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16x4x2 MIXER APPLICATIONS
LIVE SOUND REINFORCEMENT
The extreme ver~a!My 01the 1x4x2 provides a level of control mo'e than equal
lodemandinglives,Iualions



MULTI TRACK
Inte1acesperlectlywith4\racktransportslorsupefbmu'j'-trackmas1ersas
well aspalching fac;li\ies for 2t,ack mix down


THEATRICAL PRODUCTION
Thf" fxib,Jtty
~ ,md expandlb'l,ty of the 1$.4.2 allow the theat,;,;:al user mo.a
:haner>oughoptionslordramaticandmusicalpresentaHons


VIDEO POST PRODUCTION
A superb unit for profes~io"al audio results in both the commercIal film and
",deomediurns


PERMANENT INST ALlA TION/CHURCHES'INSTITUTIONS
Mult;~le inpU!$ a~,d outputs allow for selective signal distnbut.on fOtmats not
usualtyk'1,mdinordinarymixers




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Thank you forpurchas'nglheStud'omaster1Sx4x2mixer

The Stud>o master 1h4x2 mixer has been carefully designed tOf .ecord'rlg as well as live pertormanC(! mIxing
Ful1hef, this mIXer can be used lor slmunaneous recording ot liH. performances in add'I00I110 ,emixing of mulh·
track master record'ngs. Thismixerhastheflex'bil'tytomootvirtua Ilyanyuniqueaudiositualioounderthemost
strenuous conditions and provide superb aud,ble results. The 16x4x2perf ectlymatchesany4tracl('eoord'I\Q
transport making this board perfect in both home and stud;o recording environments

Read this manual carefully and familiarize yoo~ellwlth'hefeaturesandfurdions beforeoperatong Wesugges1
atwayskeepingth,smanualwiththem'xer.

We at Studiomasler are proud of our mixers and we believe you will t>e equally proud w;th you, purchase




CONTENTS


INPUTCHANNELS1·16

SUSGROUPCONTROlS 1-4

AUXILIARY CONTROLS SECTION

MASTER QUTPUT ANDJ<:jXILLARY 8E-
TURNS

SACKPANElFEATURES

16x4x2 MIXER APPLICATIONS

16.4x2 LIVE SOUND REINFORCEMENT

16.4.2 RECORDING AND MIXING

16.4.2 THEATRICAL PRODUCTION

16x4.2 VIDEO POST PRODUCTION

PERMANENT INST ALLA T IONS

SCHEMA TIC

TECHNICALSPECIFICATIQN




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BASS FREQUENCY



BASS CUT BOOST




AUX1 (POST)

AUX 2 PREPOST SWITCH




AUX3(PRE)




SOLO ASSIGN SWITCH

L&A ASS.G~ SWITCH




SUBGROUP
ASSIGN SWITCHES




CHANNEL
FADER

OVERLOAD INDICATOR




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Each input channel consists of the lollowing con- 'AUX2
trolsandleature.: Thiscontrol,likeAux 1, isnormatty post ta(/er. Au'2
MIC LINE SWITCH however, is p'o~ided with a pre-fade, sele<:tor switch for
This swilch allows lor any channel fo be used with eifher bussing ot pre-tader sigr1als fa fhe Aux 2 masler secllon
a microphone le~el Olpul (balanced low impedance -200 'AUX 3
ohm) 0' a line le~el input (unbalanced 600 ohm.) lsee The Au,iliary 3 conlrol allows for bussing ot a pre-fader
page 25 Ior details) signaltolheAu,3maslerse{:tionPrefade,signalsare
normallyusedlorstagemonilor,studiotoldbackorcue-
PAD SWITCH
Thisswitchprovidesa20dBpaddirectlytolhemicinput "'9
and 10dB to iine, and can be used to attenuafe high PAN CONTROL
level signals ThEt rotary postfaderpanconlroldetermonesthEtleft-lo-
right balancEtotthEt signal ooing sEtnt to the outpul bus-
sesll1hechannelsigr'lalissentt01hesubgroupS(I-4j,
The gain control is continuously variable from 1QdBfa
thEtoddgroupsarelEtftwhHethEtevenar"righl
6OdB.Thiscontroideterminesthenominalcharmelsen·
siti~ity by varying the pre amp gain, preserving 'SOLO
maximum head,oom inginputsignalsensittvity atapretaderlevEtilothEtMon'toroutputThissignalca"
be used in a pre~iew Q'cueing application. This signal
automaticallya;JpearsonLEDladder#4
The 16x.h2 utilizes the famoos Studio master sem;- LEFT-RIGHT MASTER ASSIGNMEr,;r
Pe Ireble control network is
This swilch allOws for bussir'lg Ihe pOst pan slgMb d;-
an rectlytothEtletlaod"ghtmasleroutputsectio",s.bypas-
10kHz,provid,nglor16dBboostorcut
sing the subgroIJPS. This sigr'lal may be used tor posl
production ove'dubblng onrecordiogsT~d'osOffor roul-
Themidrange networkoonsists Of able frequency control with a sweep of from 200Hz fa formance BkHz.Thisiscombinedwith vi(/ing 16dB boost or cut ove' the chosen frequency SUB GROUP ASSIGNMENT
ThEtIQursubgroupswilchesallowlorbussingthechar1-
"od
ne1 sign The bass r>etwork oonsists of a oontinuOlJsly ~ar;able ouslySubgroupingisprovidedformu~;·trackrecor(j;ng
shelving frequencyco"trol with to 350Hz This is combined wilh a seperate gai" control IivesoundrEtinforcEtmenl
provid,ng16dBboostorcutonallfrequerICiO!'Sbelowthe
LEDQVERLOAOINOICATOR
chosencutollpoinl
ThEtinsetLEDne al indicalionolthEt chanr,,!ssigMI status The LEDfwes
Thlsswilch ailowst~Et us&r to bypass thEtequalLzallon eratOfIOI<1'oc:N..--I
network input inadvancelflhenominalsgnallevelO$~a
d,stor1edlev"I.T~.eLED6elec\Orc"=:.>II<5;)OS1~anc
E.C
Th;scontr~ailowstorbuSSlngolapOstTatI"r$igoalto
rhe Au,iiiary 1 maste, section, Post fader sends are CHANNEL FADER
comn1Of'1iy use<:: 10' WEt with Etxtemal ecl>o and or "It- The100nvncna.....,.,.,faoo,P'O'<"deSOUIpVIIevelCOt1Ifol
"erbd"'~ ces Iromfhecl1anoeltoa!lpost!adefbusse$. Theraooris
'(postEa.) callbfa:edIOfaccuraterel"·"EtIe,,e1ir>dlcat>ans




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SOLO ASSIGN

1kHz SLATE




SUBGROUP FADER




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2T TO MONITOR ASSIGN

TB TO AUX 3 ASSIGN




TALKBACK




AUX 1 AuX 2 AUX 3
[MASTER SENDS]



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Eao::h'I,IbllrOl,lP,onsitllsolthefollowingleatl,lres& PAN CONTROL
Y'w:1ion.: The pan control determines tl1e lefl-to-right balanooot
the SUbgfOUP signal bussed to the moniloroutpllt and

TAPE MONITOR SWITCH tnemasteroutputs
.·..········
switches bussthaincoming muW-tracktapain SOLO SWITCH
;Uslrum the line iIlput jacks on input channels JIffi The soloswitcl1sends the subgroopsignal to t!1emoni·
:YectIyto the monltorootputs. This allows monito-rfng'1,t toroutputdirectfy,bypassing the moni\Of send and pan
f"t'c1ry signal prior to remim>g or eftects additioo Oflor control
'-·tapemooitonng

The subgroup fader is a 100mmcontrol provided w;th
MONITOR CONTROL dB calibrations lor aCCllrate relative signal indication
'""emonitore:ontrotbussesthesubgroupoutputtothe This ct"'termines the final signal level available at the
"'~ ,md right master outputs, Addltionall~, the signal is subgroup ootput jack as well as to all post tadersub-
:>..:ssed c!"ectly to the monitor output jacks Iocaledon groupbusses
Iw!rearpaneLTheleft.'rightbalanc;eisrontrolledbyttJe
SLATE(I subgroup pan control (see below)
The slate tor.e s.··itch applies a Ik·..· tone to all 4 sub-
z
groupssimlJllaneously. Additionall)', this tone may be
AUX3 bussedtothelell&righlpfogramoUtputs.thus,thetone
1'-l'>!'subgroupsignalcanbabussedtotheAux3master may be used tor lining up recordbg equ;or:>ent, slatIng
~viath'ssendoontroI.Thesignalismonauraland tapesandsystemcheck--outinti"esoundreinlo~ement
postsubgroup!ader
~ applicatIons




AUXILIARY 1, '1 & 3 MASTER SECTIONS T ALKBACK VOLUME ANO ROUTiNG SWITCH
ThetalkbackvolumeOO>1troldeterminestr.elevelolar.y
Ead1AuxillaryMasterse<:uonisidenticai.thec!illerence
micsignalwith,nthe~ss.Acress'sviatl'>e)(LRj"put
:.e;nglnthec!&rivationoltheincomingsignals
onthe rear panel (see rear paael teatures). Tharo..obr)Q
rne master control determines the level 01signal avai' switchisamomentarypushbuttonopeningtneta'~!>ack
attherorresporidingoutputiack.Thesoloswitct1
~ circuitacresstotheAux3bussoolpUl.Thosallowst:OfTr
····· saach auxiliary buss to be Seflt to the solo circuit. munications to the stage monitoring sys1em dIn'1g ~
-ne:er#4andthemonitoroulputs soundleintorcementortotnetoldbacks~

SOLOINOICATOR recording Thetalk·bad
~soIoLEDwilllightwhenanysignalispresen1inthe used as part 01an Intercom sys'emlQronBrC '="£iQ!'
d;rectloncommunica\lOn5du".ng~
U;lClfcuit, This;n(licatesthe signal is visually present
situ.a\Jons
~rr-.etef"'4an(laudlblyavailableallhemoniloroulpUl

ZTMONITOR
~ allows bussing ot the incomir)Q 2lracl< signal (Irom MONITORVOlU"'EC~
r.e2 track retl,lrn jacksl to the monitor outputs. Th'sal- 'Thosdetermoroesthea..e-idleWlala-"a.o;ro..c5l9"'.a.
Cws tor playbad< monitoring 01 remixed tapes, tNJS re- bussedtothemoMOf~as..elaslhe_1Dne
-..:edtapes can be compared in e.ther·dry"or ·····
et· thecontroldoesnote«ectthelevelofs.q'\al$t>JsSed
5:atetorfinaloverdubbing totneleft&ng/1IprogramootpUlS




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MrDRANGE




AUX1 OR2 RETURN




SOLO ASSIGN (MASTER OUTPUT)

UR ASSIGN (AUX)


SUBGROUP ASSIGNS (AUX)




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The left. & right program master sK1ions calinleaturesandfuncti0<15. unbalanc
EQUALIZATION AUXILIARY LEVEL CONTROL
The output equ sistsolthafollcwingnetwor1<.s: able for oossing to lhe subgroups and·"orp'ogrs.m out-
puts
Treble-shelvirogtypew.th 16dBbooslorcu1al 20kHz
Middle-reciprocalcurve(peak'dip)networkwrth PAN
16dBboostorCUlat1.5kHz ThisdeterminestheleIHo-rightbalanceolthe'ncoming
Bass -shelvingtypew'th16dBboostorcutat signals/Ouledlothevariousbusses
20<,
RETURN ASSIGNMENTS
MASTER FADER These switchesdete,mine the rouling of the auxiliary
The program master faders are dB cahbfated lor accu- signals (pOst pan & level). The signal may be bus~ed
rate relalrve signal levelindicatlOJ"ls. The100mmunrts directly to the lett& righlprogram. subg,eups1 and2
controlthefinalsignalbuss XLRconnectoro

AUXILIARY 1 & 2 RETURNS AC SWITCH AND Pfi..OTLlGHT
These two networl\s are identical in bolhleatures and The AC swilch energizes the entire console. An -AC on-
functions. Auxiliary return networks do r'IOt neoossarily condilion is indicated by the red LEDlocaled tOlhe liO'tt
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CHANNEL INPUTS 1-Hi pnmarily for use withextemaf signal processir.g and el-
Each oflhe sixteen chanr1els have the following inpul !ectsdeviQessuchasechoordigitaldelay.Aux3isp'Q--
connections and accesspoir\ls vided primarilyfo'sludiofoldback or live sound stage
MICROPHONE INPUT monilorfeeds, Auxiliary2,whichisselectableaseilher
MIC level j\ow impedance) sigr\als are int'oduced to the a pre or post fader signal buss, may be usedfm eifher
char\r\elthrough the XLR connecto'. This routes the Of the above functioos. depernMg0r11hesrtuationar1dl
sfgnal to the balanced discrete p,eamplifie! section or user preference
LINE INPUT
SUBGROUP LINE OUTPUTS 1-4
linelevelsignal(unbalanced)canbeinsertedviathev.'
These 4 oufpls provide an unbalanced line level sigoal
phone jack located below each mix XLR
(+4 dBm level) 10' 4 t,ack recording, The signals avai~
CHANNEL PATCHING ACCESS ablea,ederivedposffade,arxfa'ep,imarilydes;gned
for use with 4 frac~ fape machines or for live souod
applicafions requi'ir\g multiple, ir\doperldef1t program
allows ir\dividual channel signals 10 fo, lines.Theseoutputsmayalsobeusedlorbussingsig-
example.toanextemalsignalprocessir.g::levicesuch nals 10 extemal devices, SUCh as iimiters. whe'ein ft1e
as an e<:ho Or delay unil and 'etumed to the channel for p'ocessoo s>gnal is returned 10 the program outpuls via.
r\Ormalrouhngtotheoulpufs.Thes\>jackscanbeeasily ft1eauxiliary1and2retu,nnetworks
modified for post fade, operation for larger multi·lrack
2 TRACK LINE IN (RETURN)
sit\.latiol>s. (See P These1/4"phor\ejacksprOVldereturnaccessfor-10dB
AUX1,2&3SENDS sigr\als from 2 track tape machioesforplaybackofmas·
Thea\Jdia'Y send jacks derive signals from their re· teredfapes, The signals a.re routed fo the Mooilor out-
spectivemaslerstmdoonfrofs_Auxser\d 1 is designed pulswhenthe2T,ack'10-MDf1itorswilchisdep'essed




LEFT AND RIGHT SUBGROUP LINE
AUXILIARY SENDS OUTPUTS 1-4
MAIN OUTS




__ I _ 4




AC INPUT




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MONITOR OUTPUTS e.ceptinoutpullevel
Thetwo1i4-stereophonejacksarepr headphones or small, low power speakers (8 ohm jack) Thesign or ruu siza s'udioTeferencemonilOlsjislems (600 ohm balarn:ed with iack).The signals present are idenlicalexcept lorlhe nved'rom the master sections described in the Front
Ioadrequiremen~anda'edenvedlromthesubgroup Panel Features section or this ma'1u monitor send and pan controls The final !evel is deter- may be used for live s.ound re,n!occement or rortwo
mif'>edbylhemonilormaslercontrol IraCkrecording where professional (+4) ~vlsare/e-
TALKBACK quired
This XLR accepts a standard low impedance mK:ro- PHANTOM POWER SWITCH
phoneloruseasac..eingCl!intercomconnectionlothe 48v of phantom power is aVeCtors
Aux30ulputbuss I:tyactuafing the phanfom power sNitch
AUXILIARY RETURNS AC POWER CONNECTION, VOLTAGE SELECTION
The two auxiliary jacks are designed:o accepl line ,""vel ANDFUSEHOlOEA
signais for bussing 10 the programs or 10Ine SUbgroups The 16x4.2 isdesignedlooperale ona~j' 01 ~ voIlages
(re!erlott1eseCliononFrontPaneIConlrols-Auxiliary at either 50 or 60Hz; l00V, 120V, '220V and 240V. Tho
Aet,-,ms). The signals may be returned from the auxil-
iaf)' ser>ds, subgroup sends or from inclependente> voll Pows/cord.
be se!ecled before
The se:eclor can be char.gec
a::a~hing t~e
b~ It!li'1gl'>e
AC
I
nalsources
2 TR~CK LIN!: Out
The two Irack tine oui j··ch providea-1OdB signal for
squt.reinsertar'!dluming!heil1se""JI~!i:theor,;;~rvoi-
tage is afigrwsdwllh the arrOl'l O"lr.e "g~,1 ~a;Je
holder. The AC is introduc"d ..-;" " Slar,d"n; lEG co~-
roflhe
i
i
fecording 01 rem,xed maslar tapes. Thesignalspresent nector. TheACfu~,aT2AtypC,i$lQ<;aled;ns;jetrt
I
are idenl,cal to the main left and right program outpUIS, vollage seleclor insert I
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CHANNEL INPUTS 1-16




~_ CHANNEL PATCHING JACKS
(DIRECT IN OUT LOOPS)




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Since the 16~4~2mixingconso!emilybeu$edfor inpulto1haheadphonesvia!l1esolobuss.Properm,x·
8 variety of audio mixing applications, it is u- i
ong lech ·.·ques should lesult in the channel tader talhng
tremely Impo"anl to fully understand the various betwee ·.··5a ·.· ·20o ·.·thescale,al1houghnolallsignals
d
functions which may be required. It is atso impor- aresoobhgi ·.· '
g
tanllounderslandthelolalaspeclandcapabllilyof
Whe ·.·fonahz,ngthegainandEQ.se!tingS,keepinmirtd
the unit, even those not necessarily applicable 10
the Overload i·.· icalorfiresat
d 4dS priortocl,pping, thus
the final, Immediate ,!!tup, In order !O tea1l2e the
it is often normal tor the LED 10 lire i·.· a sporadic,
bestformalloranygivensitulltionorapplication
mome ·.·arymanner,
t True overload and dis!ortion is in·
dicatedbyastrong,contlnllOus·on"condolion.
LIVE SOUND REINFORCEMENT
The 16x4x2may be used !or live soond re,nlorcernent AUXILIARY SUSSING
ina number o! ways. Two examples are shown lor con- During live performances it is oflen nocessary to assign
cenorlivemusicsituationsanda!hirde'amp~shows various input signals to mul1iple access points 01' bus·
a typical theatrical appl'cation_ Tr.e actual set up ses. Forth'S reaso ·.· the 16.4x2hasbeendesigned
,
selectedwilldependontheamountandtypeolexlernal wl!h.2 pnmary busses (Program Lett and Right), 4 sub·
equipment (mics, amps, speakers, elc.) used in lhe groupbusses(1,.2,3artd4)and3auxiliarybusses (Au~
overali syslem as well as other variables such as type 1,.2and 3) as well as channel patch points. This allows
cfve ·.· e, mi~erloca1io"'s.typeofpertormaoce,
u etc. No theoperatorachok:eof10distlibut'on'OIJtesfOl'a ·.· in
y
allernplismadel1eretodlctatehnalgai"'ande.Q se! comi"'gsignal.lnma"'yapplicationsilmayberequifed
t,ngS'Jfslg" ··: bussing, e.cep! by e~ampleforinstruc- toaddexler ·.· le"ectsorco
a ·.·rolS,suchaSOCho,delay
t
honalpurlJOS(!s,asthesedepender"ltorelyo ·.·i·.· uttype
p orlimi~og, 10specitic inpuls. Addi\ionallyit is oflen a re·
and sensrt'vity,sig ·.· lcomposit,on,e
a v
·.· iro ·.· ental con-
m quiremenl for the on stage lalent to have a refelence
di!'o~.5a'XIperscnaltasteCaretulstudyoltl1efollowing s'gnalormonrtor.lfthemonrtorSlgnalrequirementsare
exan.,'es will fesu~ ona Deller understanding of the mix- slmple,as,nglesernlmaybeadequatea ·.· ca ·.·begen·
d
ers ",verall adaptability and fle.ibllity era\ed by routing the necessary signals via the au~ 3
~"mIALINPUTSET-UP buss.lf a more complex monitor mix is required. the aux
In most applications, a tog>cal,well plam1ed layout of 2 send may be assig ·.· d a pre-fader status and a sec
e
chanr,eldedi<;ation will ease the mi~ing enginoo'sjob ond,independilntmonitorsig ·.· lgeneraled
a
LivlOsoundengonee"ngoflenrequoresrapidcha ·.· esof
g Perhapso ·.· of the moSI crilical factors of high quality
e
key sell'ngsor groups, thus it is usually Deuer 10 gfOup hvepertorma ·.· e rei ·.·orcemenl
c f is the addlt>on and mIX
theleadorcnlicali",pulsnearestlhesubgroupa'XImas' i·.· ofe.ternal
g signal processong devices such as re·
terront'ols,lesscnlicali ·.· uts(lhoserequlfingfe
p .·.. verbs. delays, compressors. etc. The Sludiomaster
changes afte, the initialseUi ·.· ) arebetlerlehou10ftne
g 16x4x2isdesig ·.· dI0; ·.·erfacewilhvirtuallyalfsuchde
e t
.·'ay and are usually placed away tromlhe SUbgfOUPS vices capable of using line level;nputs and supplying
a'XImasters, Groups of inpu1s wh>ch are to be routed tine level outputs (Note: Some elfects devices are de·
lothesamesubgroupsmaybe~aced,nadjacenlchan' s;gnedloruse .····
ithhighimpedanceinpuls;gijals, such
nels. however, any critical inputs to be routed to that as guitars and ge ·.· ,alea
e high impedanceoutpul sig
subgroup maybe isolated near the subs and maslers na.! Such units ale oot directly compatible with the
tofacilitateeasierchar1ges 16.4~.2unlessimpedaocematchingdevioosareused
Forstart'ngpufposcs,m>clevelsig ·.· lsshouldhavea
a on the input and output signals.) For etfects which are
ga,n setb ·.· of 30 with no p.ad and e.q. Ila1. Line level in·
g 10beusedonmu\!'pleinputsignals,e,g reverbonvo<:·
putsshouldbeini1iallysetat20withnopadande.qllat als,the input signals maybe rouledthroughAux1 as
EQ. SE!I'ings may De iMlally pertormed by rou!,ngthe well as assigned to submasler 1. The retuming"Wef"




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signals can be retumed via either the Aux 1 or 2 I"tums signal strength will change in the sub as well as the
andassignedlosub1.AJ!ematemethodsarealsoavail- maS1er. Another advantage ot sub-masteflng Ot group-
at»e,suchasassignirogtheaboveexampletothemas- ingistheabilltytoaudlblyplacethesubgroupsignalrel-
lerptograml ··l1andrighloulpulsd'recl~>orbytaking ativetolhemaslerleIHo-rightba'ance.Thisisaccom
thelineootofthesubgrou.pstOdrivetheextemaldevice plishedviathesubglooppancontrol,whicha1lowsthe
and retumiog the signals to Ihe program mas!ers. This englneertosweepthesubgroupsendloreflect.Bywey
lattermethodisespecialfyeflectlVeon$lgnalgroupsre- of an example, a par1icular drum passage or solo may
quiringcompreSs'onand'orlevellimiting be pennedtofoUow Ihe movemer1tot thedtummer with-
out having to amend or alter the set~ngs 01 the iOO,-
Some incoming signals may require special effects
v;duatinp<.Jts
which are nol required or des,rable on any o!her s'gnal
£Xamp~swobellanging
~ on a keyboard, ahar. Another benefitot subgrOllpingon the 16x4.2 is the
mcnizer on a guitar or limiting on a snare or bassdrUfTI ability to send the subgroup signals out of the mixer
These types o! effects can bellSed b;'patch,ng Ihe pro- without;
i 1.lnterruptlngt.t>esignalffowtolhemesters,or:
1,/ :::r::r::: : :::~a~ok.t~i~ ~:~ ac:~
~ 2.Theneedtoassignthesubgroupsignaltothe
nectOf as the outpul send,the ring connector as the masters
input retum and tM sleeve connector as the common Thisfle,bihtyaitowstheusertoaddeflectstoatotalsub
shielclfo< both lines Mating cord assemblias maybe group or to conlrol 1he tevel externatiyby WilY ofa limi-
purchasedorconstructedbytheuSr.(Notell!heneed ter. In both instances, the subg'oup Oulpu1 would be
arises to route an input signal Iromthechannalwitho intarruptlngthenormalsigMltlowlt1roughlhemixe<, return networks after oolng processed by the exlernaJ
the mating piu" wired as above must have a jumper wire device
added between the tip and ring oonnectors. When using
MASTER OUTPUTS ·lEFT AND RIGHT
this!yp of passive slgMI spirt arrangement, care must
The chiet tunchon ot the master outputs istodetermme
be taken to avoid e.cessiveoontrol changes In either
and oontrol the overatl final ou!put levels. Additionally
the channel tader 01 post tader controls or thoS on the
the 16x412 masters are provide device led by the Spilt signal. Since there is no isolation
equalization netwolktor making adjustments in the slg
controlvariatoons made at either end of the signal path
nattonality, Wh1telhisE.Q. is nol designed to ehminate
mayaflec1theothe.-side.)
theuseofe.terMlmulti-bandequalizersinthose catOonsrequiringextensivefif1etuninglorv~atiteroom
live Sound reinforcement mi1ingoltenlSaneasiertask environments, it can reduce the amount 01 extemat
~s,milartypesoflnputsaregrou~togetherarxlOOr)- changes required, It sl>ould be noted that> white
trolled as a single s'gnal Examples of Ihis type ot use Stl.ldiomaster-does not produce exlernal equalizat>on
wouldbemicrophonesusedondrumklts,harmonyandi "etworks, we believe many sound systems WQuld be
orbackgroundvocalmlcsandmul1'plekeyboardlnputs vastly improve ,/ As variOuS iI1putsare touted to a subgroup,iI1drvioual tionatly, the human ear, while extremely sensrtlve, can-
channel levels can be set so as to provide a proper not adequatelyproviOO frequency i-dentiflcahon during
blendandbalance ···.
rthinlhesubgroupmi.,'t,torexam· Ihe setup of mu1li·bande.q. netWQrks, thus we equally
ple,theleve!otthedrumsneedstoberaisedorloweled be!,evenoprotes$ionalsystemistrulycompletew,thoul
relative to the overall pregram level. Ihe subgroop !adef 1heinclusionofareal-!imeaudiospectrumar>.alyzer
can be 'e-pos'tloned withouldes!roying the balance Many tt;gh quaLity equalizers and RTA's lire aV Th,s stili alLows lorindrvidualchannets within the grO\Jp and no speeificproduct recommendation ismede or im-
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The tIOWIf1g
~ system diagfams illuslrate just a few 01 TV PICAL LIVE SOUND REIN FOFlCEMENT
the many s"!lups feasible Wtth the 16.4x2. Thesedia Inthise.ample, all 16 inpuls ilre utilized by signaisj'om
grams use suggested chanN31 ded>cationsfor various the performe's and instruments on stage, Tn.s setup ai-
app'ications; you ···. undou~tedlyarrive
ill aldifferenl ar- lowssix:"'eninputslobE'bussedtoanyora.llolthe4

i! rangementswhicnrnaysuityulJrparbcularneedsmore
effeclive!y. Keep in mir>dsignallevel,equalizationand
suOgrOL!pswhich. In IhlS application, are used as sub'
maslers.Theprogramsignals,leftandright.aredenved
bu,singareasirnportanltotheapplicalionaslhep ~ horn the main outputs. This setup allows pre·mi~ing ot

iI cO',ne<;tion. ?Iease refer to the appropfia!eapplicalion
sact'ontoradd,lionalinformation
"ario~s;npulswrthinthesubgrocrpsprlOr\otheflnalout
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Individual Cllannels may be patched to e>ternal et1ects Thesignalforasimplestagemooitorsystemisde,i~ed
devk:esasshownoninpulschannels3.9.10and11 'rom theaux 3 output. Thes'gr"lal available maybe bus
Tllis allows tile engineer to iso'ate spooflc etfectsto sede;thefpre·faderorbo!h
s'nglecharlnelswhileallow'ngbuss'ng. Vla8UX 1 and
2.ofa!1ych8!1r>elstoadditi0"8Ie> ('ated.Additior"lally.aux1aod2retumsmaybebussed
to a!1Y sutlgroup allowing IU!'\herblending 01 'Weror
"dry" sigr"lals or the selectlQf1ofoneln plaoo Of :he o1her
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In!t1islargerlivesystem,additionalinpulchannelpalct1- Prima')' and seconda')' prog'am s'9'18\s are derived
iog Osutilized and speci!,c subgroup assignmenlsbe t'omlhe prog'am arnl 2 track outputs, fu",lling a need
come morecribcaleveolhoughthechaonelulilization loradditional!illsignals
is the same as the prevIOUS e~ample, Sign'ficant
Thelhree seperate, irJdependentlyconlrolled 0100110'
cI1anges are obv,ous in the oulput area,indical,ng an
signalsarederivedjromaux2and3aswellaslrom
enti,ely different approach to tne input oulput matrix as
weilasoutput!unction




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subgroup 2. Si·.· e different
e re!e'ence materials are is bussed,v,a the retum networl<. direct!y to the master
·.· ededineaeh,Msignmentisdoneviathechannoelaux
e outpu1sectio ·.·
sendcontrolsaridbysubgroupassig ·.· ent
m
Itdeslred,a 2 track tape machine can be added, 3S
Au.1isdedicaledtoadigi!aldelaywhiehmaybel!Sed shown.forpfeo'~stsystemcheckoutaswellasinter
0'" instruments and'"of vocals, while subgroup 4,con- miss"'n!illmate,ial
!ai·.·ngonlythevocals!eedstoane.temal'evero
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Fo' multi-lrack recording the basic inpul set\;pis similar Formul(i-Irac~record.ng,thelevelsmaybeadjust(>d
10 that used for live sound. The pnmary d,fference ISir'l p'''''fotheactualrl''COrd.ngbyuSlngthelkHzslatetone
Ihe buss assignments, asthe subgroups are now used as an ahgnment reterel'\Ce. Thi$toJle can also be used
asmastersfo';ndividualtracks.thusanys,gnaldesired to record a slate sfgJlal to ease feloca!ion 01 va,ious
ontrackol'1wOuldbeassigne::1orllylOsubgroup#1with startingpoiJl!sonlheaclualmu~l-trac~mastertape
Ihechannelpanturnedallthe"aycounlerclockwiseor
4 TAACK TO 2TAACK
let:. The same appliestoanysignalasgned
~ only to
Itthemastertapeisa4 t,ack. ""e output from the Ifans·
trac.k3v;asubgmup:3whiles port should be brought bac~ to Ihe hne inpuls 01 chan-
j'acks2arnl4wouldbapannedhardrightofclocKw'se
ns
~ 13,14,15 and 16. These d1annels should be
Foldback signals tor the periormefS may be generated routedlothe~flaJldnghtprogrammaslers,by·pass.ng
in a"y of 3 ways. LrvelQldbackmaybederivedusingthe allsubg(oups.TI1etl'''o1rac~mastl'fcanbere-mi'edto
au~ 3 semi on each inpu! desired in the foldback sys- eit"", a ·10dBm tel'el using the 2 trac~ lineouljac~s or
lem. The same method C au~il:ary3send ~\hesubgroups. !husalow'ng:h art·
Playhack of the finis.'>ed 2 track maste, can be accom·
is''.1ohparf'lthers;r1'g'eins1ruments.anentlfegroupol

I plishedvialhe21'ackl.neinjackswhichmatchlheoul·
pulof-10dBmtransportsorthroughtheaux1and2re
lumjacks which will accepl a + 4dBm level. The 2 tracl<:
line ins route di'ec!ly 10 tM program masters while the
aux retumsmay t>e re-routed to the subgroups or the
mastefs.EI1he'methcdallowsaccessinr;thesignalsfor




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portshouldbeCQnnoctedI0thelineinputsolt~'nput The contr~ room mon,torsystem is driveflfromthe pro-
channels These inputs may, ,nlum, be rouled directly gram outputs which derive the;r signals v,athe sub-
to the program outputs, as in the above example,Of group monilorsends, This allows the engineer 10 listen
may be submixed using the louI subgroups as d,s- toaseperatetrackorgroupsoflrackswh'tehaadphone
cussed iI1 Ihe previous section on five sound rein!orce mooitonng the same s;gnals or Single channel (via
mentuseAnysignalorsigMlsroutedlOlhesubgroups WOo>
couldthenbebussedlOlhehnaloulputsvialhemonllor
Studiololdbacksignalsforthemus~iansistakentrom
sendandpancontrols
theaux30utpul,withasecoodsystemfedfromthe600
One of the mosf unique fealures otthe Studiomasfer
monifOfoulput,Thisallowstheengineertosupplyl1her
16x4x2 is the "wet"(>r"dry·sigr1 larger multi-track tapes_TtIe 16x4x2line;nputsarede
signed to inter1ace w'th most transports wrthout the
For recofding themulli-track master, each inpuf is as-
ne<::ess,tyo!~rgepatct1baysand'oradaptorsor,equor-
s;gned to the desired SUbgfOUp{S),1heoulpulsQ1which
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