POWER STUDIO

D&R Airence

Use the D&R Airence plugin to connect Power Studio remote control behavior to an Airence mixer.

Confirm the mixer connection, required drivers and station mapping before enabling the plugin.

Each Airence channel can be assigned to a specific Power Studio player or cart in pre-select mode. The station can choose whether the workflow uses button start, fader start or a combination that matches the studio's presenter habits.

Configure Audio Routing

Before configuring the plugin, configure the audio routing so the mixer channels match the way the presenters will work:

  1. Open Options and Settings from the maintenance menu.
  2. Open Audio Routing.
  3. Route Player A and Player B to the mixer channels used for the main playout players.
  4. Route the PFL outputs for the players. The standard setup is to route each player's PFL output to the same physical mixer or soundcard output as that player's normal playout output. Use a dedicated cue or monitor output only when the studio workflow needs a separate software-level PFL path.
  5. Route Automation or non-stop playout to the channel used for unattended playback. A common Airence setup uses channel 1 for this.
  6. Route Cart A and Cart B to the cart channels used by the studio.
  7. Route auxiliary audio such as Playlist PFL, Track Browser and Mix Editor to a channel that is not already used by the playout players or cart players.

In Advanced audio settings, keep the internal sample rate consistent with the Windows audio device settings. For a simple Airence setup with Player A and Player B, the number of players is commonly set to 2.

In Recording, select the recording input used for voice tracks or production recordings.

Configure The Airence Plugin

Open Options and Settings > Plugins, select the D&R Airence Mixer remote control plugin, and click Configure plugin.

A typical Airence control mapping is:

  • Channel 1 controls Player A and starts by fader/button, the player's PFL is controlled by the cue button.
  • Channel 2 controls Player B and starts by fader/button, the player's PFL is controlled by the cue button.
  • Channel 3 controls Cart A and starts by button.
  • Channel 4 controls Cart B and starts by button.

Adapt the mapping to the station's own mixer layout. The important part is that the audio routing and the remote-control mapping describe the same physical mixer channels.

Enable the plugin, apply the settings and restart Power Studio. If Windows Firewall asks whether Power Studio is allowed to communicate on the network, allow it on the trusted studio network.

After configuration, test:

  • Player starts.
  • Player stops.
  • Cue or Playout Player PFL behavior.
  • Button-start behavior.
  • Fader-start behavior.
  • Player or cart assignment per mixer channel.
  • On-air indicators if used.
  • Recovery after restarting Power Studio.

The D&R MambaNet wiki has an older visual walkthrough of the same setup: Power Studio audio setup and Power Studio plugin setup.