[gkhewittParticipant]

OK, so you’ve set the mapping in Dante Controller (make sure it’s in both directions so GLD -> DVS and DVS -> GLD).

Have you also set the mapping on the GLD itself – under the I/O screen and “IO Card In” tab?

We use two scenes that have everything filtered apart from the patchbay – this allows us to switch Dante playback effectively “on and off”

[gkhewittParticipant]

Gate. It’ll show red when the gate is activated (closed)

[gkhewittParticipant]

I think this is a misunderstanding of the ME-1 units. You send audio to the devices rather than using them as a control surface.

So, you can send an AUX as a channel to the ME-1s but the audio output is then at the ME-1 rather than from the GLD.

So yes if you have unpowered wedges…

Output from GLD (direct outs etc) -> ME-1 -> Output to amp -> wedge

The best use for them is going to be with IEMs (headphones) or powered wedges. But with wedges you will need to be careful so that musicians don’t give themselves too much “me”

[gkhewittParticipant]

A softkey for start/stop record would be very useful….

Eg.
Press softkey – recording starts and button lights up
Press softkey again – recording stops and button goes back to unlit

[gkhewittParticipant]

“De-Esser processor added to the FX rack.”

Awesome!

[gkhewittParticipant]

You can route something (aux, matrix, direct out, whatever) to multiple output sockets but you cannot route two things to one socket

[gkhewittParticipant]

I had an issue with the upgrade similar to yours:

– Make sure only the Dante network interface is enabled/connected within windows, all other adapters (especially wireless) should be disabled
– Make sure you are connected to the Dante primary port on the M-Dante card
– Turn off windows firewall
– Run update manager as an administrator

That’s what I had to do to get it to work.

George

[gkhewittParticipant]

I don’t think you can do this (ducking) out of the box on the GLD as you can’t set a sidechain input.

There is a sidechain feature on the compressor but this is only to filter a certain frequency range from triggering the comp.

Please someone corrrect me if wrong!
George

[gkhewittParticipant]

Ideally it would be separate (possibly more for security than anything else – anyone can install the free iPad app and control the surface) but it seems to be more important to get the wireless router/access point correct.

For example we’re using a D-Link DIR-615, but with the stock firmware we were getting regular dropouts (every 30s or so) which made it unusable. Upgrading to DD-WRT made it 100 times more reliable.

A&H publish a list of ‘known good’ routers: https://www.allen-heath.com/UK/CategoryDocuments/iLive_Router_Compatibility.pdf

[gkhewittParticipant]

DCAs do not carry audio so aren’t actually relevant for routing. DCAs control the level of inputs and it’s then up to the inputs as to where the routing goes.

I suspect you want a Matrix configured for your USB recording, you can then have a single fader for this on your surface.

Matrices are just a mix of outputs – just press the “mix” button on the matrix and adjust the level of the outputs you wish to send to the matrix (e.g. Groups or Auxes, or the main LR bus). In the IO screen you can then configure the USB recording source to be that matrix.

We do this on our setup: we have separate groups for speaking mics, singers and the band. These are then routed to the LR, so no channels go directly to the LR bus. The USB recording matrix is then a mix of the speaking mics, singers and band (and another group for the ambient microphones).

Hope that helps.

[gkhewittParticipant]

Remember folks: save your show file first! Updating the firmware will clear all scenes so you will need to reload your show.

[gkhewittParticipant]

We have a D-Link DIR-615 dedicated to the GLD on a private wireless network, and we were experiencing the same issue as you.

However yesterday we upgraded the firmware on the router to DD-WRT and tested today, the performance is much improved and the iPad held the connection for a good half an hour (at which point we turned it off anyway!). DD-WRT is a custom firmware that often outperforms the stock firmware that comes with many routers.

– what router are you using? Is it on the iLive compatibility list (same as for GLD)?
– can you setup a specific network just for the GLD?
– try changing the wireless channel, the issue may be interference from other networks (you can try this without getting a separate router if that helps)
– try updating the firmware on your router, or even try DD-WRT as we did

[gkhewittParticipant]

There are two steps once you have DVS setup and talking to your DAW.

You need to firstly configure the GLD to send Dante signals, this is done under the I/o routing page (soft key to the right of the touchscreen). I/O card out is the page you want – this lists all the Dante channels and what is assigned to them. You can also do I/O card in if you wish to do virtual sound check, for example. Map up each channel you wish to send, either as a direct output, mix send etc.

Then you need to configure the Dante mapping using controller so that DVS on your laptop knows what channels of the Dante stream to pickup. When you load Dante Controller with the GLD connected and DVS started, you should see both devices. You can literally map things by clicking the boxes. I tend to keep things on a 1-1 mapping for ease, so channel 1 of Dante maps to channel 1 on the DVS.

Then you can configure your DAW to pick off the channels.

Hope that helps.

[gkhewittParticipant]

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I would like to know which OS is on GLD.

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It’s some variant of Ubuntu Linux. The default hostname if you have DHCP enabled is “Ubuntu”

[gkhewittParticipant]

Custom2 is available on the top layer which you get when choosing “Routing” from the top menu bar.

I think the PAFL is for using the RTA?

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