Talkback

The mixer's built-in microphone allows you to talk to the band through the phones outputs or stage monitors. This can often be charming, pleasant, informative, and enlightening.

TALKBACK MIC

The omni-directional dynamic microphone will pick up your voice from anywhere in front of the mixer. Any hint of exasperation and despair in your voice will be faithfully picked up.

TALKBACK Switch

Press this switch in to talk. This is a momentary switch, and as long as you hold it in, talkback is activated.

When it is pressed in, the control room outputs are attenuated (ducked) to allow your voice to come through clearly.

TALKBACK LEVEL

Use the talkback level knob to control the level of the signal from the internal microphone.

1.

Start with this level turned down.

2.

Select the destination: either headphones

 

and/or aux 1-2, and make sure the phones level

 

or aux send master levels are set up nicely.

DESTINATION: PHONES, AUX 1-2

Push in the phones talkback destination switch to communicate with the talent in the studio through the headphones during a recording session.

The aux 1-2 talkback destination switch routes the talkback signal to the aux send 1 and 2 outputs. Use this to communicate with the musicians through their stage monitors when you are setting up a live performance.

In a studio, the aux out could be fed to the input of a headphone amplifier feeding several sets of headphones.

It is fine to have both talkback destination switches pushed in at the same time. If you don’t have either switch pushed in, the talkback signal won’t go anywhere.

Aux Sends

 

 

 

 

 

( PRE-FADER / PRE EQ TIP SEND / RING RETURN )

FIREWIRE

MAIN OUT

AUX SEND

 

 

CHANNEL INSERT

 

 

POWER

BALANCED

 

1

4

 

3

2

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BAL/UNBAL

 

 

AUX RETURN

 

 

 

 

 

2

R

2

L

BAL/UNBAL R

1

L

 

MAIN OUTPUT

+4dB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEVEL

MIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

CTRL - RM OUT

MAIN OUT

ALT 3-4 OUT

TAPE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BAL/UNBAL

BAL/UNBAL

BAL/UNBAL

L

YX

MIC

PRE

YX

MIC

PRE

YX

MIC

PRE

YX

MIC

PRE

 

 

 

ON

 

ON

 

ON

 

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

OUT

3.

Press the talkback switch as you talk.

4.

Slowly turn the talkback level knob up until

 

they can hear you in phones or monitors.

5.

Release the talkback switch when you are

 

finished talking.

Once you have set the level, you can leave it there for the duration of the session or gig.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

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L

 

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L/3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LINE IN 7-8

LINE IN 9-10

LINE IN 11-12

 

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L

 

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LINE

 

LINE

 

LINE

 

 

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(MONO)

 

(MONO)

 

(MONO)

 

BAL/UNBAL

 

BAL/UNBAL

 

BAL/UNBAL

 

BAL/UNBAL

 

 

BAL/UNBAL

 

BAL/UNBAL

 

BAL/UNBAL

 

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LINE

 

LINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HI-Z

 

HI-Z

75Hz

 

75Hz

 

 

 

R

 

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R

 

 

 

 

18dB/OCT

18dB/OCT

 

 

 

 

 

 

48V

 

48V

 

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48V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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60

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60

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60

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+40dB

-20dB

+40dB

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+40dB

 

+20dB

+20dB

+20dB

+20dB

SEND

 

SEND

 

SEND

 

SEND

 

SEND

 

SEND

 

SEND

 

SEND

INPUT

 

PRE

 

PRE

 

PRE

 

PRE

 

 

PRE

 

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PRE

 

 

 

POST

 

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U

EQ

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EQ

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EQ

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EQ

 

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EQ

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EQ

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EQ

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LINE

 

FW 1-2

 

HIGH

 

HIGH

 

HIGH

 

HIGH

 

 

HIGH

 

HIGH

 

HIGH

 

HIGH

 

12kHz

 

12kHz

 

12kHz

 

12kHz

 

 

12kHz

 

12kHz

 

12kHz

 

12kHz

-15

+15

-15

+15

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+15

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-15

 

+15

-15

+15

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1k

 

1k

 

1k

 

1k

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FREQ

 

FREQ

 

FREQ

 

FREQ

 

U

 

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100

8k

100

8k

100

8k

100

8k

 

 

MID

 

MID

 

MID

 

MID

U

 

U

 

U

 

U

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.5kHz

 

2.5kHz

 

2.5kHz

 

2.5kHz

 

MID

 

MID

 

MID

 

MID

-15

 

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-15

+15

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+15

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+15

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+15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U

 

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U

 

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LOW

 

LOW

 

LOW

 

LOW

 

 

LOW

 

LOW

 

LOW

 

LOW

 

80Hz

 

80Hz

 

80Hz

 

80Hz

 

 

80Hz

 

80Hz

 

80Hz

 

80Hz

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

 

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

-15

+15

 

AUX

 

AUX

 

AUX

 

AUX

 

 

AUX

 

AUX

 

AUX

 

AUX

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

 

1

 

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MAX

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MAX

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MAX

 

PAN

 

PAN

 

PAN

 

PAN

 

 

PAN

 

PAN

 

PAN

 

PAN

 

R/4

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

Headphones

PREMIUM ANALOG MIXER w/ PERKINS EQ & FIREWIRE

CTRL ROOM/PHONES

 

 

 

SOURCE

 

0dB=0dBu

 

 

 

 

L

R

 

 

 

 

20

CLIP

 

MAIN MIX

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

TAPE

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

FW 1-2

ALT 3-4

2

LEVEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

SET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

ASSIGN TO

 

10

 

 

MAIN MIX

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

OO

MAX

OO

MAX

RUDE

CONTROL

PHONES

ROOM

 

 

SOLO

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUX MASTER

 

 

SEND

 

RETURN

 

 

 

1

 

1

PRE

OO

+15

 

OO

+10

POST

RTN TO

 

 

 

AUX1

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

2

PRE

OO

+15

 

OO

+10

POST

 

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

L R

POWER

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

MUTE

 

 

 

ALT 3/4

ALT 3/4

ALT 3/4

ALT 3/4

ALT 3/4

ALT 3/4

ALT 3/4

ALT 3/4

 

 

 

dB

dB

dB

dB

dB

dB

dB

dB

 

MIC

dB

10

10

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10

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MAX

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- 20

- 20

- 20

- 20

- 20

- 20

- 20

- 20

LEVEL

 

10

10

10

10

10

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10

 

 

10

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

DESTINATION

20

 

 

30

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40

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40

40

PHONES

AUX

40

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50

 

1-2

50

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

 

 

60

OO

OO

OO

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OO

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OO

OO

 

 

OO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TALKBACK

 

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5-6

7-8

9-10

11-12

TALKBACK

MAIN MIX

Built-in Microphone

Destination Talkback

Level

Talkback Switch

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