Headphone Presets; Headphone Tones - Sound Devices 664 User Manual And Technical Information

Headphone Presets

Six custom monitor sources are available. These headphone presets can be edited, named and saved.
To edit a custom headphone preset, press the Headphone Encoder to access the Monitor Source List,
highlight the desired preset, then slide the Slate/Tone Switch. This displays the Headphone Preset
Screen:
Assigned source
Highlighter
Available sources are displayed for each monitor channel (left and right). Sources with a blue back-
ground are assigned to that channel of the headphones, and sources with a black background are not
assigned to the headphone channel. To toggle the assignment of a source, turn the Headphone Encod-
er to highlight the source and press the Headphone Encoder to toggle the assignment.
Slide the RTN Switch left to toggle MS decoding for the preset. MS decoding will decode the entire
preset and should not be used if inputs are already linked MS. Slide the RTN Switch right to toggle-
mono summing of the preset. Mono summing will ignore left and right assignment and put all active
sources in both channels of the preset.
When the Headphone Preset is edited, it can be named so it can be easily identifi ed in the Monitor
Source List. To name a Headphone Preset, slide the Slate / Tone Switch either left or right while view-
ing the Headphone Preset Screen.

Headphone Tones

The start of a recording is indicated audibly by a single 440 Hz tone sent to headphones. When
recording is stopped two 220 Hz tones are sent to the headphones. The Record/Stop Bell can
be enabled from the Setup Menu item SYSTEM > Record/Stop Bell. The Setup Menu option
SYSTEM > Warning Bell Level allows adjustment of the level of the Record/Stop Bell.
664 User Guide and Technical Information
HP Preset name
MS decoding Mono summing
Unassigned source
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