Studio Technologies 68 V.1 - Manual (Page 29)

Model 68/69 User Guide Issue 2, June 1999
Studio Technologies, Inc. Page 29
for Surround
Operation
Now that you’ve installed and configured
the system, you’re ready to go. You should
find operation very easy.
Model 68 Central Controller
The Model 68 front panel contains two
LEDs. The power LED should be lit when-
ever AC mains power is connected. The
data LED will light whenever a MIDI
system-exclusive message is received
from the Model 69.
Model 69 Control Console
StudioComm operation is controlled using
the Model 69 Control Console and, if
installed, the remote control inputs. To
make things easy to describe, we’ve
divided the StudioComm functions into
four main groups: Input source selection,
monitor output general functions, mute/
solo, and remote controls.
Input Source Selection
Input source selection is simple. To select
an input source for routing to the monitor
outputs, press one of the four input source
buttons. The corresponding LED will light
to let you know that the input has been
selected. You can select more than one
input source simultaneously; up to all four.
The selected inputs will be summed (com-
bined). Start by pressing and holding the
button associated with your first input
source. While the button is still pressed,
add the extra inputs by momentarily press-
ing the buttons associated with them. The
LEDs will light to tell you which inputs have
been selected. Note that an input LED will
flash if the input has been selected using
the remote input select function.
A recall feature is an integral part of the
input selection process. It’s a bit confusing
to explain, but simple once you experience
it in “real time.” A one sentence explana-
tion would describe the input recall feature
as allowing the system to return to the
previously selected input (or inputs) by
simply pressing one button. It was in-
cluded specifically for film-post applica-
tions where it’s important to be able to
change quickly between a combination
of inputs, such as two “stems,” and a
single input.
Let’s begin the explanation with an ex-
ample: A film-post facility where the usual
monitoring setup has both input 1 and
input 2 simultaneously selected, while
input 3 is occasionally selected to monitor
a cue track. To select both inputs, press
and hold the button associated with input
1, then press input 2’s button, then release
both buttons. Inputs 1 and 2 are now
selected for monitoring. To monitor input 3
press the button associated with it. To
return to monitoring inputs 1 and 2, simply
press input 3’s button again. The recall
feature returns the system to the previ-
ously selected inputs. That’s all there is
to it!
A special configuration mode allows an
input to be disabled. This would be appro-
priate if an input has not been connected
to an audio source. If you press an input
source button and the previously selected
input source does not change, the newly
selected input has been disabled.
Monitor Output General
Functions
Four buttons and one rotary control are
associated with the monitor output func-
tions. The buttons control operation of