Sound Performance Lab MMC2 manual Insert/Return, Monitoring, Speaker Management, Monitors

Control Elements

Insert

On

Insert

Solo to Center

Return

On

Return

LC

R

Speaker Management

LS RS

LFE

Lt/o

Rt/o

LFE to L/C/R

Insert/Return

The MMC 2 offers an Insert/Return point after the Input Trims to include external processing equipment into the signal path.

Monitoring

Monitoring functions comprise a Speaker Management section, a Monitors selection section and the Monitor Level fader.

Solo

Solo

Solo

Solo

Solo

Solo

Solo

Solo

Mono

Stereo

Mono

M-CH.

Mono

L/R

Operation

LS/RS

Operation

Lt/o/Rt/o

Monitors

Stereo Dim 1

A-10 dB

Stereo Dim 2

B-20 dB

M-CH. Dim 3

A-30 dB

M-CH.	Mute
B

1. Speaker Management

Each loudspeaker can be activated or deactivated by a dedicated switch, and each is labeled with its respective loudspeaker position.

A Solo switch is placed underneath each speaker switch. To alleviate channel compar- isons, a Solo-to-Center function allows for monitoring of each channel through the center speaker. The Solo-to-Center function can only be activated if a speaker is previ- ously switched to solo.

If a surround sound mix does include separate LFE subwoofer signals, the LFE-to-L/C/R switch distributes an LFE signal (factory standard -10 dB level) to the L/C/R channels.

Two Operation Mode buttons are provided to change the MMC 2 configuration from stereo to multi-channel operation. For improved operational safety and to switch off all monitoring functions other than L/R, the Stereo button must be pressed before starting a stereo mastering job.

The Monitor section offers three mono functions: 1. Mono L/R, 2. Mono LS/RS (not available in stereo mode), 3. Mono L t/o / R t/0 (not available in stereo mode).

2. Monitors

The Monitors section allows for selection of two stereo and two multichannel speaker sets. Three different Dim levels (-10 dB, -20 dB and -30 dB) and a Mute switch can be activated for the selected set.

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