purchase an optional rack mounting kit, which and the necessary hex key wrench tool was will allow me to put the kick drum in channel 1
we did. included. We have three locations for our NSB on the console even though it’s going into input
boxes. One is in our AVL rack which is behind 49 via the AVB network. I’ve not done any live
INSTALLATION the platform in a small room. CAT6 runs from audio patching before, only studio patching,
We already had CAT6 cable run from our FOH there via an AVB* switch to our band location but the concept is the same. It took my brain
to the stage with our previous console, so the where the other two NSB boxes live, one in a awhile to wrap itself around the verbiage and
digital snake aspect of installation was done. rack, the other next to the drums & bass. *Read grid layout of the digital patching, but once
In most cases, running an ethernet cable from this article for more information about AVB I figured it out, it was easy to move things
FOH to the stage will be the most ‘difficult’ (Audio Video Bridge) networking. around. And you can make these changes
aspect of this system’s install. Previously, we
directly on the console using the touchscreen
had a CS18 console on our FOH desk. The The biggest challenge for me with the or using PreSonus’ UC Surface app for Mac or
64S is about twice the size, but we had plenty installation, as a ‘patching newbie’, was Windows.
of room, so it only meant moving our iMac over assigning the inputs to various channels on the just a bit to fit the new console. console. Granted, I could keep things 1-to-1 if All in all, installation was very simple, and we
I wanted, (input 1 = channel 1) but I desired to were up and running, and making good noise
Putting the rack ears on the NSB stage boxes lay things out in an easy to follow system on the in a matter of minutes.
also took a few minutes, but it was simple, console for my volunteer audio techs. Patching
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