Input Priority Mode; Autocancel Behaviour; Input Priority Off; Input Priority On - SoundCraft Vi3000 User Manual

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11.2: Input Priority Mode

When I/P Priority is enabled, via the Input Priority key it allows an Output Solo to remain active whilst an Input Solo
is temporarily activated 'over the top' of it. When the Input Solo is activated, its audio replaces the Output Solo audio
on the Solo Bus, although the Output's Solo/Sel switch remains illuminated. When the Input Solo is deactivated, the
Output Solo's audio will return to the Solo Bus.
Input Priority mode is normally used by Monitor engineers, who tend to work with an Output Solo always active, but
occasionally need to solo an input to troubleshoot a problem. The Input Priority mode ensures that they automatically
return to the Output Solo they were listening to, after the Input Solo is deactivated.

11.3: Autocancel Behaviour

In the majority of cases in live sound mixing, only one channel is soloed at any time, so it has become common prac-
tice for solos to 'autocancel' so that pressing any solo cancels the previous one, and only one solo can be ON at any
time. This speeds up operation by eliminating the need to switch solos off before soloing the next channel. The Vi3000
includes an optimised version of this system, that allows solos to autocancel in normal operation, but also allows the
operator to select multiple solos at once if required. For this reason, there is no requirement for an Autocancel On/Off
switch.
The Autocancel system works slightly differently depending on whether Input Priority mode is off or on:

Input Priority OFF

Pressing any single Input or Output Solo will cancel any other active Solo of either type.
* If an Input or Output Solo is pressed and held (whether already active or not), then one or more other Solos are also
pressed, the autocancel behaviour is bypassed, and multiple Solos can be selected. Input Solos can change from PFL
to AFL in this case if the AUTO mode is selected for input solos, in the Monitor Setup page. Pressing any Solo after
the first Solo is released will cancel all the active Solos.

Input Priority ON

* Pressing any single Input Solo will cancel any other active Input or VCA Solos and will temporarily override (but not
cancel) any active Output Solos, as described above.
* Pressing any single Output Solo will cancel any other active Output Solos.
* The autocancelling can be defeated by holding down an Input or Output Solo and then pressing other solos of the
same type. (Pressing the 'other' type of solo in this condition is ignored).
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