Monitor Bus Operation - DigiDesign VENUE Profile Manual

On-screen Solo Safe button
The Safe switch and button flash to indicate the channel is
solo safe. When a channel is soloed because of its Solo Safe sta-
tus, its Solo switch flashes.

Monitor Bus Operation

The Monitor bus outputs signal to both the near-field monitor
output (FOH Rack) and headphone output on the console.
The Monitor bus outputs can also be routed to hardware out-
puts and to bus-fed plug-ins.
Monitor Bus Switching
The following signals can feed the Monitor bus, listed below
in order of priority: Key Listen, Solo (Cue) bus, 2-Track return,
COM input, and the Mains mix.
Dynamics Key Listen
Pressing a Key Listen button on-screen sends the key signal
from the targeted channel's built-in dynamics processor to the
Monitor bus.
Key Listen temporarily overrides the currently enabled Solo
bus operation (PFL or AFL), and replaces any other signal on
the Monitor bus with the mono key signal.
AFL/PFL Solo Bus
In AFL or PFL mode, signal from any soloed channels is sent to
the Monitor bus. When any channel is soloed, the Solo bus
overrides the 2-Track return if it is enabled, or the Mains mix
if it is currently being sent to the monitors.
2-Track Return
If 2-Track input is enabled, any signal from those inputs is sent
to the Monitor bus. If Mix to Monitors is enabled, the 2-Track
input overrides it so you can monitor the 2-Track return with-
out having to disable Mix to Monitors.
Mix to Monitors
The Mains mix (the signal present on the Mains busses) can be
sent to the Monitor bus.
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Assignable Monitor Output
The Monitor bus can be routed to hardware outputs and to
bus-fed plug-ins.
These feeds are in addition to the existing, dedicated Mon-
itor outputs on the Mix Rack and FOH Rack, and are taken
post-Monitor Speakers control and post-Monitor bus delay.
Hardware Outputs For routing to hardware outputs, the Moni-
tor (Solo) bus outputs are available in the Mains tab of the
Patchbay Outputs page. Monitor bus outputs are assignable to
any number of physical outputs on the system. Use this capa-
bility to route monitor outputs to multiple cue stations (in-ear
mix and wedge mix), or to an outboard analyzer.
Bus-Fed Plug-Ins For routing to bus-fed plug-ins, the Monitor
bus appears as a choice in the plug-in routing selector. This
lets you route the Monitor bus to a bus-fed stereo plug-in such
as an onboard analyzer. Plug-ins can not be inserted on the
Monitor bus.
Routing the Monitor Bus to Additional Outputs
To route the Monitor bus to additional outputs:
In the Patchbay, go to Outputs and click the Mains tab.
1
Click in the grid to assign the Monitor output to the desired
2
destination.
Solo In Place, when engaged, is simultaneously routed to
the Mains and Monitor busses.
Routing the Monitor Bus to Plug-Ins
To route Monitor output to a bus-fed plug-in:
Go to the Plug-Ins page.
1
Make sure the desired stereo plug-in is installed and as-
2
signed to a rack slot.
Click the Plug-In Input selector at the top of the correspond-
3
ing rack slot, and choose Bus Outs > Mains > Monitor - stereo.
Plug-in outputs cannot be returned to input channels, in or-
der to prevent feedback loops.
Assigning monitor output to a bus-fed plug-in