TC Electronic C400XL User Manual page 13

Stereo / Serial
In the Stereo/Serial mode C400XL is ideal
for the following 3 different main
applications.
Mono serial processing
Connect a mono signal to the C400XL left input
and listen on the C400XL left output.
Stereo (single engine processing)
Stereo in / Stereo Out. Bypass engine 2 by
turning the MIX control fully counter-clockwise
to "BYP".
Stereo Serial (dual engine processing)
Stereo in / Stereo Out. Both engines
processing. This is a typical choice if you want
to combine e.g. a De-ess function with
compression on vocals.
• Set Routing to Stereo / Serial.
• Connect Master Out or Group Out to C400XL
Left/Right inputs and C400XL outputs to
downstream device - e.g. stereo amplifier.
TYPICAL SETUPS
C400XL
engine 1 program metering
composite
routing de-ess1 /hum female vocal
-3 -1
de-ess2 /hiss male vocal
dual mono
-6 -3
power stereo|serial
snare dm vocal choir
-12 -6
bass dm speech
-18 -12
C300 -50
toms dm bass guitar
-24 -18
DUAL STEREO GATE | COMPRESSOR
percussive elec. guitar
-48 -24
piano/keyb acoustic guitar
i/p dBfs damp.
horns/inst.
Cross Over
INPUT METERS PROGRAM DISPLAY
CLIP
0
Studio B
-5
-10
-15 Surround LS+RS
-20
-30
-40
A dB B
For each engine:
• Select processing type for engines 1 and 2.
• If you have selected a compression type
• Set Threshold and Ratio controls.
• Set mix to 100% for conventional full signal
• Now adjust the Makeup gain for level
MASTER OUT
GROUP OUT
engine 2 program metering
thresh overload digital in composite thresh
comp|lim gate|exp de-ess1 /hum female vocal comp|lim
-3 -1
-30 3 algorithm 0 .5 50 de-ess2 /hiss male vocal -30 3 algorithm
-5 +5 -6 -3
-40 -20 2 5 -40 -20 2 5
snare dm vocal choir
1 25 -12 -6
.3 75
bass dm speech
-18 -12
-10 8 -50 -10
toms dm bass guitar
-15 +15 -24 -18
percussive elec. guitar
-60 0dB 1:1 inf. .1 2 BYP 100 -60 0dB 1:1 inf.
dB ratio dB| sec % -48 -24 dB ratio
piano/keyb acoustic guitar
threshold ratio makeup| release mix| amount i/p dBfs damp. threshold ratio
horns/inst.
SCHEMATIC PARAM EQ ROUTING X-OVER EQ DELAY LINE LIMITER OUTPUT CONTROL
INPUT
PAR EQ 1 EQ 1 DLY 1 LIM 1 OUT 1
IN A A
OUT 2
2 EQ 2 DLY 2 LIM 2
DIGITAL IN
EQ 3 DLY 3 LIM 3 OUT 3
PAR EQ 3
B
IN B
EQ 4 DLY 4 LIM 4 OUT 4
4
A B
Bypass Engine 2 for Stereo single engine
processing.
preset set the Makeup gain to 12 o'clock
position.
processing or use a lower setting to utilize
the parallel compression. (read more on
parallel compression later in this manual)
compensation.
overload
gate|exp
0 .5 50
-5 +5
1 25
.3 75
8
-15 +15
.1 2 BYP 100
dB| sec %
makeup| release mix| amount
RECALL ENTER
STORE LOCK
EDIT
SETUP
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