Studiomaster 16x4x2, Owner'S Manual

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signals can be retumed via either the Aux 1 or 2 I"€tums
andassignedlosub1.AJ!ematemethodsarealsoavail-
at»e,suchasassignirogtheaboveexampletothemas-
lerptograml ••l1andrighloulpulsd'recl~>orbytaking
thelineootofthesubgrou.pstOdrivetheextemaldevice
and retumiog the signals to Ihe program mas!ers. This
lattermethodisespecialfyeflectlVeon$lgnalgroupsre-
quiringcompreSs'onand'orlevellimiting
Some incoming signals may require special effects
which are nol required or des,rable on any o!her s'gnal
£Xamp~swo~bellanging on a keyboard, ahar.
mcnizer on a guitar or limiting on a snare or bassdrUfTI
These types o! effects can bellSed b;'patch,ng Ihe pro-
1,/
:::r::r:::i: :::~a~ok.t~~i~~~ ~:~~~ ~~ac:~
nectOf as the outpul send,the ring connector as the
input retum and tM sleeve connector as the common
shielclfo< both lines Mating cord assemblias maybe
purchasedorconstructedbytheuS€r.(Notell!heneed
arises to route an input signal Iromthechannalwitho<Jt
intarruptlngthenormalsigMltlowlt1roughlhemixe<,
the mating piu" wired as above must have a jumper wire
added between the tip and ring oonnectors. When using
this!yp€ of passive slgMI spirt arrangement, care must
be taken to avoid e.cessiveoontrol changes In either
the channel tader 01 post tader controls or thoS€ on the
device led by the Spilt signal. Since there is no isolation
controlvariatoons made at either end of the signal path
mayaflec1theothe.-side.)
live Sound reinforcement mi1ingoltenlSaneasiertask
~s,milartypesoflnputsaregrou~togetherarxlOOr)-
trolled as a single s'gnal Examples of Ihis type ot use
wouldbemicrophonesusedondrumklts,harmonyandi
orbackgroundvocalmlcsandmul1'plekeyboardlnputs
,/ As variOuS iI1putsare touted to a subgroup,iI1drvioual
channel levels can be set so as to provide a proper
blendandbalance •••.rthinlhesubgroupmi.,'t,torexam·
ple,theleve!otthedrumsneedstoberaisedorloweled
relative to the overall pregram level. Ihe subgroop !adef
can be 'e-pos'tloned withouldes!roying the balance
Th,s stili alLows lorindrvidualchannets within the grO\Jp
to be taised or lowere<! as necessary as that channel
signal strength will change in the sub as well as the
maS1er. Another advantage ot sub-masteflng Ot group-
ingistheabilltytoaudlblyplacethesubgroupsignalrel-
ativetolhemaslerleIHo-rightba'ance.Thisisaccom
plishedviathesubglooppancontrol,whicha1lowsthe
englneertosweepthesubgroupsendloreflect.Bywey
of an example, a par1icular drum passage or solo may
be pennedtofoUow Ihe movemer1tot thedtummer with-
out having to amend or alter the set~ngs 01 the iOO,-
v;duatinp<.Jts
Another benefitot subgrOllpingon the 16x4.2 is the
ability to send the subgroup signals out of the mixer
without;
1.lnterruptlngt.t>esignalffowtolhemesters,or:
2.Theneedtoassignthesubgroupsignaltothe
masters
Thisfle,bihtyaitowstheusertoaddeflectstoatotalsub
group or to conlrol 1he tevel externatiyby WilY ofa limi-
ter. In both instances, the subg'oup Oulpu1 would be
broughtbackintothemixerthtougheitherotthetwoaux
return networks after oolng processed by the exlernaJ
device
MASTER OUTPUTS ·lEFT AND RIGHT
The chiet tunchon
ot
the master outputs istodetermme
and oontrol the overatl final ou!put levels. Additionally
the 16x412 masters are provide<! with a three band
equalization netwolktor making adjustments in the slg
nattonality, Wh1telhisE.Q. is nol designed to ehminate
theuseofe.terMlmulti-bandequalizersinthose<lPP!'-
catOonsrequiringextensivefif1etuninglorv~atiteroom
environments, it can reduce the amount 01 extemat
changes required, It sl>ould be noted that> white
Stl.ldiomaster-does not produce exlernal equalizat>on
"etworks, we believe many sound systems WQuld be
vastly improve<i by the addition of such devices. Addi
tionatly, the human ear, while extremely sensrtlve, can-
not adequatelyproviOO frequency i-dentiflcahon during
Ihe setup of mu1li·bande.q. netWQrks, thus we equally
be!,evenoprotes$ionalsystemistrulycompletew,thoul
1heinclusionofareal-!imeaudiospectrumar>.alyzer
Many tt;gh quaLity equalizers and RTA's lire aV<lllable
and no speeificproduct recommendation ismede or im-
pliedbyStudiomaster