SoundCraft Spirit Monitor Getting to Know Your Console, Input Channel, Microphone Input, Insert

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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CONSOLE

FACILITIES

 

Refer to the fold-out front panel diagram at the rear of this

 

manual, which shows the control functions on the SPIRIT

 

Monitor. Each facility is described below, and is identified by

 

a reference number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT CHANNEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

MICROPHONE INPUT

 

The Microphone input is via a standard female XLR-3 connec-

 

tor and is available when the LINE switch is released. It is

 

designed to accept a wide range of balanced or unbalanced

 

low impedance input signals.

 

+48V Phantom Power is available on each input microphone

 

socket, with an overall ON/OFF switch at the right hand side

 

of the console, beside the power input socket.

 

Transformer-coupled dynamic microphones may be used

 

without causing damage, even when the +48V power is con-

 

nected, but care must be taken when using unbalanced

 

sources, because of the voltage present on pins 2 and 3 of the

 

XLR connector.

 

NOTE: The microphone should always be plugged in before

 

switching the +48V on or off. Also you should be aware that

 

some microphones draw an unusually large current which

 

may overload the power supply, resulting in distortion. Con-

 

sult your microphone supplier for guidance if necessary.

 

 

2.

INSERT

 

The INSERT is a break point in the input channel signal path.

 

It allows the signal to be taken out of the mixer, through an

external piece of equipment and then back into the mixer to continue through to the final output. The Insert is a 3-pole 14" ‘A’ gauge Jack, which is normally by-passed. When a jack plug is inserted, the signal path is broken at a point just after the Hi-Pass Filter, but before the EQ section. The signal from the channel appears on the TIP of the plug and is returned on the RING.

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Contents Page WD6 5PZ User Guide Introduction Basic Principles of Monitor Mixing MixerPage Clipped Signal Noise Connections and Connectors Getting StartedBalanced and Unbalanced Ground Compensated to Balanced Page Getting to Know Your Console Input ChannelMicrophone Input InsertPhase Reverseø Line InputLine Select Gain ControlEqualiser Monitor Sends PFL/PEAK LEDOutput Sections Channel FaderMonitor Outputs Monitor InsertsTalkback DIMPFL Bargraph MeterMaster Section Talkback Gain ALL TalkbackALL DIM PFL Active LEDHeadphone Volume Wedge FaderPage Applications Care of Your Mixer GlossarySub group Selectable Options Specifications Input & Output Levels MeteringDiagram