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The mixer

Outputs and cues

The outputs panel sets how loud your speakers and headphones are. Cues decide what the headphones and the rear Line Out 3/4 play.

The outputs panel

The Outputs panel, with numbered parts: the Mix meter, Monitor's Mute and Mono buttons, the Monitor level and Headphones' Mute button.The Outputs panel, with numbered parts: the Mix meter, Monitor's Mute and Mono buttons, the Monitor level and Headphones' Mute button.
  1. Mix meter The monitor mix, left and right, before the Monitor level.
  2. Mute (Monitor) Silences your speakers.
  3. Mono Folds the monitor mix to mono.
  4. Monitor level Your speakers, from 0 to 100, the same scale as UAD Console.
  5. Mute (Headphones) Silences the headphones. Their level is the slider below it, also 0 to 100.

Check your mix in mono

Press Mono for a moment while you listen. If something gets quieter or thinner, it may disappear on a phone speaker or in a mono stream.

Where the sound goes

Output Plays Set in
Monitors The monitor mix: channel faders, pans, mutes and solo The strips
Headphones Cue 1 or Cue 2 Settings › Cues and headphones
Line Out 3/4 Your computer’s playback, or the same as Cue 1 or Cue 2 Settings › Cues and headphones

Cues

A cue is a mix for headphones. Each of the two can play:

  • Monitor mix: the same as your speakers. The simple choice when it’s just you.
  • Own mix: its own level for each channel, from the cue sends in each channel’s settings. For a performer who wants more of themselves, or less of the click.

The headphones play one cue, and Line Out 3/4 can play the other, so two people can each have their own mix. A separate headphone mix walks through it.

What the cues play is part of your mix, so each computer keeps its own, like the faders.

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