Monitoring - Solid State Logic Matrix2 Delta Owner's Manual

Chapter 3 - Analogue Signal Flow

Monitoring

Control Room Monitors
The MAIN MONITOR
the Master Channel. The blue pot towards the bottom left of the area is the volume
control for the main monitors, and beneath it are two buttons. The left button,
labelled DIM, immediately reduces the volume of the monitoring. The amount of
gain reduction introduced by the
controlled by the DIM pot, which is the middle of the three grey pots above the main
volume control. The button to the right of the
monitoring. Both the DIM
In the right half of the monitoring area are 10 buttons, which will be described in
ascending order:
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monitors. The mini's have an independent volume control which is the bottom of the
three grey pots, immediately above the main monitor volume control. To return to
hearing the main monitors, press the
left-right summed signal to both speakers. Pressing and holding
of the left-hand monitor signal. You can monitor the stereo difference (L-R) signal by
pressing øL when the MONO
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bus. These include the
described below: DIGITAL,
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Normally these buttons cancel each other (in other words, if you select one source, the previously selected source is automatically
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intercancelling feature and instead sums all selected inputs, enabling multiple sources to be monitored simultaneously. Deselecting
the Y button cancels all monitoring sources and returns the monitoring to intercancelling mode.
The top button in the monitoring area, labelled
restoring the monitoring source selection in the buttons beneath it. The
channel or bus in solo or AFL mode somewhere on the desk, as does the
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External Monitoring Inputs
Matrix allows up to three external audio sources to feed the monitoring - two analogue and one digital. On the console, these
are labeled DIGITAL, EXT1
to the iJack socket in the consoles right-hand trim, this signal will replace the
After Fade Listen (AFL)
The pot labelled AFL located at the top of the monitoring area sets the main monitoring volume for the stereo AFL function.
Pressing any AFL button on the centre section will replace the current feed to the monitors with the post-level signal (and in the
case of the Matrix channels, post level and pan) associated with that
signals together. AFLs can be cancelled by pressing the
section AFLs are unaffected by the solo monitoring soft key options detailed on Page 43.
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area of the Matrix centre section is located to the right of
DIM button ranges from -3dB to -30dB and is
DIM
and CUT buttons light up to indicate that they are active.
MINI button again. Pressing
button has been selected.
øL button form the source selector for the monitor
MIX and REC busses along with three external inputs
EXT2 and EXT1. Each buttons lights when active.
SOLO
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and EXT2, and their connections are described in Chapter 1. If an MP3 player or iPod is connected
button, labelled CUT, mutes the
MONO
øL inverts the phase
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CLEAR, clears any SOLO
SOLO CLEAR
SOLO
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AFL button. Pressing multiple AFLs will sum the selected
SOLO CLEAR button or by deselecting any active
sends a
DIM
or AFL buttons that are active on the desk,
button lights to indicate that there is a
light located above the VU meters.
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EXT1 signal.
iJack
CUT
AFL buttons. Centre