iConnectivity iConnectAUDIO 2, Owner'S Manual

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Page 2: ... damage to the environment Since the correct method of disposal will depend on the applicable laws and regulations in your locality please contact your local administrative body for details FCC USA IC Canada Regulation Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide rea...

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Page 4: ...8 Basic Operation 18 Rotary Knob Push functions 19 LED Meter Levels 19 iConfig Software 20 Launching iConfig 20 Device Menu 21 Device Info 22 Audio Patchbay and Audio Mixer 23 Audio Info 30 MIDI Info 34 MIDI Port Routing 35 MIDI Management 36 MIDI Port Filters 37 MIDI Channel Remap 38 MIDI Controller Data Filter 38 MIDI Controller Remap 39 Troubleshooting 40 Audio Specifications 41 Contact iConnec...

Page 5: ...io passThru capability from one computer to another 2 XLR Combo mic line instrument analog inputs with individual 48V phantom power toggle and line instrument mode selection 4 TRS balanced analog outputs stereo headphone output with independent mix 5 pin MIDI DIN in out iConfig software Mac Windows iPad for easy audio mixing routing and MIDI routing processing set ups stored in FLASH memory on the...

Page 6: ...6 What s in the Box The iConnectAUDIO2 One USB A to USB B cable to connect the interface to a Mac or PC computer ...

Page 7: ...EAR ANYTHING UNTIL YOU BRING UP THE LEVELS as shown below The output levels come set all the way down for protection THE ANALOG COMBO INPUTS ARE ROUTED TO THE COMPUTERS NOT THE OUTPUTS The default setup is for recording or processing or monitoring You will only hear the audio coming from the computer s unless you change the audio routing as explained later ...

Page 8: ...r and install it Installation is straightforward but for details please see here 2 Download and install the iConfig Software to a Windows or Mac computer This will automatically let you update your interface s firmware to the latest version and the software accesses all the interface s functions and configuration options Note for successful firmware upgrade the computer must be connected to USB De...

Page 9: ...tputs 1 2 which are linked for stereo in the default setup Then turn the Rotary control knob 3 to raise or lower the monitor speaker level To adjust the headphones level follow the same procedure selection Phones instead of Out The first time you touch Out or Phones the LED will turn green indicating the meters are in Signal Level viewing mode Touch a second time and the LED will turn red indicati...

Page 10: ... A the first of the available mixes in the Sub Mix Bussing section should already be selected Bring up the two stereo faders as shown below the SOURCE one is probably raised already The Analog Output 1 2 fader is your monitor volume control You can also bring up the headphones here In the default setup they carry the same signal as analog outs 1 2 but they have their own Sub Mix on the third Audio...

Page 11: ...1 to select input levels for adjustment touch 1 and or 2 2 to select either or both inputs then turn the Rotary Control 3 to raise or lower the selected inputs Turn on phantom power if needed for condenser mics only This is done by touching 48V so that the indicator turns green then touching the input numbers for which you want to apply phantom power MIDI Each USB Device jack has 2 16 channel MIDI...

Page 12: ...d IF YOU HEAR NOTHING FROM YOUR SPEAKERS OR HEADPHONES please check that levels are turned up either using the Interactive Touch Display or Audio Mixer tab in the iConfig software This is explained in the Quick Start Guide If you ve made changes in iConfig check that the output source you re monitoring is routed correctly in the Audio Patchbay The default 16 bit 44 1kHz audio setting ensures compa...

Page 13: ... Driver Installation Download the Windows drivers here You will see the following dialogs Yes Next Next Desktop icon is optional Accept the agreement Visual Studio Redistributable installed if needed Next Finish ...

Page 14: ...14 The Start Menu after installing the Windows driver and the iConnectivity iConfig software ...

Page 15: ...plugs they go through a 20dB pad with a gain range of 20dB to 40dB in 1dB increments Connect line level inputs synthesizers DJ rigs etc they go through a 20dB pad with a gain range of 20dB to 40dB in 1dB increments Select 48V phantom power if needed for condenser mics 3 Interactive Display 4 Rotary Control Knob For details see Interactive Display section Easy capacitive touch interface lets you ad...

Page 16: ...nsformer 7 Computer Device jack 1 Connect the interface to a Mac or PC with the included iConnectivity USB B to USB A cable Only this jack will power the device over the USB bus so please use it if you re only connecting one Mac or PC 8 MIDI DIN In Out These jacks accept 5 pin MIDI DIN plugs for standard MIDI hardware MIDI is transmitted at the standard MIDI rate 31 25 Kbps 9 Analog Out Jacks 1 4 ...

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Page 18: ...s is like showing the position of a volume control in the meters the Rotary Knob is continuous so you can t tell the position by looking at the knob The 48V Inst touch zone has no effect on the viewing mode since it s an on off function Basic Operation 1 Touch the region centered around one of the four indicators on the bottom row to select a function 48V Inst In Out or Phones Note that the 48V In...

Page 19: ...air 3 Turn the Rotary Knob to adjust the level Rotary Knob Push functions FUNCTION ROTARY KNOB PUSH COMMAND Mute all outputs Double push Save all settings to internal memory Single push Power down Push and hold until each meter shows a single red and a single amber LED Power up Single push when powered down Bootloader mode for manual firmware updates Push and hold until each meter shows a single r...

Page 20: ...rd flash memory It can be copied into the iConfig software for editing the Restore from FLASH command iConfig works the same on Mac iPads and Windows Launching iConfig When you have multiple iConnectivity interfaces connected to your computer the Device Selection dialog will appear simply select the one to be configured If you have only the iConnectAUDIO2 it will be selected automatically in the d...

Page 21: ...ctAUDIO2 s flash memory into iConfig Restore to Factory Defaults Removes all user changes to the iConnectAUDIO2 s configuration Reset All digital devices can get confused and require resetting Reset to Bootloader Mode When the device restarts it will be in Bootloader Mode ready to receive firmware changes This lets you load specific firmware files Upgrade Firmware Checks whether your firmware is c...

Page 22: ...22 Device Info This displays information about the connected audio interface including the firmware version Note that the Device Name field can be edited so you can give your interface a custom name ...

Page 23: ...rstand the Audio Patchbay and Audio Mixer is just to follow this short tutorial iConfig s Audio Patchbay is a routing matrix It has sources horizontally across the top and destinations vertically on the right Touch the grid to add or remove a routing NOTE THE PATCHBAY WILL LOOK DIFFERENT IF IT S BEEN CHANGED FROM THE FACTORY DEFAULT SETUP SHOWN HERE We ll start with the default setup annotated to ...

Page 24: ...erring to the view of the Audio Patchbay above here is an explanation of how the iConnectAUDIO2 inputs have been routed in the default configuration The front panel Combo inputs are routed to ports 1 2 of both computers That s so they re available in your music software for recording or processing or just monitoring Ports 1 through 4 from Computer 1 are routed to two destinations to Computer iPad ...

Page 25: ...d to the eight inputs of the mixer section and which output channels are connected to the three pairs of mixes from the mixer section The drawing below shows the relationship between the Patchbay mixer inputs and the Audio Mixer control section used to set the mixing levels ...

Page 26: ...tchbay are available in the same positions on the yellow tab which is going to Analog Outs 3 4 and the green tab has the same ones for the headphones Note that the mixer sources and outputs shown on the Patchbay can also be viewed in the audio Mixer as shown on the next page The cutout Source and Destination choice boxes shown on the page are accessed one at a time by clicking on the white source ...

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Page 28: ...el Each USB mixer can accept inputs from either computer iPad or any analog input but it can only be routed to one computing device To enable one or both USB mixers go to the Audio Information tab In this example we ve set up four channels on computer 1 AKA iCA2 USB D1 domain in the software We re not using the other USB mixer since it s not needed After clicking Commit and Reset the iConnectAUDIO...

Page 29: ... d enabled the D2 Mixer it could only go to Computer iPad 2 To complete a realistic setup example we ve also routed Computer 1 and Computer 2 outs into the analog mixer The two analog submixes are routed to analog outs 1 2 and 5 6 the headphones Finally we ve routed the audio inputs are routed to computer 1 s inputs 1 2 Please check the iConnectivity website for videos and blog posts for more info...

Page 30: ...s compensated for with the Sync factor value parameter so that incoming and outgoing audio is in sync The larger the audio frame buffer the longer this takes but the lower the strain is on the device conversely smaller buffers lower the processing latency and require more computing horsepower The default settings offer low latency and solid audio performance However you may wish to experiment with...

Page 31: ...31 The following Audio Configuration Table shows the processing footprints for every possible configuration ...

Page 32: ...tion Busses The USB Mixers are not enabled in the iConnectAUDIO2 s factory default set up Since most DAWs and other software programs have mixing built in and the factory default is intended for use with DAWs they aren t needed When you do need the USB1 or USB2 Mixers for example in a live situation the way to enable them is to change the number of Mixes to outputs on USB1 and or USB2 domain from ...

Page 33: ...ble Mac PC and or iOS support and set the number of input and output channels available The number of Analog Jacks is fixed of course 6 outputs 4 Analog Out Jacks 2 for Headphone Jacks 1 2 and Analog In Jacks 1 2 Note that the names of the devices can be edited ...

Page 34: ...orts defaults to off Running status is a way of reducing the amount of MIDI data that must be sent It works by assuming that the first part of the MIDI message the status byte that identifies what it is for example a note remains the same until further notice Running status must be implemented correctly by the receiving device to work we recommend enabling it only if you can confirm that this is t...

Page 35: ...o your liking on the MIDI info tab The names assigned to the MIDI ports will also appear in music applications running on a connected computing device If you change the names of the MIDI ports you will need to remove and re install the iConnectAUDIO2 on the computing device in order to to have the new names reflected there MIDI Port Routing This matrix is for routing the 16 channel bi directional ...

Page 36: ...her computer device and another to the MIDI DIN out MIDI Management In addition to the MIDI routing capability four types of processing for both MIDI input and output streams are available to manage the MIDI data in your setup These are described in the following sections Note that the processing and routing is applied in the following order 1 Input port filtering 2 Input controller filtering 3 In...

Page 37: ...to and from the computer connected to USB Device Jack 1 is selected In the factory default setup shown here only Active Sensing Events are being filtered it s grey indicating that filtering is enabled The MIDI data types at the top of the list starting with Pitch Bend are performance controls that can be applied to individual channels Reset Events and the data types below it don t carry channel in...

Page 38: ...put coming from each Port Everything is assigned to MIDI Channel 1 in the default setup MIDI Controller Data Filter For each MIDI port this matrix is for filtering removing from the datastream any MIDI controller on any of the 16 MIDI channels Filter Type top left selects whether to modify the input going to or the output coming from each port Click where it says 0 Bank Select coarse for a pop up ...

Page 39: ...nnels to a different one The entire list of 127 MIDI controllers is available as a Source and a Destination under the drop down menu s Remap Type top left selects whether to modify the input going to or the output coming from each port Here the Mod wheel from a MIDI instrument in the DIN Port is being converted to Breath Control ...

Page 40: ...ion Please check the routing in the iConfig software MIDI Port Routing tab No sound from an iPad s speaker earphones microphone The iOS device automatically uses the iConnectAUDIO2 when it s connected This deactivates the built in speaker usually the built in mic and often the headphones and or headset mic when it s plugged into the device s 1 8 TRRS jack iPad s device s battery isn t charging Ple...

Page 41: ...ngle Ended Input Attenuator 20dB fixed Impedance 800kOhms Hi Z 45kOhms Lo Z SNR 104 dB 1kHz 2 Vrms 22Hz 22kHz A wt THD N 88 dB 1kHz 2 Vrms 22Hz 22kHz A wt Maximum input level 8 Vrms 20 dBu 18 dBV 1kHz 22Hz 22kHz A wt 1 THD N SNR 116dB dB Line Outputs Maximum Output Level 3 1 Vrms 12 dBU 9 8 dBV Frequency response flatness 20 Hz 20 kHz 1 0 1 dB SNR 98 dB 1kHz 22Hz 22kHz A wt THD N 98 dB 1kHz 22Hz 2...

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