Introduction – SoundCraft Spirit Live 4 User Manual
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INTRODUCTION
Congratu lations on you r p u rchase of a
SPIRIT LIVE 4
m ixer.
Ow ning a Sou nd craft console brings you the exp ertise and
su p p ort of one of the ind u stry’s lead ing m anu factu rers and
the resu lts of over 20 years exp erience su p p orting som e of the
biggest nam es in the bu siness.
Designed by engineers w ho u nd erstand the ind ivid u al need s
of m u sicians,
SPIRIT LIVE 4
has been bu ilt to the highest
stand ard s u sing qu ality Jap anese com p onents and em p loying
au tom ated assem bly techniqu es beyond the reach of m ost
m anu factu rers of com p act m ixers.
A ru gged steel chassis is com bined w ith m ou ld ed sid e trim s
to give p rotection and d istinctive ap p earance. 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 LIVE 4
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 LIVE 4
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 inp u t channels are able to accep t a w id e range
of Microp hone and Line level signals from sep arate inp u t
sockets. Every channel featu res w id e range gain control and
Line inp u t p ad , 3-band Equ alisation w ith sw ep t Mid and LF
range, p lu s a H i-Pass Filter, 5 Au xiliary Send s, PFL(Pre Fad e
Listen), Peak LED, Panning to a Stereo Bu s and rou ting in
p airs to fou r Ou tp u t Grou p s. Each channel has a sep arate
Direct Ou tp u t and is controlled by a high-qu ality long throw
fad er.
All fram e sizes are p rovid ed as stand ard w ith d ed icated
stereo inp u ts, arranged in p airs. One p air is inclu d ed on the
12 channel fram e and tw o p airs on all other fram e sizes. Each
stereo inp u t inclu d es a 2-band EQ and a single au xiliary send
control w ith sw itching w hich allow s p refad e or p ostfad e
sou rcing w ith access to three of the five Au xiliary bu sses. The
stereo channel signal m ay be rou ted to either the Mix ou tp u t
or to Grou p s 1 & 2 (u p p er) or Grou p s 3 & 4 (low er).
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