Solid State Logic Duality 82S6DUA20C - Manual (Page 44)

Communications
A group of communications buttons (talkback etc.) are fitted below the central routing
panel (see below). A built-in talkback microphone and pots to set the level of TB to
Foldback, Talkback Out (an external talkback feed), Slate level (talkback to Main
Mix, Track bus and channel outputs) and an incoming Listen mic, are provided in the
‘Comms” section above the DAW control TFT screen (see right).
Note that a gain control for the talkback mic preamp is provided on the connector
panel adjacent to the external talkback output jack. If required, an external talkback
mic may be connected to the console’s talkback distribution circuitry via an XLR on
the connector panel. When using this facility, turn the console mic preamp gain fully
anticlockwise (off) if you no longer wish the inboard mic to contribute to the talkback
system.
Note also that, apart from SLATE, which cuts the monitors, all the following functions dim the monitors. All the
buttons, apart from LISTEN and RED LIGHT, are momentary.
SLATE – Interrupts the Main Mix and Track bus outputs with talkback.
F/B A and F/B B – Adds talkback to the associated foldback outputs after
the level and cut controls.
EXT T/B – Sends talkback to an external feed, available via a 6.35mm jack
on the connector panel. Level is adjusted using the Talkback Out pot (see
above).
TB ALL feeds talkback to the foldback sends and the external talkback output.
LISTEN – Injects an external mic signal (connected via an XLR on the centre section connector panel) onto
whichever Mini loudspeaker set is currently active, and dims the main loudspeakers. This button is latching; the
level is adjusted using the Listen pot (see above). The mic is usually placed in the recording area. The circuitry
features SSL’s legendary listen mic compressor, the sound of which is much loved by many experienced SSL
users, so the connector panel provides a post compressor output jack – ‘Listen Mic Out’.
RED LIGHT – this provides an all-important isolated contact closure for hooking up to a studio red light via an
external relay box.
The talkback button functions are all duplicated on a Talkback/GPIO connector on the rear of the console,
as are the monitor CUT and DIM switches. See the Duality Installation Manual for more information.
RED
LIGHT SLATE LISTEN
EXT
T/B
F/B A
TB
ALL
F/B B
COMMUNICATIONS
Listen
∞
TB to Foldback
∞
Slate
∞
Talkback Out
∞
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