Prism Sound Orpheus - Audio Media

AMSR 05|08“This board is very well designed, thecolour coding on the pots is wellthought out and unless you pull theknobs off and swap them all about, itmakes perfect sense.”>operators will find it easy to use the EQ with goodresults. The two swept mids again offer 15dB ofcut or boost, but operate in the frequency ranges550Hz – 13Khz, and 80Hz – 1.9Khz. The entire EQsection is easily bypassed with a switch.As mentioned, there are six aux busses on thisconsole – various ways exist to configure thesebusses to a user’s requirements. By default, aux 1and 2 are always pre fade, aux 3 and 4 can be eitherpre or post fade, while auxes 5 and 6 are alwayspost fade. There is a dealer-implemented optionto connect auxes 1 and 2 feeds as pre-EQ, pre-fade.This would also affect auxes 3 and 4 when they areselected as pre-fade.The typical user would connect four monitors tothe first four auxes and two effects units to auxes 5and 6, this is clearly reflected in the design of thebusses. The colour coding is very clear for the auxbusses; shades of green, blue, and grey are used toquickly identify both the master controls and thechannel strip controls.Pots N' PansA bright yellow pan pot is provided above thefader bank. There is no mono buss switch for eachchannel, as the mono output is simply a sum ofthe left and right busses. Red Mute switches andtheir associated red LEDs clearly indicate whatis muted, whilst the mix button will route thechannel to the master buss. The manual pointsout that it may seem pointless to de-select achannel from the main buss, but it allows usersto route signals to the aux busses and/or to usethe direct outputs post fade, without routing tothe main mix.The 100mm Faders are smooth and light tomove, but feel a little wobbly. I experienced noproblems with the audio but could imagine thecleaning job after a couple of years in a horribleclub. The faders have dust covers under the metalpanel, which should keep out most detritus. I didnotice that at the extreme ends of the fader tracks,the dust covers seem to open out a little, whichmight allow dust to ingress.Buying a newMicrophone,Monitor, orConsole this year?AUDIOMEDIATHE INTERNATIONALBUYER’S GUIDEAUDIO-FOR-VIDEO BROADCAST INTERNET AUDIO LIVE SOUND MULTIMEDIA POST PRODUCTION RECORDINGTHE WORLD’S LEADING PROFESSIONAL AUDIO TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINEA SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL PUBLICATION FROM THE NEWBAY MEDIA GROUPMONITORS2008AUDIOMEDIAAUDIO-FOR-VIDEO BROADCAST INTERNET AUDIO LIVE SOUND MULTIMEDIA POST PRODUCTION RECORDINGTHE INTERNATIONALBUYER’S GUIDET HE WORLD’S LEADING PROFESSIONAL AUDIO TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINEA SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL PUBLICATION FROM THE NEWBAY MEDIA GROUPAUDIOCONSOLES2008AUDIO MEDIAAUDIOMEDIAAUDIO-FOR-VIDEO BROADCAST INTERNET AUDIO LIVE SOUND MULTIMEDIA POST PRODUCTION RECORDINGTHE INTERNATIONALBUYER’S GUIDETHE WORLD’S LEADING PROFESSIONAL AUDIO TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINEA SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL PUBLICATION FROM THE NEWBAY MEDIA GROUPMICROPHONES2008Master SectionAs a simple stereo buss mixer, the master sectionis straightforward to understand and again, clearlylaid out. The colour coding works wonderfully on allsix aux master pots, each with an AFL button andred LED to indicate the current assignment. This isthe only way to meter the aux master output busslevel on the 12 segment LED meters.At the very top of the master section,you will find a four pin XLR socket for a 12vlamp, as with most desks this is not included.The headphone socket is very close to the meters,so if using headphones with a right-angled jackplug, a little rotation will ensure that you don’t block>AUDIO MEDIAAUDIO MEDIAThen check out the 2008 International Buyer’s Guidesat www.audiomedia.comAUDIO MEDIA MAY 2008 73