Source Select; Ext Switch; Split Cue; Control Room Fader - AudioArts Engineering Lightning Technical Manual

rises to an ear-splitting screech. To prevent this, the operator's
microphone is normally set to MUTE the Control Room output
to prevent the occurrence of feedback.
The master CUE circuit drives a meterbridge-mounted speaker,
and can be programmed to interrupt control room feed to the
control monitor speakers. It also automatically interrupts the
headphone feed.

Source Select

The bank of source select switches selects the audio signal sent
to the speakers and the headphones. This bank includes dedicated
switches for selecting program or external source. Simply press the
desired switch (PGM 1 - PGM 4, EXT 1, or EXT 2) to listen to that
output bus or external source signal. The button will be lit when
the monitor is assigned to its respective bus. Adjust the volume of
the headphones and speakers with the respective fader.

EXT Switch

Pressing the EXT switch allows the operator to pick up the ex-
ternal input (useful for such items as tape recorders or air returns)
to listen.

SPLIT CUE

Activating the SPLIT CUE switch allows a summed (L+R)
version of the regular program to be sent to the right side of the
headphone output, while CUE audio is sent to the left side.
If CUE is allowed to interrupt the headphones (see the discus-
sion of the CUE level Control below) and the SPLIT CUE button
is lit, then the normal headphone feed bus will be mono summed
to the left headphone and the CUE bus will be mono summed to the right headphone
anytime a channel is put into CUE.

CONTROL ROOM Fader

The CONTROL ROOM fader determines the overall loudness of the signal being
monitored as it appears in the Control Room speakers.
NOTE: If the Control Room is muted and you move the fader all the way up, then
remove the condition that has the Control Room muted, the sound in the Control
Room speakers will suddenly be VERY LOUD!

HEADPHONE Fader

The HEADPHONE fader determines the overall loudness
of the headphone output signal, which monitors the same
source as the Control Room speakers.
The headphone output signal appears at the headphone
jack, located on the right side of the console. The jack is pro-
vided as a place to plug in user-supplied stereo headphones
having an impedance of 60 Ohms or higher.
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