Latency Free Monitoring Connections; Digital; Digital Connections - Focusrite TwinTrak Pro Mode D'emploi

HEADPHONES TO MONITOR (switch)
determined by the HEADPHONE MIX knob) to be sent to the external monitors via
the monitor level knob. This means you can set up a headphone mix and switch it to
your monitors whilst retaining independent control over the headphone mix level.
- Mutes the output to the monitors (but not the
MONITOR MUTE (switch)
headphones).
These controls allow the balancing between dry/wet and signal/monitor to be adjusted
independently, making it quick and easy to set up. They also allow the artist to tweak
his or her own headphone mix without affecting what the engineer is recording.

LATENCY FREE MONITORING CONNECTIONS

- These inputs are provided on balanced (+4 dBu) TRS
MONITOR INPUTS
jacks. They allow routing of your main stereo mix outputs (e.g. from DAW sound
card output) to the TwinTrak Pro's LATENCY-FREE MONITORING section.
This means that you can monitor both the stereo mix already recorded, AND the
processed signals from your TwinTrak Pro at the same time. You can leave your
TwinTrak Pro permanently rigged up in your recording system for tracking or re-
processing, whilst also allowing you to monitor the output from your main DAW.
- These outputs are provided on balanced (+4 dBu)
MONITOR OUTPUTS
XLR connectors. They allow routing of the signal connected to the MONITOR
INPUTS (e.g. main stereo mix from DAW sound card output) to a pair of powered
monitor speakers or monitor amplifier inputs. Note that these monitor outputs are
separate from the headphone bus, and will relay only signal that is fed from the
MONITOR INPUTS, unless the HEADPHONES TO MONITOR switch is
engaged (see LATENCY FREE MONITORING section above).
HEADPHONES (front panel)
headphone jack, controlled by the HEADPHONES level knob beside it.
– These rear panel outputs are provided on balanced (+4
HEADPHONES MIX
dBu) TRS jacks. They allow the headphones mix to be routed to an external amplifier,
such as a headphone distribution amplifier. The signal is taken 'pre' the front-panel
HEADPHONES level knob, thus retaining independent level control of headphones
connected to the front panel HEADPHONES jack.
- The rear panel has four balanced (+4 dBu) TRS
FX SEND AND RETURN
jacks. The send is taken 'post' the balance and mono controls, and the return comes
back in via the FX MIX control. This allows the two audio channels of the TwinTrak
Pro to be routed to and from an external effects device such as a stereo reverb unit.
– Allows the headphone mix (as
– This output is a standard stereo TRS
Adding FX at this point does not affect the dry signal that is being recorded, but allows
reverb to be used to help an artist feel more comfortable when monitoring their own
performance.

DIGITAL

) - TwinTrak Pro features an ADC lock LED that illuminates
ADC LOCK (LED
when the optional ADC is synchronised to an external wordclock source. If an
external wordclock source is connected, the ADC LOCK LED should light
continuously. If it flickers it indicates bad jitter on the synchronising signal, requiring
investigation of the wordclock-generating device.
- TwinTrak Pro is the first Platinum unit to feature a
DAC SIGNAL (LEDs)
DAC (Digital to Analogue Converter) as standard. This feature enables the user to feed
stereo or dual mono digital signals into TwinTrak Pro, either for the purpose of
monitoring, or to be re-processed through TwinTrak Pro's MID SCOOP EQ and
OPTICAL COMPRESSOR sections. Two LEDs (left and right) show whether signal
(either mono or stereo) is flowing through the DAC. These LEDs illuminate when the
signal flowing through the DAC exceeds -12 dBfs.
– When disengaged (out), the incoming digital signal is
DAC INSERT (switch)
sent to the LATENCY FREE MONITORING section to act as the monitor input.
When engaged (in), the incoming digital signal is processed through the TwinTrak
Pro's input channels via the LINE input. N.B. the routing of the DAC signal to both
the line input and monitor input is via the normalising of the LINE INPUT and
MONITOR INPUT TRS jack connectors respectively – therefore it is imperative
that these connectors are not occupied by jacks when using the DAC.

DIGITAL CONNECTIONS

- The format for the digital input is S/PDIF and is on a single RCA
DAC INPUT
phono (coaxial) connector. Wordclock output is also provided on a BNC connector.
See page 10 for further information on wordclock.
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