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Since the 16~4~2mixingconso!emilybeu$edfor
8 variety of audio mixing applications, it is u-
tremely Impo"anl to fully understand the various
functions which may be required. It is atso impor-
tanllounderslandthelolalaspeclandcapabllilyof
the unit, even those not necessarily applicable 10
the final, Immediate ,!!tup, In order !O tea1l2e the
bestformalloranygivensitulltionorapplication
LIVE SOUND REINFORCEMENT
The 16x4x2may be used !or live soond re,nlorcernent
ina number o! ways. Two examples are shown lor con-
cenorlivemusicsituationsanda!hirde'amp~shows
a typical theatrical appl'cation_ Tr.e actual set up
selectedwilldependontheamountandtypeolexlernal
equipment (mics, amps, speakers, elc.) used in lhe
overali syslem as well as other variables such as type
cfve •.•ue, mi~erloca1io"'s.typeofpertormaoce, etc. No
allernplismadel1eretodlctatehnalgai"'ande.Q se!
t,ngS'Jfslg" ••: bussing, e.cep! by e~ampleforinstruc-
honalpurlJOS(!s,asthesedepender"ltorelyo •.•i•.•puttype
and sensrt'vity,sig •.•alcomposit,on,e •.•viro •.•mental con-
di!'o~.5a'XIperscnaltasteCaretulstudyoltl1efollowing
exan.,'es will fesu~ ona Deller understanding of the mix-
ers ",verall adaptability and fle.ibllity
~"mIALINPUTSET-UP
In most applications, a tog>cal,well plam1ed layout of
chanr,eldedi<;ation will ease the mi~ing enginoo'sjob
LivlOsoundengonee"ngoflenrequoresrapidcha •.•gesof
key sell'ngsor groups, thus it is usually Deuer 10 gfOup
theleadorcnlicali",pulsnearestlhesubgroupa'XImas'
terront'ols,lesscnlicali •.•puts(lhoserequlfingfe .•..
changes afte, the initialseUi •.•g) arebetlerlehou10ftne
.•'ay and are usually placed away tromlhe SUbgfOUPS
a'XImasters, Groups of inpu1s wh>ch are to be routed
lothesamesubgroupsmaybe~aced,nadjacenlchan'
nels. however, any critical inputs to be routed to that
subgroup maybe isolated near the subs and maslers
tofacilitateeasierchar1ges
Forstart'ngpufposcs,m>clevelsig •.•alsshouldhavea
ga,n setb •.•gof 30 with no p.ad and e.q. Ila1. Line level in·
putsshouldbein
i
1iallysetat20withnopadande.qllat
EQ. SE!I'ings may De iMlally pertormed by rou!,ngthe
inpulto1haheadphonesvia!l1esolobuss.Properm,x·
ong lech •.•iques should lesult in the channel tader talhng
betwee •.•·5a •.•d·20o •.•thescale,al1houghnolallsignals
aresoobhgi •.•g'
Whe •.•fonahz,ngthegainandEQ.se!tingS,keepinmirtd
the Overload i•.•dicalorfiresat 4dS priortocl,pping, thus
it is often normal tor the LED 10 lire i•.• a sporadic,
mome •.•tarymanner, True overload and dis!ortion is in·
dicatedbyastrong,contlnllOus·on"condolion.
AUXILIARY SUSSING
During live performances it is oflen nocessary to assign
various input signals to mul1iple access points 01' bus·
ses. Forth'S reaso •.•, the 16.4x2hasbeendesigned
wl!h.2 pnmary busses (Program Lett and Right), 4 sub·
groupbusses(1,.2,3artd4)and3auxiliarybusses (Au~
1,.2and 3) as well as channel patch points. This allows
theoperatorachok:eof10distlibut'on'OIJtesfOl'a •.•yin
comi"'gsignal.lnma"'yapplicationsilmayberequifed
toaddexler •.•ale"ectsorco •.•trolS,suchaSOCho,delay
orlimi~og, 10specitic inpuls. Addi\ionallyit is oflen a re·
quiremenl for the on stage lalent to have a refelence
s'gnalormonrtor.lfthemonrtorSlgnalrequirementsare
slmple,as,nglesernlmaybeadequatea •.•dca •.•begen·
era\ed by routing the necessary signals via the au~ 3
buss.lf a more complex monitor mix is required. the aux
2 send may be assig •.•ed a pre-fader status and a sec
ond,independilntmonitorsig •.•algeneraled
Perhapso •.•e of the moSI crilical factors of high quality
hvepertorma •.•ce rei •.•forcemenl is the addlt>on and mIX
i•.•g ofe.ternal signal processong devices such as re·
verbs. delays, compressors. etc. The Sludiomaster
16x4x2isdesig •.•edI0; •.•terfacewilhvirtuallyalfsuchde
vices capable of using line level;nputs and supplying
tine level outputs (Note: Some elfects devices are de·
s;gnedloruse .•••• ithhighimpedanceinpuls;gijals, such
as guitars and ge •.•e,alea high impedanceoutpul sig
na.! Such units ale oot directly compatible with the
16.4~.2unlessimpedaocematchingdevioosareused
on the input and output signals.) For etfects which are
10beusedonmu\!'pleinputsignals,e,g reverbonvo<:·
als,the input signals maybe rouledthroughAux1 as
well as assigned to submasler 1. The retuming"Wef"