Control Room Strip

In the section Control Room the menu Assign is used to define the Main Out which is used for listening in the studio. For this output the functions Dim, Recall, Mono, Talkback, External In and Mute FX are automatically applied.

Additionally the channel will be shifted from the Hardware Outputs into the Control Room section, and renamed Main. The same happens when assigning Main Out B or the Phones. The original name can be displayed by the function Names in the View Options - Show at any time.

Phones 1 to 4 will have Dim (set in Settings) and a special routing applied when Talkback is activated. Also putting them beside the Main Out increases the overview within the output section greatly.

Dim. The volume will be reduced by the amount set in the Settings dialog (F3).

Recall. Sets the gain value defined in the Settings dialog.

Speaker B. Switches playback from Main Out to Main Out B. The faders of the channels Main and Speaker B can be ganged via Link.

Mono. Mixes left and right channel. Useful to check for mono compatibility and phase problems.

Talkback. A click on this button will dim all signals on the Phones outputs by an amount set up in the Preferences dialog. At the same time the control room’s microphone signal (source defined in Preferences) is sent to the Phones. The microphone level is adjusted with the channel’s input fader.

External Input. Switches Main monitoring from the mix bus to the stereo input defined in the Settings dialog (F3). The relative volume of the stereo signal is adjusted there as well.

Assign. Allows to define the Main Out, Main Out B (Speaker B), and up to four Phones outs.

The output for the Cue signal, which is usually Main, can also be set to one of the four Phones outputs. This setting also controls the PFL monitoring.