SoundCraft Audio Mixing Console Model Spirit Studio manual Getting to Know Your Console, Insert

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 STUDIO. Each facility is described below, and is identified by a reference number.

INPUT - CHANNEL PATH

1.	MICROPHONE INPUT
	The Microphone input is via a standard female XLR-3
	connector and is available when the LINE switch is re-
	leased. It is designed to accept a wide range of
	balanced or unbalanced low impedance input signals.
2.	+48V PHANTOM POWER
	Each microphone input can provide the +48V neces-
	sary for phantom-powered mics and this may be
	turned on or off with the +48V switch.
	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, re-
	sulting in distortion. Consult your microphone supplier
	for guidance if necessary.
	Transformer-coupled dynamic microphones may be
	used without causing damage, even when the +48V
	power is connected, but care must be taken when us-
	ing unbalanced sources, because of the voltage
	present on pins 2 and 3 of the XLR connector.
3.	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 1⁄4" ‘A’ gauge Jack Socket, which is normally by-passed. When a jack plug is inserted, the signal path is broken at a point just before the MID- EQ section. When the HF/LF EQ is switched into the

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