Applications House of Worship Installation

CSM8/12/16/24 Console Mixer

Applications: House of Worship Installation:

This setup shows one way of using the mixer and one stereo power amplifier to run both the house speakers and the stage monitors. Two mono power amplifiers may be used in place of the one stereo amplifier.

Connect the components as follows:

(A)Connect a balanced or unbalanced signal cable between the mixer’s Left Balanced Output and the house power ampli- fier’s Channel 1 Input. Connect the Right Balanced Output and the Channel 2 input in the same manner.

(B)Connect a speaker cable between the house power amplifier’s Channel 1 Outputs and the left house speakers’ Inputs. Connect the Channel 2 Outputs to the right house speaker in the same manner.

(C)Connect an unbalanced signal cable between the mixer’s Aux 1 Send and the monitor power amplifier’s Input.

(D)Connect a speaker cable between the monitor power amplifier’s Outputs and the monitor speakers’ Inputs.

(E)Connect an unbalanced signal cable between the mixer’s Aux 2 Send and the radio feed for broadcasting purposes.

(Note the optional use of graphic equalizers in-line with the connections between the mixer and the power amplifiers as shown below.)

					HOUSE
					SPEAKERS					MONITOR
					(PS115HD,					MONITOR
					PS215HDT,					SPEAKERS
					etc.)					(M112HD,
										M115HD, etc.)
CH.1		B		CH.2
OUTPUT				OUTPUT
						STEREO		MONO	D
						POWER AMP		OUTPUT
						(SPA1400, etc.)					MONO
											POWER AMP
CH.1				CH.2							(SPA1400, etc.
INPUT	CH.1		CH.2	INPUT							in Bridged Mode)
	OUTPUT		OUTPUT						MONO
						DUAL			INPUT
						GRAPHIC EQ			OUTPUT
						(LS3231,					GRAPHIC EQ
						LS2215)					GRAPHIC EQ
						LS2215)					(LS1131,etc.)
											(LS1131,etc.)
	CH.1		CH.2							C	INPUT
	INPUT	A	INPUT							C	INPUT
		A
PULPIT MIC, LAVALIER MIC, INSTRUMENTS,											RADIO FEED
PULPIT MIC, LAVALIER MIC, INSTRUMENTS,											E
VOCAL MICS											E
								LEFT	RIGHT
				L	R	L	R	BAL.	BAL. AUX1		AUX2
								OUT	OUT	SEND	SEND

CSM8/12/16/24

(PANS AS NEEDED)			(PAN FULL	(PAN FULL	(PAN FULL	(PAN FULL
(PANS AS NEEDED)			LEFT)	RIGHT)	LEFT)	RIGHT)

Controlling The Mixer’s Output Levels:

•Monitors: Use the Aux 1 master slider (#30, page 6) to set the level of the output signal for the monitors.

•Mains (House Speakers): Use the Left and Right master sliders (#31, page 6) to set the levels of the output signals for the house speakers.

•Channels: Use the channel Pan controls (#11, page 4) to determine which channel signals are sent to the left and/or right outputs.

•Radio Feed: Use the channels’ Aux 2 controls (#9, page 4) and the master Aux 2 Send control (#24, page 6) to set the lev- els of the signal sent to the radio feed, if broadcasting.

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