Brands:

• AMX
• BSS Audio

Models:

• AVX Architect

Overview:

This article will continue expanding on tips to help your system design workflow and cover signal naming in AVX Architect. 

To see a video of this article, click HERE.

Description:

Signal naming is a feature unique to Harman software that allows you to visually track a signal flow by the name of that signal.

This example has a Soundweb OMNI DSP and Expander in the SYSTEM view.

In the VIRTUAL view add a generic input source and expand it so the full name is visable.

This object follows the standard naming paradigm. Because it is the third object placed, its default name is D3.

Like every object, the Name can be changed in the PROPERTIES pane.

Notice that by default, the signal name present at the output node is also the same as the object name.

After connecting this object to the input of the expander, then the signal name will follow and also appear on the expander's input.

In the VIRTUAL view, that same analog input is showing the same name and that signal name flows through to each object in the circuit.

Rename the analog input something more descriptive, like Mixer.

The signal name at each object in the design can be renamed by right-clicking and selecting “Edit Signal Names".

In the Signal Naming popup, you can use a combination of custom text and/or the wild cards here to name the output.

The dollar sign [$] will use the incoming signal name from the corresponding input.

The pound or number symbol [#] will make the signal name follow the object's name from the properties window.

The tilde [~] symbol will change the signal name to that of the output connector, useful for objects with multiple outputs like a crossover with multiple bands or a mixer with direct or group outs.

Set this signal name to be the object's name by using the number symbol [#].

The new signal name now flows through the circuit.

Rename the input object to MONO for the next example.

This gain object has multiple outputs that feed several filters to create a crossover. To rename the outputs to reflect this, right-click on the object and select Edit Signal Names.

The dollar sign [$] is the default signal name, pulling the name from the incoming signal. This is useful as this information can added to the out-bound signal name.

Adding some text after the dollar sign [$] provides a more descriptive name to each of the outputs. This first output is going to the high pass filter. After the dollar sign [$], add Mid-Highs to the signal name.

Add Subs to the second output.

Click OK and the signal names have updated and now feed the new signal names to the objects downstream.