Getting To Know Your Console; Facilities; Input Channel - SoundCraft Spirit Live 4 Manual

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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.

INPUT CHANNEL

M IC RO PHO NE INPUT
The Microphone inpu t is via a stand ard fem ale XLR-3
connector and is available w hen the LIN E -20dB sw itch is
released . It is d esigned to accept a w id e range of balanced or
u nbalanced low im ped ance inpu t signals.
+48V Phantom Pow er is available on each inpu t m icrophone
socket. This is sw itched on globally from the pow er su pply in
the case of the 12, 16 and 24 channel d esks, or from a rocker
sw itch ad jacent to the d .c. pow er connector at the top right of
the 32 channel d esk. Shou ld you w ish to configu re inpu ts
w ithou t +48V pow er, see Selectable Op tions on Page 27 for
d etails of this m od ification.
Transform er-cou p led d ynam ic m icrophones m ay be u sed
w ithou t cau sing d am age, even w hen the +48V pow er is
connected , bu t care m u st be taken w hen u sing u nbalanced
sou rces, becau se of the voltage present on pins 2 and 3 of the
XLR connector. Microphone inpu t level is set by the GAIN
control(6).
N OTE: Phantom pow ered m ics shou ld not be plu gged in
w ith the +48V sw itched on. Also you shou ld be aw are that
som e m icrop hones d raw an u nu su ally large cu rrent w hich
m ay overload the pow er su pply, resu lting in d istortion.
Consu lt you r m icrophone su pplier for gu id ance if necessary.
DIREC T O UTPUT
A grou nd com pensated D IRECT ou tpu t is provid ed , fed from
the ou tpu t of the fad er bu ffer, w hich is therefore u naffected
by the position of the ROUTIN G sw itches or PAN control.
This provid es an id eal sou rce for external processing u nits,
the ou tpu t of w hich m ay be brou ght back to the console
throu gh the STEREO sections or grou p RETURN S, or to
d irectly send to the tracks of a tape m achine for m u ltitrack
record ing. This provid es as m any Tape Send s as there are
m ixer channels, w ithou t u sing the grou p or m ix ou tp u ts.
Pa g e 10
INPUT