Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 24/96 Standard Horizon
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Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual Direct Pro 24/96 Specifications: Converters: 24 bit, 96 kHz A/D D/A Shielded Converters THD+N: .002% @ 1 kHz Dynamic Range: 1 1 0 dB D/A, 1 00 dB A/D Frequency Response: 7 Hz-44 kHz, +/- .5 dB at 96 kHz Sample Rates: 32 kHz, 44.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual W elcome to the Direct Pro 24/96, the All-in-One professional studio PC interface! System Requirements • Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98 • Pentium or compatibl.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual T able of Contents Introduction. .................................................................................................................................... 2 Contents ........................................
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual THE DIRECT PR O 24/96 SY STEM The Direct Pro 24/96 box should contain all of the following items: • 1 Direct Pro 24/96 PCI host card Connects directly to the mother.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual INST ALLING THE DIRECT PRO 24/96 HARD W ARE 1 . Please unplug you PC before connecting or disconnecting the Direct Pro 24/96 interface box and PCI host card . Connecting or disconnecting the hardware with electricity present will cause physi- cal damage to the Direct Pro 24/96 or your computer.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 6 Windows 95 Hardware Setup Cakewalk Pro Audio 31 9. Avoid putting the Direct Pro 24/96 interface box near your computer or T V screen. This may cause interference and degrade the quality of the audio. 1 0. Keep analog cables connected to the Direct Pro 24/96 away from power cords and monitors.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 7 30 Direct Pro 24/96 Quick Start Guides: Cubase Windows 95 Hardware Setup (cont’d) 2. Insert the Driver CD-ROM packaged with the Direct Pro 24/96 , and click Next. The Following dialog should appear: 3. Click Next.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 8 Windows 95 Software Setup (cont'd) Samplitude Basic 29 4. When the files have been copied, Windows will ask to restart the computer. This is because the files just installed will not take effect until the next time W indows is loaded.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 9 28 Patchbay (Cont’d) Windows 95 Software Setup (cont’d) 9. When the installation is complete, a new folder for the Direct Pro 24/96 Control P anel application will reside in the destination director y , and a shortcut will automatically appear on the desktop for easy access.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 10 Windows 98 Hardware Setup Patchbay 27 WINDO WS 98 HARD W ARE SETUP 1 . When Windows restarts, it should automatically detect the card you installed. Since it is a PCI card, it will identify itself as a “Plug and Play” device.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 11 26 Source Select Windows 98 Hardware Setup (cont'd) 3. Insert the driver CD-ROM that came with the Direct Pro 24/96. Place a check mark be- side CD-ROM drive by clicking on it. All other boxes must be cleared.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 12 Windows 98 Software Setup Monitor Controls 25 WINDO WS 98 SOFT W ARE SETUP 6. IF the welcome screen does not automatically appear, run Setup.exe from your CD-ROM. This can be done from Windows by opening your CD-ROM drive (usually D: ) in My Computer and double clicking the Setup.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 13 24 Playback Channel Controls Windows 98 Software Setup (cont'd) Playback Channel Controls An important thing to note, is that the playback faders are not hard wired to the Direct Pro 24/96’s outputs.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 14 Direct Pro Interface Box - Front Input Volume Faders (cont’d) 23 DIRECT PR O 24/96 INTERF A CE BOX The Direct Pro 24/96 interface box houses 4 shielded analog combo jack inputs, 6 shielded analog out- puts, MIDI IN and MIDI OUT jacks, and a headphone jack for monitoring.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 15 Input Volume Faders Direct Pro 24/96 Interface Box - Rear 22 Rear Panel The Direct Pro 24/96 rear panel has 6 ana- log outs, MIDI in, MIDI out, and a 25 pin port for connecting the interface box to the PCI host card.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 16 Direct Pro 24/96 Control Panel Master Reverb 21 DIRECT PRO 24/96 CONTR OL PANEL The Direct Pro 24/96 Control Panel is the easy to use interface that completely controls both the Direct Pro 24/96 hardware and its powerful DSP engine.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 17 20 Compression Direct Pro 24/96 Control Panel - Gain GAIN The Direct Pro 24/96 has a lot of flexibility for level gain. The input trim at the top of each input strip is done in the analog stage to maximize your audio level before the A/D conversion.
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual MAIN CONTROL PANEL This will be the first screen you see when you click the Direct Pro 24/96 Control P anel icon on your desktop. 1) Input T rim Adjustments These settings provide real-time gain ad- justments to the analog inputs.
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