Heritage Audio Super 8 User Manual

8 channel transformer class a mic preamp with premium 24 bit 192k adc rackmount

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8 CHANNEL TRANSFORMER
CLASS A MIC PREAMP WITH PREMIUM 24 BIT 192K ADC
RACKMOUNT
USER MANUAL
March/2022 Rev. 1.0.

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  • Page 1 8 CHANNEL TRANSFORMER CLASS A MIC PREAMP WITH PREMIUM 24 BIT 192K ADC RACKMOUNT USER MANUAL March/2022 Rev. 1.0.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Heritage Audio - Madrid, Spain © 2022 Heritage Audio S.L. is the sole owner of the copyright of all information and drawings contained in this manual which are not to be copied or reproduced by any means or disclosed in part or whole to any third party without written permission.
  • Page 3: Description

    DESCRIPTION The Súper 8 offers a fantastic, compact solution for when several high quality preamps and top class conversion is needed. Using our Class A 73 Preamp building experience we were able to fit 8 MIC/Line preamps into a sturdy 2 unit rack. All 8 are faithful to our 3 stage all Class A design with Carnhill transformers fitted at the input and the output.
  • Page 4: Getting Started

    GETTING STARTED FRONT INPUT GAIN SWITCH MIC INPUT IMPEDANCE MIC PAD PUSH BUTTON OUTPUT ATTENUATOR HIGH PASS FILTER 5dB Steps From 30 to 80 (Lo z) - 20db Pad, Ahead of the Input Attenuates from 0 to Infinity -3dB at 82Hz, Discrete Class A 1200ohm or 300ohm when Transformer pressed...
  • Page 5 REAR 75 Ohm TERM PUSH 25 PIN D-SUB(DB25) 25 PIN D-SUB(DB25) 25 PIN D-SUB(DB25) INPUTS BUTTON CONNECTOR CONNECTOR OUTPUTS CONNECTOR INPUTS On Gold Plated XLRs Push to Activate Termination ADC Returns 1-8 Line Outputs 1-8 Line Inputs 1-8 BNC IN & OUT CONNECTOR AES/EBU or SPDIF PUSH AES/EBU &...
  • Page 6: Applications

    APPLICATIONS MIC PRE WITHOUT CONVERSION 1 - MIC INPUT KICK 2 - MIC INPUT SNARE SNARE 3 - MIC INPUT 4 - MIC INPUT HI HAT 5 - MIC INPUT TOM 1 6 - MIC INPUT TOM 2 7 - MIC INPUT OH - L OH - R 8 - MIC INPUT...
  • Page 7 LINE PROCESSING LINE INPUT 1-8 LINE OUTPUT 1-8 LINE LINE INPUTS OUTPUTS MONITOR SPEAKERS THUNDERBOLT COMPUTER...
  • Page 8 MIC PRE ADAT CONVERSION BUTTONS MUST BE PUSHED 1 - MIC INPUT KICK SET F.S. EXTERNAL 2 - MIC INPUT SNARE SNARE 3 - MIC INPUT 4 - MIC INPUT HI HAT 5 - MIC INPUT TOM 1 6 - MIC INPUT TOM 2 7 - MIC INPUT OH - L...
  • Page 9 EXTERNAL INPUT TO ADC BUTTONS NOT PUSHED 1 - MIC INPUT KICK 2 - MIC INPUT SNARE SNARE 3 - MIC INPUT 4 - MIC INPUT HI HAT 5 - MIC INPUT TOM 1 6 - MIC INPUT TOM 2 7 - MIC INPUT OH - L OH - R...
  • Page 10: Wiring For Db25 Connectors

    WIRING FOR DB25 CONNECTORS All DB25 multi pin connectors are TASCAM protocol. This same protocol is also used by AVID amongst many others, and is a follows: Pin-out for TASCAM DB25 8 Channel Balanced Connector H = HOT C = COLD G = GROUND The list of the DB25 connectors used and their corresponding channels are as follows: CHANNEL INPUTS 1-8:...
  • Page 11: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS ANALOG I/O • Microphone input impedance only channels 1 & 2: High: 1200 Ω minimum; Low: 300 Ω minimum. Higher gain positions gradually have greater impedances, optimum for low gain ribbon mics. Input is transformer balanced and floating. • Microphone input impedance only channels 3-8: High: 1200 Ω minimum. •...
  • Page 12: Signal Flow

    SIGNAL FLOW CHANNELS 1-2 MIC/LINE INPUT LINE OUTPUT HIGH PASS FILTER INPUT AMP PHASE OUTPUT AMP nalog igital onverter WORD CLOCK D.I. HPF FREQ SELECTOR CHANNELS 3-8 MIC/LINE INPUT LINE OUTPUT HIGH PASS FILTER INPUT AMP PHASE OUTPUT AMP nalog igital onverter WORD CLOCK...
  • Page 13: Trouble Shooting

    TROUBLE SHOOTING PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS There doesn´t appear to be any signal at all arriving at the Make sure the GAIN knob is not in the ´Off´ position. back XLR. There still doesn´t appear to be any signal at all arriving at Check to see if a jack cable has been left plugged into the the back XLR.
  • Page 14: Registration

    2 years to the original purchaser. In the event of such defects, the product will be repaired without charge or, at our option, replaced with a new one if delivered to Heritage Audio prepaid, together with a copy of the sales slip or other proof of purchase date.
  • Page 16 HERITAGE AUDIO. C/ Alfonso Gómez, 38, 3C. 28037 Madrid – Spain. Tel: +34 917 266 189 info@heritageaudio.com...

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