Monitoring, Headphones, Track In- and Output

EURODESK MX2442A

6.2 Monitoring

Though most of you will want to audition the main mix most of the time there are exceptions. These include SOLO/PFL and 2-TRACK playback . The bargraph meters follow whatever source is being auditioned (the meters won’t make much sense if more than one source is selected).

+Altering what goes into the control room monitors does not affect the signal from the main mix outputs. That offers to you the opportunity to do a quick SOLO during a mix whenever you want without having to start again!

The MONITOR/CTRL LEVEL pot sets the level to the control room monitors. This is sourced post the main mix stereo fader setting. Your fades couldn’t be heard otherwise.

Don’t rely on a single pair of loudspeakers to audition your mix. You’d better use a variety of different speakers.

Lastly, there is a MONO button , useful for checking the phase correlation and/or coherence of a stereo signal. Again, this does not affect the main mix outputs.

6.3 Headphones

The headphones may be sourced from the monitor/control room mix , and/or the pre/post-fader switchable

aux sends 1/2 and/or the post-fader aux sends 3/4 . Two headphones sockets are provided on the connector panel.

The headphone mix level is controlled by a LEVEL pot , and the gain is sufficient to drive headphones directly. This is fine for a MIDI suite with overdub booth, but for the bigger studio’s headphone network using a separate headphones distribution amplifier like the BEHRINGER POWERPLAY PRO HA4600 is recommended: This allows independent level and EQ-settings for four headphone mixes; a total of 12 headphones can be connected.

6.4 SOLO/PFL

SOLO

SOLO is short for Solo-in-Place, and is the preferred method for auditioning an isolated signal, or group of signals. Whenever a SOLO button is pressed, all unselected channels are muted in the monitors. Stereo panning is maintained. The SOLO bus is derived from the output of the channel pans, aux sends, stereo line inputs and subgroups, and is always post-fader.

PFL

Pressing the channel mode switch once disengages the stereo solo bus, and replaces it with a separate mono PFL (Pre-Fader Listen) bus. Now any channel which is solo-ed, isn’t. It is PFL-ed instead. PFL should always be used for gain-setting.

The channel mode (PFL or SOLO) is indicated by a pair of status LEDs (located below the bargraph meter

), pot controls the SOLO level, which will normally be set to unity gain (center detent) to match the in- the-mix level.

6.5 2-Track In- and Output

2-track input

The 2-track input is on unbalanced RCA plugs, and is primarily made for auditioning mix playback from tape.

The 2-track switch routes this signal to the control room monitors.

With the MON/CTR LEVEL control fully clockwise, your 2-track input will be matched to the semi-

professional level -10 dBV. For higher output recording sources (e.g. +4 dBu) turn the level of down.

+The 2-track input could usefully be connected to the output of a hi-fi pre-amp or integrated amplifier, allowing you to easily audition a variety of sources (e.g. CD, phono etc.).

2-track output

A pair of balanced XLR and jack connectors deliver the main mix output to your 2-track recorder (or PA system) at +4 dBu. Alternative RCA (-10 dBV) connectors are provided, too.

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