Solid State Logic XL-Desk, Owner'S Manual

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XL-Desk – Owner’s Manual Page 19
Foldback
XL-Desk has 2 in-built Foldback circuits. In a recording situation, foldback circuits are used to provide performers with
individual headphone mixes with talkback. Typically, the foldback outputs on the rear ox XL-Desk are plugged into
headphone amplifiers in the studio live room.
FOLDBACK A (ST CUe) - The black level pot controls the overall level of foldback. This
foldback circuit picks up the Stereo Cue bus. TALK A activates the front panel talkback
mic and sends it to Foldback A.
FOLDBACK B (AUX 1) - The black level pot controls the overall level of foldback. This
foldback circuit picks up the Aux1 bus. TALK B activates the front panel talkback mic
and sends it to Foldback B.
The MON buttons below each foldback’s black level control override the default foldback source (Stereo Cue or Aux 1)
and replace it with whatever is selected in the MON SOURCe selection. This is really useful for quickly playing back the
studio control room mix to the performer(s) in the live room.
IMPORTANT – Please be aware that pressing the MON buttons may cause a significant increase in the level sent to the
foldback headphone amps. This is because control room sources are likely to be significantly louder than CUE/AUX 1
levels. You may need to reduce the overall foldback level before pressing
MON . Alternatively, increase the CUE/AUX 1
master trim level beforehand to match levels, with and without the MON buttons pressed.
The OPTION DIP SWITCHES on the rear panel allow the TALK buttons to be configured as latching or
momentary. Also, talkback can be set to either SUM with or REPLACE the existing signal.
(See page 28 for DIP
switch settings.)
LISTeN
allows the engineer to monitor the incoming Listen microphone signal. The listen microphone is typically
set up somewhere near the middle of the live room.
(The LISTEN INPUT to XL-Desk is found on the rear panel as a
female XLR connection.)
The black TALK control sets the gain of the in-built front panel talkback
microphone.
The black LISTeN control sets the gain of the Listen microphone input preamplifier.
Bargraph Metering
The top-right of the penthouse hosts 20-segment peak metering for
XL-Desks 4 stereo mix busses. The metering of XL-Desk can be globally
switched between +24dBu and +18dBu scales via the rear panel
OPTION DIP SWITCHES.