Area 5 - Cr (Control Room) Monitoring - Studer Vista 9 Operating Instructions Manual

2.4.5 Area 5 – CR (Control Room) Monitoring
Date printed: 27.0.0
5.1 – EX – MONO – LCRS – L-R
Selects the control room monitoring format by muting the unused speakers.
The MONO setting will sum the left and right monitor speaker signals. EX
stands for the Dolby EX 6.1 monitoring format and is also used when working
in 7.1 format. Which one of these two modes is active as well as the maximum
number of surround channels is defined in the monitoring.ini file. This file
may be edited by experts only.
 Ø –  X
Phase inversion on left channel, and left/right channel swap for mono or two-
channel stereo mode.
 INS DEC
Inserts encoder/decoder chain (Inputs/Outputs on the
SETUP
The monitoring section hosts a 5.1-to-two-channel
 L –  C –  R –  LC –  RC –  LS –  CS –
 RS –  LFE
These keys act as solo or mute keys for each speaker being currently active,
depending on the monitoring format selection. The mode is preselected by
the SOLO and MUTE keys. It is also possible to clear all pressed keys with the
circular CLR key next to MUTE.
SOLO – SOLO IN PLACE
These keys determine the mode the console is in when pressing SOLO on a
channel strip. It can be either SOLO (post-fader listening incl. pan), or SOLO
IN PLACE (solo by muting all channels except the selected one, masters and
other defined channels; destructive mode).
CLR
If any of the PFL or SOLO keys on the console is active (even if it is not cur-
rently visible on the surface), this key will be lit. Pressing it clears all activated
PFL or SOLO functions on the channels.
EXT PFL SPEAKER
If an external PFL speaker is used, this rotary control adjusts the level of the
PFL signal on that speaker. The same speaker is used for talkback signals
as well, however with a different control for the level setting (see chapter
2.4.7).
LIVE
Prohibits activation of potentially dangerous functions, such as Solo in Place
or Talk to Masters.
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Vista 9 Digital Mixing System
DSP core are pre-defined and may be activated at instal-
lation time by experts only).
downmixer. When L-R is active and the selected moni-
toring source delivers a 5.1 signal, the six channels get
downmixed automatically to two channels. The way
this downmix is done can be set in a dialog box on the
graphic controller screen. It appears when pressing the
SETUP key.
Desk Operation 2-2