Creating a Click-Track-Only Feed

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.

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.

1If you’ve got a digital metronome with a line out jack, connect it to an unused input jack on the M-16DX to create a click-track your rhythm- keeper can follow in performance.

2Press in the MUTE (ALT) button on the selected input’s channel strip.

3In the PHONES/CONTROL ROOM area of the mixer, press in the ALT button, and hold down the MUTE MAIN MIX button so it lights, removing the main mix from the monitor mix.

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Creating a Unique Performer-Only Mix

1Press the MUTE (ALT) button in for each input signal you want to send only to your performers. Leave all other MUTE (ALT) buttons up.

3In the PHONES/CONTROL ROOM area of the mixer, press in the ALT 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.

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Creating a Stripped-Down Main Mix for Performers

1Press the MUTE (ALT) button in for each input signal you don’t want to send to your performers. Leave all other channel-strip MUTE (ALT) buttons in their up position.

2 In the MAIN MIX area of the M-16DX

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mixer, press in the ALT button so that all
of the Alt bus signals go to main mix and
to the audience.

3In the PHONES/CONTROL ROOM area of 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.

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