Falcon 15 Technical Specifications, General Features, Analog Stereo Audio Input, Agc Operation

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ENG

21 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

GENERAL FEATURES

Weight	Around 4.5 Kg
Dimensions	1 rack unit, 352 x 483 x 44 mm

ANALOG STEREO AUDIO INPUT

AC Rate	220 Vac / 110 Vac
Preset curves	30, factory programmed

DIGITAL AUDIO INPUT (optional)

Conversion	24 bit
Connector Type	XLR female el. balanced
Max Input Level	+ 20 dBu
Level Range	-12 dBu to 12 dBu (1 dB step)
Impedance	600Ohm / 10KOhm EMI -suppressed
AGC Range	+/- 20dB (Sensitivity Relative)

AGC OPERATION

AGC Speed	0 to 6 dB/sec (adjustable - 0.2 dB step)
AGC Hold time	Selectable, from 0 to 3 sec
PROCESSING
N° of Bands	3 (Bass, Mid, High)
N° of presets	30
	THR: related to the chosen Preset
BASS Compress. ATCK Time: 80ms, REL Time: 250ms
	Compr. Ratio: 1:INF
MID Compressor	THR: related to the chosen Preset
	ATCK Time: 30ms, REL Time: 90ms

Connector Type

Formats

Sampling Rates

Configuration

Input Sensitivity

AGC Range

AGC Max Gain

HIGH Compress.

Broadband Limiter

Dynamic expander (noise gate)

XLR el. bal. + optical Tos link

AES/EBU, SPDIF

32 KHz / 44.1 KHz / 48 KHz / 96 KHz automatic selection and jitter correction 200 mVpp

0 to -20dBFs

Selectable 8, 10, 12, 15 or 20 dB

THR: related to the chosen Preset

ATCK Time: 10ms, REL Time: 50ms

Compr. Ratio: 1:INF

ATCK Time: 5ms, REL Time: 50ms Applied to high frequencies band

Gate threshold adjustable between - 51dB and - 80dB

	Compr. Ratio: 1:INF
STEREO AUDIO OUTPUT (ST version only)
Connector Type	XLR male el. balanced
Conversion	24 bit
Impedance	600Ohm / 10KOhm EMI -suppressed
Level	- 10 dBm to +14 dBm (0.5 dBm Step)
BY-PASS MODE AGC Off, Gain Ofst 0dB,Out Lvl 0dB

	Expansion ratio 2 : 1 (fixed)
REMOTE CONTROL
Serial Ports	2 RS232 SubD 9P optically decoupled
Baud Rate	19200 Baud

LOW PASS 15 KHz INPUT FILTER

IIR 8Th-Order-Elliptic , 15KHz / -0.1dB, 17KHz / -60dB

SIGNAL PROCESS FILTERS

Frequency Resp.	30 Hz-15 KHz (+/- 0.1 dB)
Output Noise	-90 dB (A-weighted)
THD	0.01%
PassBand Ripple	+/- 0.1 dB
MPX OUTPUT (FM version only)
Conversion	24 bit
Pilot Frequency	19 KHz ± 1 Hz
Pilot Injection	–15.5 to –25.0 dB (0.1 dB step)
	(from 5.6 % to 16.8 %)
Pilot Phase	Adjustable +/- 12 degrees (1 dB step)
S/N	>85 dB
Stereo Separ.	55 dB Typical on the whole band
Crosstalk M / S	60 dB

LP 400Hz

BP 400Hz-5Khz

BP 5Khz-15Khz

High Fr. Denoiser

Crosstalk S / M

38 KHz Suppr

MPX out level

Output Imped.

Output Connector

Pilot ref. output

Preemphasis

IIR 2th Order-Butterworth

IIR 4th Order-Butterworth

IIR 4th Order-Butterworth

Threshold Adjustable –51 to -80 dB

60 dB

Less than measurable level

-9.0 dBm to + 15.0 dBm (0.1 dBm Step)

600 Ohm

BNC floating over chassis, EMI supp. TTL Level Wave

50 / 75 usec

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