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FRAME - SYSTEM - MAIN

Setting up

Make sure to select MIDI channel settings corresponding to
the channels your external controller is using for each
Engine. This is setup in the MIDI Setup page.

A few things to take into consideration when using the TC
Icon Faders to record automation into your sequencer:
Make sure that the record enabled MIDI track does not
echo back the MIDI Input to the System 6000. Otherwise
the System 6000 will receive double MIDI CC values, which
creates a MIDI loop and un-smooth automation data. 

The following example explains how to avoid this on a
Protools System. If you are using other systems you should
look for similar features or use the feature introduced in
System 6000 Software version 2.5 (see below):

Example
• In DigiDesign Protools in the MIDI menu you disable MIDI

THRU. This way when the track is record enabled, the
incoming events are not echoed to the Output. 

• In case your sequencer or MIDI data recorder does not

offer the possibility to mute the track while recording the
System 6000 can easily solve this problem for you.

The controls used are called Read/Send-Control/Program
Changes, and determines whether you want to send, or
receive MIDI Control Change/Program Changes. 
These features are especially helpful, in case you are
using the ICON faders to record the MIDI CC data to your
external application. 

How to record/playback MIDI data into/from DigiDesign
Protools 5.x ?

Recording

• On the TC Icon go to the Frame/System/Main/MIDI page,

and set up the Send/Receive parameters as follows:

Send CC   

: ON       

Receive CC   : OFF

• Make sure that in the Protools MIDI menu, the MIDI

THRU function is disabled to avoid a MIDI loop while in
recording mode (as explained in the previous column).

• Make sure you have your MIDI Input devices correctly

configured in Protools. 

• Create new MIDI Track
• Set the MIDI Output channel of that track in the Mixer

window

• Add New MIDI controllers, and choose the right

Controller numbers from the list (see next page)

• Record the MIDI automation data using the Icon faders

or external MIDI faders/knobs

Playing Back

• On the TC Icon go to the Frame/System/Main/MIDI page,

and set up the Send/Receive parameters as follows:

Send CC    

: OFF    

Receive CC   : ON

• Play back

For more info on MIDI recording in Protools, please
refer to your Protools Manual and Digidesign.

See previous page for overview of Single and Double
precision controller numbers.

Summary of Contents for Mastering 6000

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Page 2: ... equivalent type Ventilation should not be impeded by covering the ventilation openings with items such as newspapers tablecloths curtains etc Service There are no user serviceable parts inside All service must be performed by qualified personnel EMC EMI This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits...

Page 3: ...ock 13 SMPTE 14 MIDI 14 External MIDI Control 16 Net 18 Error indication 18 I O Setup 19 DSP 19 Slot A B C 20 Balanced Unbalanced operation 21 Filters on ADA 24 96 21 Licenses 21 AES 8 card 21 Engine Edit Pages Engine Edit 22 Fader USer Group Assign Key 22 Parameter Value Fine adjust 22 Icon settings User interface Settings 23 Sticky Clip Meters 23 Icon Colour Scheme 23 Auto SMPTE Auto Edit Page 2...

Page 4: ...e are your Audio audio In Out connections Make appropriate audio connections Channel distribution is marked on the XLR connectors Connect the Mainframe to the Remote CPU using a cross coupled ethernet CAT 5 cable supplied Connect the TC Icon to the Remote CPU using the supplied 36 pin multi cable A standard setup requires the usage of a cross coupled ethernet cable supplied However when several Ma...

Page 5: ...ion the Fine Adjust mode will be indicated with two triangles in the value field Fader 6 Any parameter can always be assigned to Fader 6 by pressing the parameter Detailed explanation will follow in the next sections User Fader Group Custom Group A User Fader group where you can assign parameters to all 6 faders can also be created and saved along with the preset The User Fader group is selected b...

Page 6: ...elect route operation Press ENGINE 1 to 4 to select the Engine you wish to route Select a physical Input or another Engine s Output using Fader 1 try it Select Engine Input using Fader 2 Select an Engine Output using Fader 5 Select Physical Output using Fader 6 With correct audio connections and a signal present on the Inputs you should no have audio through the system Read more about the Routing ...

Page 7: ...m 6000 formatted PCMCIA card is inserted in the Mainframe card banks will be available and displayed below the User banks Select presets pressing Bank Decade tens and preset number grayed out numbers indicates that the Decade is empty Press the Recall key to recall load the preset When trying to load an algorithm that requires more DSP power than currently is free a Pop up display will ask to load...

Page 8: ... Wizard tab on the Wizard main page Mode Enable Wizard Press to enable the Wizard Wizard Category Select which main categories you would like to select presets from Options are Music Reverb or Film Reverb Show Factory Show User Select whether you wish to be able to recall from either Factory or User preset banks or from both Engine Output Format Press Output Format to activate the Output format fi...

Page 9: ...Wizard settings and obtain full access to all presets Algorithm Filter To access press the Algo tab on the Wizard main page Operation Press one or more of the six Category Filter keys for an application specific selection of preset types Use the Slider and the Select key in the Algorithm Filter section to select or de select individual Algorithms Press OK to exit Whether you now wish to do a stand...

Page 10: ...ngine preset Press the Name field A keyboard appears See next page Type in the new name Press Enter The preset is not stored when the keyboard Enter key is pressed Only the name is entered To store you MUST press the red Store key Fader assignments in the bottom of the display will always reflect the last modified Engine The Engine Fader Group selector in the lower left corner indicates the Engine...

Page 11: ...reset to delete using the on screen Slider Press the Delete key to delete the preset Library Bank Via the Library Archive page you can copy Scene Routing and Engine banks to and from a 3 5 disk or a PCMCIA card Basic Operation Recalling Storing to and from a 3 5 floppy or a PCMCIA card is handled as a complete User bank transferal Press Scene Routing or Engine to select preset bank type Select fro...

Page 12: ...he Engine Output to a physical Output Route the same Engine Output through a passive channel of an algorithm loaded in another Engine E g channels 7 and 8 of the Toolbox 5 1 When routing an Engine Output to an Engine Input with the M5000 frame and no TC Icon the Engine Input channel number must match the Engine Output number from where the signal originates E g Output channel 1 from Engine 1 to In...

Page 13: ...ncoming Sample Rate is 0 2 away from 32 44 1 48 88 2 or 96kHz the Sample Rate will be shown with an added to indicate that the Sample Rate is inaccurate Detected Sample Rate This is a read only parameter indicating the actual incoming Sample Rate The tolerance of this detection is 10Hz An incoming Sample Rate of 44 056kHz will be detected as approx 44 06kHz and the system indicates the Locked Cloc...

Page 14: ... Film Stereo Ctrl 32 value 6 F7 Reserved Ctrl 32 value 7 F8 Reverb Film Surround Ctrl 32 value 8 F9 Reserved Ctrl 32 value 9 F10 Mastering Ctrl 32 value 10 F11 Reserved Ctrl 32 value 11 F12 Pitch Delay Ctrl 32 value 12 F13 Reserved Ctrl 32 value 13 F14 M5000 Presets Ctrl 32 value 32 User bank Ctrl 32 value 64 Card Bank 1 Ctrl 32 value 65 Card Bank 2 Ctrl 32 value 66 Card Bank 3 Ctrl 32 value 73 Ca...

Page 15: ...not Send Program Change Select whether the Frame should send program changes to MIDI out when presets are recalled via TC Icon Read Control Change Select whether the Frame should Read Control Changes messages Send Control Change Options here are Single 7 bit or Double 14 bit precision Read SysEx Send SysEx These two parameters determine whether the Frame should read and send SysEx ...

Page 16: ...ust create a dedicated Fader User Group holding these parameters Page 22 in this manual section explains how to create User Fader Groups Fader Groups are explained on page 5 Single Precision Double Precision We support both single 7bit and double precision 14 bit Controller Data but you should notice that best resolution is achieved using 14 bit Controller Data By controlling parameters with Singl...

Page 17: ...ed Read Send Control Program Changes and determines whether you want to send or receive MIDI Control Change Program Changes These features are especially helpful in case you are using the ICON faders to record the MIDI CC data to your external application How to record playback MIDI data into from DigiDesign Protools 5 x Recording On the TC Icon go to the Frame System Main MIDI page and set up the...

Page 18: ...e By giving the frame a specific name it will be easier to identify the frame when hooked up in a network with several frames Error Indication If no Lock is acheived or Sample Slip situations occur this will be indicated via the small red dot in top of the Frame Tab Press the Frame Tab and you will be guided to the exact page where you can correct or compensate for these situations Simply press th...

Page 19: ...ollowing No Inputs on the AES 8 card are available when analog Input is selected Digital Input must be selected to activate AES 8 card Input channels 9 16 even if no ADA 24 96 cards are present Outputs 9 16 are always available If ADA 24 96 cards are installed they will output simultaneously with the AES 8 Outputs on channel 9 10 Slot A and 13 14 Slot C I O DSP Status Bit Status bit information ca...

Page 20: ... will not work properly with balanced Inputs unless wiring is compensated as described If wired properly this is the optimum Output mode for feeding unbalanced devices Output pin 3 selected Pin 3 hot pin 2 not needed In this mode pin 2 and pin 1 carry the same Output reference This works with balanced Inputs using 1 1 wiring but balanced mode should be selected when driving a balanced Input Filter...

Page 21: ...ed by contacting TC Electronic Press the Get Demo Key and follow the instructions Bright filter These filters are something entirely different Ultra short impulse response linear phase and quite a bit of deliberate aliasing produces a digital and slightly aggressive sound adding plenty of top end life to e g Rock and Techno recordings or giving you the feeling of air you need when you are masterin...

Page 22: ...ps Select Fader Group using the Fader Group selector Any parameter can further be assigned to Fader 6 at any time Fader User Group Assign key By pressing the Fader Group Selector Up key you enter the User group In this group you can assign any parameter to any Fader The User Fader group is stored with a preset Press the Link key Select the Fader you wish to link a parameter to by pressing the fiel...

Page 23: ... times need to be calibrated Press and follow instructions to Calibrate the Touch Screen Fader Sensitivity To avoid accidental movement of the faders they are sensitive to humidity and will only respond when touched by your skin Enable Fader Touch Enables touch sensitivity of the Faders AC DC Sensitivity Sets the Faders sensitivity to AC and DC Adjust these handles to achieve optimal performance i...

Page 24: ...e see next page Be aware that until Save is pressed edited SMPTE information is not yet stored in the Event list For convenient indication the Save key will be red as soon as any alteration of the current Event list is present Cursor The triangular cursor always indicates the current clock position in relation to the Event List Event Parameters For each Event the following parameters are available...

Page 25: ...rt to the last saved SMPTE Event list This is the List that is stored locally on the TC Icon Clear Press Clear to delete the entire SMPTE Event list present in the TC Icon Remote device disk drive Event lists can easily be organized and saved to a Floppy disk in the Mainframe Mainframe selection is done in the Auto Edit page Get List Press to get a list of all SMPTE Event lists stored on the flopp...

Page 26: ...tion contact TC Headquarters support tcelectronic com 45 87427000 US Customer infous tcelectronic com 001 805 373 1828 Power In 100 230V AC 50 60Hz auto select SMPTE 1 4 connection for SMPTE sync Input Ethernet LAN Connection for external control devices e g the TC Icon The type is 32 bit PCI Ethernet interface fully compliant with IEE 802 3u 10 100 Mbps CSMA CD standards The connector type is a 1...

Page 27: ...l turn green when power is on Ethernet Connection 32 bit PCI Ethernet interface fully compliant with IEE 802 3u 10 100 Mbps CSMA CD standards The connector type is a 100Base T RJ 45 CN13 Connection for PC keyboard or mouse A standard PS2 Y splitter must always be used when connecting a PS2 mouse a keyboard or both This cable is not supplied with the unit Connection for TC Icon 36 pin multi cable c...

Page 28: ...ase upload the software once again A result file called Rs serial no txt will be saved on the disk and list the result of the operation This file can be opened with Microsoft Notepad on a standard PC Updating TC Icon Software Power ON the Remote CPU The M6000 should already be powered ON if not remove any floppy disk and power ON the M6000 as well Insert floppy disk 3 TC Icon application in M6000 ...

Page 29: ...ult 255 255 255 0 and therefore the Subnet Mask on all other units computers must be set accordingly The System 6000 Subnet Mask can be altered to match your network Subnet Mask if this differs from the standard 255 255 255 0 Please see the section Setting Subnet Mask on the System 6000 To find the TCP IP address and the Subnet Mask settings on your computer running Windows Go to Control Panel Net...

Page 30: ...he Setup Select pages Select Setup Net Press the Subnet Mask key and type in the desired Subnet Mask Press Enter to exit The Subnet Mask for the TC Icon is now set Setting the TCP IP address of the TC Icon Go to the Setup Select pages Select Setup Net Press the IP Address field and type in the desired IP Address Press Enter to exit The TCP IP address for the TC Icon is now set Setting the TCP IP a...

Page 31: ...d up in a network When more than one System 6000 mainframe or TC Icons are connected a 100 MB HUB or switch must be used When a HUB or switch is used you must use standard Ethernet cables NOT cross coupled A Cross coupled cable is only used when the System consist of a single TC Icon and a single Mainframe and no HUB ...

Page 32: ...and in the Start menu Previous versions of the TC Icon Editor will appear in the Control Panel Add Remove menu To retrieve these shortcuts you must reinstall the TC Icon Editor software Installation including the Windows MS Installer If during the process described above you have discovered that the required MS Installer program is NOT already on you computer you should download the TC Icon Softwa...

Page 33: ...ISCELLANEOUS The Complete manual Following additional information can be found in the complete English manual Detailed description of the System 6000 Algorithms Technical specifications In Depth information ...

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