AirTools 6000 User manual

A
24-bit digital delay unit for live or syndicated
broadcast that prevents unwanted profanity
or comments from reaching the airwaves.
Keep your air clean and seamless.
Engineered by Symetrix, the AirTools 6000 offers advanced
delay technology with up to 40 seconds of user-defi nable
delay at a full 20 kHz range of stereo bandwidth. When it
comes to advanced broadcast audio delay, the AirTools
6000 offers more of the features you need at a better price.
Easily Get Rid of Unwanted Comments.
When you want to edit a comment, simply push a button.
The AirTools 6000 goes to work and your broadcast hits
the air minus the offending content.
The AirTools 6000 also includes standard features like an
Automation Control Interface and ESE TC89 time code
input and output to allow for both real and delay time
displays.
Here’s how it works:
• Connect the main programming output from any studio
console.
• When the show begins, press START. The AirTools 6000
begins digitally stretching the program creating up to 40
seconds of delay.
• You can defi ne a delay between 1 and 40 seconds,
allowing a great amount of fl exibility when it comes to editing
unwanted material.
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Superb sound quality
Automation control interface
Full 20 kHz bandwidth, perfect for music and speech
ESE TC89 time code input and output for display of ‘time in delay’
Choice of splicing algorithm to fi t program style
Up to 40 seconds of delay
FEATURES
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100-250VAC
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AC INPUT
15 WATTS
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• If a guest makes an unwanted comment, or you want to
delete content, press DUMP and keep going. The unwanted
material, up to the last 40 seconds of your broadcast,
disappears while the show goes on.
• Another way to get rid of unwanted content is with COUGH.
In the middle of a broadcast, you may need to say something
“off air” to your guests, for example, or have a quick drink of
water. Press COUGH to edit out unwanted airtime, and then
release it when you’re fi nished. The broadcast picks up again.
• If you are a network syndicator, the 6000’s Automation
Control Interface offers the ability to trigger automation
changes or control a router with ‘delayed’ contact closures.
Four TTL logic inputs on the 6000 digitally tag the audio on
input and close the corresponding relay when the tagged
delayed audio reaches the 6000’s output. It takes all of the
mathematical guesswork out of local breaks and switchovers.
• At the end of your program press EXIT and the 6000
gradually leaves the delay mode until you are in real time.
© 2001-2004, Symetrix Inc. All rights reserved. Symetrix reserves the
right to alter, change, or modify specifi cations and prices without prior no-
tice. AirTools is a trademark of Symetrix, Inc. ESE, TC89, and ESE Time
Code are trademarks or registered trademarks of ESE. All other product
names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective hold-
ers. AirTools products are manufactured by Symetrix, Inc. in the USA.
AM and FM
All music formats
News and talk radio
Call-in shows and guest oriented broadcasts
Sports radio and live sports broadcasts
Live or unknown taped content
Applications
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Specifi cations
Input/Output
Inputs stereo, balanced bridging
Outputs stereo, electronically balanced
Input Connectors XLR, BNC (ESE time code)
Output Connectors XLR, BNC (ESE Time Code)
Polarity Pin 2 high
Maximum Input Level +28 dBu
Maximum Output Level
+28 dBu into 100k ohms
Input Common Mode Rejection >40 dB @ 1 kHz
Performance Data
Frequency Response 20 Hz to 20 kHz *, +/- 1 dB @ +4 dBu
output
Harmonic Distortion less than 0.01% with +4 dBu input,
+4 dBu output, 40 second delay and
a 1 kHz test signal.
Dynamic Range, A/D -110 dB (A-wieghted)
Dynamic Range, D/A -115 dB (A-wieghted)
A/D and D/A Conversion 24-bit sigma delta
Internal Sample Rate
48 kHz
Maximum Delay
40 seconds
Physical
Size (HWD) 1.72 in. x 19 in. x 8.2 inches
4.37 cm x 48.30 cm x 17.145 cm
Shipping Weight 8 lbs, 3.64 kg
Electrical
Power Requirements 100 - 240 VAC, 50 Hz to 60 Hz, 25 W
* A high pass fi lter is engaged during build and exit modes when using the gap detect
or gap detect+catchup algorithms. During build and exit modes when using either of
these algorithms, the frequency response will be down about -3 dB at 100 Hz.
A comparison of the AirTools 6000 and 6100 delays.
6000
6100
AES-3 digital I/O
No
Yes
Word clock input
No
Yes
Time in delay display (ESE TC89)
No
Yes
RS-232 & RS-485 control ports
No
Yes
TTL contact closure inputs
Yes
Yes
Automation / router relay outputs
Yes
Yes
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Engineered by
Symetrix
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