ALLEN & HEATH ICE-16, User Manual

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Allen & Heath 10 ICE-16D User Guide
Background Overview:
The Allen & Heath ICE-16 was designed to make life easier when it comes to re-
cording multiple audio sources. Experience of struggling with boot-up and set up
times when recording to a laptop at shows, and choosing the right converter unit
made us think that there is a real need for a straightforward multi-channel analogue
input capture unit that is both easy to use and high quality. So the ICE-16 was born.
ICE-16D incorporates fully balanced inputs and outputs on D-Sub 25pin connectors
using industry standard pin assignment.
Multi-application:
The primary aim for the ICE-16D was to capture multiple channels of audio from an
analogue mixer or other source of line level audio signals but it has so many more
application possibilities. In addition to recording straight to a USB memory device,
the ICE-16D can stream multi-channel audio in high resolution 24bit, up to 96kHz
sample rate, to and from a computer so you can use the ICE-16D in a studio envi-
ronment as well as live sound or event recording. In fact, if you were wondering
where the name ICE came from, here is the explanation:
Interface - Capture - Expand
Interface: The ICE-16D can function as a multi-channel analogue to digital and
digital to analogue converter, connecting 24 bit audio at up to 96kHz sample rate to
a computer via either IEEE1394 FireWire or USB-2. This is ideal for studio environ-
ments where analogue signals are converted and sent to a computer for recording
to a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).
Capture: Record 16 channels of audio in either 16 or 24 bit resolution (depending
on the USB memory speed) at up to 48kHz sample rate, (96kHz with 8 channels)
directly to a USB memory device—either a USB hard drive or memory stick.
Expand: You can link ICE-16D units together in different ways. You can daisy chain
two units together using the FireWire ports in order to expand the number of
channels connected to a computer. Or you can link two or more units together
using the Sync ports in order to synchronise more than one ICE-16D when record-
ing multiple channels,
INTRODUCTION TO THE ICE-16