Summary of Contents for Rupert Neve Designs 5060 CENTERPIECE
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5060 CENTERPIECE 2 4 X 2 D E S K T O P M I X E R Operations Manual...
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Thank you for your purchase of a 5060 Desktop Mixer. Everyone at Rupert Neve Designs hope you enjoy using this tool as much as we have enjoyed designing and building it. Please take note of the following list of safety concerns and power requirements before using the 5060 module.
Don’t operate your 5060 module in or around water! Electronic equipment and liquids are not good friends. If any liquid is spilled, such as soda, coffee, alcoholic or other drink, the sugars and acids will have a very detrimental effect. Sugar crystals act like little rectifiers and can produce noise (crackles, etc.).
The Rupert Neve Designs 5060 Overview From the father of the recording console comes the 5060 Centerpiece: the Class-A analog heart of your 21st-century studio. Sized for your desktop, the 5060 delivers the tonality and center section features of Rupert’s flagship 5088 console at your fingertips, cementing outboard together with serious custom...
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Dual Stereo Outputs with Different Silk & Texture Settings Dual Stereo Outputs with Different Silk & Texture Settings Stereo or Mono Channel Insert Send and Returns for Outboard Processing Trim Attack Release PORTICO II RUPERT NEVE DESIGNS All EQ Post Comp Peak Power Signal Rupert Neve Rupert Neve 1.6K...
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LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL TEXTURE STEREO ATELLITE ATELLITE POWER POWER 16 x 2+2 16 x 2+2 Summing RUPERT NEVE DESIGNS Summing RUPERT NEVE DESIGNS Mixer Mixer ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞...
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turntables to the other Ext Inputs to be able to listen to reference material. There are three pairs of speaker outputs which are selected by the monitor select, and controlled by the monitor level rotary stepped attenuator. The switches are inter-locked so that only one pair of speakers may be on at a time.
Talkback Level / Assign / Mic Controls the level for the talkback mic to the talkback output, and assigns the output to monitor out 1-2 & 3-4 Aux Stereo Inputs 8 active stereo inputs with rotary faders for stem and aux inputs Stereo Channel Inserts Passive stereo insert send / return with always active send signal.
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Silk Toggles between Silk Red, Silk Blue, & no Silk Texture Determines the amount of Silk L/R Meters & Peak Indicators effect, when Silk is engaged VU Meters Display the RMS signal level of the selected monitor source, and the peak indicator illuminates red when the peak threshold has been exceeded.
Either USB and MIDI can be used to provide DAW transport control from the 5060. The USB functionality of the 5060 is plug and play in both PCs (XP and newer OS) and Mac (10.2 and newer). 5060: Rupert Neve Designs will show up as a MIDI Device in the system device manager, and will...
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Freedom from the interference fields that are inevitably present in any control room is virtually guaranteed by the balanced, ground-free design used in the 5060. The classic Rupert Neve designed modules always used transformers, as do a number of other high quality vintage modules still in current use.
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Chassis The chassis is designed to work on a flat surface like a desktop or table, and if you are looking to rack mount it, in a standard 19” rack width, please email service@rupertneve.com for more information. The construction incorporates a heavy and robust steel shell that provides total magnetic screening and exceptional mechanical stability.
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With silk/texture engaged, the distortion characteristic and harmonic content of the unit are very reminiscent of many of Rupert’s class-A vintage designs. These controls add an unparalleled range of tonal options to the 5060 and should be explored creatively with a variety of different sources for best effect.
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METERS VU Meters Display the RMS signal level of the selected monitor source, and the peak indicator illuminates red when the peak threshold has been exceeded, which is roughly 3dB before the clipping point. Engaged when either the Dim or Talkback switch is depressed, Dim reduces the volume of the monitor source between -6dB and -30dB adjusted with the Dim Level control.
instruments within acoustic environments that is subjectively pleasing so as to develop keen awareness that will contribute to a reliable data bank. Humans who have not experienced enough “natural” sound may well have a flawed data bank! Quality recording equipment should be capable of retaining “natural”...
Product Warranty Rupert Neve Designs warrants this product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from date of purchase, and agrees to remedy any defect identified within such one year period by, at our option, repairing or replacing the product.
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