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User Guide

A range of up to 64 in / 64 out Thunderbolt™ audio interfaces with

Pro Tools | HD and Dante

network audio connectivity

Red Range

Red 4Pre / Red 8Pre / Red 8Line / Red 16Line

www.focusrite.com

FFFA002051-02

Summary of Contents for Red 16Line

Page 1: ...er Guide A range of up to 64 in 64 outThunderbolt audio interfaces with ProTools HD and Dante network audio connectivity Red Range Red 4Pre Red 8Pre Red 8Line Red 16Line www focusrite com FFFA002051 0...

Page 2: ...8Line Red 16Line 10 Physical Characteristics 11 Power Requirements 11 Operation 12 INPUTS 12 Analogue Inputs 12 Input Controls 12 Preamp Overview Screen 12 Preamp Focus Screen 12 Input Configuration...

Page 3: ...ONNECTION 21 Using Red Range Units with other Pro Tools HD interfaces 21 Loop Sync 21 Pro Tools Setup 22 Global Settings 23 Host 23 Sync 23 Retain 23 I O level Red 16Line only 23 Other Red System Comp...

Page 4: ...stered trademark of Audinate Pty Ltd Thunderbolt is a trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U S and or other countries Box Contents Red range unit IEC AC mains cable 2m Thunderbolt...

Page 5: ...high pass filter phase reverse and Air mode See Appendix 3 on p 28 for further information Two instrument inputs accessed via front mounted 1 4 jacks Analogue monitoring via dedicated balanced 1 4 jac...

Page 6: ...the meter selection and select the monitor dim and mute features Its function is determined by the adjacent Monitor Meter and Headphone Select buttons The Meter button calls up the selection menu for...

Page 7: ...utton and then rotating the Output Encoder Pressing the Digital button again toggles between inputs and outputs The Output Encoder functions as the volume control for the monitor and headphone outputs...

Page 8: ...em settings control the meter selection and select the monitor dim and mute features Its function is determined by the adjacent Monitor Meter and Headphone Select buttons The Meter button switches the...

Page 9: ...tputs on one two DB25 female connector s Line Inputs on one two DB25 female connector s Note that Line input circuits 1 4 1 8 can be re assigned to the Instrument circuits 1 2 and or Microphone connec...

Page 10: ...nputs on one two DB25 female connector s Note that Line input circuits 1 2 can be re assigned to the Microphone and or Instrument connectors so may not always be available on the input connector See p...

Page 11: ...her equipment which generates significant heat for example a power amplifier Also ensure that when mounted in a rack the side vents are not obstructed Note The maximum operating environmental temperat...

Page 12: ...put Encoder selects menu options or operates the Toggle function see page 14 Preamp Overview Screen Press any Select button to recall the Overview screen on the Left LCD display It shows the input ass...

Page 13: ...e microphone input Phase applies phase inversion to the selected channel HPF switches in the 80Hz high pass filter Air changes the microphone and instrument input characteristics to Air mode See Appen...

Page 14: ...n an appropriate input type is selected Line Inputs Although some analogue input channels can be assigned to the Mic and Instrument connectors the remaining Line inputs are always available on the DB2...

Page 15: ...ack uses virtual inputs which have no physical connectors on the hardware interface itself but may be selected in the DAW as signal sources for recording in the same way as any other For RedNet Contro...

Page 16: ...tor button to enter the Setup menu 2 Rotate the Output Encoder to highlight either Dim or Mute 3 Click to select On or Off 4 To exit press Monitor again or select the Back option Toggle Function progr...

Page 17: ...he Output Encoder to make the selection 4 Press Monitor or one of the Headphone Select buttons to exit Meter Source Selection Red 8Line Analogue inputs Press Analogue to display analogue signals 1 8 o...

Page 18: ...lect the combined I O view Output Meter The Output screen normally shows the Monitor or Headphone 1 or 2 level meters as well as the interface status flags This screen is also used to select the meter...

Page 19: ...e output can be switched between 18 dBu and 24 dBu to correctly match additional studio equipment 1 Press and hold the Output button until the level selection menu appears on the Input Display 2 Scrol...

Page 20: ...cated on the rear panel Connect to the host or into a chain using standard Thunderbolt 2 or Thunderbolt 3 cables one supplied See appendix 3 pages 32 43 for the channel I O allocation tables Logic Pro...

Page 21: ...ans that an additional Pro Tools interface cannot be added in series the ports do not operate in Expansion mode Using Red Range Units with other Pro Tools HD interfaces Pro Tools HD I O audio interfac...

Page 22: ...m The following steps are optional but will simplify signal routing From the menu bar go to Setup I O Setup Ensure your input and output routing tables are routed as follows by selecting the Default t...

Page 23: ...tor S PDIF Received via either the rear RCA In connector or Optical port 1 when set to Optical S PDIF Dante Provided by the Dante network connection Loop Sync Only applicable when in Pro Tools Host mo...

Page 24: ...units is separated into five pages I O Control Metering Monitor Control Input Routing Output Routing Custom Mixes The images above indicate how access to all controls and settings is available using t...

Page 25: ...red in milliseconds Restore Factory Defaults Returns the unit to its factory settings Setup Page S PDIF Source RCA Optical When optical is selected it will set optical input 1 and optical output 1 to...

Page 26: ...Fader Metering in the software only Metering Refresh Rate High Standard Standard is recommended to lower CPU usage Input Output Line Level Setup Red 8Line and Red 16Line only All 18dBu 24dBu Ch 1 18dB...

Page 27: ...Channel 8 2 Ground 15 Channel 7 3 Channel 7 16 Ground 4 Channel 6 17 Channel 6 5 Ground 18 Channel 5 6 Channel 5 19 Ground 7 Channel 4 20 Channel 4 8 Ground 21 Channel 3 9 Channel 3 22 Ground 10 Chann...

Page 28: ...type 75 BNC socket Applies to WORD CLOCK IN OUT LOOP SYNC IN OUT Pin Cat 6 Core 1 White Orange 2 Orange 3 White Green 4 Blue 5 White Blue 6 Green 7 White Brown 8 Brown 1 8 1 4 Jack Connectors Connecto...

Page 29: ...annel counts at higher sample rates Analogue Inputs Host Select Analogue Outputs Mic 1 4 1 4 5 8 Line 3 10 Line 1 8 ADAT 1 1 8 Pro Tools ADAT 2 9 16 Dante Network S PDIF In S PDIF Out Loopback In Thun...

Page 30: ...counts at higher sample rates Word Clock I O Loop Sync I O Analogue Inputs Host Select Analogue Outputs Mic Line 1 8 Line 3 10 Line 9 16 Line 11 18 ADAT 1 1 8 Pro Tools ADAT 2 9 16 Dante Network S PD...

Page 31: ...igher sample rates Red 16Line only Word Clock I O Loop Sync I O Analogue Inputs Host Select Analogue Outputs Mic Line 1 2 Line 1 8 Line 9 16 Line 1 8 Line 9 16 ADAT 1 1 8 Pro Tools ADAT 2 9 16 Dante N...

Page 32: ...16 33 5 33 Dante 1 34 6 34 2 35 7 35 3 36 8 36 4 37 9 37 5 38 10 38 6 39 11 39 7 40 12 40 8 41 13 41 9 42 14 42 10 43 15 43 11 44 16 44 12 45 17 45 13 46 18 46 14 47 19 47 15 48 20 48 16 49 21 49 17 5...

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Page 34: ...15 ADAT 2 9 15 S PDIF L 16 10 16 R 17 Dante 1 17 ADAT 1 1 18 2 18 2 19 3 19 ADAT 2 9 20 4 20 10 21 5 21 Dante 1 22 6 22 2 23 7 23 3 24 8 24 4 25 9 25 5 26 10 26 6 27 11 27 7 28 12 28 8 29 13 29 9 30...

Page 35: ...7 32 12 32 8 33 13 33 ADAT 2 9 34 14 34 10 35 15 35 11 36 16 36 12 37 Dante 1 37 13 38 2 38 14 39 3 39 15 40 4 40 16 41 5 41 Dante 1 42 6 42 2 43 7 43 3 44 8 44 4 45 9 45 5 46 10 46 6 47 11 47 7 48 12...

Page 36: ...27 11 27 3 28 12 28 4 29 Dante 1 29 ADAT 2 9 30 2 30 10 31 3 31 11 32 4 32 12 33 5 33 Dante 1 34 6 34 2 35 7 35 3 36 8 36 4 37 9 37 5 38 10 38 6 39 11 39 7 40 12 40 8 41 13 41 9 42 14 42 10 43 15 43...

Page 37: ...L 19 15 20 R 20 16 21 ADAT 1 1 21 17 22 2 22 18 23 ADAT 2 9 23 S PDIF L 24 10 24 R 25 Dante 1 25 ADAT 1 1 26 2 26 2 27 3 27 ADAT 2 9 28 4 28 10 29 5 29 Dante 1 30 6 30 2 31 7 31 3 32 8 32 4 33 9 33 5...

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Page 40: ...DAT 1 1 14 2 14 2 15 ADAT 2 9 15 ADAT 2 9 16 10 16 10 17 Dante 1 17 Dante 1 18 2 18 2 19 3 19 3 20 4 20 4 21 5 21 5 22 6 22 6 23 7 23 7 24 8 24 8 25 9 25 9 26 10 26 10 27 11 27 11 28 12 28 12 29 13 29...

Page 41: ...9 30 10 30 10 31 11 31 11 32 12 32 12 33 13 33 13 34 14 34 14 35 15 35 15 36 16 36 16 37 Dante 1 37 Dante 1 38 2 38 2 39 3 39 3 40 4 40 4 41 5 41 5 42 6 42 6 43 7 43 7 44 8 44 8 45 9 45 9 46 10 46 10...

Page 42: ...10 27 11 27 11 28 12 28 12 29 Dante 1 29 Dante 1 30 2 30 2 31 3 31 3 32 4 32 4 33 5 33 5 34 6 34 6 35 7 35 7 36 8 36 8 37 9 37 9 38 10 38 10 39 11 39 11 40 12 40 12 41 13 41 13 42 14 42 14 43 15 43 1...

Page 43: ...S PDIF L 19 S PDIF L 20 R 20 R 21 ADAT 1 1 21 ADAT 1 1 22 2 22 2 23 ADAT 2 9 23 ADAT 2 9 24 10 24 10 25 Dante 1 25 Dante 1 26 2 26 2 27 3 27 3 28 4 28 4 29 5 29 5 30 6 30 6 31 7 31 7 32 8 32 8 33 9 33...

Page 44: ...e interaction created by the unique input impedance of the transformer coupling with the microphone output impedance Clarity created by the low distortion and high linearity of the transformer and pre...

Page 45: ...ynamic Range 119 dB A Weighted Frequency Response 20 Hz 35 kHz 0 2 dB Air Mode 2dB boost at 10 kHz and 2 dB at 20 kHz ref 1 kHz THD N 0 0009 Channels with variable gain 0 0006 Channels with fixed gain...

Page 46: ...requency Response 20 Hz 35 kHz 0 2 dB THD N 0 012 Connectivity Front Panel Instrument Input 2 x 1 4 TS stereo Jack Headphone Output 2 x 1 4 TRS stereo Jack Rear Panel Thunderbolt 2 x Thunderbolt 2 or...

Page 47: ...47 Power PSU Internal 100 240 V 50 60 Hz consumption 35 65 120 120 W Dimensions Height 44 mm 1 73 1RU Width 483 mm 19 Depth 340 mm 13 4 Weight Weight 4 59 5 14 4 84 5 04 kg 10 12 11 33 16 67 11 11 lbs...

Page 48: ...advise you of the appropriate procedure for resolving the warranty issue In every case it will be necessary to provide a copy of the original invoice or store receipt to the distributor In the event t...

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