Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto 4 del fabbricante SoundCraft
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Thank you for buying a SPI RIT FOL IO 4 mixer, brought t o y ou with p ride by the S PIRI T team of P eter, Graham, Malcolm, M artin, P eter, B rian, George, Colin, T ony, Jam es, M ukesh, Andy , Candy and Simon.
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e This group of switches selects a choice of sources for the STEREO LISTEN switch (see below). Any combination may be selected as required. A built-in 1kHz OSCILLA T OR provides a test tone for system tests or aligning T ape Machines. Press the switch to turn ON the oscillator and feed a 1kHz tone to the MIX and GROUP outputs at a fixed level.
Normally the Monitor and Phones outputs receive either the Mix signal or the 2 T rack Return signal, depending on the position of the MIX/2TK switch. STEREO LISTEN provides a further choice of sources from Aux Sends 5-8, Groups 1-4 or Stereo Returns PFL.
You will probably use your SP IRI T FOLIO 4 with a wide range of different t ypes of sound source, and these wil l be at varying signal levels. It is i m port ant to set the GAIN of the inputs corr ectly to give the best perfor mance.
Wh i le t he connections t o the FO LIO 4 for P A work are quite s traightf orward, recording is rather more dem anding because the m ixer is not only required to mix down input s i gnals but also t o provide a m onitor mix f o r art ists to hear previously recorded tracks when overdubbing new parts.
Balan ced Input 2. Hot(+ ve) 3. Cold( -ve) 1. Screen MONO INPUT CHANNEL Unbala nced Input 1. Scree n 2. Hot(+ ve) Link 3 to 1 Hot (+ve) Cold (-ve) Gnd/Screen Signal Gnd/Screen Gnd/Screen Tip Ring Slee.
INSERT The pre-EQ Inser t is a br eak poi nt in the channel signal path. It allows the signal to be taken out of the mixer, t hrough an ex ternal piece of equipment and th en back into the m ixer to c ontinue through to the f inal output. The Insert is a 3-pole ‘A’ gauge jack socket, wh ich is normally bypassed.
These contr ol s route t he i nput channel signal to any one or more of eight Auxiliary busses. These combine t he sends from each channel, mixing them to separate outputs on the rear of t he mixer.
STEREO INPUT CHANNE L S 13-20 STEREO INPUT L & R These i nputs accept 3-pole ‘A’ gauge (T RS) jacks. Use t hese inputs for sources such as keyb oards, d rum machines , synths, t ape machi nes or as re turn s from proce ssin g un i ts .
Th is send can be pre- fade and used in the same way as Aux S ends 1 & 2 for Foldback or as a Monitor feed, but for Effect s it is more appropriat e for the Aux Send to fade up and down with the fader ( P OST - FADE).
Just like the P FL switches on the channels, you can monitor the AUX 1-4 outputs by pressing the latching AFL switch. This rout es the AUX out put signal to the MONI T O R or PHONES, r epl ac i ng any existing signal (norm ally the Monitor receives e i ther MI X or the Tape Ret urn, depending on the position of the MIX switch - see bel ow).
The three colour PPM Bargraph Meters normally fo llow the Monitor selection to show the leve l of the Stereo MIX outputs or 2-T rack Tape Returns, giving you a constant warning of excessive peaks in the signal which might cause overloading.
STEREO PUBLIC ADDRESS In this basic PA Set-up, v arious sources are connected t o the inputs, microphones t o Mic inputs and keyboards etc. to L ine inputs. Not e that som e gu itars will not produce suff icient level for a direct connect ion, and will requi re a Direct In j ection (DI ) box connected via the microphone input .
PUBLIC ADDRESS - STEREO + SIDE F ILL OR CENTRE F EED In this second example an additional side fill or cent re speaker cluster is driven from Aux 7 & 8, Aux 4 or Aux 3 switched to Post -fade, with individual rotary fader contr ol. Aux 7 & 8 woul d be ideal, since a Group can also fe ed these Aux sends if required.
STEREO RECORDING The console m ay be used for 2-T rack or basic mu l titrack rec ording, l ive or i n the stud i o. T he set up is simi l ar to the previous ex amples, but with the Mix L/ R Output feeding a 2-Track Tape Machine. The t ape outputs are brought back to the console for monitoring via t he 2-Track Tape Ret urns.
4-Track Reco rding The console m ay also be used for 4- Track recording. The set up i s similar to the previous exam pl e, but with a 4-track recor der fed from the Group Outputs and brought back for monitoring via 4 line inputs. In this case a compressor /limiter is shown applied t o one of the mic channels via the insert.
AFL (After Fade Liste n) a function t hat allows the ope rator to mo n itor the post -fa de signa l in a cha nnel indep ende ntly of the main mix. Balance the re lative levels of the l ef t and rig ht chann els of a s tereo signal.
(Measured 20Hz - 20kHz RMS) Ω (inc. No ise @ 1kHz) (@ 1kHz, typical) Ω 25.
1 19.37 (4.70") 777.00 (30.59") 470.00 (18.50") 124.00 (4.88") 17.00 (0.67") 410.00 (16.14") Ω Ω Ω 26.
3 1 2 MONO INPUT CHANNEL STEREO INPUT CHANNEL STEREO RETURNS ▲ ▲ ➚ ➚ ➚ ➚ MASTER SECTION SY STE M BLO CK DIAGRAM 27.
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il SoundCraft 4 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del SoundCraft 4 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso SoundCraft 4 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul SoundCraft 4 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il SoundCraft 4, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del SoundCraft 4.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il SoundCraft 4. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo SoundCraft 4 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
