Using The Solo Bus For Monitoring - PRESONUS STUDIOLIVE 16.4.2 - V1.12 User Manual

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5.9 The Solo Bus

Using the Solo Bus for Monitoring

5.9. 1
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 TRS Control Room outputs on the back of your
StudioLive rather than to one of the main output pairs.
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. Next,
press the Solo buttons on the channels and subgroups you want to monitor. Turn the Cue knob in
the Solo section to about 12 o'clock. Finally, select the Solo button in your monitor bus and dial in a
comfortable listening volume for you headphones or monitors. You can increase the overall volume
of the Solo bus using the Cue knob in the Solo section.
This feature can also be used to listen in on a monitor mix that is being routed to an aux send. Let's
say your vocalist on stage is complaining 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.
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