TL Audio VTC - Manual (Page 24)

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Each channel solo switch activates PFL or SOLO IN PLACE mode (see
Master Section for details of these two modes of operation, plus AFL –
which applies to certain master section signals).
In its default mode the solo switch will activate PFL mode (pre fade
listen). In this mode, the solo’d signal is fed to a separate PFL stereo
mix buss, which replaces the normal Control Room output signal of the
desk. All other outputs fro
m the console remain unchanged in this
mode, so signals from the Left/Right outputs to a master recorder (for
example) will not be disrupted. The PFL signal is mono in the sense that
the solo’d signal is fed equally to both left and right outputs, and is ‘pre’
the channel pan control.
PFL/AFL active is signalled by a red LED adjacent to the active switch
and by a yellow LED on the Master Module VU meter panel.
However, if SOLO IN PLACE is activated on the Master Section, the
solo button will not function as a PFL, but as a Solo In Place. In this
mode any channel on which the solo switch is activated will cause all
the other channels and Mix B paths to be muted. Note that this will
affect outputs to the recorder so programme material may be lost if care
is not taken.
AUTO and STATUS (32)
If automation is fitted the Auto switch allows a channel’s automation
stage to be bypassed and the Status switch acts as a local status on/off
switch (see 24 and 25).
BUSS (33)
Each channel’s individual tape output (a balanced quarter inch jack
socket on the rear connector panel) works by default as a direct post
fader output to the recorder, with desk channels 1 - 24 feeding recorder
inputs 1 - 24, for instance.
However, when the Buss button is selected on any channel, the tape
output of that channel is fed from the output of one of the relevant group
faders. And this relationship between group outputs and channels is
defined in groups of eight:
Group 1 signal will appear at tape outputs of channels 1, 9, 17 etc.
Group 2 signal will appear at tape outputs of channels 2, 10, 18 etc.
and so on for groups 3 to 8.
(This will not affect the signal running through either the main channel
or Mix B stage of that particular desk channel. Only the tape output is
connected to the group fader signal.)
In effect the group becomes normalised to the tape outputs in a system
providing maximum flexibility for an eight group console. This enables
all the tracks on a multitrack tape machine to be accessed via the VTC’s
PAN MIX
B
MUTE
PK
SIG
AUX
1 On
2 On
3 On
4 On
5+6
AUX
3+4 PRE
H - MID
+/-
Hz
Q
+48V
LINE
PHASE
GAIN
FLIP
MON
TRIM
HF
L - MID
+/-
Hz
Q
EQ ON
SOLO
+10
+5 STAT
0
AUTO
-5
-10 SRCE-CH
-20
-30 HF/LF
EQ
-40
-50
-60 LM/HM
-70 EQ
-80
PAN
L R
MUTE
PK
SIG
SOLO
+10
STAT
+5
AUTO
0
BUSS
-5
1+2
-10
3+4
-20
5+6
-30
-40 7+8
-50
-60
-70 L+R
-80
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STEREO AUX
PAN 7/8
LEVEL
On
PRE
MIX B