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the bottom. In addition, a pair of slider controls is available for setting the
levels of the monitor signals. Instead of level meters, the monitor control
has a series of numbered buttons. These buttons allow you to select which
output channel pair controls are displayed, so you can adjust them.
The monitors are one of the most powerful functions of the console. When
you are recording, these controls allow you to set the level at which each
input signal will be monitored at each of the outputs, independent of the
main output level control.
When setting a monitor level, you must first select the input that will be
monitored, and then select the output for which you will set the monitor
level. Selection of the input is really just a matter of using the correct
monitor control box. A monitor setting will always affect the input pair that
is directly above it. To set the monitor for inputs 1/2, for example, simply
go to the monitor control directly below inputs 1/2 and click on one of the
four buttons found in the center of the control.
Let’s say you want to set the level at which input pair 1/2 is monitored for
each of the four stereo analog output pairs on Darla. You would first find
the monitor control that corresponds to inputs 1/2 (the control on the far left,
directly below the input control for channels 1/2). Clicking on the button
within this box labeled “1/2” causes the control box to display the currently
selected levels at which inputs 1/2 are being monitored at outputs 1/2.
Clicking on the button labeled “3/4” would cause the control box to display
the currently selected levels at which inputs 1/2 were being monitored at
outputs 3/4. You can move through the remaining buttons, setting the level
at which inputs 1/2 are monitored at each of the four output pairs. The
console program remembers any settings that you make, and all settings for
all outputs are maintained independently.