User manual TERRATEC PHASE 26 USB

[. . . ] TERRATEC PRODUCER/PHASE 26 USB English Manual Version 1. 0, Juli 2003 CE Declaration We: TerraTec Electronic GmbH, Herrenpfad 38, D-41334 Nettetal, Germany hereby declare that the product: PHASE 26 USB, to which this declaration refers are in compliance with the following standards or standardizing documents: EN 50013, EN 50022 The following are the stipulated operating and environmental conditions for said compliance: residential, business and commercial environments and small-company environments. This declaration is based on: Test report(s) of the EMC testing laboratory The information in this document is subject to change without notice and shall not be deemed as a warranty by the seller. No warranties, express or implied, are made with regard to the quality, suitability or accuracy of this document. The manufacturer reserves the right to change the contents of this document and/or the associated products at any time without the provision of prior notice to specific persons or organizations. [. . . ] Hubs that are themselves supplied with power by the bus cable provide a maximum of 100 mA per port, and therefore are not suitable for supplying power to the PHASE 26 USB System (such as, for example, the USB port on a Macintosh keyboard). In this case, you can use a common 9-Volt DC power adapter that can supply a direct current of 300 mA to power the PHASE 26 USB System (to be purchased separately). You may want to use an external power adapter anyway, for example to save your laptop battery. Now connect the PHASE module to the USB port of your computer and wait a few seconds. Windows now detects, one after the other, the following new hardware components and launches software wizards to install their drivers. The PHASE 26 USB System is now ready for use in your audio and MIDI applications. Thanks to the advanced software technology: Future changes to existing standards and new functions developed for the PHASE 26 USB System can be integrated simply by updating the device's "firmware", without having to replace or change any hardware. To update the firmware, follow these steps: Copy the "PHASE 26 USB Flasher. app. sit" file from the product CD (<C>:\ PHASE 26 USB\Driver\Mac\OSX\FlashUpdater\) to the Desktop. The "PHASE 26 USB Flasher" program installs and places a link on the Desktop. Press the "Mode" and "Input" buttons on the PHASE 26 USB module at the same time while you plug the USB cable back in. The hardware now registers as a "PHASE 26 Firmware Update" device and the USB Flasher indicates "Device connected". If you want to, you can save and archive the old firmware version by clicking "save old firmware". Use "load" to load the firmware (for example from the CD: <CD>:\PHASE 26 USB\Driver\Mac\OSX\PHASE26USB_MAC_X. XX. BIN) into the Flasher application. You can view the progress of the update in the status window. 19 PHASE 26 USB (English) When done, unplug the USB cable again and then plug it back in a few seconds later. The PHASE 26 USB System is again available for your use. The PHASE 26 USB Firmware Flasher under MAC OS X 20 PHASE 26 USB (English) The connections of the PHASE 26 USB System. The PHASE 26 USB audio interface offers you numerous connections for connecting professional studio peripherals and hi-fi equipment. Following is a detailed overview of its technical and electrical characteristics: PHASE 26 USB (English) 21 Analog outputs. The analog outputs operate with musician-friendly line levels of +4dBu (typically 2. 1 volts RMS@1 khz). The number of usable analog outputs on the PHASE 26 USB System depends on the selected configuration. The back. The back of the PHASE 26 USB System is equipped with 6 high-quality analog outputs, 2 or 6 of which are available at the same time depending on the operating mode, and all of which are addressable independently. The front of the module provides one more analog output (LINE OUT), which is switched in parallel to output 1+2 on the back of the module. In the driver as well as the PHASE ASIO ControlPanel, the outputs are always treated as pairs (thus, for example 1+2, 3+4, 5+6). In conjunction with common audio software, the channels can be addressed individually. The output level of all channels is set to approximately +4dBu (typically 2. 1 volts RMS@1kHz) and also offers sufficient headroom if required in your productions. Practical tip: Make full use of the 24-bit support of up-to-date software applications and connected digital peripherals - even if you are planning to "just" release your production on CD. [. . . ] To take full advantage of the dynamic scope of the input converter, it is important that you configure the output level of the phonoPreAmp correctly. Play the record you want to record and watch the peak LED in your recording software while doing so. Find the adjustment level at which the signal is not clipped (also called overmodulation). Unlike recordings that you may have made in the past with a tape deck, digital recordings must never exceed the maximum level. [. . . ]