ST Audio DSP24 ADAT, Manual

Page 1: ...ove products as new technology and newer components become available ST Audio therefore reserves the right to change specifications without prior notice A S Centre ST Audio HOONTECH Co Ltd 4th Flr Min...

Page 2: ...s 2000 13 Installation under Windows XP 16 VI External Links 18 Monitoring 19 Clock source selection 20 VII Mixer controls 22 Internal Mixer 22 External Mixer 23 VIII Hardware settings 26 IX Usage wit...

Page 3: ...installation CD ROM Logic SoundTrack24 CD ROM by Emagic This manual Functions The DSP24 ADAT card from ST Audio is easy to install and contains everything you need to form a powerful 8 channel digita...

Page 4: ...to 24 bit 48kHz Coaxial S PDIF I O 24 bit Supported sample rates 22 05 32 44 1 and 48kHz plus 88 2 and 96kHz for S PDIF Analog monitoring output 24 bit DA converter resolution 1 4 connectors Internal...

Page 5: ...connects to the breakout cable 15pin D SUB to RCA TRS adapter check the next page 4 BNC WordClock input 5 BNC WordClock output 6 analog CD input routed to Internal Mixer CON1 7 analog Aux input route...

Page 6: ...r that connects to the DSP24 ADAT PCI card B analog monitoring outputs 1 4 TRS unbalanced 10dBv left and right channels this output sends out the same signal as channel 1 2 of the optical ADAT output...

Page 7: ...s to connect ADAT devices Connect the ADAT output of the card with the ADAT input of your external ADAT compatible device Connect the ADAT input of the card with the ADAT output of your external devic...

Page 8: ...umper is now set to ON The other jumpers HD4 HD3 and HD2 are untouched To sync the DSP24 ADAT card to an external WordClock source External Links must be set to ADAT synchronisation Check the CLOCK SO...

Page 9: ...tion process is different depending on the version of Windows you are using Installation under Windows 9x Me The following instructions refer to Windows 98 98 SE The installation under Windows 95 and...

Page 10: ...ename sound adat where drivename equals the letter of your CD ROM drive in the window displayed above and click Next Alternativly you can click Browse and select the correct directory on the CD then c...

Page 11: ...Click Next At this window complete the installation by clicking Finish Windows will now install the driver for you through a series of installation screens If you are prompted to do anything this woul...

Page 12: ...deo and game controllers You should see the audiocard s device listed there Highlight it and click on Properties You should see the message This device is working properly Click on the Resources tab y...

Page 13: ...the DSP24 ADAT driver under Windows 2000 After installation of the DSP24 ADAT in a PCI slot in the computer boot up the system Windows will detect the new hardware automatically a few seconds after y...

Page 14: ...og and again click Next Select Have Disk D sound adat wdm Type in drivename sound adat wdm where drivename equals the letter of your CD ROM drive in the window displayed above and click OK Alternativl...

Page 15: ...r system At the next window complete the installation by clicking Finish On some systems you will be prompted to reboot the system If that is the case on your PC click Yes After the driver is installe...

Page 16: ...r with similar rights in order to install the DSP24 ADAT driver After installation of the DSP24 ADAT in a PCI slot in the computer boot up the system Windows will detect the new hardware automatically...

Page 17: ...just select Continue installation The driver files are now copied to your system Once the installation is completed this dialog will be displayed Click Finish After the driver is installed ensure the...

Page 18: ...means that you need to be able to define what exactly is played through each separate output channels of your audiocard External Links allows you to do that choose the way you like to work What is di...

Page 19: ...river Input 5 6 the signal from channel 5 6 of the optical ADAT input WaveOut 5 6 the playback of the wave device ADSP24 Ext WaveOut 5 6 n or channel 5 6 of the ASIO GSIF driver Input 7 8 the signal f...

Page 20: ...or alternativly to S PDIF Out all input and all playback signals are audible simultaneously via the first two channels of the ADAT output and the analog monitoring output or alternativly via the coaxi...

Page 21: ...e Please note that it is very important that an active device is connected to the digital input ADAT and or S PDIF when the sync is set to external ADAT and or S PDIF It is not possible to record a cl...

Page 22: ...ernal Mixer is audible via the analog monitoring output only Note that you would never use the Internal Mixer for high quality recording or playback for music production This means if you have no need...

Page 23: ...an input signal the External Mixer does not change the signal level This ensures that you are always recording with best possible audio quality without reduction of the dynamic range All professional...

Page 24: ...control the panning independant for the left and right channel of each stereo device S PDIF Out In the S PDIF Out section you can control the volume of the signal of the device ADSP24 Ext S PDIF Out n...

Page 25: ...annels from the optical ADAT input Muting the left and right channels is possible independantly Presets The External Mixer allows you to save four presets for quick access You can easily load them by...

Page 26: ...has been selected for the ASIO 2 0 driver Below that you can see the resolution of the converters that are used in your hardware installation This will be always 24 bit on the DSP24 ADAT as the DAC us...

Page 27: ...P24 card it will use the clock that is selected here The Rate Locked option is used to force the card to a specific samplerate It is disabled by default which is also our recomendation which automatic...

Page 28: ...ic software In some ASIO applications it is important to re launch the software even if you have changed the buffer size via the ASIO control panel inside the application We strongly recommend this fo...

Page 29: ...The last column of the section displays the resulting channel numbers In this example the S PDIF output channel which is usually 9 10 has been assigned to channel 5 6 of the ASIO driver Also the chan...

Page 30: ...stereo wave output device Use this driver to play audio through channels 1 2 of the ADAT output Please note if you use the WDM driver Windows 2000 XP the name of this device is ADSP24 Ext 1 2 Audio De...

Page 31: ...WDM driver Windows 2000 XP the name of this device is ADSP24 Ext 3 4 Audio Device ADSP24 Ext n Input 5 6 third stereo input driver to record input signals from your ADAT device channels 5 6 Please no...

Page 32: ...various popular applications In the following sections we have provided examples of a few applications Please take the time to review it to avoid problems later Setting up Emagic Logic SoundTrack24 Lo...

Page 33: ...ultiple channels at the same time ASIO features reduced latency for playback of VST plugins and instruments Please note that other Steinberg programs like Nuendo Cubasis VST or Cubase VST 5 x have a v...

Page 34: ...ange the samples per buffer value Below that you can choose the Sample Rate If you want to use the DSP24 s realtime monitoring functions without adding effects to the monitor signal select ASIO Direct...

Page 35: ...encer Logic Audio Platinum 4 7 and higher from Emagic also uses ASIO drivers Follow these steps to setup the application for the DSP24 ADAT call the H W setting dialog inside External Links select the...

Page 36: ...http www emagic de If you use previous 4 xx versions of Logic Audio we recommend to get the free update to Version 4 7 at least Setting up Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 x Cakewalk Pro Audio is a famous Audio...

Page 37: ...and ADSP24 Ext 1 Input 1 2 as Record Timing Master If you are recording from the S PDIF input select ADSP24 S PDIF In 1 instead The option Audio Driver Bit Depth should be set to 24 Select the sample...

Page 38: ...ler from Nemesys is a powerful and very popular software sampler The DSP24 ADAT provides a special GSIF driver GigaSampler InterFace that allows you to use the separate outputs of the card with GigaSa...

Page 39: ...Channel Driver Select the Output channels you want to use on the right side under Outputs Enabled Now assign the Midi Channels mapped to Outputs in the lower area You can get the latest informations a...

Page 40: ...for uhcd sys on Microsoft s Knowledge Base Please check if there is an update for the BIOS of your mainboard if so please download and use it On mainboards with the KT133 and KT133A chipset you must...

Page 41: ...GS Wavetable Synth as MIDI device We also recommend to set ADSP24 Int Audio Device as prefered playback device in Control Panel Sounds Multimedia Audio Q I am using Nuendo under Windows 2000 XP and it...

Page 42: ...stall current drivers for your grpahic card Inside the Matrox specific options you can find a setting called Busmastering please disable it Q Can I use Logic SoundTrack24 under Windows XP A No this is...

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