PAFL Setup

Set your preferences for the PAFL monitoring system.

The strip PAFL key operates in the following way:

• Mix PAFL overrides Mains in the monitor
• Input PAFL overrides Mix PAFL
• Releasing Mix PAFL restores previous Input PAFL
• Pressing Mix PAFL clears any Input PAFL

Input/Output AFL – ‘PAFL’ means PFL (Pre-fader listen) and AFL (after-fader listen). Choose to select either PFL or AFL separately for Input channels and Output (mix) masters when the strip PAFL keys are pressed. The default is:

• Input PFL (Check signal before you raise the fader)
• Output AFL (Check signal appearing at the output)

PFL Trim - Lets you attenuate the PFL signal by up to 24dB relative to the AFL signal. This is useful to avoid loud PFL levels when your mix output levels are low, for example driving sensitive amplifiers feeding stage monitor speakers.

Delay - Up to 170mS PAFL delay can be set in situations where the mixing position is located some distance from the stage to time align what you hear in the headphones with the acoustic sound from the stage.

Additive Mode – Sums PAFL selections when turned On. Auto-cancel Mode when turned Off so that pressing a PAFL key cancels the previous selection.

IEM Mix to Headphones – Phones output follows Engineer’s IEM monitor strip (for in-ear monitor mixing).

Mix follows Mix PAFL – Pressing a Mix master strip PAFL key selects Mix for that master.

Mix follows Input PAFL – Pressing an Input channel strip PAFL key selects Mix for that channel.

Sel follows PAFL – Pressing any PAFL key selects Sel (processing) for that channel or master.

Disable PFL on Sel - Disables the interruption of the PAFL audio signal while pressing a processing block Sel key to open its screen view. Turn this option off if you want to listen to (PFL) the audio signal at that point in the channel path while pressing and holding the processing block Sel key.

These options provide great flexibility to suit different mixing applications. For example, choosing Sel and Mix to follow master PAFL can make mixing monitors very quick.

Ext Input to PAFL Source – Use the drop-down menu to select and assign an external signal to the PAFL monitor, for example a preamp used as a reverse talkback from FOH while monitor mixing. This signal will appear in the monitor engineer’s PAFL monitor and is not affected by their listen Wedge or IEM strip fader position.

Mains to PAFL – Sets how much of the main LR signal goes to the PAFL monitor when no channel or master PAFL is active. Typically -Inf (off) or 0dB (on).

SETUP pull-up window

Choose the PAFL Delay units.