Thermionic Culture THE NIGHTINGALE 2 Dual mic. Amp/equaliser+ compressor - Manual (Page 11)

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4 Controls and Operation - I/P Select
The 4 position 'I/P select' switch controls the most unique
feature of the Nightingale.
With 'I/P select' set to 'Line' the input to the compressor is
taken from the 'comp in' XLR socket located on the back of
the Nightingale.
With 'I/P select' set to 'A' the input to the compressor is taken
internally within the unit from the output of preamp A. The
preamp can be working at any setting and its signal will be
sent to the compressor.
The preamp signal will also continue to be sent to the
'preamp A output' XLR plug found on the back of the
Nightingale.
With 'I/P select' set to 'B' the input to the compressor is taken
from preamp B. This works exactly as described for preamp
A above.
With 'I/P select' set to 'A+B' the compressor takes its input
from an internally summed combination of outputs from
preamps A and B.
The mix between the 2 preamps can be adjusted by
changing their input gain settings. The 2 preamps can be set
in any configuration of mic, line or DI input. The signals from
the 2 preamps will still be sent to their respective XLR output
plugs. This makes it possible to use the unit for the following:
a) Individual use of 2 preamps and one compressor.;
b) One preamp plus compression and one preamp with no
compression;.
c) Summing any combination of 2 mic. , DI & line signals;
d) Recording 'clean' un-summed or compressed versions of
each preamp signal simultaneously to the processed
signal.;
e) Parallel processing.;
f) Extra mic. / DI signal gain.