ProTools I/O Settings

No Audio From Microphone

If you are talking into the microphone and are not hearing anything, consider the following:

1. Anytime a microphone is on, the two Studio A speakers are automatically muted to prevent a feedback loop, therefore the only way to monitor the signal coming from the microphone is with headphones.

2. Microphone #1 is the one closest to the computer and the others go clockwise around the table from #2, just left of the mixer, to #4 across the table and to the right.

3. The appropriate microphone must be turned on, with the red button on that channel strip, and the fader must be brought up.

4. The channel(s) that you wish to use must also have the PGM 1 and PGM 2 buttons depressed (they will light up). These buttons are located at the tops of each channel strip.

5. The section on the right side of the mixer has two rows of buttons and four knobs. The buttons to the left are for selecting the monitor source for the speakers and your headphones, and the buttons to the right are for selecting the monitor source for the guest headphones. the buttons labeled PGM 1 and PGM 2 should be depressed and lit up on both columns of buttons.

6. The knobs are to adjust the volume of the cue, headphones, the speakers in studio A, and the performance studio monitor. The knobs marked Headphones and Control Room Monitor are the important ones. If these are turned down (to the left) all the way, you will not hear anything from that monitoring device.

Keep in mind that the guest headphones have their own separate volume controls, a black knob located on the table where the headphones are plugged in.