Owner’s manual the ark www.Oceanaudio.Co.Uk.
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 2 contents introduction 3 features 4 quick start power connections 5 audio connections 6 basic connection without patchbay and without modules installed (ark 500 and 900) 6 basic connection without patchbay but with modules installed (ark 500) 7 basic connect...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 3 thank you for your purchase of the ark. This manual is for all models of the ark. We hope you’ll have as much pleasure using your console as we had designing and building it. The ark is designed by malcolm toft, who was the founder of console manufacturer t...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 4 features each version of the ark has been assembled using a combination of building blocks. By combining a master section with a number of input channel blocks and producer desk / patchbay, almost any con- figuration is possible. There are two different mas...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 5 quick start power connections all models of the ark are supplied with a high quality power supply. Make sure to use an earthed cable when connecting the ac power source to the 3-pin euro socket at the back of the power supply. The supply uses the latest ‘sw...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 6 audio connections so as to provide complete flexibility and provide greater access to the many inputs and outputs available, the ark uses the tascam standard 25 way d-sub connector system. Because of this, when used without a patchbay certain functions in t...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 7 basic connection of ark 500 input channels, without patchbay but with modules installed. For this example we’ll install 16x mic pres in the top rack slots of the ark 500 channels and 16x eqs in the lower rack slots. This way, we create a standard analogue c...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 8 basic connections of ark extended master, without patchbay but with modules installed for this example we’ll install 8x compressors in the monitor rack slots of the extended master section. We need to make sure that we once again enable continuity of signal...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 9 using the console with a patchbay the previous examples showed basic ways to use the ark. But the ark offers much more. And as with so many things in audio, there are not much rules. We would like to invite you to customise the connections so the ark really...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 10 audio connections the console uses 25 way ‘d-sub’ connectors which follow the tascam standard for audio wiring. This universal standard makes it compatible with any other piece of professional analogue audio equipment (such as patchbays, audio interfaces e...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 11 ark 500 input channels ark 900 input channels the difference between the ark 500 and ark 900 channels is the upper section of the channel. The ark 500 features 2 slots for 500 series modules per channel. The ark 900 features a mic pre and dual eq’s per cha...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 12 ark 900 input channel - upper section.
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 13 ark 900 upper input module description you can skip this page if you don’t have any ark 900 inputs installed. The ark 900 mic pre-amplifier and equaliser module provides a very high quality trans- former coupled microphone pre-amplifier together with two e...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 14 ark 500 input channel slots for 500 series you can skip this page if you don’t have any ark 500 input channels installed. The upper section of each of the ark 500 channels has 2 slots for 500 series modules. The slots come factory installed with blank pane...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 15 ark input channel - lower input section this is the same for both ark 500 and ark 900 channels.
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 16 input module operational description (ark 500 and ark 900) the ark input module is an extremely versatile channel strip that provides all the facilities necessary for multi-track recording and mixing. At the top of the module, eight buttons route the signa...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 17 below the auxiliary sends is the channel monitor section. This is in effect another inde- pendent input channel that operates separately from the main one. The purpose of the channel monitor section is to provide a means of monitoring the replay signal fro...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 18 ark lx master section ark extended master section the difference between the ark lx and ark extended master section is in the submaster channels. The ark lx master section features the subgroup master section and the aux master section on rotary knobs. The...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 19 ark master module this is the same for both ark lx and ark extended master section.
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 20 master module operational description (ark lx and ark extended master section) the master module of the ark lx and ark extended master section contains all of the controls that affect the overall functionality of the console. Associated with the master mod...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 21 next in the master module are the controls for alternate control room monitor speakers 1 and 2. In conjunction with the standard control room monitor system these controls make it possible to have up to three different control room monitor speaker systems ...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 22 ark extended submaster module ark extended master section.
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 23 submaster module operational description (ark extended master section only) you can skip this section if you don’t have the ark extended master. The submaster modules provide all of the facilities necessary when using the 8 sub group outputs. They provide ...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 24 lower subgroup section at the top of the lower section are an identical set of auxiliary send controls to those found on the upper section and they perform the same function. The [replay] switch selects between the monitor line inputs 1-8 on the rear panel...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 25 ark lx group master module ark lx master section.
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 26 ark lx auxilary master module ark lx master section.
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 27 group master module and aux master module operational description (ark lx master section only) you can skip this section if you don’t have the ark lx master. The group master modules provide all of the facilities necessary when using the 8 sub group output...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 28 more on metering the metering on the ark is very versatile. But since there are 3 different locations on the console, which determine what gets shown on the vu meters, it can be a little confusing, so it's important that this is well understood. Note that ...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 29 more on levels when using digital audio interfaces the ark has been designed to operate at standard professional operating levels ‘0’ on the vu meters corresponds to +4dbm (1.225v), ‘0’ on the master bargraph meters corresponds to 0dbm (0.775v). When conne...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 30 more on speakers make sure to take care when interfacing the console to control room monitor speakers. Many control room monitors nowadays are self powered systems and contain their own amplifiers. These systems often have as much as 20db gain internally a...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 31 more on grounding by connecting equipment together using the 'star grounding' principle it is possible to virtually eliminate hum loops from studio wiring. Since the system is quite easy to implement, it only requires following a certain procedure that wil...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 32 pin number description 1 channel 8 + 2 channel 8 earth 3 channel 7 - 4 channel 6 + 5 channel 6 earth 6 channel 5 - 7 channel 4 + 8 channel 4 earth 9 channel 3 - 10 channel 2 + 11 channel 2 earth 12 channel 1 - 13 no connection 14 channel 8 - 15 channel 7 +...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 33 pin number description 1 no connection 2 no connection 3 no connection 4 stereo master output left + 5 stereo master output left ground 6 stereo master output right - 7 stereo master insert return left + 8 stereo master insert return ground 9 stereo master...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 34 following standard tascam audio connections: channel 1: control room right channel 2: control room left channel 3: alt 1 right channel 4: alt 1 left channel 5: alt 2 left channel 6: alt 2 right channel 7: studio play right channel 8: studio play left pin n...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 35 following standard tascam audio connections: channel 1: 2 track 1 return left channel 2: 2 track 1 return right channel 3: 2 track 2 return left channel 4: 2 track 2 return right channel 5: no connection channel 6: no connection channel 7: no connection ch...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 36 following standard tascam audio connections: channel 1: aux send 1 channel 2: aux send 2 channel 3: aux send 3 channel 4: aux send 4 channel 5: aux send 5 channel 6: aux send 6 channel 7: no connection channel 8: no connection pin number description 1 no c...
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 37 appendix b ark 900 input channel flow diagram (upper section).
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 38 ark input channel flow diagram lower section ark 500 and ark 900
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 39 ark master module flow diagram ark lx and ark extended.
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 40 ark submaster module flow diagram ark extended only.
Ark - owner’s manual - revision 3 - page 41 ark group and aux master module flow diagram ark lx only subgroups 1-8 auxiliaries a.F.L/p.F.L signal a.F.L/p.F.L d.C ar k l x g r o u p a n d a u x m as te r f lo w d ia g r am su bg r o u p in se r t se n d su bg r o u p o u tp u t 0db 0db +5db su bg r o...
