The inadequate typical pa system to the right is an image of the typical pa setup used at many venues.
Stage basic pa system setup diagram.
An lcr system is a stereo system with a center speaker added.
This type of system will provide more control than a basic stereo system and is ideal in situations where music and speech intelligibility are equally important.
This configuration allows panning and adds depth to the acoustic image.
How to set up a pa system.
It provides power for the microphones acts as a makeshift mixer and speaker amplifier.
The amplifier on the top is very inadequate as it tries to perform roles that are meant to be played by separate and specialized pieces of equipment.
Pa systems can be used for a variety of purposes and thus can be set up in a variety of configurations.
The equalizer eq on the channel strip is used to modify the tone of each input signal.
The illustration below shows how the principal components common to most pa systems connect to each other.
The arrows show the direction of signal flow.
All pa systems from the smallest to the largest follow the same basic format.
At this stage the signal is set at an appropriate level for the rest of its path through the mixer and the other components of the pa system.
Pa system schematic diagram.