LIO-8 Quick Start Guide
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The new 3d Monitor Controller is a vast upgrade to previous versions with its own dedicated DSP
processing path and supports all channel configurations from Mono through Dolby Atmos™ 7.1.4.
There is a wealth of knowledge in the
section on how to set up and use the
Monitor Controller.
The Monitor Controller window can be hidden by toggling the “ m ” key. Hold the Option key to
engage scroll wheel/two finger scroll control of Monitor Level control. Option-Click returns controls
to the default setting.
6. Below the Monitor Controller is the Cue Controls window. This window will expand downwards as
you add more Cue Sends.
You can think of Cues as named sends to physical outputs; they provide advanced routing controls
to allow you feed them with the MC source, dedicated busses (for cue mixes) and with a talkback
or listen back signal.
The Cues give you top level control of the physical output level for each Cue. The controllable
routing logic allows you to easily control the source and level of the signals routed to the cues which
allows you to use them as a monitoring console for live monitoring and/or as part of a send system
for bus output routing.
By default, there will be one Cue that mults the selected input in the MC and routes to the Head-
phones of the root box. This mults the selected MC source to both the Monitor output and head-
phones. You can think of this Cue as your Control Room headphones.
The Talkback Source at the top of this window can be set to any mono audio input. “Listenback”
sends the currently selected Monitor Controller source to all Cue Sends when selected. Multiple
independent Cues Sends are fully supported.
A logical place to start would be to name the first two Aux mix buses “Cue 1” and “Cue 2”, then add
more Cue and effects mix buses as you build up your session; this allows you to provide independent
monitor mixes to performers during tracking.
Probably the most straightforward application of Cue Sends in an MHLink domain would be have an
MHLink box at each musicians‘ station with one Cue mix output assigned to the headphone jack of
each box. That way each person has direct monitoring and their own independent volume control
knob with plenty of inputs for their mics and instruments, and it all still appears to the DAW as a
single audio device.
