Behringer SX3282 manual

User M anual EUROD ESK SX3 28 2 Ul tra-Lo w Noi se De sig n 3 2 -In put 8- Bu s S tud io /Li ve Mi xe r wit h XENY X Mic Preamplier s and British EQs[...]

2 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual Thank you Thank you for c hoosin g the EURODESK SX 328 2 mi xing cons ole. Y our new EURODESK conso le provide s incre dible sou nd and featu res, inclu ding 32 inputs, 2 4 XENY X mic pr eamps wit h +4 8V phantom power, warm and musical “ British” EQ, multi ple rout ing optio ns, and more. Thes e featur es com[...]

3 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual LEGAL DI SCL AI ME R LIM ITE D W AR R ANT Y T erminals mark ed with this symbol carr y electrical current of su cient magnitude to constitute risk of electric shock. Use only high-quality professional speaker cables with ¼" TS or twist-locking plugs pre-installed. Allother installation or modi cation s[...]

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5 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual 1. I ntroduc tion 1 .1 The manual ◊ Readin g this ma nual wi ll make you aware o f the many po ssibi litie s the SX3282 of fer s you. Ple ase keep t his manu al saf ely fo r fut ure re fere nce. 1.1 .1 N omenclature Most sp ecialis t subjec t s are not r eally all that dic ult provid ed you under s tand the lang[...]

6 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual 2. SX3 282 Ov er view 2 .1 Architec ture The SX 328 2 is a conventi onal split cons ole. By this we mean that t he input s and outp uts o ccupy sep arate areas of th e board. T his makes for easie r visualiz ation of signal pat h compare d to an in-line d esign, which u ses comb ined inpu t/output channels. Th e main[...]

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9 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual 3. Mono Input Channels Each c hannel comes w ith a balance d line input o n ¼ " TRS jac k, and an XLR mic input. Pr ess the Phantom s witch (71) at the back p anel if re quire d. The mic amp circui t has an unusually w ide gain range (1) fr om 10 dB to 60 dB, is of ex treme low-noise d esign, and ut ilizes high[...]

10 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual ◊ A stere o equa lizer is g eneral ly pre fera ble to usi ng t wo mono e qualize rs when EQ -ing a ste reo sig nal, as of ten di scr epan cies b et ween le f t and righ t set ting s can o ccur. 4. 3 Aux Sends These a re the sam e as for mo no channels (see s ec tion 3.3 ). 4.4 Routing & Muting The only di e[...]

11 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual In this arr angement you mig ht nd that comp ression ten ds to sof ten t he perceived am ount of (especially t reble) EQ applied. The s olution h ere is to apply mor e EQ. This creates a re al ‘pressure’ so und, great fo r high energ y musicsuch as dance. In the above ex ample, any aux sends to e ec t s[...]

12 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual ◊ There i s no abs olute re ason w hy the send f ro m aux 1 sho uld fe ed into a pro cesso r whos e outp uts a re sent to t he aux re tur n 1 . The p roce ssor could j ust as e asily b e patche d into the au x ret urn 3, or even a pair of chann els. For m any purp ose s, however , it is s ensib le to set up a d ef[...]

13 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual Mono i nput c hanne ls 1 - 24 • Inse rt p oint s: unbalance d send and re turn o n a single ¼ " TR S socket , wired t ip = send, rin g = retur n, sleeve = grou nd/screen. • Line inputs : balance d ¼ " TRS s ocket s, wire d tip = hot ( +ve ), ring = cold (-ve ), sleeve = ground/scr een. • M[...]

14 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual strain relief clamp sleeve ring tip sleeve ground/shield ¼" TRS headphones connector ring right signal tip left signal Fig. 7 .4: ¼ " TRS connector for headphones strain relief clamp sleeve ring tip sleeve ground/shield If you want to use the insert as a direct output while maintaining the signal ow d[...]

15 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual ◊ A - 1 0 dBV nomin al oper ating le vel for an e f fec t s pro cess or is alm ost cer tai nly re fere nced to 0 dB on t he unit ’ s inp ut or ou tput me ter . If t he FX pr oces sor has i ndic ation o nly fo r input l evel, ensur e that the ou tput gives co mpar able, i.e. ‘ un it y ’ , gai n. 4) If EQ is a[...]

16 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual Here, and in contr ast to th e “half-nor malled” s etup, the signa l route of th e rear phone jac ks is i nterru pted when you in ser t a plug bo th into the up per and lower fro nt jack s. 9. 3 Open Fig 9.3: Patch bay mo de “ope n” This mode i s used to conne c t devices su ch as sou nd module s or CD playe[...]

17 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual In patchbay 3, modules 1 th rough 16 are for the cha nnel inser t. T hese mo dules are half-nor malled, so that yo u have an additional ro ute for th e channel signals. The s ame applie s to the inser t p aths of the su bgrou ps and the mas ter outp ut. Thehead phones amp i s connec ted to 23 & 24, which are [...]

18 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual 10 . 3 8 - T rack Studio Recording 8-trac k MIDI proje ct s tudi o with s ampler, 8-track reco rding s ystem, one voc al mic and several e ec t s unit s. Wit h largely comp uter-genera ted dance music you will want to have plent y of line inp uts, an d an abilit y to take voc als quickl y , ecie ntly, and with[...]

19 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual 10 . 4 1 6- T rack Studio Recording This set-up is f or a multip urpo se st udio c apable of re cording li ve bands. Thefollow ing layout is for a b ass & drum t ake while other ar t ist s also per f orm guides to gi ve corre c t feel f or the so ng. Mic channels ar e used to re cord to tap e, eight tr ack s [...]

20 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual 10 . 6 Re cording Lev els When reco rding to digi tal, it ’s a good idea to keep the r ecorder ’s peak meter s below 0 dB. Mos t (not all , e sp. sampler s) read 0 dB with some h eadroom le f t. This is be cause, unlike wi th analog, the o nset of dig ital dis tor tio n is as sudden as it is hor rible. If you re[...]

21 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual 12 . E xpanding When the SX 3282 is your main mixer , you may nd that you r un out of inp uts a s your sy stem ex pands. I t is possib le to exp and your mixi ng sys tem by combining t wo or more mixer s. Adding ex t ra line inpu ts to your Euro desk A small line mixer c an inexp ensively add e x tra line i nput [...]

22 EURODESK SX3 28 2 User Manual 14 . Sp eci c atio ns Input Channels Mic input T ype elec tro nically balanced, discrete inpu t circuit Mic E.I.N. 1 (22 Hz - 22 kHz) @ 1 50 Ω sou rce - 129 .0 dBu / - 1 1 7 .3 dBqp input shor tened - 1 32. 0 dBu / - 122. 0 dB qp Distor t ion (THD + N) 0.007 % @ +4 dBu, 1 kHz, bandwidth 80 kHz Gain range + 10 d[...]

23 EURODESK SX3 282 User Manual FEDERAL C OMMUNICA TIONS C OMM ISSION C OMPLIA NCE INF ORMA TION Responsible Par t y Name: MUSIC G rou p Ser vi ces US In c. Address: 1 891 2 No rt h Cree k Park way , Suite 2 00 Bo the ll, WA 9801 1 , USA Phone/Fax No .: Phone: + 1 425 672 08 1 6 Fax: + 1 425 673 7 6 47 EUROD ESK SX3282 complies with the FCC rules a[...]

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