Videonics MX-1 - The AUDIO;VIDEO control; Choosing a Sound Source

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strategy except that the sound comes from a source unrelated to the video
sources.
To do this, press the AUDIO/VIDEO button until the AUDIO light is on
and the VIDEO light is off. Transition to the desired sound source. Use the
AUDIO/VIDEO button to turn the AUDIO light off and the VIDEO light on.
Subsequent transitions will affect only the picture. The audio source will
remain unchanged.
Fancy Mixing
You may also want to do something different, such as mixing native sound
with a musical background, having the sound from one scene continue for a
while before fading over to the next scene’s sound, etc. The most flexible
audio arrangement of all is to use an external audio mixer and manually
control all the sound.
You can bypass the MX-1 entirely, connecting the audio mixer’s output
directly to the recorder’s audio input. Or you can connect the mixer’s output
to any of the MX-1’s audio inputs and permanently set that source as your
sound input, as described in the “Independent Audio” section, above. This
allows you to use the mixer when you need flexible control, or use the MX-1’s
audio mix capability when you prefer to have the audio fade automatically,
with video transitions.
Headphones
You can plug a set of headphones into the MX-1. Note that you can use
stereo headphones but the sound delivered to the headphones is mono (the
left and right channels are mixed together).
Usually, the headphones will follow the main sound (you hear the CUR-
RENT sound setting) but sometimes, you may want to monitor the NEXT
source without disturbing whatever is currently routed
to the output. To do this, set the headphone sound to
come from the NEXT source by pressing SHIFT and
DISPLAY at the same time. After the next transition,
the headphones will again monitor the CURRENT
sound source. The headphone symbol (∑, in the dia-
gram presented earlier) shows which source’s sound
can be heard through the HEADPHONE jack.
The Advanced Setup screen (Chapter 5) allows you
to change the headphone volume.
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