Cable Connections - Apex Digital dBC-8 User Manual

CONNECTING

Cable connections

Most of the time a compressor is connected to the insert point of a mixing desk. However,
nothing prevents you to insert the compressor elsewhere in the signal path, but do remember
that the compressor does expect a line level input. Mic level signals may be used but you will
find that they have too low a level to be controlled precisely. The dBC-8 is a professional piece of
equipment and has balanced in- and outputs where Tip is +, Ring is – and Sleeve is Ground.
When your console has an unbalanced insert point, mostly in the form of a single TRS chas-
sis connector, please verify which part of the TRS jack carries the send and return signal.
Most consoles have the send signal on the TIP of the connector and the return signal on
the RING of the connector. The ground of both signals is shared on the SLEEVE of the con-
nector.
Connect the Send signal to the Input of the dBC-8 and the Output of the dBC-8 to the Return
signal. TIP: when by accident you exchange the in- and out-put connections on the dBC-8
the gate will not function. Sound will not pass through the dBC-8 UNLESS you hit the bypass
function! Bypass will connect the input to the output and sound will pass, even when you
reverse input and output. This may lead you to think that one or more channels of the dBC-8
are malfunctioning. So please always verify your connections.
MIXING CONSOLE
INSERT
Connection could vary
from console manufacturer !
UNBALANCED CONNECTION
send
0
return