User Guide

Instrument Familiarisation

Front panel functions

Each of the eight channels of the Midas XL88 has the following features:

1) Direct Output Level Control. Regardless of the settings of any of the other

controls on the unit, apart from the Direct Output Mute, this sets the gain of the

Direct Output of the channel from minus infinity up to +10dB. The unity gain

position (0dB) is marked.

2) Direct Output Mute. This cuts the Direct Output of the channel. A

red LED indicates when Direct Output Mute is in operation.

3) Meter Changeover (C/O). The 20-segment LED bargraph meter can measure

the level of either the Direct Output or the Matrix Output from the module.

When the Meter Changeover button is pressed and the yellow LED glows, the

meter reads the level of the Matrix Output. The secondary function of the

Meter Changeover button is to decide whether the pre-fade listen facility picks

up the Direct Output or the Matrix Output from the module. Whichever signal is