Echo LAYLA 3G, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...LAYLA 3G GINA 3G Owner s Manual Version 1 0 1 for Macintosh ...

Page 2: ... mounting screws with collars Layla3G only Two removable rack mount brackets Layla3G only An interface cable Please note The cable included with your Echo3G system is a shielded data cable that has been custom manufactured to exacting standards Use of any other cable will substantially reduce the system s overall audio quality and could damage the system A CD ROM containing Mac OS X Drivers Window...

Page 3: ... 256MB RAM 512MB highly recommended Mac OS X 10 2 or later A fast high capacity IDE SCSI or firewire hard disk drive Peripheral audio equipment such as a mixer microphones studio monitors musical instruments etc Note Your Echo product may not work properly if you have a processor upgrade card installed Echo will not be able to supply technical support if you have a processor upgrade card installed...

Page 4: ...ll and then select Accounts in the System section Now select your account from the list on the left and click on the Security tab Make sure that the checkbox at the bottom labeled Allow user to administer this computer is checked If your account does not have administrative access then you will need to log out and log in with an account that does Run Software Update Before you install anything you...

Page 5: ...stallation 3 Insure that you have fully discharged all static electricity from your body before handling the card This can be done through the use of a grounding strap or more simply by touching your bare hand to the metal casing of the computer s power supply For this latter method to work the computer must be plugged in though not turned on After you ve discharged your static unplug the computer...

Page 6: ...e built in screws located on both sides of the connector Attach the other end of the cable to the connector on the rear of the interface labeled computer and fasten the cable securely with the screws Caution Never connect the audio interface box to or disconnect from the computer while the computer is turned on This could damage the interface box or PCI card 8 You can now attach external audio dev...

Page 7: ...with a corresponding volume knob which monitors analog outputs 1 and 2 Layla3G has six analog line inputs s 3 8 and eight analog line outputs on the rear panel These analog inputs s 3 8 operate with an input impedance of 10Kohms The input and output connections can be used with balanced or unbalanced cables via the connectors By default the inputs and outputs are set to receive or send a 4dBu sign...

Page 8: ...e input and output connections can be used with balanced or unbalanced cables via the connectors By default the outputs are set to send a 4dBu signal You can switch between 4dBu and 10dBV for each individual output via the console software see section below Universal Inputs The universal input connections can accept balanced or unbalanced signals via or XLR connectors Since Layla3G and Gina3G have...

Page 9: ...reamp is enabled and the gain range of the trim knob is set to range from 0 to 45dB The guitar line preamp can support both guitar line level signals The input impedance of each guitar line preamp is 102Kohms Full scale input is 18dBu with the trim set to minimum gain If you want to adjust the input level of a universal input just turn the trim knob and watch the corresponding level meter The red ...

Page 10: ...nector is a pair of connectors labeled OPTICAL IN and OUT These connectors are used to transmit digital audio data via an optical signal using special digital optical cables with Toslink connectors You can use this port for ADAT 8 channels or for optical S PDIF stereo I O Note Your Echo3G product is only capable of transmitting or receiving one type of digital signal at a time You must choose eith...

Page 11: ...f standard analog RCA audio cables is not recommended For reliable S PDIF operation 75 ohm coaxial RG59 video cables are recommended MIDI Both Layla3G and Gina3G are equipped with MIDI I O connectors The MIDI ports can be used for receiving MIDI time code MTC or sending and receiving MIDI signals between your digital audio MIDI sequencing software and external sound modules keyboards MIDI controll...

Page 12: ... a Word Clock connector The Word Clock I O uses a BNC connector As with the S PDIF I O a shielded 75 ohm RG 59 coaxial video cable should be used BNC connectors have been widely used in the electronics industry for both video and computer networking However computer networks use 50 ohm RG 58 coaxial cables and not the 75 ohm RG 59 cable used by video For reliable word clock operation use only vide...

Page 13: ...er up Turn on your Power Mac 2 Insert the Echo3G Install CDROM into your CD ROM drive A CDROM icon will appear on your desktop called Echo3G Open it and then open the Echo Installer folder 3 Install the console Just drag the icon labeled Echo3G Console to your Applications folder the easiest way to do this is to drag it to the Applications icon in the Finder window 4 Start the installer Double cli...

Page 14: ...be prompted to enter your password If your account doesn t have administrative privileges you ll have to close the installer and start over For information on administrative privileges return to the earlier section in this manual called Log In as Administrator Once you ve entered your name and password follow the on screen prompts The installer will load the CoreAudio and CoreMIDI drivers ...

Page 15: ...Software installation 19 Software installation 6 Click Restart You should see this window when the installer is done You will have to restart your computer to finish the installation ...

Page 16: ... everything is working properly Open System Preferences from the Dock or Apple menu select Show All and select the Sound panel Under the Output tab you should see your Echo product listed as a sound output device If you want to use your Echo product with iTunes iDVD iMovie QuickTime etc you will need to select it as the sound output device ...

Page 17: ... Audio MIDI Setup application Go to your Applications folder on your hard disk and from there to the Utilities folder Open Audio MIDI Setup In addition to listing all the audio devices in the system Audio MIDI Setup lets you examine the various audio formats supported by the hardware in your Mac ...

Page 18: ...IDI Devices tab you will display the available CoreMIDI devices You should see your Layla3G or Gina3G hardware shown as an icon here Next you ll want to install Tracktion and learn about the Echo console software Both are covered in the following sections of this manual ...

Page 19: ...TML Quick start Guide and help files that you can open from the Help button inside Tracktion So you ll be able to get up and running with a minimum of hassles hopefully none at all You can also access the Tracktion Quick start Guide and help files with the F12 key on your keyboard Authorize your copy of Tracktion Your copy of Tracktion will run in demo mode until you authorize it Your Echo3G insta...

Page 20: ...arious objects on the screen and you will notice that Tracktion uses pop up help to tell you about the interface Note that whenever you click on something you will see any available details controls or settings for it in the information windows at the bottom middle of the screen You can learn a lot just by clicking on things and reading the pop up help You can also access a quick start guide and a...

Page 21: ...the Settings Audio devices screen of Tracktion 6 Now you re ready to play some music Click on the Projects tab at the top of the screen and select one of the sample projects that come with Tracktion 7 You will see a listing of all the files for that project in the large area to the right Double click on the file with the same name as the project This will open the project 8 Now click on the play b...