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Page 1: ...Audio Mixing Console 056 6 10 n 95 4 1 07 7g8 2...

Page 2: ...82 412 799 email info cadac sound com While every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the contents in this manual CADAC Audio Mixing Consoles are being subject to continuous development he...

Page 3: ...channel module 8411 4 2 4 2 Rear panel mono input channel module 8411 4 9 8 6WHUHR LQSXW PRGXOH 745111111111111111111111111111111111111 804 5 1 Front panel stereo input module 8412 5 2 5 2 Rear panel...

Page 4: ...iv Table of Contents S Type Revision S2005 6...

Page 5: ...ure The S Type mirrors the same attention to quality and detail that have made the CADAC name the ultimate choice for the discerning professional Ergonomics has been placed high on the design brief Ev...

Page 6: ...vi Introduction S Type Revision S2005 6...

Page 7: ...PH The S Type frame is constructed from 1 6mm Zintec fixed to 4mm aluminium end profiles This construction allows multiple frames to be positioned so that modules are almost adjacent Internal audio bu...

Page 8: ...of output levels is provided on full range LED meters PFL facilities on the outputs are provided as are balanced insert points on the Sub Group and Matrix outputs Full details of the module function c...

Page 9: ...to all 8 sub groups and auxiliaries The output can be muted which can then be over ridden via the talkback button Check Mute and Mute All functions are located towards the top of the panel Full detai...

Page 10: ...1 4 System overview S Type Revision S2005 6...

Page 11: ...sitioned Otherwise position the flight case on a sturdy surface 3 Unlock the latches and remove the front section of the console flight case to reveal the console armrest 4 Unlock the remaining latche...

Page 12: ...ach power supply have three conductors LIVE brown NEUTRAL blue and EARTH green yellow For safety and electromag netic compatibility considerations it is essential that the EARTH conductor is con necte...

Page 13: ...our local distributor or CADAC directly before any connections are made The AC input is connected to the PSU via a 3 core cable CMA reference 3183TQ BASEC approved 51616 833 6ZLWFK0PRGH SRZHU VXSSO XQ...

Page 14: ...cir cuit can easily be extended to provide a single switch for all PSUs if required If mul tiple switches are to be used see fig 2 4 NOTE The remote start switch must be of a momentary type You can us...

Page 15: ...e fed into the console without 18V When switching the power supply back ON after replacement has taken place make sure that both LEDs on the front of the PSU system come on If only one LED comes on le...

Page 16: ...2 6 Connections and setup S Type Revision S2005 6...

Page 17: ...t channels to one specific VCA Master however it is possible to assign an input channel to more than one VCA Master should this be required 615 8VLQJ WKH VHQGV 61514 6HOHFWLQJ VHQG WR 6XE0 URXS DQG VH...

Page 18: ...fer to left channels and even numbers to right channels 616 6ROR D FKDQQHO HVWUXFWLYH Press Check Mute located at the top of the 8414 module then select the appropriate Mute button of the channel you...

Page 19: ...s possible to route to eight auxiliary busses the first two of which are stereo on dual concentric potentiometers level on the upper control and PAN on the lower control The remaining six are mono wit...

Page 20: ...tton applies a 20dBu pad to the MIC input to accommodate for line level sources 0dBu 0 775V 71417 3KDVH UHYHUVH Press this button to reverse the phase of the incoming signal 71418 7 9 3KDQWRP SRZHU Pr...

Page 21: ...th optional pan information see 4 1 11 To route a signal from an input channel to a Sub Group press the relevant numerical button in the Sub Group sec tion of the input module 5RXWLQJ WR PDWUL RXWSXW...

Page 22: ...usses the adjacent LED will illuminate when the Auxiliary send is ON 714147 X LOLDU VHQG OHYHO FRQWURO Use this rotary control to adjust the level of the SEND signal 714148 6WHUHR X LOLDU VHQG 5 9 DQG...

Page 23: ...ut off frequency of 160Hz with a slope of 12dB per octave Note that the HPF is situated immediately after the microphone amplifier and is not switched with the equalizer 71414 4 0 4 Q22XW Press this b...

Page 24: ...lower control and the gain to be adjusted by 18dB upper control The gain control is centre detented 714157 0 40FRQWURO The Q control varies the bandwidth of the selected frequency selected as per 4 1...

Page 25: ...re NOT normalized The insert point can only be enabled by the front panel button Note that selecting EQ PRE switches the equalizer pre insert send 714163 0 0 0XWH Press this button to mute all POST FA...

Page 26: ...mporary hold function can be achieved by selecting and holding the desired PFL While holding down this switch you can add additional PFL channels as required Pressing any of the selected PFL switches...

Page 27: ...follow the wiring convention PIN 1 Screen PIN 2 In phase signal hot PIN 3 Out of phase signal cold The 0 25 TRS jack connectors use the wiring conven tion TIP In phase signal hot RING Out of phase si...

Page 28: ...4 10 Mono input module 8411 S Type Revision S2005 6...

Page 29: ...wo of which are stereo on dual concentric potentiometers level on the upper control and pan on the lower control The remaining six are mono sends with level control All eight sends can be enabled and...

Page 30: ...e frequency and level of the line up tone is controlled from the 8414 module 81416 0RQR Press this button to sum left and right channel to mono 81417 5 9 0 3KDVH UHYHUVH OHIW FKDQQHO Pressing this but...

Page 31: ...m an input channel to a sub group press the relevant numerical button on the sub group 5RXWLQJ WR PDWUL RXWSXW Before you can route a signal to the matrix outputs the signal has to be routed to one of...

Page 32: ...D will illuminate when the Auxiliary send is ON 814147 X LOLDU VHQG OHYHO FRQWURO Use this rotary concentric control to adjust the level of the Auxiliary send 814148 6WHUHR X LOLDU VHQG 5 9 DQG 3 1 FR...

Page 33: ...filter has a cut off frequency of 160Hz slope is 12 dB per octave Note that the HPF is sit uated immediately after the MIC amplifier and is not switched with the equalizer 81414 4 0 4 Q22XW Press thi...

Page 34: ...r control and the gain to be adjusted by 18dB upper control The gain control is centre detented 814157 0 40FRQWURO The Q control varies the bandwidth of the cut boost frequency selected as per 5 1 23...

Page 35: ...e NOT normalized The insert point can only be enabled by the front panel button Note that selecting EQ PRE switches the equalizer pre insert send 814163 0XWH Press this button to mute all post fader s...

Page 36: ...mporary hold function can be achieved by selecting and holding the desired PFL While holding down this switch you can add additional PFL channels as required Pressing any of the selected PFL switches...

Page 37: ...nced and con nected via 3 pin XLRs and follow the wiring convention PIN 1 Screen PIN 2 In phase signal hot PIN 3 Out of phase signal cold The 0 25 TRS jack connectors use the wiring conven tion TIP In...

Page 38: ...5 10 Stereo input module 8412 S Type Revision S2005 6...

Page 39: ...ting buttons and four dual concentric potentiometers for the send level odd send upper control even send lower control This leads to the Matrix master output which has a potentiometer for output level...

Page 40: ...er source is post Auxiliary Master level control 91415 X LOLDU 0DVWHU RXWSXW OHYHO This rotary controls adjusts the signal level of the auxiliary master output Level con trol gain range from infinity...

Page 41: ...ster output 9141 3 Press this button to listen to the matrix master pre fader 9141 QVHUW Press this button to connect the pre fader send return insert jacks into the signal path Please note that the i...

Page 42: ...ntrol for Matrix send 8 914145 0DWUL 8 9 VHQG OHYHO These rotary controls are used to adjust the output signal levels of the matrix sends 5 and 6 Upper control for Matrix send 5 and lower control for...

Page 43: ...ry control is used to place the sub group signal at the desired point in the stereo field when routing to the Stereo master 91414 6XE JURXS OHYHO PHWHU 12 segment level meter displaying the signal lev...

Page 44: ...urce the matrix sends pre sub group fader This allows the sub group to be used as an additional send without altering matrix send levels 914154 QVHUW Press this button to connect the pre fader send re...

Page 45: ...JURXS PDWUL DQG DX RXWSXW 6WHUHR 746 0 0RQR 748 914156 0 0 9 0DVWHU 0 0XWH Press this button to mute the VCA Master and associated input channels 914157 9 0DVWHU 0 DGHU 100mm plastic conductive P G f...

Page 46: ...and follow the wiring convention PIN 1 Screen PIN 2 In phase signal hot PIN 3 Out of phase signal cold The 0 25 TRS jack connectors use the wiring conven tion TIP In phase signal hot RING Out of phas...

Page 47: ...els and or the sub groups The talkback section contains the same mic amplifier as found on the mono input channels with optional 48V and HPF The talkback signal can then be routed to the auxiliary sen...

Page 48: ...section of this module Note Talkback microphone is NOT included with the S Type 1415 KHFN PXWH Enabling CHECK MUTE allows an operator to use the input channel MUTE buttons in a Destructive Solo mode 1...

Page 49: ...ost Talkback microphone amplifier 141 7DONEDFN 8 VHOHFW These assignment switches allow talkback to be routed to any of the auxiliary busses on an individual basis 141 7DONEDFN JURXS VHOHFW These assi...

Page 50: ...ted input channels and or all sub groups see 7 1 17 and 7 1 18 14147 2VFLOODWRU OLQH0XS WRQH 4N When both 10kHz and 100Hz oscillator switches are in the OFF position a 1kHz line up tone is available f...

Page 51: ...y control to adjust the signal level of the Listen output Level control gain range from infinity to 10dBu 14154 ROG When activated the HLD switch provides a PFL latching function whereby multiple PFL...

Page 52: ...WR PDWUL RXWSXW 8 9 Press this button to mono sum the stereo master The mono sum is then available to be routed to matrix sends 5 and or 6 14164 HIW FKDQQHO WR PDWUL RXWSXW 8 Press this button to rou...

Page 53: ...routed to matrix sends 1 and or 2 1416 HIW FKDQQHO WR PDWUL RXWSXW 4 Press this button to route the stereo master left channel signal to matrix send 1 1416 2XWSXW OHYHO WR PDWUL These rotary controls...

Page 54: ...FRQWURO Use this rotary control to adjust the input level of the external input signal Level con trol gain range from infinity to 10dB 14177 450VHJPHQW RXWSXW OHYHO PHWHU This dual 12 segment LED met...

Page 55: ...ress this button to listen to the stereo master pre fader 1417 0DWUL 3UH Press this button MAT PRE to source the matrix sends pre stereo master fader This allows the stereo master level to be altered...

Page 56: ...and follow the wiring convention PIN 1 Screen PIN 2 In phase signal hot PIN 3 Out of phase signal cold The 0 25 TRS jack connector for the external input is unbalanced TIP LEFT RING RIGHT SLEEVE Scre...

Page 57: ...he surround ing air space unless a poor design or component fault causes a circuit to produce oscillation On the other hand using a computer embedded processor or controller to handle any form of auto...

Page 58: ...the 8 auxiliary sends the first two are in stereo and so requires two jumper links the remaining 6 aux s require one link 5 Finally in the block of 8 links for the sub groups place the link in positi...

Page 59: ...eter 5 8 E Electric Compatibility EMC directive 4 9 Electromagnetic Compatibility 4 9 5 9 EMC APP I EQ button 4 5 EQ Pre button 4 5 Equaliser In Out 5 5 Equaliser Pre 5 5 External input 7 8 External i...

Page 60: ...2 Input gain Left Right 5 2 Insert 4 7 6 3 6 6 7 9 L Left channel to matrix output 7 6 LF EQ Boost Cut Frequency control 20Hz 200Hz 5 6 LF EQ Boost Cut 20Hz 200Hz 4 6 LF Q control 4 6 5 6 Listen outpu...

Page 61: ...8412 5 9 Rear panel Stereo output Comms Osc and Talkback module 8414 7 10 Remote start of the PSU 2 4 Remote start with a single switch 2 4 Remote start with multiple switches 2 4 Replacing a power su...

Page 62: ...k AUX select 7 3 Talkback group select 7 3 Talkback IN OUT 7 3 Talkback MIC input 7 2 Talkback signal level 7 3 TRS jack connectors 4 9 U Using the PFL 3 2 Using the sends 3 1 V VCA Master Fader 6 7 V...

Page 63: ...r than 85dBu Frequency response 20Hz to 20kHz 0 5dB Maximum gain Microphone input to sub group output 80dB Total harmonic distortion Output level into 2kOhms 20dBu 20Hz 50Hz 100Hz 1kHz 10kHz 20kHz 0 0...

Page 64: ...ts 88dBu at 1kHz 65dBu at 20kHz Channel mute isolation 115dBu at 1kHz 96dBu at 20kHz Channel fader isolation 106dBu at 1kHz 92dBu at 20kHz QSXW22XWSXW FDSDELOLW Maximum input level 11dBu at minimum ga...

Page 65: ...A mixing group for signals that are not part of the main audio outputs on a console aux output Level controlled output of the resulting mixed signals of the auxiliary mixing group B channel See A cha...

Page 66: ...or a normal mode signal to the response for a common mode signal of the same amplitude CMRR is usually specified in decibels cold Refers to pin 3 on an XLR connector The signal on pin 3 is opposite in...

Page 67: ...ng MIC will override the PRE button the PRE LED will go out taking the d o directly from the o p of the MIC amp In this state the highpass filter is still available if needed dual group Group module w...

Page 68: ...nnel mod ules the fader panel contains the fader itself and LEDs for indicating DC or MG assignment It also has buttons for MUTE Bypass SET Iso late and input level bargraph meter fader tray Area of t...

Page 69: ...CEL Used in conjunction with PFL and LIsten func tions this term means that any active PFL or Listen will be cancelled when a new signal is selected Note that even if the INTERCANCEL mode is active pr...

Page 70: ...Console output that is being monitored listened to either via headphones or an external ampli fier and speakers MSTR Abbreviation of Master MTX PRE Feature of the Output Matrix module allowing the OU...

Page 71: ...level displayed on the meter indicates the level of the signal after the fader POST FADE Indicates after fader post fade signal The signal that is available after the fader Pre Post fader monitor Func...

Page 72: ...of a cable also known as braid that pro tects the signal conductors from electro mag netic interference self test After power up of the console the CCM per forms a self test during which process all o...

Page 73: ...ying the in phase sig nal hot TRS jack connectors A type of input or output connector where TIP In phase signal hot RING Out of phase signal cold SLEEVE Screen VCA Abbreviation of Voltage Controlled A...

Page 74: ...GLOSSARY X S Type Revision S2005 6...

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