C3-8AS Stereo Monitor Controller

C3-8AS Stereo Monitor Controller

C3-8AS

The C3-8AS is our most popular C3 console. It covers the needs of most production monitoring and features a compact controller so it will fit into your desk space with ease. It has 8 analogue inputs, and manages 3 speaker outputs.  A well as monitoring any source, you can independently select any source to send to a record output.  As with all our monitor controllers, the monitor features are superb, and the sound quality first class. It can be expanded to a larger C3 at any time to increase it's capabilities, or add talkback, GPIO and a host of other options.

The C3-8AS has these features:

IO

  • 8 analogue sources
  • 1 analogue record output
  • 1 analogue meter output
  • 2 speaker outputs plus headphones

Monitor sources

  • Choose between 8 analogue sources to listen to
  • A DA can be added to listen to a digital source.  This could be one of our excellent internal DA's, or your preferred external one.
  • Easily apply a monitor only trim to any or every source. The trim is calibrated in 0.25dB steps, so you can A/B any source to any other, removing any level differences- hear the difference, not the level
  • Each source has a labelled button, and you can print out your own labels to label them with their proper names (eg DAW, or Sadie)

Monitor Controller

  • Choose what to listen to with the monitor selector and send it to one of 2 speakers, or a set of headphones
  • There is a powerful internal headphone amplifier available, or you can choose a 3rd speaker output instead.
  • Each speaker has it's own level control, so you can switch between speaker sets with no jump in volume
  • The volume control has coarse steps below - 50dB, then fine 1dB steps from -50 to 0dB, so you can accurately adjust the level.
  • All levels are displayed on the panel LCD, so you can see where you are and recall levels easily
  • You can calibrate the controller to work to relative dB levels, with 0dB as your normal setting. This lets you easily compare mix loudness, and also operate Bob Katz's K system calibration if you want
  • You can make the nearfield speaker work independently, great for use with a external subwoofer
  • You can add our -BM bass manager option to get proper filtered outputs for stereo main speakers and stereo or mono subwoofers
  • There is individual speaker Left and Right Cuts(mutes) as well as a master cut (mute)
  • There is a programmable Dim switch, where you can adjust the Dim level
  • There are a range of mono functions: Mono Sum and Mono Difference - great for listening to the out of phase audio
  • There are a range of phase flip functions: Phase Left and absolute phase (L+R)
  • You can swap the Left and Right signals
  • There is an analogue meter output for metering all sources

Transfer Selector

  • Select any of the monitor source machines to be output to a record output
  • The source is shown on the LCD panel

Physical

  • 1 wide front panel unit, fit into a 4RU 19" space, or a moveable wooden pod
  • 1RU of remote rack houses all of the electronics
  • Supplied with 18' (6M) of connecting cable from the racks to the front panels