ESI Waveterminal 2496, Manual

Page 1: ...IVER INSTALLATION 15 WINDOWS 2000 16 WINDOWS 88SE 19 5 WT2496 CONTROL PANEL REFERENCE 22 PULL DOWN MENU BAR 22 INPUT OUTPUT REFERENCE LEVELS 23 ANALOG OUTPUT MIX MONITORING 25 DIGITAL OUTPUT MIX MONITORING 26 OUTPUT MIX MODE 27 CLOCK SOURCE 27 DIGITAL INPUT 28 SB LINK OUT 28 IEC 958 TYPE 29 SAMPLING RATE 30 REALTIME SAMPLE RATE CONVERTER 30 6 WORKING WITH APPLICATIONS 31 GIGA STUDIO 31 CAKEWALK SO...

Page 2: ...ofessional or in need of a professional audio interface you have made a sound investment in the Waveterminal 2496 F E A T U R E S 24 bit 96kHzSampleRateAnalog to DigitalandDigital to AnalogConverters Highest quality AD DA converters in the WT2496 provide unmatched sound quality with exceptionally low noise 2 In 2 OutBalancedorUnbalancedAnalogAudioInputsandOutputs The WT2496 provides 1 4 TRS phone ...

Page 3: ...ive Value to a 44 1kHz CD audio sample rate InternalWordClockConnector If you are working in professional digital audio Word Clock is not just an additional feature but a necessity The WT2496 contains an on board Word Clock input and output port which you can use to synchronize all your digital audio equipment It provides both the normal fs as well as the Super Clock 256fs format MultipleSampleRat...

Page 4: ...N T S Because the WT2496 s dependence on the CPU is very low you can use the WT2496 on virtually any Pentium based system Your first consideration should be the system requirements of the software you will be using If your digital audio application s system requirements are met then the WT2496 will run without any problems 1 Intel Pentium II CPU 2 64MB of RAM 3 One available PCI slot 4 Microsoft W...

Page 5: ... 2496 Particularly it will work under Windows 2000 to provide the most stable MIDI work Environment Warning The components in your PC and on the WT2496 board are sensitive to electrostatic discharge Follow these precautions to avoid damage caused by static electricity P R E C A U T I O N S 1 Leave the WT2496 board in its anti static wrapping until you are properly grounded 2 Turn off your computer...

Page 6: ...en the computer case Remove the screw and the rear slot cover of an available PCI expansion slot in your computer 3 Discharge any static electricity that may be on your clothes or body by touching a grounded metal surface such as the power supply case inside the computer 4 Remove the card from its anti static bag 5 Push the card firmly but gently into the PCI slot until the card s connector clicks...

Page 7: ...reful not to touch other cards to avoid any damage to the cards 5 Check to see if the MIDI Terminal 2120 is in place firmly 6 Locate the MIDI cable connector at the back of the computer 7 Connect all 4 MIDI connector plugs that are provided 8 Connect the MIDI cables to the MIDI plugs MIDI cables are not included in the package Parts of this manual are continually being updated Please read the READ...

Page 8: ... N N E C T I O N S Shown below is just one of many possible connection schemes for the WT2496 In a typical audio production studio or workstation where you have both digital and analog devices this setup treats your PC as a stereo master recorder In this case monitoring of the WT2496 will be similar to through the tape monitoring where you monitor your input and output sources from the tape record...

Page 9: ...s The wiring method for balanced connections with XLR connectors to balanced TRS 1 4 phone connectors using a shielded twisted pair cable 2 wire shield are as follows 2 Unbalanced Connections with a Twisted Pair Cable The wiring method for unbalanced connections with XLR connectors to phone connectors tip and sleeve only using a shielded twisted pair cable 2 wire shield is as follows ...

Page 10: ... as follows The wiring method for unbalanced connections with XLR connectors to unbalanced 1 4 phone connectors tip and sleeve only using coaxial cable 1 wire shield is as follows The wiring method for unbalanced connections with XLR connectors to unbalanced RCA Phono phone connectors using a shielded twisted pair cable 2 wire shield is as follows ...

Page 11: ...number 1 This one is for the signal and the right one is pin 2 for ground purposes The 2 pin header connectors are in two colors It doesn t matter which color goes with which pin but make sure to match the signal pin to the signal pin of the other device 1 WCLK IN This is the word clock input header to connect a word clock output from another digital device to the WT2496 You can use this word cloc...

Page 12: ...laster Live Value soundcard to S B OUT to send the WT2496 s digital output to the SoundBlaster directly In the WT2496 Control Panel SB LINK OUT you can decide what you send to the SoundBlaster s digital audio input CD ROM digital audio coaxial digital audio input source or the digital audio mix output of the WT2496 The SB Link feature was specifically designed for SoundBlaster Live Value users who...

Page 13: ...nector To use the CD ROM s digital audio as your digital input source select CD ROM as the Digital Input selection on the WT2496 Control Panel When you connect CD ROM to monitor an audio CD through the Waveterminal 2496 make sure to match the signal pin to the corresponding signal pin For example the left pin of the 2 pin header connector is a signal pin so connect it to the letter D from the CD R...

Page 14: ...l audio drivers like MME DirectSound ASIO GIGA WIRE and GSIF Until EGO SYS succeeded in developing the E WDM driver other so claimed Windows 2000 compatible drivers were not the perfect solution for the new OS format When a new OS is released 3rd party developers have to develop a new driver following a new standard and format However no one ever succeeded in achieving new digital audio drivers fo...

Page 15: ...ower on Windows will automatically detect that a new card has been installed and Welcome to the found New Hardware Wizard will appear 2 When the Wizard prompts you to Search for a suitable driver for your device Recommended select it and click Next ...

Page 16: ...nsert the WT2496 E WDM Driver CD into your computer s CD ROM 4 Follow the on screen instructions to finish the installation of the Waveterminal 2496 driver When the Wizard prompts you to restart your computer select YES and remove the Waveterminal 2496 Driver Diskette from the floppy disk drive ...

Page 17: ...18 5 After rebooting the computer your Waveterminal 2496 Audio Card is now ready to use ...

Page 18: ...r s main power on Windows will automatically detect that a new card has been installed and Add New Hardware Wizard will appear 2 When the Wizard prompts you to Search for the best driver for your device Recommended select it and click Next ...

Page 19: ... insert the Waveterminal 2496 Driver CD into your computer s CD ROM 6 Follow the on screen instructions to finish the installation of the Waveterminal 2496 driver When the Wizard prompts you to restart your computer select YES and remove the Waveterminal 2496 Driver floppy disk from the disk drive ...

Page 20: ...al 2496 Card is now ready to use Please read the README TXT file included in the driver diskette for the latest driver update information and be sure to check our web site http www egosys net occasionally for the most recent driver update information ...

Page 21: ...ick it once and it will display the Waveterminal 2496 Control Panel as below While reading through this section it may help to actually sit down in front of your PC and experiment P U L L D O W N M E N U B A R FILE Exit In some shipping versions of the Waveterminal2496 the screen may not look exactly as below Please check our web site http www egosys net for the most recent software updates ...

Page 22: ...ne step the fader will move by 2dB Step 8 When you move the mouse wheel one step the fader will move by 4dB Latency This will determine the latency of the Waveterminal 2496 Before running other applications you should decide the latency and then launch the applications With lower latency a quicker response time is achieved With higher latency a larger sample size more stability is acquired You sho...

Page 23: ...B When you select balanced operation the preset levels are 0dB for both inputs and outputs When you select unbalanced operation the level will show 6 for inputs and 0 for outputs 2 4dBu Sets the nominal input and output levels to 4dBu for professional audio applications WT2496 connectors can accept normal unbalanced 1 4 phone jacks as well but you must select UNBAL for proper use Generally speakin...

Page 24: ... levels independently A N A L O G O U T P U T M I X M O N I T O R I N G This is where you select the source that is routed to the Analog Output jacks of the WT2496 You can select just one or all four simultaneously 1 Analog In A signal connected to the Analog Input ports of the WT2496 is routed to the Analog Output ports for input monitoring 2 Digital In A signal connected to the Digital Input por...

Page 25: ...tal Output port for input monitoring 3 Wave 1 The output of a wave device routed to the Waveterminal 2496 is routed to the Digital Output port for monitoring 4 Wave 2 The output of a wave device routed to the Waveterminal 2496 D is routed to the Digital Output port for monitoring Just remember that when you add two audio signals together there is about 3dB overall increase in signal level When you...

Page 26: ...f the WT2496 2 Soft The combined signal levels are reduced automatically by the WT2496 depending on the number of signal sources combined For two combined signals the output signal is reduced by 6 dB When three or four signals are combined played back simultaneously the output level is reduced by 12 dB If your output monitoring sources don t contain peak level 0 dB peak programs combining them pro...

Page 27: ...digital input 4 Word Clock Selects the clock source connected to the WT2496 s on board header pin as the reference clock 5 WT Link Selects the clock source of the other EGO SYS products connected to the SYNC IN header pin as the reference clock D I G I T A L I N P U T Select the input connector type for your digital audio input 1 Coaxial In Selects the digital input port RCA type S PDIF format on ...

Page 28: ...e digital output jack of the WT2496 1 Consumer IEC 958 Type II Generally known as S PDIF Sony Phillips Digital Interface select this mode if you are sending the digital audio output from the WT2496 to an S PDIF equipped audio device 2 Professional IEC 958 Type I Generally known as AES EBU select this mode if you are sending the digital audio output from the WT2496 to an AES EBU audio device Import...

Page 29: ...upport that format For example if you select 96kHz on WT2496 control panel yet your software can only support 48kHz it will either play the sound at half the normal speed or not playback at all In either case it just ends up taking up more hard disk space without any benefit to sound quality R E A L T I M E S A M P L E R A T E C O N V E R T E R The WT2496 can function as a real time sample rate co...

Page 30: ... 2 Download GigaStudio v2 2 and update http www nemesysmusic com products versions html 3 Launch GigaStudio and set up the Waveterminal 2496 GSIF Choose Setting Choose Hardware Routing Choose Waveterminal 2496 GSIF In Outputs Enabled choose the output port you want 1 2 3 4 4 In Midi In Ports Choose the midi input port that you want to use with the GigaStudio output port 5 You can set up the GigaSt...

Page 31: ... can both go to the Waveterminal 2496 Outputs Caution 2 In the above case you have to be cautious with the output levels of each audio application Two different outputs routed to the same output may cause noise due to clipping You should lower the output level in comparison to using only one audio application at a time Caution 3 GigaStudio functions more properly when working at a low latency Go t...

Page 32: ...n Menu and open Audio Dialog 4 Select the Driver Profiles tab Turn off the Access driver in mono Stream 16 bit data Select 32 bit PCM left justified 5 Select the Drivers tab Select In Out Drivers 6 Select the Input Monitoring tab Select the required driver We recommend you to use input monitoring of the Waveterminal 2496 instead of input monitoring in Sonar It s more accurate than using input moni...

Page 33: ...ppear 8 Press the Wave Profile button 9 Exit Sonar to store your new configuration 10 Start Sonar again 11 To perform Live Monitoring at 1 5 ms with Sonar Exit Sonar to change the latency Set Latency 64 samples from the Control Desk then start Sonar again Set Buffers in playback 2 Set Buffer size slider to the left end fast Press Wave Profiler 12 Please don t select Share Drivers With Other Progra...

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Page 35: ...udio Setup System Audio System Setup Audio I O ASIO Device choose ASIO 2 0 Wami Rack 24 You have to set up the latency of the ASIO driver from the Waveterminal 2496 Control Desk instead of the Cubase Audio system setup This is different with the v 2 4 drivers ...

Page 36: ...art Reason 3 Go to Edit Preferences 4 Select Page Audio 5 Select the ASIO driver from Audio Card Driver 6 If you see the error message ASIO is in use then please change the sample rate in the Control Desk to either 44 1kHz or 48kHz Then try again from step 4 ...

Page 37: ... Audio Window 8 Go to Options Settings Synchronization Settings 9 Select the MIDI tab 10 Select a port from Transmit MIDI Clock To avoid Audio Midi sync error or CPU overload error please do not check All ports from Transmit MIDI Clock 11 Please make inactive any software synth that is not required for your current project Otherwise it will result in a heavy CPU overload by executing the same audi...

Page 38: ...s 1 Type 24 Bit 96kHz 64x Over sampling 2 Dynamic Range 100dB A weighted 3 Signal to Noise Ratio 100dB A weighted 4 S N D Ratio 90dB 5 Inter channel Gain Mismatch 0 2dB 6 Frequency Response 1Hz 20KHz FS 44 1KHz 1Hz 40KHz FS 96KHz 9 D A Specifications 1 Type 24Bit 96kHz 128x Over sampling 2 Dynamic Range 110dB A weighted 3 Signal to Noise Ratio 110dB A weighted 4 S N D Ratio 94dB 5 Inter channel Ga...