The
Ø
button precedes the
MONO
button and reverses the phase of the left monitor feed, providing a quick way
of checking for any phase anomalies in a stereo mix. If
MONO
is active, selecting the
Ø
button allows the
difference (L - R or the ‘S’ signal) to be monitored instead of the L + R sum.
The
SOLO
button turns the monitor cut buttons (see below) into monitor solo buttons. The
SOLO CLEAR
button
lights when any channel
SOLO
,
S/Ch LSTN
,
AFL
, or centre section
AFL
or MONITOR SOLO button is pressed.
Press
SOLO CLEAR
to cancel any Solo/AFL/PFL function.
If either
MINI A
or
MINI B
‘LS SELECT’ buttons are selected, the left and right monitor busses are fed to the
corresponding stereo mini loudspeaker output. Mini level relative to the main monitors can be trimmed via the
main monitor pot by selecting
MINI
in the group of buttons to the right of the monitor pot. When a Mini speaker
output is selected, the 5-2
STEREO
mix is automatically switched into the monitor circuit to deal with any 5.1
sources present.
The
DIM
button dims both main and mini loudspeaker outputs by a preset level. Set this level by selecting the
DIM
button to the right of the monitor pot and turning the main monitor pot. The Dim circuit is automatically
activated when any of the following buttons are pressed:
LISTEN
,
TB ALL
,
F/B A
,
F/B B
,
EXT T/B
, Oscillator to
TRACK
or
MIX
.
The
CUT
button cuts the monitor feeds to whichever set of monitors is selected.
CUT
is activated automatically by
the
SLATE
talkback function.
CUT
and
DIM
can also be activated externally via the GPIO/Talkback connector.
The six main monitor outputs can be muted individually with the
L
,
C
,
R
,
SL
,
SR
and
LFE
(sub) ‘MONITOR
MUTE/SOLO’ buttons. These become monitor solo buttons by selecting the
SOLO
button in the ‘MON MODE’
group (see above).
All the monitor outputs are available for connection to amplifiers via the centre section connector panel. The two
5.1 outputs (Main and Alt) feed two 25-way D-type connectors – ‘MON A’ and ‘MON B’; the two Mini outputs (Mini
A and Mini B) feed individual XLRs for left and right.
External Source Selectors
Two external monitor source selectors are provided.
EXT A
has four 5.1 inputs. These may be fed by any
source of six channels or less. The
MIX
selection provides an important fifth input to
EXT A
, which is used to
monitor the 5.1 Main Mix bus when mixing in 5.1 mode.
EXT B
is a 2-channel selector that may receive up to four stereo sources. In either case, sources may be
summed together; this is particularly useful for generating complex foldback mixes or when stem mixing, as it
allows the recorded stems to be monitored together with the current mix.
To select an external monitor source, first press either the
EXT A
or
EXT B
button , choose a source from
those shown in the display, and then press the soft key under that source (or first press the key under
SUM
to
sum selected sources). Finally, route the external source(s) to the monitors by pressing
EXT A
or
EXT B
in the
‘MON SRC’ group of buttons. The
LTR
selection on EXT B provides monitoring for a surround encoder’s LtRt
output (see next page).
Inputs to the external source selectors are connected via D-connectors (four for External A, one for External B)
on the connector panel.
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