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LEVEL

LEVEL

MUTE

INPUTS

MONITOR

SOLO

TAPE B

TAPE A

TAPE

RETURNS

PFL

AFL

PFL

AFL

MUTE

SOLO

MUTE

SOLO

RUDE

SOLO LIGHT

OUTPUTS

MUTE

Point Before:

LEVEL

.

Point After:

AUX SEND

.

Muting removes the signal from its

AUX

SEND

output and

AFL SOLO

. The

PFL SOLO

and

PFL

Meter paths are not affected.

Pressing the switch toggles the electronic

mute relay living in the signal path’s circuitry.

If the signal is muted, pressing the switch un-

mutes it, and vice-versa. An LED adjacent to

the switch glows when muted.

With

ULTRA MUTE

™

, up to ten Banks of

ten different Mute Groups can be configured,

enabling you to mute several signal paths at

once. Not only that, but you can automate the

muting of all the signal paths via an external

MIDI sequencer or via the RS-232

DATA

port connected to a computer. We’ll discuss all

this in detail later on

.

SOLO

PFL Point Before:

AUX SEND MASTERS

.

PFL Point After:

SOLO

(

LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER

Faders)

PFL

mix (mono).

AFL Point Before:

MUTE

.

AFL Point After:

SOLO

(

LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER

Faders) [115] AFL mix (stereo).

SOLO

allows you to audition signals through

your headphones without having to assign them

to any of the

LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER

mixes

or subgroups (

SUB 1

–

8

mixes)

. You can simul-

taneously

SOLO

as many signals as you like. The

SR40•8 features nondestructive solo: Engaging

SOLO

does not interrupt any of the other Channels,

buses, or outputs. Not only that, the

SOLO

system

comes in two flavors:

PFL

(Pre-Fader Listen)

and

AFL

(After-Fader Listen, Solo-In-Place).

Remember:

INPUTS SOLO

(including

AUX

SENDS

) has precedence over

OUTPUTS SOLO

— you can’t combine these signals.

SOLO MASTER CONTROLS

To audition individual signals, or groups of

signals, there are

SOLO

switches on every

Channel,

MAIN AUX RETURN

(

A1

–

A4

),

“B”

AUX RETURN

,

TAPE A

,

TAPE B

,

AUX SEND

MASTERS

,

MATRIX

, and Subgroup, as well as

the

LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER

mixes. The engineer

behind an SR40•8 can to listen to any signal,

individually or in groups, without disturbing

the content of any of the console’s primary out-

puts. Input signals (Channels,

MAIN AUX

RETURNS

(

A1

–

A4)

,

“B” AUX RETURNS

,

TAPE

A

and

TAPE B

) can be globally switched

PFL

(Pre-Fader Listen) or

AFL

(stereo-in-place,

After-Fader Listen). Output signals (

MAIN

LEFT/RIGHT

,

SUB

1

–

8

,

AUX SEND MASTERS

1

–

4

and

MATRIX A

–

D

) have a similar switch.

INPUTS PFL/AFL

This switch determines the

SOLO

mode

for these signals: Channels,

MAIN AUX

RETURNS

(

A1

–

A4

),

“B” AUX RETURNS,

TAPE A

and

TAPE B

. To audition

PFL

(pre-

Fader) signals, leave the switch up. Engage

the switch (down) for

AFL

(After-Fader Lis-

ten, Solo-In-Place) auditioning.

Whenever

SOLO

is active, the

LEFT/RIGHT/

CENTER

Meters

show the

PFL

levels on the

CENTER

Meter and the

AFL

levels on the

LEFT/RIGHT

Meters, regardless of the position

of this

INPUTS PFL/AFL

switch.

OUTPUTS PFL/AFL

This switch determines the

SOLO

mode for

these signals:

SUB 1

–

8

,

AUX SEND MASTER

,

MATRIX A

–

D

, and the

LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER

mixes. To audition

PFL

(Pre-Fader Listen) sig-

nals, leave the switch up. Engage the switch

(down) for

AFL

(after-Fader listen, Solo-In-

Place) auditioning.

Whenever

SOLO

is active, the

LEFT/RIGHT/

CENTER

Meters

will show the

PFL

levels on

the

CENTER

Meter and the

AFL

levels on the

LEFT/RIGHT

Meters, regardless of the position

of the

OUTPUTS PFL/AFL

switch.

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