Insert Loop; Send; Return; Digital Outputs - DigiTech VTP1 Owner's Manual

INSERT LOOP

These connectors allow you to insert another processor such as a compressor or de-esser into the
signal path. You would insert the processor into this loop to place it in the path leading to the digi-
tal output of the VTP-1. Both the SEND and RETURN are balanced TRS jacks with +4 dBu nom-
inal sensitivity.

SEND

The audio signal produced at the SEND output is taken from a point in the circuit after the VTP-
1's tube and EQ stages. You can run a cable from this jack to the input of the external processor.
Inserting a jack here will not interrupt the analog or digital audio output. This is to allow the
SEND to be used as a direct post-preamp output that bypasses the main output stage of the VTP-1.

RETURN

Connect the output of the external processor back to the VTP-1 through this jack. An audio signal
returning here is passed along to both the analog and digital outputs.

DIGITAL OUTPUTS

The VTP-1's digital output allows you to connect directly to a DAT recorder or digital multitrack
via their digital input. You can completely bypass your mixing console when recording a voice or
instrument through the VTP-1. By connecting a microphone or line level instrument to the input
of the VTP-1, then from the digital output directly to your recorder you keep the signal path as
pure as possible. If you have digital effects in your system and digital mixdown, your audio signal
will only have to be converted back to analog when it's finally played on a CD player in some-
one's home.
The VTP-1's digital output is offered in two standard stereo formats: AES/EBU and
S/PDIF. Channel 1 of the VTP-1 drives the digital left output and Channel 2 drives digital
right. You have a choice of 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz sampling rates. The controls to select
Format and Sample Rate are on the front panel of the unit. (See the discussion of front
panel controls for more details.)
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