User manual SOUNDCRAFT SPIRIT V2

[. . . ] Cu stom m ou ld ed controls, d esigned for the best `feel' and visu al clarity com p lem ent the styling, resu lting in a tru ly p rofessional p rod u ct w hich is id eal for both tou ring and fixed PA installations. SPIRIT is available in 12, 16, 24 and 32 channel fram e sizes, and the 12 and 16 channel sizes m ay be extend ed by ad d ing an 8 channel Exp and er. The Exp and er can be attached qu ickly and secu rely to the console, requ iring only a screw d river to com p lete the installation. SPIRIT incorp orates circu it technology id entical to that u sed on som e of the m ost sop histicated Sou nd craft consoles. [. . . ] The MID section, w ith a frequ ency range from 250H z to 8kH z is p articu larly versatile for vocals, enabling p articu lar characteristics of the singer to be lifted or su p p ressed very p recisely. Frequency Response Curves of the Equa liser dB LF Section 20. 0 15. 0 10. 0 5. 0 0. 0 -5. 0 -10. 0 -15. 0 -20. 0 20 100 1k 10k 20k Frequency/Hz Pa g e 12 INPUT Frequency Response Curves of the Equa liser dB MID Section 20. 0 15. 0 10. 0 5. 0 0. 0 -5. 0 -10. 0 -15. 0 -20. 0 20 100 1k 10k 20k Frequency/Hz dB HF Section 20. 0 15. 0 10. 0 5. 0 0. 0 -5. 0 -10. 0 -15. 0 -20. 0 20 100 1k 10k 20k Frequency/Hz 9. AUXILIARY SENDS These controls rou te the inp u t channel signal to any one or m ore Au xiliary bu sses. These are sep arate from the m ain ou tp u ts and can therefore p rovid e ad d itional ou tp u ts for fold back, echo u nits or extra lou d sp eaker `fills'. AUX 1 & 2 are d erived before the channel fad er(PRE FADE), and are therefore u naffected by the fad er p osition. This m akes them p articu larly su itable for fold back or m onitor feed s, w hich need to be controlled sep arately from the m ain P. A. AUX 3, 4 and 5 are d erived after the channel fad er(POST FADE), and therefore follow any changes in fad er level. They are norm ally u sed to d rive effects p rocessing u nits w hich are fed back into the m ixer and w hich m u st fad e ou t w ith the inp u t channel. AUX 2 m ay be altered internally to be POST FADE. Refer to the Selectable Op tions section (Page 28) for a d escrip tion of this m od ification. All of the Au x Send s are m u ted w hen the ON sw itch(12) is released . Pa g e 13 INPUT 10. PAN The PAN control d eterm ines the p osition of the signal w ithin the stereo m ix im age or m ay be u sed to rou te the channel signal to p articu lar ou tp u t GROUPS as selected by the ROUTIN G SWITCHES (13). Rotation fu lly anticlockw ise feed s the signal solely to the Left m ix bu ss or Grou p s 1 and 3, w hile rotation clockw ise sw eep s the im age to the right bu ss or Grou p s 2 and 4. BALANC E The BAL control sets the relative level of the Left and Right signals. In the centre p osition its gain is u nity. Tu rning the control fu lly clockw ise increases the Right signal by +4d B, and totally kills the Left signal. Fu ll anticlockw ise rotation has the op p osite effect. Balance left biases the signal to the Left bu ss and Grou p s 1 & 3, balance right to the Right bu ss and Grou p s 2 & 4. PFL When the PFL sw itch is p ressed the p refad e signal is fed to the H ead p hones w here it rep laces the selected sou rce. The AFL/PFL LED on the Master Section illu m inates to w arn that the head p hones and RIGHT/PFL METER are now resp ond ing to the PFL selection and the PFL LED on the Stereo Section lights to id entify the active sou rce. ON Pressing this sw itch tu rns ON the feed s to the Au x Send s and ou tp u t bu sses. The associated LED illu m inates to show that the section is active. RO UTING A single Rou ting Sw itch p er section p rovid es access to Mix L-R and Grou p s 1-2 or 3-4. The u p p er section rou tes betw een Mix L-R w ith the sw itch released , and Grou p s 1-2 w hen p ressed . [. . . ] a ratio of tw o voltages or signal levels, exp ressed by the equ ation d B=20Log 10 (V1/ V2). Ad d ing the su ffix 'u ' d enotes the ratio is relative to 0. 775V RMS. the p ractice of connecting an electric m u sical instru m ent d irectly to the inp u t of the m ixing console, rather than to an am p lifier and lou d sp eaker w hich is covered by a m icrop hone feed ing the console. a p ost fad e line level ou tp u t from the inp u t channel, byp assing the su m m ing am p lifiers, typ ically for send ing to ind ivid u al tap e tracks d u ring record ing. [. . . ]