TC INTONATOR Details
Encompassing a heritage of more than 20 years of delivering professional tools to the pro audio industry, TC Electronic proudly presents a high end vocal processing tool.
Dedicated to the professional vocal recording engineer, the Intonator is aimed at reducing tedious engineering time spent on doing vocal re-takes. Not only does it provide you with the ultimate solution to vocal pitch correction, but it offers various valuable processing tools as well, including a De-esser, and a special Adaptive LoCut filter designed specifically for vocal processing.
Quality Tools For Quality Engineering
Tonal integrity is a must when dealing with delicate human vocals. The Intonator preserves the artist's personal touch by allowing vibrato, initial intonation and correction limited to individual notes. Utmost care has been taken in the software development to ensure that all fine adjustments applied to the incoming signal are being processed in a subtle, yet highly effective manner!
Transparency
Based on TC's world-renowned DARC™3 chip technology (incorporating 96kHz internal processing and true 24 bit resolution), the Intonator provides you with an ultra-transparent signal path. It features fully integrated AES/EBU, S/PDIF, Tos-link and ADAT digital I/O’s, and is 96kHz, 88.2kHz, 48kHz and 44.1kHz compatible on both digital and analog I/O's.
Coherence
Apart from the clear advantages of reducing the time spent on doing vocal re-takes, the Intonator also brings back coherence into the performance. Instead of cutting and pasting bits and phrases, with the loss of coherence as an obvious result, you now have a professional tool for processing and correcting your vocals in real-time.
Two Signal Setups
The Intonator also makes you capable of configuring the signal path in two different ways. In Normal mode the ADIOS (Analog Dual I/O's) configuration enables you to make simultaneous recordings of processed and unprocessed vocals, making comparisons a breeze (see fig. A). Digital signals, from your digital multitrack recorder for instance, can be configured the same way. In Dual mode you have the option of pitch-correcting the signal in one channel while using the dynamics, De-esser and LoCut, on the signal in the other channel (see fig. B).
Being On Top
You can choose to correct a single note simply by using the unique "Do-not-process-anything-but-this-note" function achieved via an internal custom scale feature, or type in your personal scale. A Pitch window allows you to specify when a note will be considered out of tune, whereas the Amount control limits the level of Pitch correction added to the audio.
The Audio-to-MIDI conversion allows you to keep track of the incoming pitch history and/or correction history, giving you the advantages of being on top of things throughout the entire recording session.
The Intonator features full MIDI automation making time based pitch shifting a simple operation. Use your keyboard for real-time manual pitch correction simply by hitting the notes to be processed.
Dithering
The use of dithering is very important when interfacing digitally between audio equipment. When resolution is changed from higher to lower, dithering is necessary to minimize distortion. In the Intonator you have the user friendly TPDF Dithering. The Output resolution of the Intonator is 24 bit, when the receiver of the Intonator signal has a lower resolution, Output Dither must be applied to equal the resolution of the receiver.
Premium Converters
When converting from analog to digital or vice versa, you should always try to use the full dynamic range of your converters. Even though the converters in the Intonator are 24 bit, analog gain may be applied before the AD's and after the DA's to make full use of them. The analog signal-path is balanced and can carry professional levels.
Applications
With the Intonator, you can establish a completely digital signal-path for vocal editing and correction. When tracking, the unit’s fine A to D converters may be utilized to get high quality digital signals directly to Multitrack, ADAT, ProTools etc.
Audio-to-MIDI
With a simple setup you can monitor and edit your vocals externally. Just track the incoming pitch history to your sequencer, add the necessary correction and play back the pitch correction to the Intonator
Keyboard
The keyboard gives you instant access to changing the Root note of the current scale or the notes allowed to be corrected. Simultaneously the keyboard also indicates the incoming note, making it possible to recognize the note about to be processed.
Display
The Display shows you the current Root note and Scale. While processing you can see both the incoming signal and the amount of correction added to the source, creating a visual confirmation of the process taking place.
Window, Attack and Amount
These three knobs allow you to individualize the processing in detail. The Window knob determines how close to a particular note the source should be in order to be corrected. The Attack knob conducts the response-time before the correction sets in. This will help preserve the artist's personal touch by e.g. allowing vibrato. The Amount knob sets the amount of correction added to the signal.
Manual Pitch
Use the Manual Pitch control to add pitch correction by hand. The wheel can also be remote controlled by your keyboard modulation wheel or even provide in-sync changes when locked to a sequencer.
The De-esser uses a relative threshold technique. This means that the actual threshold is always set according to the average level of the source signal. Consequently, the De-esser always adapts to the incoming signal and maintains the same threshold to the average level regardless of the Input signal.
Adaptive Locut
The Adaptive LoCut is a pitch controlled LoCut Filter. Instead of cutting off frequencies under a predetermined value, the Adaptive LoCut filter controls the cut off frequencies dynamically in accordance with the incoming signal. This ensures a perfect LoCut that never removes too much low end.
TC INTONATOR Specs
Digital Inputs and Outputs
Connectors XLR (AES/EBU)
RCA Phono (S/PDIF)
Optical (Tos-link, ADAT)
Formats AES/EBU (24 bit)
S/PDIF (24 bit), EIAJ CP-340, IEC 958
EIAJ Optical (Tos-link)
ADAT Lite pipe (24 bit)
Output Dither HPF/TPDF dither 8-24 bit, independent dithered output
Word Clock Input RCA Phono, 75 ohm, 0.6 to 10 Vpp
Sample Rates 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz
Processing Delay 15 ms
Frequency Response DIO DC to 23.9 kHz ± 0.01 dB @ 48 kHz
DC to 47.9 kHz ± 0.01 dB @ 96 kHz
Analog Inputs
Connectors XLR balanced (pin 2 hot)
Impedance 20 kohm
Max. Input Level +22 dBu (balanced)
Min. Input Level (for 0 dBFS) -10 dBu
Sensitivity: @ 12 dB headroom -22 dBu to +10 dBu
A to D Conversion 24 bit (6.144 MHz delta sigma @ 48/96 kHz)
A to D Delay 0.8 ms @ 48 kHz, 0.4 ms @ 96 kHz.
Dynamic Range >103 dB (unweighted, BW = 22 kHz), >106 dB(A)
THD -95 dB (0,0018 %) @ 1 kHz, -6 dBFS (FS @ +16 dBu)
Frequency Response 10 Hz to 20 kHz : +0/-0.2 dB @ 48 kHz
10 Hz to 45 kHz +0/-1 dB @ 96 kHz
Crosstalk <-80 dB, 10 Hz to 20 kHz typical -100 dB @ 1 kHz
Analog Outputs
Connectors XLR balanced (pin 2 hot)
Impedance 100 Ohm (active transformer)
Max. Output Level +22 dBu (balanced)
Full Scale Output Range -10 dBu to +22 dBu
D to A Conversion 24 bit (6.144 MHz delta sigma @ 48/96 kHz)
D to A Delay 0.57 ms @ 48 kHz, 0.28 ms @ 96 kHz
Dynamic Range >100 dB (unweighted, BW = 22KHz), >104 dB(A)
THD -82 dB (0.008 %) @ 1 kHz, -6 dBFS (FS @ +16 dBu)
Frequency Response 10 Hz to 20 kHz : +0/-0.5 dB @ 48 kHz
10 Hz to 45 kHz +0/-3 dB @ 96 kHz
Crosstalk <-60 dB, 10 Hz to 20 kHz
typical -90 dB @ 1 kHz
EMC
Complies with EN 55103-1 and EN 55103-2
FCC part 15, Class B
CISPR 22, Class B
Safety
Certified to IEC 65, EN 60065, UL 1419 and CSA E65
Environment
Operating Temperature 32° F to 122° F (0° C to 50° C)
Storage Temperature -22° F to 167° F (-30° C to 70° C)
Humidity Max. 90 % non-condensing
PCMCIA Interface
Connector PC Card, 68 pin type 1 cards
Standards PCMCIA 2.0, JEIDA 4.0
Card Format Supports up to 2 MB SRAM
Control Interface
MIDI In/Out/Thru: 5 Pin DIN
GPI, Pedal, Fader ¼" phone jack
General
Finish Anodized aluminum front
Plated and painted steel chassis
Display 8 x 128 dot graphic VFD
Dimensions 19" x 1.75" x 8.2" (483 x 44 x 208 mm)
Weight 5.2 lb. (2.35 kg)
Mains Voltage 100 to 240 VAC, 50 to 60 Hz (auto-select)
Power Consumption <20 W
Backup Battery Life >10 years
Warranty
Parts and labor 1 year
TC Intonator Vocal Processor
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