Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Spirit Live 4 SoundCraft
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Us e r G u i d e Co n t e n t s In tr o d u c ti o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Bas i c Pr i n c i p l e s o f PA M i xi n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 G e tti n g S tar te d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I N TR O D U C TI O N Con gra tu l a ti on s on you r p u r c h ase of a SPIRIT LIVE 4 m ixer . Ow ni n g a S ou nd c raf t c onso l e b r i n gs you th e e x p e rti se and su p p ort of on e of th e.
B A S I C PR I N C I PL E S O F PA M I X I N G T h er e w a s a tim e w h en t h e P. A . syst em a n d t h e op era tor ex i s ted on l y to i n c r e a s e th e overal l v ol u m e of th e p erf orm ers, so that th ey c ou l d be heard i n a l arge roo m or above h i gh a m b ie n t n o ise lev e ls .
Th e M i x e r As on e w ou l d exp ec t, th e m a i n p u r p o se of t h e m ix er i s to c o mb i n e s o unds , b ut unde r pr e c i s e a n d s mo o t h c o nt r o l . T hi s is w h y lo n g -t h r o w fa d e r s a r e e s s en t ia l o n a n y p r o fe ss io n a l p r od u c t.
E a c h inp u t c h an n el a n d th e th r ee m a i n ou tp u ts ha ve a n In s e r t ‘ A’ gau ge j ac k so c ket, w hi c h i s a b r e ak p oi nt i n the s i gn al p ath .
GE T T I N G S T A R T E D C O NNE C T I O NS AND CON N E CT OR S Alth ou gh th i s m ay seem a si m p l e su bj ec t, f a ul ty c o nne c to r s a nd cab l i n g ar e t h e s ou r ce of m os t s ou n d s y s t em p r ob l em s .
Ba l a n c e d a n d Un b a l a n c e d A ll ch a n n e l in p u t s a r e b a la n c e d , i.e. t h e r e a r e s ep a r a t e +ve ( h ot) an d - ve ( c ol d ) w i res f or eac h si gn al p l u s a gro u nd .
I f th e u se of u nba l a n c ed c on n ec tions i s u n a void able , you c a n m im im is e n o is e b y f o llo w in g t h e s e w ir in g g u id e lin e s : • O n I NP U T S , un b a l a n c e a t t he s o ur c e a n d us e a t wi n, sc reen e d c a bl e a s th ou gh i t w ere bal an c ed .
F a u lt F in d in g G u id e R e pa irin g a s o u n d m ixin g co n s o le r e q u ir es s p e cia list s k ills , b u t basi c F a ul t F i nd i ng i s w i th i n th e s c op e of an y u s er if a f ew ba si c ru les ar e f oll ow ed .
GE T T I N G T O K N OW Y OU R CON S OL E R ef er to th e f ol d - ou t f r on t p a n el d i a gra m w h i c h sh ow s th e c on trol f u nc tions on th e SPIRIT LIVE 4 . Ea ch fa cil it y is d es c ribe d bel ow , a nd is i d en tif i ed by th e ref eren c e nu m ber.
3. L IN E IN P U T Th e LIN E In p u t is a 3-p o le 1 ⁄ 4 " ‘ A’ gau ge j ac k so c ket, to ac c e p t b al anc e d o r unba l anc e d l i ne l e ve l s o u rc e s w he n t he L I N E s w itch (5 ) is p r e ss e d .
7 . H I - P A SS F I LT ER Pr essin g t h i s sw i tch i n ser ts a 1 2 d B p er o c ta ve 1 00 H z H i - Pa ss F i l te r i n th e s i gnal p ath , i m m ed i ate l y af te r th e i n p u t am p l i f i er.
9. AU XI L IAR Y S E ND S T h es e c on trols r ou te th e i n p u t c h an n el si gn a l to a n y on e or m or e Au xi li ar y b u sses. T h ese a re sep a ra te f r om th e m ain ou tp u ts a n d c a n th er e f or e p r ovid e a d d iti on al ou tp u t s f or fold b a c k , e ch o u n it s o r ext r a lo u d s p ea k e r ‘ fills ’ .
10. P A N Th e PA N c on trol d ete r m i n e s th e p osi ti on of th e si gn al w i th i n th e s tereo m i x i m age or m ay be u se d to rou te the c h an n el s i gn al to p arti c u l ar ou tp u t GR OUP S as se l ec ted by th e R OUT I N G SW I T C HE S ( 1 3 ) .
ST EREO SEC T I O N S 1 . ST ER EO I N P U T S E a c h S t er eo I n p u t secti o n c om p r i ses a p air o f si m il a r in p u ts. T h e i n p u ts ar e el ec tr on i c a l l y ba l an ced a n d sep ar ate j acks ar e p rovi d e d f or the L ef t an d R i ght so u rc e s i gn al s.
4 . A U X SEN D A si n g l e con tr ol f eed s a m on o su m of t h e ster eo sign a l to a ch o ice o f A u x Se n d b u s s e s (s e e 5 b e lo w ). 5 . A U X SEL EC T I O N Th e flexib ilit y o f t h e A u x s e n d co n t r o l (4 ) is m a xim ise d b y a c h oi c e of d es ti n at i o ns on th e tw o S tereo sec tio n s.
10. F ADE R L i n ea r f ad er s ar e p ro vid ed f or p rec ise an d sm o oth lev el c ontro l f o r e ac h S t ere o s ec ti on. GR OU P S E CT I ON 1 . RET U RN A m on o R etu r n is p rov i d ed to eac h ou tp u t Gr ou p , w h i c h i s i n tend ed f or u se as a su b- m i x f r om an oth er d e sk or as an e ff e cts in p u t .
7 . GR OU P OU T P U T T h e Gr ou p ou tp u t s are d r i v en by gr ou n d c om p en sated am p l i f i e r s to a st an d ard 1 ⁄ 4 " 3 p o le ‘ A ’ g a u g e j a ck s o ck e t .
13. M O N O T h e l ev el of th e MON O ou tp u t ( 9 ) i s s et by a rotar y f a d er. T h e a ssoc i a ted AF L s w i t c h w i th i nd i c a ti ng L E D m o ni t o rs the f ina l ou tp u t a f te r th e f a d e r .
US I N G Y O UR SPIRIT LIVE 4 CO N S O L E T h e f i n a l sou n d f r om you r P. A . system c a n on ly ev er be a s goo d as th e qu al i ty o f th e s ou rc e s i gn al .
• I f you c a n n ot obtai n a sati sf ac tory se tti n g, e. g. th e gai n c on tr ol i s r i g h t a t th e extr em e low en d o f th e s c a le on Mic rop h on e I n p u t, try u si n g th e L i n e I n p u t i n ste a d . • L i st en c a refu ll y f o r t h e c h ar acter i stic sou n d of ‘ f eed b ac k ’ .
AP P L IC AT IO NS SPIRIT LIVE 4 i s d es i gned p ri m ari l y as a s ou n d r ei n f or c em en t m ix er, bu t m ay also be u sed f or ba si c m u l ti trac k rec ord i n g. T h e f ol l ow i ng d i agra m s s how typ i c al c o nf i gura t i o ns w hi c h w i l l i l l u s t r at e how the m i x e r i s c on n ec ted to oth er equ i p m en t.
ou tp u t si gn al p ath v i a th e L e f t an d R i ght i n s ert p oi n ts . Ex a m p l e 2 : P u b l i c A d d r e ss - St e r e o + C e nt r e F e e d I n th is sec on d exam p l e th e Gr ou p 1 Ou tp u t i s u sed to d r i v e an a ddi t i o na l c e nt r e s pe a k e r , wi t h i ndi v i dua l f a de r c o nt r o l .
EFFECTS PROCESSOR f ina l ou tp u t. Ex a m p l e 4 : S t er eo R eco r d i n g T h e c on s ol e m ay al s o be u s ed f or 2 - T r ac k or basi c m u lt i trac k rec ord i n g l i v e or i n th e s tu d i o.
CA R E OF Y OU R MI X E R Gen e r a l P r ec a u t i o n s A v o id s t o r in g o r u s in g t h e m ixer in con d it io n s o f e xces si v e h eat or c ol d , or i n p osi ti on s w h e r e i t is l i kel y to be su bj e c t to v ib r a t io n , d u s t o r m o is t u r e.
feedba c k th e ‘ h ow li n g ’ sou n d c au se d by br i n g i n g a m i c rop h on e too c los e to a l ou d sp eaker d r i ven f r om i ts am p l i f i ed si gn al. foldba c k a f ee d se n t bac k to th e ar tis tes vi a l ou d s p eakers or h ead p h on es to en abl e th em to m on i tor th e sou n d s th ey are pr o duc i ng .
S el ect a b l e Op t i o n s R e m o v a l o f + 48V o n M i c Inp ut s T o d is able th e +4 8 V p h an tom p ow eri n g on the m i c rop h on e in p u t s , r e m o v e lin k J 3 fr o m In p u t P C B SC 3209.
R e c o nf i g ur i ng A ux 2 a s a P o s t F a d e S e nd Au x 2 i s c on f i gu re d as a PR E F ADE s en d at the f ac tory, bu t m ay be al tered to be PO S T F ADE i f r e q u i red by rep osi tioni n g a l in k o n t h e In p u t P C B S C 3209 a s s h o w n b e lo w .
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INPUT STEREO GROUPS & MASTER MIC LINE STE 1 STE 1 GRP 1 GRP 1 GRP 2 GRP 2 GRP 3 GRP 3 GRP 4 GRP 4 AUX 1 AUX 1 AUX 2 AUX 2 AUX 3 AUX 3 AUX 4 AUX 4 AUX 5 AUX 5 DC POWER INPUT DC POWER INPUT MONO MIX.
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