Talk Input And Lmc; Artist Cue Mixes; Foldback Outputs As Effects Sends - Solid State Logic BiG SiX User Manual

Console Overview

Talk Input and LMC

The Talk input is a balanced female XLR connector. Below the connector
are switches for Phantom Power and the LMC. LMC is the legendary SSL
Listen Mic Compressor (here being used for Talkback, which is arguably
its original design purpose).
The Talk Input feeds a fixed +45 dB high quality mic pre-amplifier and
then optionally the LMC compressor. The LMC adds an additional
+20 dB of make-up gain to restore signal level after the severe amount
of gain reduction it introduces by design. The output level of the Talk
circuit is controlled by the TALK LEVEL knob.
The LMC circuit is designed to allow a microphone connected to the Talk
Input to maintain similar level signals regardless of whether the source
is close or distant. i.e. if an engineer is close to the console and another
person is sat on a couch behind the engineer, the artist will hear both of
their voices legibly and at a similar level.
The TALK key in the ST CUE master section latches to allow a secondary use of the Talk Input pre-amplifier and compressor as
an effect, using the Cue send as the output.

Artist Cue Mixes

The master Cue features of BiG SiX are designed to provide a separate artist mix from the engineer's monitoring and headphone
feed using the Mono and Stereo Channel's Cue Send buses. Typically, the fully balanced outputs will be connected to a dedicated
Headphone amplifier or Cue system, although there is enough level to drive many headphones directly with suitable wiring
(balanced left and right outputs wired to unbalanced left/right headphone connection).
The EXT 1 and EXT 2 switches in the Foldback master section provide a simple way to feed an external source to the Foldback
outputs. These are typically used when it would be useful to play something directly to the artist - for example a rough mix from a
phone/DAW.

Foldback Outputs as Effects Sends

It is perfectly feasible to use the Cue Outputs as stereo feeds to external effects processors such as delays and reverbs. Typically,
the processor's output would be connected to one of the External returns, then summed to the main bus using the External
summing switches to the Main Bus above the Main Fader.
The CUE to USB feature provides a simple way to use effects in the DAW with send levels from BiG SiX. Similarly the USB to
External Input feature provides a way to bring wet/processed signals back from the DAW.
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