Studio Technologies 76B 2008 - Manual (Page 35)

Model 76B/77B User Guide Issue 1, July 2008
Studio Technologies, Inc. Page 35
for Surround
solo mode the level of a channel selected
for soloing actually doesn’t change; the
solo function causes the non-soloed moni-
tor output channels to mute. In the chan-
nel pop solo mode the level of the soloed
channel will increase, while the level of
the non-soloed channels will decrease. In
this way the soloed channel will “pop out”
from an audio mix so as to be more easily
observed. The actual level changes that
occur in pop solo are dependent on how
the system has been confi gured.
Six buttons and associated LEDs, along
with the auxiliary output button and its
status LED, are associated with the chan-
nel solo function. To solo a channel simply
requires pressing one of the solo buttons.
The buttons function in a press-to-enable/
press-to-disable “latching” mode. The LED
associated with a soloed channel will fl ash
to indicate that solo is active. The auxil-
iary output enable button is used to select
the solo mode. Using this button the solo
mode can be changed any time between
normal and channel pop. Simply press and
hold the auxiliary output enable button for
a few seconds until its associated LED
lights in the desired manner; steady for
normal solo mode and fl ashing for channel
pop solo mode. Once the state of the LED
changes (steady-to-fl ashing or vice-versa)
the desired solo mode becomes active.
The selected solo mode will be maintained
even after the system is powered down
and subsequently powered up.
Note that there is a potential downside of
having to use the auxiliary output status
button to change the solo mode. Whenever
the button is pressed the on/off status of
the auxiliary monitor output will change
too. While this may be a bit odd and pos-
sibly inconvenient, it hopefully won’t prove
to be a big issue. It’s simply an artifact of
“multi-tasking” the button’s function. Once
the solo mode has been selected the auxil-
iary output status button can be “tapped” to
select the desired on/off condition.
For user fl exibility, more than one output
channel can be selected for soloing at a
time. The Model 77B even allows all six
monitor output channels to be simultane-
ously selected for solo. This would seem
to be an “all soloed so none are soloed”
mode. But this condition is specifi cally
allowed so that an output channel mute
function can be provided. By fi rst soloing
all output channels an operator can then
“un-solo” specifi c channels, directly muting
them. It’s a bit confusing to describe
in words but is very simple to use and
can be very useful resource—try it out
and you’ll see! But note that while you
can always solo all channels, it’s really
more useful to do this when the system in
confi gured for normal solo mode. If select-
ed for the channel pop solo mode, soloing
all the channels won’t provide a very useful
function.
Auxiliary Output
As has been previously discussed in this
user guide, the auxiliary monitor output
is a stereo (2-channel) output signal that
can be used for special applications. The
source for this output is stereo input C.
Using the auxiliary output enable button
it can be routed to the auxiliary monitor
output as desired. The button functions in
an alternate action manner to change the
current state of the output. An associated
LED lights whenever the auxiliary output is
active. No level control, downmix, or other
Model 77B-supported functions will impact
the auxiliary output.