Solo Controls; Solo Modes - PRESONUS StudioLive III Series Owner's Manual

10 Monitoring Controls
10.1

Solo Controls

Solo Modes

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To access the Solo bus controls, press the Edit button in the Solo control section. This
will make the following controls available in the Touch Display.
1. Exit. Closes the Solo Edit screen.
2. Cue Mix Level Control. Adjusts the Overall Level of the Solo Bus. Touch this
knob to adjust the overall level for the Solo bus with Master Control encoder.
3. Solo In Place On/Off Button. Enables Solo In Place. SIP (Solo In Place), or
"destructive soloing, " mutes every unsoloed channel on the StudioLive. If one
of the muted channels is routed to the mains or a subgroup, it will be muted
in those outputs. This also applies to soloed channels: The output routing is
still active. Note that while you can manually unmute a channel, this mode
should be used with extreme caution during a live performance. Only the input
channels can be placed in destructive soloing. The subgroups and aux buses are
omitted from SIP mode.
Power User Tip: When SIP is engaged, channel mutes will only apply to the subgroup and
main bus assignments. SIP does not mute input channels in aux-bus mixes. Because of
this, you can use SIP to dial in a mix in the mains without disturbing the musicians'
last-minute rehearsal on stage.
Destructive soloing is also a great way to tune each channel's dynamics individually in
live-mixing situations or do surgical editing in the studio. SIP mode mutes every channel
and bus that is not soloed in the Main bus (that is, if Channel 3 is soloed, you will only hear
Channel 3 in your mains). This makes a great fine-tuning tool but it can quickly destroy a
live mix. We highly recommend that you drop out of this mode once the show has started.
4. PFL/AFL Toggle Button. Enables Pre-Fader Listen (PFL) Soloing. The default
setting for the Solo bus is After-Fader Listen (AFL); by pressing PFL, Pre-Fader
Listening is enabled. In either mode, pressing Solo on any channel or bus routes
that channel to the Solo bus and has no effect on the main or subgroup mixes.
- PFL soloing is not available for the subgroups.
- Aux bus soloing is always PFL, regardless of whether this mode is engaged.
5. Solo Selects. When Radio Solo mode is enabled, the Solo Select option will be
available. When Solo Select is active, soloing a channel will also select it. This is
available for all three solo modes.
6. Solo Modes. (Defaults to Radio mode) These buttons let you choose from the
following behavioral modes for channel soloing:
- Latch. In this mode, you can solo multiple channels or buses at once.
- Radio. In this mode, only one channel or bus can be soloed at a time. When
this mode is chosen, the Select Follows Solo button appears. Enabling this
option causes channels and buses to be selected for Fat Channel editing
when soloed (as though the corresponding Select button had been pressed).
- CR (Control Room). In this mode, soloed signals are sent directly to the
monitor output bus, temporarily disabling any other signals that are routed
to that output. When solo is disengaged, any existing routings to the
monitor outs are re-enabled. While CR Mode is active, multiple solo buttons
can be engaged simultaneously.
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