DSP24 ADAT

24-bit ADAT interface with analogue monitoring,
S/PDIF and MIDI I/O

Introducing the new DSP24 ADAT card. An affordable solution for interfacing your ADAT (lightpipe) compatible hardware (digital mixers, digital tape machines, synthesizers, etc.) with your PC - The DSP24 ADAT is based upon the highly successful DSP24 series of cards.

The low latency - multiclient drivers makes the DSP24 ADAT an ideal solution for delivering the best from your music and audio applications including: SONAR, Cakewalk Pro Audio, Guitar Tracks Pro, Cubase VST/SX/SL, Nuendo, Logic Audio, Cool Edit Pro, Cool Edit Pro 2, Sound Forge, Acid, Wavelab, Samplitude, GigaStudio, Reason, Live and many more.

• Features
• System Requirements

With the advent of digital audio becoming common place in studios and homes around the world, one digital transfer format has come to be recognized as the protocol of choice for many professional users. We are of course referring to the ADAT (lightpipe) protocol developed by Alesis (ADAT is a registered trademark of Alesis). The ADAT protocol allows transfer of 8 channels of digital audio over one optical fiber cable. Because of its ease of use and perfect quality, many manufacturers including Yamaha, Mackie, Roloand etc are supporting the ADAT protocol on their current and future products.

The DSP24 ADAT card installs easily and contains everything you need to form a powerful 8 channel digital audio link between any of your ADAT compatible digital equipment and your Windows PC. Just insert the DSP24 ADAT card into an available PCI slot and connect it with optical cables to your ADAT compatible device. The available analogue output allows you to monitor signals directly with the card without a separate DAC unit.Digital editing with the DSP24 ADAT card from ST Audio makes many jobs in the studio effortless.

For example, using the card with a linear digital tape recorder you can send audio at up to 24-bit resolution into your computer, graphically edit your tracks in your favorite software application and send them back to tape for mixdown, archiving etc. Another great application is using your digital mixer as the AD/DA audio interface for all famous computer recording software applications.

Excellent driver support is available including Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP, ASIO 2.0, WDM and GSIF. The included ASIO 2.0 drivers of the DSP24 ADAT card support very low latency. This means for users of modern software synthesizers (such as GigaSampler, GigaStudio, VST Plugins and DXi Plugins) you can play your sounds in near realtime, even using realtime effects (like DirectX or VST plugins).

The DSP2000 C-Port System is compatible with all of the latest music and audio applications including: SONAR, Cakewalk Pro Audio, Guitar Tracks Pro, Cubase VST/SX/SL, Nuendo, Logic Audio, Cool Edit Pro, Cool Edit Pro 2, Sound Forge, Acid, Wavelab, Samplitude, GigaStudio, Reason, Live and many more. It's very simple to install and use and makes a great choice for you to build a home studio around.

• 10 x 10 24-bit/96kHz 100% Full-Duplex recording path support
  
• Max. 24-bit/48kHz ADAT optical I/O (8 in & 8 out channels)
• Max. 24-bit/96kHz S/PDIF coaxial RCA I/O (2 in & 2 out channels)
• Analogue stereo output for monitoring (24-bit/96kHz AKM DAC)
• WordClock I/O (BNC connector)
  
• 1 x 16 channel MIDI interface port provided (1 output, 1 input)
  
• Internal or external sync supported (external can be set via the S/PDIF input)
  
• Direct monitoring for input signals (zero latency, by hardware)
  
• Internal mixing, routing and monitoring software provided
  
• Logic Soundtrack 24 (24-bit/96kHz powerful recording software from Emagic (Apple))
• Acid XPress 3.0 & SIREN XPress 2.0 by Sonic Foundry included
  
• Drivers for Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP, support for ASIO 2.0 (latency can be lowered to 2ms), multiclient-GSIF (GigaStudio) and WDM (SONAR etc) available

Controller Chip & Converters:

• IC Ensemble Envy24 I/O controller chip with 36bit internal resolution, 20 channel digital mixer
  

System Requirements

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• Pentium II or higher
• PCI 2.1
• Win 95/98/ME/2000/XP
• Uses ASIO 2, DirectSound, GSIF, WDM Drivers
• 128 MB RAM

Number of simultaneous audio tracks are system and application software dependant including Hard Disk performance.

CD-ROM required for installation.