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Using the CONTROL ROOM outputs for an Alt bus monitor mix gives you:
an overall Alt bus gain control—
• using the PHONES/CONTROL ROOM
knob.
routing flexibility—
• using the MUTE MAIN MIX button and the PHONES/
CONTROL ROOM ALT and FX buttons.
Therefore, we recommend connecting the CONTROL ROOM L and R jacks
to your monitor-speaker power amp or in-ear/headphone amp when you’re
setting up an Alt bus monitor mix.
Creating a Click-Track-Only Feed
When you’re using a click-track, it’s best to do it via in-ears/
headphones to ensure the audience doesn’t hear the click.
If you’ve got a digital metronome with a line out jack, connect it to an 1
unused input jack on the M-16DX to create a click-track your rhythm-
keeper can follow in performance.
Press in the MUTE (ALT) button on the selected input’s channel strip.
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In the PHONES/CONTROL ROOM area of the mixer, press in the ALT 3
button, and hold down the MUTE MAIN MIX button so it lights,
removing the main mix from the monitor mix.
Pressed in
Lit
Creating a Unique Performer-Only Mix
Press the MUTE (ALT) button in for each input signal you want to send 1
only to your performers. Leave all other MUTE (ALT) buttons up.
In the MAIN MIX area of the M-16DX
2
mixer, make sure that the ALT button
isn’t pressed in.
In the PHONES/CONTROL ROOM area of the mixer, press in the ALT
3
button, and make sure the MUTE MAIN MIX button isn’t lit so that
both the Alt bus and main mix travel through the CONTROL ROOM L
and R outputs to your performers.
Pressed in
Unlit
Creating a Stripped-Down Main Mix for Performers
Press the MUTE (ALT) button in for each input signal you don’t want 1
to send to your performers. Leave all other channel-strip MUTE (ALT)
buttons in their up position.
In the MAIN MIX area of the M-16DX
2
mixer, press in the ALT button so that all
of the Alt bus signals go to main mix and
to the audience.
In the PHONES/CONTROL ROOM area of
3
the mixer, make sure the ALT button isn’t
pressed in—removing its signals from
the monitor mix—and make sure the
MUTE MAIN MIX button isn’t lit.
Not pressed in
Unlit
Not pressed in
Pressed in