OceanAudio The Ark 500 Series Owner's Manual - page 26
Ark 500 range - Owner’s Manual - Revision 2.2 - page 26
Next in the master module are the controls for alternate control room monitor speakers 1
and 2. In conjunction with the standard control room monitor system these controls make
it possible to have up to three different control room monitor speaker systems selectable
from the console.
Each of the alternate control room speaker systems consist of a stereo level control and
an illuminated ‘on’ switch. The signal being heard depends on the signal selected via the
main control room monitor source switches.
Below the alternate control room monitor controls are the source selector switches for the
main control room monitor speakers.
Four illuminated switches select either one of two 2 track sources or for the control room
monitors to be in mono or dimmed by 20db.
A large illuminated mute switch kills the control room monitor signal.
A large stereo control room monitor level control allows for precise setting of the control
room speaker level. As detailed in the ‘More on Speakers’ section it is very important that
the control room master level control is correctly matched to the control room speaker
system and these should be referred to when setting up the console to the control room
monitor system.
A comprehensive talkback system is provided which incorporates a high quality electret
microphone and amplifier with a continuously variable level control. The signal can be
routed via momentary action switches to either the 8 subgroups and master left/right
outputs, selected auxiliary sends, or the studio playback speakers.
When the ‘Groups’ switch is depressed, the talkback signal is routed to the 8 subgroups
and the master left/right outputs. This is useful for ‘slate’ announcements (so that the title
of a song can be recorded at the beginning).
When the ‘Studio’ switch is depressed, the talkback signal is routed to the studio playback
speakers for communication to musicians in a separate recording room who may not be
wearing headphones.
The ‘Auxes’ switch operates in conjunction with four illuminated switches which select
which auxiliary buss the engineer wishes to communicate with. These comprise aux 1,
aux 2, auxes 3-4 and auxes 5-6. This selection is provided because it might not always be
desirable to talk to all headphone mixes simultaneously.
When any talkback button is depressed, the monitor signal is dimmed by 20db to avoid
feedback in the control monitor speakers.
Reference to the master module signal flow diagram will help to give a better
understanding of the way in which the signal is routed.