Aphex Systems 230

Aphex Systems 230

Have a weather person or newscaster at your station whose voice - let's face it - could stand a little help? Help is here! How about a repetitive outside feed that you're SURE could use a little tweak? Make YOUR voice heard above the crowd with the new Aphex 230! Best of all, the 230 is very easy to use. It can be an indispensable tool in the production room, or installed as a permanent, on-air feed through for each special talent, set once and locked behind a security cover.

Features

• Reflected Plate Amplifier Tube Mic Preamp

• EasyRider Compressor

• Logic Assisted Gate

• Split Band de-esser

• Aural Exciter

• Parametric EQ

• Big Bottom

• +4 dBu and -10 dBV outputs

• 24 Bit 96 kHz A/D

• AES, SPDIF and Optical outputs

• Low jitter word clock output

• Word Clock Input

• Cough Switch (Soft Mute)

SPECIFICATIONS - Aphex Model 230  Master Voice Channel Processor  

MIC INPUT  

• Connector XLR-3F 

• Type Transformerless, NPN active balanced, tube second stage

• Input Z 2k ohms nominal

• Maximum Input Level (MIL) +25dBu

• CMRR >70 dB @ 60 Hz

• Nominal Preamp Gain 20 to 65 dB

• Phantom Power +48VDC

• Pad 20dB

• EIN -127dBu (Input Shorted)

• Tube Type 12AT7/ECC81 Dual Triode

OUTPUT  

• Connector XLR-3M and 1/4" TRS Phone Jacks

• Type XLR is Impedance Balanced (may be used unbalanced); TRS is unbalanced

• Out Z Balanced XLR 66 ohms

• Out Z Unbalanced XLR 33 ohms; TRS 600 ohms

• Nominal Level XLR +4dBu; TRS -10dBV

• Maximum Output Level +25dBu Unloaded; TRS +11dBV

COMPRESSOR

• Attack / Release Program dependent, user variable release baseline

• Ratio 4:1

• Threshold Fixed

• Knee Medium Hard

GATE

• Attack 0.1 millisecond

• Hold / Release 300 milliseconds / 400 milliseconds

• Threshold Variable -50 to +20dB

• Depth Variable, 1 to 58dB

DE-ESSER

• Attack 0.1 millisecond

• Release 100 milliseconds

• Threshold Variable -20 to +20dB

• Ratio 5:1

• Active Band 4 kHz to 20kHz Linkwitz-Riley 24 db/octave crossover

INSERT

• Connector type - Send 1/4” TRS Phone Jack, Balanced

• Connector type - Return 1/4” TRS Phone Jack, Balanced

• Nominal Operating Level 0 dBu

• Point of Insertion Between dynamics processing and equalizers

BIG BOTTOM

• Frequency 50 Hz to 280 Hz

• Tune Off to +12dB

PARAMETRIC EQ

• Frequency Tune 240 Hz to 8 kHz

• Peak / Dip ±12dB

• Q Range 0.5 to 5

AURAL EXCITER

• Frequency Tune 500 Hz to 5kHz

• Mix Off to +12dB

• ANALOG AUDIO

• THD <.01% @ +4dBu Out

• IMD <.01% @ +4dBu Out

• Freq Response (Flat) 18 Hz to 24kHz ±1dB

DIGITAL AUDIO

• Internal Sample Rates 44.1KHz, 48KHz, 88.2KHz, 96KHz

• External Sample Rates Automatically syncs to any word clock between 32KHz and 96KHz

• Resolution 24 bits

• Word Clock Input BNC Jack, High Z, Captures <1Vp-p to 5Vp-p

• Word Clock Output BNC Jack, 75 Ohms, 5Vp-p

• Dynamic Range Digital dynamic range greater than analog front end

• Noise Dither Dithered by analog preamp noise floor. Equivalent to 16-bit digital audio dither.

• Level Equivalency -20dBFS Digital = +4dBu Analog

OTHER SPECIFICATIONS

• Power requirements 90-250 VAC 50-60 Hz 12W

• Dimensions 19"W x 1.75"H x 8.25" D   1 Rack U  (482.6mm x 44.5mm x 209.6mm)

• Depth Behind Front Panel 7.5" (190.5mm)

• Net Weight 6 lbs (2.73 kg)

• Shipping Weight 9 lbs (4.1 kg)