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Digital Audio System
Owner's Manual
Creative Professional 1
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E-MU Digital Audio System Owner’s Manual © 2003 E-MU Systems All Rights Reserved Software Version: 1.81 E-MU World Headquarters Europe, Africa, Middle East E-MU Japan Creative Media K K E-MU Systems Creative Labs Kanda Eight Bldg., 3F 1500 Green Hills Road Ballycoolin Business Park 4-6-7 Soto-Kanda Scotts Valley, CA USA Blanchardstown Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021 95067-0015 Dublin 15 JAPAN IRELAND www.japan.creative.com 2 E-MU Digital Audio System
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Table of Contents 1- Introduction ................................................................. 7 Welcome!.............................................................................................................................. 7 All Systems Include: ......................................................................................................... 7 E-MU 1212M System ....................................................................................................... 8
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The AudioDock Front Panel Indicators ........................................................................ 21 The MIDI Input Indicators ......................................................................................... 21 The Clock Source and Sample Rate Indicators ......................................................... 21 The Clock Source LEDs .............................................................................................. 21 The Sample Rate Indicators ...........
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Effect ........................................................................................................................... 48 Input ........................................................................................................................... 49 Output ........................................................................................................................ 49 Auxiliary Effects & Returns .....................................................................
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E-Delay Compensator Use ......................................................................................... 85 E-Delay Units Parameter ............................................................................................ 85 Grouping Tracks ......................................................................................................... 86 6 - Using High Sample Rates ........................................... 87 Overview...............................................
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1- Introduction Welcome! 1- Introduction Welcome! Thank you for purchasing the E-MU 1820M, E-MU 1820 or E-MU 1212M digital audio system. Your computer is about to be transformed into a powerful audio processing workstation. We’ve designed this E-MU digital audio system to be logical, intuitive and above all, to provide you with pristine sound quality. All three systems offer unprece- dented value by providing studio-quality, 24-bit/192kHz multi-channel recording and pl
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1- Introduction Welcome! outputs, virtual (ASIO/WAVE) inputs and outputs and internal hardware effects and buses—no external mixer needed. You can add digital effects, EQs, meters, level controls and ASIO/WAVE sends anywhere you like in the signal chain. Because the effects and mixing are hardware-based, there is no latency when you record. You can even record a dry signal while monitoring yourself with effects! Mixer setups can be saved and instantly recalled for specific
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2 - Installation Setting Up the Digital Audio System 2 - Installation Setting Up the Digital Audio System There are six basic steps to installing your E-MU system: 1. Remove any other sound cards you have in your computer. (Once you are sure that the E-MU card works properly, your old sound card can be reinstalled if desired.) 2. Install the E-MU 1010 PCI card in your computer. Go there. 3. Install the 0202 Daughter Card or Sync Daughter Card (if applicable). Go there. 4. C
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2 - Installation Setting Up the Digital Audio System Safety First! As you install hardware components, • To avoid possible permanent damage to your hardware, make sure that all connec- observe the following tions are made with the host computer’s power off. Unplug the computer’s general precautions to power cable to make sure that the computer is not in sleep mode. avoid damage to your equipment and yourself. • Take care to avoid static damage to any components of your sys
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PCI Slots ISA Slots (may not be present on your computer) 2 - Installation Installing the E-MU 1010 PCI Card Installing the E-MU 1010 PCI Card Note: This installation is very simple but if you are not familiar with the installation of computer peripherals and add-in boards, please contact your authorized E-MU Systems dealer or an approved computer service center to arrange for the installation. To install the 1010 PCI card into your computer 1. Make sure that the powe
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2 - Installation Install the Sync Daughter Card or 0202 Daughter Card Install the Sync Daughter Card or 0202 Daughter Card • E-MU 1820M - If you’re planning to use Word Clock. MIDI Time Code or SMPTE sync, unwrap the Sync Daughter Card and get ready to install it. If you don’t need these options or don’t have an empty PCI slot, you can skip these next few steps. • E-MU 0202M - Unwrap the 0202 Daughter Card and get ready to install it. 1. Connect the ribbon cable provided with
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2 - Installation Install the Sync Daughter Card or 0202 Daughter Card E-MU 0202 & AudioDock If you have both the E-MU 0202 I/O card and the AudioDock, you are advised not to connect both to the same E-MU 1010 PCI card using this version of software. There are known issues with doing this what will be addressed in a future software update. AudioDock Owners only 5. Locate the Disk Drive Power Converter Cable shown below and identify the large The AudioDock requires 1.1 Amps
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2 - Installation Install the Sync Daughter Card or 0202 Daughter Card Rubber Feet Four rubber feet were included with the AudioDock. These feet should be used if you’re not going to rack mount the AudioDock. If you are going to rack mount the AudioDock, leave the feet off. To install the rubber feet, simply peel off the protective backing from the adhesive and press the feet into the round depressions at each corner of the bottom plate. Rubber Rubber Foot Foot Rack-shelf Rack-shelf m
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2 - Installation Software Installation Software Installation Installing the E-MU 1010 Drivers The first time you restart your PC after installing the E-MU 1010 PCI card, you will need to install the PatchMix DSP software and E-MU 1010 PCI card drivers. Windows 2000 or Windows XP The software is not compatible with other versions of Windows. 1. After you have installed your Digital Audio System, turn on your computer. E Serial Number
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2 - Installation Software Installation 16 Creative Professional
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3 - PCI Card & Interfaces The E-MU 1010 PCI Card 3 - PCI Card & Interfaces The E-MU 1010 PCI Card The E-MU 1010 PCI card is the heart of the system and contains E-MU’s powerful E-DSP chip. The powerful hardware DSP on this card leaves more power free on your CPU for additional software plug-ins and other tasks. Connections EDI Connector Connects to the AudioDock using the supplied EDI cable. This cable provides a a two-way data link between the E-MU 1010 and the AudioDock as wel
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3 - PCI Card & Interfaces The 0202 Daughter Card Sample Rate Number of Audio Channels 44kHz/48kHz 8 channels of 24-bit audio 88.2kHz/96kHz 4 channels of 24-bit audio, using S/MUX standard 176.4kHz/192kHz 2 channels of 24-bit audio, using S/MUX standard IEEE1394 Firewire This port allows high speed data transfer between your computer and external storage Important: The 6-pin Firewire connector/port devices such as hard disks, CD-ROM drives, etc. Firewire ports are “hot-swappable” has a 3-wat
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3 - PCI Card & Interfaces The AudioDock The AudioDock The AudioDock connects to the E-MU 1010 PCI card via the EDI cable. The AudioDock provides (6) balanced analog inputs, a pair of microphone preamp f The AudioDock is completely “hot inputs, (8) balanced line-level analog outputs, (4) 1/8” outputs for connecting powered pluggable”— It’s OK to computer speakers, (2) MIDI inputs, (2) MIDI outputs, one optical S/PDIF output, a plug or unplug the headphone amp, and a RIAA equalized turntabl
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+25 dB +25 dB +55 dB +55 dB 3 - PCI Card & Interfaces The AudioDock Front Panel Connections Insert 1/4" Signal/Clip Phantom S/PDIF LED Plug for Line Level Indicators Power On/Off Optical Out Indicators -10dB to +25dB Gain A Line Mic B Line Mic MIDI CLOCK SMPTE 48V Clip Clip 1 LCK 44.1 96 IN -12 dB -12 dB 2 2 EXT 48 192 OUT MIDI 1 S/PDIF Line - -10 dB -10 dB In Out Mic - +20 dB +20 dB Out Insert XLR Plug Input Gain MIDI #1 Headphone Headphone for Mic Level Controls I/O Jacks Output Volume +20dB
