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Operation: Front Panel
Source On
The eight Source On buttons select and indicate the monitor status of the individual channels of the
Monitor Source. Film mixers use speaker mutes to help isolate problems in the mix, but traditional
speaker mutes would interfere with the bass redirection capabilities of MultiMAX. To avoid this prob-
lem, MultiMAX mutes the individual source channels to the monitor matrix, before bass redirect. The
effect is the same, but changes in tone won’t occur as the Source On buttons are toggled on and off.
Deselecting an individual channel will not defeat redirected audio to the associated monitor.
Note: When a 7.1 monitor source is downmixed to playback on a 5.1 monitor system, all eight Source On
buttons are functional. Deselecting LC and/or RC will mute their phantom image in the 5.1 mix. Like-
wise, Deselecting L and/or C and/or R will not mute the LC and RC phantom images from the LCR
speakers.
Solo Mode
The Solo Mode button toggles the operation of the Source On buttons to latching solo. When Solo
Mode is selected the status of the Source On buttons remain the same. When a Source On button is
then pressed, all other Source On buttons will toggle off. Additional Source On buttons may then be
included in the solo. Deselecting the last soloed Source On will toggle the Source On buttons to their
state prior to entering the solo mode. Deselecting Solo Mode will also revert the Source On buttons
to their prior state.
