Using The Solo Bus For Monitoring - PRESONUS StudioLive 16.0.2 Owner's Manual

4.8 Solo Bus

4.8.2 Using the Solo Bus for Monitoring

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When mixing live, or when recording multiple musicians at once, it is often necessary
to quickly listen in on just one instrument or group. The Solo and Monitor buses can
be used together for this purpose. It is important to note that if you wish to monitor
with speakers, rather than headphones, it is necessary to connect the speakers to the
Control Room outputs on the back of your StudioLive rather than to one of the main
output pairs.
Reference Monitors
1. First decide whether you want to listen to your soloed channels before or after
the fader setting. If you'd like to monitor before the fader level, press the PFL
button in your Solo bus section.
2. Next, press the Solo Mode button.
Press the MultiMode mode buttons on the channels and auxes you want to
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monitor.
4. Turn the Solo Level knob in the Solo section to about 12 o'clock.
5. Finally, select the Solo button in your monitor bus and dial in a comfortable
listening volume for your headphones or monitors. You can increase the overall
volume of the Solo bus using the Level knob in the Solo section.
Power User Tip: This feature can also be used to listen to a monitor mix that is
being routed to an aux send. Let's say a vocalist on stage complains that there is too
much bass in his monitor but you are confident that no bass is being sent to that
particular aux send. You could be mistaken but most likely an open microphone on
stage is picking up the bass signal. To determine the cause, solo only the aux send
in question and, again, select the Solo button for the monitors/headphones. You
can now listen to exactly the same mix as your troubled vocalist and fix his monitor
mix quickly. This application is also useful in heading off a feedback problem.