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SoundCraft Spirit Live 4 Manual

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  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Master Section ..... . 18 Using your SPIRIT LIVE 4 Console ... . . 20 Initial Set Up .

  • Page 4: Introduction

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com INTRODUCTION Congratu lations on you r pu rchase of a SPIRIT LIVE 4 m ixer. Ow ning a Sou nd craft console brings you the exp ertise and su pport of one of the ind u stry’s lead ing m anu factu rers and the resu lts of over 20 years experience su pp orting som e of the biggest nam es in the bu siness.

  • Page 5: Basic Principles Of Pa Mixing

    SPIRIT Live 4 is d esigned to be as u ser-friend ly as possible, bu t a few m inu tes spent read ing throu gh this m anu al w ill...
  • Page 6 You r SPIRIT LIVE 4 m ixer accepts a w id e range of inpu t signals via a m icrophone inpu t, for very low level signals, or a line inpu t, for higher level signals from , for instance, tap e m achines, effects p rocessors, etc.
  • Page 7 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Each inpu t channel and the three m ain ou tp u ts have an Insert ‘A’ gau ge jack socket, w hich is a break point in the signal path. It allow s the signal to be taken ou t of the m ixer, throu gh an external piece of equ ipm ent and then back into the m ixer d irectly after its original exit point.

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    . The follow ing section w ill help you to connect SPIRIT LIVE 4 correctly. Tw o d ifferent types of au d io connectors are u sed , 3-pin XLR ⁄...
  • Page 9 -ve(cold ) signal to the grou nd at the d estination, not at the ou tpu t of you r SPIRIT LIVE 4 console. Pola rity...
  • Page 10 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com UNBALANCED Source Device Mixer Ground loop through screen and chassis BALANCED INPUT Source Device Mixer If the u se of u nbalanced connections is u navoid able, you can m im im ise noise by follow ing these w iring gu id elines: •...

  • Page 11: Fault Finding Guide

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Fault Finding Guide Repairing a sou nd m ixing console requ ires specialist skills, bu t basic Fault Finding is w ithin the scope of any u ser if a few basic ru les are follow ed . •...

  • Page 12: Getting To Know Your Console

    Refer to the fold -ou t front panel 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.
  • Page 13 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com INPUT LINE INPUT ⁄ The LIN E Inpu t is a 3-pole "‘A’ gau ge jack socket, to accept balanced or u nbalanced line level sou rces w hen the LIN E sw itch(5) is pressed . Unlike the low im ped ance Microphone inpu t, this stage presents a high im ped ance(>10kΩ) to the inpu t signal, enabling m any types of instru m ents to be plu gged...
  • Page 14 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com INPUT HI- PASS FILTER Pressing this sw itch inserts a 12d B per octave 100H z H i-Pass Filter in the signal path, im m ed iately after the inpu t am plifier. This is particu larly u sefu l on live vocals, and its u se is strongly recom m end ed , even on m ale vocals.
  • Page 15 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com INPUT Frequency Response Curves of the Equa liser MID Section 20.0 15.0 10.0 -5.0 -10.0 -15.0 -20.0 Frequency/Hz HF Section 20.0 15.0 10.0 -5.0 -10.0 -15.0 -20.0 Frequency/Hz AUXILIARY SENDS These controls rou te the inpu t channel signal to any one or m ore Au xiliary bu sses.
  • Page 16 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com INPUT The PAN control d eterm ines the position of the signal w ithin the stereo m ix im age or m ay be u sed to rou te the channel signal to particu lar ou tpu t GROUPS as selected by the ROUTIN G SWITCHES (13).

  • Page 17: Stereo Sections

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com STEREO STEREO SECTIONS STEREO INPUTS Each Stereo Inpu t section com prises a pair of sim ilar inpu ts. The inpu ts are electronically balanced and separate jacks are provid ed for the Left and Right sou rce signals. A m ono signal m ay be plu gged into the u pp er socket only for each pair to be fed equ ally to left and right bu sses.
  • Page 18 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com STEREO AUX SEND A single control feed s a m ono su m of the stereo signal to a choice of Au x Send bu sses (see 5 below ). AUX SELEC TIO N The flexibility of the Au x send control (4) is m axim ised by a choice of d estinations on the tw o Stereo sections.

  • Page 19: Group Sections

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com G RO UP FADER Linear fad ers are provid ed for precise and sm ooth level control for each Stereo section. GROUP SECTION RETURN A m ono Retu rn is provid ed to each ou tpu t Grou p, w hich is intend ed for u se as a su b-m ix from another d esk or as an effects inpu t.

  • Page 20: Master Section

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com M ASTER G RO UP O UTPUT The Grou p ou tpu ts are d riven by grou nd com pensated ⁄ am plifiers to a stand ard " 3 pole ‘A’ gau ge jack socket. MASTER SECTION D.C .
  • Page 21 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com M ASTER M O NO The level of the MON O ou tpu t (9) is set by a rotary fad er. The associated AFL sw itch w ith ind icating LED m onitors the final ou tpu t after the fader.

  • Page 22: Using Your Spirit Live 4 Console

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com USING YOUR SPIRIT LIVE 4 CONSOLE The final sou nd from you r P.A. system can only ever be as good as the qu ality of the sou rce signal. Ju st as you need to...
  • Page 23 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com • If you cannot obtain a satisfactory setting, e.g. the gain control is right at the extrem e low end of the scale on Microphone Input, try using the Line Input instead . •...

  • Page 24: Applications

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com APPLICATIONS is d esigned prim arily as a sou nd SPIRIT LIVE reinforcem ent m ixer, bu t m ay also be u sed for basic m u ltitrack record ing. The follow ing d iagram s show typical configu rations w hich w ill illu strate how the m ixer is connected to other equ ipm ent.
  • Page 25 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ou tpu t signal path via the Left and Right insert points. Exa mple 2: Public In this second exam ple the Grou p 1 Ou tpu t is u sed to d rive an Address - Stereo ad d itional centre speaker, w ith ind ivid u al fad er control.

  • Page 26: Record Ing

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com final ou tpu t. Exa mple 4: The console m ay also be u sed for 2-Track or basic m u ltitrack Stereo Recording record ing live or in the stu d io. The set u p is sim ilar to the previou s exam ples bu t w ith the Mix L/ R Ou tpu t feed ing a 2-track Tape Machine.

  • Page 27: Care Of Your Mixer

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com CARE OF YOUR MIXER Genera l Preca utions Avoid storing or u sing the m ixer in cond itions of excessive heat or cold , or in positions w here it is likely to be su bject to vibration, d u st or m oistu re.
  • Page 28 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com feedback the ‘how ling’ sou nd cau sed by bringing a m icrophone too close to a lou d speaker d riven from its am p lified signal. foldback a feed sent back to the artistes via lou d speakers or head p hones to enable them to m onitor the sou nd s they are p rod u cing.

  • Page 29: Selectable Options

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Selecta ble Options Remova l of +48V on Mic Inputs To d isable the +48V phantom pow ering on the m icrophone inpu ts, rem ove link J3 from Inpu t PCB SC3209. This can be d one w ithou t rem oving the PCB as show n below , by carefu lly cu tting the lead s of the link above the PCB at the p oints m arked .
  • Page 30 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Reconfiguring Aux 2 a s a Post Fa de Send Au x 2 is configu red as a PRE FADE send at the factory, bu t m ay be altered to be POST FADE if requ ired by repositioning a link on the Inpu t PCB SC3209 as show n below .

  • Page 31: Specifications

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SPECIFICATIONS Typical Figu res for a 16 Channel Console NOISE Measu red RMS, 22H z to 22kH z Band w id th Line inp u ts selected at u nity gain and term inated 150R MIX NOISE Inp u t fad ers d ow n, channels rou ted to L-R, Pans central, Masters at m axim u m Mix Left...
  • Page 32 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com DISTORTION TH D m easu red at +20d Bu Line Inp u t to Mix Ou tp u t < 0.0025% @ 1kH z, < 0.015% @ 10kH z INPUT & OUTPUT IMPEDANCES Microp hone Inp u t >...
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  • Page 34 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com stereo master GRP 1 GRP 1 GRP 2 GRP 2 GRP 3 GRP 3 GRP 4 GRP 4 DC POWER DC POWER STE 1 STE 1 AUX 1 AUX 1 AUX 2 AUX 2 AUX 3 AUX 3 AUX 4...

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