Dsp Meter; Solo Light; Talkback And Listenback - MOTU 828 Mk III Hybrid User Manual

Assigning outputs to the monitor group
Any combination of outputs can be assigned to the
monitor group. To include an output pair in the
monitor group, click its Monitor button in the
Outputs tab (Figure 9-6 on page 74).
Monitor group presets menu
The monitor group presets menu (Figure 9-24)
provides several presets for commonly used
monitor groups:
Monitor group preset Output assignment
Main Outs Main Out 1-2
Stereo Analog Out 1-2
Quad Analog Out 1-4
5.1 Analog Out 1-6
7.1 Analog Out 1-8
If you program your own monitor output group,
the presets menu displays the words user def. (user
defined).
Monitor group meters
The monitor group meters (Figure 9-1 on page 67)
show levels for any/all output pairs that are
currently included in the monitor group. The
width of the meters scales proportionally so that all
current monitor group outputs will fit within the
prescribed space for the meters. If many outputs
are included, then the meters will look fairly thin,
but they will all be included in the meter.

DSP METER

The DSP meter (Figure 9-1) shows how much of
the available DSP processing power is currently
being used by the 828mk3 for effects processing.
DSP resources are allocated in channel order from
the first input to the last output. If there aren't
enough DSP resources for all effects to be enabled
on a channel, none of them are allocated on that
channel or any following channel.
C U E M I X F X
EQ on a stereo channel requires approximately
twice the DSP resources as the same EQ on a mono
channel. The Compressor (2.5 x 1 EQ band) and
Leveler (4 x 1 EQ band) require about the same
DSP resources for a mono or stereo channel.

SOLO LIGHT

The Solo light (Figure 9-1) illuminates when any
input in the current (active) mix bus is soloed
(even if it is currently scrolled off-screen).

TALKBACK AND LISTENBACK

CueMix FX provides Talkback and Listenback
buttons. Talkback allows an engineer in the control
room to temporarily dim all audio and talk to
musicians in the live room. Conversely, Listenback
allows musicians to talk to the control room.
Hardware setup
Figure 9-25 below shows a typical hardware setup
for Talkback and Listenback. For Talkback, set up a
dedicated mic in your control room and connect it
to a mic input on your MOTU audio interface. For
Listenback, set up a dedicated listenback mic in the
live room for the musicians and connect it to
another mic input (or just use one of the mics you
are recording from). For talkback output, set up a
headphone distribution amp or set of speakers in
the live room, and connect it to any 828mk3
output, as demonstrated below in Figure 9-25.
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