My step by step guide of how to use the equipment in the drama studio

Sound

First make sure that the sound desk is plugged into the 13 amp socket. Do not turn on the power yet.

Secondly plug your speakers into the desk using two 1/4inch Jacks.

To split the sound left and right (Stereo) make sure to plug your speakers into the desks left and right out puts.

Plug the other end of your jack leads into this box on the wall under the symbol for speakers. These speakers are automatically on so you don’t need to turn them on.

Next you need to plug in your sound source.

The leads you can see in this picture are attached to the sound source.

These are phono to mini jack leads. These allow you to connect an iPod or a phone to the desk to play music.

The lead should look like this. At one end you should have the phono lead (red and white ones) and the mini jack lead (black one).

You then need to plug the phono leads into two phono to 1/4inch jack adapters for them to be plugged into the desk.

As you can see in this image.

Now you can plug in your sound source for example your phone.

Now get your song ready but do not play it yet.

Now you can turn on the power source to the sound desk once you have power running to the sound desk you can turn you master voume to 0. Then start to play your music and adjust the channel volume level from low to high so that you get the correct volume level for the sound.

Lighting

First you must complete your visual checks.

If all the lights are safe and you believe they will work safely then you forst step in to make sure that the dimmers are plugged into the 32 amp socket.

Once that is done you can turn on the dimmers.

To turn on the dimmers all you need to do is switch the trip switches from off to on.

Next you need to turn the lighting desk on.

To do so make sure the desk is plugged in, once plugged in you will find the on switch on the back of the desk. Simply switch it from off to on.

The lighting desk should be ready to be operated now.