Making Connections; Monitoring Audio; Recording Audio - Lexicon OMEGA - MANUAL 2 Owner's Manual

Making Connections

MAkING CONNECTIONS
The Omega Studio is both an 8 x 4 x 2 mixer and a USB audio interface that can be
used in a variety of audio setups. This section describes how to make basic connections
for the following applications:

• Monitoring Audio

• Recording Audio

• Connecting a Recorder for Mixdown
MONITORING AUdIO
Omega Line Outputs play the audio that is routed in the software (Steinberg Cubase
LE4 or other software) to Analog Outputs 1-2, and can provide left and right outputs
to a control room monitor amplifier, headphones, or to another stereo destination
such as a mixdown recorder.
Omega Line Outputs offer 24-bit digital-to-analog converters with a nominal output
of +4 dBu/+2 dBV (balanced or unbalanced signal) with 15 db of headroom
before clipping (0 dBFS = +19 dBu). The connectors are TRS jacks; unbalanced
TS connectors are also supported.
CONNECTING HEADPHONES:
1. Connect headphones to the Headphone jack located on the front panel
2. Adjust headphone volume via the Output Level knob.
CONNECTING TO MONITOR SPEAKERS WITH A POWER AMP
OR SELF-POWERED MONITOR SPEAKERS:
1. Using 1/4" cables, connect the Line Outputs on the rear panel of the Omega Studio
2. Adjust output volume via the Output Level knob. If using both headphones and
CONNECTING TO A HOME STEREO:
1. Using 1/4" cables, connect the Line Outputs on the rear panel of the Omega Studio
RECORdING AUdIO
Digital and analog audio sources can be connected directly to the Omega.
ANALOG AUDIO:
Analog audio signals are created by microphones, synthesizers, mixers, and instruments
with magnetic pickups.
Of these sources, microphones and magnetic pickup instruments output the quietest signals,
and generally require the most amplification. Keyboards, preamps, and mixers output "line
level" audio, which varies with each device between the -10 dBV and +4 dBu standards.
of the Omega Studio. The Headphone Output accepts a 1/4" TRS connector.
to the appropriate inputs on your mixer, power amp, or powered speakers.
monitor speakers, adjust the level of the external power amp or speakers using their
gain controls after you've gotten the desired level in your headphones.
to the appropriate inputs on your stereo, typically the
with a 1/4" to male phono (RCA) connector or adapter. Keep the
control of the Omega low to start, raising it slowly to match the level of other units
connected to the stereo.
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