Monitor Level Display And Calibrated Listening Level - Solid State Logic Duality SE Operator's Manual

Monitor Level Display and Calibrated listening level

The SSL / Misc / Setup menu provides two additional options:
Monitor Gain Display:
Monitor Set CAL level is:
Furthermore it is possible to change the Monitor Level pots resolution between 'Fine' and 'Large' in 'Music' or
'Gain' modes by pushing down on the pot. The display above it will show which mode it is in. 'Fine' mode makes
adjustments in 0.1dB steps while 'Large' mode adjusts the value in 0.5dB steps.
When working in 'Film' mode pushing down on the Level pot will adjust the monitor volume to the user defined
calibrated level selected in the SSL / Misc / Setup menu. Normal selection here would be the international
recognized 85dB but it is possible to set a range from 70dB to 90dB. It is recommended that you use a SPL meter
to calibrate your studios monitoring level to match that displayed on your Monitor Level display.
Note that the monitor gain corresponding to +85dB SPL can be set in the Monitor options / CAL
page 1 by adjusting the main monitor level control to give an SPL of 85dB, then pressing the 85dB
switch.
Note that if you make a change to this value in the Setup menu while running in Calibrated mode this change will
not be reflected until you come out of Calibrated mode and re-enter it. You can tell which mode you have switched
into as it will display either 'Cal' for calibrated or 'UCal' for uncalibrated. Bear in mind that switching to a calibrated
level of 85dB may cause a significant increase in listening volume so take care not to damage your hearing and of
course your loudspeaker monitoring system.
The third option setting 'Gain' allows a range of volume level settings where the maximum value is 0dB. All other
values are reductions of this level through to 'OFF'.
D D u u a a l l i i t t y y S S E E O O p p e e r r a a t t o o r r ' ' s s M M a a n n u u a a l l
Music (Off to 11)
Film (Off to 95dB)
Gain (Off to 0dB)
70 - 90
C C o o n n s s o o l l e e O O p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n s s
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