Crown Audio IQ-MSD Turbo Software - Manual (Page 38)

IQ–MSD Turbo 1.4 Advanced IQ System Software
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2.8 Graphics Plates
Seldom are two audio systems used in the same way. Even the same audio system will probably be operated in
very different ways, depending on the nature of each event or the abilities of each operator. How would you like
to have a custom control panel for your system? Better yet, how would you like to have a custom control panel for
each type of event? Or a custom control panel for each operator? This section will show you how to accomplish
this with graphics plates.
A graphics plate is a graphic screen in which custom objects can be designed and stored to create attractive
operator screens for your IQ System. A wide variety of objects are available from the graphics plate Toolbox. For
example, the Toolbox has bar meter and LED objects that mimic the real thing. It also has “pots” that mimic level
controls and buttons that mimic a pushbutton. You use these prebuilt objects to construct control panels for your
system on one or more graphics plates. Figure 2.22 shows some of these objects and the Toolbox menu.
You have complete control to decide which controls your operators can access and, in many cases, what the
operating range of the controls will be. For example, you can create a “pot” for the input attenuator of Channel 1
of an IQ P.I.P.-equipped Crown amplifier and decide where it will be located on the screen, what its size and color
will be and what its maximum and minimum settings will be. Next you can create a bar meter to monitor its input
level. You decide whether or not the bar meter will have a “peak hold” feature and include a text legend.
Fig. 2.22 A Graphics Plate Under Construction