The Control Centre is a typical robust Midas steel frame, which employs engineering principles similar to those used for established analogue products. The frame is fitted with three integral power supplies, only two of which are required for full operation. The power supplies are auto-voltage sensing, auto-switchover, fitted with locking AC connectors, are hot-swappable and are interchangeable with the PSUs used in the DSP engine.

Also integral to the Control Centre are dual-redundant GUI and master control processors, and a high-speed network router. The rear of the control surface has dual-redundant HyperMAC ports (Cat-5e and Optical) and four AES50 connections, one of which is terminated internally to the configurable I/O on the rear of the console. This is the same format as the I/O which is located in the stage rack, which means that the connector panels are interchangeable between these two locations.

Current options are any three of the following four options:

• 8 analogue inputs (XLR)
• 8 analogue outputs(XLR)
• 4 AES/EBU inputs and 4 AES/EBU outputs(XLR)
• 8 analogue inputs and 8 analogue outputs(balance 1/4”TRS jacks)
  

The left-hand side of the surface consists of a 12-channel “fast zone”, where an operator will find the “must have now” controls, a detail panel which is the interface with all of a selected channels control parameters and a display screen. The PRO6 has a second 4-channel “fast zone”, located on the far right-hand, which allows for easy access for dual operators, or the ability to “stick” high-priority channels onto the surface for instant access.

The centre section of the surface features the aux mix masters, VCA faders, POP group select buttons, mix group select buttons, second detail panel and daylight-viewable TFT display screen. Also, the main (matrix) mix masters, automation control, dual trackball control panel, communications panel, monitoring control and the second daylight-viewable TFT display screen. A 3-way KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) switch is incorporated into this area to enable an operator to view and control external computers from the control surface.

• 3 integral PSUs
• Dual redundant GUI processors
• Dual redundant master porcessors
• Dual redundant HyperMAC ports
• 4 AES50 connections
• 4 I/O card options
• Dual daylight viewable TFTs
• 3 way KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse)
• 16 input faders