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Manufactured by; FLETCHER ElectroAcoustics Ltd.St Mary’s, Barton Road,

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Tel : +44 1803 321921 Fax : +44 1803 321922

e-mail : [email protected]

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY.

This analogue audio processing equipment conforms to the standards and requirements of the
European Economic Community.

The EC Harmonised standards that have been applied are;
a) Electrical equipment (safety) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/3260)
b) Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (89/336/EEC) incorporating (S.I. 1992/2372)

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VC6Q

British Channel

- User's guide

Summary of Contents for British Channel VC6Q

Page 1: ...anity and individuality back to sound recording at the millennium It s there to get the absolute best performance out of musical instrument microphone recorder and the final mix Read the instructions carefully they have been written as a result of practical experience Ted Fletcher JOEMEEK JOEMEEK C O M P R E S S I O N C O M P R E S S I O N mic pre amp photo optical compressor Meequalizer VC6Q Brit...

Page 2: ...1 VC6Q British Channel User s guide ...

Page 3: ... GO Using the Input Amplifier 9 Using the Compressor 9 Using the Equaliser 9 Using the ins and outs 10 Common problems 11 Technical performance 12 Ted Fletcher This instruction book was written by Ted Fletcher the designer of the original JOEMEEK compressor and the whole JOEMEEK range of professional audio equipment Ted worked in the studio with Joe Meek the legendary record producer in the mid 19...

Page 4: ... for Independent Local radio stations and the BBC One of the specification clauses insisted on was an extreme overload margin on the microphone amplifier The reason was that although momentary overloads transients are not audible they have an effect on the quality of the sound you hear A high overload margin amplifier just sounds better Nowadays many of these notions have been forgotten and qualit...

Page 5: ...ifier takes audio signals from any microphone XLR socket musical instrument or high level source 1 4 inch jack sockets and amplifies them up to line level that is from a few millivolts up to about a volt The phantom power supply push button switch provides power to capacitor microphones Dynamic or ribbon microphones should be used with the phantom power turned off then full advantage can be taken ...

Page 6: ...r does best WHAT IS A COMPRESSOR A perfect compressor is an amplifier where the input output ratio is constant So using a 2 1 compressor increasing the input by 2dB gives a corresponding 1dB increase in the output Early compressors which used variable mu thermionic tubes or photoelectric devices only approximated true compression over a limited range They had a soft threshold where compression sta...

Page 7: ...ser THE THREE PARTS IN COMBINATION The order of the parts of the British Channel is logical first the input stages either microphone line or instrument input This is followed by the INSERT where the audio can loop through other outboard equipment to add effects for example This is followed by the JOEMEEK compressor and then the Equaliser The output stage buffers the output of the equaliser so that...

Page 8: ...ain has been controlled by the light cells The cells catch up and over compress momentarily giving a tiny dip immediately following the start of the note This is best demonstrated when recording drums Used sparingly this can contribute to musical drive Slower attacks are used where the compression needs to be less obvious The setting of the attack control is very critical to the compression sound ...

Page 9: ...r that running an insert point through a mixing desk as the overall noise on a signal will be reduced This use of the VC6Q will improve the quality of sound recorded by its high performance mic instrument amplifier Also the compressor will significantly improve the impact a sound Note that the compressor and EQ may be added to a track after it has been recorded by using the line input from recorde...

Page 10: ...p the COMPRESSION control blue light shows so that the compression LEDs starts to flicker yellow on audio peaks You should now be able to hear the compression effect adjust the slope and attack controls as required by the type of sound Adjust the compression release control to set the time for the compression to die out and increase the input gain control to get more compression When using the com...

Page 11: ...T OR LINE INPUT NOTE plugging into the instrument input disables the XLR mic input This input is for line level unbalanced signals from instruments or equipment The LINE input on the rear is suitable for all balanced line level signals LINE INPUT SWITCH selects the line input socket on the rear PHASE REVERSE SWITCH reverses the phase of the British Channel input amplifier when using XLR input INSE...

Page 12: ...being fed into the unit or something is still turned up far too high Start turning things down 4 It distorts No it doesn t Distortion inside the compressor is virtually impossible however it is possible that the microphone amplifier is overcooking red overload light turn down the COMPRESSION control and readjust Too much equaliser can sometimes sound like distortion 5 I can t make the compression ...

Page 13: ...GE An LED meter shows levels immediately before the output stage An output volume control gives the choice of output volume levels Two output jack sockets are identical and in parallel Output is balanced 75 ohm with maximum output 26dB The output stage is auto balancing so that no gain is lost when it is used unbalanced Noise is approx 80dB c THE COMPRESSOR The built in JOEMEEK compressor is sligh...

Page 14: ...00dB below input 125 5dB below input on mic at more than 50dB gain 7 THE POWER SUPPLY Mains AC power is connected through the IEC main power connector The fuseholder rotates to select either 230VAC European power or 115VAC USA power The internal power supply will operate correctly and safely in all territories provided that the voltage selection 115 230 is correct If the mains power is 230V be sur...

Page 15: ...tured by FLETCHER ElectroAcoustics Ltd St Mary s Barton Road Torquay Devon TQ1 4DP ENGLAND Tel 44 1803 321921 Fax 44 1803 321922 e mail sales joemeek net DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY This analogue audio processing equipment conforms to the standards and requirements of the European Economic Community The EC Harmonised standards that have been applied are a Electrical equipment safety Regulations 1994...

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