l. Volume Control-Intercom. This dial controls the volume for the intercom/cueing speaker
located in the top center of the monitor bank.
m. Intercom Selector Switch. The intercom selector switch determines the booth or remote that
is run through the intercom facilities.
n. Monitor Selector Volume. This switch controls the volume for the monitor speaker found in
the studio.
o. Monitor Selector Switch. This provides for monitoring of either the audition or program
channel or external source over the monitor speaker.
p. Phones Switch. The phones switch allows you to monitor any circuit over the headphones.
Only lines AL1 and AL3 are used.
3.
Gates Diplomat Audio Console
NOTE: For the purpose of this subcourse, the Gates Diplomat Audio Console, will be used as
the example.
a. The Gates Diplomat is a fully transistorized monaural console. It is completely dual channel,
with ten mixing channels, cue-intercom and 28 upper level tab keys. It is a low impedance type console,
with ladder attenuators which operate in 2 db steps (fig 2-20).
Figure 2-20. Audio console, Gates Diplomat
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