Dangerous Music SR Monitor - Manual (Page 4)

Monitor ST front panel
Controls will be explained in order from left to right
The Phones jack is for the engineer to hear what is going out to the talent’s headphones.
The Level control adjusts only the front jack level. Please start with the level control
down low as the amplifier is very powerful. Typically 2:00 to 4:00 is a good position
with today’s medium impedance cans (32-70 ohms).
The Talkback section has a mic, an external mic jack, and a level control that lives
comfortably around 4:00 usually. The Remote Mic jack is designed to receive a high
impedance mic level. An inexpensive line transformer (600- 10k ohms) will get an SM57
up to the level that the electret element feeds the talkback system. The built in mic has
surprisingly good pickup and fidelity and as such, an external mic would be needed only
if the rack unit is in a closet or enclosed rack of some sort.
The Main to Cue Level control sends the selected input source to the cue amp. 2:00 is a
normal position to start with for this control.
The Aux Input level controls send the aux input to Cue or Main. There is an Aux to
Main Enable switch on the remote to turn on the Aux signal in the control room speakers
(to check the click track or listen to what is coming out of the headphone jack on the
computer, for instance).
The Input 4 Level pot turns down the input 4 source as necessary. It is exactly unity gain
when full up. It is provided for this scenario:
You are doing a mix and a client hands you a mastered CD that he wants your mix to
‘sound like’. Obviously, the level is pretty serious and you know there is no way that
your mix level should even be within 8 dB of this mastered CD. Fortunately, your CD
player is plugged into Input 4 and you can turn the level down of the CD player so you
can compare the CD to your mix and not look foolish to the unknowing guy who handed
you the mix to compare. Since your mix isn’t smashed within a inch of its life, it will
actually sound more dynamic than the mastered CD anyway until your project gets
mastered and smashed within an inch of its life…
When using input 4 in surround, the control should be set fully clockwise.
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