Peavey X-VCA owner manual VCA Master Solo/Assign switch

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VCA Master Solo/Assign switch

Each of the 8 VCA Masters has its own SOLO switch.This switch has 2 functions-Solo and

Assign:

VCA Assign: When in Edit Chan VCA Mode, this switch is used to assign a Master VCA to a Channel for a particular Scene (Default Scene-0 or one of the 128 Sequenced Scenes). Pressing the switch will toggle it from ON-blinking (Channel assigned), to OFF (Channel un-assigned).

VCA Solo: The second function of the switch is VCA Solo.When the Console is operating in Normal Mode, pressing this switch will activate the Solo of ALL Channels (Inputs and Groups) assigned to that VCA Master for that particular Scene.This Solo switch follows the two Solo modes:Additive and Last Pressed.

If in Last Pressed Mode, the VCA Solo switch is treated as any other Solo switch on the Console; pressing it will clear any previous active solos and activate itself (LED turns ON) and all Channels (by activating their Solo LED and circuitry) assigned to it (for that Scene). Pressing any other Solo switch while that VCA Solo is active will turn off that VCA Solo and all Channels associated with it.This last function will also work within the VCA Solo grouping; if the Solo sw of one of the Channels activated by the VCA Solo is pressed, that Channel will remain solo’d while clearing out the rest of the group.The SOLO CLEAR switch always performs as expected; pressing it clears ALL active Solos.

If in Additive Mode, pressing the VCA Solo switch will turn on its LED and add the assigned Channels (by activating their Solo LEDs and circuitry) to any other currently active Solo signals. Pressing the VCA Solo switch again will turn its LED off and will remove those assigned Channels from the Solo system (by de-activating their Solo LEDs and cir- cuitry).

Listen to one Channel of a VCA Group (Additive Mode): If a single Channel of group is individually solo’d and then its VCA Group is solo’d, the first Channel remains solo’d and the other members of the VCA Group are added to it.When the VCA Solo is de-activated by re-pressing the VCA Solo switch, the initial Channel remains solo’d. It can be cleared by the Solo Clear switch or by re-pressing its own Solo switch.This feature allows the opera- tor to listen to an isolated member of a group first and then add the rest of the group to the solo mix.An example would be – monitor one of the back-ground singers (all assigned to the same VCA Group) by pressing the desired Channel Solo sw. Now listen to the blend of all the background vocals together by pressing the VCA Solo sw. Now return to monitoring the original Channel by re-pressing the VCA Solo switch to de-activate it and its assigned Channels- except for the original Channel which remains solo’d because it had been solo’d prior to the VCA Group being selectected.

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