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Hardware Inserts 372
Hardware Inserts
This chapter explains how you can connect external analog and digital hardware to the analog and digital I/O on the S6L control
surface, Stage I/O units, Local 16, or E6L engine (if any MADI-192 MADI Option cards are installed) for use as hardware inserts.
Hardware inserts can be used for external processing on individual input channels, Mains, Groups, Auxes, and Matrixes. To use ex-
ternal hardware as inserts, you must do the following:
• Connect external hardware
• Assign hardware inserts to channels
• Activate the insert
• Set the hardware insert location
Connecting External Hardware
External hardware is made available to the system by connecting its inputs and outputs to input and output connectors on the S6L
control surface (all except S6L-16C), Stage/Local I/O unit, or E6L engine (if any MADI-192 MADI Option cards are installed).
Hardware inserts can then be inserted on channels similarly to inserting plug-ins.
To connect outboard gear for use as a hardware insert:
1 Connect the inputs of the external device to analog and/or digital output connectors 1–8 on the S6L control surface or Local 16.
2 Connect the outputs of the external device to the corresponding input connectors on the S6L control surface or Local 16.
For example, signal taken from S6L control surface AES Digital outputs 1/2 must be returned to S6L control surface AES Digital
input 1/2.
Using MADI-192 MADI Option Card IO for Hardware Inserts
If your system includes one or more MADI-192 MADI Option cards, you can use its inputs and outputs for hardware inserts from/to
the E6L engine. For details on configuring and using MADI Option card inserts, see the Using MADI for Hardware Inserts.
The S6L-16C control surface does not support IO connections for hardware inserts. Use Local 16 or Stage I/O instead.
Digital inputs on the S6L control surface and on the DSI-192 card offer sample rate conversion. For more information, see Syn-
chronizing AES/ADAT Digital Audio Inputs (SRC).
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