Speaker Presets
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As of version 1.13.0 MAXX-Remote offers the ability to create Speaker-Presets for single- and multi-way channels. For an in depth look on Multi-Way Channels, please refer to the respective Chapter of this guide. Previously, speaker presets could only be created and edited directly on our MAXX devices. This feature has now shifted into MAXX-Remote.
Creation
In order to create a speaker preset, simply take a regular or multi-way channel and apply all the settings you want your speaker preset to include. Data fields currently included in a preset are:
- Volume
- Phase-Invert
- Delay
- EQ
- FIR
- Limiters
Once finished, open the SPEAKER tab of the channel edit modal (parent-channel for multi-way channels) and hit the CREATE PRESET button. A popup will appear where you can add some meta data to your preset. Additionally you can also set a password for your preset in case you want to restrict the possibility of editing it to authorized users only.
Presets are encrypted and encoded. The settings of your preset will be never be readable as plain text. Neither when exported as a file, nor when stored in a project file or MAXX-Remote’s temp datastore.
Editing
In order to edit a speaker preset, go to the SPEAKER tab of a channel that has the desired preset applied to it and hit the EDIT button. In case your preset is password secured, your will be prompted to enter the password. Naturally, editing will only be unlocked with the correct password. Once in Edit Mode, the channel overview will only display the channel you chose to edit the speaker preset, as well as channel objects representing the preset’s settings.
Presets have an internal revision counter. Every time you edit a preset, this counter will increment. This is necessary so it is possible - when exporting a preset to file - to determine which of two seperate preset files with identical preset names and IDs is more up to date in terms of its settings.
Applying Presets
In order to apply a speaker preset to a channel or group, got to the SPEAKER tab in the edit modal, click the Select file button and chose a ‘.spkr’ file you want to apply to your target channel or group.
Note that the way-configuration of a speaker preset and the target channel need to match. You cannot load a preset, created for 2-way channels into a single- or 3-way channel.
When applying a speaker preset to groups, channels that are mapped to this group will adopt the group’s speaker preset, unless they have their own speaker preset assigned to them. In case there are multiple groups with speaker presets for a channel, it will adopt the preset of whichever group has been mapped to it first. Such conditions however can be considered bad design and should be avoided.
In case the way-configuration of a group’s speaker preset does not match with any of the channels it is mapped to, the preset will be ignored by mismatching channels.
Legacy Presets
MAXX-Remote and all Innosonix devices are still compatible with presets that have been created on MAXX-Devices (file extension ‘.speaker’). However, these presets can not be edited in MAXX-Remote. Also, new presets will always take precedence over legacy presets. I.e. legacy presets will be removed in case a new preset is applied to a channel or group. Channels will always prefer new presets over legacy presets, even when the legacy preset is directly applied to the channel, and the new preset is adopted from a group.