C3-16AS Stereo Monitor Controller

C3-16AS Stereo Monitor Controller

C3-16AS

The C3-16AS is our largest C3 console. It works with a massive 16 input sources, and manages 4 speaker outputs.  You can select any source to send to a record output, while monitoring and metering another. The precision balanced monitor is the same quality as all the rest of our C3s, and all selections are done passively with balanced sealed relays for perfect performance. You can also add other features like talkback, GPIO or metering.

The C3-16AS has these features:

IO

  • 16 analogue sources
  • 1 analogue record output
  • 1 analogue meter output
  • 3 speaker outputs plus headphones

Monitor sources

  • Choose between 16 analogue sources to listen to
  • You can wire a DA to a source so you can listen to digital. This can 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 3 speakers, or a set of headphones
  • There is a powerful internal headphone amplifier available
  • 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 Left, Mono Right, Mono Sum and Mono Difference - great for listening to the out of phase audio
  • There are a range of phase flip functions: Phase Left, Phase R, 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

  • 2 wide front panel units, 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