Studer Vista 8 User Manual

Studer Vista 8

Digital Audio Console Information

29th July 2004

1	INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................		3
2	GENERAL SYSTEM OVERVIEW...............................................................................		3
	2.1	SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM ..........................................................................................	3
	2.1.1	Block Diagram showing system utlising D21m IO System ................................	3
	2.2	CONTROL SURFACE (VISTA 8).....................................................................................	4
	•	Momentary/Latching Activation of all Buttons ..........................................................	5
	•	Ganging......................................................................................................................	5
	•	Fast Copy/Paste and Half-Lit Keys............................................................................	5
	•	Banking with Scrolling Navigation ............................................................................	5
	2.3	DSP CORE...................................................................................................................	6
	2.4	INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM ..............................................................................................	7
	2.4.1	Available D21m Audio IO Cards .......................................................................	7
	2.4.2	D21m Stagebox System ......................................................................................	7
	2.5	MONITORING, TALKBACK AND SIGNALLING ...............................................................	8
	2.5.1	Monitoring..........................................................................................................	8
	2.5.2	Talkback and Signalling.....................................................................................	8
	2.6	EXTERNAL SYNCHRONISATION ...................................................................................	9

3	TROUBLESHOOTING...................................................................................................		9
	3.1	SYSTEM SURVEYOR.....................................................................................................	9
	3.2	SERVICE ISSUES.........................................................................................................	10
4	REDUNDANCY .............................................................................................................		11
	4.1.1	Power Supplies.................................................................................................	11
	4.1.2	DSP Core..........................................................................................................	11
	4.1.3	MADI Links ......................................................................................................	12
	4.1.4	Control System .................................................................................................	12
	4.1.5	Control Surface ................................................................................................	12
	4.1.6	Mastersync Unit ...............................................................................................	13
	4.2	N-1 DESCRIPTION .....................................................................................................	13
5	TECHNICAL SPECS ....................................................................................................		14
	5.1	VISTA 8 CONTROL SURFACE DIMENSIONS ................................................................	14
	5.2	POWER CONSUMPTION ..............................................................................................	14

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1 Introduction

This document outlines some of the key features of the Studer Vista 8 Digital Audio Console.

2 General System Overview

The system structure of the Vista 8 Digital Console can be separated into 5 main areas:

1.Control Surface

2.DSP Core

3.IO

4.Monitoring & Signalling

5.External Synchronisation

2.1System Block Diagram

2.1.1Block Diagram showing system utlising D21m IO System

Global Wiring Overview Vista 8 (with D21m I/O)

Vista 8 Desk (with built-in Control System)

RS485/HP/TB

Stagebox IO

D21m Stagebox

			D21m Hub		MADI (with embedded Mic Control)
Option: Outputs for Custom
	Meters								Local IO
	Mic Control Data

Optical Link

TB Int

AES/EBU Link

PFL/CR/ST

AES/EBU Link

House Sync LVDS (CAT 5) (Video, Wordclock, etc)

(Option: Mastersync Unit)

DSP Core

Monitoring Frame

						48 GPI			32 GPO

Control Room	Studio A	Studio B
	Monitoring	Monitoring
Monitoring 5.1	2Ch	2Ch
	(optional)	(optional)

PLEASE NOTE: This is a general System Block Diagram. Actual number of D21 IO frames will depend on customer requirements.

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2.2Control Surface (Vista 8)

The Control Surface of the Vista 8 is shown below (only 1 fader bay shown):

The control surface features the industry acclaimed Vistonics User Interface which offers a “where you look is where you control” philosophy. The Studer developed Vistonics technology mounts rotary controls and switches on TFT Screens. This then offers the user the benefits of screen technology (Touchscreen, colour, icons and text) without the limitations of having to access physical controls away from the where the control is displayed. A touch and access philosophy combined with Channel strip orientated operation offers a friendly and intuitive operating concept.

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This extremely intuitive and fast to learn operational concept is further enhanced by 4 other key operational features that frees the users mind from working on the console and allows more thought to be placed on the work at hand. These key features are:

•Momentary/Latching Activation of all Buttons

The console recognizes and senses the button-push duration and responds accordingly. The buttons therefore act momentarily or latchingly depending on how they were pressed (pressed- and-held or briefly tapped). In addition to Talkback, PFL, EQ on/off, etc., the functions affected include those accessed by the touch-screen - such as viewing of audio function - as well as the monitoring source selectors and the machine control.

•Ganging

The ganging function in the mixer allows the operator to quickly apply functions to multiple channel strips because channels within the gang act as one. This can be used, for example, for Mute, Automation mode changes, faders, Bus assign and much more to increase speed and comfort in operation. Creating a gang over the console makes the set-up quick and easy.

•Fast Copy/Paste and Half-Lit Keys

The console incorporates dedicated copy/paste keys for each audio function including EQ, dynamics, panorama and delay. A simple button-press in the original channel and another in the target channel copies the settings across. Copy/Paste is guided up by the half-lit buttons: if one button has been pressed and the desk is awaiting a second button-press, all available target buttons illuminate at half brightness until one of them has been selected. Also, complete channels can be cloned to one or many target channels. Setting up the Studer Vista 7 for a production becomes a quick and easy task. Non-productive time is reduced considerably.

•Banking with Scrolling Navigation

DSP channels not visible on the physical desk are accessed by scrolling the channels available in the DSP core. The channel order is freely assignable: channels can be grouped or even shown repeatedly on the surface. This ensures physical orientation on the desk so that the operator is always clearly informed as to what is happening. Channel Bays with, for example, the master channels can also be locked in place.

The Vista 8 also includes a completely redesigned Control Bay. While talkback and monitoring functionality, trackball and a motorized joystick have been maintained from the previous Vista consoles, dedicated control elements have been introduced for operation of outputs. 12 motorized

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