Monitoring Your Inputs; When To Use The Stereo Switch - Solid State Logic SSL 2 User Manual

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Monitoring Your Inputs

Once you have selected the correct input source and have a healthy 3 green LEDs of signal coming in, you're ready to monitor
your incoming source.
1. First, ensure that the MONITOR MIX control is rotated towards the side labelled INPUT.
2. Secondly, turn up the PHONES control to listen on headphones. If you want to listen through your monitor speakers, turn up
the MONITOR LEVEL control.
If you are using a microphone, and monitoring the INPUT be careful about turning the MONITOR LEVEL
CAUTION!
control up because this can cause a feedback loop if the microphone is close to your speakers. Either keep the
monitor control at a low-level or monitor through headphones.

When To Use The STEREO Switch

If you are recording a single source (a single microphone into one channel) or two
independent sources (such as a microphone on the first channel and a guitar on
the second channel), leave the STEREO switch unpressed, so that you hear the
sources in the middle of the stereo image. However, when you are recording a
stereo source such as the left and right sides of a keyboard (coming into channels 1
and 2 respectively), then pressing the STEREO switch will allow you to monitor the
keyboard in true stereo, with CHANNEL 1 being sent to the left side and CHANNEL
2 being sent to the right side.
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