Operator Manual

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PRO2 Live Audio System
Owner’s Manual
Chapter 12: Soloing
Solo enables a signal to be monitored at a level proportional to its level in the mix, in
the same stereo position in the mix and with the same signal processing as in the mix.
When a solo button is pressed, all signals routed to the monitor output — except the
one selected by the solo button — will be cut. Solo allows a sound in one channel to be
isolated, which is helpful in fault finding and when equalising a signal.
There are two independent solo systems in the console, solo A and solo B. Both have
monitor outputs and solo A has a headphone output, and both can be used to PFL or
AFL signals from the same sources throughout the console. This flexible solo bus
configuration makes soloing of three-way monitor mixes (in-ears going to solo A and
wedge going to solo B) possible.
Solo A
With solo A on, solo goes to the selected solo bus with the following conditions:
• If solo button is pressed for a short time, the soloing to the selected solo bus
remains active when the button is released. If press is sustained (solo button held
down) the soloing to the selected solo bus is cancelled when the button is released.
• Pre-fader audio is sent to the selected solo bus if the associated PFL control for that
bus is active. Post-fader audio is sent to the selected solo bus if the associated PFL
control is inactive.
• Unless multiple solo activations to the same solo bus are concurrent, the solo
activation that occurred last - while the respective solo add mode (A or B) is inactive
- cancels all earlier solos to the same bus before it activates.
• Solos can also be operated from a VCA master when the channel to which they
belong is a member of that VCA; this is in addition to the local operation.
• Pressing the solo CLEAR button associated with the solo bus they are sending to
(A or B) will clear active solos.
• A two-level solo hierarchy exists for each of the solo buses in the console (see “Solo
hierarchy” on page 105); the levels are inputs and returns, and aux sends and
matrices and masters. Activating a solo with a higher precedence in the hierarchy
deactivates all solos with less precedence and inhibits them from being operated. As
soon as the higher precedence solos are cleared, the stages of the inhibited solos are
restored and they resume normal operation.
• With any inputs active, outputs can’t be soloed.
• with any outputs active, pressing an input solo overrides (cancels) output. When
the input solo(s) is cancelled, the output solo(s) are returned.
• Pressing ADD (solo a/b) off cancels all solos and then allows you to solo multiple
channels simultaneously.
• Pressing PFL (solo a/b) on changes the point at which the soloed signal is taken
from, that is, from post-fader to pre-fader.
• Soloing inputs and outputs:
With solo A off there is no solo in operation.