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1. power D MIDI s pdif line outputs in out ch3 L chilmain L T DI 4 bus powered Ole m adatloptical 5 outputs E e i a nR bus powered e ols D s pdif outputs at R bus powered adat optical s pdif line outputs chat chi main L ch4 R ch2 main R bus powered e inputs DIOS chi L ch2 R ate chi L ch R ch2 R MULTIPLE KONNEKTS 21 THE CONTROL PANEL MIXER PAGE TC NEAR CONTROLPANEL SETTINGS 22 tu electreinic 1 THE CONTROL PANEL PAGE The Konnekt select tabs TA WEE WE 240 Channels1 2 amp 3 4 2 Channels 1 2 mono stereo The illustration on the previous page shows channels 1 2 in dual mono mode The channels may be linked to one stereo channel via the Setup page This will change the appearance of these channels Please refer to the description of the Setup page on the following pages for details Ch1 Ch2 auto sensing input Channel 1 2 connections on the front panel are auto sensing They automatically detect whether you have connected an XLR microphone or 1 4 jack instrument and indicate this graphically These are the options Nothing connected Mic Inst jack When an instrument jack is plugged you mu
2. s pdif line outputs lin puts lg 9 9 DI DO ch4 R ch2 main R ch4 R ch2 R adat opt cal LINE OUT CH 3 4 FIREWIRE ADAT INTERFACE FRONT VIEW COMPUTER WITH FIREWIRE ey chi phan 2 n monitor ch select 4 user pad inst 10 O L nst E source evel por Pe s electronic d 1 2 m VEINTE 4 2 2 2 min ax min y gain trim gt gain trim MIC IN XLR INSTRUMENT IN 1 4 JACK l Konnekt 24D Rear View The Konnekt rear panel For better view please refer to the section Rear Panel Overview Active Speakers In this particular setup we illustrate the Konnekt in use with a set of active monitors You may of course use a standard amplifier and passive speakers as you prefer Keyboard A keyboard is connected to Line In 3 4 for monitoring recording purposes On Konnekt 8 you may use the aux inputs for monitoring only no recording Headphones In this illustration multiple headphones are connected via a separate headphones amp Line outputs 3 4 on the Konnekt are used to feed the headphone amp On the frontpanel an additional set of headphones can be connected to the non muting headphones connection on the frontpanel Computer Computer with FireWire interface Please see the system requirements section for information on minimum system requirements ADAT interface Digit
3. Input LEDs Three input level indicators 30dB 10dB and 0dB First adjust the Gain Trim so the 0dB LED is only lit at absolute peaks Then reduce the Gain Trim slightly so the 0dB LED is never lit Gain Trim Use this control to set the appropriate input level see previous paragraph Phantom Power 48v The XLR part of the Combo XLR Jack connections features 48 phantom power when this switch is pressed Phantom power is used to power line drivers and condenser microphones There are three main types of microphones Condenser microphones phantom power required except for some models that use proprietary power supplies or built in batteries Please check the microphone s manufacturer specifications for details Electrodynamic microphones phantom power is not required but does no harm to the microphone Ribbon microphones phantom power could damage the microphone Search advice from the manufacturer of the microphone Only the condenser type requires phantom power It is however no problem combining a condenser microphone in e g ch 1 with a standard electrodynamic microphones such as e g a Shure SM57 in ch 2 Nor is it any problem to activate phantom power and use a condenser microphone to one of the inputs and connect a guitar using a 1 4 jack to the other input as phantom power only concerns the XLR connections 7 8 10 Line In ch 1 2 panel This switch alternates between u
4. 12dB to 12dB Midl Gain 12dB to 12dB Mid2 Gain 12dB to 12dB Hi Gain 12dB to 12dB Compression 3 band and Full band modes Source page COMP 0 3 dB GUITAR CHOIR HORNS SOFT MIX PURIST SOURCE SELECTION Female Vocal Source Selection Use the Source page to select which type of material you are processing Grab the S and move the icon in vertical and horizontal directions to select the source type best matching your source material Fach type selects a carefully tuned combination of the essential compression parameters Attack Release Threshold and Ratio For Vocals Female Vocal Male Vocal Speak Choir For Instruments Guitar Piano Horns Bass For Percussive material Kick Snare Perc Kit For full range material Mix Rock Mix soft Mix Acoustic Mix Purist FABRIK C Compression 3 band and Full band modes Gain page COMP v mr mres 0 8 12 B 6 12 18 dB GAIN CONTROL IN GAIN 4 MAKE GAIN 2 13 2 6 dB Gain Control The Gain settings are very important The higher set In Gain the harder the signal meets the Compressor Threshold e Grab the G and move the symbol in vertical and horizontal directions to set both In Gain and Make up gain with just one handle The Threshold is automatically set when the Source type is s
5. Connect the guitar to ch 1 using standard 1 4 inch jack mono mono and set the PAD inst to in position Set input level using the GAIN TRIM knob Connect a microphone to ch 2 and use the PAD inst selector to correct input sensitivity If you have connected a condenser microphone the 48 phantom power switch must be pressed Connect your laptop computer using a standard FireWire cable Connect headphones to one of the two headphone outputs The upper connection will mute the main outputs on the rear panes but as nothing is connected to the main outputs it is indifferent which output you use 24 If only one is used and other FireWire Z N devices are connected to the computer s FireWire ports Konnekt can be bus powered directly from the computer s FireWire port This is ideal when recording in the field However Konnekt does use power and will drain the computers battery faster especially if phantom power is used and we therefore recommend using a power supply for either the computer and or Konnekt when possible Please read the section regarding bus power Out level to Ch select set to 3 4 Output 3 4 KEYBOARD for MIDI recalls and additional live keys MIDI OUT This example illustrates how Konnekt integrates perfectly in a live setup The objects in a live setup could be e DAW laptop as source for playing audio files e Headphones for undisturbed monitorin
6. If a third or fourth Konnekt was in the system these would appear below also LINKED DEVICES Recording booth SHOW INST LINE 1 2 U STEREO LINK MIXER VIEW We have labeled the two Konnekts Control Room and Recording booth The Control Room unit is the unit we have connected to our active speakers but we would like to listen to the Mic Inst front panel inputs on the Recording booth unit This is what we have selected via the drop down menu To monitors Firewire Control Room Firewire Recording Room 9 Mixer View MIXER VIEW booth SHOW 2 7 Show Determines whether the link channels should appear on the mixer page Stereo Link Press to stereo link the link channels on the mixer page Output In this section of the Setup page you set up signal routing to the Konnekt outputs SOURCE LINE 3 4 DAW line 3 4 SOURCE DAW m OPTICAL S PDIF SOURCE DAW optical s ndif 10 Source for Line 3 4 amp S PDIF outputs DAW When DAW is selected the signal from your HD recording application e g Cubase is routed to the outputs Daw Line 3 4 Daw optical S PDIF Daw adat or Daw coaxial S PDIF Mic Inst Line This is the option to use if you want to route the signal present on the Mic Inst Line connections on the Konnekt front panel to the outputs SETUP PAGE Konnekt Mixer When Konnekt mixer is selected the main out signal from the
7. JUTING AT 96kHz USE FABRIK R x FABRIK FABRIK R At 96kHz and 88 2 it is not possible to run both the Fabrik C and the Fabrik R plug ins Select either Fabrik C or Fabrik R 55 INTEGRATOR The Integrator plug in for Konnekt makes integration of external hardware into your DAW environment seamless Integrator offers a plug in audio routing representation of your external digital effects processors and operates as a normal VST AU plug in The Integrator plug in can be inserted on any track utilizing external effects as send or insert effects on any track or bus in your host application Default pevice Iw 1st AUDIO CHANNEL main aut 1 TOTAL ROUNDTRIP PA ATE LATENCY CALIBRATE TEST SIGNAL INFO Effect running an SK48 56 Installation The Integrator plug in is automatically installed along with the TC Near control panel Parameters Device Your setup may include several Konnekt units Select the Konnekt unit to which you are about to integrate an external effect 1st audio channel Your DAW detects audio channels on the Studio Konnekt 48 and label these automatically As the Integrator acts as a stereo plug in interface between the DAW and external stereo devices you always select two channels by default These are identified by the name of the first channel In the illustration on the previous page main out 1 2 is selected even though th
8. L Monitor Ch 2 main R From Inputs Phones Phones muting FW 3 4 FW 3 4 S PDIF Firewire IEEE 1394 Firewire IEEE 1394 61 APPENDIX ASIO CHANNEL The following 2 pages describe how the Konnekt ASIO channels distribute according to the selected sample rate Konnekt 8 44 1 48 kHz AUN AUN 62 Inputs Mic inst line 1 Mic inst line 2 Coaxial L Coaxial R Outputs Line 1 Main L Line 2 Main R Coaxial L Coaxial R AUN AUN 88 2 96 kHz Inputs Mic inst line 1 Mic inst line 2 Coaxial L Coaxial R Outputs Line 1 Main L Line 2 Main R Coaxial L Coaxial R O N O N 176 4 192 kHz Inputs Mic inst line 1 Mic inst line 2 Coaxial Outputs Line 1 Main L Line 2 Main R Coaxial Konnekt 24D 44 1 48 kHz Inputs Mic inst line 1 Mic inst line 2 Line 3 L Line 4 R Fabrik Channel L Fabrik Channel R Fabrik Reverb L Fabrik Reverb R ADAT 1 optical L 10 ADAT 2 optical R 11 ADAT 3 12 ADAT 4 13 ADAT 5 14 ADAT 6 15 ADAT 7 Coaxial L 16 ADAT 8 Coaxial R Outputs Line 1 Main L Line 2 Main R Line 3 L Line 4 R Fabrik Channel L Fabrik Channel R Fabrik Reverb L Fabrik Reverb R ADAT 1 optical L 10 ADAT 2 optical R 11 ADAT 3 12 ADAT 4 13 ADAT 5 14 ADAT 6 15 ADAT 7 Coaxial L 16 ADAT 8 Coaxial R gt APPEN
9. S PDIF and TosLink 1 Connector ADAT or TosLink 2 Format ADAT 3 FireWire Digital IO Engine Clock and Jitter Internal Sample Rates External Sample Rates Jitter Rejection Engine Jitter Rejection Filter DIO Interface Jitter AD DA Conversion Jitter Digital Output Phase stand alone and across network Input Slip Sample Tolerance all 015 Processing Delay DIO 96 48 kHz Frequency Response DIO Line Inputs Ch 1 2 3 4 4 Connectors Impedance Bal Unbal Full Scale Input Level 0 dBFS THD N SNR Freq Response Crosstalk ADC A to D Conversion A to D Delay Mic Inputs Ch 1 2 Connectors Sensitivity Full Range Pad on off Total pre amp gain Impedance Pad on off NF Rg 150 ohm Max Gain EIN Rg 150 ohm Max Gain THD N Min Gain SNR Min Gain Inst Inputs Ch 1 2 Connectors Sensitivity Range Total pre amp gain Impedance THD N Min Gain SNR Min Gain Crosstalk Notes for Konnekt 8 RCA Phono 75 Ohm S PDIF 24 bit IEC 958 Pro status bits Optical Pipe 8 ch 48 kHz 4 ch SMUX 96 kHz IEEE 1394a S400 IEC 61883 TC DICE 11 handling all IO formats 44 1 kHz 48 kHz 88 2 kHz 96 kHz 176 4 kHz and 192 kHz 43 to 193 kHz jitter rejection at all rates JET technology in TC DICE Il lt 3 dB 10 Hz lt 100 dB 600 Hz lt 1 ns peak BW 700 Hz to 100 kHz 42 ps RMS BW 100 Hz to 40 kHz lt 0 5 of sample p
10. readings on the meter segments on both IN and OUT meters A precise reading close to OdBFS and around key values such as 18 20 and 24dBFS is imperative and this distribution takes these key values into consideration Overload indication Internal overload is indicated via the O L indicators located between the In Out meters Internal overload may occur at certain extreme parameter settings even when the In Level meters show reasonable levels Use the In Out parameters to compensate OdBFS 16 0 5 18 di 20 2 22 3 24 4 30 5 36 6 42 8 48 10 56 519 64 E 72 Reverb page TWEAK REVERS CONTROL PREDELAY DECAY 22ms 950 m Decay Range 10ms to 20s The Decay parameter determines the length of the Reverb Diffuse Field The length is defined as the time it takes for the Diffuse Field to decay approximately 60dB PreDelay Range 0 to 100ms A short Delay placed between the direct signal and the Reverb processing A Pre Delay is often used to keep the source material clear and undisturbed by the Reverb Diffuse Field FABRIK R Modulation page TWEAK MODULATION DEPTH RATE 219 16 The algorithm designers have adjusted the diffuse field part of the reverb to be as smooth and natural sounding as possible However by modulating the diffuse field the reverb will in certain cases integrate better with the entire signal You may also find the modulation parameters us
11. 65 OVERVIEW Front panel Konnekt 24D 10 Bus power notes 13 Rear panel Konnekt 24D 14 Front panel Konnekt 8 15 Rear panel Konnekt 8 15 SETUP EXAMPLES S 119 ER 16 MODE oi EE dE SAL 18 dcc 19 Stand Alone 20 Multiple Konnekts 21 CONTROL PANEL Mixer Page 22 Slup Page s yuy hoe d 26 DSP Effects settings 30 Routing modes 31 examples Cubase LE 31 examples Cubase SX 34 Konnekt WDM driver 33 System Settings 34 Update Firmware 37 Reset to Default 39 fea DEKO au shu b S ADS s S Pay Goes ao 38 scis ETE 50 IDteOrato S coa ens 56 The Konnekt Tuner 58 TC Electronic Sindalsvej 34 DK 8240 Risskov tcdk tcelectronic com English Version Manual revision 1 7 SW V 1 20 3 INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of the Konnekt 24D Konnekt 8 Konnekt 24D is a groundbreaking audio interface that integrates TC s world famous effects in a state of the art design It is designed for recording and performing musicians who want the highest possible s
12. Effect Return level Fabrik R This section of the mixer handles the The reverb plug in Fabrik R is set up on a bus that monitoring of the main outputs from you can send to from each channel The return level your DAW Having the controls at this of this bus is set using this Effect Return level place allows you to mix the channels controller with the DAW signal right here on the Mixer page instead of having to switch 0 between the programs 1B 36 Konnekt 24D only 14 Monitor Mixer Main Out level This is where you set the output level for the monitor mixer The output from the mixer can be sent to any of the physical outputs Line 1 2 3 4 S PDIF or ADAT 8 outputs 1 2 only Xm You can instantly mute a channel by holding ctrl shift and click on the fader handle THE CONTROL PANEL PAGE Preset Management The comprehensive file based preset architecture makes storing presets a simple process Presets are saved as discrete files on your hard drive Once a preset is saved into the default location it automatically appears in the File menu 15 Preset File Menu Pressing the File button will open the File menu The File menu allows you to load or save into the currently selected program P1 P2 or P3 The following options are available from the File menu LOAD By selecting Load you can navigate to any folder on the system including shared folders By defau
13. FireWire connection and you do therefore not need to use the external power supply included with Konnekt There are a few things to be aware of regarding bus power 4 pin FireWire connectors Please beware that not all FireWire ports are able to provide bus power at all Some laptop computers carry 4 pin connectors These do not provide bus power Several Konnekts on a single FireWire bus If you run more than one Konnekt device on a FireWire bus only one of them can be bus powered the others require power from the supplied external power supply Insufficient bus power Some laptop computers even those with 6 pin connectors do not provide enough bus power for a single Konnekt unit to run properly If you experience any problems please use the provided external power supply as the first effort to solve the problems BUS POWER NOTES REAR PANEL OVERVIEW KONNEKT 24D linel inputs chB L MIDI s pdif line outputs i cH3 L chl main L ch ain ChA R ch2 main R ch4 R ch2 DI bus powered firewire TO optical 1 Power Switch 5 Digital in out Coaxial S PDIF On off switch for the unit 24bit digital in out on S PDIF In addition to standard I O it is possible to insert e g an external digital 2 Power In effects unit and use this as a send effect Konnekt can be bus powered from the computer s FireWire port Check your computer s specifications 6 Line Outputs balance
14. Konnekt mixer page is routed to the outputs Mixer Send Knobs On the Konnekt mixer you have the option of sending a signal to the Fabrik reverb using the channel send knobs However you may choose to route the send to any of the routable outputs all outs but main outs which are always set to listen to the Konnekt mixer This is great if you want to use an external effect with your monitor mix Example External effect using S PDIF ald External effects processor 11 OPTICAL outputs Konnekt 24D only ADAT Select ADAT to send up to 8 ADAT channels on the Lightpipe out connection OPTICAL S PDIF TOS link Select OPTICAL S PDIF to send 2 channels of optical S PDIF to the Lightpipe out connection TOS link SOURCE Same options as with the Line3 4 and S PDIF output sources Konnekt 24D only 29 SETUP PAGE Stand Alone Clock Settings SYNC SOURCE Internal SAMPLE RATE 44 1 kHz These settings handle the clock settings when operates as a stand alone unit For changed settings to take effect power off power on 12 Sync Source options Internal Konnekt will sync to its internal clock and disregard the clock present on the digital inputs S PDIE Konnekt will attempt to lock to the digital signal present in the S PDIF DI connection Optical Konnekt will attempt to lock to the digital signal present in the ADAT optical input connecti
15. band mode qke up Limiter 41 FABRIK C EQ section The Fabrik C EQ section is a 4 band parametric EQ with four selectable filter types Notch Parametric Shelving and Cut If you re looking for a razor sharp filter use the Notch filter that has a range as low as 0 01 octaves For a more gentle approach the shelving filter with a variable slope is a better choice Cut filters can be switched between a 12dB oct maximum flat amplitude Butterworth and a flat group delay type Bessel Mark the handle 1 2 3 or 4 for the band to adjust Set the BW Type then grab the handle again and move for frequency gain adjustments Bands On Off EQ sanos onor 3 2 9 Grab handle to select Bands On Off Click to activate deactivate the four individual bands Adjusting Frequency and gain Simply grab the symbol for one of the active bands 1 2 3 or 4 using the left mouse button and move until desired settings are achieved Adjusting BW TYPE First select a band Then place the cursor within the BW Type field press left mouse button and move mouse up down to change type and bandwidth Different types of filters are available for the Low Mid and High filters Please refer to the following pages for overview of the EQ types Bypass Press to bypass the EQ section 42 FABRIK C Filter types Notch Filter Narrow type For Lo and Hi filters select between filter types Welch ae banda Parametri
16. jack instrument and indicate this graphically DIGITAL INPUT SETUP MIXER These are the options 4 One of below indications will appear Lock Nothing connected XLR 1 4 jack Konnekt is locked correctly to an external source 2 PAD INST No Ref On the Konnekt front panel you can set Input sensitivity using the PAD INST selector When the PAD icon is lit PAD line level sensitivity is selected This is the correct choice if you connect keyboards or guitar pre amps pedals or similar Konnekt cannot lock to an external digital signal Konnekt automatically switches to the internal clock 5 Digital Input options When the LED is off the sensitivity is increased and ADAT 1 8 you can connect a guitar with passive pickups directly 4 ADAT 1 6 S PDIF 7 8 TOS 1 2 S PDIF 7 8 3 Stereo Link Mixer view 5 i BETEREGUEINR ADAT 1 8 All digital channels are reserved for ADAT channels Press Stereo Link to link channels 1 and 2 and or 3 1 8 and 4 into stereo channels This is an obvious choice when monitoring a stereo source ADAT 1 6 S PDIF 7 8 ADAT channels 1 6 is combined with the two digital channels available on coaxial S PDIF TOS 1 2 S PDIF 7 8 This setting allows for 2 channels of optical S PDIF TOS along side 2 channels of coaxial S PDIF on the coax phono connections 27 SETUP PAGE 6 Mixer View digital LIGHT RING
17. range from 3dB oct over 6 and 9 to 12dB oct The Cut filter can be switched between a flat amplitude maximum of 12dB to an octave and a flat group delay type For a natural and well behaved bandwidth apply the parametric EQ De Esser A De Esser is a compressor type used to reduce only specific sibilant frequencies Typically the s sounds can be far too dominant on a vocal track and the track would therefore often benefit from being processed by a De Esser Headroom To avoid internal clipping and to secure ease of use all processing is done in the 48 bit domain and is not truncated to 24 bit before the output of the Limiter 40 FABRIK C Signal Flow 3 band mode _ Comp i De Esser Moke up In Level i Gain 3band 7 Parametric Split Mid Cum EQ Filter This is a schematic overview of the signals flow through the algorithm in 3 band mode As illustrated the signal first passes the 4 band parametric EQ Then the signal is split into 0 mid and hi bands for individual compression Cross over frequencies between the bands are set by the selected Source type After the Make up Gain section the signal passes the Limiter Signal Flow Full band mode In Level Parametric EQ De Esser The signal flow in Full band mode is similar to 3 band mode The difference lies solely in the Full band compression as opposed to the split filter and 3 compression bands found in 3
18. reverb effect The Plate reverb emulates this characteristic type of reverb If you re working with a recording of percussive instruments it will often call for a diffuse bright and light reverb and the Plate is just perfect for that job Club This reverb could be exactly what the doctor ordered if you want to put extra focus on the guitar or the vocals It emulates a medium sized club giving a broad yet intimate feel to your audio material If you ve got a recorded guitar that cries out for reverb but you don t want the stadium rock sound the Club reverb will do the trick well that goes for vocals and horns too Tweak section In this section all parameter adjustments are made Parameters are organized in 4 different layers pages R Reverb C Color M Modulation D Distance There are a couple of different ways of altering the parameter values First select parameter by placing the cursor on one of the above mentioned icons M or D and click Then grab the icon and drag in any direction This way of changing parameter values gives an excellent intuitive feeling You can of course also change parameter values by grabbing the parameter value fields and drag the mouse up or down Finally values can be entered numerically by double clicking on the parameters value fields and entering values using the keypad 52 Meters The adjacent list shows the exact distribution of value
19. the sound may also derive from clock problems These should be resolved first Clock 2 Clock Master With the Clock Master parameter you select which of the Konnekts in your setup units that will act as System Clock Master In a digital setup it is important that all connected devices run at the same sample rate The Clock Master device defines this sample rate and distributes a digital clock based on this sample rate to all devices in the setup There can be one and only one clock master in a digital setup and you cannot select your computer here the clock master device is always your audio interface However the Clock Master device may sync to an external device See Sync Source below Sync Source The Sync Source parameter determines to which the device the Clock Master should sync The DICE Il FireWire chip provides excellent clock and in many setups it the internal option is the best choice However you may sync to any digital device attached to the Konnekt digital inputs and enjoy the outstanding JetPLL jitter rejection technology also provided by the DICE Il SYSTEM SETTINGS Example 1 Konnekt as Clock Master Setting Clock Master and Sync Source COMPUTER WITH FIREWIRE FIREWIRE IEEE 1394 SO du Nickname 4 My Konnekt FIREWIRE IEEE 1394 e poo i Nickname Peter s Konnekt adatloptical ADAT INTERFACE The setup consists 2 Konnekt u
20. to use the included Fabrik R reverb and Fabrik C channel strip amp comp Set up correctly you can even alternate between three programs presets using the TOTAL RECALL button The programs are prepared via the TC Near software Control panel 20 Connect the microphone to Ch1 and the guitar to Ch2 on the front panel Activate phantom power if you are using a condenser microphone Connect a CD player to Konnekt using either the CD player s analog outputs to Konnekt Line Inputs 3 4 or as illustrated using the CD player s optical S PDIF out to Optical DI on the Konnekt Active speakers can be used as monitors Feed these with signal from Main Out L R SETUP EXAMPLES Firewire IEEE 1394 This setup shows how 4 Konnekt 24D units are hooked up via FireWire With this setup you have up to 4 times as many inputs outputs as with a single unit f you have more than one Konnekt device on the FireWire bus only one of them can be bus powered the others need external power supply In this example all of them use the external power supply Connect the units using standard FireWire cables and connect one of the units to the computer also using a FireWire cable Since the computer acts as master controller when there are multiple devices attached it is not possible to work with more devices in stand alone mode when the computer is off or not attached Firewire IEEE 1394
21. unit to factory default settings for the currently loaded software The software will not be degraded to previous software versions and no presets are affected 37 FABRIK C Introduction Fabrik is based on the innovative Meta Intuitive Navigation Technology MINT that redefines the way you use professional audio plug ins for professional results We have integrated a simple yet highly effective and intuitive approach to working with audio and the result is user interface with few handles that are effective but simple to use Often people think that if you want to create professional results the process has to be tedious and complex we don t agree The Fabrik plug ins introduce a new way of working with audio and they build on proven and award winning TC technology ensuring the highest level of audio quality Fabrik C is a full blown channel strip plug in with EQ De Esser 3 band Compressor and Limiter in one single plug in With you have total control of all the parameters using only a few dedicated knobs The EQ section is a 4 parametric EQ with high low pass filters choose between 4 different filter types Based on no nonsense design the De Esser is controlled using a single fader With a built in 3 band intelligent compression technique the Compressor is not only one of the best compressors available it also gives you the means to avoid bad side effects compared to traditional compressi
22. ASSIGN The Mixer View function gives you a few options regarding the appearance of the digital channels on the Mixer page Stereo Link Press Stereo Link Hide Digital channels are not shown on the mixer page Show Digital channels are always shown on the mixer page Autoshow Digital channels are only shown on the mixer page if a valid digital signal is present on at least one of the digital inputs POLO hi ch 3 4 a Ad Fabnk A level decas Monitor 7 Light Ring Assign ment The LED light ring around the SOURCE level knob indicates the source level of the channel you have selected Using the Ch Select button on the front panel you can select between Adat 1 2 optical S PDIF Adat 3 4 Adat 5 6 Adat 7 8 coaxial S PDIF DAW main Fabrik R Level Decay Mixer level dim level Tune Pitch Tone 28 Linked Devices Up to four Konnekt units can be connected You will most likely only monitor the physical outputs of one of the units E g you have only connected the outputs of one of your Konnekts to your active speakers right However with the Linked Devices option you can monitor any input of any Konnekt unit in the system thru the same outputs Example In the screenshot below we have 2 units in the system
23. DIX ASIO CHANNEL NAAES 88 2 96 kHz Inputs Mic inst line 1 Mic inst line 2 Line 3 L Line 4 R Fabrik Channel L Fabrik Channel R Fabrik Reverb L Fabrik Reverb R ADAT 1 optical L 10 ADAT 2 optical R 11 ADAT 3 12 ADAT 4 N O N gt 15 Coaxial L 16 Coaxial R Outputs Line 1 Main L Line 2 Main R Line 3 L Line 4 R Fabrik Channel L Fabrik Channel R Fabrik Reverb L Fabrik Reverb R ADAT 1 optical L 10 ADAT 2 optical R 11 ADAT 3 12 ADAT 4 13 14 15 Coaxial L 16 Coaxial R N O Q gt N O 15 16 176 4 192 kHz Inputs Mic inst line 1 Mic inst line 2 Line 3 L Line 4 R Optical Coaxial Outputs Line 1 Main L Line 2 Main R Line 3 L Line 4 R Optical Coaxial 63 APPENDIX FAQ TC Near prevents computer standby mode Before setting your computer in standby mode the TC Near control panel must be shut down Computers handle standby mode and hibernation in different ways To prevent instability on the audio interface after the computer is turned back on the TC Near control panel must be closed Most likely you will also need to close you host application Cubase or Logic or Shortcut keys The various main pages can be accessed using the following shortcut keys Function Press Device pages Mixer Mor 1 Setup 5 or 2 Fabrik C C or 3 Fabrik R 4 About 5 Monito
24. ER sere FapRIKC ROUTING 96kH2 USE FABRIK PRESET Fabrik Live SYSTEM SETTINGS ALGORITHM WEAK FABRIK LIVE HEN LEVEL r REVERB CONTROL IN OUT I PREDELAY DECAY 0 0 dB 0 0 dB 6 ms 2403 t DSP TOTAL RECALL FILE P1 P2 P3 t c electronic Reverb section e Select one of the 4 Reverb types using the left mouse button Live Live recorded audio sources sometimes have a lot of background noise A very smooth discrete reverb on such a source will often be almost in audible What you need is a brighter and grainier reverb for that type of audio material and the Live reverb is perfect for that job Try medium to long decay times and have a listen The Live reverb type also does wonders for vocals or instruments that need a clear and to the point reverb Try it on different material and you ll be surprised with the results Hall Often you re concerned about preserving the natural characteristics of your source material and reluctant to apply large reverbs Don t worry the Hall reverb will preserve your audio and add a large hall effect giving you lots of natural sounding space For most vocal material this reverb is superior to many other reverbs and will be an excellent choice for various studio applications 5 FABRIK R Plate Welcome back in time In the old days reverberating springs or large metallic plates were used to create a
25. FIRMWARE UPDATE RESET TO DEFAULT Versions This section gives information on Control panel versions and FireWire driver see page 36 Check for updates e the computer is connected to the Internet you may check for updates by pressing CHECK FOR UPDATES You will be directed to the Konnekt product page at www tcelectronic com Press Click here to download the latest version and download the full installer Run the installer Updating firmware Once the installer is run see above the latest version of firmware is placed in the TC Near folder on your hard disk You will now need to update the firmware for each konnekt unit in the setup Go to the About page for the unit you wish to update Example SYSTEM SETTINGS FIRMWARE VERSION 1 01 BUILD 811 i DSP TOTAL RECALL P2 Press UPDATE FIRMWARE and you will be directed to the folder where the firmware is located Example Please select the file to upload Look in D Fmwae er EJ 13 El konnekt8 24d 744 bin MEM My Recent Documents Desktop Documents Computer My Network File name Places Files of type e Select the file with the highest number This is the latest released firmware Now press Open and wait while the firmware is being updated Reset to Default The Reset to Default function will reset the selected Konnekt
26. Konnekt 24D Konnekt 8 miclinst phan mic inst ch2 line in monitor ch select phones 5 30 10 O L padlinst qs 30 10 O L pad inst fis T muting 2 E non min muting _ push pan user made by gain trim gain trim source level output level electronic miclinst phan mic inst 2 line in monitor ch select _ phones 05000 paint 3 00 sedes Qe e 7 muting a P OM min max E min N max mE push pan user made by 3 gain trim gain trim source level output level c electronic User s Manual English Version gt G N 10 11 12 13 14 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons Read these instructions Keep these instructions Heed all warnings Follow all instructions Do not use this apparatus near water Clean only with dry cloth Do not block any ventilation openings Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatu
27. M ASIO and CoreAudio including Intel Macs Dual headphone outputs one with auto speaker muting e 24 bit 192kHz sampling rate e Sample accurate MIDI e 4 4 1 0 2 mic inst line 2 line inputs AUX and 2 line outputs 2 S PDIF coaxial inputs and outputs Cubase LE included QUICK SETUP GUIDE Up and running 10 minutes This quick guide will help you set up the in a typical application For further details please refer to later sections of this manual Unpacking Open the box from the top and remove cabling e Lift out styrofoam insert then using both hands lift out Remove plastic bag from Konnekt Inspect your Konnekt for signs of transit damage e Inthe unlikely event of this having occurred inform the carrier and the supplier Keep all the packaging if damage has occurred as this will show evidence of excessive handling force e also a good idea to keep the packaging if possible for future transportation Check contents The package should contain the following items e Konnekt audio interface e Power supply FireWire cable CD with software etc Safety Instructions Computer Requirements Mac OS e PowerPC 1 GHz or higher or Intel CPU e 256 MB RAM FireWire IEEE 1394 port e OS X 10 3 9 Windows e Pentium 4 1 6 GHz or faster 256 MB RAM FireWire IEEE 1394 port Windows XP We recommend running Konnekts on a dedicated Fi
28. RMITY 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 are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on The user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer an experienced radio TV technician for help For Customers in Canada This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe B est conforme la norme NMB 003 du Canada Certificate of Conformity TC Electronic A S Sindalsvej 34 8240 Risskov Denmark hereby declares on own responsibility that the following product Konnekt 24D amp Konnekt 8 tha
29. T Inputs menu E g Mic Inst ch 1 e Unless you have changed the default settings for the output busses the out is set to BUS 1 Leave it You can now record via the Konnekt front panel inputs and playback via the Main outs Fabrik R as VST send effect The following example illustrates how Fabrik R is set up as a send effect using Cubase LE This procedure varies slightly compared to higher versions of Cubase e Goto Devices VST Send effects VST Send Effects File M a ste Delay Distortion Dynamics Filter Konnekt Modulation Other Reverb Direct x Select Fabrik R from the Konnekt folder e Now go to send effects select and activate Fabrik R if it isn t already and use the slider to send to Fabrik R TOE OSI nsets eta 4 rii eB ul Fabrik Go to the Fabrik R plug in by pressing the e Select Plug In routing mode for Fabrik R via the drop down menu in the bottom of the Plug In display Effect running on Konnekt 240 a a a ERR a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a n a a a a n a a a n a a n a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a HU KONNMEKT DSP SETTINGS ROUTING PLUG IN MODE QUICK SETUP GUIDE Now use the slider to send signal from the channel to Fabrik C as VST insert effect Fabrik R The following example illustrates how Fabri
30. TAL RECALL FILE P2 t c electronic 1 Tuner Indication In strobe mode Three LEDs are always lit If the played note is too low the LEDs run from right to left Opposite if the pitch is too high In normal mode Three green LEDs in center position indicates that the played note is in pitch 2 Note indication The displayed notes reflect the selected scale mode In the example above all 8 pitch notes are indicated because the C Major scale mode is selected see also 8 58 THE KONNEKT TUNER 3 Mode selector Click to switch between Strobe and normal mode Strobe mode Sections of three red LEDs will slide left when the played note is too low and right when it is too high rig Tg SCALE Chromatic scale nr SCALE major scale Out of tune Chromatic scale mode selected in tune C major scale mode selected 4 Assign to lightring Assign to lightring If you would like the lightring on the Konnekt front panel to act as tuner display E g for stand alone applications 5 Play tone Press PLAY TONE if you want to tune acoustically to a reference tone The played note is A according to the set pitch default 440Hz The level of the tone can be adjusted using the small speaker handle located just below the PLAY TONE button If assign to lightring is activated the level of the reference tone can be adjusted via the Source Level encoder 6 Pitch Sets the reference frequency Defaul
31. al options can be extended with the use of an ADAT interface When used in combination with the 2 channels on coaxial S PDIF digital channels 7 8 can be set to either ADAT or optical S PDIF See also page 26 Konnekt 24D front instruments Front panel view of the Konnekt illustrated with a microphone and an electric guitar setup SETUP EXAMPLES STUDIO Connecting an electric guitar directly to Konnekt Connect a guitar using an standard 1 4 jack and press the PAD INST button to in position mic inst phan 30 10 O L pad inst Mee d Connecting a Condenser microphone Konnekt delivers 48v phantom power on the XLR part of the Combo connection for use with condenser microphones Press phan to activate phantom power phan mic 48V ch1 2 DY 4 FireWire connection to computer Use as standard FireWire IEEE 1394 cable between the computer and Konnekt Any of the two connections can be used Power supply Konnekt can be bus powered directly from your computer s FireWire connection Please refer to the computer s manual to see if this is an option If bus power is insufficient or if more than one Konnekt units is connected to one FireWire bus you should use the external power supply delivered with the Konnekt I7 SETUP EXAMPLES MOBILE STUDIO This is a typical small mobile setup with just a guitar Firewire a microphone and a laptop computer 18
32. ale voca i 1 COMPRESSOR GAIN GAIN REDUCTION mess Omm x 0 i EQ Display t DSP TOTAL RECALL FILE P2 P3 t c electronic Full band or 3 band compression Fabrik C includes both a 3 band and a Full band compression mode As Fabrik C is a plug in that is designed to be used on single sources and not as a dedicated mastering tool you might wonder how the 3 band mode applies An overall rule of thumb is that if you are working with a source that has a wide frequency range with large peaks in specific frequency areas you are most likely best off using the 3 band mode If on the other hand you re working with audio that is within a small frequency area such as e g a trumpet section or background vocals you ll obtain a great advantage using the Full band mode Let us look at a few specific application scenarios to give you an idea of what can be achieved with the different compression styles 3 band compression on Bass If you are to do a 3 band compression on a bass this will allow the higher frequencies to pass through while adding compression to lower frequencies What this gives you is better control and longer sustain and a more punchy bass with all the overtones intact 39 FABRIK C 3 band compression on grouped sources If you have grouped several sources and want to do a global compression on this section the 3 band mode can be very effective It will give you more transpar
33. c Notch Shelve and Cut For Mid 1 and Mid 2 select between filter types Parametric and Notch Parametric Filter Broad type Paraeradri filer broad hancdwiden Frequency Hr k Cut Filter Bessel type i 40 Shelving Filter 1d Frequency H2 St Cut Filter Butterworth type Cid ber F 3m 415 E 18 Frequency a Frequency Hr 43 FABRIK C Type Range for the Notch filter Lo Gain Inf 97dB to OdB Mid1 Gain inf 97dB to OdB Mid2 Gain inf 97dB to OdB Hi Gain inf 97dB to OdB Range for the Notch filter Lo BW O Oloct to loct Midl BW O Oloct to loct Mid2 BW O Oloct to loct Hi BW O Oloct to loct Range for the Parametric filter Lo BW 1 to 4 Midl BW 0 1oct to 4oct Mid2 BW 0 1oct to 4 Hi BW 0 1oct to 4oct Range for the Shelve filter Lo BW 3dB oct to 12dB oct Hi BW 3dB oct to 12dB oct Range for the Cut filter Lo BW Bessel or Butterworth Hi BW Bessel or Butterworth Bandwidth Q Key Values BW Q 0 5 2 87 0 7 2 04 10 1 41 44 Freq Range Lo band 20Hz to 20kHz Range Midl band 20Hz to 20kHz Range Mid2 band 20Hz to 20kHz Range Hi band 20Hz to 40kHz Gain Select the band click on the Gain field then drag the mouse vertically to change the value Range for the Parametric and Shelve types Lo Gain
34. companying the product Warning To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock do not expose this equipment to dripping or splashing and ensure that no objects filled with liquids such as vases are placed on the equipment This apparatus must be earthed Use a three wire grounding type line cord like the one supplied with the product Be advised that different operating voltages require the use of different types of line cord and attachment plugs Check the voltage in your area and use the correct type See table below Voltage Line plug according to standard 110 125 01817 and CSA C22 2 42 220 230 CEE 7 page VII SR section 107 2 D1 IEC 83 page C4 BS 1363 of 1984 Specification for 13A fused plugs and switched and unswitched socket outlets This equipment should be installed near the socket outlet and disconnection of the device should be easily accessible To completely disconnect from AC mains disconnect the power supply cord from the AC receptacle The mains plug of the power supply shall remain readily operable Do not install in a confined space Do not open the unit risk of electric shock inside Caution You are cautioned that any change or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment Service There are no user serviceable parts inside All service must be performed by qualified personnel EMC EMI amp CERTIFICATE OF CONFO
35. d If more than one is used Or your computer le delivers insufficient power on the FireWire port use Main Left ch 1 and Main Right ch 2 the supplied 12VDC power supply Left ch 3 and Right ch 4 3 FireWire connectors y When connecting Main outs to a device e g IEEE 1394 connectors for connecting to a computer active speakers with balanced inputs ground and or linking multiple Konnekt units Konnekt can be Mew and cold must be connected bus powered from the computer s FireWire port On XLR type plugs this is pins 1 and 3 Check your computer s specifications On Jack type plugs it is sleeve and ring 24 Before plugging the FireWire connectors make 7 Line Inputs balanced sure that plugs are positioned correctly Ch 1 L NOTE Ch2 R Ch3 L Please read the section regarding bus power on page Ch4 R 13 8 DI Digital In 4 MIDI In Out Optical S PDIF or ADAT Toslink for up to 8 channels of Standard MIDI in out MIDI out is automatically set to digital in depending on format and sample rate MIDI thru in stand alone mode When is used in stand alone mode MIDI out 9 DO Digital Out always acts as MIDI thru Optical S PDIF or ADAT for up to 8 channels of digital out 14 FRONT REAR PANEL OVERVIEW KONNEKT 8 mic inst chi phan 2 9 mic inst ch2 line in e 30 10 pad inst 70 30 10 O L chl ch2 DI use
36. dB to OdB The Early Reflections are the defining basis of the Reverb diffuse field Adjust the amount to set the emphasis between the Early Reflections and the Reverb diffuse field Reverb Range Off 24dB to The Reverb parameter sets the amount of applied reflections from the Reverb diffuse field Additional parameters Bypass Bypass function for the entire plug in In Out In level Range 24 to OdB Out level Range 24 to 12dB Sets the Input Output levels for the algorithm If the Internal overload indicators O L are lit you may need to readjust the In Out levels Meters In and output meters For best performance the In meter should show as close to OdB as possible without clipping Kill Dry Kill wet A reverb can be used either as an insert effect or as a send effect Most often it is used as a send effect on a bus The bus is fed from the channels you apply the effect to When used as a send effect the Kill Dry should be set to on and this is also the default setting When used as an insert channel dry signal is necessary and Kill Dry should be set to off FABRIK R Routing The routing options for Fabrik R can be set both on the Setup page under DSP EFFECTS SETTINGS and on the Fabric R page itself The options are nternal Computer s r stereo Computer s r dual mono Please see further descriptions of these routing modes in the manual section describing the Setup page
37. e label says main out 1 24 When inserting Integrator mono track it still ee x occupies a pair of channels Calibrate Integrating external digital devices will introduce a short latency but your host application can be set up to compensate for this using the Integrator calibrate function e Press CALIBRATE to measure the total roundtrip latency including the latency within the external device The latency compensation feature of the host application will then make sure to compensate for this latency This procedure should be carried out on each audio track where Integrator is inserted INTEGRATOR Test amp Auto To verify that all cables to external units are properly connected a pink noise test signal can be sent to left right channels Use L or R to send to left right channels individually You may also press AUTO Then Integrator will send a pink noise signal that alternates between Left and Right channels 57 THE KONNEKT TUNER Konnekt holds an excellent tuner with various modes for stringed instruments The Tuner page holds all relevant parameters as well as the tuner display It is also possible to have Tuner indication via the lightring on the Konnekt unit This is excellent for stand alone applications The Tuner page Let us take a look at the Tuner page in the TC Near Control panel NEAR CONTROLPANEL KONNEKT24D KONNEKT scu SYSTEM SETTINGS 4 PITCH psp TP
38. ed to Main Outs L and R Setting up To use Konnekt with WDM you need to tell Windows that this is your intension Go to Control Panel Sounds and Audio Devices Properties Audio Sounds and Audio Devices Properties Volume Sounds Audio Voice Hardware Sound playback D efault device TEMear WDM Audio gt WOM Audio Digital Audia Sound recording A Default device FW TCNear wDM Audio MIDI music playback Pas Default device doe MIDI Out Use only default devices 33 SYSTEM SETTINGS Access the System Settings page by pressing 34 TC NEAR CONTROLPANEL h KONNEKT 24D SYSTEM SETTINGS CLOCK MASTER KonnekE 24D m 7 INTERNAL LOCK SAMPLE RATE 44 1 kHz CURRENT SAMPLE RATE 44100 Hz TC NEAR CONTROL PANEL 1 3 0 1009 TC NEAR 1394 FIREWIRE DRIVER 1 0 98 0 t c electronk Buffer Size 1 size set from 64 to 8192 samples higher buffer setting the longer latency through Konnekt The default buffer size is set to 256 samples You should only increase the buffer size if you experience problems such a clicks and pops in the sound Relevant for PC version only On Mac computers buffer size is set in audio application For instance in Logic Pro go to Audio Hardware drivers to set the buffer size Clicks and pops in
39. eful simply to create new flavors of reverb Modulation Rate Range 25 Adjusts the Rate of modulation Modulation Depth Range 0 20096 Adjusts the Depth of modulation 53 FABRIK R Color page TWEAK COLDR CONTROL LOW COLOR E HI FACTOR vx HI COLOR T s 5 9 m The Color parameter controls are advanced controls handling the sonic spectrum of the Reverb diffuse field Try adding a bit of HiColor if you feel the level of reverb is correct but still doesn t stand out as intended LoColor LoColor adjustment of the Decay HiColor HiColor adjustment of the Decay This parameter selects frequency area in focus HiFactor The HiFactor parameter is used to enhance or attenuate the frequency area set by the HiColor parameter 54 Distance Level page TWEAK DISTANCE LEVEL CONTROL DRY EARLY REVERS 52 dB 9 85 dB The relation between Dry Early and Reverb levels defines the perceived distance of a source The less dry the signal compared to Early and Reverb levels the greater the perceived distance Early and Reverb levels set the relation between the amount of room definition compared to the reverb diffuse field If the Kill Dry button is pushed Dry Level is fixed at off If the Kill Wet button is pushed Early and Reverb Levels are fixed at off Dry Range Off 244 to OdB Sets the amount of dry level passing through the algorithm Early Range Off 24
40. elected however the Gain parameters determine how hard the signal meets the Threshold Depending on how the Compressor parameters are set the level will change The Make Up Gain parameter is used to compensate for this level change In Gain Range 18 to 18dB Make Up Gain 18 to 18dB 45 FABRIK C Compression 3 band mode only Compressor Control page Compressor control The Low Mid and High parameters indicate the set compression amount for the three bands e Grab the and position this icon freely within the triangle to distribute the amount of compression on the three bands If the compression should primarily be on the low end frequencies move C in that direction Likewise with the Mid and High areas Where the Gain parameter is used to gain the input of the Compressor and also set the Make up gain on the output the Compression Control adjusts the individual compression amount on the three bands 46 Compression 3 band mode only Level page LEVEL CONTROL Level Control Depending on the amount of applied compression you may need to level compensate the three individual bands e Grab the L and position this handle freely within the entire triangle Where the Make up Gain function on the Gain page is used as a general level compensation on the entire signal the Level control can be used to set the level of the three bands individually FABRIK C Compression In 3 band mode the Comp
41. ency in your overall mix as you can apply independent compression to each of the three frequency bands Full band compression on vocals You probably know that in your face airy kind of vocal that you hear on some tracks The way to get that effect is by using a full band compressor on your vocal track slowing the attack time and speeding up the release time It s pretty simple when you know how to do it Full band compression on Guitar It s amazing how some tonal instruments can get a very percussive quality to them when the right type of effect is applied Using a full band compressor on a rhythm guitar will give you a sound that is sharp sweaty funky and really emphasizes the rhythmic and percussive qualities of your track Limiter The Limiter is used to prevent overloads occurring at extreme and occasional peaks in the source material peaks that may not be caught and attenuated sufficiently in the Compressor As the Limiter can be used to limit the extreme the Compressor can be used to apply a much more musical and gentle compression EQ Section The Fabrik C EQ section is a 4 parametric EQ that gives you full control of high and low pass filters Four filter types are available offering Notch Parametric Shelving and Cut If you are looking for a razor sharp filter use the Notch filter which has a range as low as 0 01 of an octave For a more gentle approach go for the shelving filter that sports a variable slope with a
42. eriod 50 to 50 of sample period 0 15 0 3 ms DC to 23 9 kHz x 0 01 dB 48 kHz 1 4 Phone Jack balanced 20 kOhm 25 kOhm 13 dBu lt 100 dB 0 00196 1 kHz 1 dBFS 2111 dB A gt 108 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 0 0 5 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 100 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 24 bit 128 x oversampling bitstream 0 68 ms 0 63 ms 44 1 kHz 48 kHz Neutrik Combo XLR 10 10 dBu lt gt 52 32 dBu 62 dB 2000 1300 ohm 4 dB 127 dBu lt 100 dB 0 00196 1 kHz 1 dBFS 109 dB A 106 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz Neutrik Combo 1 4 Phone Jack 25 dBu lt gt 17 42 dB 1 Mohm lt 100 dB 0 00196 2 1 kHz 1 dBFS 2107 dB A gt 104 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 100 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 1 S PDIF only 2 Not available 3 Not available 4 Line 1 2 recordable AUX 1 2 5 Two outputs only Monitor Line Outputs Ch 1 2 3 4 5 Connectors Impedance Level Range Ch 1 2 Fixed Full Scale Range Ch 3 4 THD N SNR Freq Response Crosstalk DAC D to A Conversion D to A Delay Headphones Output Ch 1 2 Connectors Impedance Gain Level Range THD N SNR Freq Response Crosstalk Power 40 Ohm Load Power 600 Ohm Load EMC Complies With Safety Certified To Environment Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Humidity Control Interface MIDI FireWire DAW General Dimensions Weight Finish PPM Meter Ch 1 2 Power Suppl
43. g using the OUTPUT level control for separate headphones level e Microphone for vocals utilizing Konnekt pre amps and e g the Fabrik C channel strip MIDI keys for additional keyboards and or program changes Distribution to PA amp speakers using the SOURCE level control as separate level control Connect all devices according to the illustration above Remember to activate phantom power if you are using a condenser microphone Also note that outputs 3 4 in this setup are used as main outs to PA SETUP EXAMPLES LIVE PA SYSTEM H J Headphones level Advantage of this setup This setup enables you to route different signals to the headphones and PA system via the DAW This is useful for numerous purposes E g for excellent cue monitoring for DJs as well as individual level control of the two signals Konnekt 24D only 19 SETUP EXAMPLES STAND ALONE CD PLAYER S PDIF Active speakers power Af MIDI in out bus powered m adatloptical MIC IN XLR s pdif line outp uts DI ch2 main R INSTRUMENT IN 1 4 JACK line inputs Konnekt 24D can be used with no computer connected as a stand alone unit still providing both the excellent mic pre amps and Hi Z inputs on channels 1 and 2 It is even possible
44. gh quality clock but the excellent jitter rejection facilities will clean up a digital signal from an external source e The CD player is connected to My Konnekt via optical S PDIF e My Konnekt is selected as Clock Master on the System Settings page and Sync Source is set to Optical S PDIF CLOCK MASTER SYNC SOURCE SAMPLE RATE 36 COMPUTER WITH FIREWIRE The M4000 is connected to the other Konnekt in the setup Peter s Konnekt and it is set to slave to external Sample Rate If Sync Source is set to Internal the sample rate must be set The options are 44 1 kHz 48 kHz 88 2 kHz 96 kHz 176 4 kHz 192 kHz The sample rate is typically set by your host application e g Cubase LE If you e g play a 44 1 kHz project the sample rate automatically shifts to 44 1 kHz If you later load and play a 48kHz song the sample rate shifts to 48 kHz Though Konnekt receives information about the sample rate it still provides the actual digital clock Lock Status Various lock status indications can be given Internal Lock Indicates that the system is locked to the Konnekt unit set as clock master External Lock Indicates that the system is locked to an external digital device connected to the Konnekt set as clock master No Reference External sync on the Konnekt set as master is unobtainable Check connections and external device SYSTEM SETTINGS amp
45. h Fabrik C or both ROUTING MODES The following example is from Cubase LE Fabrik R Routing As opposed to Fabrik C Fabrik R will be typically be used as a send effect from the host application This means that you will listen to the effect while recording but not actually record the reverb Go to the VST inputs and select e g Konnekt 24D mic inst line 1 to select the frontpanel input 1 Activate the input pressing the power button Go to the Mixer page in the TC Near control page Send to Fabrik R from ch 1 using the send knob and adjust the Fabrik R main mix level Fabrik R send level for channel 1 Fabrik R return level That s it 3l 32 WDM DRIVER WDM handling Windows only Select TCNear WDM Audio for both Sound playback WDM is Windows audio driver system and is used for Windows sounds media player and other applications that don t support ASIO Also applications such as PowerDVD uses WDM as audio driver system Konnekt is able to handle both WDM and ASIO at the same time If you wish you can listen to background music from your media player or watch a DVD movie while working with your audio application at the same With the current version of the Konnekt software you imie can use two WDM input channels and two WDM output channels The input channels are fixed to mic inst line in 1 and 2 and the output channels are fix
46. he XLR connection balanced Connect a microphone and your signal is processed via the IMPACT mic pre amps For condenser microphones activate phantom power See also 6 on the following page The Input LEDs 4 indicate the level of the input signal If the red O L LED is lit your signal is too hot and you should press PAD INST to attenuate the signal by 20dB 10 O L line in monit ch1 2 on chi ch p Ser dsp total recall phones rear pe P3 muting eRe The 1 4 jack connection Press PAD INST to activate this circuit cn1 pad inst N The 1 4 jack part of the connector is high quality Hi Z circuit that is designed especially for connecting a passive guitar pick up system e g Strat type directly The jack inputs on the front panel are unbalanced If you wish to connect balanced equipment using TRS jacks you should connect via the line inputs on the rear panel Important R If you use the 1 4 jack part of the Combo jack xlr connection PAD INST must be set to in position 3 Pad Inst selectors The PAD INSTRUMENT selector can attenuate the input sensitivity by 20dB on the XLR section of the connector If you cannot attenuate the signal sufficiently using the GAIN TRIM knob you should use the 20 position This is typical when connecting line level instruments 4 FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW KONNEKT 24D
47. k C is set up as an insert effect using Cubase LE Selectthe track on which you wish to insert Fabrik Select Fabrik as insert effect EN Activate the Fabrik R killdry function via the Fabrik R page in the TC Near control panel 01 Plug In mode or Internal mode ere Plug In mode is the mode to use when you are using Fabrik R as a send or return effect from your host Effect application In this example Cubase Delay Distortion Internal mode is the mode to use if you are using Dynamics Filter Fabrik plug ins from the TC Near Control panel k k k k Konnekk k Fabrik Modulation Fabrik R Other k Reverb k ia v k Select Plug In mode for the Fabrik C plug in Effect running on Konnekt 240 KONNEKT DSP SETTINGS ROUTING PLUG IN MODE w FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW KONNEKT 24D mic inst 43 N mic inst chi phan 30 10 0 1 inst ud 30 1 1 FireWire Power LED indicator When Konnekt is hooked up via FireWire the blue LED can indicate the following Steady lit Sufficient power Flashing Uploading firmware hardware error or FireWire communication error Off The Konnekt has no connection to the driver maybe because the driver is not installed 2 Mic Inst ch1 ch2 on Combo XLR Jack Combo XLR Jack inputs Both XLR and 1 4 inch jack can be used with this connector T
48. key and move the mouse still holding the left mouse button pressed to select desired values e Release mouse button to release the grid 47 FABRIK C The Limiter gt default E BAND v LIMIT THRES 0 3 48 BvPass N i 3dB Fabrik C also holds a Limiter The Limiter is used to prevent overloads occurring at extreme and occasional peaks the source material peaks that may not be caught and attenuated sufficiently in the Compressor As the Limiter can be used to limit the extreme the Compressor can be used to apply a much more musical and gentle compression Threshold Range 12dB to OdB The Threshold sets the max amount allowed to pass through the Limiter We recommend a setting of 0 1dB as maximum De Esser MID 5 E E i 1 ma Gum ET z D 25 dB 24 18 ANNMAN TIT De Esser is compressor type used to reduce only specific sibilant frequencies Typically the 55 sounds can be far too dominant on a vocal track and the track would therefore often benefit from being processed by a De Esser The De Esser also comes in handy when working with background vocal tracks with many voices dubbing the s sounds from the lead track The De Esser works in both 3 band and Full band modes Bypass Use Bypass to activate or deactivate the De Esser Amount Range 0 t
49. lt you will be directed to the default location for Konnekt presets Only presets located in the default file locations for TC Near control panel will be visible in the drop down menu SAVE By selecting Save you can save your preset to any folder on the system that you have write access to including any shared folder By default presets are saved to the default location for the TC Near control panel presets 16 P1 P2 amp P3 Konnekt 24D The TC Near control panel has 3 preset locations to which you can load and save presets from These presets are total recall and holds all settings on all pages except for the Fabrik plug ins 25 SETUP PAGE NEAR CONTROLPANEL m 0 ON MIXER DIRECT MONITORING e SOURCE DAW line 3 4 LIGHT RING ASSIGN nonitor chi ch 3 4 use OPTICAL S PDIF SOURCE DAW optical spdif SYNC SOURCE C 1 5 S PDIF i S OPTICAL COAXIAL S PDIF SAMPLE RATE 44 1 kHz i Front pane DSP TOTAL RECALL E t c electronic 26 SETUP PAGE Input Section Analog Input Section Digital 1 Ch1 Ch2 auto sensing input To process an external digital signal it is imperative that Channel 1 2 connections on the front panel are auto Konnekt is able to lock to this signal The lock status is sensing They automatically detect whether you have indicated in this section connected an XLR plug microphone or 1 4 jack
50. nits connected FireWire a computer and an ADAT interface e We assigned the nick names Konnekt and Peter s Konnekt to the two Konnekt units nick names are set on the Setup page The intention is to sync the entire setup to the ADAT interface Set Clock Master on the System Settings page to Peter s Konnekt as this is is the physical Konnekt unit that will determine the clock master Set Sync Source to ADAT as this is the connection on the Clock Master unit that you would like to sync to That is basically it The Sample Rate should only be set if Internal Clock source is selected 35 SYSTEM SETTINGS Example 2 Konnekt Jitter Rejection CD Player Optical S PDIF d Susu kc Pearse ee an Nickname m FIREWIRE ITU 1394 if line outputs tne inputs at Suman 950798 Nickname COAX S PDIF M4000 ma ume mocan conme 5 5 m s gt 7 1 N In this setup we have player the system CD players are in terms of digital clock uncontrollable and can in only act as masters Thanks to the DICE II FireWire chip with integrated JetPLL jitter rejection technology Konnekt24D 8 provides you with a very high clock quality Not only does Konnekt provide a hi
51. o 100 While listening move the slider from left to right set appropriate amount of de essing A De Esser reduces certain high end frequencies and you should not set the Amount parameter higher than necessary 48 Routing modes Two routing modes can be selected via the Routing mode drop down menu ROUTING INTERNAL um INTERNAL PLUG IN MODE Plug In mode must be selected when Fabrik C is used as VST plug in Internal mode Use internal mode when Fabrik C is used without a host program with VST facilities Example Typically You would record thru the Fabrik C channel strip adding limited compression and EQ In this case Internal mode should be selected Later when mixing you would probably use the Fabrik C as a good channel strip inserted as VST on a channel The Plug In mode would be the correct choice FABRIK C At 96kHz USE FABRIK FABRIK 96kHz USE At 96kHz and 88 2 it is not possible to run both the Fabrik C and the Fabrik R plug ins Select either Fabrik C or Fabrik R 49 FABRIK R Introduction Fabrik R is based on the innovative Meta Intuitive Navigation Technology that redefines the way you use professional audio plug ins for professional results Fabrik R combines four TC Reverb algorithms in one single plug in Thanks to the Meta Intuitive Navigation Technology it is a breeze to find the sound you are looking for If you want to a
52. on 13 Sample Rate Options are 44 1 kHz Both Fabrik R and Fabrik C available 48 kHz Both Fabrik R and Fabrik C available 88 2 kHz Fabrik or Fabrik C available 96 kHz Fabrik R or Fabrik C available No effects included in Konnekt 8 30 What routing should choose The are two main situations that calls for different routings Recording and Mixing In this section we will look at both and use Cubase LE and Cubase SX as host applications Recording use internal mode In the typical recording situation you wish to Monitor the source with no latency Record source signal Either dry or processed the Fabrik C channel strip or both of them simultaneously Normally when working with a microphone and a standard pre amp you will add slight compression and EQ from the pre amp and record this signal only However with Konnekt it is very easy to set up and record two individual tracks simultaneously one unprocessed and one processed Listen to the Fabrik R reverb on the source signal as cue reverb without recording the reverb This is set up the following way e Select Internal mode for both Fabrik C and Fabrik R via the Fabrik pages FABRIK C ROLITING Internal made ww FABRIK R ROLITING Fabrik C Routing e n DAW VST Input section you may select which input or inputs to record This is where you select whether you record the dry source signal or the source signal processed throug
53. on Combined with the Limiter the compression section can be used in a musical way without worrying about overshoots Main features e Built in MINT Meta Intuitive Navigation Technology e Three main sections with TC technology EQ de esser and compressor e Intuitive and easy control of dedicated parameters Instant gratification e 4 band parametric EQ e Scalable de esser 3 band full band compressor Important Limiter Two routing modes can be selected via the Routing e Control multiple parameters with few knobs mode drop down menu e 48 bit double precision ROUTING INTERNAL INTERNAL Access the Fabrik C channel strip by um d PCIE pressing the Fabrik C tab KT 24D 24D SYSTEM SETTINGS Plug in mode must be selected when Fabrik C is used as VST plug in SETUP Internal mode Use internal mode when Fabrik is used 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4 REFUGE CEDE without a host program with VST facilities 38 FABRIK C Overview TC NEAR CONTROLPANEL v poom SYSTEM SETTINGS e se ERR R e ROUTING iNTERNAL v AT 96kHz USE BYPASS 2 BYPASS EQ BANDS ON OFF 1 2 3 4 COMP V 01 dB IR mJ D 0 0dB d i o GUITAR CHOIR HORNS 100Hz ikHz 10kHz SOURCE SELECTION sN E SUME P DOdB Shelve em
54. oring With effects and also between networked units e Intuitive control panel with automatic input detection e programs for total recall of internal routing mixer and effects settings FireWire bus powered e DICEII digital interface chip with JETtm Jitter Elimination Technology Low latency drivers WDM ASIO and CoreAudio including Intel Macs e Dual headphone outputs one with auto speaker muting 24 bit 192kHz sampling rate e Sample accurate MIDI e 14 14 1 0 2 mic inst line 2 line inputs and 4 line outputs 8 ADAT and 2 S PDIF optical and coaxial inputs and outputs Cubase LE included Built in Tuner displayed both via TC Near Control panel and front panel lightring e Built in real time DSP effects Fabrik R reverb and Fabrik C channel strip based on MINT Fabrik Plug ins also integrate as VST plug ins Assimilator Konnekt Native Fingerprint EQ 8 Outstanding IMPACT TM mic pre amps True Hi Z guitar inputs dedicated circuits for guitar and bass Frontpanel control of internal mixer parameters Analog volume control for perfect integration with powered speakers Network up to 4 units the TC NEAR 1394 FireWire based network to get more inputs and outputs Direct monitoring e Intuitive control panel with automatic input detection FireWire bus powered e DICEII digital interface chip with JETtm Jitter Elimination Technology Low latency drivers WD
55. ound quality from input through built in real time effects to the recording application Two combo inputs on the front panel combine outstanding mic pre amp quality with true Hi Z guitar optimized inputs The light ring gives you easy access instant control and visual feedback on important parameters directly from the front panel You can stack up to four Konnekts together using TC NEAR Network Expandable Audio Recording to obtain massive amount of I O and effects channels If you are working with active monitors you ll be delighted with the analog volume control that ensures a wide dynamic range Dual headphone outputs are convenient when you re two in studio and one of the headphone outputs comes with an auto speaker muting function If you don t need all the or the DSP effects choose Konnekt 8 which is a non DSP version of Konnekt 24D with less 1 The Fabrik C channel strip and Fabrik R reverb known from TC s PowerCore platform are built into the Konnekt 24D and they work even when the unit is used in stand alone mode Konnekt 24D also includes Assimilator Konnekt which is an extremely powerful equalization tool that learns the frequency curve of one piece of audio so it can be applied to another audio file Ideal for analyzing and copying EQ curves of individual instruments voices or reference mixes It truly shines when applied to align the frequency response of different tracks recorded at different times compiled to ap
56. pear on the same album One manual for both Konnekt 24D and Konnekt 8 This manual covers both Konnekt 24D and Konnekt 8 Konnekt 8 has the exact same high quality as Konnekt 24D but with less options and no effects processing Fabrik C Fabrik R and Assimilator Features that are omitted in Konnekt 8 are generally marked with Konnekt 24D only We urge you to look at the product compare chart on page 5 The screenshots in the manual derive from Konnekt 24D Should this manual leave any of your questions unanswered please use the TC Support service which you can access via our website www tcelectronic com Over a period of time we will collect the most frequently asked questions and update the manual accordingly Manual updates are available for download from our website in PDF format Support for Cubase LE Please search answers via http www steinberg net knowledgebase or http www cubase net Upgrades are available from http www steinberg net cubaseL Eupgrade 240 8 FEATURE COMPARE CHART 24 Outstanding IMPACT mic pre amps True Hi Z guitar inputs dedicated circuits for guitar and bass Frontpanel control of internal mixer parameters Analog volume control for perfect integration with powered speakers e Network up to 4 units the NEAR 1394 FireWire based network to get more inputs outputs and effects channels e Full feature direct monit
57. pply live vibe to your vocals and instruments use the Live Reverb For vocals that need a larger quality choose the Hall Reverb For that sound of the past and for drums and percussion apply the Plate Reverb you re working with guitars try the Club Reverb which also works great with vocals Within each reverb you ll find it very easy to adjust any setting to your own liking You won t waste time with nitty gritty preset adjustments all you really have to worry about is using your ears Main features e Built In Meta Intuitive Navigation Technology e Four new TC reverbs FabrikLive FabrikHall FabrikPlate FabrikClub e ntuitive and easy control of dedicated parameters Instant gratification e Exceptionally good for vocals drums amp percussion and instruments e Perfectly emulates that illustrious live ambience e Control multiple parameters with few knobs e 48 bit double precision Important Access the Fabrik R channel strip by Two routing modes can be selected via the Routing pressing the Fabrik R tab mode drop down menu ROOTING INTERNAL SETTINGS mm w INTERNAL PLUG IN MODE T 43 CH 4 Plug in mode must be selected when Fabrik is used as VST plug in Internal mode Use internal mode when Fabrik C is used without a host program with VST facilities 50 FABRIK R Overview TC NEAR CONTROLPANEL VOW KONNEKT 24D Mix
58. r aux N e 1 e non Nmax muting push pan user gain trim gain trim source level p e electronic Please refer to the description of the Konnekt 24D front panel on the previous pages The next few lines monitor ch select phones AUX In The AUX IN LED and button replace the DSP recall describe the variations on Konnekt 8 functions on the Konnekt 24D Press the AUX IN button to monitor the signal present on the AUX inputs on the rear panel The LED indicates when AUX monitoring is enabled PD o MIDI s pdif line outputs line inputs aux L ch1 L aux R Ch2 R bus powered firewire DO ch2 main R Please refer to the description of the Konnekt 24D back panel on the previous pages The next few lines describe the variations on Konnekt 8 Aux L and Aux R External line instruments can be connected to the aux inputs for monitoring purposes To monitor the aux inputs press the AUX IN button on the front panel Signals present on these inputs cannot be recorded The following features have been omitted from the Konnekt 8 Optical inputs outputs Line outputs 3 4 Line inputs 3 4 15 SETUP STUDIO Active speqkers LINE IN CH 3 4 Power supply REAR VIEW ij ch3 L chi in L dd chi L
59. r mix on off System settings page CTRL S Alternate between devices 1104 System Settings CTRL S 64 APPENDIX DICE BACKGROUND The Konnekts use the brand new TC developed DICE Il digital interface chip from TC Applied Technologies The DICE Il chip provides a very stable digital clock to ensure jitter free digital signal flow all the way through the device Digital sound quality is not just digital sound quality having a stable digital clock is crucial to the sound quality Get perfect alignment of all your digital signals With integrated JET tm technology the Konnekt is able to perfectly align all digital signals from external digital sources This means that all supported digital formats will be aligned to ensure maximal digital quality JET patent pending Next generation of jitter elimination and sync handling based on experience from TC flag ship System 6000 EQ station and AIR speakers DICE II has been specially developed high performing digital interfaces S PDIF ADAT 1394 and AD DA DICE Il is based on many years of research and experience from making products for the top professional market including studios and broadcast industry The DICE II s hardware based FireWire audio streaming engine ensures robust glitch free performance independent of how many channels are being streamed APPENDIX TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Digital Inputs and Outputs Connector S PDIF Formats
60. reWire bus If your computer has one or more FireWire connections on the chassis they will typically run on the same FireWire bus You may connect the Konnekt to one of these If you intend to run more FireWire devices simultaneously such as e g an external hard drive we recommend running this device on a separate bus This would typically be on an installed FireWire PCI card Note that such a FireWire PCI card typically has 3 ports but these also operate on a single bus Software installation We recommend installing the software before connecting the Konnekt e Refer to the Konnekt Installation Guide supplied in the package and on the Konnekt CD If you are familiar with software installation procedures in general you may simply insert the accompanying CD ROM in your computer s CD drive and follow the instructions TC Near control panel If Konnekt drivers are installed correctly you are able to open the TCNear control panel On Windows computers Press Start Programs TC Electronic TC Near The TC Near can also be accessed via the Windows Control panel On Mac computers Applications TC Near You may also start the application from System Preferences 24 TC ELECTRONIC does support Cubase Please refer to the Cubase manual for general and detailed information Konnekt and Cubase Cubase LE is delivered with Konnekt If you choose to use Cubase as your host application you can follow this short g
61. resent on S PDIF Digital In User The Setup page allows you to setup which channel channels are monitored when User is selected The options will vary depending on the connected devices It is also possible to assign a level control of a channel to the LED light ring via the Mixer page on the TC Near computer user interface by pressing the light ring icon on the channel of your choice 5 11 Output level Sets the output level of analog outputs 1 2 and of the head phone outputs 12 DSP Total Recall Konnekt 24D only Three program settings can be stored in locations P1 P2 and P3 These programs are total recall presets recalling settings from both mixer page setup page and plug in pages Total recall of Fabrik plug in settings does not apply when routing is set to plug in mode 12 AUX Konnekt 8 only On Konnekt 8 this section is replaced by a AUX switch th select phones r aux in UP 2 7 mut The AUX switch allows you to monitor the signal present on the AUX inputs rear panel An ideal function if you want to monitor e g a keyboard thru the AUX inputs N 13 Phones muting Connect a set of headphones here Main outputs will be muted 14 Phones non muting Connect a set of headphones here Signal is still passed to Main outputs Bus Power Konnekt 24D and Konnekt 8 are able to work with FireWire bus power With FireWire bus power the device is powered directly from the
62. ression Control C and the Level Control 1 handle the distribution of compression and Level between the 3 bands In Full band mode these controls are redundant and not available In Full band mode only Source select S and Gain G apply Full band mode The Compressor is in Full band mode when 3 band is not marked See pages 39 40 for application examples of the Full band mode Adjusting Parameters Compressor section As described in the previous section the parameters on the 4 Compression pages are adjusted simply by grabbing and moving the S 1 handles however a few extra cool features are available Grid On the Source pages the S handle moves in vertical and horizontal directions only but on the Compression Control Level and Gain pages the L and handles move freely in all directions You may however see the advantage of moving the handle in one direction only Therefore it is possible to lock a direction in a grid d COMPRESSOR CONTROL LEVEL CONTROL LOW MID HIGH LOW A MID HIGH R 94 095 3 0 96 450 95 4 5 dB 2098 Grab the 1 handle using the left mouse button Press and hold the Alt key Mac Command key while moving the mouse a circle The compass function Is now active and you can select one of 2 to 6 directions Release the Alt key Mac Command
63. s In this menu you can activate deactivate the Konnekt inputs and also label these for your own convenience ASIO channel names Port The left column describes the physical input ports on Konnekt The center column holds on off buttons for the inputs In the right column you are able to assign a name of your choice to each input Depending on the selected sample rate there are limitations on available digital channels Please refer to the appendix section to see the ASIO channel names and distribution VST Inputs MicAnst ch 1 ch 2 M IN10 In Cubase LE for Macintosh the VST inputs are not named automatically However you may enter channel names of you choice For Konnekt 24D we suggest using the names as they appear in the screenshot above QUICK SETUP GUIDE In the example on the previous page we have labeled the two front panel inputs Mic Inst ch 1 and Mic Inst ch 2 We have also activated those inputs by pressing the power button e Exit the VST Inputs menu Create an audio track via Project Add track audio Cubase LE Praject Untitled err NIS IRIS Selected Audio 01 0 00 0 00 in Micnst ch 1 BUS 1 Now you need to select the input and output for that track e Click on the in field as illustrated above Now select one of the inputs that we earlier setup in the VS
64. s including amplifiers that produce heat Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature ac
65. sing the front panel inputs or rear panel inputs for channels 1 2 Rear panel inputs are balanced line inputs device that you don t use in music production to Line inputs 1 2 on the rear panel Use the Line In switch to alternate between front and rear panel inputs ix Connect a TV a radio tuner or any secondary Source Level push to control Pan Controls the level or pan position of the selected channel The light ring shows the level or pan position of the selected channel By default the Source Level knob controls the source level of the selected channel Press once and turn the knob to pan the signal Leave the knob untouched for 1 second and it will automatically return to volume control function Monitor LEDs Indicate which channel is monitored Select channels using the Ch Select button Ch Select The LED light ring around the SOURCE level knob indicates the source level of channel you have selected or the pan position if the Source Level knob 8 has been pushed Select between monitoring the following channels Ch 1 Front or rear panel input channel 1 Ch 2 Front or rear panel input channel 2 mc Select between channel 1 2 front and ch1 2 on rear panel OS rear panel using the Line in switch on the front panel FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW KONNEKT 24D Ch 3 4 Konnekt 24D Channels 3 4 note that channel 3 4 are always linked DI Konnekt 8 Monitor the signal p
66. st press Inst Pad to activate the input This is also indicated on the setup page PRESS INST PAD Ch3 Ch4 Connections for line channels 3 4 are located on the rear panel Channels 4 10 11 Input Meters These meters indicate the level of the signal present on the input channels Best signal to noise ratio is achieved when the input signal only occasionally peaks at 0 Adjust the level on the sending device Clip LED RED When the Clip LED is lit the signal is too hot Reduce the level on the sending device to compensate Fabrik C symbols for channels 1 2 Press the symbol to activate deactivate the Fabrik C channel strip plug in Adjustment of Fabrik C parameters is done via the Fabrik C page Send Use the SEND knobs to send signal from each channel to the Fabrik R reverb To actually hear the reverb make sure that Fabrik R is active Pan Pan left right using the left mouse button Press Ctrl Shift and left mouse button to center Out Level Master out level Light Ring Assignment va All faders with the light ring indication can O be assigned to the source controller on the front panel When assigned the light ring on the front panel displays the fader position Digital Channels The configuration of the digital channels is set via the Setup page Please refer to the description on the following pages 23 THE CONTROL PANEL MIXER PAGE 12 DAW Main meters and fader 13
67. t is covered by this certificate and marked with CE label conforms with following standards EN 60065 Safety requirements for mains IEC 60065 operated electronic and related apparatus for household and similar general use EN 55103 1 Product family standard for audio video audio visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use Part 1 Emission EN 55103 2 Product family standard for audio video audio visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use Part 2 Immunity With reference to regulations in following directives 73 23 EEC 89 336 EEC Issued in Risskov August 2006 Mads Peter L beck Chief Executive Officer TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Safety Instructions a APPENDIX amp Certificate of Conformity b Signal Flow Konnekt 24D 60 Table of contents 3 Signal Flow Konnekt 8 61 iu RIA boy ra 4 Appendix ASIO channel names Konnekt 8 62 Konnekt 24D 8 compare chart 5 Appendix ASIO channel names Konnekt 24D 63 Quick Setup guide 6 opido ain facets Ao Sa e eet subi 64 Konnekt and Cubase ohortcut KEYS 3 54 et let A 64 Fabrik R amp Fabrik C as VST plug ins 8 DICE background 64 Technical Specifications
68. t value is 440Hz and the range is from 438 to 445 7 Mute Press to mute the output of the tuner Excellent if you need to tune visually only 8 Scale modes The following scale modes are available via the drop down menu Chromatic scale Chrematic scale for bass C major scale C major gale for bass Guitar 5 open stringa Guitar 7 open strings Bass 4 open strings Bass 5 open strings Bass 6 open strings Banjo Bluegrass 59 APPENDIX SIGNAL FLOW KONNEKT 24D Phantom Line In on 48v ch 3 4 O Combi Jack XLR front ch Line In ch 1 From DAW Combi Jack XLR front ch 2 Line In ch 2 rear Line In ch 3 N rear A D Line In ch 4 A D rear S PDIF or optical S PDIF 1 ADAT 1 8 ADAT 1 6 S PDIF 60 Optical S PDIF computer Fabrik FW 3 FW 9 16 Firewire IEEE 1394 From computer FW 7 8 DAW Ch I main L Monitor Mix DSP Phones Fabrik R Phones muting FW 3 D A 2 Ch Firewire 1394 optical S PD PDIF DAT or F Combi Jack XLR front ch Line In ch 1 rear Combi Jack XLR front ch 2 Line In ch 2 rear AUX ch 3 rear AUX ch 4 rear S PD F Inputs Phantom 48v Line In on ch 1 2 O APPENDIX SIGNAL FLOW KONNEKT 8 To computer From computer FW 1 2 DAW Ch
69. uide to setup Konnekt with Cubase Cubase Installation In the following we assume that you have already followed the Installation Guide Close all running applications Insert the Konnekt ROM in your CD rom drive e The Konnekt Installer most likely opens automatically Close the application as we assume you have previously followed the Installer once e Browse the CD and click on the Cubase LE setup exe file located in the Cubase LE folder Follow the installation procedure to install Cubase Windows During the installation procedure you will be asked to enter a serial number This number is found on the CD label Mac Unlike the Windows installation procedure it is not required to enter any serial number Selecting Konnekt as your audio interface in Cubase Open Cubase Goto Devices Device Setup Device Setup Setup Add Remove Number of Disk Buffers EIE Disk Butter Size ASIO Driver Devices All MIDI Inputs Default MIDI Ports DirectMusic VST System Link Video Player Windows MIDI Control Panel Release ASIO Driver in Background Direct Monitoring Expert QUICK SETUP GUIDE Select VST Multitrack in the left column Select ASIO as Master ASIO Driver via the drop down menu in the right side of the display Click OK Cubase Project examples Create a new empty project Go to Devices VST Input
70. y Included FireWire Bus Powered Power Consumption Warranty Parts and labor without notice 1 4 Phone Jack Ground sensing design 100 Ohm 40 dBu lt gt 12 dBu analog gain scale 12 dBu lt 94 dB 0 002 1 kHz 1 dBFS gt 111 dB A gt 108 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 0 0 1 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz lt 100 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 24 bit 128 x oversampling bitstream 0 70 ms 0 65 ms 44 1 kHz 48 kHz 2 x 1 4 Phone Jack Stereo 80 Ohm 80 dBu lt gt 16 dBu 300 ohm analog gain scale lt 94 dB 0 002 1 kHz 1 dBFS 2103 dB A gt 100 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 0 0 1 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 100 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 200mW 93mW EN 55103 1 and EN 55103 2 FCC part 15 Class B CISPR 22 Class B IEC 60065 EN 60065 UL6500 and CSA E60065 CSA FILE LR108093 32 F to 122 0 C to 50 C 22 to 167 30 C to 70 90 non condensing In Out 5 Pin DIN IEEE 1394a IEC 61883 9 5 x 1 75 x 9 241 5 x 44 x 226 mm 3 3 Ib 1 5 kg Acrylic front panel Plated and coated steel back plate Anodized aluminum cover 3 LED s pr channel 12V DC Adapter for 90 to 240 VAC 50 to 60 Hz auto select 8 to 30 VDC 14 W 1 year Please note Technical specifications are subject to change 65

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