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D&R Lyra User Manual

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    Lyra lyra lyra lyra user manual software version: lyra v1.5 - 2012 manual version: v1.4 - 2 september 2012.

  • Page 2: Product Safety

    Product safety product safety product safety this product is manufactured with the highest standards and is double-checked in our quality control department for reliability in the "high voltage" section. Caution never remove any panels, or open this equipment. No user service-able parts inside. Equi...

  • Page 3: Equipment.

    Product safety replace fuses always with the same type and rating after the equipment has been turned off and unplugged. If the fuse blows again you have an equipment failure, do not use it again and return it to your dealer for repair. And last but not least be careful not to touch a person being s...

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    Dear customer, thank you for choosing the lyra mixing console. The lyra is designed by specialists in the field of radio broadcast and designed to be used as a digital desktop mixer. The entire d&r team is responsible for the design of the lyra. They always value suggestions from you once you have b...

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    Contents lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 5 1 introduction ............................................................................................................................ 7 2 contents of the package ..................................................

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    Contents lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 6 10.4.5 crm ............................................................................................................................. 32 10.5 n etwork settings through the c ontrol s urface .........................

  • Page 7: 1 Introduction

    Introduction lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 7 1 introduction this manual will give you a detailed explanation of the functionality of the lyra and all its features. It is advised to read this manual once before touching any control, or even thinking about h...

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    Unpacking lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 8 2 contents of the package the following parts should be inside the package. • 1x 19” racks depending on the ordered configuration • one or two 4-fader control surfaces or one 8-fader control surface depending on th...

  • Page 9: 4 System Structure

    System structure lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 9 4 system structure the lyra system is a high-tech digital system, which is based on a 19” 2he rack. In combination with the control surface(s) you will get a very easy to use console with many features that ...

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    Audio signal path lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 10 5 audio signal path cue au x pr e au x po st p rog s ub cf 2 cf 1 module 1 eq dyn extern 1 extern 2 module 8 eq dyn input matrix crm cf1 aux prog sub cf2 dedicated analog outputs phones/analog 7/digital ou...

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    Audio signal path lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 11 5.3 outputs for the prog, sub, aux, cleanfeed 1, cleanfeed 2 and crm busses, there are dedicated analog outputs. For all digital outputs you have a separate router which makes it possible for you too choos...

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    Analog/digital levels with the lyra lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 12 6 analog/digital levels with the lyra before you can start working with a (digital) console you need to understand all level standardization for the inputs and outputs. In the analog doma...

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    Analog/digital levels with the lyra lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 13 to summarize things shortly: 0 db on your meter is: • +6 dbu on the balanced input/outputs • 0 dbu on the unbalanced inputs/outputs • –20 dbfs fixed or -20 dbfs to 0 dbfs variable at the ...

  • Page 14: 7 Network Basics

    Network basics lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 14 7 network basics this chapter gives you a short overview on the network basics. This chapter is meant to give you some information about networking. When reading this chapter it's more easy to understand the ...

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    Network basics lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 15 tcp/ip is a protocol that is well known in wan structures. This means there are many data link & physical layers that can carry tcp/ip. In wan structures the cobranet protocol is not known, so that will only ...

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    Network basics lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 16 7.3.2 subnets and subnet masks a subnet is a part of a network that shares the same prefix. It enables a network administrator to further divide the host part of the address. Previously, another network numbe...

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    Network basics lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 17 7.3.5 dhcp dhcp stands for: “dynamic host configuration protocol”. Dhcp is a tcp/ip service that you can use to set network clients' tcp/ip configurations automatically as they attach to the network. This con...

  • Page 18: 8 Cobranet Basics

    Cobranet basics lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 18 8 cobranet basics this chapter gives you information for working with cobranet. It's just a basic explanation of audio networking with cobranet. For more information you can view the website http://www.Peaka...

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    Hardware connections lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 19 9 hardware connections this chapter will describe all connections to the 19” rack unit in detail. After this chapter you have all information to implement the system within your hardware. Some connectio...

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    Hardware connections lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 20 figure 7: microphone inputs at rear side the mic connections on the backside of the 19” rack are parallel with the xlr connections at the front side of the 19” rack. Warning: phantom power is also appli...

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    Hardware connections lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 21 9.1.2 line inputs the lyra can connect 7 analog line inputs. The input numbers 1-4 and 7 (front side) are stereo inputs. Input 5 and 6 are mono inputs, with on the same connector a cleanfeed output, so ...

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    Hardware connections lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 22 9.1.3 external inputs the lyra can sum two external inputs to the crm buss. The sources for the external busses can be selected by using the web server. 9.1.4 program/sub/aux/crm outputs the lyra is a v...

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    Hardware connections lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 23 9.1.5 phones outputs for easy and versatile monitoring there are two headphones outputs implemented on the lyra. On the control surface the phones is directly connected to the crm buss. On the surface i...

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    Hardware connections lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 24 9.2 digital inputs/outputs the lyra holds 7 digital inputs and outputs. At the rear side of the 19” rack you will find digital i/o 1-6 and at the front side is digital i/o 7 located. The digital inputs ...

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    Hardware connections lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 25 9.3 global inputs/outputs 9.3.1 gpios the in-/outputs can be used for global functionality for example synchronization, remote function, relay logic etc… each sub-d connector represents 2 gpio's. Figure...

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    Hardware connections lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 26 9.3.3 on-air output the gpo on the crm connector responds only to the redlight1 buss. See ‘table 5: pinning for program, sub, aux and crm’ for the pinning of the connector. Figure 16: redlight gpo 9.3.4...

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    Hardware connections lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 27 9.3.6 connection to control surfaces the control-unit(s) can be connected to the control-unit 1 and 2 connector. The surface connected to connector ‘to cntrl unit 1’ will always contain module 1-4 and t...

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    Hardware connections lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 28 9.3.7 cobranet (optional) cobranet operates on a switched ethernet network or on a dedicated ethernet repeater network (the last is not recommended). Cobranet provides the possibility to send and receiv...

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    Using the control surface lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 29 10 using the control surface figure 21: the 4-fader control surface of the lyra it is possible to process 8 stereo channels in parallel. Every processing channel handles source selection, mono, eq,...

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    Using the control surface lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 30 figure 22: the 8-fader control surface of the lyra.

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    Using the control surface lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 31 10.1 input routing the input signal can be processed as soon as it is converted into the digital domain by specifying an input source for the module. Selecting the source button on the control surf...

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    Using the control surface lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 32 10.4 buss routing when the signal has been processed in eq, dynamics range and level, it can be routed to one or more busses such as the aux. Buss, program buss, sub buss and the stereo cue buss. A...

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    Using the control surface lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 33 10.5 network settings through the control surface the lyra is a stand-alone mixer. That means that there is no need for a pc during operation. But before you start using the lyra you may want to ma...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 34 11 webpage the control surface of the lyra covers all the basic routing and signal processing per channel. To control all the features of the lyra we need software tools. The software part of the lyra is a dynamic w...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 35 11.2 system information the system information screen displays the general status of the lyra. Figure 24: system information name/description displays the networking name for the lyra. Location displays the name of ...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 36 11.3 network settings the network settings screen of the lyra displays the settings that can be made regarding network usage. Figure 25: network settings name/description you can enter a networking name for the lyra...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 37 local date - time displays the time retrieved from a ntp timeserver. Ntp means network time protocol. This is a standard protocol which is used to transmit utc-time to clients. For more information you can visit htt...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 38 11.4 cobranet settings the cobranet settings page displays the global settings for the cobranet module. Figure 26: cobranet settings firmware version displays the current firmware version inside the cobranet module....

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 39 the table displays the status and settings for the cobranet module. There are 4 transmitting channels (tx) and 4 receiving channels (rx). Each channel consists of 8 sub-channels. Inside each sub-channel we can store...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 40 11.5 global settings in the global setting screen you can make all kinds of basic settings. Figure 27: global settings clock source clock source lets you choose the clock to which you want to synchronize the lyra. Y...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 41 extern1/2 the lyra has 2 extra crm inputs onboard. Extern 1 and 2. Here you can select which input source you want to assign to these inputs. Talkback mic when selecting the talkback button, the chosen input will be...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 42 11.5.2 gpo 1 to 6 the gpo sends trigger-signals to other devices. Figure 29: general purpose output (gpo) type continuous gpo is the action state. (if action redlight is active, gpo is active) on pulse gpo pulses wh...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 43 11.6 input settings the input settings menu is displayed in the next figure: figure 30: input settings in this menu you can see all the inputs of the lyra. You can adjust the corresponding label per input. Each of t...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 44 the 'advanced input setting' screens for the analog inputs, the digital inputs and the cobranet inputs are the same except for a few option, which are grayed out if the function is not present. The settings for the ...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 45 11.7 cobranet input settings if cobranet is not installed the “cobranet input settings” menu is not visible. Figure 32: cobranet input settings the idea behind the cobranet input settings is basically the same as th...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 46 11.8 output settings figure 33: output settings the output settings enables you to route inputs or busses to the outputs. The labels of the outputs can be renamed for specific purposes. If cobranet is not installed ...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 47 source selection you can select what kind of routing you want to the output. You can select any of the inputs to be directly routed to an output. You can also select a buss to be routed to an output. You can select ...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 48 11.10 security settings the security setting of the lyra gives users the option to secure the lyra against misuse of any kind. It's possible to create a database of multiple users who have all kind of different acce...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 49 each user has the ability to store his personal settings made on the control-surface and in the global settings menu. The 'store' button stores your personal settings inside the lyra. 'recall' loads your personal se...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 50 11.11 chipcard settings figure 38: chipcard settings you can use this menu to program or reprogram chip-cards. When creating a user on the chip-card you must make sure that the user is also in the database. If not t...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 51 11.12 control surface levels figure 39: control surface levels the control-surface settings enable you to assign privileges to 5 different user-levels. You can set the following functions for each user-level. Contro...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 52 11.13 input pool levels figure 40: input pool levels the input pool level setting menu enables you to prevent users will access the inputs from the control- surface. This option is also available for the cobranet in...

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    Webpage lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 53 11.14 network levels with the network levels setup you can deny users certain menus and options on the webpage. You can also deny specific privileges on the ftp server and refuse connection to the activex applicatio...

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    Ftp lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 54 12 ftp the lyra also contains a ftp server (file transfer protocol) which may be used to transfer files from and to your pc. The information you can exchange is stored in three directories: presets, security, flash. Dep...

  • Page 55: 13 Lyra Eq Tool

    Lyra eq tool lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 55 13 lyra eq tool the lyra has a 3 band fully parametric equalizer. The gain can be adjusted on the control-surface. The gain for each band can be set independently on each channel. The other two parameters, freq...

  • Page 56: 14 Activex Application

    Activex application lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 56 14 activex application the activex application is a utility which allows you to control the lyra from a remote area. The application is a graphical user interface which displays a combination of the 2 co...

  • Page 57: 15 Specifications

    Specifications lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 57 15 specifications 15.1 general system parameters level specs in db full scale for digital and dbu for analog data. 0dbu=0.775vrms sampling rate: 32khz, 44.1khz, 48khz, 50ppm (when internally synchronized). He...

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    Specifications lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 58 15.7 digital outputs aes/ebu/aes3, s/p-dif, optical (toslink) active at the same time. 16/20/24 bit, 32khz to 48khz (system clock). Output level: 2 to 5 volts output impedance: 110 ohm clock output: 75 ohm tt...

  • Page 59: Declaration of Conformity

    Declaration of conformity lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 59 declaration of conformity manufacturers name: d&r electronica weesp b.V. Manufacturers address: rijnkade 15b, 1382 gs weesp, the netherlands declares that the product lyra series conforms to the fo...

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    Lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 60 dear lyra owner, in this manual we have tried to give you an overview of all that the lyra has to offer. As it is our policy to continuously improve on our products, this manual will be updated regularly. Please visit our w...

  • Page 61: 16 List of Figures

    List of figures lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 61 16 list of figures figure 1: audio signal flow ................................................................................................................... 10 figure 2: osi model ........................

  • Page 62: 17 List of Tables

    List of tables lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 62 17 list of tables table 1: level definitions ...................................................................................................................... 12 table 2: pinning mic input 4-3 and mic in...

  • Page 63: 18 Glossary

    Index lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 63 18 glossary dbfs .............................................................. 13 dbu ................................................................ 13 dhcp ............................................................

  • Page 64: 19 Appendix

    Appendix lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 64 19 appendix 19.1 appendix a: blockdiagram of the lyra the picture below represents the lyra. Basically there are two main blocks. The mixing console and the i/o matrix. The mixing console is the section where all t...

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    Appendix lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 65 19.2 appendix b: lyra activex scripts properties: unsigned char *ip //eg. Format: “xxx.Xxx.Xxx.Xxx” bool visible //makes the object 1=visible/0=invisible bool active //specifies whether the object is active and has...

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    Appendix lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 66 //1 = unknown user //2 = operator 1 //3 = operator 2 //4 = supervisor //5 = system administrator onremotebuss1(long state) //if the remote buss 1 changes, its gives the new state with this event onremotebuss2(long ...

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    Appendix lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 67 void setgain(long modulenr, long value) //set gain at modulenr, value may be -20 db till 20 db //for source 0-3 = mic1-mic4: value may be 0 db till 60 db void seteqhigh(long modulenr, long value) //set eq high at m...

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    Appendix lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 68 //... // remotebussnr = 3 -> buss 4 long getsource(long modulenr) //get modulenr source, source may be 0 till 34 //0 = n.C. //1-4 = mic1-mic4 //5-11 = analog1-analog7 //12-18 = digital1-digital7 //19-34 = cobra1/2 ...

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    Appendix lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 69 //returns –140db till 10db long getprogtocrm() //returns 1=on/0=off long getsubtocrm() //returns 1=on/0=off long getauxtocrm() //returns 1=on/0=off long getcuetocrm() //returns 1=on/0=off long getext1tocrm() //retu...

  • Page 70: 20 Disclaimer

    Disclaimer lyra digital mixer from d&r phone +31 294 418014, email: info@d-r.Nl page 70 20 disclaimer due to a policy of continuous product improvement, d&r electronica weesp b.V. Reserves the right to change specifications, appearance and performance without prior notice. Since the use of this info...