Studer D19 MicVALVE - 2 Operation; Operating Elements

D19 MicVALVE
Date printed: 9.2.2000 Operation E2/1
2 OPERATION
2.1 Operating Elements
[1] POWER Switches the unit on or off. The unit is ready to operate with the factory
default settings. The subsequent settings remain stored in a Flash EPROM
after switching the unit off (unit contains no battery).
[2] Input dBu FS Rotary switch for coarse input sensitivity setting in 10 dB steps. OFF posi-
tion between microphone and line sensitivity setting ranges.
Mic: Range –40...+20 dBu
Line: Range +14 dBu, +24 dBu
[3] Fine Gain Potentiometer for fine input sensitivity setting.
Range of additional gain: 0...+15 dB.
Headroom: The input sensitivity setting is calibrated in dBu per full-scale. It represents
the dBu value of an analog input signal which causes a full-scale output of
the A/D converter.
Example: A studio works with +4 dBu nominal analog level and uses 12 dB head-
room; the peak level is therefore +16 dBu. The “Input dBu FS” rotary
switch [2] is set to +24 dBu (i.e. gain setting short by 8 dB), and the “Fine
Gain” potentiometer [3] increases the gain by 8 dB.
(Panel) Setting [dBu] = Nominal level [dBu] + Headroom [dB].
POWER
MicVALVE
D19 SERIES
PEAK HOLD SOFT CLIP
MODE SYNC
HOLD SOFT
48
44
VAR
INT
WCLK
AES
AUTO
16DI
16NS
20BIT
INSERT
VALVE 48 V
ROUTING Ø
INSERT
VALVE 48 V
ROUTING Ø
OVL
-1
-3
-6
-9
-12
-18
-24
-30
-40
-60
OVL
-1
-3
-6
-9
-12
-18
-24
-30
-40
-60
VALVE
INS
PRE
48 V
Ø
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
VALVE
INS
PRE
48 V
Ø
LEFT
Valve Drive
OFF
0
3
6 9
dB
12
15
Fine
Gain
Bass
Warmth
warm
cold
0
2
4 6
1
3
5
7
8
9
10
Angel
Zoom
max.
min.
0
2
4 6
1
3
5
7
8
9
10
dB
Gain
0
2
4 6
1
3
5
7
8
9
10
soft
Clip
hard
4
8
12 16
dBu FS
6
10
14
18
20
22
24
Line
Out
0
2
4 6
1
3
5
7
8
9
10
Input
dBu FS
+24
+10
-10
+20
0
-20
-30
-40
+14
Line Mic
RIGHT
Valve Drive
OFF
0
3
6 9
dB
12
15
Fine
Gain
Bass
Warmth
warm
cold
0
2
4 6
1
3
5
7
8
9
10
Angel
Zoom
max.
min.
0
2
4 6
1
3
5
7
8
9
10
dB
Gain
0
2
4 6
1
3
5
7
8
9
10
soft
Clip
hard
4
8
12 16
dBu FS
6
10
14
18
20
22
24
Line
Out
0
2
4 6
1
3
5
7
8
9
10
Input
dBu FS
+24
+10
-10
+20
0
-20
-30
-40
+14
Line Mic
[3][2][1] [4] [5] [6]
[16] [17]
[14] [15]
[8]
[9]
[10] [11]
[12]
[13]
[7]
0
3
6 9
dB
12
15
Fine
Gain
Input
dBu FS
+24
+10
-10
+20
0
-20
-30
-40
+14
Line Mic
OFF
12 dB Headroom
Nominal Level (+4 dBu)
Input signal
Sensitivity setting:
(Input dBu FS) – (Fine Gain)
24 dBu – 8 dB = 16 dBu
Full scale (+16 dBu)