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The EQ Station is a dedicated Live-EQ. Combined with the Motofader-64
flying-fader remote and the TCP/IP based PC editor software you have the most
versatile and sophisticated, yet easy to use, EQ System for any live- and Public
Address-application found on the market today.
Features in EQ
Station:
- 6 band Parametric EQ
- 29 Band Graphic EQ
- 3 band Dynamic EQ
- Delay (600mS)
- Peak Limiter
- Store/recall of settings (250 User Preset locations)
- Extremely bright QVGA full color TFT display (320 x 240 pixel resolution)
- Separate display views and bypass buttons for Graphic, Parametric and
Dynamic EQ's.
- Individual Frequency, Bandwidth and Gain Encoders
- Linkable channels for stereo and In-Ear Monitor applications
- Available in 4 and 8 channel configurations
Front Panel
The most impressing part of the front-panel is the brightest full color display
you have ever seen on a 2U 19" box for live-applications. The 240x320 pixel
resolution (QVGA), and a backlight that is as bright as the best laptop-PC's on
the market today, makes the overview of settings and adjustments extremely
easy.
The display is accompanied with lots of large direct access buttons
for accessing features and menus. Several dedicated encoder wheels for adjusting
processing is also present. In total this creates an incredibly intuitive user
interface that will make even the most analog thinking sound engineer feel
comfortable – within a few minutes he will be able to solve even the most
critical situations in a hectic live-event.
Analog I/O
EQ Station offers some of the finest AD/DA converters available in any studio or
live processor today. Analog domain gain scaling, so the full resolution of the
converters can be used regardless of the operation level of the surrounding
equipment, complements the wide dynamic range of these converters.
To
counteract harsh sound and listening fatigue often associated with digital
processors, EQ Station is an industry first to incorporate headroom for
reconstructed peak signals exceeding digital full scale.
The maximum
operating level can be set at 4 positions, +15, +18, +21 and +24 dBu, each with
additional Full Scale Safety Margin as shown on the illustration
below.
For
more exotic level handling requirements, the analog inputs may take in signals
as hot as +30 dBu, and both inputs and outputs can have the max level set as low
as +3 dBu. Analog gain scaling is performed in steps of 3 dB between these
extremes, and can of course operate under automated control.
8 channel. Digital AES I/O card for EQ Station
The 8 inputs and output channels of audio in AES digital format are made
accessible by connecting the AES cable to the 25 pin D-type connector. The AES
cable is coded XLR type connector’s in numerical order; each carries a pair of
digital audio channels.
Take full advantage of EQ Station's tremendous
processing resolution with the new optional Digital AES/EBU I/O card. No other
equalizer or dynamics processor for live applications come close to this much
internal headroom. For a user transitioning to digital mixing, one of the
appealing solutions is to start using the EQ Station via the digital domain.
Thereby a synchronous, high resolution digital signal path with mastering grade
DA converters is provided, and with a lower noise and distortion than what can
be found on other converters on digital consoles today.
EQ Station
doesn't only feature the ultimate precision resolution; its timing is also
magnitudes better than other live processing devices. Predictability counts in
professional audio, and EQ Station is the perfect anchor to remove jitter from
any interfacing, and provide clean feeds from its analog and digital outputs.
DA, sample rate conversion and even interfacing reliability is readily
compromised when jitter from long cable runs, or less than perfect digital
transmitters, is present in the signal path. Therefore, jitter rejection is a
major quality guarantying factor. Jitter rejection and timing circuitry of EQ
Station is built on the experience from the acclaimed TC System 6000.
On
the user side, TC's long time experience with digital interfacing helps diagnose
if synchronicity on any of EQ Station's digital inputs fails, while clock
back-up options ensures uninterrupted operation, even under severe operating
conditions.
Control I/O
High-speed standard Ethernet running TCP/IP protocol makes it possible to setup
a multitude of EQ Stations in a network. Connecting external computers for
remote control using the PC/Mac editor software is a breeze.
The standard
TCP/IP based network enables the use of any standard computer network component.
This can e.g. be used to ad standard wireless network (LAN) to the system,
giving full wireless remote control of all features in the EQ Station from any
standard PC, Mac or Tablet PC that has a built in wireless LAN-card.
A
built in Link-connector works as a passive HUB and makes it very easy to daisy
chain multiple EQ Station’s to quickly establish a network. This way you do not
need an external HUB or network-switch to connect multiple EQ
Stations.
MIDI input and output is available, enabling remote Program
change and Control change of all processing features in the EQ Station.
A
9-pin D-SUB connector located next to the MIDI I/Os, is primarily used for
connecting the Motofader-64 flying-fader remote.
Graphic EQ
Everybody knows that there is a big difference in the behavior and response
between various industry standard analog graphic EQs. With the EQ Station you
now have a unique option to select the response type you prefer. The Type
selector gives you access to exact DSP-emulations of the main high-end analog
graphic EQs on the live-market today.
Select between following
types:
- TC1128
- Classic960 Narrow-Q
- Classic960 Broad-Q
- Classic27
Behind these four EQ types are not just a mapping
of the bandwidth/Gain response, but three basically different ways of combining
29 EQ filters. The TC1128 is a parallel construction; the Classic960 types are
combinations of parallel and cascaded filters; and finally the Classic27 is a
fully cascaded filter-structure.
The different structures give very
different response curves. Compare the types and choose the one you like, or the
one best suited for a specific application.
Parametric EQ
Six band high-quality parametric/shelving EQ is available in the EQ Station. Lo
and Hi bands are selectable between fully parametric or shelving filters, band
1-4 are selectable between fully parametric and notch filters
Impressive
+/-24dB gain per band enables any adjustment needed to reach the desired
response.
A unique way of selecting and displaying the EQ filters with
six small boxes makes it very easy to keep an overview of settings and fast
switching between filters.
Dynamic EQ
Dynamic EQ enables you to shape your sound depending on the energy of the
signal, or to notch out specific level dependent problems. Dynamic EQ processing
is not yet widespread in live-applications, but it can be a really powerful tool
when set up according to the source material.
Two different types of
Dynamic EQ can be selected: Three band full-range or two band
individual.
Full-range
Dynamic EQ means that the entire signal from 20Hz to 20kHz is affected. Two
crossover points and three sets of parameters, enables individual setting of Lo,
Mid and Hi performance for the Dynamic EQ. This type of Dynamic EQ should be
used as a creative tool that shapes the entire signal. This is similar to what
Mastering engineers often do when treating a master-mix.
The
two-band individual Dynamic EQ enables the tweaking of two fully independent
dynamic notch filters. As a parametric EQ filter, you can set the center
frequency and bandwidth as target area, and then find a matching Threshold and
Ratio to dynamically notch out level dependent problems in the signal.
Delay and Limiter
600 ms of Delay per channel, and a high-quality Brickwall output peak limiter is
also present in EQ Station.
The Brickwall limiter can be used as safety
limiter, e.g. for In Ear Monitor protection.
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