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TC-quality sound from input to output with an array of smartly integrated studio tools.
The most-complete computer recording solution TC Electronic has ever made, the Studio Konnekt 48 offers
a comprehensive array of professional features that make recording, mixing, and monitoring a breeze. All essential recording
tools are in one box including world-class TC-powered DSP effects, a wealth of I/O options, monitor management, and many other
powerful tools to take your recordings to the next level.
Inputs and outputs
The extensive I/O section features 4 IMPACT II preamps and 8 line inputs on the rear panel, so you have 12 simultaneously
available analog inputs outputs. Two outputs feature digitally controlled analog XLR connections to your main monitor speakers
while the analog output section has 2 independent phones out.
The comprehensive digital I/O section features double
ADAT 96kHz SMUX, TOS, S/PDIF, and Word Clock I/O and the digital part is powered by the second-to-none DICE Jet jitter elimination
engine.
The extensive I/O section features 4 IMPACT II preamps. With a very wide gain range, any type of microphone
can be used with these great sounding mic preamps. Customized headroom ensures high-quality recordings by treating very hot
signal levels equal to low signal levels. Phantom power for condenser microphones goes without saying. The phantom power of
Studio Konnekt 48 is compatible with all dynamic microphones and it is no problem using condenser microphones and dynamic
microphones simultaneously.
The four combo inputs on the front of Studio Konnekt 48 also feature inputs for high impedance
instruments such as guitars or basses, and to get the best possible sound quality, there is a separate electronic circuit
handling guitar signals. An auto-detecting sensor detects whether you have attached an instrument and selects the appropriate
circuit via the built-in relay switch.
With 8 TRS line inputs on the rear panel, the total amount of simultaneously
streamable analog inputs is 12. The TRS inputs are balanced and the input sensitivity can be set to -10 or +4 dB.
Analog
and digital inputs can be monitored using the high-resolution input display.
On the rear panel, you will also find
8 TRS line outputs. These would do nicely with a surround speaker setup, typically 5.1 (left, right, center, LFE, left surround,
right surround). Also, line outs would make sense for sending out separate mixes to external headphone amps, or even to an
external mixing desk if needed. They are also perfect for integrating external analog hardware with your DAW based studio.
For
your main monitor speakers TC Electronics provided special XLR connections. This balanced stereo output is analog, but at
the same time it is digitally controlled. This combines the great analog sound with the flexibility and precision of digital
control.
The comprehensive digital I/O section features double ADAT (8 channels, 96 kHz SMUX), TOS, S/PDIF, MIDI and
word clock I/O and the digital part is powered by the DICE Jet jitter elimination engine securing the best possible digital
quality. 30 channels are streamed to and 28 channels are streamed from the DAW simultaneously.
The two headphone outputs
on the front of Studio Konnekt 48 have individual level control and source. The left headphone output has its own D/A converter,
while the right one uses the same D/A converter as line out 11/12. The flexible routing of Studio Konnekt 48 even allows you
to route two independent signals to each side (left and right) of your headphones. If you're a DJ, you'll like this feature
because it allows you to have the main track in one side and the cue in the other-at the same time.
DSP processing
Anybody familiar with TC knows that TC hardware products boast superior and award-winning sound quality. What you get is the
capability and the sound quality of two full-blown 19" rack unit effects processors-built directly into the Studio Konnekt
48. The software package that comes with Studio Konnekt 48 contains a nice mix between plug-ins running on the Studio Konnekt
48 DSPs and native plug-ins that run on your computer's CPU. The DSP chipset also powers a 24/8 digital mixer with 48-bit
double precision summing on all mix points. There is no compromise routing for all outputs and a wealth of insert points offering
top-notch flexibility.
The DSP mixing engine features 24-in and 8-out connections with 48-bit double precision sum
busses and 56-bit internal processing. The mixer runs on the DSPs of Studio Konnekt, and can therefore be used at all times;
if your host application is not running or even if the computer is shut down. The mixer has insert points for the Fabrik plug-ins,
also available in DSP. Each of the mixer's outputs can be routed to any of the physical outputs. With this mixer, you can
skip your physical mixer in the studio; Studio Konnekt 48 offers all you need, and with the built-in DSP reverb, it even has
a nice cue verb for the artist in the recording booth. The mixer also features a comprehensive talkback feature with listen
back, which allows you to communicate with the artist(s) in the recording booth.
Running on the DSPs inside the audio
interface you'll find the Fabrik C Studio which is a four-band EQ, multiband compressor and limiter. Fabrik C Studio works
like a very nice channel strip and is very suited as a mastering tool and is based on technology from TC's renowned System
6000. Also running on DSPs is the Fabrik R Studio, a TC Reverb 4000-based processor that includes nine stunning reverb algorithms.
In
MINT condition
The Fabrik C Studio and Fabrik R Studio plug-ins are both based on Meta Intuitive Navigation Technology (MINT)-a novel approach
to internal audio processing. The design and programming philosophy gives you instant gratification and ensures that you won't
waste time tweaking a bunch of parameters to get professional results; simply get the sound you want by moving the MINT icons.
It literally lets your ears back into audio production. Because that's what it's all about; listening, not tweaking. On top
of that, these MINT-based effects feature superior processing and sound quality.
Speaker and bass management
Studio Konnekt 48 features support for surround systems at an unprecedented level for audio interfaces. The speaker management
section is based on AIR technology, and it enables you to set individual speaker level and delay. This ensures perfect level
alignment between speakers; and if the physical nature of your control room is not perfectly suited for the speaker sets,
the delay can be used to compensate for this.
Part of the speaker management section is the integrated bass management
with selectable filters and frequency crossover points. The bass management system is designed to subtract the bass contents
of the main channels and reproduce this by the use of a subwoofer.
Typically, you'd check your mix on a number of different
speakers. Therefore, most studios have at least a couple of speaker sets or three. Studio Konnekt 48 has support for 3 speaker
sets and you can switch between the sets from the remote.
Studio Kontrol remote unit
Studio Konnekt 48 comes with a cool, compact remote. With the Studio Kontrol remote at hand, you have access to all essential
mixer parameters, including main level, mix levels, reverb level/decay time, speaker set selection, AUX sends and more. It
has a built-in talkback microphone and a really cool light ring. The remote also has a built-in guitar tuner for in-tune DI
guitar and bass work.
FireWire I/O
The Studio Konnekt 48 is a 1394 FireWire-based audio interface. One great advantage about this is that it is extremely easy
to connect other Konnekt audio interfaces to your setup, thereby enhancing the number of I/Os and effect channels in your
system. But not only is it easy to connect to your computer, the future proof network design also enables direct monitoring
between devices.
An important part of the FireWire design of the Konnekt interfaces is based on a TC-designed chip
called DICE II. The DICE II chip is the electronic part that makes the connection between all the inputs and outputs of Konnekt,
but it does way more than that.
One important feature of the chip is the JET jitter elimination technology. JET is
TC's next generation of jitter elimination and sync handling, based on experience from TC flagship System 6000, EQ Station
and AIR speakers.
Jitter elimination
Caused by the variations in the timing of digital clocks controlling audio devices in the digital system, packets being streamed
can arrive with varying delays. Jitter appears as audio degradation including reduced dynamic range and collapsed stereo fields.
With
integrated JET technology the Studio Konnekt 48 is able to perfectly align all digital signals from external digital sources,
including the ones from FireWire. This means that all supported digital formats will be aligned to ensure maximal digital
quality.
JetPLL makes sure that unwanted jitter is eliminated, and plays a significant part of why Studio Konnekt 48
will enhance the sound of your projects dramatically.
Clock recovery
Sometimes users would like to synchronize the system to an external source. For this purpose, they use a house clock product
to sync to. Studio Konnekt 48 can of course sync to an external source, using one of its digital ins, including word clock.
One of the problems with syncing to external sources is that the system is totally dependent on the sync device. If the connection
is broken or the external device is turned of, the system will potentially stop playing. Some audio interfaces will automatically
shift from external sync to internal sync, and this will keep audio playing, but at a different sample rate. A unique feature
in Studio Konnekt 48, called clock recovery, not only ensures that the system continues to play, but it also makes sure that
it continues to play at the sample rate that it was syncing up to.
Thanks to the DICE II and the JET technology, the
FireWire connections are used to their full potential. Not only does the DICE II ensure ultra-stable audio streaming, it also
gives you the potential of streaming a great number of simultaneous audio channels, without any loss of quality, and with
a extremely accurate timing. And don't forget that all of this can be done in a massive 192 kHz, 24-bit resolution.
Native
plug-ins
The software package that comes with Studio Konnekt 48 contains a nice mix between plug-ins running on the Studio Konnekt
48 DSPs and native plug-ins that run on your computer's CPU.
Natively running plug-ins included with Studio Konnekt
48 are:
ResFilter
Assimilator Konnekt
Integrator
ResFilter
ResFilter is a resonance filter that offers ultra-fat filtering effects. You can choose between 6, 12, and 24 dB slopes to
get the filter sound you need, and the Drive option lets you add more juice to your sound.
Innovative new communication
technology offers communication between plug-ins. If you have more instances, you can have parameters from one instance control
parameters of other instances. This will let you do cross-overs between tracks using cutoff to obtain the nice sound of filters
blending in and out. If you insert a filter on each of your tracks, you can setup one of them to be "Master" to control all
the others, assigning very powerful control options to just one button. The number of instances you can run is only limited
by the power of your CPU.
Assimilator Konnekt
Assimilator Konnekt is a native fingerprint EQ which is an extremely powerful equalization tool that "learns" the frequency
curve of one piece of audio so it can be applied to another audio file-ideal for analyzing and copying EQ curves of individual
instruments, voices or reference mixes. It truly excels when applied to align the frequency response of different tracks recorded
at different times compiled to appear on the same album.
Assimilator Konnekt derives from Assimilator, a very popular
plug-in originally developed for PowerCore. It has been re-designed to run as a native plug-in.
Integrator
The Integrator plug-in (VST and AU) makes integration of external hardware into your DAW environment seamless. It offers a
"plug-in" audio routing representation of your external hardware: Reverb 4000, Finalizer, System 6000, etc.
Since Integrator
operates like a normal VST/AU plug-in it can be inserted on any track, as a send effect or on your host application's master
output. It works with up to four Konnekt audio interfaces at a time, so if you have more interfaces, simply select the one
that the external hardware is attached to.
All plug-ins VST- and AU-compatible
All the plug-ins that come with Studio Konnekt 48 are VST- and AU-compatible. This means that you can use them with any VST-
and AU- compatible host application, such as Logic, Garageband, Nuendo, Cubase, Ableton Live, Cakewalk etc. Even the DSP-based
effects are VST/AU compatible and can be used with those applications.
Remote control
Desktop remote control with integrated talkback microphone
With the included Studio Kontrol remote, you have instant
access to all important mixer parameters at all times.
Use the encoder to control the selected function. The encoder
controls two functions at a time-press it to shift between the two. The compact design of the remote makes it fit nicely beside
the mouse in any computer-based studio.
At the upper section you find the input mix. This is where you control the
level of the incoming signals-the mixer channels. This section is quite flexible, and from the control panel you decide which
channels to control.
Also the EFFECT button is flexible. By default it controls the reverb level and decay time, but
it can also be assigned to control other parameters, for instance it can work as a midi controller.
A talkback microphone
is also part of the remote. The talkback microphone is enabled by pressing the TALK button. When in talkback mode, you can
use the encoder to adjust the talkback level. In order to communicate most effectively, channels are dimmed to a selectable
level, and to further optimize the talkback signal, you can insert a Fabrik C Studio for EQing, de-essing or compressing the
voice.
The talkback signal is routed to the DAW like any other input of Studio Konnekt 48, so you can make recordings
directly from it if you want to make audio notes in your project or if you want to use it with other applications, such as
Skype.
The remote also gives you direct access to the guitar tuner. When in tuner mode, the light ring will show note
deviation, and by pressing the encoder, you can generate a reference tone for tuning acoustic guitars.
The connection
between the Studio Kontrol remote and Studio Konnekt 48 is made by a single standard CAT5 cable. A neat solution that avoid
lots of messy cables on your desk.
TC Electronic Studio Konnekt 48 FireWire Interface with Remote Features:
- Extensive I/O section
- 4 Impact II mic preamps
- 12 analog inputs, 12 analog outputs simultaneously
- High-resolution input meter
- 96 kHz ADAT (8 channels SMUX), word clock and S/PDIF
- 30/28 channels simultaneously to/from DAW
- Digitally controlled analog main XLR outputs
- Dual headphone outs with individual level control and source
- Flexible 24/8 DSP mixer with total recall and DSP effects insert points
- No compromise routing for all outputs
- Full 48-bit double precision summing on all mix busses with 56-bit internal processing
- Talkback with selectable dim setting and listen back feature
- Aux send busses with flexible output routing
- World-class DSP effects
- 4 simultaneous 4-band EQ, multi-band compression channel strip and mastering effects based on TC System 6000 algorithms
- No compromise built-in reverb based on TC Electronic Reverb 4000 technology
- All plug-ins VST and AU compatible
- Intuitive guitar tuner
- ResFilter plug-in
- Assimilator Konnekt plug-in
- Hardware effects Integrator plug-in
- Full featured bass management section based on AIR-Speaker Management Technology
- Full support for surround systems
- Individual speaker level and delay settings in 0.1 steps
- Selectable frequency crossover points
- Support for 3 speaker systems, individually configurable, selectable from the remote
- Full mixer at your hand via the compact desktop remote control
- Built-in talkback mic
- High resolution LED light ringon desktop remote
- DICE II JetPLL jitter elimination technology
- Clock recovery
- Expandable with all other Konnekt interfaces thru TC Near
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TC Electronic Studio Konnekt 48 FireWire Interface with Remote Specifications:
- Analog Inputs: 4 IMPACT II MIC/INST/ Analog Line balance/unbalance
- Analog outputs: 2 XLR digitally controlled analog outputs, 8 LINE outs with surround support, 2 separate channels for
headphones
- S/PDIF I/O: 2
- ADAT/TOS: 8 96kHz SMUX I/O /4 I/O
- Headphone out: 2, with individual source and level control
- Input meter: 6 segments
- DSP mixer/router: 24/8 channels Double precision summing, 56bit internal-processing mixer
- DSP Effects: Fabrik C Studio, Fabrik R Studio, Tuner, Speaker management, Bass management
- Routing DSP effects to outputs: Yes
- Assignable light ring: Yes on the remote, including reverb level/decay and MIDI control
- Programs/scenes: 3
- Native Plug-ins: Assimilator Konnekt
- VST, AU compatible: Yes
- Connection: FireWire
- JetPLL jitter elimination technology: Yes, with Clock Recovery
- Max sample rate: 192
- DAW FireWire channels: 48 (24x24)
- Design: 19" full rack studio design
- Included Remote: Yes, Studio Kontrol desktop remote
Minimum system requirements
- Mac OSX 1.4
- PowerPC (1 GHz or faster) or Intel CPU
- 512 MB RAM
- FireWire (IEEE 1394) port*
- OS X 10.4.10
Windows XP SP2 or Vista x32
- Pentium 4, 1.6 GHz or faster
- 512 MB RAM
- FireWire (IEEE 1394) port*
- Windows XP
* TC Electronics recommends running Konnekts on a dedicated FireWire bus. If your computer has one or
more FireWire connections on the chassis they will typically run on the same FireWire bus. You may connect the Konnekt to
one of these. If you intend to run more FireWire devices simultaneously, such as an external hard drive, TC recommends running
this device on a separate bus. This would typically be on an installed FireWire PCI card. Note that such a FireWire PCI card
typically has 3 ports but these also operate on a single bus.
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