Aurora Sidecar Bus and Stereo O/P Wiring:
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Page 1: ...idecar Block Diagram Page 5 Connecting To The Aurora Sidecar Page 6 The DI input And Correct Gain Structure Page 7 The Four Band Equalizer Page 8 Bus Sends Phase and Phantom Power Controls Page 9 Mixi...
Page 2: ...great Class A discrete vintage sound will help you to make great recordings The Aurora Sidecar is a large and professional piece of equipment As such it will need to be maintained The better it is ma...
Page 3: ...y case and emphasized here Linear power supplies use a large transformer that will radiate a small electro magnetic field outside the steel case Always position the power supply away from any sensitiv...
Page 4: ...Aurora Sidecar Block Diagram Page 4...
Page 5: ...unbalanced source or destination connect the signal to pin 2 and the shield to pin 3 as shown below As detailed above ground loops may occur if the studio equipment is sourced from multiple power outl...
Page 6: ...B headroom on correctly set gains Setting Up The Channel For The Correct Gain Structure At the top of each channel is an illuminated VU meter that reads the post fader channel output level With the ch...
Page 7: ...th the switch to the left the variance is 6dB and with it to the right the variance is 16dB The high and low mid frequency controls underneath have a three position switch that provides three alternat...
Page 8: ...equired stereo image Either the Left and Right bus assign buttons can be pressed individually to positively connect to either mix bus bar The Cut control mutes both the bus assigns and the channel out...
Page 9: ...btainable with a virtual earth current mix into an IC operational amplifier The mix amp preamplifier drives the P G conductive plastic output faders which feed the Aurora Audio classic output stage an...
Page 10: ...BU R68 is used in most European countries specifying 18 dBu at 0 dBFS 2 In Europe the EBU recommend that 18 dBFS equates to the Alignment Level 3 European UK calibration for Post Film is 18 dBFS 0 VU...
Page 11: ...ls Move the channel module gently from side to side until you feel its connector engaging with the connector in the sidecar frame Then push fully down Tighten the captive thumb screws to secure the ch...
Page 12: ...ed by pulling off the knobs removing the nut on the gain switch and DI jack socket and removing the M3 screw nut and spacer retaining the rear of the PCB Unplugging the various connections allows the...
Page 13: ...Aurora Sidecar Channel Wiring Diagram Page 13...
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Page 15: ...3VU where 0VU 4dBu 1 228 vac Front panel trimpot to align the 0VU point Input headroom 26dB Outputs Gain Stereo outputs are unity gain Output Impedance 50 ohms balanced Frequency response 0 5dB at 20...
Page 16: ...al and electronic equipment This Directive bans the placing on the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead cadmium mercury hexavalent chromium p...
Page 17: ...try This enables a user to switch in or out a device permanently connected to the insertion jacks and in the very rare likelihood of a component failure allows the circuitry to be totally bypassed Abo...
Page 18: ...n the tip and shield to the shield connection Don t wire anything to the ring contact of the plug Checking alignment levels Channel path 1 Switch the insertion selector switch to the bypass position 2...
Page 19: ...check that the 2T Output level is 4dBu 3 Switch the insertion selector switch to the in position and plug a TRS stereo jack plug cable to male XLR into the pre fade insertion send jack socket 4 Adjust...
Page 20: ...input from a smartphone or similar device While the first three inputs are 4dBu balanced floating inputs for 0VU on the VU meters and a 10dBu monitor output i e 6dBu level in hand the Aux input is un...
Page 21: ...are provided for monitor options 1 Cut Red switch fully mutes both stereo paths so no signal reaches the monitor speakers 2 Alt LS Green switch switches between two sets of monitor outputs 3 Mono Yell...
