SoundCraft Spirit Live 4 manual Mixer, Pre-Fade-ListenPFL allow s you to

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
	is w hy	long-throw fad ers are essential on any p rofessional
	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.
	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.
	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 hi-fi system , bu t w ith		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 ell-know n track p layed throu gh the m ixer.
	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.
	Pre-Fade-Listen(PFL) allow s you to		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 -p oint p roblem s. Using PFL w ill not affect the signals on the ou tp u ts from the d esk.

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