Midas PRO6, Owner'S Manual

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Talk mic
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PRO6 Live Audio System
Owner’s Manual
Talk mic
The control surface has an internal talk mic that allows you to talk to external locations,
and you can also be talked to from an external location.
For the input and output talk connections, see “talk section” on page 246.
Internal talk mic
This is located in the talk mic section contains the controls for both the internal talk
mic and external talkback functions, which control a talkback microphone connected the
PRO6. Both functions utilise the compressor (limiter), which is in the microphone signal
path immediately before the talk level control.
The ouputs from the internal mic can be connected to the internal talk bus/talk external
XLR output; see Appendix 2 “Functional Block Diagrams”.
The three control knobs are used in conjunction with mic XLRs (in the screen housing
and the rear connector panel) and the two TALK routing switches (internal and
external).
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2
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1
TALK (external) switch, connects talk
mic output to talk external output XLR.
2
TALK (internal) switch, connects talk
mic output to control centre’s internal talk
system, while simultaneously dimming all local
outputs by 20dB to prevent ‘howl round’. The
internal talk bus can then be mixed onto any of
the control centre’s buses by pressing the
internal talk switches associated with those
buses, or mixed onto a group of buses by
activating an internal talk group (see
“Talk osc/routing” on page 133).
3
level control knob, gives continuous
adjustment to the post-limiter signal from off
(
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) to +10dB.
4
limiter control knob, gives continuous
adjustment of the peak limiter value from 0dB
to +20dB.
5
mic gain control knob, provides
continuous mic amplifier gain adjustment of
the mic connected to mix bay control surface.
Range is +15dB to +60dB and operates in
conjunction with the peak limiter.
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Talk patching sections. For details on
routing, see Table 22 “Navigating to the
Patching screen” on page 376.
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