User Manual

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Crimson
Artist Mode
When you record other artists, you can make them their own headphone mix with Artist Mode
and use the Talkback function to communicate with them.
The monitoring options for artists include:
1. Mic, Line and Instrument inputs in real time
2. DAW 1|2, to hear the current mix
3. DAW 3|4, for an alternative mix, with effects (a reverb), for example.
4. Any source as playback or play along
As sound engineer or producer your job is to concentrate on the mix. That‘s why DAW 1|2 is
routed to Phones 1 and Speakers A, to spare you any other switching.
If you want to check the artist‘s headphone mix, deactivate Artist Mode.
If you want to let the artist hear the current mix, push the A to B switch anytime. This means
no monitoring setting ought to be changed.
Tip: If the artist is not in the control room, connect a headphone amplifier to Speakers B. If you
are recording several artists at the same time, connect a multi-channel headphone amplifier
to Speakers B.
Talkback Option
To make use of the Talkback option, connect the preamped microphone signal to Talk In on
the rear panel (Source Input 1, L). Press Talk and you will be heard on Phones 2 and Speakers
B. Speakers A is automatically dimmed to avoid feedbacks.
Alternatively, with an integrated microphone preamp: use the Crimson‘s Mic input 2 for the
Talkback microphone and activate Artist Mode. Use Mic Gain 2 to adjust the Talkback level.
Whenever you are not talking to the artist, turn down Mic Gain 2. The artist can hear you and
the current mix on Phones 2 and Speakers B.
Phones 1 and 2
The Crimson has two identical headphone amplifiers. Use volume controls
Phones 1 and Phones 2 to adjust the level of the headphones signal. Thanks to
the separate headphone amplifiers there is no risk of any interferences when
connecting two headphones. Headphones volume adjustment is also inde-
pendent from that of the loudspeakers. The outputs and gain are designed for
headphones with impedances from 20-600 Ohms. For more details regarding the
connection of headphones, refer to „Headphone Outputs“ on page 13.
Note: In Artist Mode, Phones 1 is allocated the DAW 1/2 signal and is designed to be used by
the sound engineer/producer. Phones 2 is designed to be used by the artist with the Artist
Mode signals (refer to the two previous sections).
Optimal Potentiometer Control Range
The control range of the headphone amplifiers is very wide: it allows you to listen to very
high level signals with 30 Ohm headphones, as well as to detect the faintest details in quiet
passages with 600 Ohm headphones. To achieve such a wide range, and due to component
characteristics, a constant taper during the beginning of the travel of the potentiometer
cannot be guaranteed. A reduction of the overall volume would also lower the tolerance in
this initial range, but at the price of wasting power margin. Thus, we recommend you to adjust
the level above the „1“ mark to achieve the best results.
Control Elements
Switches & Headphone Amplifier