The Mixer | As one w ou ld exp ect, the m ain p u rp ose of the m ixer is to | ||
| com bine sou nd s, bu t u nd er p recise and sm ooth control. This | ||
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| p rod u ct. The fad ers p rovid e you w ith clear and instinctive | ||
| control of the final sou nd balance and like an artist p laying an | ||
| instru m ent you shou ld listen to the effect of you r fad er | ||
| m ovem ents, not look at you r hand s. |
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| You r SPIRIT LIVE 4 m ixer accep ts a w id e range of inp u t | ||
| signals via a m icrop hone inp u t, for very low level signals, or a | ||
| line inp u t, for higher level signals from , for instance, tap e | ||
| m achines, effects p rocessors, etc. |
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| The m ixer is sp lit into tw o sections. The Inputs receive, m atch | ||
| and p rocess ind ivid u al sou rce signals, and d istribu te them at | ||
| p recise m ix levels to either a stereo Mix ou tp u t or to one of | ||
| the Groups. The Master section allow s overall level control | ||
| of all ou tp u ts, and p rovid es m onitoring of the au d io signal at | ||
| m any p oints in the m ixer, either on head p hones or m eters. | ||
| The Equaliser controls are the m ost flexible and p otentially | ||
| d estru ctive featu re of the m ixer. They have a sim ilar effect on | ||
| the frequ ency resp onse of the inp u t channel as the tone | ||
| controls on a | m u ch greater p recision, | |
| and allow p articu lar characteristics of the inp u t signal to be | ||
| em p hasised or red u ced . It is very im p ortant that you becom e | ||
| fam iliar w ith the effect each control has on the sou nd and this | ||
| is best achieved by sp end ing tim e listening to the effect of each | ||
| control on a w | ||
| The Auxiliary Sends p rovid e a w ay of rou ting the inp u t | ||
| signals to a nu m ber of second ary ou tp u ts, for artists fold back, | ||
| echo u nits or ad d itional sp eaker ou tp u ts. | ||
| The Pan control ad ju sts the p osition of the inp u t signal w ithin | ||
| the stereo m ix, and can be sw ep t from fu ll left, throu gh to fu ll | ||
| right. | This allow s p articu lar artists to retain their correct | |
| sp atial p osition w ithin the m ix, and | can be valu able for live | |
| effects. |
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| m onitor the signal at | |
| m any p oints in the m ixer. Pressing any PFL sw itch p laces the |
signal at that p articu lar p oint onto the head p hones and the right m eter, to check the qu ality of the signal or to p in
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