Carvin C2040 Concert Series Operating Guide - Page 2

Overview CARVIN has been serving the music industry since 1946. Noted musicians such as Frank Zappa, Steve Vai and Craig Chaquico, have used Carvin consoles over the years. Carvin's commitment to USA manufacturing 65 years ago is upheld today in the face of most companies turning to off-shore manufacturing. The very best American workmanship and the highest standards in quality control are put into every Carvin product. Improving Your Live Sound Carvin's C1240 and C2040 4-bus consoles were designed for high performance live mixing. Like all Carvin consoles, the heart of each board starts with high quality Mic Pre amps that provide smooth signals with plenty of headroom. Construction and circuit design is of the highest quality utilizing sealed potentiometers; poly film capacitors and 1% tolerance surface mount resistors. With THD less than .01%, every sound will remain pure to its source. All primary outputs feature balanced XLR connections. Main L-R, Subwoofer and Monitor outputs are all balanced to accommodate long runs from the board. This is especially important when using powered monitors. Sending a balanced signal to the stage will ensure each monitor amplifies a high quality mix. Two 24-Bit on-board stereo effect processors are available to every channel through EFF send 1 and 2. Should an outboard processor be needed, both EFF sends can be routed out of the board and returned in stereo using the last two stereo channels. Stringent Testing Our quality control department personally inspects every mixing console. After the physical inspection, the most critical and most important part of QC testing is running every channel, master section and connector through the Audio Precision™ Another alternate use of the EFF sends is to use them as 2 additional monitor sends should they be required. This would be ideal for adding a personal ear monitor system such as Carvin's EM900. Should the musicians choose to have both stage monitors and ear monitors, the operator can mix these separately and adjust master computers to verify every function. This means everything meets 100% of its specifications. This is great assurance that every EQ section, every output delivers the highest voltages with the lowest possible THD. The chart below shows that the THD is actually .002% which is about 5 times lower than our stated THD of .01%. levels separately as both the Monitor sends and EFF sends have master send Construction controls. Th+e18 engineering and design is what yo+u12'd expect from this high-end Simplicity In Operation d B ma+n6ufacturer. Ultra low-noise, high slew These mixers are designed on a small-u rate IC's for exceptional sound. Sealed -0 scale platform which will make it easy controls and switches guard against the to transport. No other console offers elem-620ents50wh1i0l0e 2t0h0e "5S0M0 T1k" S2ukrfac5ek Mo2u0nk t more channels per linear desk inch. The Technology LOcoMnidstructHioI Mnid ensures the consoles are designed with the operator in mind. Ease of operation is incredibly important, because you may not have a technician available. Everything is integrity of each component. The rugged chassis incorporates the integral SwitchMode™ 90V-260V 50-60 Hz power supply, which can be used worldwide. logically arranged. Simply plug in the 0.1 channels, adjust the monitor levels and 0.05 bring up the main L/R faders and you're 0.02 % 0.01 up and running. 0.005 0.002 0.001 20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 20k 0dBu Mic input to Right out @ 0dBu Carvin's San Diego Factory