SPIRIT DIGITAL
INTRODUCING THE SPIRIT
DIGITAL 328
Okay so what should a digital mixing console be? Should it be something that basically requires you to relearn the way you work on a mixer, with pages and pages of menus offering a lot of great features, but many that you will never really use? Perhaps it should have a combination of buttons and a data wheel where previously you found a simple pan control, or maybe it should have faders that can become auxiliary sends instead of good old auxiliary pots as before! No, we must disagree, we don't think this is the way to design a digital mixer at all.
Like you, we believed in a mixer that firstly, looked like a normal mixer, and secondly did not require hours of diligent study to get a signal in at one end, and out at the other! Speed is so important, both in the studio and at live performances/broadcasts, that we focused on this as our prime aim.
Like you we wanted dedicated pan controls on each channel plus simple and familiar functions like EQ In/Out, Phase In/Out, Channel Mute, dedicated Aux and FX send pots full metering and silky smooth 100mm long throw faders! Add to this fully parametric EQ - with real knobs - on every channel, two warm sounding Lexicon FX processors and two great assignable stereo dynamics processors, plus a few extras like 24 bit 128 x oversampling A/Ds and D/As, machine control, built in ADAT and TDIF 16 channel interfaces and more! Well, we had to do it! So we designed and built you the Spirit digital 328 mixer - enjoy it!
THE INS AND OUTS OF THE 328
Analogue Inputs
The Spirit Digital 328 offers 16 Mic/Line inputs, using Spirit's highly acclaimed Ultra Mic
All Mic/Line Inputs have an Insert point, Gain control and High Pass Filter. A further 5 Stereo Inputs are also available, and all of the above inputs feature 24 bit 128 x oversampling A/D converters. All have full access to the revolutionary
There are also two additional pairs of Stereo 2 Track Inputs for connecting playback machines such as cassette decks and analogue 2 track recorders.
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The 2 TDIF inputs can also be converted to function as 8 additional analogue or 4 digital stereo AES/EBU inputs with the addition of Spirit's external rack mount converter boxes.
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Spirit Digital 328 Users Guide Version 2
