User Manual

M20d Monitor Mode
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Channel Monitor Levels
In Monitor Mode, all channel controller strips are dedicated to monitor functions.
They’re colored blue, as are their assigned hardware encoders. Also, the controller strips’
Mute/Solo buttons that are displayed in Record Mode and Perform Mode are replaced
by Linked/Unlinked buttons.
Linked/Unlinked Buttons
When a channel is in Linked mode, channel level is displayed along with monitor level,
and the two levels maintain their relative settings when channel level is adjusted. When
a channel is in Unlinked mode, its monitor level is independent of its channel level, so
when its monitor level is set to a particular value, that setting won’t change when you
increase or decrease its channel level.
An easy way to think of the Linked/Unlinked concept is that Linked is post-fader and
Unlinked is pre-fader. In other words, when a channel is Linked, its monitor level is
relative to its channel level, so a baseline monitor mix can easily be established, since it
will be the same as the main mix. Incremental adjustments can then be made quickly,
i.e. just turn up the vocals a little more, and the monitor mix will replicate the main mix.
Most input channels are in Linked mode by default, but channels such as guitar amps, that
are usually loud on stage, default to Unlinked mode.
Graphically, when in Linked mode, channel level is displayed as a secondary horizontal
band (set to -0.1 dB in the above left illustration). In this example, it extends to the right
of the small triangle that indicates monitor level.
When monitor level is set higher than channel level (above right), a red band will be
displayed between the blue channel level band and the triangle monitor level indicator.
When channel level and monitor level are equal, the triangle indicator will be colored