Endorphines COCKPIT 2 User manual

COCKPIT 2 / 1U

CONTENT
WARRANTY ............................................................................................................................................. 3
VISIT US .................................................................................................................................................. 3
INTRO ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
CONNECTING THE POWER ...................................................................................................................... 4
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................. 4
OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................... 4
INTERFACE .............................................................................................................................................. 5
REAR CONNECTIONS .............................................................................................................................. 7
COMPRESSOR MODES ............................................................................................................................ 9
CREDITS ................................................................................................................................................ 10
COMPLIANCE......................................................................................................................................... 10

WARRANTY
1yearwarrantyguaranteedfromtheproduct'spurchasedateincaseofany
manufacturingerrorsorotherfunctionaldeficienciesduringruntime.
Thewarrantydoesnotapplyincaseof:
damagecausedbymisuse
mechanicaldamagearisingfromcarelesstreatment(dropping,vigorousshaking,
mishandling,etc.)
damagecausedbyliquidsorpowderspenetratingthedevice
heatdamagecausedbyoverexposuretosunlightorheating
electricdamagecausedbyimproperconnecting
Thewarrantycoversreplacementorrepair,asdecidedbyus.Pleasecontactusvia
emailforareturnauthorizationbeforesendinganything.Shippingcostsofsending
amodulebackforservicingispaidbythecustomer.DevicecomplieswithallEU
regulationsconcerningRoHSleadfreemanufacturingandWEEEdisposal.
VISIT US
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INTRO
Cockpit 2 and Cockpit 1U is a four-channel stereo performance mixer with mutes, on-board
compressor and external sidechain control voltage option (3 modes) to add dynamics to your
mix. Available in 3U 6hp and 1U 24hp versions with some design differences.
The information in this manual applies to both 1U and 3U versions, every difference between
each version will be explained in more detail below.
CONNECTING THE POWER
Beforeinstallinganewmoduleinyourcase,ensureyourpowersupplyhasafree
powerheaderandsufficientavailablecapacitytopowerthemodule.
Connectthemoduledirectlytothepowerbusboardwithsupplied1016ribbon
cablelikeanyothereurorackmodule.PairofRED/BROWNpinsonthemulticolor
ribboncablecorrespondstoNEGATIVE12VOLTS.
Makesuretoalignthepowercablewiththe‘RED/BROWNSTRIPE’labelonthe
modulethatcorrespondsto12V,tothe10pinconnectorandwithtypicallyawhite
lineforthe16pinconnectoronthebusboard.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
COCKPIT 1U: +12V: 40 mA; -12V: 25 mA; 42mm depth
COCKPIT 2 3U: +12V: 75mA; -12V: 40mA; 38mm depth
OVERVIEW
Cockpit2isastereomixerdesignedwithperformanceinmind.Itcanbeusedas
eithera4channelstereomixeror4channelmonomixer,oranythinginbetween.
Theuserdefineshowthemodulebehaves.The3Uversionhas4jumpersonthe
backthatswitchbetweenstereo/monofunctionality,whilethe1Uversionhasthe
firstchannelsettostereowithoneinputjackandtheother3channelsfeature2
inputseachfortheLandRaudioinput.
Thelevelsofeachchannelarecontrolledusing4onboardencoderswithRed/Blue
LEDsthatmakeitcolorblindfriendly.Thesameencoderscanbepressedshortlyto
mute/unmuteeachofthechannels.
Builtincompressorcaneitherrunonthewholemixbyreducingbigaudiopeaksor
canbeusedalongwiththeexternalsidechaininput.Eachchannelcanhavea
differentlevelofsidechainconfiguredbyholdpressingchannel’sencoderwhile
turningitCWtoincreasethesidechainamount.Thisisveryusefulifyouwantto
giveyourmixmoredynamicsandgenerallytoavoidclashingfrequenciesbetween
KickandBassforexample.

INTERFACE
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1.ROTARYENCODERS/FADERSarefourendlessencoderswith
detentsandapushbuttonusedtoadjustthevolumeofeachchannel,actsasmute
buttonsandsetthesidechainamountperchannel.Turning the encoder clockwise will
make the channel's level higher and turning it counter-clockwise will attenuate the channel
off to full silence. Since encoder's rotation is endless, it doesn’t have a line that shows its
current position to understand the level of the channel. For that reason there’s a bi-colour
LED (2) near each encoder knob and the brightness of the LED shows how high the level is
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2.CHANNELBICOLORLEDareLEDsneareachchannel.When the LED is
BLUE the channel is on. Shortly pushing the encoder knob mutes the channel. When the
channel is muted, the LED color turns RED. The brightness of the LED remains same as it
was before and indicates the volume level also in the muted state. With this feature you can
also decrease or increase the level of the channel when muted, which comes in handy, if
you want to mute (push encoder) a sound at full volume, change the volume to zero (by
turning CCW), unmute it (push encoder) and fade it back into the mix again (by turning CW).
HINT: Every few seconds the position of all encoders (levels of all channels) as well some
other encoder buttons enabled settings are stored into memory so after turning your modular
system power off and on again you will have all the settings you had before.
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3.CHANNELLABELisawhitecolorprintedareaneareachchanneldedicated
towritewithCD/DVDmarkertolabelthechannel.Youmayusetypical90ºethylic
alcoholfromsupermarkettocleanthewrittenlabelsafterwards.
4.AUDIOINPUTS:
COCKPIT2/3Uversion:4userconfigurableaudioinputs,canworkaseither
stereo(TRS)ormono(TS)inputsdependingonthejumperpositiononthebackof
themodule.
COCKPIT1Uversion:the1stchannelisastereo(TRS)input,whilechannels
2/3/4eachhavetwoseparateTSinputsfortheleftandright.Inthose2/3/4
channelsleftinputisprewired(normalled)totherightinputwhennothingis
pluggedintotherightjack.
5.SIDECHAINKNOB:dependingonwhichofthe3sidechainmodesis
selected,iteithersetstheattenuationofexternalsidechainCVandaudioorthe
lengthofinternallygeneratedDECAYenvelope.
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6.SIDECHAINCV/TRIGGERINPUTJACK:dependingonwhichof
the3modesisselected,itacceptsCV,triggersoraudiosources.
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7.SIDECHAINLED:showscompressor/sidechainactivity.
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8.MASTERVOLUMEKNOB:adjuststhefinalmixoutputlevel.
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9.STEREOOUTPUT:finalmixstereooutput,withenoughcurrenttodrivea
widerangeofheadphones.Werecommendusingeitherastereo3.5mmTRScable
orastereosplittercableavailableatourMerchstore:
https://endorphines.myshopify.com/products/ysplitteradapter35mmtrsstereo
tolr35mmtsmono
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REAR CONNECTIONS
Both1Uand3Uversionsfeatureextrarearconnections,thatareeitherusedfor
daisychainingmultiplemodulestogethertoactasonebigmixerortowirethe
Inputs/Outputstoeitherothermodulesor¼inchTRSoutputsviatheIntellijel
JacksIOv2board.
COCKPIT2/3U:
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1.4MONO/STEREOJUMPERSthatsetifthechosenaudioinput
acceptsStereoorMonosources.Eachjumpermaybeintwopositions.For
exampleS–CH1–M.WhenjumpersetonpinspairS–CH1,thentheinputof
Channel1isafullstereoinputthatwillacceptandadjustleftandrightchannels
andoutputthemtotheleftandrightchannelofyourspeakerphones.Whenthe
jumpersetonCH1–Mpair,Channel1inputacceptsmonosignalsonly,ignoringthe
signalthatmayoccurfromthering(right),andthatleftsignalwillappearintheleft
outandthenexactlydoubledinyourrightout.Whennojumpersareinstalled,then
absolutelynorightsignalfromthatchannels(wheneverstereoormonoplug
inserted)willappearinyourrightoutputs.
2.DAISYCHAINMASTER/SLAVEPINSarepinsusedfordaisy
chainingmultiplemodulestogethertocreateabiggermixersystemusingDupont
FemaleFemalecables.Thosecablesarenotincluded.Youmayeasilyfindthem
e.g.fromAmazonoryourlocaldealers.EverythingconnectedtoMaster(AUX)will
bemixedwiththerest4channels.Slaveoutisliterallytheispostmastervolume
knobaudiooutput.FormergingtwoCockpitmixerstogether,connecttheSlave
(OUT)pinsonCockpit#2toMaster(AUX)pinsofCockpit#1.Cockpit#1isamain
mixeranditsoutputwillhaveall8channelsfrombothCockpitsmixedtogether.
3.GROUNDPINS–pairofgroundconnectorstobeusedforinterconnectingthe
modulesincaseyouneedthem.
4.+10VPOWEROUTPUT–notused
5.10VPOWEROUTPUT–notused
6.POWER CONNECTORis10pintypical+/12Veurorackpower
connector.
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COCKPIT1Uversion:
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1.AUXIN:acceptsaudioinputfromotherMixBuscompatiblemodulesandis
basicallyanotherstereoinputtobemixedwiththerest4channels.

2.MIXOUTispostmastervolumeknobaudiooutput,compatiblewithother
MixBusmodules.
3.STEREOBALANCEDLINEOUTis6pinconnectorfortheIntellijel
JacksIOv2board.Let’syouroutethefinalpostmastervolumeknoboutput
straighttotheTRSjacksontheIntellijelcases.
4.POWER CONNECTORis10pintypical+/12Veurorackpower
connector.
COMPRESSOR MODES
Thebuiltincompressorfeatures3differentmodesofdynamicprocessingofaudio
signals.
Toswitchdifferentmodes,holdpressall4encodersforlongerthan1seconduntil
youseetheSIDECHAINLED(7)blinkeither1,2or3timesshowingtheselected
mode.OneverystartupthatLEDblinkssameamountoftimesremindingthe
selectedmode.Selectedmodeautomaticallysavesafterafewsecondsofidle
Cockpituse.
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1.DUCKINGWITHCV:TheinputoftheCOCKPITacceptsunipolarCVfrom
0toapproximately+5V.Everythingthatgoesabove+5Visbeingsaturated,and
everythingthatisbelowzerowillbecutoff.TheSIDECHAINKNOBadjuststhe
levelofducking.Adjustittothedesiredpumpinglevel/intensity.TheblueLEDnear
thatknobshowstheamplitudeoftheinputsignalandlightsupwhentheducking
levelincreases.TIPP:Whennoplugisinsertedintothesidechainjack,thesumof
allfourchannelsissenttothesidechaininputoftheduckingcompressor.That
connectionmayseemabitexperimental(sincethechannelgeneratesaCV
envelopefromthefullmixanditmaysoundmorelikeamplitudemodulation),
howeveratsomepointitmaybringinterestingresults.
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2.DUCKINGWITHAUDIO:Thesidechaininputisamplifiedbyapprox.10
timeswithanenvelopefollowerattheinput.Nowyoumaysimplyinputasound
source(akickorsnaredrumforinstance–ataconsumerlinelevel–approx.1Vpp)
andtheCVwillbeextractedfromthataudiosourceandappliedtothechannelsyou
assignedtotheduckingbypressingandholdingtheencoderforoveronesecond
(justasyoudidintheCVinmodedescribedabove).Tipp:Iftheduckingeffect
seemstoohefty,itmaybethattheaudioyouwanttouseistoo'hot'–attenuating
mayhelp.
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3.DUCKINGWITHTRIGGERS:Thesidechaininputacceptstriggersin
standardmodularlevel(everythingthatishigherapprox.1Visrecognizedasonand

lowerthan250mVasoff).EverytriggergeneratesaninternalRELEASEenvelope
(fallingramp).Thatenvelopehasinstant(zero)attackandthedecaytimeisdefined
bythesidechainknob.Timeofdecayvariesfrom10msto10secondsandatfull
CCWknobpositionthereisnoeffectapplied.Thismodeworksgreatifyoudon’t
haveanextraenvelopeinyoursystem,butalsobecauseyoucancontrolthe
sidechainreleasetimeindependentlyfromyouraudioandcvsources,givingyou
morecontroloverthedynamics.
CREDITS
ENDORPHIN.ES® – COCKPIT 2 / 1U
Moduleidea,hardwaredesign,directionandmanualbyAndreasZhukovsky
ProgrammingBsviwithextrafixesbyKouik03
Manualproofreading,betatestinganddemovideosbyWisdomWater
Endorphin.esaremadeinBarcelona,Spain
Follow,like,postandtagusatInstagram:@endorphin.es
COMPLIANCE
FCC
ThisdevicecomplieswithPart15oftheFCCRules.Operationissubjecttothe
followingtwoconditions:(1)thisdevicemaynotcauseharmfulinterference,and(2)
thisdevicemustacceptanyinterferencereceived,includinginterferencethatmay
causeundesiredoperation.Changes/modificationsnotapprovedby
ENDORPHIN.ES(doingbusinessasFurthBarcelona,S.L.)couldvoidtheuser’s
authoritytooperatetheequipment.Thisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundto
complywiththelimitsforaClassAdigitaldevice,pursuanttopart15oftheFCC
Rules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoprovidereasonableprotectionagainstharmful
interferencewhentheequipmentisoperatedinacommercialenvironment.This
equipmentgenerates,uses,andcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifnot
installedandusedinaccordancewiththeinstructionmanual,maycauseharmful
interferencetoradiocommunications.

CE
Thisdevicemeetstherequirementsofthefollowingstandards:
EMC:2014/30/EU
EN55032:2015;EN551032:2009(EN55024);EN6100032;EN6100033
LowVoltage:2014/35/EUEN60065:2002+A1:2006+A11:2008+A2:2010+A12:2011
RoHS2:2011/65/EU
WEEE:2012/19/EU