10MINIMON MON800 User Manual

4.Application Examples

The MINIMON gives you a great number of monitoring options, which you would otherwise find only in costly mixing consoles . Therefore, an ideal field of application is to use the MON800 to control and distribute signals in a recording environment. However, with its flexibility the MON800 is also the ideal tool for P.A. applications.

4.1The MINIMON in a recording environment

A typical example of how to use the MON800 is the computer-based production of music with additional instrument or voice recordings. The following illustration shows an example of how to wire the unit in such an environment.

Recording studio

 

Computer

 

 

 

Microphone

 

 

 

 

 

B-2 PRO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRUTH B1031A

HPM1000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B-CONTROL

TRUTH B2031A

MS40

 

MINIAMP AMP800

 

FADER BCF2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUE OUT

PH

MIX IN A

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS

(Rear)

OUT A

OUT B

OUT C

MINIMON MON800

MIX IN B

CD/TAPE

TB

2-TRACK

PHONES

 

 

IN C

 

OUT

HPS5000

 

 

Switch AB200

 

 

 

CD player

 

 

MIDI Sound module

 

 

DAT recorder

Fig. 4.1: The MON800 in a typical computer-based recording environment

As a central element of this configuration, the computer is connected via its audio card to the MIN IN A or B jacks (22) of the MON800. Additional sound modules, which are connected to the computer, for example, via MIDI, can be wired to the remaining inputs (depending on the respective connecting plugs). Playback devices (CD, MD, etc.) should be connected to the CD/TAPE IN jacks (21). Connect your main monitor speakers to the SPEAKERS OUT A jacks (18). Output B (17) is for a second pair of speakers. Often, smaller systems

are used as secondary speakers, so that it is possible to evaluate a mix over less powerful systems. A sub-woofer is an ideal complement

to such a pair of speakers and should be connected to output C (17), since the levels of both outputs can be adjusted simultaneously.

If required, you can also connect a third pair of speakers, ideally with an adjustable amplifier stage, so that you can set the volume of the speaker pair C independently of the SPK LEVEL B + C control (5).