Cloud Electronics 36-50 - Manual (Page 18)

36-50 Installation and User Guide V1.0 18
Priorities
The 36-50 offers several options for determining what
happens to music signals when announcements are made.
Mic-over-Music priority
Fully automatic, voice operated priority is available for the mic
input. This is selected by the rear panel PRIORITY button,
which should be IN to enable priority operation. When
enabled, all music signals will attenuate by approximately
30 dB when the microphone is used; after the announcement,
the music signals will restore smoothly to their former level,
over a period of 3, 6 or 12 seconds.
The “release” time may be set 3 s or 6 s by moving J11, or to
12 s by removing J11 altogether. Note that the release time
setting will apply to all music ducking, regardless of whether
initiated by the mic input or Line 6 priority (see below).
See page 4 for location of the internal jumpers.
Line 6 priority
It may sometimes be necessary for one music input to have
priority over all the others; for example, a jukebox in a bar,
or a digital sound store programmed to make automatic
announcements in a public space. Input
LINE 6 may be set to
have priority in either or both primary zones over whichever
source is selected for the zone by its
MUSIC SOURCE
control. This priority is set by moving internal jumper J12
(Zone 1) or J13 (Zone 2) to the ‘ON’ position. (The default
setting is ‘OFF’.)
When the priority is selected, a signal present at Line 6 will
force the zone’s source selection to that input; when the signal
disappears, the previously-selected source will be restored
over the time constant selected by J11.
See page 4 for location of the internal jumpers.