SoundCraft Spirit Monitor manual Applications

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cessful sound mixing.

The aim should be to place the microphone as close as physi- cally possible to the source, to cut out unwanted surrounding sounds, allow a lower gain setting on the mixer and avoid feedback. Also a well-chosen and well-placed microphone should not need any appreciable equalisation.

Input Connections The monitor mixer will often share inputs with a front-of- house mixer and it is particularly important to ensure that the input connections provide complete isolation between the two consoles to avoid hum problems and possible degradation of the signal. The provision of balanced splitter transformers or isolating transformers will ensure a clean signal to both con-

APPLICATIONS

The diagram below shows a typical application of the SPIRIT Monitor as a stage monitor console, with inputs shared via a splitter box with the front-of-house console

STAGE MONITORS

AMP RACK

MICROPHONE SPLITTER

MULTICORES TO

HOUSE CONSOLE

POWER

MIC INPUTS

ENGINEER'S

WEDGE

PHONES/

T/B

MIC

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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 Microphone Input Getting to Know Your ConsoleInput Channel InsertLine Select Phase ReverseøLine Input Gain ControlEqualiser Monitor Sends PFL/PEAK LEDMonitor Outputs Output SectionsChannel Fader Monitor InsertsPFL TalkbackDIM Bargraph MeterMaster Section ALL DIM Talkback GainALL Talkback PFL Active LEDHeadphone Volume Wedge FaderPage Applications Care of Your Mixer GlossarySub group Selectable Options Specifications Input & Output Levels MeteringDiagram
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