Carvin C1600 Inserts and Direct Outs, MULTI-TRACK Recording, MULTI-TRACK Mixdown, Full Insert

INSERTS AND DIRECT OUTS

FULL INSERT

The insert jack is a Tip Ring Sleeve (TRS) 1/4” phone jack, where the tip is the send, the ring is the return and the sleeve is ground. When used as an insert point or in full insert mode, the chan- nel is opened up to allow an external piece of equipment to be inserted into the channels signal path. The channel signal coming from the micro- phone preamplifier will be forced to go through the external equipment before it can continue back through the channel re-entering before the chan- nel tone controls. Most external equipment is not set up for the TRS plug directly so an adapter cable is required. The adapter cable will have on one end the TRS plug and two mono plugs either male or female, on the other end. The two plugs each have the ground connected to the sleeve, one has the return on its tip and the other has the send on its tip. This allows the send to be connected to the input of the external equipment and the return to its output completing the insert loop back to the channel.

FULL INSERT

LINE

		1	MIC Pre-Amp
			PIN 2 (+)
			PIN 3 (–)
MIC
			GAIN
	INSERT
GAIN 4		5 6
3		7
2		8
1		9
	0	10
HI	3	- 0 + 3
6		6
9		9
	12	12
MID	3	- 0 + 3
6		6
9		9
	12	12
LOW3 - 0 + 3
6		6

99

12 12

TIP: SEND

RING: RETURN

SLEEVE: GROUND

INSERT JACK

STEREO PLUG

HALF INSERT DIRECT OUT

The half insert connection creates a send signal without breaking the channels signal path. The insert in this mode is no longer used as an insert but it becomes what is called an “insert direct out”. An insert direct out functions as a normal direct out but the plug has to be half inserted. If an insert is needed on the same channel, spe- cial cabling is required to perform both func- tions. The half insertion connects the tip of the plug being inserted to the ring of the jack. See the fig. If the jack is fully inserted to where the tip of the plug connects to the tip of the jack, the internal jack switch will open and the chan- nel’s signal path will be broken. The connec- tion will still function as a direct out but the channel’s signal will stop at the insert and not continue on to the rest of the channel and the masters. The result of the half insert is multi- ple outputs for use in multi-track recording.

1/2 INSERT	TIP: SIGNAL
	SLEEVE: GROUND

LINE

1	MIC Pre-Amp
	PIN 2 (+)
	PIN 3 (–)
MIC
	GAIN

INSERT JACK

INSERT GAIN 4 5 6

3 7

28

1	9
0	10
HI 3	- 0 + 3
6	6	MONO PLUG
9	9

1212 MID 3 - 0 + 3

6	6
9	9

12 12 LOW3 - 0 + 3

6 6

99

12 12

TO RECORDER

SEND RETURN

TO EFFECTS

MULTI-TRACK RECORDING

TWO-TRACK

TAPE RECORDER

TAPE OUT

Although the Concert Series 16 & 24 channel mixers may be primarily used for live applications, the quality of these boards are also designed for use in multi-track recording. All channels are designed to meet the needs of cutting edge dig- ital technologies. The C1600 & C2400 can handle 16 or 24 track recordings respectively. By combining this set up with a live system, you can

		LINE			LINE	PHANTOM
						POWER
						1-8
MIC	MIC	MIC	MIC	MIC	MIC	MIC	MIC

13	14	15PHANTOM 16		17	18	19	20	21		22	23PHANTOM 24
LINE	LINE	POWER	LINE	LINE	LINE	LINE		LINE	LINE	LINE	POWER	LINE
		9-16									17-24

MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC MIC

LEFT	RIGHT	MONO
			MONO	L	TAPE	R
					OUT
EFF 2	RTN 2 L RTN 2 R	LEFT	RIGHT
				TAPE IN

record a performance and mix down to a two track recorder later.

DIR - INSERT			DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT		DIR - INSERT			DIR - INSERT			DIR - INSERT			DIR - INSERT			DIR - INSERT			DIR - INSERT			DIR - INSERT			DIR - INSERT
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MID	0		MID 0		0		0			0	0		0			0	MID 0		MID 0		0		0		0		0			0	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0
-15		+15	-15	+15		+15	-	+15	-	+15		+15	-	+15	-	+15	-15	+15	-15	+15	-	+15	-	+15	-	+15	-	+15	-	+15	-	+15	-15	+15		-15		+15	-15		+15	-15		+15	-15		+15	-15		+15	-15		+15	-15		+15
LOW 0			LOW 0				LOW		LOW		LOW		LOW 0		LOW		0		0		LOW		LOW		LOW		LOW 0		LOW		LOW			0		LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0
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	5	MON	5	MON	5		5			5	5		5			5	5	MON	5		5		5		5		5			5	5			5			5	MON		5	MON		5	MON		5	MON		5	MON		5	MON		5	MON
		1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1		1						1			1			1			1			1			1			1
0		10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10		10		10	0	10	0	10		0		10	0		10	0		10	0		10	0		10	0		10	0		10
	5	MON	5	MON	5	MON	5	MON		MON	5	MON	5	MON		MON	5	MON	5	MON	5	MON	5	MON	5	MON	5	MON		MON	5	MON		5	MON		5	MON		5	MON		5	MON		5	MON		5	MON		5	MON		5	MON
		2		2		2		2		2		2		2		2		2		2		2		2		2		2		2		2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2
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	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5			5	5		5			5		EFF		EFF		EFF	5		5		5			5	5				EFF		5	EFF		5	EFF		5	EFF		5	EFF		5	EFF		5	EFF		5	EFF
		1-2		1-2		1-2		-2				1 2						1-2		1-2		1-2		-2		1 2		1-				1 2			1-2			1-2			1-2			1-2			1-2			1-2			1-2			1-2
0		10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10		0		10	0		10	0		10	0		10	0		10	0		10	0		10

				PHONES
EFF 3	RTN 3 L RTN 3 R	MON 1	MON 2

+12									POWER
8
4									EQ 1	EQ 2
0
4									LEFT /	RIGHT /
8									MON 1	MON 2
–12
				EQ 1						PEAK
										+18
63	125	250	500	1K	2K	4K	8K	16K		+12
				EQ 2						+6
+12										0
										- 6
8										-12
4										-18
0										-24
4										30
										-dB
8									L	R
–12

CONCERT SERIES

C2400

MULTI-TRACK RECORDER

Recording a live performance direct to two track (typically done by connecting a DAT or cassette recorder to the RCA TAPE OUT connectors) can also be done instead of a recording with a multi-track.

5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF		5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF	5	EFF
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L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L 1/2R		L	INSERTRL RL R					DIRECTL RL R					L OUTRL R				L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R
	SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG			SIG		SIG	SIG			SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG		SIG
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+12		+12		+12		+12		+12		+12	+12				+12		+12		+12		+12	+12			+12		+12		+12		+12		+12		+12		+12		+12		+12		+12		+12		+12
+6		+6		+6		+6		+6		+6	+6				+6		+6		+6		+6	+6			+6		+6		+6		+6		+6		+6		+6		+6		+6		+6		+6		+6
0		0		0		0		0		0	0				0		0		0		0	0			0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0
-12		-12		-12		-12		-12		-12	-12				-12		-12		-12		-12	-12			-12		-12		-12		-12		-12		-12		-12		-12		-12		-12		-12		-12
-24		-24		-24		-24		-24		-24	-24				-24		-24		-24		-24	-24			-24		-24		-24		-24		-24		-24		-24		-24		-24		-24		-24		-24
-30		-30		-30		-30		-30		-30	-30				-30		-30		-30		-30	-30			-30		-30		-30		-30		-30		-30		-30		-30		-30		-30		-30		-30
-50		-50		-50		-50		-50		-50	-50				-50		-50		-50		-50	-50			-50		-50		-50		-50		-50		-50		-50		-50		-50		-50		-50		-50

INTERNAL DIGITAL EFFECTS

	5		5		5	REVERB				3		ECHO
											45		REV
0	10	PEAK	0 10		0	10 FLANGE		2				CHORUS
								1								Multitrack IN
SEND 1			RTN 1		MON 1		REV		1				REV
	SENDS					STEREO RETURNS									TAPE IN
	5	5			5		5			5			5			5
0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0		10			0	10	0	10
EFF 2		EFF 3		RTN 2		MON 1		RTN 3					MON 1
+12		+12			+12		+12					+12				PFL
															PHONES
																5
+6		+6			+6		+6					+6
0		0			0		0					0			0	10
															L-R
-12		-12			-12		-12					-12			MONO
-24		-24			-24		-24					-24
-30		-30			-30		-30					-30			MON 1
-50		-50			-50		-50					-50			MON 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 MON 1 MON 2 LEFT RIGHT MONO

MULTI-TRACK RECORDER

Multitrack Out

MULTI-TRACK MIXDOWN

IN	L &R
	OUT

1

2

3

4

5

6

7 PHANTOM

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15PHANTOM 16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23PHANTOM 24

LEFT

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

POWER

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

POWER

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

LINE

POWER

LINE

TAPE

L OUT

R

1-8

9-16

17-24

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

MIC

EFF 2

RTN 2 L

RTN 2 R

LEFT

RIGHT

TAPE IN

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT

DIR - INSERT DIR - INSERT

EFF 3

RTN 3 L

RTN 3 R

MON 1

MON 2

PHONES

AUX EFFECTS PROCESSOR

Follow this set up for mixing down to a two track recorder. Connect the Multi-track recorders’ outputs to the line inputs of the channels. Use the headphones or connect a professional power amplifier (Carvin’s DCM and HT power amps) and high quality studio monitors to your main LEFT

& RIGHT outputs to monitor your mixdown sessions.

Mixing is a practiced skill. A trained ear will know when to

EQ, add effects, compress, gate, and when not to. Listen

to your favorite CD through the same headphones or mon-

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GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN			GAIN
HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0		HI	0
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MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0		MID	0
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LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0			LOW 0
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		2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2			2
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L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R			L R
		SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG			SIG
	PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK			PEAK
+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12			+12
+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6			+6
0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0
-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12			-12
-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24			-24
-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30			-30
-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50			-50

+12															POWER
8
4															EQ 1		EQ
0
4															LEFT /	RIGHT /
8															MON 1	MON 2
–12
							EQ 1									PEAK
																+18
63		125	250		500		1K	2K	4K	8K			16K			+12
							EQ 2									+6
+12																0
																- 6
8																-12
4																-18
0																-24
4																30
															L	-dB	R
8
–12
											CONCERT SERIES
																C2400
			INTERNAL DIGITAL EFFECTS
5					5		5	REVERB			3		ECHO
												45		REV
0	10	PEAK		0	10		0	10 FLANGE		2 1			CHORUS
										1
SEND 1				RTN 1			MON 1		REV					REV
	SENDS							STEREO RETURNS								TAPE IN
5			5				5		5		5			5			5
0	10		0	10		0	10	0	10	0	10			0	10	0	10
EFF 2			EFF 3			RTN 2		MON 1		RTN 3				MON 1
+12			+12				+12		+12				+12				PFL
																PHONES
																	5
+6			+6				+6		+6				+6
0			0				0		0				0			0	10
																L-R
-12			-12				-12		-12				-12		MONO
-24			-24				-24		-24				-24
-30			-30				-30		-30				-30		MON 1
-50			-50				-50		-50				-50		MON 2

TWO-TRACK

TAPE RECORDER

itoring system you plan to mix through. Note each instru-

ment’s level and position in the stereo mix. Use this as a

guide to help mix your project. Mixing down to a digital

format such as DAT or to an analog reel to reel will yield

different results. Digital recorders are meant to accurately

represent the original sound source, therefore you should

get exactly what you heard while mixing.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 MON 1 MON 2 LEFT RIGHT MONO