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Summary of Contents for THOR TA20
- Page 1 TA20 Digital Mixer...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
INDEX Intro.............................2 Features ..........................2 Control and connection......................3 Input channel........................5 MIC channel.........................5 Input Stage subpage......................6 EQ subpage.........................7 Dynamics subpage.......................8 Bus Send subpage.......................10 Output Stage subpage......................11 Stereo channel........................12 Input Stage subpage......................12 EQ subpage.........................13 Dynamics subpage.......................13 Bus Send subpage........................14 Output Stage subpage......................14 Output BUS..........................14 BUS15 Input Stage subpage......................15 EQ subpage.........................17... -
Page 3: Intro
8 effect modules, reverb, delay, modulation, GEQ, 20 inputs including 12 pro mic and 2 stereo, professional digital signal input port, 16 BUSes including 8 assignable analog and digital output port. TA20 has two USB interfaces for playing, recording, scene memory, WIFI connection. Furthermore, TA20 is equipped with 7 inch high definition IPS touch screen, nine 100mm ALPS motorized faders, intuitive operation, and suitable for various show, conference, school, etc;... -
Page 4: Control And Connection
Control and connection Fig. Mixer panel S/PDIF in/out connector AES/EBU output connector two USB 2.0 interface headphone volume headphone connector master out 16 band level meter POWER keep pressing 3 to turn on/off the unit. Press for 1S for lock function and all buttons can not work. The screen turns black. - Page 5 five buttons - SETUP, BACK, PLAY/PAUSE, COPY, PASTE. SETUP is enter the system page. BACK is to exit the system. COPY and PASTE is to copy and paste the channel parameter setting. PLAY/PAUSE play/pause the audio source in USB. parameter adjustment flip page: INPUT1-8 INPUT9-12 ST-USB and BUS1-8 SEND is the fader send mode button.
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Page 6: Input Channel
Input Channel TA20 has 12-channel mono inputs, 2 analogue stereo inputs, 1 stereo S/PDIF input channel and 1 stereo USB input. INPUT 1-8 and INPUT 9-12 ST-USB buttons are for input page up/page down. INPUT 1-8 covers 8 channels MONO input channel CH1~CH8, INPUT 9-12 ST-USB covers 4 mono inputs (CH9~CH12), 2 analogue stereo input channels, 1 stereo S/PDIF input and 1 stereo USB input. -
Page 7: Input Stage Subpage
Input Stage subpage 48V phantom power Press the key, to enable the 48V phantom power. Press again to disable it. The default is set as disabled. Switch channels Press the key, to choose previous or next channel within a same layer Press the key to enable reverse. -
Page 8: Eq Subpage
EQ Subpage Switch Channels Single press the key to switch between previous or next channel on the same layer Bypass Single press the key to enable Bypass, i.e. bypassed the EQ, press again to bring the EQ back. The default is set as disabled. -
Page 9: Dynamics Subpage
Library Save or load user's EQ settings. Single press the dropdown button and select a library file from a popped-up list, in order to load the EQ setting. Single press the “Save” button after you have done with EQ settings, then select the library file (there are 16 names of library, Preset 1~Preset16) from the popped-up list. - Page 10 Compressor IN: Press the key to enable Compressor, press again to disable it. The default is set as disabled Compressor: Threshold modifies breakpoint's position on the curve, Ratio modifies the bending rate of the curve above the breakpoint, Gain controls the vertical position of the diagonal. Parameter Adjustment: To adjust the parameter of Gate by dragging the slider, or turning the main Encoder on the control panel (fine tuning can be activated when pressed the knob down).
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Page 11: Bus Send Subpage
Bus Send Subpage The input channel can send signal into 4-channel mono bus, 4-channel stereo bus and L/R master output bus. Channel Switch Single press the key to switch between previous or next channel on the same layer Bus-send enable Single press a bus button, to send signal to this bus, press again to disable the send. -
Page 12: Output Stage Subpage
Output Stage Subpage The sub-page mainly contains PAN, Solo, Mute, fader control and signal level display Switch Channel Single press the key to switch between previous or next channel on the same layer PAN control The default is set as 50|50, the PAN value can be tuned by touch knob, or physical knob on the control panel. Double press the parameter frame to set it back to default. -
Page 13: Stereo Channel
Stereo Channel Stereo input and Mono channel are the same, also include five modules, which are Input Stage, EQ, Dynamics, Bus Send and Output Stage. Single press a module and a subpage will pop up. Single press the close button on the subpage to exit. -
Page 14: Eq Subpage
Channel Switch Single press the button to switch between previous or next channel on the same layer When only one connector (Left or right) of stereo is plugged, single press the button to copy the signal from one channel to another, then to the stereo processing channel. Press again to disable SUM. The default is disabled. -
Page 15: Bus Send Subpage
For this part, please refer to the Subpage of Output Stage of Mono Channel Output busses TA20 has 14 output busses 4 Mono (Bus1~Bus4) and 5 Stereo (Bus5~Bus8), Master L&R. By default, BUS1-8 page shows processing stripe for Bus 1~Bus 8. When the system stays at the page of BUS1-8, press down “SEL”... -
Page 16: Input Stage Subpage
Input Stage The module shows the setup of output and effect insert which are assigned from the bus. The module shows the EQ curve of the bus. Input Source The module shows the channel info sent to the bus Output Stage The module shows the name of the bus, Pan/BAL value, Solo, Mute, delay setup, fader level and meter By double pressing the name of the channel can be edited through the soft-keyboard popping up. - Page 17 Switch Channel Single press the button to switch between previous or next channel on the same layer Bus send enable Single press a bus button, to send channel signal to the bus, press again to disable. PreFader/PostFader toggle selection The default is PreFader. Single press the button, to toggle PostFader, press again to set it back to default. PAN control The default is 50|50, the PAN value can be tuned by dragging the slider, or turning the main Encoder on the control panel.
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Page 18: Eq Subpage
EQ Subpage This Subpage is the same as EQ Subpage of the MIC channel, please refer to MIC channel EQ page. Output Stage Subpage The page contains Delay, PAN, Solo, Mute, fader level control and signal level display. (the output of Bus5~Bus8 and L&R bus is similar with Bus1~Bus4). -
Page 19: Setup Page
Setup page The page contains Information, Sample Rate, Delay Unit, System, WiFi, Remote, Brightness and Time & Date. Scenes Shows the name of scenes. Information System Version shows the version of APK, DSP, Fader and other softwares on this console. IP Address shows the IP address of the console. - Page 20 Maintenance page Update from USB Single press “Update from USB” button, a dialog pops up “After the update the System will reboot automatically. Are you sure you want to update the System?”, press “Install” and complete the installation following the tip information. Factory Reset Single press “Factory Reset”...
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Page 21: Patch Page
Patch page This page is mainly for selecting busses to be assigned to 8 analogue outputs, S/PDIF output and USB output. The console has 4 mono bus (Bus 1~Bus 4), 4 stereo bus (Bus 5L~Bus 8R) and master output bus Master L, Master R. -
Page 22: Meter Page
Meter Page The page contains two parts: signal level from input processing channel and outputs. Signal level of input processing channel has three modes IN, Pre Fader and Post Fader with Pre Fader as the default. To select signal level mode to be displayed through single pressing the button.The signal level of output has two modesPre Fader and Post Fader with Pre Fader as the default. -
Page 23: Modulation Subpage
The Effects have 8 modules, which are 2 Modulation, 2 Delay, 2 Reverb and 2 15-band GEQ. All the modules can be inserted to input processing channel or bus processing channel, for one time only. Note, input processing channel can only be inserted with one effect module, while the bus can have two. Effect module Double press the effect module, then a subpage of parameter setting of this module pops up. -
Page 24: Delay Subpage
EQ LS Curve chart: displays the LS curve Gain: ranges is ±18 dB, with a default @ 0 dB. Adjust the Gain by turning the main Encoder or on the touch screen (fine tuning can be activated by pressing the main Encoder knob). Double press the parameter frame to set it as default. - Page 25 Module Selection Single press left right selection button, to choose FX module: Modul1-Modul2-Delay1-Delay2-Reverb 1-Reverb2-GEQ1-GEQ2) Type Single press dropdown button, then choose a wanted type from the dropdown listOne Echo 1/4 Two Echo 1/8 Three Echo 1/16 Three Echo 1/16 Delayed Four Echo 1/16 One Echo 1/4 with 4 Reflect. Dry-Wet Ranges from 0 to 100 with a default @ 0.
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Page 26: Reverbsubpage
Chart 1 Factor Ratio to BPM 1/24 1/16 1/12 Equivalent to BPM Feedback: to return output delay into input, so as to generate echo from amplitude attenuation. Ranges from 0 to 90, with a default @ 0. To adjust by turning the main Encoder or dragging slider on the touch screen (fine tuning can be activated by pressing the main Encoder knob). - Page 27 Module Selection Single press left right selection button, to choose FX module: Modul1-Modul2-Delay1-Delay2-Reverb 1-Reverb2-GEQ1-GEQ2) Type Single press dropdown button, then choose a wanted type from the dropdown list Hall Bright/Hall Warm/ Room Bright/ Room Warm /Plate Bright/ Plate Warm Dry-Wet Ranges from 0 to 100 with a default @ 0.
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Page 28: Geq Subpage
GEQ Subpage Double press “GEQ 1 or 2” in the FX Subpage, access to Subpage of GEQ parameter tuning, as showed in the picture below Module Selection Single press left right selection button, to choose FX module: Modul1-Modul2-Delay1-Delay2-Reverb 1-Reverb2-GEQ1-GEQ2 Library Save or load user's EQ settings. -
Page 29: Scenes Page
Scenes Page The page contains Scene List and operations for scenes. Scene List Scene List contains number(No) selection(Sel) name(Name) and creat/update time(Time). To select a certain scene through single pressing option frame in the Sel column. Operation Delete Delete scenes. When select a scene, single press the button, a dialog pops up “ Are you sure you Want to delete this scene?”... -
Page 30: Recorder Page
Recorder Page Player The player can display the name of selected soundtracks and playback progress, includes 8 function buttonsstop ( ) play/pause ( ) previous( ) rewind ( ) forward ( ) next ( play mode ( ) and record ( Meter display of playback and record Display meter of Playback and Record in real time Playback list... -
Page 31: Monitor Page
Monitor Page The page mainly contains settings for Oscillator, Monitor / Phones and Solo. Oscillator Oscillator of the console used for system test and calibration. On/Off Switch : Single press the button to switch on (ON) Oscillator, press again to switch off. The default is disabled. -
Page 32: Wife Page
WIFI PAGE Setting Mode One of IPAD WIFI Connecting Mixer Firstly, please make sure you have plugged the WIFI module attached into the USB port of mixer. Mixer Setting 1. Click “Setup” on the panel of mixer, enter SETUP tab page. 2. - Page 33 3. WIFI Mode Log-in, Mixer Setting Suitable for all fixed places covered with WIFI, remote distance depends on the power of your wireless router. 3.1 Click tab shown above, select the correct WIFI you need in the list. 3.2 Click then type in your password for the wireless router.
- Page 34 IPAD Part 5.1. Use the IPAD from Apple Inc, search or “TA20” in App Store, as shown below, install the APP accordingly. 5.2. Click “Settings”-“WLAN” in IPAD, select the same WIFI or the AP, as shown below.
- Page 35 5.3.Open the APP just downloaded. 5.4. Click shown above to search, find Console, click . If many Consoles appear, type in the IP address of mixer you want for direct connection. If necessary, you can change name in to differentiate your devices. Note: you can check IP address in “Setup”...
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Page 36: Signal Flow Chart
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Page 37: Specification
Specification Description Description Channel Channel MIC in 8 XLR 4 Combo 4 jack Line in 2stereo Master out 8assignable output XLR Mono BUS Stereo BUS 2 jack+1 stereo headphone out jack Stereo monitor S/PDIF RCA in/out Digital port XLR out AES/EBU out Connect with USB stick to play and record, suppor ts WAV format Screen... - Page 38 www.thorled.com...
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