Audient Sono, User Manual

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Hardware Features Hardware Features
Headphone Output
Sono includes a powerful, semi-discrete
class AB headphone amplifier which will
happily drive any headphone with a nominal
impedance within the range of 8-600 Ω.
To Amp Output
The To Amp output allows you to send audio
from your DAW out to an amplifier or pedal
board in order to re-amp your signal.
The signal from the re-amp output is padded
down to an instrument level as to not overload
your amp or pedal inputs.
To send audio to the To Amp output, simply
send the audio to Output 3 (To Amp) in your
DAW and connect a jack to the To Amp output.
The To Amp output has built in sensing so that
when a jack is plugged in, the routing will be
changed automatically.
Any routing in the application will be ignored
whilst To Amp is being used and the Sono will
revert to being controlled by the hardware
Monitor Mix control.
Monitor and Headphone Controls
Sono gives you independent control over the
monitor and headphone outputs.
Monitor Mix Control
The Monitor Mix control allows to you to
choose whether you listen solely to the inputs
(Far Left), the playback from your Computer
(Far Right) or a blend of the two.
Please note that the monitor mix control
will become inactive when the ‘Software
Controlled Mixer Mode’ is selected. For more
information about the software mixer please
see page 29.
Optical Input
The optical input is a standard TOSlink
connector and supports both ADAT and
S/PDIF inputs.
The optical connection will also carry the
signal required to clock Sono from an external
source. More information about clocking can
be found later in this manual
Speaker Outputs
The rear outputs are designed to send
audio out to a set of active monitors or to an
amplifier powering a pair of passive monitors.
The outputs are balanced so we would
strongly recommend the use of balanced
cables (XLR or TRS) when connecting
monitors to Sono.
As these outputs are line level, they can
also be used to feed outboard gear such as
hardware compressors or EQ’s, although you
would have to sacrifice your monitor outputs
to do so.