SoundCraft Spirit Monitor - Manual (Page 22)

cessful sound mixing.
The aim should be to place the microphone as close as physi-
cally possible to the source, to cut out unwanted surrounding
sounds, allow a lower gain setting on the mixer and avoid
feedback. Also a well-chosen and well-placed microphone
should not need any appreciable equalisation.
Input Connections The monitor mixer will often share inputs with a front-of-
house mixer and it is particularly important to ensure that the
input connections provide complete isolation between the two
consoles to avoid hum problems and possible degradation of
the signal. The provision of balanced splitter transformers or
isolating transformers will ensure a clean signal to both con-
APPLICATIONS
The diagram below shows a typical application of the SPIRIT
Monitor as a stage monitor console, with inputs shared via a
splitter box with the front-of-house console
MICROPHONE SPLITTER
STAGE MONITORS
MIC INPUTS
PHONES/
T/B
MIC
ENGINEER’S
WEDGE
POWER
MULTICORES TO
HOUSE CONSOLE
AMP RACK
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