Tc 6000 reverb manual

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To access all 16 physical inputs and outputs, an AES card must be installed, and the remaining two slots could be filled with a pair of analogue cards. In this case any combination of 16 inputs can be selected from the 20 physical ports available, and all outputs can be driven simultaneously from the 16 output streams.

Interestingly, you can select the kind of anti-alias and reconstruction filtering used during conversion: Linear, Natural, and Vintage filter options all obey the Nyquist rules, but with different phase responses and tonality, while the Bright and Standard options deliberately permit some aliasing distortions. This novel facility is one which is apparently popular with mastering houses, and should be considered an important signal processing function in its own right.

The USB connectors are as yet unused. There is only a power switch on the front panel, but a lot of interfacing lurks on the rear. In addition to the Ethernet port and the multi-pin Icon connector already mentioned, there is also a PS2 socket for hooking in a keyboard and mouse, a standard VGA monitor port, and two USB sockets. The USB ports are not used at present, but the monitor socket allows a remote display of the Icon screen graphics at the same x pixel resolution.

The Icon control surface comprises a colour LCD touchscreen in an angled top section, with six motorised touch-sensitive faders in the bottom section. A threaded socket is provided for mounting the panel on a mic stand, and a desk bracket is also provided to increase stability when the Icon is used free-standing. A machine with the huge processing power of the Reverb is inevitably complex in its detailed operation, but TC Electronic have done an excellent job of making routine tasks surprisingly intuitive and logical.

The large, clear screen graphics are easy to navigate and all the functions have obvious names, so finding your way around is very simple. Recalling and loading Scene memories is the easiest way to use the machine, each preset reconfiguring the entire system. Although the title of each preset is reasonably logical, initially I found it necessary to refer to the handbook to check what input configurations each option required, and the nature of the programs loaded into each Engine.

An alternative to using the Scene memories is to configure the machine in a manual way, setting the required Routing through the dedicated Routing page, and then loading required algorithms into each Engine. A selection of standard Routing presets are available, but the on-screen graphics make the whole process of creating a patch so easy that I preferred the hands-on approach!

The Engine presets are gathered into sensible groups and presented as simple lists under factory and user headings. If these are overwhelming and there are an awful lot of them!

Preferences can be selected for the required program, such as the type of input source, the style of reverb program, the size and nature of the room, and so on, and then a list of corresponding presets is displayed.

Once a suitable program is running on an Engine, its parameters can be adjusted. The key parameters are listed across the bottom of the screen, aligned to the six faders below.

The selection of parameters allocated to the faders can be customised by the user and stored with the preset. At the same time, program parameters are displayed in pages of 16 values in the main part of the Icon's display screen. By pressing the screen on a parameter box, its function is assigned directly to the right hand fader, so accessing parameters not already assigned to a fader is quick and easy.

The key parameters already assigned to a fader — pre-delay time or overall decay time, for example — can be tweaked immediately by simply nudging the appropriate fader. If a different Engine is selected then the parameter displays, fader assignments and fader positions all change immediately to reflect their new roles.

Input and output metering is always shown to the right of the program parameters, and a bypass button is always available on the left-hand side. And that's pretty much all there is to it. Anyone with any experience of digital reverb machines will find their way around the Reverb in minutes — all thanks to the superbly designed graphical interface on the Icon controller. Even the initial configuration and housekeeping functions which are inherently very complex are trivially simple to navigate.

In terms of sound quality, this is about as good as it gets. The analogue interfaces sound superb, and the filtering options allow subtle but significant tweaking to remove or maintain the digital sound character and replace it with a slightly more natural analogue quality, if required. I was surprised and impressed by how effective these options were. The reverb programs are quite simply stunning. The overall quality is superb, with lovely dense tails and precisely controlled early reflections.

The acid test of a good reverb is how it sits in a mix. Most reverbs sound fine in isolation, but some seem to clutter a mix while others just fill the empty spaces — not a scientific description, I know, but compare a cheap and an expensive reverb and you'll hear exactly what I mean! Needless to say, the Reverb always delivered the goods, adding subtle reverb which enhanced and never smothered the source instrumentation. The program parameters associated with each program preset allow very precise shaping of the reverb, with simple rapid-access tweaking through the faders, and detailed polishing through the parameter menus.

Anyone familiar with the high-end TC processors will already know the impressive qualities of the newest VSS programs, but these multi-channel versions are mind-blowingly good. Being able to place individual mono sources within a defined acoustic space, each generating its own distinct reflection pattern, really does enhance the whole effect quite dramatically.

I found the results comparable with coincident mic arrays and Soundfield mic recordings in reverberant acoustics, in terms of the imaging accuracy and realism. The individual sources really did sound as if they were positioned in a genuine space, and a very natural sense of position and depth was maintained over a wide listening area, in both stereo and surround monitoring arrangements. Small room algorithms — often the area where lesser reverb units disappoint — were well up to the expected standard.

The film and post-production presets were universally good, and only minor parameter tweaks were needed to fine-tune the artificial acoustics to almost any desired room character. These facilities alone should make the Reverb a must-have tool in any dubbing theatre.

I could find nothing to fault with this machine. It is stunningly simple to use, incredibly versatile, and sounds absolutely superb.

It may seem expensive in the UK if you think of it as a simple reverb, but aside from the fact that the quality, capability and flexibility of the reverb algorithms goes way beyond almost any other digital reverb machine currently on the market, this can actually offer four top-quality stereo digital reverbs, and in that context it is a real bargain.

Furthermore, the machine can be upgraded to include other processing software such as the specialist mastering tools, increasing its capabilities and usefulness even more. To say I was impressed is an understatement — reviewing a tool like this is what makes this job so enjoyable! Previous article Next article. You may login with either your assigned username or your e-mail address.

The password field is case sensitive. TC Reverb The flexibility of four independent processing engines. Huge and versatile range of top-quality reverb algorithms. Superbly intuitive Icon graphical controller. Expandability to full System status. Having to send it back after using it for a month! The flagship product from the Danish master of reverb. Incredibly powerful, wonderfully intuitive to use, and with stunningly realistic reverb simulations — the latest multi-channel VSS algorithms are truly amazing.

Those with the budget are very fortunate indeed; the rest of us will have to wait for the technology to migrate to more affordable products.