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TC Electronic C400XL User Manual

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C400XL
DUAL STEREO GATE & COMPRESSOR
U U S S E E R R ' ' S S M M A A N N U U A A L L

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  • Page 1 C400XL DUAL STEREO GATE & COMPRESSOR U U S S E E R R ’ ’ S S M M A A N N U U A A L L...

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with an arrowhead The exclamation point within an symbol within an equilateral triangle is equilateral triangle is intended to alert intended to alert the user to the the user to the presence of important presence of uninsulated "dangerous volt- operating and maintenance (servicing) age"...

  • Page 4: Certificate Of Conformity

    Class B Digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. Certificate Of Conformity These limits are designed to provide TC Electronic A/S, Sindalsvej 34, 8240 reasonable protection against harmful Risskov, Denmark, hereby declares on own interference in residential installations. This...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    C400XL Processing Compression basics ....16 Comp/Limiter mode - C400XL ..17 Gate Expander mode - C400XL ..18 New Style Compression - C400XL . . .19 APPENDIX Software update .
  • Page 6 The yellow -3 LED should Mono or Stereo/Serial. The Routing mode is only be lit at peaks. The level is set on the set on the C400XL front panel on the far left. sending device. • Set MIX depending on your intentions and selected effect.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    C400XL is a supreme Dual Gate | Compressor specially designed for audio professionals on the road as well as in the studio. Combining award-winning multiband compression technology with an extremely fast and intuitive user interface as well as a super silent click free gate, the C400XL is made for the uncompromising sound engineer.

  • Page 8: Front Panel Overview

    LED on = signal above threshold LED off = signal below threshold Serial mono: By using only the Left input/Left output, C400XL PEAK operates as two mono blocks in serial. The PEAK LED can indicate various types of overload.
  • Page 9 FRONT PANEL engine 2 program metering composite thresh peak de-ess COMP|LIM GATE|EXP 6kHz female vocal DE-HUM algorithm de-ess 4kHz male vocal DE-HISS snare dm vocal choir bass dm speech bass guitar toms dm percussive elec. guitar inf. ratio dB|sec piano/keyb acoustic guitar threshold ratio...

  • Page 10: Rear Panel Connections

    AES/EBU input. When locked to a valid digital signal the DIGITAL IN LED on the front panel is lit. If C400XL cannot lock to the digital input the analog inputs are used.

  • Page 11: Signal Flow Diagram

    SIGNAL FLOW...

  • Page 12: Typical Setups

    CH 1 SEND CH 2 SEND CH 1 RETURN CH 2 RETURN In this example the C400XL is used in Dual For each engine: Mono mode as two 100% independent mono engines on two separate channels. The two • Select processing type for engines 1 and 2.
  • Page 13 Bypass Engine 2 for Stereo single engine Mono serial processing processing. Connect a mono signal to the C400XL left input and listen on the C400XL left output. • If you have selected a compression type preset set the Makeup gain to 12 o’clock Stereo (single engine processing) position.

  • Page 14: Cables - (Important)

    The result is potential hum and noise induced when using standard insert cables. To eliminate this noise the C400XL has special designed ground sensing inputs and outputs, which are "enabled" by using a ground-sensing split cable.
  • Page 15 CABLES Type 3 Unwanted hum and noise can be introduced if you connect the outputs of C400XL to unbalanced equipment using a standard XLR to TRS (type 3a). If this is the case it is most likely because the ring-connection is floating/unconnected inside the device you are connecting to.

  • Page 16: Preset Applications

    You can use it in both compressor and for signals with a lesser dynamic fluctuation expander mode. The C400XL does the work for than what you’ll find in e.g. vocals on a musical you – what was previously a complex operation track.
  • Page 17 PRESET APPLICATION Acoustic guitar Percussive Acoustic guitars have a subtleness that is A full set of percussion instruments has a huge delightful to listen to. Yet sometimes subtleness dynamic range that is very difficult to control. is interchangeable with a lesser presence in the With the Percussive preset you can avoid any mix.

  • Page 18: Compression Basics

    PRESET APPLICATION De-Hiss Sometimes you might get a bit of hiss from an incoming source, especially when external devices are linked into a larger setup or if different electronic formats or ground policies are connected like consumer standards connected to professional equipment. To counter that you should use the De-Hiss preset.

  • Page 19: C400Xl Processing

    Keep an eye on the illustration below and let us gives the desired result. look at the basic compression parameters: The C400XL presets assist you greatly in that respect as each preset has pre-programmed The Threshold parameter - sets the limit attack and release times.

  • Page 20: Gate Expander Mode - C400Xl

    1:infinity prevents close to all overshoots. For different purposes there are different Limiter types. The C400XL limiter is a peak type limiter Noise, whether it is hiss, hum or just and it is automatically active on all preset types background noise is always a parameter to using the multi-band compression style.

  • Page 21: New Style Compression - C400Xl

    Seems pretty simple, but there are definitely NSC™ you can avoid this unsatisfactory downsides to that method. - If you make any situation. C400XL gives you a totally new level changes on the compressed or the direct approach and some stunning results based on...

  • Page 22: Appendix

    APPENDIX SW Update Updating the C400XL software is easy. Download the software application from www.tcelectronic.com. Connect the computers MIDI out to C400XL MIDI in. C400XL is always ready to receive such a software update.

  • Page 23: Technical Specifications

    APPENDIX - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Digital Input and Output Connector: XLR (AES/EBU) Formats: AES/EBU (24bit) Sample Rates: 48 kHz. (44.1 kHz only @ Digital Input) Processing Delay: 0.08 ms @ 48 kHz Frequency Response DIO: DC to 23.9 kHz ± 0.01 dB @ 48 kHz Analog Inputs Connectors: XLR balanced (pin 2+, pin 3-)

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