Talking To The Presenter - SoundCraft RM1ds User Manual

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Talking to the Presenter

Someone wanting to talk to the Presenter can use one of the Reverse Talkback (RTB) inputs.
They must have access to a switch physically connected to the relevant connection on the
Remote Inputs 1 connector. There are four such switches. The relevant switch must be set, via
the Remote Inputs page, to 'Enable RevTB' (See Remote Inputs)
Then, for as long as they depress the switch, the programme feed to the Presenter's phones will
be dimmed, and they will be able to talk to the Presenter through their Control Room headphones.
Scenario 2 - Presenter in Studio (Talkback Swap 'On')
In this scenario an Engineer is operating the console from the Control Room and a Presenter is
in the Studio.
Selecting 'Talkback Swap' to 'On' allows the RTB inputs to act as the Talkback channel, and for
the Talkback channel to act like the RTB input.
This allows the Presenter and Engineer to talk to each other without the Engineer's microphone
taking up a channel on the Input control surface. A microphone will need to be connected to
the RTB input for this to work correctly.
The Engineer can talk to the Presenter in the usual way by pressing the TALK button, and
enabling the Studio as the Talkback Destination. The only difference is that the Talkback bus is
deriving its input from the RTB input and NOT from the nominated Talkback Channel.
Likewise the Presenter can talk to the Engineer whenever the following conditions are met:
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The Presenter's channel fader is at -infinity (Fully closed)
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The chosen Remote Input switch is depressed
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The relevant switch is set to 'Enable RevTB' on the Remote Inputs page
In other words, when the Presenter's microphone is moved to -infinity to take them off the air,
the Presenter can speak to the Engineer by pressing the Remote Inputs switch they have
beenprovided with. For as long as they depress the switch, the programme feed to the Presenter's
phones will be dimmed, and they will be able to talk to the Engineer.
Talkback Swap, in this way, allows the Presenter to speak to the Engineer when he is OFF AIR,
using the same microphone.
In this way, Talkback Swap connects the RTB inputs to the Studio & Guest phones whereas in
the default mode it would only ever go to the Control Room phones.
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