Specifications

Description of Controls
Description of Controls 72
SOLO
The SOLO button sends the channel’s signal (and only that Channel’s signal, if no
other SOLO buttons are pressed) directly to the Control Room monitors, cutting off
any other signals to the Control Room. It allows the engineer to focus on one signal
without disturbing any other mixes. When SOLO is pressed, the green “-20” LED
will light solid (even if no signal is present). The soloed Channel also feeds the
headphone outputs if the HEADPHONE SOURCE button in the master section is in
the up or “CR” position (see page 73). The master SOLO LED will light in the
Master module section, to alert you that Solo is active. You can adjust the output
level of the signal(s) being soloed by turning the SOLO knob in the Master module
section. The meter will show the level of the soloed signal, unnaffected by the
master solo level knob, so you can easily compare the level of individual channels
and, in PFL mode, set the TRIM control accurately.
Group Assign Switches (1/2, 3/4)
The GROUP ASSIGN switches (1/2, 3/4) assign the output of the Channel (large
fader) to any of the four Group output busses, usually for recording on a multitrack.
Each switch is an odd-even pair, and the amount of signal sent to odd or even
numbered groups is determined by the Channel PAN knob. These may be used in any
combination.
✪ Note that even when a Group switch is down, no signal will go from the channel to
the Group if the Channel PAN knob is turned to the wrong side.
L/R Switch
The L/R switch sends the channel’s signal to the Master L/R FADER, depending on
the setting of the Channel PAN knob. This switch is normally pressed for final
mixdown, or if the channel is being used for monitoring.
Channel Fader
This linear 60 mm slide fader varies the level feeding the Channel PAN control
and Assignment switches, Aux 4(6), and Aux 3(5) (if the AUX 3(5) SOURCE switch
is in the up or FADER position). The fader is set for unity gain (level in = level out)
when it is set at the “0 dB” mark, 2/3 of the way up. When the fader is raised to its
maximum, there is 10 dB of gain added to the signal.