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Ramses MSC reference guide
Introduction : Terminology
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Other Documents
For a more task orientated, 'how to', manual, please refer to the Ramses Tutorial Guide.
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Here you will also find further documents retaining to installing and operating RamsesMSC and Pyramix.
Terminology
In all Ramses MSC documentation we use the following terms:
Virtual Strip A mixer control Strip on the Pyramix Virtual Mixer that can be controlled and
displayed by the physical controls on the Ramses MSC. Strip types include
Inputs, Mix, Sub-Group and Aux Bus Masters and Control Groups.
Slot or Physical Control Strip
Each Slot is a vertical group of physical controls, including a fader, on the
Ramses MSC surface. You will have either 8,16 or 24 of these, depending on
the model and configuration of your console. A Slot can have any Virtual
Strip selected to it.
Ergonomic Spread An arrangement of virtual Mixer Strips assigned to Slots. Ergonomic
Spreads can be stored, recalled, modified etc…
Touch (Screen) Button Refers to a Virtual Button. I.e. an area of the touch screen that must be
touched to perform a function, not a hardware button.
Expert Panel Includes all controls concerned with Navigation, Automation, Copy/Paste
of Settings, Grouping and Ergonomic Spreads.
Monitor Panel Monitoring Section and Transport Bar
Upper Active Panel System management, Active Screen (TFT Touch)
Lower Active Panel Master Routing Panel,Joystick Panner,Quick Transport and Locators
Iggy Is the name of the Ramses MSC software application and interface shown on
Active Screen
Consolesoft Files containg Iggy software
Firmware Files for programming Hardware upgrades (flash)
Consolesoft Sets Files containing Edit Bay mappings
