Specifications

Chapter 13: Solo and Monitor Busses 133
Using the Monitor Bus
The Monitor bus routes signals to the Headphone output. The
Monitor bus can also be routed to hardware outputs and to
bus-fed plug-ins.
Monitor Bus Switching
The following signals can feed the Monitor bus, listed below in
order of priority: Key Listen, Solo bus, and the Mains mix.
Dynamics Key Listen
Pressing a Key Listen button on-screen sends the key signal from
the targeted channel’s built-in dynamics processor to the Monitor
bus.
Key Listen temporarily overrides the currently enabled Solo bus
operation (PFL or AFL), and replaces any other signal on the
Monitor bus with the mono key signal.
AFL/PFL Solo Bus
In AFL or PFL mode, signal from any soloed channels is sent to
the Monitor bus. When any channel is soloed, the Solo bus over-
rides the 2-Track return if it is enabled, or the Main mix if it is
currently being sent to the monitors.
Mix to Monitors
The Mains mix (the signal present on the Main busses) can be
sent to the Monitor bus.
Routing the Monitor Bus to Outputs and
Plug-Ins
The Monitor bus can be routed to hardware outputs and to bus-fed
plug-ins.
Hardware Outputs For routing to hardware outputs, the Monitor
(Solo) bus outputs are available in the
Mains tab of the Patchbay
> Outputs
page. Monitor bus outputs are assignable to any num-
ber of physical outputs on the system. Use this capability to route
monitor outputs to multiple cue stations (in-ear mix and wedge
mix), to an outboard analyzer, to a listen wedge mix, or to
near-field monitors.
Bus-Fed Plug-Ins For routing to bus-fed plug-ins, the Monitor
bus appears as a choice in the plug-in routing selector. This lets
you route the Monitor bus to a bus-fed stereo plug-in such as an
onboard analyzer. Plug-ins can not be inserted on the Monitor
bus.
Routing the Monitor Bus to Hardware Outputs
To route the Monitor bus to hardware outputs:
1 In the Patchbay, click to the Outputs tab, then click the Mains
tab.
2 Click a Hardware I/O tab to select the desired hardware output.
3 Click in the grid to assign the Monitor bus to the desired des-
tination.
Routing the Monitor Bus to Plug-Ins
To route Monitor output to a bus-fed plug-in:
1 Go to the Plug-Ins page.
2 Make sure the desired stereo plug-in is installed and assigned
to a rack slot.
3 Click the Plug-In Input selector at the top of the corresponding
rack slot, and choose
Bus Outs > Mains > Monitor - stereo.
Assigning the Monitor bus to Console analog outputs
Solo In Place, when engaged, is simultaneously routed to the
Main and Monitor busses.
Plug-in outputs can’t be returned to input channels, in order
to prevent feedback loops.
Assigning monitor output to a bus-fed plug-in