Rupert Neve 511 - 500 User Manual

Portico 511

500 Series Mic Pre with Silk

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Operations Manual

PORTICO 511 MIC PRE WITH SILK

Thank you for your purchase of the 511: 500 Series Mic Pre with Silk. Everyone at
Rupert Neve Designs hope you enjoy using this tool as much as we have enjoyed
designing and building it. Please take note of the following list of safety concerns
and power requirements before the use of this or any Portico Series product.

SAFETY

It’s usual to provide a list of “do’s and don’ts” under this heading but mostly these

amount to common sense issues. However here are some reminders:

Don’t operate your Portico™ module in or around water! Electronic equipment and
liquids are not good friends. If any liquid is spilled such as soda, coffee, alcoholic
or other drink, the sugars and acids will have a very detrimental effect. Sugar

crystals act like little rectiers and can produce noise (crackles, etc.). SWITCH OFF
IMMEDIATELY because once current starts to ow, the mixture hardens, can get
very hot (burnt toffee!) and cause permanent and costly damage. Please contact

support as soon as possible at [e-mail] for resolution.

1) Read these instructions.

2) Keep these instructions.

3) Heed all warnings.

4) Follow all instructions.

5) Do not use this apparatus near water.

6) Clean only with dry cloth.

7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the

manufacturer’s instructions.

8) Do not install near any heat source such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or
other apparatus (including ampliers) that produce heat.

9) Refer all servicing to qualied service personnel. Servicing is required when the

apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as when power-supply cord or plug
is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the

apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has

been dropped.

10) Do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture.

511 DESCRIPTION

With a truly legendary microphone preamplier and the exibility of variable Silk/
Texture, Rupert Neve designed the 511 to provide classic sonic performance with

500-series value. Incorporating the pristine preamp circuitry from the 517, the

universally useful sweepable high pass lter from the 5012, and the thickening
power of a variable silk circuit derived from our agship Portico II Channel, the 511

is a Rupert Neve-designed workhorse for all your most important tracks.

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PORTICO 511: FRONT PANEL

+/-6dBLevelControl

Trim

Gain

66dBGainin6dBSteps

PolarityReverse

Reversesthepolarityof

themicpresignal

Texture

Determinestheamountof

theSilkeffect

Rupert Neve
Designs

0dB

-6 +6

TRIM

30

24

18

12

6

100

20Hz 250Hz

HPF

MIN MAX

TEXTURE

511

MIC PRE

+ SILK

GAIN

POWER

36

48V

42

48

54

60

66

0dB

PowerLED

Indicatespowerfrom500SeriesRack

22

48V

20

18

Engagesthe48VPhantomPower

14

10

4

LevelMeter

-2

-10

8-segmentpeakLEDmeterforthe

LEVEL

micpreoutput(preSilk)

HPF

CountinouslyVariableHPFfrom20-250Hz
engagedbyHPFbutton

HPF

SILK

SilkRed

EngagestheredSilkmodecontroledbythe
textureknob

PORTICO 511: BLOCK DIAGRAM

CONTINUOUS TR IM

+/-6dB

+INPUT

+48VDC

-INPUT

+IN

48V

STEPPED GAIN

0 - 66dB

-IN

PHASE

TRIM

HPF ENGAGE

20Hz - 250Hz

HPF

OUTPUT STAGE

Level Meter

OUTP UT TRANS FO RME R

OUTP UT

SILK

RED

TEXTURE

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