TC Electronic Gold Channel
Digitally Enhanced Mic Preamp

The Gold Channel is an all-new breed of a microphone pre-amplifier that truly makes a difference. Unlike any other preamplifier, the Gold Channel offers a wealth of DSP Tools giving you unprecedented features and sound quality.

The Gold Channel is a digitally enhanced microphone preamplifier and a signal refinement toolbox. Plug in your microphone, connect the Gold Channel's outputs to any analog or digital recorder, and safely capture your signal as the best possible quality audio recording. Right after the Gain stage of the Gold Channel, the signal will be converted from analog to digital through 24 bit A/D converters. Once inside the digital domain, you have access to these famous TC Electronic algorithms:

· Expanders
· Compressors
· Equalizers
· De-esser
· Dynamic Equalizer
· Digital Radiance Generator
· MS Encoder/Decoder
· Time Alignment

When processed, a comprehensive set of simultaneous output formats - both analog and digital - enables you to record and monitor your final signal to most storage standards of today.

Analog Line Inputs

• Connectors: XLR balanced (pin 2 hot)
• Impedance (balanced): 6.8 kohm
• Max. Input Level (balanced): 22 dBu
• Sensitivity, @ 12 dB headroom (balanced): -10 dBu to 10 dBu
• Dynamic Range (unweighted): 103 dB
• THD+N: < -90 dB (0.003 %) @ 1 kHz, -3 dBFS
• Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz, +0/-0.3 dB
• Crosstalk:
  • (Line to Mic. Pad 0), worstcase: < -65 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
  • (Line to Line or Mic.Pad 20/40/60), worstcase: < -85 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
• Common Mode Rejection, RS=40 ohm: > 60 dB @ 50/60 Hz & > 70 dB @ 1 kHz
• A to D Conversion: 24 bit (1 bit, 128 times oversampling)
• A to D Delay: 0.8 ms @ 48 kHz

• Connectors: XLR balanced (pin 2 hot)
• Impedance: 6.8 kohm
• Phantom Supply: 48V +/-10%, pin 2 & 3 through 6.81 kohm
• Max. Input Level (balanced), Pad 0/20/40/60: 0: -40 dBu, 20: -18 dBu, 40: 2 dBu, 60: 22 dBu
• Sensitivity @ 12 dB headroom (balanced): 0: -82 dBu to -52 dBu, 20: -52 dBu to -30 dBu, 40: -30 dBu to 10 dBu, 60: -10 dBu to 10 dBu
• Dynamic Range, RS = 200 ohm (unweighted): 0: > 56 dB, 20: > 88 dB, 40: >98 dB, 60: > 100 dB
• Noise Figure, Pad 0, RS = 200 ohm: < 1.8 dB
• THD+N: 0: < -80 dB, 20/40/60: < -92 dB, -3 dBFS
• Frequency Response: 0: 20 Hz to 20 kHz, +0/-0.9 dB, 20/40/60: 20 Hz to 20 kHz, +0/-0.3 dB
• Crosstalk: (Mic., all Pad to Mic., Pad 0, worstcase: <-66 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
• Mic., all Pad to Mic., Pad 20/40/60), worstcase: <-82 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
• A to D Conversion: 24 bit (1 bit, 128 times oversampling)
• A to D Delay: 0.8 ms @ 48 kHz
• Common Mode Rejection, RS= 200 ohm: > 60 dB @ 50/60 Hz & > 70 dB @ 1 kHz

• Impedance: 40 ohm (Active transformer)
• Max. Output Level: 20 dBu (balanced)
• Full Scale Output Range: -10 dBu to 22 dBu
• Dynamic Range, 20 Hz to 20 kHz: > 100 dB (Unweighted) @ Output Level > 6 dBu
• THD+N, 20 Hz to 20 KHz : -86 dB (0.005%) @ 1 kHz, -6 dBFS
• Frequency Response: 12 Hz to 20 kHz, +0/-0.6 dB
• Crosstalk: < -80 dB, 10 Hz to 20 kHz, typ. < -100 dB @ 1 kHz
• D to A Conversion: 24 bit (1 bit, 128 times oversampling)
• D to A Delay: 0.57 ms @ 48 kHz

Digital Inputs and Outputs

• Connectors: XLR (AES/EBU), RCA Phono (S/PDIF), Optical (Tos-link, ADAT)
• Formats: AES/EBU (24 bit),S/PDIF (20 bit), EIAJ CP-340, IEC 958, EIAJ Optical (Tos-link), ADAT Lite pipe
• Output Dither: HPF TPDF dither 8-24 bit
• Word Clock Input: RCA Phono, 75 ohm, 0.6 to 10 Vpp, 30 - 50 kHz
• Sample Rates: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz
• Processing Delay: 0.2 ms @ 48 kHz
• Frequency Response DIO: 20 Hz to 23.9 kHz +0.01/-0.1 dB @ 48 kHz

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Dimensions: 19" x 1.75" x 8.2"
Weight: 5.5 lbs.

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