Talkback, 2-Track And Oscillator Controls - DigiDesign D-show Manual

Main Mix
The Main mix (the signal present on the Main busses) can be
sent to the Monitor bus.
Sending the Main Mix to the Monitor Bus
Monitor Output from an L-C-R Main Mix
The stereo Mix to Monitors signal is derived from the L–C–R
Main mix by adding a –3 dB signal from the Center channel to
the Left and Right monitor channels.
Monitor Output from an L–R+M Main Mix
In a L–R+M Main mix, only the Left and Right channels are
heard in the Solo bus.
To send the Main mix to the monitors:
Press the Mix to Monitors switch in the Mains section.
1
Turn the Monitor Speakers knob or the Headphones knob to
2
adjust the corresponding output level.
Adjusting Solo Bus Level
Solo bus monitoring levels are controlled by the Level Trim
knob in the Solo/PFL section. The trim amount is adjustable
over a range of –20 dB to +20 dB.
To trim the Solo bus level:
Solo a channel or press a Key Listen switch.
1
Turn the Level Trim knob to control the amount of signal
2
sent to the Monitor bus.
Adjusting Monitoring Level
Output levels for the near-field monitors and the headphones
are controlled by the corresponding volume knobs in the
Monitoring section.
Adjusting Monitor Delay
You can apply an adjustable delay to the monitor outputs and
headphone outputs to match the acoustic delay from the
main speaker system.
To adjust monitor output delay:
Press and hold the Delay switch.
1
Do one of the following:
2
• Turn the Select encoder in the Snapshots & Options sec-
tion to adjust the delay in fine mode.
– or –
• Press and turn the encoder to adjust the delay in coarse
mode.
The delay value appears in the Snapshots & Options display.
Talkback, 2-Track and Oscillator
Controls
You can route D-Show Talkback microphone input, Intercom
microphone input, or 2-Track source input to any Input
Channel or FX Return from the Patchbay.
In addition, you can route Talkback microphone input,
2-Track source input and built-in Oscillator output directly to
any output busses from the D-show control surface.
You can also route any Output bus or Direct Output to the
2-Track output on the FOH rack.
Talkback, 2-Track and Oscillator States When
Loading Shows
When you load a Show file, Talkback, 2-Track and Oscillator
are controls are set to off (deactivated), regardless of their state
when the Show was last saved.
Using Talkback
The Talkback input on the top panel of the D-Show Main Unit
can accept signal from any dynamic microphone.
Routing Talkback Microphone Input
To route Talkback microphone input to any D-Show Input Channel
or FX Return:
Go to the Patchbay and click the Inputs tab.
1
To the left of the channel grid, click the Channels tab or the
2
FX Returns tab.
At the top of the channel grid, click the FOH tab.
3
Click in the channel grid to assign the "Talk" input source
4
(at the top right of the grid) to an Input Channel or FX Return
(listed on the left).
Routing Talkback input in the Patchbay
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