Project Information

When you click on <Project> Node (Default name for each new project is New Project) in the project tree on the left, the Project Information tab opens.

General Project settings page on <Project> Node.

In the Project Identification area you can set the Project Name with up to 26 digits length and Project ID, up to 4 digits.

Default Project Name is New Project. A new project will have a random generated project ID. You can change it to your needs.

In the Information area you see information about the Project Version and File Version (matching to used TB8 version).

Latest Actions shows the last entries into the History. You can see the full History and add entries with the More … button.

Using the History function in the Project menu of TB8, you can log modifications of the configuration. This way, you can reproduce later on, which user made which modifications of the system at which time.

Project History, logging modifications during configuration.

In the Project menu click History; the Project History window opens. In the History Log area, the single entries are shown with date and time, as well as the login name of the user (Microsoft Windows Login) who created the entry. TB8 itself logs some processes, for example when and by who a configuration was originally created. Other changes that seem important to you can be inserted manually.

To do this, in the Edit message area, enter the new message and click Save to History.

The Project area on the left-hand side of the TB8 main windows shows the project tree. This provides the configuration information in a tree-structure. This project tree shows general options (see General Settings) and device specific options (see Device Properties) in each node. The devices are shown with their appropriate names.

Global Control node with +-symbol

In front of the Global Control node and the devices you can see a plus symbol. This symbol indicates a node with subsections. Click on a plus symbol to get access to different parts of the configuration.

Project area with nodes for general settings and device specific settings

Project area with nodes for general settings - in a new project

To navigate through the project tree use the left mouse button, some functions can also be accessed using context menu by pressing the right mouse button.

To add a new device to the project click Add at the bottom of the Project area or use the context menu.

If a device is selected, you can remove it by clicking Delete Device or use the context menu.

Sections in the project tree, which can be renamed by the user, for example a mixer, are written in this manual in angle brackets < and >. A typical path in the project tree is, for example <device>/<mixer>/Fader Channels.

Right-click in the Project area to see the context menu.

Context menu of the project area

The Duplicate Device and Clone ... options are available when you click on a device node.

The Extended Feature Mode is available when you click on a 52/SX Config or a 52/DX Config.

Select Add 52/XC and a 52/XC2 core (52-7420) will be added as new device with its own node (Device_1…n) to your project. You can change the core type in the Units Options area at the Hardware node.

This device can be used with all Series 52 control modules (52/MX, 52/RX, 52/SX, 52/DX, 52/TX)

Select Add 52/XD and a 52/XD2 core (52-7440 with 52-7456) will be added as new device with its own node (Device_1…n) to your project. You can change the core type in the Units Options area at the Hardware node.

This device can be used with all Series 52 control modules (52/MX, 52/RX, 52/SX, 52/DX, 52/TX)

To add a 52/SX bundle to your project file select Add 52/SX Config the SX Config - Start window will be shown.

SX Config Start window

Select the fader type and the number of Faders and click Continue. An already configured 52/XS2 (52-1810) based device will be added to your project. You can change the core type on the Hardware tab and there in the XS Core area. See 52/SX Mixing Console Manual

To add a 52/DX bundle to your project file select Add 52/DX Config.

An already configured 52/XS2 (52-1830) based device will be added to your project. You can change the core type on the Hardware tab and there in the XS Core area. See 52/DX Mixing Console Manual

The Extended Feature Mode is available when you right-click on device node created with the 52/SX Config or a 52/DX Config.

This Extended Feature mode opens the configuration of preconfigured 52/SX or 52/DX devices. Each settings node of the device will be shown the configuration can be continued like with 52/XC2 or 52/XD2 devices.

To load this configuration into a 52/XS or 52/XS2 core the 52-1950 license is required for this core.

Add Third Party Device adds further devices to the project, which the DHD mixing and routing systems are able to communicate with. These devices can not be configured using Toolbox8.

Click Delete Device to remove a selected device from this project file.

To create a copy of a device, for example for an installation with almost identical studios, right-click on a device in the Project are and select Duplicate Device from the context menu. Now the TB8 creates an editable copy of the selected device with configuration settings you already made. From now on the copy is an device with its own configuration that can be adapted further on.

In an installation with many independent and identical consoles, for example edit booth or journalist desks the configuration of these devices can be simplified by using the Clone tool.

1. Right-click on a device in the Project area and select Clone from the context menu. The Add Cloned Devices window will be shown.

   

   Add Cloned Devices window
2. In the Configure Clones area, select a device from the Clone from Original list that should be the source configuration for all clones.
3. Select the number clones that should be created.
4. Click Continue.

The TB8 adds device clones as separate nodes to the project tree. The cloned devices are named Dolly_1..n. Select the device to change device parameters like Device Name or Original Device on the Options tab.