User Manual

10
A Brief Tutorial on Studio Monitors
system also includes a subwoofer, you will find continued
calibration instructions the section “Calibrating Subwoofer
Level.”
1. Connect the main outputs of your audio source to your
studio monitors. The left output should be connected
to the speaker on your left. The right output should be
connected to the speaker on your right.
2. Begin by turning the input sensitivity of your studio
monitors to the lowest setting.
LEVEL
XLR TRS
ACOUSTIC
SPACE
MAXMIN
U
INPUT
LEVEL
MAXMIN
U
3. Turn the output of your audio source (audio interface,
mixer, or speaker-management device) to its lowest
setting.
Note: If you have any outboard processors (EQs, limiter,
etc.) connected between the audio source and your
monitors, disconnect or bypass them. If your audio source
is a mixer, make sure that it is zeroed out.
4. Play 20 Hz to 20 kHz full-bandwidth pink noise at 0 dB
through the outputs of your primary audio source.
5. Turn up the outputs of your primary audio source to
their unity gain setting. “unity gain” is the setting at which
the signal level is neither boosted nor attenuated. It is
usually marked by a “0” or a “U” on the audio device’s
level fader or knob. In many digital interfaces and digital
devices, the device’s maximum level is also its unity gain
setting. Please consult your audio device’s user’s manual
or the manufacturer’s Web site for more information on
its levels and adjustments. You should not hear the pink
noise. If you do, repeat step 2.
6. Begin slowly increasing the input sensitivity (volume)
of your left speaker until the acoustic level of the test tone
playing reaches 82 dB SPL. When both speakers play
simultaneously, the overall SPL will increase by about +3
dB (85 dB).
LEVEL
XLR TRS
ACOUSTIC
SPACE
HF DRIVER HP FILTER
MAXMIN
U
INPUT ACOUSTIC TUNING
Linear
-1.5dB
-3dB
-6dB
Linear
+1dB
-1.5dB
-4dB
Linear
60Hz
80Hz
100Hz
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LEVEL
MAXMIN
U