User manual APOGEE X-HD CARD

[. . . ] Apogee X-Series Expansion Card User's Guide V2. 0 - January 2005 X-Series Expansion Card User's Guide v2. 0 - January 2005 X-HD card ­ User's Guide APOGEE ELECTRONICS Warnings FCC warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to take whatever measures necessary to correct the interference at his own expense. [. . . ] When using Digidesign or Prism interfaces, please note that they must be connected first in the Digilink chain. Connect Clock and DigiLink cables : Refer to page 3 to determine the correct clock configuration for the set of interfaces you wish to connect. Also indicated on this page is general information on connecting Digilink connections, once the proper order has been determined. Please note that the Primary Port on the X-HD card is the LEFT connector when looking from the back of the unit. Power On the Hardware Interfaces : Power on all connected interfaces, and ensure that all Apogee devices have a valid clock source and are locked. Configure HARDWARE SETUP : Boot up the computer and Pro Tools, select Setups>Hardware Setup in Pro Tools, and verify that interfaces are detected correctly as indicated in the Interface Connections Chart. Select each "192 I/O" displayed under Peripherals and click the Set to Default button. Using a Master Clock ­ Once again, the use of a Master Clock such as Big Ben greatly simplifies clock configuration. Simply connect one of Big Ben's outputs to a SYNC I/O clock input, and set the SYNC I/O's clock source to the appropriate setting. Be sure to set the Big Ben's sample rate to correspond to the sample rate of the Pro Tools session. SYNC I/O as master ­ In certain situations (for example, when locking Pro Tools to time code from an analog tape machine), the SYNC I/O must be the clock master. In this case, we highly recommend inserting a Big Ben Master Clock between the SYNC I/O's word clock output and the word clock inputs of the audio interfaces for jitter attenuation. HD-equipped Apogee interface as master, SYNC I/O slave ­ Due to automatic switching of clock sources in Pro Tools, it is not practical to lock one of the connected audio interfaces internally while the SYNC I/O is locked to word clock. It IS possible, by using the SYNC I/O's Loop Sync In and setting the Apogee interface's Word Clock Ratio setting so the sample rate of the interface is at the desired setting while the clock system runs at a 44. 1/48k multiple. Clock Configuration (when incorporating Digidesign or Prism HD Interfaces) Again, making clock connections when incorporating a Digidesign or Prism interface is simplified by using a Master Clock, so direct connections may be made between the Master Clock and each interface. We know, we're starting to repeat ourselves, but that's how useful a Master Clock is. If a Master Clock is not employed, keep in mind that the word clock input of Digidesign interfaces is internally terminated; thus it's not possible to employ BNC "T"s to distribute clock. 4 X-HD card ­ User's Guide APOGEE ELECTRONICS Digilink Connections Like Digidesign interfaces, the X-HD card is equipped with two ports, Primary and Expansion. Please note that the Primary Port on the X-HD card is the LEFT connector when looking from the back of the unit. this is the PRIMARY PORT this is the EXPANSION PORT The proper order to connect Apogee, Digidesign and Prism hardware interfaces may be determined by locating the entry on pages 9-12 that corresponds to the set of interfaces you wish to connect. When using Digidesign or Prism interfaces, please note that they must be connected first in the Digilink chain. Connect a Digilink cable from the HD Core, Process or Accel card to the Primary port on interface #1, from interface #1's Expansion port to interface #2's Primary port, from interface #2's Expansion port to interface #3's primary port, and so on until all interfaces are connected. Use only 18" Digilink cables to make connections between hardware interfaces. After all clock and Digilink connections have been made, ensure that all devices are locked to a valid clock before booting the computer. 5 X-HD card ­ User's Guide APOGEE ELECTRONICS Configuring Digidesign Pro Tools® Hardware Setup The Hardware Setup and I/O Setup dialogs are the two primary tools within Pro Tools software used to configure hardware. The Hardware Setup dialog serves to define which physical I/O connections on detected hardware are routed to the 32 I/O busses available through each HD PCI card (on the DigiLink cable), while the I/O Setup dialog serves to label and map the manner in which these 32 busses appear in Pro Tools software. As the audio I/O of Apogee interfaces differs from that of a 192 I/O, a connected Apogee interface will ignore all settings in the Hardware Setup which pertain to audio I/O on the hardware. [. . . ] in Hardware Setup CHANNELS IN USE A1-16 AD-16X #1 B1-16 P E INPUT DA-16X #1 P E From Computer OUTPUT A1-16 AD-16X #1 B1-16 AD-16X #2 P E P E INPUT DA-16X #1 OUTPUT P E From Computer A1-16 AD-16X #1 B1-16 P E INPUT DA-16X #1 DA-16X #2 P E P E From Computer OUTPUT A1-16 AD-16X #1 B1-16 AD-16X #2 DA-16X #2 P E INPUT DA-16X #1 P E OUTPUT P E P E AD-16X, DA-16X & ROSETTA 800 From Computer A1-16 AD-16X #2 B1-16 P E P E From Computer INPUT ROSETTA 800 #1 OUTPUT A1-16 AD-16X #2 B1-16 P E INPUT ROSETTA 800 #1 ROSETTA 800 #2 P E P E From Computer OUTPUT A1-16 B1-16 P E INPUT DA-16X #1 ROSETTA 800 #1 P E OUTPUT 10 X-HD card ­ User's Guide APOGEE ELECTRONICS INTERFACE SET From Computer APPEARS AS. . . in Hardware Setup CHANNELS IN USE A1-16 INPUT DA-16X #1 ROSETTA 800 #1 ROSETTA 800 #2 AD-16X, DA-16X & ROSETTA 800 continued B1-16 P E P E P E From Computer OUTPUT A1-16 AD-16X #1 B1-16 P E INPUT DA-16X #1 ROSETTA 800 #1 P E P E From Computer OUTPUT A1-16 AD-16X #1 B1-16 P E INPUT DA-16X #1 ROSETTA 800 #1 ROSETTA 800 #2 P E P E OUTPUT P E ROSETTA 800 and AD-16X & DA-16X From Computer A1-16 B1-16 AD-16X #1 P E INPUT ROSETTA 800 #1 P E OUTPUT From Computer A1-16 B1-16 AD-16X #1 P E P E INPUT ROSETTA 800 #1 ROSETTA 800 #2 OUTPUT P E From Computer A1-16 B1-16 P E P E INPUT ROSETTA 800 #1 DA-16X #1 OUTPUT From Computer A1-16 B1-16 P E INPUT ROSETTA 800 #1 ROSETTA 800 #2 P E P E DA-16X #1 OUTPUT 11 X-HD card ­ User's Guide APOGEE ELECTRONICS INTERFACE SET APPEARS AS. . . in Hardware Setup CHANNELS IN USE A1-16 B1-16 AD-16X #1 ROSETTA 800 and AD-16X & DA-16X continued From Computer P E P E INPUT ROSETTA 800 #1 DA-16X #1 OUTPUT P E From Computer A1-16 INPUT ROSETTA 800 #1 ROSETTA 800 #2 B1-16 AD-16X #1 DA-16X #1 P E P E OUTPUT P E P E DIGI, AD-16X, DA-16X & ROSETTA 800 From Computer A1-16 INPUT DIGI 192 #1 B1-16 AD-16X #1 P E P E OUTPUT A1-16 B1-16 From Computer P E INPUT DIGI 192 #1 DA-16X #1 P E OUTPUT A1-16 B1-16 AD-16X #1 From Computer P E P E INPUT DIGI 192 #1 DA-16X #1 OUTPUT P E From Computer A1-16 B1-16 P E INPUT DIGI 192 #1 P E ROSETTA 800 #1 OUTPUT A1-16 B1-16 From Computer P E P E INPUT DIGI 192 #1 ROSETTA 800 #1 ROSETTA 800 #2 OUTPUT P E 12 X-HD card ­ User's Guide APOGEE ELECTRONICS Interface Connections Chart: Advanced Option Routing (per Digidesign Core, Process or Accel card) When Advanced Option routing is enabled on AD16X or DA16Xs, the additional digital I/O accessible to the X-HD card causes the interfaces to be detected differently in the Pro Tools' Hardware Setup page. For example, an AD and DA16X set to Standard routing is detected as 1 Digidesign 192, while the same interfaces in Advanced Option routing are detected as 2 192s; the AD16X operates as a 16 analog in, 16 digital out 192 while the DA16X operates as a 16 digital in, 16 analog out 192. [. . . ]