DIGITAL IN 1 button

Selects the AES/EBU digital input as the Control Room source (when AES/EBU is the Stereo I/O Digital In selection in the Digital I/O Setup window).

DIGITAL IN 2 button

Selects the S/PDIF digital input as the Control

Room source (when S/PDIF is the Stereo I/O Digital In selection in the Digital I/O Setup window).

MASTER L-R button

Selects the main L-R output bus as the Control Room source.

MONO button

Combines the left and right channels to a monaural signal and sends it to the left and right Control Room outputs (Near Field or Main). This provides for a quick check on the sound of the mix in mono.

NEAR FIELD button

Turns on the Control Room Near Field output.

MAIN button

Turns on the Control Room Main output.

Note: The Near Field and Main speaker selections cannot both be on at the same time.

SPEAKER LEVEL V-Pot

•Adjusts the individual level of the selected Control Room output (Near Field or Main).

•This control does not affect the level sent to the Phones/Cue, or Master L-R mix outputs.

•Near Field and Main levels are completely independent of one another unless linked to- gether in the Mix Options of the on-screen Setup window (Link Speakers).

•When linked, the level control is identical for Near Field and Main. The link can be temporarily broken by pressing the Shift key and adjusting the Speaker Level V-Pot. This is an excellent way to set a fixed level offset between monitor sets.

•Controls the Master Surround Monitor output when in Surround mode.

DIM button

Quickly attenuates the control room monitors. This is very useful for phone calls or visits from the neighborhood volume cop.

Note: The amount of attenuation for the DIM button can be changed in the GUI by selecting Mix Opt. in the Setup window. Selection choices include –20 dB, –30 dB, –40 dB, and –inf dB (Cut).

TALKBACK button

Routes the signal arriving at the in-panel Talkback Mic to Phones/Cue Mixes 1 and 2 (and to Studio Out if Talkback to Studio is selected). DIM is engaged automatically while the TALKBACK button is pressed.

Clipboard Section

Provides cut, copy, paste, and undo functions for specific fader operations, channel parameters, and automation events.

CLIPBOARD

CUT/ZERO SET

COPY

PASTEUNDO

CUT/ZERO SET button

•Deletes edited parameters from the currently selected channel(s) and returns them to their default settings.

•Static or automated options are selected in the Fat Channel display.

•The parameter settings are placed on the clip- board for desired paste operations.

COPY button

•Copies parameters from the currently selected channel(s).

•Static or automated options are selected in the Fat Channel display.

•The parameter settings are placed on the clip- board for desired paste operations.

PASTE button

Pastes copied parameters to the currently selected channels.

UNDO button

•Reverts the currently selected channels to their previous status, before a cut, copy, or paste.

•Multiple Undo and Redo operations are avail- able by pressing UNDO in the Clipboard section then Undo and Redo in the control sur- face Fat Channel VFD.

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