Instructions For

D-75 Audio Consoles

Revised: 7-11-08

1. See signs posted in each studio telling where input sources come in to the console.

2. Turn faders up or down as needed to keep all sources peaking at zero with the green L.E.D. meters. Disregard orange meters. Follow same procedure, bringing pot down about half for talking over music beds, and turning pot back up when done.

3. The console has two sets of meters. If they differ in their readings, go by what the left program VU meter reads.

4. There is an A/B delegation button at the top of each fader. If the audio source is on B, press it and the button will light when B is activated. Only A or B can be selected at one time.

5. Keep AUD (feed to stream, etc.) and PGM (feed to air) turned on for all active pots. Pots 14 through 17 in the Teaching Studio don’t need PGM or AUD pressed, nothing is wired to them. The same goes for pots 15 and 17 in the Control Room.

6. Leave pots 11,12,13, (Scott air computer) turned on and faded up in Control Room at all times. Generally leave other pots off with yellow button unless needed.

7. Notice that there are numbers next to each input fader 1 to 18. The pots on these consoles are generally "normaled" at #15. That means that the level will probably be correct or close to correct when the fader is turned up to 15. Start there if you don’t know how high to turn the pot. However, your final decision about levels should follow what it says in #2 above.

8. These pots DO NOT have a cue notch at the bottom. Do not try to pull pots down in to cue. Press red cue button on each fader to hear a source without it going on the air. Turn fader down before doing this.

9. There are three control modules on the far right hand side of the console:

A. The left one is the OUTPUT MODULE. The green L.E. D. timer can be controlled, but you probably won’t use it. Keep AUD turned on here so that right side V.U. meters will show Audition Channel.

B. The middle one is the CONTROL ROOM MODULE. In the Teaching Studio, press External One to hear WVCP’s air signal. Press PGM to hear what you are doing on the Teaching Studio Console.

The Light green control turns the cue speaker volume up or down.

The gray control adjusts your headphone volume.

The light blue control adjusts the volume of your ceiling monitor speakers.

C. The right one is the STUDIO MODULE. It is not used in the Teaching Studio.

Leave EXT pressed in the Control Room. Hold down the yellow TALKBACK button to talk to newscasters through Dee Jay microphone #4. Leave green (talkback level) and blue (studio—newsroom) speaker control turned straight up.

10. Laptop Inputs: Each console has a laptop input and a stereo miniplug on the counter.

A. Have the pot turned off when plugging in or unplugging your laptop.

B. Push the extra cord back into the studio furniture when done. Pull cord out gently when getting some needed slack.

C. Songs played on the air from the laptop input must meet the guidelines in the WVCP Policy Book. Make sure you know what they are.

D. Any songs played on the air which are not in the SS32 computer system must be reported via e-mail list to Holly.Nimmo@volstate.edu within one week. Tell the Date, Song Name, Artist and approximate time aired. We have stricter reporting requirements because we stream music on the Internet.

E. All audio "drops" played on air must be approved in advance by the station manager.

F. As this is a new area, modifications or further rules may be forthcoming regarding laptop input at WVCP. Thank you for your cooperation.

11. Activate cue system by first turning pot all the way down, and then pressing red cue button. Remember to turn off red cue button and turn fader back up when done with cue.