SoundCraft Spirit Live 4 manual Basic Principles of PA Mixing

The fou r Ou tp u t Grou p s p rovid e su bm ixing to the Mix L/ R ou tp u ts or m ay feed external equ ip m ent d irectly. Each incorp orates stereo p anning and PFL m onitoring or bargrap h m etering and inclu d es an external Retu rn inp u t for effects or su bm ixing from external sou rces.

The Master section p rovid es m aster level control for the Left, Right, Mono and Au xiliary Send bu sses, w ith sep arate AFL m onitoring on each Au xiliary Send and the Mono ou tp u t.

The Mix L/ R and Grou p ou tp u ts all have insert p oints for the connection of external signal p rocessing.

Com p rehensive Talkback facilities are p rovid ed , w hich allow an external talkback m icrop hone to be rou ted to Mix L/ R, Grou p s and Au xes 1 & 2 as requ ired . Six 12-segm ent, 3-colou r p eak read ing LED bargrap h m eters p rovid e clear d isp lay of Mix L/ R, Grou p and PFL signals. Pressing any PFL or AFL sw itch p u ts the selected signal onto both sid es of the head p hones ou tp u t, and the right bargrap h m eter.

SPIRIT Live 4 is d esigned	to be as u ser-friend ly as p ossible,
bu t a few m inu tes sp ent	read ing throu gh this m anu al w ill
help you becom e fam iliar	w ith the p rod u ct aw ay from the

p ressu re of a live session, and allow you to gain fu ll benefit from the su p erb p erform ance offered by you r new m ixer.

Above all, rem em ber that you r SPIRIT m ixer is d esigned to extend you r creativity. The m ore you exp lore the controls and the effect they have on the sou nd ou tp u t, the m ore you w ill ap p reciate how you can influ ence and enhance the final sou nd .

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PA MIXING

There w as a tim e w hen the P.A. system and the op erator existed only to increase the overall volu m e of the p erform ers, so that they cou ld be heard in a large room or above high am bient noise levels. This ju st isn’t tru e any m ore. The sou nd system and the sou nd engineer have becom e an integral p art of the p erform ance, and the artists are heavily d ep end ent on the op erator’s skill and the qu ality of the equ ip m ent.

The follow ing introd u ction to the basics of m ixing are inclu d ed for the benefit of those u sers w ho m ay not have any significant fam iliarity w ith sou nd equ ip m ent, and w ho are baffled by the end less jargon u sed by engineers and artists alike.

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