User Manual

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48V Phantom Power
Engaging this switch provides 48V dc phantom power to the
microphone input.
With individual phantom power switches on each channel you
have total control over which microphones receive power.
Phantom power wiring
Microphone Preamplier Gain
The amount of gain on offer here is 6 to 60dB of clean
amplicationandfeaturesalow-noise,differentialdiscrete
transistor input stage.
With a minimum gain of 6dB and the option of taking a post-fader
direct output, Control 2802 is capable of dealing with even the
most aggressive of tracking sessions, ensuring headroom and
clarity with total freedom from clipping your recording device.
Thecongurabledirectoutputalsoallowsyoutoridelevelsto
“tape” or “disk” by providing a post fader option.
Explore the direct output routings further (see channel strip item 7)
as Control 2802 can function in several useful ways for tracking.
Line Input Select
Engaging this switch overrides the microphone preamplifer input
with the line input – this is the channel source, which can later
be swapped for the DAW input.
Polarity Invert
A 180
o
polarity invert function available for the microphone
preamplierorlineinput–usefulforcheckingphasewhen
trackingwithmultiplemicrophonesorippinganexistingtrack
during mixdown if fed to the line input. This is achieved with a
unitygaininvertingamplier.
High Pass Filter
A 75Hz HPF with a 12dB per octave roll-off rate can be
engaged on the mic/line source – useful for removing low
frequencycontentthatcluttersupyourmixandrobsthe
console of headroom.
Many listeners use systems that can barely reproduce
60-70Hz accurately, so a well placed HPF on certain sources
can clean up mix elements that contain subsonic energy, such
asmicrophonestandrumble,trafcnoise,orsomeplosive
materialwithoutoverlyaffectingthenalmix.
Direct Output Routing
Thissectionisprobablythemostexibleelementinthechannel
strip,providingfourdifferentsignalpathcongurationsforthe
entire channel strip switched on a per channel basis.
There are four modes to remember here – and they will seriously
aidyourworkow.
•
POST
•
PRE INS
•
PRE FDR
•
CH
Therstmode–POSTrequiresbothswitchesinthedirect
output routing section to be in the UP position.
The direct output is taken POST VCA FADER and
POST VCA MUTE.