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Topic: UCX II Subwoofer Compatibility

Hi, I have a UCX II and a pair of IK Multimedia MTM MKII studio monitors. I'd like to buy the Speedwoofer 10S MKII sub to go with these monitors. I'm aware this is a bit of an untraditional setup but am wondering if it would be possible to do. I'm assuming the connections would go as follows: MTM MKII Monitors > Speedwoofer 10S MKII Sub > UCX II.

I contacted RSL who makes the Speedwoofer sub and they said they believe it will work:

It looks like this would be possible. I could be wrong, but it appears you could simply use a set of ¼” to RCA adapter cables from a set of outs on your UCX II to the Speedwoofer’s line level inputs.

However, they expressed concern with volume:

The only potential problem would be that I can’t be sure that the ¼” balanced outputs on the UCX II are variable – in other words, will the Speedwoofer’s volume be controlled by the UCX II? Or are the UCX II’s outputs fixed, to where you would need to make any volume adjustments on the Speedwoofer separately.

Was hoping someone could help me out here as I'm relatively new to this stuff. I'm assuming I'd be able to control both the speakers and subs via TotalMix. Thanks in advance for any information.

  • waedi
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Re: UCX II Subwoofer Compatibility

A fadergroup including main-out (loudspeakers) and subwoofer hardware output channel can be a solution.

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Re: UCX II Subwoofer Compatibility

waedi wrote:

A fadergroup including main-out (loudspeakers) and subwoofer hardware output channel can be a solution.

If the monitors are going into the sub which is going into the UCX II, why would I need a fadergroup? Are you saying the sub and monitors should be going into the UCX II individually?

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Re: UCX II Subwoofer Compatibility

back2bed wrote:
waedi wrote:

A fadergroup including main-out (loudspeakers) and subwoofer hardware output channel can be a solution.

If the monitors are going into the sub which is going into the UCX II, why would I need a fadergroup? Are you saying the sub and monitors should be going into the UCX II individually?

Sorry my bad I thought you want to connect it all separate.

Of course you control the overall speaker set in your scenario over one hardware output channel in Totalmix.

Every output socket of the UCX ll is controlled by it's hardware output channel in Totalmix, there is no fixed volume value.

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Re: UCX II Subwoofer Compatibility

Thanks so much for the confirmation.