Intel Fireface 800 - Manual (Page 63)

User's Guide Fireface 800 © RME
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29.9 The Monitor Panel
The Monitor panel provides several options usually found on analog mixing desks. It offers
quick access to monitoring functions which are needed all the time in typical studio work.
Monitor Main
Use the drop down menu to select the hardware outputs where your main monitors are con-
nected to.
Dim
A click on this button will lower the volume of the Monitor Main output by an
amount set up in the Preferences dialog (see below). This is the same as
moving the third row faders down a bit, but much more convenient, as the old
setting is back by a simple mouse click.
Mono
Sets the stereo output defined above to monaural playback. Useful to check for
mono compatibility and phase problems.
Talkback
A click on this button will dim all signals on the Monitor Phones outputs by an
amount set up in the Preferences dialog. At the same time the control room's
microphone signal (source defined in Preferences) is sent to the three
destinations Monitor Phones described below. The microphone level is ad-
justed with the channel's input fader.
Monitor Phones 1/2/3
Use the drop down menu to select the hardware outputs where the submixes are sent to. These
submixes are usually phones mixdowns for the musicians. A click on the button allows to hear
the specific submix via the Monitor Main output. So when setting up or modifying the submix for
the musician this process can be monitored easily and any time through the studio’s monitors.
29.10 Preferences
The dialog box Preferences is available via the menu
Options or directly via F3.
Talkback
Input: Select the input channel of the Talkback signal
(microphone in control room).
Dim: Amount of attenuation of the signals routed to
the Monitor Phones in dB.
Listenback
Input: Select the input channel of the Listenback
signal (microphone in recording room).
Dim: Amount of attenuation of the signals routed to
the Monitor Main in dB.
Main Monitor
Dim: Amount of attenuation of the Monitor Main
output in dB. Activated by the Dim button in the
Monitor panel.