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M-Audio Digipatch 12x6 Manual

Summary of Digipatch 12x6

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    Table of contents fcc class b and ce compliance ................................................ 2 features............................................................................................. 3 overview ...........................................................................................

  • Page 2: Included With Digipatch 12X6

    2 lifetime limited warranty .......................................................... 19 read this ! ... Read this ! .... Included with digipatch 12x6 ™ are factory diskettes containing mac and pc digipatch applications. Either of these programs can be installed on your computer in the conventional...

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    3 is necessary to use shielded i/o cables. This product also complies with european ce requirements. Features the digipatch 12x6 is an automated patchbay which routes digital audio connections between gear equipped with s/pdif and adat* compatible digital audio connectors. The digipatch 12x6 has the...

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    4 * adat is a registered trademark of alesis corporation overview thanks for choosing a digipatch to automate your digital audio routings. Like the name says, the digipatch 12 x 6 is a twelve by six digital audio patchbay. It has twelve completely independent inputs called sources, and six pairs of ...

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    5 cal connections between the two formats. Installation your digipatch box should contain this manual, the power trans- former, and the unit itself. Save all packing materials in case you should ever want to ship the unit. The digipatch takes up one space in a standard 19” equipment rack. Install it...

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    6 digital in. I n o ut m idi o ptical i n o ut ▲ 9v dc i n 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 o ut 6 o ut 5 i n 5 o ut 4 i n 4 o ut 3 i n 3 o ut 2 i n 2 o ut 1 i n 1 c oaxial digipatch 12x6 ™ digit al audio p a tchba y l p rogram t arget s ource p ower p rogram t arget s ource midi s t ore ▲ ▼▼▼ ▲▲.

  • Page 7: Front Panel

    7 panels - fig. 1 panel description front panel 1. Program indicator: this normally displays the current program number, but when the midi button is held it will display the midi channel. 2. Target indicator: this normally displays the current target num- ber, but when the midi button is held it wil...

  • Page 8: Rear Panel

    8 rear panel 9. Power connector: use only the power transformer that came with your digipatch. 10. Midi in connector: this is a standard midi in jack. The digipatch can respond to program change and system exclusive messages. 11. Midi out: this is a standard midi out jack. It can also function like ...

  • Page 9: Creating  A New Patch

    9 operation the digital audio outputs of the digipatch are arranged in pairs. If you look at the unit’s rear panel you will see six coaxial (rca) out- puts, and six optical outputs. Each of these like-numbered output pairs are called a target. For example, coaxial output 1 together with optical outp...

  • Page 10: By Pressing The Source Inc (

    10 by pressing the source inc ( ▲) and dec (▼) buttons until a “0” (for “0ff”) appears in the source window. Whenever any kind of edit of a patch is performed a decimal point will immediately appear next to the program indicator as a reminder that the program has been modified. After you have finish...

  • Page 11: Editing Midi Receive Channel

    11 new patch information will be stored in the same program location. Editing midi receive channel the digipatch midi receive channel can be viewed and edited while holding down the midi button. As soon as the midi button is released the digipatch will revert to its normal mode of operation. In othe...

  • Page 12: Bulk Data Dumps Via Midi

    12 you can now use the target inc ( ▲) and dec (▼) buttons to toggle between “enabled” and “disabled.” bulk data dumps via midi all of the internal digipatch patches can be sent and saved on an external computer by way of a midi system exclusive bulk dump. To perform a bulk data dump from the unit f...

  • Page 13: Eprom Test (Midi + Target

    13 characters, etc. The led test ends (and the button test begins) when any button is button number prog inc 1 target inc 2 source inc 3 prog dec 4 target dec 5 source dec 6 midi 7 store 8 pressed. Each button when pressed will display the following numbers: during the button test, the source indica...

  • Page 14: Midi I/o Test (Midi + Prog

    14 1 = success, 0 = failure note: this test will force the unit to rebuild the serial eeprom con- tents regardless of how test mode is exited. Midi i/o test (midi + prog ▼) this test requires that a midi cable be connected between the digipatch midi out jack and midi in jack before it begins. It per...

  • Page 15: Midi Implemetation Chart

    15 appendix 2 - midi implementation basic channel default 1 1 changed 1 - 16 1 - 16 function transmitted recognized remarks mode default 3 3 message x x altered x x note number true x x voice x x velocity note on x x note off x x after touch keys x x channels x x system common song pos x x song sel ...

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    16 appendix 3 - mac “panel” software the mac application — digipatch panel™ — included with your unit, is a remote control program that allows you to control up to fif- teen units through midi system exclusive messages. It requires a mac with a 68020 processor or greater, system 7.10 or greater, and...

  • Page 17: Important:

    17 in all cases, digipatch units should be midi wired in a series. That is, take the ‘midi out’ of you computer interface and plug it into the ‘midi in’ of the first digipatch unit. Take the ‘ midi out’ of your first digipatch unit and connect it to the ‘ midi in’ of the second, and so on. Finally, ...

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    18 appendix 4 - pc “panel” software the pc windows application — digipatch panel™ — included with your unit, is a remote control program that allows you to control up to fifteen units through midi system exclusive messages. It requires a pc with a 80386 processor or greater, windows 3.1 or later, an...

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    19 lifetime limited warranty midiman warrants that this product is free of defects in materials and workmanship under normal use so long as the product is owned by the original purchaser and that purchaser has registered his/her ownership of the product by sending in the completed warranty card. In ...

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