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USERS MANUAL
M3000
STUDIO REVERB PROCESSOR
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol The exclamation point within an equilateral within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert triangle is intended to alert the user to the the user to the presence of uninsulated presence of important operating and maintenance "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure (servicing) instructions in the literature that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a accompanying the product. risk of electric s
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NOTE EMC / EMI. Certificate Of Conformity This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Digital device, pursuant to part 15 of TC Electronic A/S, Sindalsvej 34, 8240 Risskov, Denmark, the FCC rules. hereby declares on own responsibility that following These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection product: against harmful interference in residential installations. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio M3000 Digital Signal Processor f
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TABLE OF CONTENTS SAFETY & ADDITIONAL EFFECTS CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY a-b Delay 47 Pitch 47 INTRODUCTION EQ 48 Table of contents 3 Chorus-Flanger 49 Introduction 5 Tremolo 50 The Front Panel 6 Phaser 51 The Rear Panel 8 Expander/Gate 51 The Signal Flow 9 Compressor 52 De-esser 53 APPENDIX BASIC OPERATION The Reset Page 54 Recall 10 Self Test 55 Recall & Snapshots 12 Troubleshooting 56 Store 13 Glossary 57 The Reverb Wizard 14 Technical Specifications 58 I/O - The Signal Page 15 MIDI Implement
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INTRODUCTION Congratulations on the purchase of your new M3000. We hope, that you will have as much pleasure using it as we had making it. The objective of the M3000 has been to make the best reverb unit ever heard. Utilizing the existing reverb technology to its limit didn’t satisfy the developers at TC, and we had to come up with an entirely new way of thinking about reverb. This is now known as the VSS™ Technology. The M3000 is first and foremost a reverb unit, but we have also included a l
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THE FRONT PANEL POWER + MEMORY CARD PPM + INDICATORS SETUP SECTION POWER SWITCH PPM METERS I/O Turn on the machine with a Ranging from -40dB to 0dB. Input/Output. single light touch. To turn off Sample Rate. the machine you must press OVERLOAD Select Status bit Output. and hold down the POWER Indicates if internal overload Dithering. key approx. 3 seconds, until occurs. the display reads M3000. ROUTING This delay time is to avoid SAMPLE RATE INDICATOR Setup the internal routing switching off th
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THE FRONT PANEL ENGINE 1 OR 2 COMBINED 1+2 CONTROL SECTION RECALL RECALL OK Recall/activate the program Recall/activate Combined Confirm operations. presets. you have selected. SHIFT STORE Press to access secondary STORE Save and name Combined functions Save and name your presets. The M3000 holds (Text below the buttons). current preset. The M3000 100 Combined factory holds 500 single factory presets and up to 50 CURSORS presets and up to 250 Combined user presets. Move between parameters.
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THE REAR PANEL Main Power Balanced Balanced Serial Wordclock Digital MIDI External Digital Power Input XLR XLR no. RCA In/Out In,Thru,Out Control In/Out Switch Analog Analog AES/EBU Input ADAT Inputs Outputs Tos-link S/PDIF Notes: To accommodate international regulations, we have also added a back panel power switch. You do not need to use the POWER switch on the rear panel. Leave this POWER switch on and use our Easy-Touch POWER switch on the front. Be sure to select Channel Input in the I/O
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THE SIGNAL FLOW Notes regarding the signal flow: As shown in the block diagram signals are present on all Outputs all the time. You can dither to 22, 20, 18, 16,or 8 bit. (See the I/O section on page 15). The Digital Input gain circuit is capable of »lifting« the signal level. This is a very useful feature if you e.g. are feeding the M3000 with a DAT recording that is not fully leveled to 0dB. 9
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RECALL The Recall Displays The Recall displays are the "homepage" of the M3000. Whenever you exit any other display this is where you return to. As illustrated below the Recall display holds a few of the most important parameters for each of the two Engines at the same time. Engine 1 is always displayed in the upper section and Engine 2 in the lower. The "Edited flag" shows an E when you have changed a parameter in the preset. (See ill.) Recall Display Algorithm type Primary parameter Edited fl
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RECALL The M3000 contains four different preset banks plus Combined Recall two additional Card banks. A Combined preset consists of a specific preset in Engine 1; a specific preset in Engine 2 and the routing between them. Single ROM bank: This bank contains 500 Single factory presets. The presets are Get acquainted with the different routings of available from Engine 1 and Engine 2. the two Engines. Routing is an important setting when using both Engines. Combined ROM bank: (See "Routing" pa
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RECALL & SNAPSHOTS Exercise 1: Snapshots How to recall a preset The SNAPSHOT keys, located between the Combined Select Engine 1 or 2 or the Combined 1+2 by pressing the corre- 1+2 and the control section, are actually four fast sponding RECALL key. RECALL keys. Switch between your favorite Single Turn the ADJUST wheel to scroll through the presets. While presets or Combined presets with the touch of a single scrolling you will see both the preset number in the display and key or use the SNAPSHO
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STORE Storing a User preset and handling preset names. Storing a RAM preset with the same name: - Press the relevant STORE key (Engine 1, 2 or Combined 1+2) - Use the ADJUST wheel to select a location for your new preset. (You can store your preset in the RAM bank). - Press OK to store. Storing a RAM preset with a new name: - Press the relevant STORE key (Engine 1, 2 or Combined 1+2) - Select a location for your new preset using the ADJUST wheel. (You can store your preset in the RAM bank - Mov
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THE REVERB WIZARD The Reverb Wizard is a unique guide that helps you find the optimal factory preset for your program materi- al. By selecting an algorithm and the instrument type you wish to apply the reverb to, the Reverb Wizard suggests a selection of relevant presets. The Wizard is easy to access and simple to use. Try the Wizard and listen what presets our creative Press SHIFT and WIZARD to enter The Reverb Wizard. staff suggests for your specific application. The Wizard Display Engine 1 or
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I/O - THE SIGNAL PAGE Press the I/O key to setup various I/O parameters. Move the marker using the CURSOR keys and turn the ADJUST wheel to change values. Here you can freeze mix to 100% Input selector Channel select Select Status Bit Output: S/PDIF or AES/EBU standard Sample Rate: 44100Hz, 48000Hz or from Digital Inputs Dither from 8-22 bits Signal will be present on all on Digital Outputs. Outputs, all the time If the “Digital” Sample Rate LEDs on the front panel is blinking, The Signal page
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I/O - THE SIGNAL PAGE The setting of MIX and CH (channel) parameters, Dither combined with the selected Routing mode (see page 18- The M3000 can output dither from 8 through 22 bit resolution to 19), should be carefully considered to match the off. The dither type is TPDF (Triangular Probability Density situation in which you use the M3000. Function). The M3000 is using internal 24 bit resolution and 24 bit CH (Channel) A/D-D/A converters and dither is therefore only present on the The Channel
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LEVELS MENU Press the LEVELS key to access this menu. To achieve optimal performance of the 24 bit A/D converters in the M3000, the correct setting of these levels is important. Please check the technical specifications of the connected device. The Input Peak meter should read approximately -6 to -3dB for maximum performance. As illustrated below the Input/Output levels are displayed in dB as well as in two more visually oriented "bars". The levels for the right and left channel can be adjusted
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ROUTING Press the ROUTING key in the "Setup section" to choose between six different routings. Use the CURSOR keys to select a new routing followed by the OK key to confirm your choice. A small pop-up window will tell you that the routing has changed. Please note that how the selected Routing works, is highly affected by the settings of the Channel and MIX parameters in the I/O display. (Please see page 16). Serial Dual Mono The serial mode is a stereo Input/Output Using this mode you actually
