Aviom A-16 User Manual

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Aviom A-16 Personal Monitor Mixing System

be different in each set of headphones.

If you can dedicate two inputs on the A-16T Transmitter for playback, you can easily
provide the performers with a high-quality playback of the track they have just
recorded. Here’s how to set it up:

• Set aside the first fourteen Channels of the A-16T for audio tracks to be

sent to the performers as a cue mix.

• The remaining two Channels are reserved for the stereo mix that the

engineer creates in the studio.

• Connect cables from the console for monitoring the fourteen performer

Channels as described previously. Use direct outputs, aux sends, etc.

• Patch the stereo mix output that you want the performers to hear into the

remaining two A-16T inputs.

The idea is that you will create two Presets on the Personal Mixers for the performers.
The first is their standard cue mix. It uses fourteen channels; the last two are muted.
They can change it as needed while they work. The other Preset is the exact opposite.
The performer’s fourteen cue channels are muted and the two channels containing the
engineer’s playback mix are on.

For the example, let’s assume that Channels 1 through 14 are used for performer cue
playback. Channels 15 and 16 will be used to play back the recorded track.
To complete the setup:

• On the A-16T front panel, set the Link switch on Channels 15 and 16 to

the right, linked, position.

• On each Personal Mixer create a basic mix of the fourteen channels of

audio.

• Mute Channels 15 and 16.
• Save the Preset (to location #1, for example).
• Create another Preset that has the first fourteen channels muted. (Shortcut:

Start by recalling the All Channels Zero Preset by holding

ECALL

and

then pressing

UTE

• Set a volume for the playback on Channels 15 and 16.
• Save the Preset (to location #16, for example).

When the musicians are cutting tracks, have them select Preset #1. Record tracks as
usual, with each musician listening to their persoanal customized cue mix. When you
want to listen back to a recorded take, have the performers switch to Preset #16. They
now hear the engineer’s mix. All players hear the same mix, that the engineer can
control as needed.

Of course the players can create additional cue mixes and save them to the remaining
empty Preset locations as needed.