Sound Devices 633 - Manual (Page 35)

Slate Mic and Tone Oscillator
The 3-position Mic / Tone Switch controls both the slate microphone and the tone oscillator.
Slate Microphone
The 633’s built-in slate microphone is used to notate scenes from the mixer location. Its audio per-
formance is not suitable for critical recording applications; it should be used for documenting scenes
and for communication purposes only.
Slide the Mic / Tone Switch left to activate the slate mic. The green Slate Mic LED will illuminate to
indicate that the slate mic is active. Slide the Mic / Tone Switch left again to deactivate the slate mic.
Hold the Mic / Tone Switch left for 1 second to activate the slate mic momentarily (until the switch is
released).
Tone Oscillator
Slide the Mic / Tone Switch right to activate the tone oscillator. Hold the Slate / Mic Switch right
for more than 1 second to lock the tone oscillator on. When the tone oscillator is locked on, slide the
Slate / Mic Switch right again to deactivate. The Slate Mic / Tone LED will illuminate green to indi-
cate tone is activated.
Default tone is a continuous 1000 Hz sine wave at a level of 0 dBu. These parameters can be
changed with Setup Menu options SYSTEM > Tone Level (0 dBu - 20dBu in 1 dB increments) and
SYSTEM > Tone Frequency (100 Hz - 10,000 Hz in 10 Hz increments).
Hold down the Select Encoder while sliding the Mic / Tone Switch right to cause tone level to
“pulse” in the L channel (to assist in identifying channels). This pulsing behavior can be made the
default (so that the Select encoder does not need to be held down) by setting Setup Menu option
SYSTEM > Tone Mode to L Ident.
Routing Slate and Tone Signals
By default, the slate microphone is routed to L, R, X1, X2, X3 and X4. By default, the tone oscil-
lator is routed to all tracks and outputs. Slate and tone signal is routed to any combination
of L, R, X1, X2, X3, X4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 from the Slate and Tone Routing Screen ( See “Rout-
ing Screens”, page 13 ). The Slate and Tone Routing Screen is accessed from Setup Menu option
SYSTEM > Slate & Tone Routing:
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