SoundToys RADIATOR 15676A User manual

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RADIATOR
1567A
MIXER AMPLIFIER
OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS
Tube Mix Channel
* MAC AU/RTAS/VST/AUDIOSUITE
* PC RTAS/VST/AUDIOSUITE
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Rad iato r is a d ua l stage lu be amp li fie r p lu g - in based on th e cl ass ic
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lee 1 56 7A t u be mi xe r. Un li ke t he o ri g ina l, it is des ign ed fo r bot h
mo no a nd s t er eo op e ra ti o n. Fro nt pa n el co ntr o ls in clud e in put and
ou tpu t gai n, bass and treb le boost/c ut, source se l ectio n, c i rc u it n oise
ON/O FF and a we t /d ry mi x co nt ro l. A VU - s t y le me te r, w hi c h d i sp la ys
th e " HE AT " amou nt at the ou t put, i s al so in c lud ed.
Bo th Mac a nd P C fo r ma t s a r e :; u ppo rte d - A udi o U nit s, Pr o T oo l :;
RT AS/A ud i oS uite and VS T on Mac as we ll as Pro Too ls RT AS/Aud i oSu it e
and VST on PC . Ma c OS X 10 .4 o r Wi n dows XP ar e the m in i m um
requ ir ed opera ti ng sys t ems .
Ra d iato r is p rot
ect ed w i th th e i lo k USB ha r dw ar e k ey a nd a va li d
au th or i za tio n is r equ i r ed to util iz e th e p lug -in outs i de o f the 30 - day
demo mode .
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CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION
T he audio s i gna l pat h of R adiator matches that of t he or ig in al 1567A
with a few mode rn en hanceme nt s. The clea n signal is f ed in t o th e fi r st
tube sat u ration stage with it s dr ive level de te r mined by th e IN P UT
contro l . F'rom th~ fi r st stag~ o u tput, t h e signa l fl ows Into a 2 - ba n d EO
sec ti o n with BA SS a nd TR EBLE con tr o l s. Af ter th e to ne stack, th e
signal reaches the seco nd sa t ur at io n stage. Th is is co n trolled by the
fro
nt pa n el OUTPUT kno b . F in al ly, the processed s i gna l is f ed into o ne
c h anne l o f t he wet/dry mixer (desc ri bed be l ow).
MIX CON T RO L
One majo r add it i on to Rad i ato r is the MIX co nt rol. T hi s al lows the
un p r ocessed (dry) s i gna l to be m i xe d in w i th th e pr ocessed (wet)
signal. The 0% to 1 00% ra ng e co rr espo nd s to the o ut put l eve l p er cen-
tange of t he processed aud i o. The MIX contro ls mea ns t h at para ll el
process in g ca n occu r f rom di r ec tl y wi th in Radia t or a nd wit ho ut th e
n eed for addit io nal b u ssi n g.
CI R CUIT NOISE
T he 1567A h as a s ig nifi cant
amount o f ci r cuit no i se even at
l ow saturation levels . It avera g es
- 68dBu at t he maxim um measured
se t tings . Th is no i se was mode le d
and put int o Rad i ato r. The noise
l eve l is red u ce d by 1 0dB w it h the
LINE so ur ce se l ect i on and can be
comp l ete ly surp r essed us i ng th e
fro
nt pa n el C LEA N/NO IS Y sw i tch.
Fig u res 1 and 2 show a OdBFS
(18dBu) 1k Hz s in e wave p r ocessed
through bot h Rad i ator (w i th LINE
selecte d) a nd th e 1 567 A. The FFT
plot sh ows the 20dB diffe r ence in
the no i se floo r as wel l as th e fi r st
through t he tent h h armonics.
HEAT M ET ER
T he Rad i ator fro nt pa n el also
in cl u des a specia liz ed VU - st yl e
meter whic h d i splays the "HE A T"
amount. Th is correspo n ds to th e
r
ea di ng on th e 1 567 A VU meter
whe re bot h R adiato r and the
1 567A have the same out pu t level
and sa tur at i on c har acter i stics.
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TONE CO NT ROL S
Rad i ator i nc l ude s a two ba nd
sec ti on w h ic h is post - I nput
st age a nd pre-output st age.
BOt h the BASS ana TREBLE
co nt rols al low fo r a +/·10dB
boost/cut.
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Fi gures 3 a nd 4 show the
frequency r espo nse s, rang i ng
from 1 OHz t o 24kHz, f or th e
mini mum and maximum ga in of
the BASS and TREB L E contro l s. · •• '--'-...LUJL:
SO U RCE SE LEC TI O N
A source se l ect io n switc h ,
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abe l ed LINE and M I C i s
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nc l u ded on the f ro nt panel.
Th is a l low s for a cha n ge I n the
ove ra l l freque n cy r esponse to
simu l ate the 1 567A ' s i nput
source im pedance depe n dance.
Fi gure 5 shows th e overal l
freque n cy r esponse di ff erences
due to source se l ec tion.
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