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  • Page 1 Operation manual English...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    DSP 6000 - Card And Connections ....... 8 Remote CPU ............9 TC Icon ..............10 Installing Additional I/O Cards ......11 Updating System 6000 MKII Software....12 Network Basics ............ 18 TC Icon Editor Installation ........22 Savvy WI-fI networking for System 6000..... 23 Basic Operation ...........

  • Page 4: Important Safety Instructions

    ImpOrTanT safeTy InsTruCTIOns The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an intended to alert the user to the presence of important equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    We hope you will have a lot of creative and interesting working hours with your System 6000. Feel free to contact us with any comments or questions via info@tcelectronic.com. TC Electronic Please note: We reserve the rights to change the contents of this manual at any time.

  • Page 6: Getting Started

    GeTTInG sTarTed This is an illustration of how to connect a standard System 6000 as it comes with one Mainframe and one TC Icon. We recommend reading through the entire Hardware & Installation section before operating. Please note that a crossed ethernet cable (supplied) must be used in this type of setup. When the system is...

  • Page 7: Front And Rear

    frOnT and rear paGe Head System 6000 Mainframe Front Power Key Reset (countersunk) Switches power On/Off. Press and hold this button during boot to reset the frames IP address to the default setting: 192.168.1.xx*, - where PCMCIA slot For handling of preset banks. address will be: 192.168.1.100 Power On LED number in all networks.

  • Page 8: Dsp 6000 - Card And Connections

    dsp 6000 - Card and COnneCTIOns connector Sync In Word Clock Use the supplied cable to connect the AES/EBU Inputs/ Outputs. connector (see illustration above). When several devices are connected in a chain and Cable type is twisted pair (12 pairs) with common screen. synced via Word Clock, termination on the last device of Recommended impedance: 110 Ohm.

  • Page 9: Remote Cpu

    remOTe Cpu paGe Head Remote CPU front panel Power Key state. Remote CPU rear panel COM port 1 LAN 1 COM port 2 Ethernet/LAN Connection connection for for TC Icon connection for sw setups with updates etc. multiple frames PS-2 connection Connection for 2 x USB Power In...

  • Page 10: Tc Icon

    TC ICOn TC Icon Front TC Icon Rear 198 mm Screen TC Connection Cable. The TC Icon screen is a touch-sensitive capacitive screen. The resolution is 640 x 480 16 bit color resolution. The No other cables can be used. The 7.5 meters (22 feet) touch calibration as well as brightness and colors can be cable cannot be extended as this will reduce the power for adjusted/selected in the TC Icon Setup menu.

  • Page 11: Installing Additional I/O Cards

    InsTallInG addITIOnal I/O Cards paGe Head Caution! The servicing instructions are for Slot A use by qualified personnel only. To reduce the risk of electric shock do Slot C Slot B / AES-8 not perform any servicing other than that in the operation instructions unless you are qualified to do so.

  • Page 12: Updating System 6000 Mkii Software

    6000 mKII sOfTware Keeping your software updated System 6000 is a constantly evolving platform and updating software is a standard procedure to keep the system up-to-date. Depeding on your setup, software-updates can be done in a couple of different ways described on the following pages.
  • Page 13 6000 mKII sOfTware Updating Remote CPU MKII software Update Remote CPU 2 TC ICON MKII LAN 2 REMOTE CPU MKII Standard Ethernet cable INTERNET Remote CPU MKII software is updated directly via the internet. Setup/Net page and ensure that it says:...
  • Page 14 Update Mainframe SW updaTInG sysTem 6000 mKII sOfTware Updating Mainframe 6000 MKII software TC ICON EDITOR on PC OR MAC M6000 MKII X-Coupled Ethernet cable The Icon Editor shows the update status via a progress bar. - Download and install TC Icon Editor on a Mac or a PC - Download Frame, DSP &...
  • Page 15 6000 mKII sOfTware Advanced setup - Central Server setup for software for update and preset handling “TC NETWORK” (Static IP) - STUDIO A “TC NETWORK” (Static IP) - STUDIO B M6000 MKII 8 x XLR FOR DIGITAl I/O...
  • Page 16 6000 mKII sOfTware Central Server (MotherShip) setup Updating your software: This is a typical setup in larger studio facilities with several rooms, where you place software updates and e.g. a preset http://www.tcelectronic.com/system6000support.asp vault on a central server/computer in a shared folder.
  • Page 17 preseT VaulT On CenTral serVer Automation Presets In larger studio facilities with several studios, preset banks and automation presets can be stored on a central server in Automation presets are stored and recalled directly to and a setup similar to the one described on the previous pages. from a shared folder on the central server.

  • Page 18: Network Basics

    neTwOrK basICs Setting Subnet Mask & TCP/IP on a PC Subnet Mask & TCP/IP addresses To find the TCP/IP address and the Subnet Mask settings The Subnet Mask is a number that defines a group of on your computer running Windows: computers (or Icons/Mainframes) connected to the network.
  • Page 19 neTwOrK basICs Shared folders PC - basics Now go to the folder you want to share have to make sure that the user of the TC Icon Remote CPU MKII has rights to access read/write in the share folder. The default user on your hardware ICON is already setup: User name : ICON Password : Administrator...
  • Page 20 neTwOrK basICs Windows 7 note Shared folders Mac - basics For succesfully sharing a folder on Win7 x86/x64 you have On Mac computers shared folders are setup in System to setup sharing rights for the folder(any share) on the Preferences - Shared. machine.
  • Page 21 - The software is downloaded, placed in a shared folder on a central server and updated from there. TC Electronic does NOT have access to any files or Updating directly from the Internet either on a closed network with no internet access, or the download server at TC Electronic cannot be reached.

  • Page 22: Tc Icon Editor Installation

    TC ICOn edITOr InsTallaTIOn The TC Icon Software Editor for PC and Mac is a fully operational software version of the TC Icon Remote for the System 6000. The software is free to download via www. tcelectronic.com Installation - PC System Requirements Updating/installing the TC Icon Software Editor http://www.tcelectronic.com/reverb6000software.asp - or...

  • Page 23: Savvy Wi-Fi Networking For System 6000

    saVVy wI-fI neTwOrKInG fOr sysTem 6000 Introduction Setting up a Wi-Fi connection in your System 6000 network is basically making an access point in the network. For this you can use any router with Wi-Fi or access point you can buy today, but check that it has the features you IP for 192.168.1.150 and Subnet mask 255.255.255.0) need before buying.

  • Page 24: Basic Operation

    basIC OperaTIOn List of connected units Introduction Engine Structure This section of the manual is a general introduction on The core element of Mainframe 6000 is the 4 Engine how to operate System 6000 via the TC Icon. The basic structure.
  • Page 25 basIC OperaTIOn paGe Head The Icon Operating Levels Library, Frame & LINK key Engine select Tabs We differentiate between 3 levels of presets: Scene, Routing and Engine levels. Function Select This is the most extensive selection you can make. It Tabs includes all four Engine algorithms as well as Physical and virtual Engine connections.

  • Page 26: Library - Recall

    lIbrary - reCall Operation Level Tabs Bank Selectors Search Library, Frame and Engine selectors Function Select Tabs Fader Group Selector Parameter Fader values present in the last modified Engine. Library Recall Recalling a Scene or an Engine preset On the Library Recall page the following banks are available for recall operations.

  • Page 27: The Wizard And Algorithm Filter

    THe wIzard and alGOrITHm fIlTer paGe Head Introduction The Wizard To easily find the perfect preset for your application among the vast amount of presets available in the System 6000, allows you to set up a few criteria and thereby narrow down the pool of presets to select from.
  • Page 28 THe wIzard and alGOrITHm fIlTer Type Algorithm Filter This is where you make the most detailed selection of presets to choose from. recall. Types varies depending on the selected Wizard Category selected on the Mode page. deselect the entire column. To access;...

  • Page 29: Library Store

    lIbrary sTOre paGe Head Operation Level Tabs Name Field Library, Frame and Engine selectors Press Function WIZARD to add Select Wizard tags to Tabs presets. Fader Group Selector Parameter Fader values present in the last modified Engine. Library Store Wizard - Scene, Routing or Engine presets On the Store page you may store Scene, Routing and Engine presets.

  • Page 30: Bank And Naming Display

    banK and namInG dIsplay Library - Bank 500 Engine presets in 5 banks of 100 presets Via the Library Archive page you can copy Scene, 250 Routing presets in 5 banks of 50 presets Routing and Engine banks to and from a PCMCIA card 250 Scene presets in 5 banks of 50 presets and to/from a folder on your computer if you are using the TC Icon software Editor.

  • Page 31: Library - Delete

    lIbrary - deleTe paGe Head Library, Frame and Engine selectors Function Select Tabs Fader Group Selector Parameter Fader values present in the last modified Engine. Library - Delete For convenience it is possible to “clean up” the User bank by deleting individual presets. Deleting a Preset Delete (side tab) and select level by pressing Scene, Routing or Engine.

  • Page 32: Frame Page

    frame paGe Frame - Routing To distribute a single Output of an Engine to several physical Outputs: channel of an algorithm loaded in another Engine. E.g. channels 7 and 8 of the Toolbox-5.1. When routing an Engine Output to an Engine Input with the M5000 frame and no TC Icon, the Engine Input channel number must match the Engine Output number from where the signal originates.

  • Page 33: Frame System - Main

    frame sysTem - maIn paGe Head Frame - E1 to E4 Locked Clock Rate The Clock Rate to which the Mainframe is currently locked. If the incoming Sample Rate is +/- 0.2% away from 32, 44.1, 48, 88.2 or 96kHz the Sample Rate will be shown inaccurate.
  • Page 34 paGe Head frame sysTem - maIn SMPTE Bank Mode of the received program change on the specified MIDI channels. Normal mode: This mode requires that the external sending MIDI device can send both Controller 0 and 32 in addition to MIDI program changes.
  • Page 35 frame sysTem - maIn paGe Head paGe Head MIDI Control Page MIDI Dump Page On MIDI Control Page the following options are Pressing these command buttons will dump the available: current settings as SysEx messages to the MIDI Out port of the Mainframe. Read Program Change If connected to a MIDI sequencing device it is then Select whether the Frame should read incoming program...
  • Page 36 paGe Head frame sysTem - maIn External MIDI Control - of Fader Parameters From software version 2.5, all fader assignable parameters can be remote controlled via MIDI Control Change Messages. To be able to control Faders you must create a dedicated Fader User Group holding these parameters. Page 20 in this manual section explains how to create User Fader Groups.
  • Page 37 frame sysTem - maIn paGe Head paGe Head Setting up How to record/playback MIDI data into/from DigiDesign Protools 5.x ? Make sure to select MIDI channel settings corresponding to the channels your external controller is using for each Engine. This is setup in the MIDI Setup page. Recording and set up the Send/Receive parameters as follows: Send CC...
  • Page 38 paGe Head frame sysTem - maIn Error Indication Software versions this will be indicated via the small red dot in top of the Frame Tab. Current installed software versions. Press the Frame Tab and you will be guided to the exact Network Identifier page where you can correct or compensate for these Mainframe.

  • Page 39: Frame System - I/O

    frame sysTem - I/O paGe Head paGe Head I/O - DSP Via the I/O page the following operations are handled: Basic operation If more than one mainframe is connected: the Select & Setup pages System - I/O as illustrated above I/O - SETUP The following Setup page will appear in: Frame/ System/I/O/Setup when an AES-8 card is installed.
  • Page 40 paGe Head frame sysTem - I/O I/O - Slot A, B & C Output, pin 2 selected Pin 2 hot, pin 3 connected to reference (shield) at the Input This is where you setup card specific parameters. of downstream device. In this mode pin 3 acts as a Parameters are only available when a I/O Card is detected.
  • Page 41 frame sysTem - I/O paGe Head paGe Head “Bright” filter Please note the following: These filters are something entirely different: Ultra-short Input is selected. impulse response, linear phase and quite a bit of deliberate must be selected to activate AES-8 card Input channels 9-16 even if no ADA 24/96 cards are adding plenty of top-end life to e.g.

  • Page 42: Frame System - Licenses

    The System 6000 holds numerous algorithms as a part of available with the installed software are listed under To try out one or more of the licenses a time limited Demo Key can be achieved by contacting TC Electronic. Press the Get Demo Key and follow the instructions.

  • Page 43: Engine Edit Page

    enGIne edIT paGe paGe Head paGe Head Name of the currently Library Frame and Engine Selectors recalled preset Overflow Indication Input Meters Parameter Pages Link key Output Meters Fader Group Selector Fine Adjust Fader Group Mode Parameters/ Value fields The Engine 1-4 Edit Pages Fader User Group - Assign key This is where you edit algorithm parameters.Parameters Fader Group Selector Up key you enter...

  • Page 44: Icon Setup Page

    paGe Head ICOn seTup paGe Icon User Interface Sticky Clip Meter Clip Indicators Go to the Select & Setup pages pressing the TC Icon If the Sticky Clip function is activated the Internal Overload key in the upper left corner. Press SETUP (upper tab) and UI (side tab) to enter the until Reset Clip on the Frame Routing page is pressed.

  • Page 45: Smpte

    paGe Head paGe Head smpTe Auto Edit Page Cursor The white triangular cursor always indicates the current Event Parameters For each Event the following parameters are available. Time - indicates the SMPTE time at which the Event takes place. Device - indicating on which Device Mainframe the Event is taking place.
  • Page 46 paGe Head smpTe Remote device disk drive Step/Adjust Range: Frame, 1 Second, 10 Seconds, 1 min., Event lists can easily be organized and saved to a 10 min. or 1 hour. PCMCIA card in the Mainframe. Use the Step parameter to select Adjust range and the Mainframe selection is done in the Auto Edit page.

  • Page 47: Tc Icon Software Editor

    TC ICOn sOfTware edITOr paGe Head paGe Head The TC Icon Software Editor is a fully operational Faders at bottom software remote control for the System 6000 All functions available via the TC Icon hardware version are also available via the Software Editor. A network adapter must be installed in your computer for connection to a Mainframe.
  • Page 48 COnTrOllInG mOre THan 8 frames It is possible to control up to 32 System 6000 MKII Mainframes using four instances of the TC Icon Editor on a PC*. To do so, follow these steps: - Place the TC Icon exe file on your desktop if it is not already there.

  • Page 50: Room Simulation For Multichannel Music And Film

    Introduction Room Simulation for Multichannel Film and Music For more than 10 years TC Electronic has put considerable research resources into perfecting digital room simulation. Presented at the AES 107th Convention, New York, NY, Our achievements have been made possible by combining 1999 September 24-27.
  • Page 51 rOOm sImulaTIOn fOr mulTICHannel musIC and fIlm paGe Head paGe Head 1.1 Music Production for home (110 degree surround speakers) and theatre (side array surround speakers) reproduction. In many studios, one good reverb is used to render the basic environment of a particular mix. One aux send, set at The room simulator should also be flexible enough to easily different levels on the different channels, is used to obtain adopt to new multichannel formats, e.g.
  • Page 52 paGe Head rOOm sImulaTIOn fOr mulTICHannel musIC and fIlm with high precision, the other 3 dimensions are each acoustics: Often quite unnatural reverb effects are quantized into a number of predefined steps, for instance desired, e.g. for pop music or science fiction film effects. 12 different directions.
  • Page 53 rOOm sImulaTIOn fOr mulTICHannel musIC and fIlm paGe Head paGe Head 4 months, we will have more real life experience with the system. If integrated positioning is used with multi-source room simulation, our experiments have already shown how much even with the less radical additive approach, virtual rooms may be rendered more convincingly with multi-source simulators.

  • Page 54: Sample Rate Conversion Filters - Ada 24/96

    paGe Head sample raTe COnVersIOn fIlTers - ada 24/96 Sample Rate Conversion Filters bandwidth: Any remaining signal components above the Nyquist frequency (only 22.05 kHz at 44.1 kHz sampling Introduction rate) turn into aliasing. Therefore the magnitude The Delta-Sigma Converters of the ADA 24/96 operate response has to drop sharply just above 20 kHz.
  • Page 55 sample raTe COnVersIOn fIlTers - ada 24/96 paGe Head paGe Head Fig. 2 Fig. 3 illustrates how attenuation is performed just above FS/2 when operating at 48kHz sampling rate. As shown in fig. 4 alias components will be reflected around FS/2 and will disturb the high but still audible frequencies.

  • Page 56: Clock And Synchronization In System 6000

    paGe Head ClOCK and synCHrOnIzaTIOn In sysTem 6000 By Christian G. Frandsen value could be in the area of 100 ps peak to 50 ns peak Introduction (jitter is also often measured in peak to peak or RMS). The typical jitter frequency spectrum tends to be low frequency This document will discuss the clock, synchronization and weighted.
  • Page 57 ClOCK and synCHrOnIzaTIOn In sysTem 6000 paGe Head paGe Head the clock from the incoming digital signal in order to be Jitter accumulation synchronized to the transmitting device. In conventional circuit designs the extracted clock is typically used directly for the converters. This means that the jitter on the digital interface is fed nearly unaltered to the converters and Every device and cable will add a bit of jitter and in the therefore manifests as sampling jitter.
  • Page 58 paGe Head ClOCK and synCHrOnIzaTIOn In sysTem 6000 The clock design on System 6000 How to detect interface jitter. The typical way to investigate interface jitter is by measuring the clock variations directly on the digital signal. There are devices made specifically for interface testing. the ones used for jitter rejection (see The clock design on System 6000) and then measure the amount that has been This circuit will act like a low pas filter towards the jitter...
  • Page 59 ClOCK and synCHrOnIzaTIOn In sysTem 6000 paGe Head paGe Head System 6000 technical specifications regarding the clock circuitry: external sample rates: 30 to 34 kHz, 42.5 to 45.6 kHz, 46.5 to 48.5 kHz, 85 to 91 kHz, 93 to 97 kHz. Internal sample rates: 96 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 48 kHz and 44.1kHz.
  • Page 60 paGe Head ClOCK and synCHrOnIzaTIOn In sysTem 6000 Measurements on System 6000 slave to the digital input. Notice that even with this much zoom the jitter on As mentioned before the higher frequency in the program internal-mode is not visible. signal and the higher level the more sensitive it is to jitter The very little jitter that shows on slave-mode is low on the sampling clock.
  • Page 61 ClOCK and synCHrOnIzaTIOn In sysTem 6000 paGe Head paGe Head Figure 10 Zoomed (frq. only). System 6000 and conventional design in slave-mode. Wide band jitter applied. On Figure 10 25 ns peak wide band jitter has been applied to both System 6000 (lower) and a conventional design (upper).
  • Page 62 paGe Head paGe Head ClOCK and synCHrOnIzaTIOn In sysTem 6000 period away from the signal on input 1. If the phase of a signal (including two audio channels) is above the limit, the current sample in this signal can be interpreted as the previous or the next sample and this will add a delay to these specific two audio channels.
  • Page 63 ClOCK and synCHrOnIzaTIOn In sysTem 6000 paGe Head paGe Head will typically not suffer from this kind of problem due to Literature: every device being slave to the same reference. Therefore there will not be any chain of devices that potentially could accumulate phase errors.

  • Page 64: License Agreement

    7. Limitation of Liability. 1. License. TC Electronic grants to you the right to use this copy of TC Electronic software and the which the Software is recorded, but TC Electronic retains title to the Software and related documentation including copies, regardless of form or media and to all copyrights therein.
  • Page 65 ICON OS. Back-up Copy If TC Electronic A/S has not included a back-up copy of the TC ICON OS with the TC ICON/Remote CPU 6000, you may make a single back-up copy of the TC ICON OS. vided in these licensing terms, you may not otherwise make copies of the TC ICON OS.

  • Page 66: Mainframe 6000 Mkii

    paGe Head TeCHnICal speCIfICaTIOns - maInframe 6000 mKII Digital Inputs and Outputs Connectors: Formats: Word clock input: Internal sample rate: 96 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 48.0 kHz, 44.1 kHz Internal clock precision: +/- 30 ppm 30 to 34 kHz, 42.5 to 45.5 kHz, 46.5 to 48.5 kHz, 85 to 91 kHz and 93 to 97 kHz.

  • Page 67: Tc Icon & Remote Cpu

    TeCHnICal speCIfICaTIOns - TC ICOn & remOTe Cpu paGe Head paGe Head TC Icon mk II Remote CPU 6000 mk II Display Type: CPU: 500MHz play, 640 x 480 pixels resolution. High System disc: luminance (300 cd/m2, typ.) System Memory: Touch screen: Resistive, 20 gram activation force SDRAM...

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