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Monitor Station V2 output very quiet, even with speaker outputs on full

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asked Dec 9, 2017 in PreAmps, Signal Processors and Monitoring Hardware by ben67 (2,320 points)
edited Dec 9, 2017 by ben67

Hi there,

I’m trying to setup and calibration the MSv2 as per the manual but the first thing I noticed was that the MSv2 seemed very quiet compared to the mixer.

When I started calibration, 54db for the left speaker was the loudest I could go. I see I can calibrate the meters on the MSv2 but that doesn’t change the input volume right?

Studio setup:

  • Logic project, one stereo track, pink noise plugin set to -20db/1000Hz, faders set to 0
  • Focusrite Clarett 8pre, analogue outs 1&2, monitor pot set to full
  • Monitor Station v2 ST1, main knob on full, speaker A trimpot on full
  • Event Project Studio 5 monitors (front ported), front volume on full, input sensitivity on full
  • Very small room, 3m x 2m (was planning on about 70db for this room)

When I was using the Yamaha MG10 mixer (everything else the same, just swapped it for the MSv2) I had the opposite issue, everything was too loud. So I had channel pots set to 5 and the master set to 7 (with the monitors on full).

Sorry if this is simple, just not sure where I'm going wrong. Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Ben

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answered Dec 9, 2017 by ben67 (2,320 points)
 
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Ignore, the Dim button was on, sorry for that!
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