Rupert Neve 517 - 500 series DI/Pre/Comp - Manual (Page 7)

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To Recorder
or Mixing Board
Amplified Instrument Use with Blended DI and Mic Signals
When used for instruments, the 517 can be used to phase align,
combine and compress direct and miced instrument signals. To
achieve this, use the DI for the instrument’s direct signal and the mic
preamp for the speaker cabinet signal. Connect the external ampli-
fier to the passive DI thru on the 517 faceplate. The blend control is
used for mixing direct and amplified signals to achieve the desired
tonality of the two sources, and the variphase is used to minimize or
extenuate phase cancellations between the two signals. To compress
the blended signal, simply engage the compresor and adjust the
conpressor threshold dial as desired. This technique could also be
used to create a single, mixed output of a guitar and vocals, or any
other pairing of microphone and instrument signals.
Instr. In
Mic In
Amp Mic
Rupert Neve
Designs
517
THRU INST
VARI-PHASE
48v
IN
MIC GAIN
BLEND
SILK
O/L
ACTIVE
IN
GND
LIFT
36 30
24
18
12
6 0dB 66
60
54
48
42
MIN MAX
COMPRESSOR
INST MIC
0dB
-20 +10
INST GAIN
0 +30
+15
Line Out