Studiomaster 16x4x2 User manual

16x4x2 MIXERAPPLICATIONS
LIVE SOUND REINFORCEMENT
The extreme ver~a My 01the 1€x4x2 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" f~xib,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
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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
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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 TIONS
SCHEMA TIC
TECHNICALSPECIFICATIQN
1-. _
1

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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

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
and 10dB to iine, and can be used to attenuafe high
level signals
The gain control is continuously variable from 1QdBfa
6OdB.Thiscontroideterminesthenominalcharmelsen·
siti~ity by varying the pre amp gain, preserving
maximum head,oom <lnd minimum r.ois"withoutaffec1
inginputsignalsensittvity
The 16x.h2 utilizes the famoos Studio master sem;-
P<lrametricEO.network. TI>e Ireble control network is
an <lctive sI1elving-type high pass filter lunct,oning from
10kHz,provid,nglor16dBboostorcut
Themidrange networkoonsists Of <Icontinuously ~ari·
able frequency control with a sweep of from 200Hz fa
BkHz.Thisiscombinedwith<lseperateg<l,ncontrolpro-
vi(/ing 16dB boost or cut ove' the chosen frequency
"od
The bass r>etwork oonsists of a oontinuOlJsly ~ar;able
shelving frequencyco"trol with <Isweep oTfrom 25Hz
to 350Hz This is combined wilh a seperate gai" control
provid,ng16dBboostorcutonallfrequerICiO 'Sbelowthe
chosencutollpoinl
Thlsswilch ailowst~Et us&r to bypass thEtequalLzallon
network input
Th;scontr~ailowstorbuSSlngolapOstTatI"r$igoalto
rhe Au,iiiary 1 maste, section, Post fader sends are
comn1Of'1iyuse<:: 10' WEt with Etxtemal ecl>o and or "It-
"erbd"~'ces
'(postEa.)
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PAN CONTROL
ThEt rotary postfaderpanconlroldetermonesthEtleft-lo-
right balancEtotthEt signal ooing sEtnt to the outpul bus-
sesll1hechannelsigr'lalissentt01hesubgroupS(I-4j,
thEtoddgroupsarelEtftwhHethEtevenar"righl
'SOLO
The~oswitchallowsthechann"lsignaltob6bus:;ed
atapretaderlevEtilothEtMon'toroutputThissignalca"
be used in a pre~iew Q'cueing application. This signal
automaticallya;JpearsonLEDladder#4
LEFT-RIGHT MASTER ASSIGNMEr,;r
This swilch allOws for bussir'lg Ihe pOst pan slgMb d;-
rectlytothEtletlaod"ghtmasleroutputsectio",s.bypas-
sing the subgroIJPS. This sigr'lal may be used tor posl
production ove'dubblng onrecordiogsT~d'osOffor roul-
ingofsinglesignalstotheprogramOIJtputs:nlive;;-er-
formance<lpphcations
SUB GROUP ASSIGNMENT
ThEtIQursubgroupswilchesallowlorbussingthechar1-
ne1sign<lls to any combination 01su Jgroups s,mutlan-e
ouslySubgroupingisprovidedformu~;·trackrecor(j;ng
or for sub mixing signals g'oups. suCh as drums. during
IivesoundrEtinforcEtmenl
LEDQVERLOAOINOICATOR
ThEtinsetLEDne<ttolhEtchanoolfaoorprOVJdesaV1SU-
al indicalionolthEt chanr,, ssigMI status The LEDfwes
<lt4dBbelowClippingallQwongthEtO(>eratOfIOI<1'oc:N..--I
inadvancelflhenominalsgnallevelO$~a
d,stor1edlev"I.T~.eLED6elec\Orc"=:.>II<5;)OS1~anc
E.C
CHANNEL FADER
The100nvncna.....,.,.,faoo,P'O'<"deSOUIpVIIevelCOt1Ifol
Iromfhecl1anoeltoa lpost adefbusse$. Theraooris
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]

Eao::h'I,IbllrOl,lP,onsitllsolthefollowingleatl,lres&
Y'w:1ion.:
TAPE MONITOR SWITCH
.•..••••••••switches bussthaincoming muW-tracktapain
;Uslrum the line iIlput jacks on input channels JIffi
:YectIyto the monltorootputs. This allows monito-rfng'1,t
f"t'c1ry signal prior to remim>g or eftects additioo Oflor
'-·tapemooitonng
MONITOR CONTROL
'""emonitore:ontrotbussesthesubgroupoutputtothe
"'~ ,md right master outputs, Addltionall~, the signal is
:>..:ssedc "ectly to the monitor output jacks Iocaledon
Iw rearpaneLTheleft.'rightbalanc;eisrontrolledbyttJe
subgroup pan control (see below)
AUX3
1'-l'> 'subgroupsignalcanbabussedtotheAux3master
~viath'ssendoontroI.Thesignalismonauraland
~postsubgroup ader
AUXILIARY 1, 1 & 3 MASTER SECTIONS
Ead1AuxillaryMasterse<:uonisidenticai.thec illerence
:.e;nglnthec &rivationoltheincomingsignals
rne master control determines the level 01signal avai'
~attherorresporidingoutputiack.Thesoloswitct1
••••• saach auxiliary buss to be Seflt to the solo circuit.
-ne:er#4andthemonitoroulputs
SOLOINOICATOR
~soIoLEDwilllightwhenanysignalispresen1inthe
U;lClfcuit, This;n(licatesthe signal is visually present
~rr-.etef"'4an(laudlblyavailableallhemoniloroulpUl
ZTMONITOR
~ allows bussing ot the incomir)Q 2lracl< signal (Irom
r.e2 track retl,lrn jacksl to the monitor outputs. Th'sal-
Cws tor playbad< monitoring 01remixed tapes, tNJS re-
-..:edtapes can be compared in e.ther·dry"or •••••et·
5:atetorfinaloverdubbing
PAN CONTROL
The pan control determines tl1e lefl-to-right balanooot
the SUbgfOUP signal bussed to the moniloroutpllt and
tnemasteroutputs
SOLO SWITCH
The soloswitcl1sends the subgroopsignal to t 1emoni·
toroutputdirectfy,bypassing the moni\Of send and pan
control
The subgroup fader is a 100mmcontrol provided w;th
dB calibrations lor aCCllrate relative signal indication
This ct"'termines the final signal level available at the
subgroup ootput jack as well as to all post tadersub-
groupbusses
SLATE(I<x:-atedinSubgroup4)
The slate tor.e s.••itch applies a Ik•..•z tone to all 4 sub-
groupssimlJllaneously. Additionall)', this tone may be
bussedtothelell&righlpfogramoUtputs.thus,thetone
may be used tor lining up recordbg equ;or:>ent, slatIng
tapesandsystemcheck--outinti"esoundreinlo~ement
applicatIons
TALKBACK VOLUME ANO ROUTiNG SWITCH
ThetalkbackvolumeOO>1troldeterminestr.elevelolar.y
micsignalwith,nthe~ss.Acress'sviatl'>e)(LRj"put
onthe rear panel (see rear paael teatures). Tharo..obr)Q
switchisamomentarypushbuttonopeningtneta'~ >ack
circuitacresstotheAux3bussoolpUl.Thosallowst:OfTr
munications to the stage monitoring sys1em dIn'1g ~
soundleintorcementortotnetoldbacks~~
recording Thetalk·bad<cirruil.V18Aw:3. mayallCO<I
used as part 01an Intercom sys'emlQronBrC '="£iQ '
d;rectloncommunica\lOn5du".ng~~
situ.a\Jons
MONITORVOlU"'EC~
'Thosdetermoroesthea..e-idleWlala-"a.o;ro..c5l9"'.a.
bussedtothemoMOf~as..elaslhe_1Dne
thecontroldoesnote«ectthelevelofs.q'\al$t>JsSed
totneleft&ng/1IprogramootpUlS

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MrDRANGE
AUX1 OR2 RETURN
SOLO ASSIGN (MASTER OUTPUT)
UR ASSIGN (AUX)
SUBGROUP ASSIGNS (AUX)

The left. & right program master sK1ions < Ireldenti·
calinleaturesandfuncti0<15.
EQUALIZATION
The output equ<llization on the program masters con-
sistsolthafollcwingnetwor1<.s:
Treble-shelvirogtypew.th 16dBbooslorcu1al 20kHz
Middle-reciprocalcurve(peak'dip)networkwrth
16dBboostorCUlat1.5kHz
Bass -shelvingtypew'th16dBboostorcutat
20<,
MASTER FADER
The program master faders are dB cahbfated lor accu-
rate relalrve signal levelindicatlOJ"ls. The100mmunrts
controlthefinalsignalbuss<Mtotheprogramlett&right
XLRconnectoro
AUXILIARY 1 & 2 RETURNS
These two networl\s are identical in bolhleatures and
functions. Auxiliary return networks do r'IOtneoossarily
require their inputs to be derived from the correspOnd
Ing auxiliary sends and thus can be driven with any
unbalanc<M line level signal
AUXILIARY LEVEL CONTROL
This determines the amounlol returning signal avalJ-
able for oossing to lhe subgroups and·"orp'ogrs.m out-
puts
PAN
ThisdeterminestheleIHo-rightbalanceolthe'ncoming
signals/Ouledlothevariousbusses
RETURN ASSIGNMENTS
These switchesdete,mine the rouling of the auxiliary
signals (pOst pan & level). The signal may be bus~ed
directly to the lett& righlprogram. subg,eups1 and2
and3and4oral'oltheabove
AC SWITCH AND Pfi..OTLlGHT
The AC swilch energizes the entire console. An -AC on-
condilion is indicated by the red LEDlocaled tOlhe liO'tt
olthisswitch

CHANNEL INPUTS 1-Hi
Each oflhe sixteen chanr1els have the following inpul
connections and accesspoir\ls
MICROPHONE INPUT
MIC level j\ow impedance) sigr\als are int'oduced to the
char\r\elthrough the XLR connecto'. This routes the
sfgnal to the balanced discrete p,eamplifie section
LINE INPUT
linelevelsignal(unbalanced)canbeinsertedviathev.'
phone jack located below each mix XLR
CHANNEL PATCHING ACCESS
allows ir\dividual channel signals 10 fo,
example.toanextemalsignalprocessir.g::levicesuch
as an e<:ho Ordelay unil and 'etumed to the channel for
r\Ormalrouhngtotheoulpufs.Thes\>jackscanbeeasily
modified for post fade, operation for larger multi·lrack
sit\.latiol>s. (See P<lge 1Q Auxiliary Bussing)
AUX1,2 3SENDS
Thea\Jdia'Y send jacks derive signals from their re·
spectivemaslerstmdoonfrofs_Auxser\d 1 is designed
pnmarily for use withextemaf signal processir.g and el-
ectsdeviQessuchasechoordigitaldelay.Aux3isp'Q--
vided primarilyfo'sludiofoldback or live sound stage
monilorfeeds, Auxiliary2,whichisselectableaseilher
a pre or post fader signal buss, may be usedfm eifher
Of the above functioos. depernMg0r11hesrtuationar1dl
or user preference
SUBGROUP LINE OUTPUTS 1-4
These 4 oufpls provide an unbalanced line level sigoal
(+4 dBm level) 10' 4 t,ack recording, The signals avai~
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
lines.Theseoutputsmayalsobeusedlorbussingsig-
nals 10 extemal devices, SUCh as iimiters. whe'ein ft1e
p'ocessoo s>gnal is returned 10the program outpuls via.
ft1eauxiliary1and2retu,nnetworks
2 TRACK LINE IN (RETURN)
These1/4"phor\ejacksprOVldereturnaccessfor-10dB
sigr\als from 2 track tape machioesforplaybackofmas·
teredfapes, The signals a.re routed fo the Mooilor out-
pulswhenthe2T,ack'10-MDf1itorswilchisdep'essed
LEFT AND RIGHT
MAIN OUTS
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AC INPUT
AUXILIARY SENDS SUBGROUP LINE
OUTPUTS 1-4