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User's Manual
30+30 Band
Digital Equalizer
CONTROL60
R
LTO
www.altoproaudio.com
Version 2.3 September 2005
English
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PREFACE Dear Customer: Thanks for choosing LTO CONTROL60 and thanks for choosing one of the results of LTO AUDIO TEAM job and researches. For our LTO AUDIO TEAM, music and sound are more than a job...are first of all passion and let us say our obsession! We have been designing professional audio products for a long time in cooperation with some of the major brands in the world in the audio field. The LTO line presents unparalleled analogue and digital products made by Musicians for Musicians in
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................4 2. FEATURE LIST ......................................................................................................................................4 3. CONTROL ELEMENTS..........................................................................................................................4 3.1 The Front Panel 3.2 The Rear Pane
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1. INTRODUCTION Purchasing LTO CONTROL60, you purchase a very powerful equalizer, easy to use and contain in a very efficient single unit rack package. Our new CONTROL60 is a versatile and very powerful parametric/graphic PRE-EQ. It is based on 2 extremely powerful high speed 24 32-bit DSPs and very high quality 20-bit A/D and 24-bit D/A converters, preserving the pureness of analogue sound in your digital applications. It can be operated in 6 different modes: Graphic 2 30 Dual Mono 1/3 oct(GR.D
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4.2 Installation a. Standard Use The CONTROL60 may be placed almost anywhere: on a table, on top of an amp, next to a mixing console. If it will be on furniture, check the rubber feet provided to the bottom of the unit. Make sure to place the CONTROL60 away from other audio equipment that may induce fields, and away from the signal wiring. It is possible that CONTROL60 may pick up noise fields generated by other equipment such as large power amplifiers; in this case, move the CONTROL60 until the
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source (instrument or mic) into the CONTROL60 before the mixer's channel input. Usually, insert connections require a special, stereo-splitting Y-cord to be connected, known as TRS connector. This connector has a stereo jack which plugs into mixer's channel insert socket, and a couple of mono jacks (input and output) which will plug into CONTROL60 via jack-XLR adapters. Fitting this kind of cabling will virtually insert into one mixer's channel the EQ process. Take good care in adjusting CONTROL
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To load the preset. If the EQ is Dual Mono (DM), first choose the channel with the Channel key. It is very important that the preset to be loaded belong to the same type (PAR ST, MN, etc) indicated in the upper right corner to the window. If the user tries to load a different type or EMPTY preset, a warning "NO LOAD- ING" will be shown. To return to main menu select the item RET and press ENTER. b. Store Preset With this function the user can store a preset into one of the 63 locations available
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With Up/Down select one of the 6 possible EQ type (ex. Parametric mono 1 60). Selection is shown reversing the item. To confirm press enter. The following warning will be shown to the user: If confirmed, the system will load the new EQ type with a default preset. Whatever editing info which was not stored will be lost. Use UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT key to select one of the 4 fields. Use ENTER to access selected function sub-menu. If the CONTROL60 is already working on UTILITY menu, each further use of
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With the dial knob the parameter values can be changed (no confirmation needed). To get back to the main menu select RET and press ENTER. These two are system parameters and do not belong to any preset. 4.3.2 EDIT EQ Press EDIT key, the related LED on, this screen will present: Use UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT to select an item; filter number, Gain, Freq, Bandwidth. If the selected item is filter number, then with the dial knob it's possible to change it between 1 and 60 PEQ or GEQ if EQ type is Mono, oth
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Use UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT to select between Freq, Order relative to HP and LP (Butter worth). Dial changes selected values, while updating the graphics, the asterisk will be shown as above. The filter will be inserted into the signal path in real time (no confirmation needed). 4.3.4 AUX Press AUX key (the related LED is ON), this screen will present: Use UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT to select between Delay Adjust, Delay Fine, Output Volumes and Input Gain. Dial changes selected values, no confirmation is nee
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Notes: If the system is in bypass whatever control change command is ignored, except controller # 86. Select the channel to edit by means of the controller 0 (bank). If the type of EQ is Graphic or Parametric mono (1x60), assign to controller 84 (Mode) the value to edit the first 30 filters and the value 1 to edit the following 30 filters. At EQ type change, the system loads a default preset belonging to the same EQ type. Warnings: 1. Before starting a MIDI session please set on the Control60 th
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Bandwidth 0.05 oct - 3 oct step 0.05 oct (value = d u) d\u 01 234 5 6 7 8 9 0 0,05 0,1 0,15 0,2 0,25 0,3 0,35 0,4 0,45 0,5 10 0,55 0,6 0,65 0,7 0,75 0,8 0,85 0,9 0,95 1 20 1,05 1,1 1,15 1,2 1,25 1,3 1,35 1,4 1,45 1,5 30 1,55 1,6 1,65 1,7 1,75 1,8 1,85 1,9 1,95 2 40 2,05 2,1 2,15 2,2 2,25 2,3 2,35 2,4 2,45 2,5 50 2,55 2,6 2,65 2,7 2,75 2,8 2,85 2,9 2,95 3 Input Gain & Output Volume 12dB/ 12dB step 0.5dB (value = d u) d\u 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 12.0dB 11.5dB 11.0dB 10.5dB 10.0dB 09.5dB 09.0dB 08.5d
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6.TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Parametric Filters Gain /+15dB step 0.5dB Freq 20Hz 20KHz step 1/12 oct 0.05oct 3oct step 0.05oct Bandwidth High pass Butterworth Band Pass Filters Freq 20Hz 20KHz step 1/12 oct nd st Bypass, 1 ord ( 6dB/oct), 2 ord ( 12dB/oct) Slope Low pass Butterworth 20Hz 20KHz Step 1/12 oct Freq st Slope Bypass, 1 ord ( 6dB/oct), 2 ord ( 12dB/oct nd AUX Section Delay line Up to 512 ms min step 21us Digital input gain /+12dB step 0.5dB Digital output volume /+12dB step 0.5dB Analog
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7. WARRANTY 1. WARRANTY REGISTRATION CARD To obtain Warranty Service, the buyer should first fill out and return the enclosed Warranty Registration Card within 10 days of the Purchase Date. All the information presented in this Warranty Registration Card gives the manufacturer a better understanding of the sales status, so as to purport a more effective and efficient after-sales warranty service. Please fill out all the information carefully and genuinely, miswriting or absence of this card will
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SEIKAKU TECHNICAL GROUP LIMITED No. 1, Lane 17, Sec. 2, Han Shi West Road, Taichung 40151 Taiwan http://www.altoproaudio.com Tel: 886-4-22313737 email: alto@altoproaudio.com Fax: 886-4-22346757 All rights reserved to ALTO. All features and content might be changed without prior notice. Any photocopy, translation, or reproduction of part of this c manual without written permission is forbidden. Copyright 2005 SEIKAKU GROUP NF01202-2.3
