Rane HAL1x Design Guide - Page 109

CHAPTER 3: Key Audio Design Features if you have all of your zones configured first, although you can edit your Scenarios (adding or removing zones) as you go. What are some best practices to follow or issues to consider when configuring and working with the HAL paging system? BEST PRACTICE: For a specific zone, place its Emergency Paging Zone block directly before the zone's output block. If necessary to protect your equipment, however, you may want to include Compressor or Limiter blocks between the Emergency Paging Zone and the output blocks. BEST PRACTICE: It is best to have a single Scenario devoted to emergency paging. Do not include any zones other than the Emergency zone in your Emergency Scenario. WARNING! If you need a Scenario for paging into all zones, do not use the Emergency page zone for this purpose. The HAL paging system is designed so that all paging stations play nicely with one another, respectfully notifying a paging station if a Scenario is available to page into. If you include the Emergency zone in a Scenario intended for ordinary pages to all zones, a page into that Scenario will always duck all audio and, thus, step on any other page that may be occurring. TIP: If possible, create all of your Paging Zones before creating your Scenarios. You can add and delete Zones from Scenarios at any time, but it is easier to create a comprehensive paging system if all of your Zones are available in the Paging Manager when you begin creation of your Scenarios. You may also want to create all of your Paging Stations before creating Scenarios, as thinking in terms of a Paging Station can help you define what your Scenarios should be. 105