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Vi5000/7000 User Manual 11.1: SOLO LOGIC
SOLO SYSTEM > SOLO LOGIC
Solo Operation Logic
Activating Solos
A Solo is activated when any Solo/Sel switch on the console is pressed, as long as the following is true:
• Gang Mode is not active
• VCA or Mute Group Setup page is not open
• Input or Output Fader Page Setup page is not open
Clearing Solos
• All active Solos can be cleared by pressing the momentary Solo Clear switch in the Master Section of
the console. This switch illuminates when any Solos are active.
• Solos can be switched off manually.
• Solos can be cleared by pressing other Solos, if AUTO CANCEL mode is enabled (see later in this
chapter).

Input Priority Mode

When Input Priority is enabled, via the INPUT PRI button in the master bay, it allows an Output Solo to
remain active, whilst an Input Solo is temporarily activated 'over the top' of it. When the Input Solo is
activated, its audio replaces the Output Solo audio on the Solo Bus, although the Output's Solo/Sel
switch remains illuminated. When the Input Solo is deactivated, the Output Solo's audio will return to the
Solo Bus.
HINT: Input Priority mode is normally used by Monitor engineers, who tend to work with an Output Solo
always active, but occasionally need to solo an input to troubleshoot a problem. The Input Priority mode
ensures that they automatically return to the Output Solo they were listening to, after the Input Solo is
deactivated.
Autocancel Mode
In the majority of cases in live sound mixing, only one channel is soloed at any time, so it has become
common practice for solos to 'autocancel' so that pressing any solo cancels the previous one, and only
one solo can be ON at any time. This speeds up operation by eliminating the need to switch solos off
before soloing the next channel. In some applications however, such as line checking, it is necessary to
keep one channel soloed as a shout talkback feed whilst soloing others, so additive solo is required in
these cases. The {Autocancel} On/off switch in the Monitor Setup page allows the behaviour to be set
according to requirements. It is also possible to solo more than one channel or bus at a time even if
{Autocancel} mode is ON, this is achieved by holding down the first solo whilst pressing the next.
This kind of additive solo is temporary however, and the next solo to be pressed will cancel all of the
active solos.
Input priority and Autocancel mode work together if both enabled so that Output Solos cancel among
themselves and input solos cancel among themselves, but Input Solos do not cancel Output solos or vice
versa.

Follow Output Solo Mode

A key feature of modern digital consoles is a method of assigning the channel faders to control Aux send
levels for monitor mixing. This mode is called 'Follow' mode, meaning that the Input faders will Follow the
selection of the Output bus solo, which doubles as a bus select switch.
Follow mode is engaged using the distinctive, triangular Follow Output Solo [FLW] keys. There are three
[FLW] keys: one fader key and two Vistonics area keys. Only one key can be active at any one time (or
none can be selected).
11.1: SOLO LOGIC