18 GR2 User Guide
Application Example 1 – Two Room Bar or Restaurant
Here, stereo zone 1 feeds the lounge, the area used for several activities
including background music, customer jukebox play, big screen TV or video,
and live entertainment such as solo or duo musicians, karaoke, comedy or
quiz night. Mono zone 2 provides background music to the restaurant, or can be
switched to follow the entertainment in the lounge particularly if a big event
combines both rooms into one. Paging announcements can be made to either
or both zones, for example calling a party to their table. The 6 mic/line channels
cater for the dedicated paging mic, an MC and two live performance mics, while
inputs 4 and 5 are configured as an additional music source, in this case the
remote karaoke machine. This provides a 4 mic / 4 stereo music source system.
Mic 1 is used for paging. Mic priority works with the MC mic 2 providing a
means of turning off the two performance mics, for example during quiz night.
The aux output is used to drive a sub bass speaker in the lounge. It is
configured with a mono mix of the zone 1 music selection and routed through
the built-in 100Hz crossover. The fire alarm provides a switch to mute the music,
and keep the paging channel live. The GR2 can also accept a pre-recorded
evacuation message. Wall plates provide local level and source selection control
in both zones. The choice of Phoenix screw terminal or standard audio
connectors is an advantage here. For a small, quick installation it may be more
convenient to use standard cables to connect the sources and amps using RCA
phono, and a paging mic using a standard XLR lead.
The configuration switch settings for this example are shown below. In this
case, the mic priority function is enabled, mic 1 used for paging enabled to both
zones, music 4 source configured, music 1 priority selected for the jukebox in
zone 1 with long release time active, remote wall plate control for each zone,
music plus mics selected for performance zone 1, music only for BGM to zone
2, and the aux output set to follow zone 1 with filter for the sub bass speaker.
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Z1
mic1=page
1
mic priority
mic enable
phantom pwr
!
ABCD
long release
mic56=music4
Z1 enable
Z2 enable
Z1 source
Z2 level
Z2 source
Z1 level
music
follow Z1
follow Z2
mic mix
page mix
mics
sel
one
remote enable
zone source
music
select
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IJKL
music 1 priority
MNOP
QRST
on
mic
on
on on
mix
all
Z1=music+mics
Z2
on
on
UVWX
aux source
100Hz
aux output
sub filter
AUDIO ZONE MIXER
GR2
ALLEN&HEATH
prioritymute
mic 3mic 2mic 1 mic 6mic 5mic 4 music 4mics zone 1 zone 2alarmmusic 3music 2music 1
mute >mono < source ><source
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mic mic music
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AUX = SUB BASS or PAGE LOBBY
PAGE MC MIC1 MIC2 KARAOKE JUKEBOX BGM SATELLITE LOUNGE/BAR RESTAURANTLIVE
RESTAURANT
BAR
LOUNGE
REST ROOMS
ZONE 2
AUX OUT
TV
CEILING SPEAKERS
ZONE 1
(BGM and paging)
(BGM, live performance, quiz, video, jukebox and paging)
JUKEBOX
STAGE MICS 1&2]
MC MIC
LOUNGE PA
ZONE 1 WALL PLATE
PAGING MIC
ZONE 2 WALL PLATE
ALARM (Music mute and evacuation message)
KARAOKE
CD
(Background music)
SUB