Specifications
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SPIRIT APPLICATIONS
Connector Panels
On the following pages, you will see
suggested applications and the
connections from each item of
equipment to Soundcraft Spirit mixers.
The illustrations on the left show you
exactly where all of the connectors for
each mixer are located so that you can
use them as guides for connecting up
your equipment.
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Mono
Sum
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Mix Insert L&R
Monitor L&R
Mix L
Playback
L&R
Auxes
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Stereo Returns
1-4, L&R
Mix Insert L&R
Playback In
Record Out
Mix L&R
Monitor L&R
Auxes
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M Series
E Series
FX8
SX
Notepad
Whatever the application – studio recording, live mixing or live recording – a mixer invariably does the
same basic job of combining and routing several signals at once.
But in situations as different as mixing a band in
a small bar, sound reinforcement in a large
church hall, or recording in a compact studio,
this basic job comes with widely varied
additional requirements. Some situations require
very specific features – mixing a turntable with
other sources calls for RIAA pre-amps, for
example – whereas others require basic mixer
features such as auxiliary sends to be used in
particular ways. In the studio, they are generally
used to route signals through a choice of several
effects processors, whereas in live use the aux
sends are more useful to provide essential
monitor mixes for artists.
The diagrams on the following pages are
intended as guides for how Spirit consoles can
be used in typical audio applications. We’ve
suggested how instruments, microphones and
processors can be connected, and which outputs
are suitable for amplifiers, monitor sends and so
on, but these are only suggestions.
While it’s important to stick to certain basics –
getting inputs and outputs mixed up is usually a
bad thing – the requirements of a particular
situation could mean that you connect
equipment up in a different manner to anything
we’ve shown here. Use these examples as
starting points, and adapt them to the particular
situation. When you run out of stereo inputs for
keyboards, use two mono channels instead – just
remember to use identical EQ settings on both
channels. And remember: getting to know your
mixer properly makes any task a whole lot
easier…