AWS 924-948 - Solid State Logic

Analogue OperationsFoldback Headphone OutputsThe console’s Foldback A and B outputs can be used to feed studio floor headphone amplifiers. The F/B A and F/B Bcontrols are located immediately to the right of the TFT screen.At the bottom of each section there is a LEVEL control, plus CUT and AFL functions.The six switches down the right-hand side of each foldback section activate the sources which can be fedto the Foldback outputs. Note that these switches are not inter-cancelling – all six sources can be activesimultaneously.The MIX 1 pot is used to control the level of the first two: the Record bus (REC) and External sourceselector B (EXT). The MIX 2 pot is used to control the level of the second pair of sources: the Mix bus(MIX) and External source selector B (EXT). The final two sources are the stereo downmix controlroom monitor signal (ST MON) and the Cue Stereo outputs (ST A or ST B), with Cue A going toFoldback A, and Cue B to Foldback B.Note that the Stereo Returns can also be added to the Foldbacks – see below.The F/B A and F/B B buttons in the COMMUNICATIONS section add talkback to the foldback outputs.Stereo FX ReturnsThe console’s four stereo FX Returns are designed to be driven by the outputs of devices which have been fed from thecorresponding mono FX busses.At the bottom of each section there is a LEVEL control and AFL. The left and right components of thesignal can be cut individually using the R CUT and L CUT switches – useful for checking reverb returns,and to defeat unwanted signals on the ‘open’ input when using mono returns. Stereo returns can be routedto the record and mix busses using the REC and MIX switches.The MONO switch sums the stereo return components together, routing a mono to all the destinations.Very useful when you are using a mono FX device, as it saves having to parallel return inputs.When MONO is inactive, the BALANCE control provides balance between the left and right returnsignals, and the WIDTH pot controls the width, from full stereo to mono. When MONO is activated,the BALANCE control becomes a pan control.Stereo returns can also be routed to the foldbacks using the FB A and FB B switches, with independentlevel control provided by the STUDIO pot.Page 3-24AWS 924-948 Owner’s Manual