Solo System; Input Priority Mode; Momentary Press/Press-And-Hold; Input Bay - SoundCraft Si3 User Manual

SOLO SYSTEM

Input Priority Mode

The factory default setting is for the input priority mode to be ON. Thus, if one or more input Solos is active,
any output bay Solos are not acted on. Note than any output bay solo buttons which are pushed will
illuminate yellow, this indicates that they are not currently active, but if all of the Input soloes are de-selected
then these Output soloes will become active, and the buttons will illuminate blue.
If input priority is off then an output bus solo will cancel any input solos, and vice versa.

Momentary Press/Press-and-Hold

If a SOLO button is momentarily pressed the Solo function will latch, and remain active until pressed again.
Pressing and holding a SOLO button will cause it to be active until the SOLO button is released.

INPUT BAY

Pressing a SOLO button routes its channel's signal to the solo bus for monitoring purposes. There are three
different modes under which input SOLO buttons can operate.
PFL Solo
When the SOLO button on a single channel is selected in isolation, the monitored signal will sourced Pre-
Fade. The SOLO button will illuminate orange to Indicate that it is the only active Input SOLO button, and that
it is therefore a PFL solo.
Activating another input SOLO button will automatically put the desk into AFL solo mode.
AFL Solo
In AFL mode the channel signals are sourced after the fader. This mode is automatically entered when more
than one input solo is active.
The active SOLO buttons will illuminate blue when in AFL Solo mode.
Highlighted AFL
If several inputs are soloed and then one of them is pressed and held, the others will be dimmed by 20dB
(the default value, this can be adjusted via the SOLO touchscreen), and will be illuminated pink. Release the
held solo to revert to standard AFL mode.
Solo-in-place (SIP)
This is a destructive solo mode.
When SIP mode is selected (via the SOLO touchscreen, see Chapter 6), activating a SOLO button will create
a destructive Solo where all other channel contributions to the Main Mix outputs will be muted.
The SOLO button will illuminate red when in SIP Solo mode.
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