User's Manual

2 Getting Started
2.1 Quick Start Guide
Monitor Station V2
Owner’s Manual
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If you have multiple monitor systems connected to your Monitor Station V2, be
sure to use exactly the same method for calibrating all of the systems. This will
allow you to switch between them without experiencing disorienting volume
changes as you compare your mixes and recordings on the dierent systems.
Note: Since various speaker systems sound dierent from each other,
you’ll still hear timbral changes when you jump between speaker sets after
calibration. After all, that’s why monitoring with multiple systems helps
ensure your mixes and recordings sound good wherever they’re played.
Calibrating Your Primary Speakers
This speaker-calibration method sets up your primary speakers so that the
Monitor Station V2’s 0 VU meter level produces a certain acoustic level. In the
following steps, we’ll use 80 dB SPL as our target; this is a sensible level for a
small-to-medium-sized environment. (You may want to use another target level
between 78 dB and 85 dB that is more appropriate to the size of your space.)
1. Zero your speakers’ input knobs. On many powered monitors the
input knob is labeled “Input Sensitivity.” Consult each monitor
system’s documentation, or the manufacturer’s Web site, for more
information about adjusting the speaker input level.
2. Zero the Monitor Station V2’s front-panel Main Output Level knob, the Cue Output
knob, individual headphone Level knobs, and the rear-panel Speaker A Output
trim by turning them fully counterclockwise.
3. Position your SPL-metering device as described above.
monitors
SPL meter