As you can see from this picture, I have set the first 3 monitor outputs to the appropriate output levels for my PMC LB1 Bryston amplifiers, and my surround speakers are powered by Samson amplifiers, so I adjusted these outputs to Best for them.
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Blank monitoring page in Avid Control
If all you see in the Avid Control application is the master fader and nothing else, you may need to bind the DADman software to EuControl.
To do this, open the Assignment tab, and with DADman in the foreground, check the box near the bottom of the window to assign the monitor to DADman. And make sure EUCON is enabled in DADman. For example, if you set the output level in DADman to +18 dBu and apply a 0 dBFS signal from Pro Tools, you will have +18 dBu on the analog output. This setting determines the conversion factor between the digital signal (in dBFS) and the analog output level (in dBu).
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Set the reference level in the monitor profile
Press the Ref button on the DADman software or MOM remote control to lock the output level in the DADman monitor profile to a predefined level. Alternatively, if you have MTRX Studio like me, you can configure the reference function to one of the front panel controls. I set it up as a rotary encoder button, so by pressing the monitor level it will be calibrated.
This allows you to work at predefined SPL levels without the risk of accidentally changing the output level. But you may need to use many different reference grades.
Once you have set the main reference levels using test signals and sound pressure meters, the solution is to define multiple speaker groups. One of the features of DADman is the ability to define multiple speaker groups that all use the same physical output. For example, you could have two 5.1 speaker groups, one named “85 dB SPL” and the other named “75 dB SPL”. They both use Dante’s ch. 1-6, but they have different trim settings to accommodate different SPL levels. Trim grades provide appropriate offset from one reference grade to another.
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