SoundCraft Spirit Live 4 manual Getting to Know Your Console, Input Channel, IC RO PHO NE Input

IN PUT

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CONSOLE

Refer to the fold -ou t front p anel d iagram w hich show s the control fu nctions on the SPIRIT LIVE 4. Each facility is d escribed below , and is id entified by the reference nu m ber.

FACILITIES

		INPUT CHANNEL
1.		M IC RO PHO NE INPUT
	The Microp hone inp u t is via a stand ard fem ale XLR-3
	connector and is available w hen the LIN E -20dBsw itch is
	released . It is d esigned to accep t a w id e range of balanced or
	u nbalanced low im p ed ance inp u t signals.
	+48V Phantom Pow er is available on each inp u t m icrop hone
	socket. This is sw itched on globally from the p ow er su p p ly in
	the case of the 12, 16 and 24 channel d esks, or from a rocker
	sw itch ad jacent to the d .c. p ow er connector at the top right of
	the 32 channel d esk.			Shou ld you w ish to configu re inp u ts
	w ithou t +48V p ow er, see Selectable Op tions on Page 27 for
	d etails of this m od ification .
	Transform er-cou p led			d ynam ic m icrop hones m ay be u sed
	w ithou t cau sing d am age, even w hen the +48V p ow er is
	connected , bu t care m u st be taken w hen u sing u nbalanced
	sou rces, becau se of the voltage p resent on p ins 2 and 3 of the
	XLR connector. Microp hone inp u t level is set by the GAIN
	control(6).
	N OTE: Phantom p ow ered m ics shou ld not be p lu gged in
	w ith the +48V sw itched on . Also you shou ld be aw are that
	som e m icrop hones d raw an u nu su ally large cu rrent w hich
	m ay overload the p ow er su p p ly, resu lting in d istortion .
	Consu lt you r m icrop hone su p p lier for gu id ance if necessary.
2.		DIREC T O UTPUT
	A grou nd com p ensated D IRECT ou tp u t is p rovid ed , fed from
	the ou tp u t of the fad er bu ffer, w hich is therefore u naffected
	by the p osition of the ROUTIN G sw itches or PAN control.
	This p rovid es an id eal sou rce for external p rocessing u nits,
	the ou tp u t of w hich m ay be brou ght back to the console
	throu gh the		STEREO	sections or grou p RETURN S, or to
	d irectly send		to the tracks of a tap e m achine for m u ltitrack

record ing. This p rovid es as m any Tap e Send s as there are m ixer channels, w ithou t u sing the grou p or m ix ou tp u ts.

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