Solo System - SoundCraft Vi5000 User Manual

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SOLO SYSTEM BEHAVIOR
Solo management in the
Monitors SETUP screen
- [SETUP] button above
MNTR A/B fader.
AFL, PFL and SIP
The solo system on the console comprises a non-destructive (solo bus routing only) PFL
and AFL Solo capability for Inputs and Outputs, and also the option of a 'destructive'
Solo-In-Place (SIP) mode (channel muting solo), for use only during sound-checks or
rehearsals. Solo-In-Place mode has to be enabled from within the Monitor Setup and
changes the mode of operation of the Solo System. It is automatically cancelled if the
Monitor Setup screen is closed, to ensure that it cannot be left on accidentally.
PFL and AFL Soloing (SIP Mode OFF)
• Soloing a single Input locally generates a PFL or AFL Solo onto the Solo Bus, depend-
ing on the mode selected in the Monitor Setup page (default is AUTO, see next point).
• If the Input Solo Mode is set to AUTO in the Monitor Setup page, soloing more than one
Input locally (by pressing and holding the first Solo/Sel switch then pressing others, or
switching off AUTO CANCEL mode) will generate an AFL Solo onto the Solo Bus from all
soloed Inputs. If a single output is soloed, the solo will be PFL.
• The PFL feed from Mono Inputs is taken after the channel Pan control so the signal
heard on the Monitor outs will reflect the Pan setting. If the Input is a Stereo Input, the
PFL feed is left channel to left Solo Bus, right to right.
• The AFL feed from Mono or stereo (paired) Inputs is stereo and follows the channel
Pan.
• Soloing an Output (either locally or via a VCA Master Solo) generates an AFL or PFL
Solo, depending on the mode selected in Monitor Setup (default is AFL for outputs).
The post-fade Output signal is switched onto the Solo Bus.
• In all cases when SIP Mode is OFF, operation of any Solo will switch the audio onto the
Solo Bus and the Monitor section will be automatically switched so that the Solo audio
replaces the previous monitor source selection (if any) assuming that IN Solo and/or OUT
Solo have been selected as a Monitor Source in the Monitor Setup Page.
Solo-In-Place Soloing (SIP mode ON)
• Soloing an Input generates a 'destructive' SIP Solo, actually muting or dimming all other
Inputs which are not Soloed or set to Mute Safe, as if you had pressed their channel ON
switches. This has the effect of soloing on the main outputs. Other channels which are
subsequently soloed will be unmuted. The amount of dimming is controlled by the SOLO
BLEND control on the front panel.
• Soloing an Input (or group of Inputs) by soloing a VCA Master that the input is assigned
to, generates a SIP Solo on all Inputs in the VCA Group.
* The Input signal is not switched onto the Solo Bus, and the Monitor section does not
switch the Solo Bus audio to override the monitor source selection (you hear the soloed
signal(s) via the Master LRC busses directly.
• Soloing an Output generates a normal Output AFL or PFL Solo (according to the mode
selection made in Monitor Setup), the same as if SIP Mode was OFF. The Output signal
is switched onto the Solo Bus and the Monitor section switches so that the Output. So-
loed audio is heard on the Monitors, replacing the previous monitor source, if any.

11.0: SOLO SYSTEM

11.0: SOLO SYSTEM