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87 PRO X User Manual
solo in place (SIP)
The solo in place (SIP) switch puts the control centre in SIP mode. In this mode,
pressing a SOLO button in an input fast strip activates a mute of all other
channels by temporarily overriding the primary source selection, assuming it is
set to the appropriate monitor (A or B); talk back remains unaected.
When SIP is switched on, all unsoloed inputs are muted, except the auto-mutes.
With SIP in operation, pressing a SOLO button in a VCA section (for a group) solos
all group members, while muting non-group members. When SIP is switched
o, any solos are kept active but the mutes are removed (except the ones with
auto selected, which are left alone).
As this is an important function that may have detrimental consequences, the
button on the control surface is protected by a plastic cover to prevent it being
inadvertently switched on/o.
You can protect a channel from this function by switching on its mute safe (see
“Safes” in chapter 30).
>> To activate SIP
1. Do one of the following:
• On the control surface, lift up the cover of the solo in place button and
then press the button.
• At the GUI, choose home  Monitors. Then click solo in place.
2. In the “Activate SIP ?” message window, click OK.
>> To deactivate SIP
Press/click the solo in place button (control surface or GUI).
Swap speakers
The C/O (a/b speaker) switch (control surface only) swaps speakers A with
speakers B. The button’s LED illuminates when the B set of speakers are on.
Monitor output (a and b) sections
The monitor output sections — output a and output b — have common
controls for the monitor A and B sections. The monitor’s output level is controlled
by a non-automated fader, a DIM switch and left and right mutes (see Figure 20
“Monitor A and B strips”).
The buttons in each output section have an integral LED for on/o indication, and
have the following functions:
• MONO/[MON] switch, sums left and right signals, but with a ±3 dB loss. With
0 dB on monitor A left and nothing on monitor A right, pressing MONO gives
-3 dB on both monitor A left and monitor A right. However, with 0 dB on both
monitor A left and monitor A right, pressing MONO gives +3 dB on them both.
• ø/[PHS] phase reverse switch, reverses the phase of the right monitor signals.
• LEFT/[LFT] and RIGHT/[RGT] switches, route left and right monitor signals,
respectively, to both left and right monitor speaker outputs. These switches
can be used in combination, as shown in Table 11 below.
Table 11: Monitor signal routing
LEFT
button
RIGHT
button Monitor signal routing
O O
Left and right monitor signals are routed normally,
that is, left monitor signal is routed to the left
monitor speaker output, and the right one is
routed to the right monitor speaker output.
On O
Left monitor signal is routed to both of the monitor
speaker outputs.
O On
Right monitor signal is routed to both of the
monitor speaker outputs.
On On
Left and right monitor signal routing is
swapped over, that is, left monitor signal is routed
to the right monitor speaker output, and the right
one is routed to the left monitor speaker output.
Sources
The source a and source b sections contain monitor input selector switches.
On both the A and B systems, these dene the source for the monitor section
from the possible ‘primary’ choice of stereo master (ST), mono master (MONO) or
external (EXT). Additionally, each section has a talkback switch.
The function of the buttons in each source section is as follows:
• TALK/[A and B] switches, sum the talk back signals to the solo bus. The talk
mic section (see “Talk mic” in chapter 24) has a level control knob that is shared
between the two monitor paths.
• ST switch, routes post-fader stereo master mix to stereo local monitor outputs.
• EXT switch, routes stereo external input (two-track return etc.) to stereo local
monitor outputs.
• MON switch, routes post-fader mono masters mix to stereo local
monitor outputs.