Q2 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL 9601 16
MODULEDESCRIPTIONS
THE CUE SYSTEM
CUE PRIORITY
CUE BUTTON ACTION
MOMENTARY OR
LATCHING
SOLO MODE
Before describing the module functions, it is worth looking at some
of the facilities in some depth which would otherwise be too long to
describe within the module texts.
Q2's cue system, smart cue, is as flexible as you want it to be. It
can be operated in several modes, the simplest of which is of course
a regular PFL solo system.
The three modes of cue listening are PFL (pre-fade), AFL (after-
fade), and SIP (solo-in-place). The overall level of the cue signal
fed to the monitors is adjustable on the stereo master module, so
PFL signals will not present high level signals to the monitor
outputs.
The solo-in-place mode is different from the normal recording SIP
or other SIP modes in that cueinga channel or group will not
actually mute all the other channels. It would would be useless if
by soloing a group you cut the inputs to that group.
Instead, in SIP mode, any group cue pressed will override and
replace whatever signal is present on the main output, until the cue
is released when the original signal is returned. No channels are
muted, so all active parts of the group remain intact.
As this function could be considered as dangerous in a performance
situation, the SIP mode switch is located at the top of the module
away from all the other cue mode controls.
Q2's smartcue system incorporates a cue priority function. Two
leds on the stereo master module indicate whether an INPUT CUE
or an OUTPUT CUE is active. If an output cue is active, pressing
an input cue will override and replace the output cue until released,
when the output cue signal will be returned. This is an important
facility in live sound production.
The action of the cue buttons is functional in two ways.
If the button is pressed quickly (normally), the channel latches into
cue mode, with a flashing led , and remains in cue mode until the
button is pressed again. This is the "latching" mode, and is the
normal method of cue operation.