SetUp

A personal monitor/mixer configuration using Venue mission in a Dante environment. 

Prerequisites

• A MacOS or Windows computer with a 1 Gbps ethernet interface.
• MTDisovery 15.0.10 and above installed on your computer.
  • The latest MTDiscovery download link for Windows and MacOS https://www.merging.com/support/downloads#accessory-installers-3
• An Anubis with a Dante firmware installed
  • The latest (at least 1.7.0 or greater) Anubis toolkit available here https://www.merging.com/support/downloads#current-anubis-downloads
    The toolkit includes the Anubis Dante firmware and the remote control app for Windows and MacOS
• Dante controller installed on your computer
  • The latest Dante controller installer download page https://my.audinate.com/support/downloads/download-latest-dante-software
• A valid license key for the Venue mission.
  You can ask for a temporary license here: https://www.merging.com/trial/venue-mission
• A Dante ready license.
  • See Dante Ready Quick Start guide. - Merging Public Document - Confluence (atlassian.net) for details

Procedure

Preamble

While some configuration may be done on the Anubis device, the following operation can be achieve from a computer. To access to a specific Anubis you need to launch a Remote Controller from MTDiscovery. 

Operating Modes

Go to the settings by long press the Home (Pyramid) physical button and click on "SETTINGS"
Note: if the Venue icon is not selected, press it to switch Anubis into Venue mission. If the lock icon is present next to the Venue icon, you need a valid license (see prerequisites section)

2 choices of operating mode are available:

Personnal Monitor

Select it when a performer need a basic volume/pan/balance control of a mix. A typical use is symphonic orchestra.

The performer interface looks like:

Personnal Mix 

Select it when a performer need solo mute and some advanced audio processing access such as parametric EQ, Dynamics or Reverb. 

The performer interface looks like:

Inputs setup

In the Settings>Inputs Create (1), Delete (2), Move order (3) and click in the list to configure input (4)
Note : scroll the inputs list by clicking and drag the screen.
Note : As many input may be created but only the first 16 enabled input are available in the performer personal monitor/mixer page.

Configure a specific input 

Change the name, color, type, trim, delay...

Patch an input

Note : patches can be done later see patch section below 

Scroll down to the Channels section. and click in the green area

 

Choose a input in the list by clicking Single
Note : click None if you want to unpatch an existing input

Monitors setup

In the Settings>Monitors click on a Monitor to set it up.

Note : 4 monitors are available matching a physical output : XLR 1/2. Jack 3/4, Headphone 1, Headphone 2

Configure a specific monitor

Change the available parameters such as name ("James" in the exemple), color, and performer graphical interface behaviours.

Scroll down and set the Processing availability in the Personal Mixer performer interface.

Scroll down and set which inputs are available for the Monitor by clicking on "Show"

Patch monitor input to a physical I/O or a stream

Access an Anubis webpage by using MTDiscovery. Right click on the device and select "Open Advanced Page"

Note : MAD or VAD may be used instead

Click on the "I/O Router" tab (1) and make patches (2)

A typical patch should look likes:

• • Physical inputs (Combo 1/2 Jack 3/4) routed to Dante and to the personal mix inputs
  • Builtin-Mic to Dante for talkback purpose
  • Dante streams such as stems and talkback to the Personal mix inputs
  • Personal mix monitors to Physical outputs (XLR 1/2, Jack 3/4 Headphone1, Headphone 2) and to Dante streams for mix loopbacks

Note :

Detailed information on this web app may be found here 

Configuration deployment

Clone 
In MTDiscovery, right clîck on the configured Anubis and click on "Open Web App"

The following web page should be displayed. From the Menu (1), Download the preset file (2). Save it to your computer

Open the web  page of each Anubis to be cloned with the just saved preset file.
From the Menu (1), Browse the preset file (3), select it and open it.

Note : Repeat the operation for all the Anubis you need to clone.

Name separately each devices.
Open advanced page from the MT Discovery tools

For each devices, enter a Device Name (1), and set the IP addressing mode (2)

Notes :

• The device name have to be unique in a network. 
• The device name can be changed from Dante controller

Dante network routing

Make your network patches in Dante controller