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Chapter 2: Installing ProControl 17

Pro Tools Cue Mix considerations

One way to set this up is to use a Pro Tools

Send bus (mono or stereo) as the cue mix

feed and route the send to a Pro Tools out-

put pair. By patching that Pro Tools output

to the ProControl AUX IN Left/Right bus,

the overall level of the cue mix can be con-

trolled directly from the ProControl Con-

trol Room section.

While in Stereo monitoring mode, you can

also use the MIX TO AUX switch in the Pro-

Control control room section to send the

main stereo signal (Pro Tools main stereo

output bus or whatever signal is patched to

the ProControl MAIN IN L/R bus) to AUX

OUT.

✽ If you plan to use ProControl in stereo mon-

itoring mode and expect to be setting up cue

mixes, you will deﬁnitely want to learn about

ProControl FLIP mode, MUTE/DIM switches,

Control Room preferences, and Slate/Dub/Re-

record capabilities.

Talkback/Listenback Input

connections

Talkback and Listenback options are pro-

vided in ProControl, including a built-in

Talkback mic.

Talkback Allows those in the control room

to be heard in the cue mix or any output

destination (live room speakers, machine

room communication line, or other). You

can use the internal talkback mic or an ex-

ternal mic for this purpose.

Listenback An option that is very useful

when overdubbing talent in the studio that

does not use an open mic for recording (for

example, a synthesizer overdub that is be-

ing recorded directly, or a guitar overdub

where the cabinet is mic’d but nobody

needs a vocal mic for singing). By setting

up a microphone in the tracking room and

routing it to the ProControl Listenback bus

input, direct two-way communication be-

tween the control room and the talent is

ensured. The Listenback bus can be slaved

to follow Talkback (meaning, pressing the

TALKBACK switch also opens the Listen-

back channel).

In addition, the Talkback signal can be fed

to the ProControl Slate/Dub (Rerecord)

bus. This capability makes it very easy to

not only record basic slate information us-

ing Talkback, but also makes it possible to

quickly record reference vocals or other

spur-of-the-moment ideas without having

to first set up a microphone and adjust lev-

els.

Using external Talkback or Listenback

ProControl provides +15V in a standard

phantom power arrangement to power

condenser mics. While this voltage rating

does not match the industry standard of

+48V, it is adequate to power most any

popular condenser microphone. In addi-

tion, this phantom power is always on (you

can’t disable it). This should not be a cause

for concern; dynamic microphones will

work fine, and will not be damaged by in-

serting them into the Talkback or Listen-

back microphone inputs.

▲ Do not connect ribbon microphones to

these powered inputs, as ribbon microphones

may be damaged by connecting them to any

phantom power source.

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