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PreSonus Monitor Station

RRP $399.00
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Product Overview

The Monitor Station is the ultimate desktop monitoring and communications system for your recording studio. Based on the award-winning Central Station, the Monitor Station provides talkback, speaker switching, input source switching and four ultra loud and clear headphone amplifiers delivering everything you need to control your recording environment.

Headphone Amplifiers that "go to 11"
PreSonus has built a reputation for delivering the best-sounding headphone amplifiers available. Each of the four headphone amplifiers loaded in the Monitor Station deliver 150 milliwatts and are able to power any headphone with as much loud and clear volume needed for everyone in the band, including the drummer.

Applications

Input Switching
The Monitor Station allows you connect up to three input audio streams (TRS1, TRS2, Aux/Phono) allowing you to switch between and compare different inputs. One application is used to connect your computer recording system main outputs to the TRS 1 inputs and a CD player's outputs to the Aux inputs on the Monitor Station to compare your mix with a commercial CD with the touch of a button. 

Speaker Switching
Three sets of speaker outputs are loaded on the Monitor Station allowing you to audition your mix on different speakers to take the guessing out of how your mixes will translate in the real world. 

Main and Cue Routing
The Monitor Station allows each of the stereo inputs (TRS1, TRS2, aux) to be routed to one of two audio paths, "main" and "cue". The Monitor Station allows you to route two separate signals (Main and Cue) to each of the four headphone amplifiers.Send a mix with click track to TRS 2 input while sending the "main mix" to TRS 1. You can then enable the headphone amplifiers to listen to either cue or main mix. The main audio path always feeds what you will hear in the control room.

Total Communication
Communication during recording is essential. No more yelling when you need to talk to the musicians wearng headphones. Use the Monitor Station talkback system with on boad or external microphone to communicate with the musicians.

Customize Your Monitor Station
Three different functions on the Monitor Station can be set and saved during power up so that you can customize your recording system for the way you work.
Input selection can be set in either "summing" mode (TRS1, TRS2, and Aux/Phone are summed together when engaged), or in "toggle" mode (TRS1, TRS2, and Aux/Phono can only be selected one at a time).

Speaker selection can either work in "all on" mode (speaker A, B and C can be engaged simultaneously), in "toggle" mode (speaker A, B, and C can only be selected one at a time), or in "subwoofer" mode (A and B are selectable while C can be selected with A or B).

The Monitor Station's LED signal meters can also be set in three different modes for various signal levels (-10dB, +4dB and +10dB).

Features

Details on the full range of features are available under the Downloads tab above

3 sets of stereo analog inputs let you switch between sources

3 sets of stereo speaker outputs with:
    Speaker Select switches
    Separate level control for each speaker pair

Aux/Cue section with:
    Cue Source switches (all sources can be simultaneously available)
    Aux-input level control
    Cue output-level control
    Phono preamp (switchable in/out)

Main section with:
    Source switches (all sources can be simultaneously available)
    Output-level control
    Mute and Mono switches
    Dim (-20 dB) switch with variable attenuation control
    Dual 8-segment LED input meters with selectable  +4, +10, or +18 dBu reference level

4 screaming-loud stereo headphone amplifiers with separate volume controls and independent input-source selection
Built-in electret-condenser talkback microphone with level control (feeds headphone and cue outputs)

Input/Output
4 balanced ¼”analog line inputs (2 L/R pairs)
2 unbalanced RCA analog line inputs (1 L/R pair) with phono preamp (switchable in/out) and level control
1 balanced XLR input for external dynamic talkback microphone
6 balanced ¼”, line-level speaker outputs (3 L/R pairs) with separate, passive level controls
2 balanced ¼”, line-level Main outputs (1 L/R pair) with source selection
2 balanced ¼”, line-level Cue outputs (1 L/R pair) with source selection
4 stereo ¼” headphone outputs with separate volume controls and independent input source selection

Physical
9.5” (W) x 3” (H) x 8.75” (D) desktop-type chassis
External 16 VAC power supply

Specifications

Full specifications are available under the Downloads tab above

  • Audio Inputs
  • Talkback Microphone
         Gain Range    +15 to +55 dB
  • Internal Microphone    Type    electric condensor
         Sensitivity    -42 dB
  • External Input    Type    XLR Female Balanced
         Input Impedance (Balanced)    1200 Ω
         Maximum Gain    50 dB
         Maximum Input Level    -10 dBu
         Frequency Response    10 Hz to 40 kHz, ±1 dB
  • Stereo 1 and Stereo 2 Inputs
         Type    ¼” TRS Active Balanced
         Input Impedance (Balanced)    10 kΩ
         S/N Ratio (1 kHz @ 0 dBu, Unity Gain)    >110 dB
         THD+N (unwtd, 1 kHz @ 0 dBu Output, Unity Gain)    <0.0075%
         Frequency Response (±0.5 dB)    10 Hz to 65 kHz
  • Auxiliary Inputs
         Type    RCA Active Unbalanced
         Input Impedance    47 kΩ
         S/N Ratio (1 kHz @ 0 dBu, Unity Gain)    >115 dB
         THD+N (unwtd, 1 kHz @ 0 dBu Output, Unity Gain)    <0.01%
         Frequency Response (±0.5 dB)    10 Hz to 50 kHz
         Gain Range    -80 dB to +10 dB
         Phono Mode Gain    32 dB @ 1 kHz
         Phono Mode THD+N    <0.05%
         Phono Mode Noise Floor (40 dB gain, inputs shorted)    -72 dBu
  • Input Meters (ST1, ST2 & Aux only)
         Type    Dual 8-segment LED w/ peak hold
         Sensitivity Range    -24 dB to 0 dB
  • Audio Outputs   
  •      Type    ¼” TRS Active Balanced
         Output Impedance (Balanced)    51 Ω
         THD+N (unwtd, 1 kHz @ 0 dBu, Unity Gain)    <0.003%
         Frequency Response (±0.5 dB)    10 Hz to 50 kHz
  • Speaker A, B and C    Trim Range    ¼" TRS Active Stereo
         Main Level Range    -80 dB to 0 dB
         Dim Attenuation Range    -80 dB to 0 dB
  • Cue    Main Level Range    -80 dB to 0 dB
         Dim Attenuation (Talkback activated)    -20 dB
  • Headphones    Type    ¼” TRS Active Stereo
         Maximum Output (60 Ω load)    150 mW / channel
         Frequency Response (±1.0 dB)    10 Hz to 50 kHz

Product Downloads

  • Monitor Station Manual PDF 0.9 MB
  • Monitor Station How to Digitize a Record PDF 2.3 MB
  • Monitor Station Monitor Station JPG 2.1 MB
  • Monitor Station Monitor Station 2 JPG 2.3 MB
  • Monitor Station Monitor Station Rear JPG 2.4 MB
  • Monitor Station Monitor Station Top JPG 2.8 MB

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