SoundCraft Audio Mixing Console Model Spirit Studio manual Basic Principles of Recording, Mixer

	BASIC PRINCIPLES OF RECORDING
The Mixer	As one would expect, the main purpose of the mixer is
	to combine sounds, but under precise and smooth
	control. This is why long-throw faders are essential on
	any professional product. The faders provide you with
	total control of the final sound at your finger tips and
	like an artist playing an instrument you should listen to
	your fader movements, not look at your hands.
	Your SPIRIT STUDIO mixer accepts a wide range of in-
	put signals via a microphone input, for very low level
	signals, or a line input, for higher level signals from, for
	instance, tape machines, effects processors, etc.
	The mixer is split into two sections. The Inputs receive,
	match and process individual source signals, and dis-
	tributes them at precise mix levels to a choice of
	outputs. The Master and Group sections allow overall
	level control of all outputs, and provides monitoring of
	the audio signal at many points in the mixer, either on
	headphones or meters.
	The Equaliser controls are the most flexible and poten-
	tially destructive feature of the mixer. They have a
	similar effect on the frequency response of the input
	channel as the tone controls on a hi-fi system, but with
	much greater precision, and allow particular charac-
	teristics of the input signal to be emphasised or
	reduced. It is very important that you become familiar
	with the effect each control has on the sound and this
	is best achieved by spending time listening to the effect
	of each control on a well-known track played through
	the mixer.
	The Auxiliary Sends provide a way of routing the input
	signals to a number of secondary outputs, for artists
	foldback, echo units or additional speaker outputs.
	The Pan control adjusts the position of the input signal
	within the stereo mix, and can be swept from full left,
	through to full right. This allows particular artists to re-
	tain their correct spatial position within the mix,
	particularly important for stereo recording.
	Pre-Fade-Listen(PFL) allows you to monitor the signal
	at many points in the mixer. Pressing any PFL switch
	places the signal at that particular point onto the control
	room outputs (or headphones if plugged in) and the

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