As can be seen above, both Group Output and Tape Return can be monitored together,
when both GROUP and TAPE buttons are selected. This is presented as a 1:1 mix. Note
also that when the TAPE button is selected on its own, the Cue sends still receive a
combination of Group and Tape, allowing the engineer to hear the drop-in while the
artiste can hear both himself (or herself) as well as a feed from the Sync head of the
ATR.
The table above applies while the multitrack is not running in Record. When the
machine is in Record, the console senses the machine record line and then adjusts the
monitor sources accordingly (see below). This facility of automatic source selection is
called the SSL Supercue System.
Let’s first look at the Monitor fader source before and during the drop-in. The
following table shows the sources that will be selected:
and for the Pre-Fader Cue feeds:
* The asterisk indicates that the Supercue System has switched from GROUP+TAPE to
the GROUP signal only.
† Indicates that this condition will give TAPE if LK2 on the module’s EQ/Dynamics
card is set to ON (which forces Monitor Tape when TAPE is selected). This may have
some ramifications in the following text.
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Ready Button Selected Monitor Fader Source Monitor Fader Source
Pre-Drop-in During Drop-in
TAPE TAPE GROUP †
GROUP GROUP GROUP
GROUP+TAPE GROUP+TAPE GROUP *
Ready Button Selected Pre-Fader Cue Source Pre-Fader Cue Source
Pre-Drop-in During Drop-in
TAPE GROUP+TAPE † GROUP * †
GROUP GROUP GROUP
GROUP+TAPE GROUP+TAPE GROUP *