjustment will be displayed in dB. To apply the new optimized trim level to the channel, tap the blue Conﬁrm Changes button.

Saving & Loading Setups

A Setup is analogous to the collection of gear you would bring to a live show, as well as the M20d channel information. This may include vocal mics, guitars, a bass rig, drum kit, digital keyboard and perhaps an MP3 player or laptop computer. Additionally, you may be responsible for providing your own stage monitors and front of house speakers.

Setup Mode

An M20d Setup, as mentioned on Page 2•6, is deﬁned as the current conﬁguration of all your inputs and outputs, FX and channel settings, levels, mutes, pans, monitor levels, footswitch assignments, L6 LINK settings and your stage icon layout, which represents your onstage gear.

To save, load, rename, delete or create a new Setup, tap the Setups button in the Main Toolbar. The Save & Load Setups window will open, as illustrated below.

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The following page describes the Setup functions that can be performed from this window.

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Save & Load Setups Functions

A. Save the current Setup. Tap this button to save the current conﬁguration. Since “Rock Setup” is the last loaded Setup, any changes made will be saved to “Rock Setup”.

B. Save the current conﬁguration as a new Setup. Tap this button and the text keyboard window will open. You can then name the current Setup and save it.

C. Load the selected Setup. In this example, the “Percussion Setup” is selected in the Setups list (D), so “Percussion Setup” would be loaded when tapping this button.

D. This is the Setups List. It includes all the Setups you currently have saved in the M20d’s internal memory.

E. Delete the selected Setup. When you tap the Delete button, a conﬁrmation dialog will be displayed to conﬁrm deleting the currently selected Setup in the Setups list (D).

F. Rename the selected Setup. Tap the Rename button and the text keyboard window will open. You can then rename the currently selected Setup in the Setups list (D).

G. Create New Setup. Tap this button and a new Setup with no stage icons will be created, replacing the current Setup. You can save changes before you commit.

H. Change Stage Background. Tap this button and the Change Stage Background browser will be displayed. Browse to select a new stage background - tap Load Stage to display it.

Group Encoders

From time to time it may be useful to create a Group encoder. For example, if you wanted to group three background vocal channels together, or a rhythm section, once you had a good balance it would be convenient to raise or lower all 3 channels with one encoder.

Setup Mode

To create a Group encoder, double-press any unassigned hardware encoder. The Select Channels For Group Encoder window will open, displaying all channels available for

grouping.

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Tap the channel icons you’d like to include in the Group, which would be the Bass, Guitar and Piano in the above example. Name the Group in the Group Name ﬁeld, then click the blue OK button.

A Group controller strip will appear in the M20d stage view, automatically assigned to the hardware encoder you originally double-pressed. Now you can adjust all 3 channels with the one Group encoder.

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Channel Presets Overview

The M20d characterizes each input and output connection as a channel. Channels are visually stylized as recognizable gear, referred to as Stage Icons, which you can select from the Stage Icon Gallery.

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With the M20d, a Channel Preset is the collection of properties that deﬁne a channel. This includes its icon image, name, input or output jack assignment and its signal processing settings. Each item within the Stage Icon Gallery represents a Channel Preset. Note that while the M20d provides hundreds of Channel Presets to meet almost any live sound need, you can customize every aspect of a channel and store your own personalized Channel Presets.

Managing Stage Icons within the Stage Icon Gallery

If you ﬁnd that the Stage Icon Gallery provides more Stage Icons than you will ever need, you may wish to remove some of them. On the other hand, you may wish to add icons. Additionally, it is possible to mark icons that you use frequently as “Favorites”.

To remove an item from the Stage Icon Gallery:

1. In the Stage Icon Gallery, Press+Hold the Stage Icon you wish to remove.

2. Wait for the item’s context menu to appear

3. From the context menu, tap the Remove from Gallery button

You will observe that the icon is removed from the gallery.

Note: This operation does not permanently remove the item from StageScape’s preset library.

To mark an item as a “Favorite” within the Stage Icon Gallery:

Repeat the above steps, but this time tap the Mark as Favorite button in Step 3.

You will observe that a yellow star appears adjacent to the Favorite icon within the gallery.

Accessing the complete Preset Library via the ‘More...’ Icon

The Stage Icon Gallery provides easy access to Channel Presets for the most common types of input and output devices required in live sound. However, presets referenced within the Icon Gallery represent only a fraction of all the presets available to you. The last item in the Stage Icon Gallery is a folder icon labeled, “More...”, which contains the

entire library of Channel Presets.

To access the complete Channel Preset Library:

Scroll to the end of the Stage Icon Gallery, so that you see the More... icon. Tap it.

The Preset Library dialog will appear over the Stage View.

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The Preset Library dialog allows you to add any of its presets to the Stage View, as well as replace the preset of any Stage Icon on the stage.

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To add a new icon to the Stage View from the Preset Library dialog:

1. Select a preset category using the Category menu located in the top-right of the dialog.

2. Select a preset from the preset list in the right side of the dialog.

3. Tap Add To Stage.

You will observe that the dialog is dismissed and the Stage Icon for the selected preset appears on the stage.

To replace a Stage Icon’s preset from the Preset Library dialog:

1. In the Stage View, select the Stage Icon whose preset you wish to replace.

2. Select a preset category using the Category menu located in the top-right of the dialog.

3. Select a preset from the preset list in the right side of the dialog.

4. Tap Load Selected.

Observe that the dialog is dismissed and the selected Stage Icon’s channel preset is replaced.

Tip : Note that the M20d retains the channel’s image and name if you had modiﬁed the image or name prior to selecting a new preset.

Include Master FX

When loading a new preset, the M20d provides the option of including the preset’s Master FX settings. This is useful for loading Channel Presets that were designed with speciﬁc

Master FX settings in place, such as “Female w/Reverb” and “Male Doubled”.

To include Master FX replacing a Stage Icon’s preset from the Preset Library dialog:

1. Enable the Include Master FX option

2. Select a preset from the preset list

3. Tap Load Selected

Important: Be aware that Master FX are global, meaning their settings affect all channels using Master FX.

Channel Presets Information

Channel Presets listed in the Preset Library reveal detailed information about themselves:

Icon image

A thumbnail image of the preset’s Stage Icon image reference.

Name

The Channel Preset’s name.

Favorite badge

If present, indicates that the preset has been marked as a Favorite.

Line-compatible badge

If present, indicates that the preset’s channel processing is compatible with Line Inputs 13 - 16.

Stereo badge

If present, indicates that the preset operates in stereo, intended for two adjacent inputs.

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Deleting and Renaming Channel Presets in the Library

The M20d allows you to perform housekeeping on your preset library using Delete and Rename operations. These operations can be useful if you amass a large library of custom presets, or discover that many of the presets in your library go unused.

Warning: When you delete a preset, it is permanently removed from the Preset Library as well as from the Stage Icon Gallery. It is advised that you periodically backup your presets and settings so that you can safely restore presets at any time. Please see System Settings for more information.

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To delete a preset from the Preset Library dialog:

1. Select the preset in the preset list that you wish to delete.

2. Tap the Delete button in the bottom-left of the dialog.

3. Tap OK to conﬁrm deletion.

Observe that the preset is deleted from the Preset Library list view

To rename a preset in the Preset Library:

1. Select the preset in the preset list that you wish to rename.

2. Tap the Rename button in the bottom-left of the dialog.

3. Enter the new preset name in the popup keyboard.

Observe that the new name is applied to the preset in the Preset Library list view.

Tweak Mode

tweak MOde

To enter Tweak Mode, press the M20d hardware TWEAK button on the front panel. Tweak Mode offers 2 levels of adjusting channel parameters: Quick Tweak and DeepTweak.

TWEAK

Quick Tweak Overview

Quick Tweak is a fast, intuitive editing environment featuring a ‘smart’ multi-parameter XY Pad. The XY controller enables you to dial in processing such as EQ, dynamics and modulation with ease. Drag a ﬁnger toward common sound descriptors like “bright” or “dark” and multiple parameters adjust simultaneously to achieve the desired sound.

The individual processors available for each channel in Quick Tweak mode are selectable as tabs in the left area of the touchscreen. For example, if a vocal channel is loaded, tabs for Punch, DeEsser and Tone are available, along with a simpliﬁed version of Global FX.

Tap one of the processor tabs and its XY Controller UI will be displayed. Then simply drag your ﬁnger to the desired location on the touchscreen to tweak your sound. There are a total of 8 XY processor presets available, depending on which DSP channel type is seleted.

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Deep Tweak Overview

Deep Tweak enables you to access individual processor parameters to edit your channels in ﬁner detail. Each of the parameters displayed on the touchscreen for the currently selected effect is matched to an M20d hardware encoder. The encoders are color-coded to easily see which effect parameter each encoder will adjust.

The effect tabs for the currently selected channel are located in a row on the left side of the touchscreen. Scroll up or down to see them all. Select an effect tab by tapping it and its UI will be displayed on the touchsceen. The M20d hardware encoders will light up accordingly, matching their associated parameters for ﬁne adjustment.

In addition to ﬁne-tuning your channel processing, Deep Tweak lets you tweak your Global FX and Monitors. A dedicated Tweak button is available for each, providing parameter control of the currently loaded Global FX, plus HiPass Filter, EQ 6 and Limiter for Monitors, plus L6 LINK 31-Band EQ when a StageSource™ series speaker is connected.

Tweak Mode

Quick Tweak

Punch (controls the Comp; conﬁrm Trim Tracking is on to ensure correct Trim level)

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After entering Tweak Mode, tap the green Quick Tweak button. As described on Page 3•1, the XY Touch Pad UI is displayed for each processor tab on the left. Simply drag your ﬁnger across the screen to get the desired sound. The Punch UI is displayed below.

Other Quick Tweak UI functions include the following:

A. Edit Preset Properties

B. Select Channel (to Tweak)

C. Load/Save Preset

D. Trim Tracking, FBS Enable, Mute & Solo Buttons

E. Pan & Level Controls

F. Quick Capture Buttons

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