Monitoring - Solid State Logic AWS 900+ Owner's Manual

Monitoring

The large knob below the 'MONITOR LEVEL' display normally sets the level of the main control room monitors.
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The column of six buttons to the right enables this control to be used for the named functions.
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You will be monitoring on whichever set of speakers is selected from the 'LS SELECT' group: the Main 5.1
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speakers ('Main A' – the default with no buttons selected), ALT 5.1 ('Main B'), MINI A or MINI B.
The loudspeakers are fed from whatever source has been selected in the 'MON SRC' group of buttons.
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These include the Record bus (REC), the Mix bus (MIX), and two external source selectors, EXT A and
EXT B. Sources will be intercancelling unless the SUM button is selected. All sources to the monitoring are stereo
except those brought in via the EXT A monitor source selector (see below).
The console has three monitor modes: 5.1, DOWNMIX and MONO, selected via the 'MON MODE' group of
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buttons. 5.1 mode is the default (DOWNMIX and MONO not selected) and connects all six monitor busses to
their respective monitor outputs. Selecting DOWNMIX folds down the 5.1 inputs to the monitor path via a 5-2 matrix,
and feeds the result to left and right monitor outputs. The centre channel is reduced in level by 3dB.and fed to both left
and right in this mode. MONO can be selected with or without DOWNMIX and sums the left and right monitor busses,
feeding the result equally to the left and right monitor outputs. The ØL button follows the MONO switch and reverses
the phase of the left monitor feed, providing a quick way of checking for any phase anomalies in a stereo mix. The
SOLO button turns the monitor cut buttons (see next page) into monitor solo buttons. The SOLO CLEAR button lights
when a channel SOLO button or any centre section AFL button is pressed. Press this button to cancel any
Solo/AFL/PFL function.
If either MINI A or MINI B are selected, the left and right monitor busses are fed to the corresponding stereo
mini loudspeaker output. Control the level using the main monitor pot by selecting MINI in the 'MISC LEVEL'
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group . When a Mini speaker output is selected, the 5-2 DOWNMIX is automatically switched into the
monitor circuit to deal with any 5.1 sources present.
The DIM button dims both main and mini loudspeaker outputs by a preset level. Set this level by selecting DIM in
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the 'MISC LEVELS' group and using the main monitor pot. The DIM button is automatically activated when any
of the following buttons are pressed: LISTEN, TB ALL, F/B A, F/B B, EXT T/B, Oscillator to TRACK, REC or MIX.
The CUT button cuts the monitor feeds to whichever set of monitors is selected. CUT is activated
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automatically by the SLATE talkback button.
CUT and DIM can also be activated externally via the GPIO/Talkback connector.
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