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Description of Controls

STUDIO 24 REFERENCE MANUAL 8 5

CONTROL ROOM/SOLO SECTION

The Control Room section determines what you’ll hear in the control room and see

on the meters. The Control Room section does not affect any other mix of the Studio

24–it just eavesdrops on them. The Solo controls are a special part of the Control

Room mix, “taking it over” anytime any SOLO switch is pressed anywhere on the

console, allowing you to hear only the soloed source instantly.

SOLO MASTER LEVEL

If any SOLO switch is pressed anywhere on the console, the MASTER SOLO LED

will light indicating that the Control Room is receiving signal from the Solo buss

instead of the Control Room Source switch (see below).

Note that if SOLO is engaged on a Channel that has no signal in it, you will hear nothing in

the Control Room until SOLO is turned off on that Channel.

The SOLO knob sets the level you will hear in the Control Room when SOLO is

pressed. Typically it is set a little above unity gain (about 2 o’clock), so that a single

instrument will sound about as loud in the Control Room as the entire mix does,

allowing you to focus.

The type of Solo used in the Studio 24 is called “SIP” (Solo In Place). This permits

you to hear instruments in their post-fader, post-pan arrangement. This is

particularly useful when mixing down, so you can adjust the levels of a stereo track,

etc.

CONTROL ROOM LEVEL AND SOURCE

The CONTROL ROOM knob sets the overall Control Room level. Ideally, the control

room amplifier’s input controls should be set so that full rotation of this control does

not exceed the maximum level you want in the control room.

The Control Room switches select the source of the Control Room mix (provided that

no SOLO source is turned on to override them). They also select the source of the two

meters.

When all switches are up, L/R will be selected, providing the Main L/R mix.

If any switches are pressed, you’ll hear the lowest switch (for

example, if “2 TRACK” is selected, you won’t be able to hear MON

1/2 even if it is pressed).

Press MON 1/2 when you wish to route the musicians’ headphone mix to the

Control Room. The output of AUX 3/4 or GRP 1/2 may also be selected. 2 TRACK

corresponds to the 2 TRACK INPUT jacks on the back panel of the Studio 24. These

can be used to listen to the output of a mixdown tape recorder, or CD player.

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