Solo B; Solo Hierarchy; To Select A Bay As Area B - Midas XL8 Operator's Manual

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Solo B

With solo B on, solo goes to the B bus and with solo B off, solo goes to the A bus.
Select the solo bus for soloing to and then set the solo bus destination controls (see
Table 6 "Solo B destination controls") used for the solo operation.
Control
Solo add
Solo clear
Solo PFL

Solo hierarchy

The solo system add-mode hierarchy works as follows:
• The highest level of solos will be the inputs and returns. When active, these will
override and inhibit the remaining solo sources, namely auxes, matrices and
masters.
• Within the constraints of the two-level solo hierarchy, only one source can be active
on any channel at any instant:
Input channels:
Return channels:
Aux buses:
Matrix outputs:
Master outputs:
An additional constraint is placed on the side chain listen. This is due to the nature
of the DSP, where only one side chain listen can be active on the console at any
time, regardless of whatever else is active in the same solo hierarchy level.
• If an input channel solo is active via a VCA master solo, soloing the input temporarily
overrides the VCA master solo. However, soloing a direct input or AFL solo on the
same channel or a side chain solo on any channel cancels both the input solo on that
channel and any VCA master solos to which the input channel is assigned.

To select a bay as area B

See "Muting" on page 203.
Table 6: Solo B destination controls
Options
• On (additive solos)
• Off (self-cancelling solos)
• On (some solo B solos)
• Off (no solo B solos)
• PFL (solo pre-fader)
• AFL (solo after-fader)
Input channel <--> Aux AFL <--> Direct out <--> Side
chain listen
Return channel <--> Direct in
Aux bus <--> Direct in <--> Side chain listen
Matrix bus <--> Direct in <--> Side chain listen
Master bus <--> Direct in <--> Side chain listen
Chapter 10: Advanced Operation
Description
Disable self-cancelling solo B solos. (When
self-cancelling solos are selected, that is,
with solo add mode off, the solo being
cancelled should be deactivated before
activating a new solo.)
Single button clearing of currently active solo
B solos.
Switch all current and future solo B
activations to send the solo B bus pre-fader.
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