Studio Technologies 55 2005 - Manual (Page 7)

Model 55/56 User Guide Issue 5, August 2005
Studio Technologies, Inc. Page 7
Introduction
What This User Guide Covers
This User Guide is designed to assist you
when installing, confi guring, and using
the Model 55 Central Controller, Model 56
Control Console, Model 35 Talent Amplifi er,
and related components.
System Overview
The Model 55 Central Controller, along with
the companion Model 56 Control Console,
are members of the StudioComm family
of products. The Models 55 and 56 are
specifi cally designed to work in conjunction
with digital audio workstations to provide a
full set of monitoring and communications
functions. Features include control room
monitoring, meter output, an integrated
headphone system, dubbing, and communi-
cations functions that include talk to phones
and slate. All StudioComm functions per-
form to a level that rivals even the largest
recording consoles. Many of the functions
are user confi gurable, allowing unmatched
fl exibility.
A complete StudioComm system consists
of a rack-mounted central controller, a
desktop control console, and one or more
portable talent amplifi er units. The Model 55
Central Controller and the Model 56 Control
Console work together, interconnecting
using a standard 5-pin MIDI-style cable.
Circuitry in the Model 55 routes any of four
stereo inputs to the control room, meter,
headphone, and dub outputs, with com-
mands provided by the Model 56 Control
Console. The Model 56 Control Console’s
built-in microphone lets you talk to the
headphone output. It also allows you to talk
to the dub output, or to the dub and head-
phone outputs using the slate function.
The Model 35 Talent Amplifi er is a por-
table amplifi er unit capable of driving one
or two pairs of high-impedance stereo
headphones. A single microphone-type
cable links the Model 35 with the Model 55
Central Controller. The Central Controller
provides power and left and right audio
over just three wires.
System Features
Stereo Line Inputs
The Model 55 contains four stereo line-
level inputs which are compatible with both
balanced and unbalanced signals. Each
input is independently software confi g-
urable for a nominal input level of –10 dBV
or +4 dBu. This allows direct connection
with virtually any audio source. Each input
can also be confi gured to operate as a
mono input. In this manner, a signal con-
nected to the left input is routed to both the
left and right outputs.
Control Room Monitoring
The control room section provides a stereo
line-level output for driving a power ampli-
fi er associated with monitor loudspeakers.
Four buttons are used to select the input
source to be monitored. Normally, only
one of the four input sources is selected
for monitoring. For special applications,
the system can be confi gured to allow two
input sources to be simultaneously moni-
tored. The control room level is adjusted
using a smooth-feeling rotary potentiom-
eter. The Dim button allows the control
room level to be temporarily reduced. The
Mono button allows the sum (L+R) of the
selected source to be sent as the control
room output.