Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product L3200 Samson
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T able of Conten ts Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 L2400 And L3200 F eatur es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Con trols And F unc tions . . . . .
1 Congra tulations on your pur chase of the Samson L2400 or L3200 mixing console! The L2400 and L3200 are twenty-f our and thir ty-two channel, true 4 bus consoles, with USB input and outputs in ergonomically correct, attractively appoint ed enclosures.
2 2 L2400 and L3200 F eatures The Samson L2400 and L3200 consoles are comprehensiv e and great sounding making them suitable for a variety of live sound and r ecording applications.
3 C ontr ols and F unc tions INPUT CHANNEL SECTION The follo wing section details each par t of the L2400 and L3200’ s INPUT CHANNELS including the 3-BAND EQ , the MONIT OR and EFX sends, P AN, GAIN and VOL UME contr ols.
4 C ontr ols and F unc tions 5 INPUT CHANNEL SECTION - continued That means that the channel F ader also affects the level of a POST aux send. A POST A uxiliary bus is what you want t o use (almost always) f or sending to an effects processor , either internal or external.
5 C ontr ols and F unc tions INPUT CHANNEL SECTION - continued around the cent er point that are eff ected by the MID CUT & BOOST control) and can be set in a r ange from 100Hz to 8Khz. LF (L OW FREQUENCY) 80H z +/- 15dB shelving type The channel’ s L OW frequency response is flat when the knob is in the “12:00” position.
6 C ontr ols and F unc tions TO AUX 1 TO AUX 2 TO AUX 3 TO AUX 4 EFFECTS 00-09 PERFORMANCE 10-19 HALL REVERB 20-29 PLATE REVERB 30-39 SPRING REVERB 40-49 ECHO 50-59 FLANGE+VERB 60-69 CHORUS+VERB 70-79.
7 C ontr ols and F unc tions 24BIT DIGIT AL EFFEC T SECTION - continued 24 – T O A UX 4- Effects Return Control The TO A UX 4 contr ol is used to adjust the level of the effects from the built-in digital Multi-effect that’ s being sent to the A UX 4 monitor bus .
8 STEREO A UX RETURN Input The L Series feature two additional STEREO A UX RE TURN inputs that can be used to return the outputs of the an external effects processor , or to connect the output of any ster eo line level device .
9 C ontr ols and F unc tions 42 - PHONES – contr ol knob This contr ol adjusts the over all level of the Headphone Output. 43 – PFL DEFEA T – switch Y ou can defeat all the channels in PFL by using the PFL DEFEA T switch. When the switch is pr essed down it will illuminate , indicating the PFL and AFL are temporarily turned off .
10 51 - PHANT OM POWER – switch The PHANT OM POWER switch is used to activat e the phantom pow er on the microphone channels enabling the use most any condenser micr ophone. T ALKBACK Section The L2400 and L3200’ s T ALKBACK section provides an XLR input with phantom pow er , allowing you to connect most any microphone .
11 MONO/SUBWOOFER Output Section - continued 58 - SUBWOOFER ON/OFF – swit ch Used to engage the L ow P ass F ilter and turn the MONO output into a subw oofer output. 59 - FREQUENCY – control knob The L Series mixers hav e an onboard L ow P ass F ilter to make it simple to connect a subwoof er .
12 L2400 and L3200 Input and Output Connections CHANNEL - MONO MIC/LINE INPUTS The L Series mixers off er plenty of mono mic/line and stereo line input channels , sixteen on the L2400 and twenty four .
13 23/24 LINE 24 LINE 23 24 23 6 7 6 - Stereo Inputs - 1/4-inch jacks The L Series second two stereo channels ha ve 1/4- inch jacks for connecting stereo line lev el sources . F or stereo inputs , use the LINE L to connect the left channel and the LINE R to connect the right channel.
14 14 - GROUP OUT - XLR 1/4" jacks In a live sound application, you can connect additional zone speaker systems using GROUP OUT outputs connected to a power amplifier or po wer ed speakers. The signal at the GROUP OUT jacks follo ws the GROUP volume fader .
15 Using the USB I/O The L series consoles hav e a built-in stereo USB audio interface allowing you to rec ord and playback from a PC using virtually any digital recor ding software. In addition, the L series consoles featur e powerful routing options that let you rout e your USB digital recor ding and playback.
16 Getting Started with W indows XP - con tinued 5. T o use the L Series as your default input/output device (for sy stem sounds and progr ams like Sound Recorder), ensure tha t it is set for playback and recor ding in the Audio tab (figure 6). 6. The volume can then be set by pressing the V olume button (figur e 7).
17 Getting Started with MAC OS X - con tinued 5. Next, click in the Output tab and selec t USB Audio Codec (figure 11). Y ou may notice that the Volume slider sets itself to the full level . This will allow you to hav e full range using L Series’ hardware MAIN V olume contr ol.
18 L2400 and L3200 W iring Guide Unbalanced 1/4” Connector XLR Balanced Wiring Guide C ONNECTING THE L2400 and L3200 There ar e several wa ys to interface the L2400 and L3200 to support a variet y of applications. The L2400 and L3200 fea- ture balanced inputs and outputs , so connecting balanced and unbalanced signals is possible.
19 S p ec i f ic a t io n s Maximum Output Level (0.5% T.H.D at 1kHz) +24dB( MAIN L/R) @10k +20dB(GROUP, AUX/EFX, CTRL ROOM) @10k +20d B(I NSER T) @1 0k More than 100 mW(HEADPHO NES) @33 T.
20 Specifications - Input Specications Input Connector Input Impedance Nominal Load Impedance Rated Input Level Connector Type CH Mic 4 k 50 ~ 600 -50dBu XLR Type Balanced CH Line 1 0 k 6 0 0 -30dB.
21 Block Diagram.
22 Notes.
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