Talkback And Slate To Player; Selecting A Talkback/Slate Microphone; Turning Talkback/Slate On And Adjusting Its Volume - Roland VM-C7100 Owner's Manual

Chapter 6 Mixing Procedure 2 (Output and Monitor)

Talkback and Slate to Player

The talkback feature allows you to communicate with a performer or assistant on a
stage or in a studio by speaking into a microphone on the console that's routed to a
monitor speaker or similar device. The slate function operates similarly, except that
it records the signal from such a microphone—a spoken slate, such as "Take 1,"
"Take 2," and so on, can identify the material being recorded.

Selecting a talkback/slate microphone

For talkback and slate operations, you can use the microphone built into the console
(MIC 1) or an external microphone connected to the console's front-panel MIC 2
connector. Set the INPUT SELECT switch on the panel as follows:
fig.06-29
1
2
3
1 When MIC 1, the built-in talkback microphone, is to be used.
When an external talkback microphone (e.g. a gooseneck microphone)
2
connected to the MIC 2 connector is to be used.
3 When phantom power is required by the external microphone in Position
2, above.

Turning talkback/slate on and adjusting its volume

Press [TALKBACK/SLATE] on the console panel to enable the talkback/slate
function and send what's spoken into the talkback microphone to the output
specified in the following section.
Use the LEVEL knob (see the figure below) to set the talkback/slate microphone
volume. If you find that the talkback/slate sounds are distorted, turn the
microphone volume down a bit.
Although talkback/slate is usually enabled on only while the TALKBACK/
SLATE button is pressed, it can be configured so that [TALKBACK/SLATE]
becomes a toggle switch for turning the talkback/slate feature on and off, activating
and de-activating the talkback/slate microphone. You can set up the talkback/slate
feature by pressing [PROJECT] together with [SHIFT], then [F3] (FADER/BUTTON)
in the upper section of the screen, and then TALKBACK BUTTON (p. 37).
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The talkback and slate
functions operate by
sending sounds captured
by the console microphone
to a pre-determined bus.
If a microphone that does
not require phantom power
(e.g. a dynamic
microphone) is connected
to [MIC 2], do not set the
switch to Position 3.
The talkback/slate level
can also be set using the
SEND LEVEL parameter
on the talkback screen (see
the next section).