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Summary of Contents for TC Electronic C300
- Page 1 C300 DUAL STEREO GATE & COMPRESSOR U U S S E E R R ’ ’ S S M M A A N N U U A A L L...
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Page 3: Important Safety Instructions
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with an arrowhead The exclamation point within an symbol within an equilateral triangle is equilateral triangle is intended to alert intended to alert the user to the the user to the presence of important presence of uninsulated "dangerous volt- operating and maintenance (servicing) age"... -
Page 4: Certificate Of Conformity
This responsibility that following products: equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and C300 used in accordance with the instructions, may DUAL STEREO GATE & COMPRESSOR cause harmful interference to radio communications. -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
Compression basics ....16 Comp/Limiter mode - C300 ..17 Gate Expander mode - C300 ..18 New Style Compression - C300 . -
Page 6: Quick Start
Latest manual revision can always be downloaded from www.tcelectronic.com Manual revision number is found in the bottom - where C300 is split and operates as two 100% of page 3. separate mono engines. A typical application for this mode is using the two engines as insert effects on two different channels. -
Page 7: Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of your C300 Dual Stereo Gate/Compressor by TC Electronic C300 is an easy to use dual engine dynamics processor that gives you superior compression/ limiting and gate/expansion feasibilities. It features flexible control of the signal path, 16... -
Page 8: Front Panel Overview
The OVERLOAD LED can indicate various Serial mono: types of overload. By using only the Left input/Left output, C300 operates as two mono blocks in serial. LED will be on if: 1. The incoming digital or analog signal is too Serial Stereo: hot. -
Page 9: Front Panel
FRONT PANEL MIX / AMOUNT For compression effects the MIX/AMOUNT knob controls the mix between the processed and the direct signal. When set to 0% the engine is 100% bypassed. In Gate /Expander mode the knob controls the amount of damping. -
Page 10: Rear Panel Connections
C300 automatically detects if a digital signal is present on the S/PDIF input. When locked to a valid digital signal the DIGITAL IN LED on the front panel is lit. If C300 cannot lock to the digital input the analog inputs are used. -
Page 11: Signal Flow Diagram
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Page 12: Typical Setups
• Set routing to “dual mono” mode. • Now adjust the Makeup gain for level • Insert C300 engine 1 using a Y-split cable (or compensation. other appropriate cable). • Insert C300 engine 2 using a Y-split cable (or... - Page 13 • Select processing type for engines 1 and 2. Mono serial processing Bypass Engine 2 for Stereo single engine Connect a mono signal to the C300 left input processing. and listen on the C300 right output. • If you have selected a compression type Stereo (single engine processing) preset set the Makeup gain to 12 o’clock...
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Page 14: Cables - (Important)
CABLES C300 can be connected with standard insert cables but in some situations a better signal to noise ratio level can be obtained using slightly unconventional cable types. Type 1 Type 2 Type 1 and Type 2 cables are used when... - Page 15 CABLES Connecting to balanced equipment. When connecting to C300 outputs to downstream devices with balanced inputs you MUST use mono/unbalanced plugs in the C300 outputs. Type 3 Warning! Do NOT use balanced cables from the C300 outputs. This may introduce unwanted hum or noise.
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Page 16: Preset Applications
For pure speech and oratory signals, you expander mode and it delivers true multi-band should use the Speech preset. It is optimized processing. That means that the C300 does the for signals with a lesser dynamic fluctuation work for you – what was previously a complex than what you’ll find in e.g. - Page 17 PRESET APPLICATION is interchangeable with a lesser presence in the Toms dm - Toms “drum” mix. The multi-band Acoustic Guitar preset Tom toms span from small and higher pitched gives you a compressor that will preserve the sounds to large and lower pitched sounds. original subtleness and evenness of your Their relatively high attack and short decay instruments tone, and an expander that will...
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Page 18: Compression Basics
PRESET APPLICATION level on the input source, ensuring no noise in quiet pieces of the music. This preset is only featured in the gate/expander mode. Applied algorithm: Multi-band Expansion Hum-Cut As explained in the Hiss-cut preset description you can occasionally experience problems with hum in an incoming signal when you connect different types of devices. -
Page 19: C300 Processing
Keep an eye on the illustration below and let us gives the desired result. look at the basic compression parameters: The C300 programs assist you greatly in that respect as each program has preprogrammed The Threshold parameter - sets the limit attack and release times. -
Page 20: Gate Expander Mode - C300
For different purposes there are different Limiter Noise, whether it is hiss, hum or just types. The C300 limiter is a peak type limiter background noise is always a parameter to and it is automatically active on all program evaluate and deal with. -
Page 21: New Style Compression - C300
- If you make any you can avoid this unsatisfactory situation. level changes on the compressed or the direct C300 gives you a totally new approach and signal it will affect your stereo mix due to the some stunning results based on the thoughts lack of level-compensation in the two signals. -
Page 22: Appendix
APPENDIX SW Update Updating the C300 software is easy. Download the software application from www.tcelectronic.com. Connect the computers MIDI out to C300 MIDI in. C300 is always ready to receive such a software update. -
Page 23: Technical Specifications
APPENDIX - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Digital Input and Output Connector: RCA Phono (S/PDIF) Formats: S/PDIF (24 bit), EIAJ CP-340, IEC 958 Sample Rates: 48 kHz. (44.1 kHz only @ Digital Input) Processing Delay: 0.08 ms @ 48 kHz Frequency Response DIO: DC to 23.9 kHz ±...