AMS Neve 88D, User Manual

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88D User Manual
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To select a single Stem to monitor, press Stem in the Monitor Selector, the source
selector led’s will display stems A to F. Select the required stem.
The key will illuminate and the previous selection will be cancelled.
To monitor multiple Stems (and/or external machines) press the SUM key. The key
will illuminate.
Press the A to F keys as required. The selected keys will illuminate. All the selected
sources will be monitored.
Each time a key is pressed it will toggle on or off.
Selecting one of the surround machines will show the first 8 machine members on
the lower 8 monitor selectors. Holding own one of these machine members and
pressing the required speaker cut key routes the machine member to that
loudspeaker for monitoring. The number of tracks available on each external
machine must be set up on the Config page of Desk Edit. The inputs to the Externals
must be routed from ports on the Others page of I/O Patching.
To interrogate external track routing press and hold the machine member key of
interest. The route will be indicated by the key illuminating. Machine members are
de-routed in the same way.
To monitor an external machine place the machine into play and press the required
machine key (M/C 1, M/C 2 or M/C 3).
Surround Monitoring Formats
The Mon Format Sel section allows the operator to override the output to the
surround monitoring speakers to check the mix in different formats. The section also
has trim control for fine adjustment of the monitor level.
Mono
To monitor a mono mix of the surround outputs press the MONO key. The key will
illuminate and the output to all the speakers except Front Centre will be cut. A true
mono mix of the surround monitor output will be heard on the Front Centre speaker.
LCRS Pre and Post Decode Monitoring
Both of these functions use inserts to switch the Film paths through external
equipment for encoding and decoding. The Lt-Rt and POST DECODE keys are
latched with each other so selecting one will turn the other off.
To monitor the Left Total and Right Total output from the Dolby matrix encoder press
the Lt-Rt key.
To monitor the decoded output from the Dolby matrix encoder press the Post Decode
key. The key will illuminate.