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ICE-16D User Guide

Connecting to a computer via FireWire.

The ICE-16 can either be connected to a computer for streaming digital audio via FireWire
or USB, or it can be used as a standalone recording device. Here we describe the FireWire
connection and driver installation.

IMPORTANT!

Ensure your ICE-16 is NOT connected to the computer before installing drivers.

INSTALLING THE FIREWIRE DRIVERS

WINDOWS Computers:
Download the FireWire Driver.

First you will need to download the latest driver package from:

www.allen-heath.com

Once you have the downloaded the folder containing the driver, save it to your pc.
Locate the folder and open it to view the files. Double click Setup.exe.

The Setup Wizard will open.
Follow the instructions…….

Click Next

Click Install

Click Continue Anyway

INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS XP SHOWN

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Summary of Contents for ICE-16

Page 1: ...Publication AP9216 ICE 16D USER GUIDE ...

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Page 3: ...tant Notes 17 USB Memory Initialisation and Formatting 18 USB Recording Front Panel Controls 19 Recording to USB Memory Further Notes 20 Playlist Mode 22 FireWire Driver Installation PC 23 FireWire Driver Control Panel PC 24 USB Driver Installation PC 27 USB Driver Control Panel PC 29 Connecting to a Mac computer 31 USB Memory File Structure 31 USB Memory Recording Synchronising units 33 Connectin...

Page 4: ...itions Conditions Of Warranty The equipment has been installed and operated in accordance with the instructions in this User Guide The equipment has not been subject to misuse either intended or accidental neglect or alteration other than as described in the User Guide or Service Manual or approved by ALLEN HEATH Any necessary adjustment alteration or repair has been carried out by ALLEN HEATH or ...

Page 5: ...iance with the protection requirements in the European EMC directive 2004 108 EC During some tests the specified performance figures of the product were affected This is considered permissible and the product has been passed as acceptable for its intended use Allen Heath has a strict policy of ensuring all products are tested to the latest safety and EMC standards Customers requiring more informat...

Page 6: ...o a mains power unit only of the type described in this User Guide and marked on the rear panel Use the power cord with sealed mains plug appropriate for your local mains supply as provided with the product If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult your service agent for assistance Power cord routing Route the power cord so that it is not likely to be walked on stretched or pinche...

Page 7: ... ade quate ventilation Heat and vibration Do not locate the product in a place subject to exces sive heat or direct sunlight as this could be a fire haz ard Locate the product away from any equipment which produces heat or causes excessive vibration Servicing Switch off the equipment and unplug the power cord immediately if it is exposed to moisture spilled liquid objects fallen into the openings ...

Page 8: ...ghly before using again Cleaning Avoid the use of chemicals abrasives or solvents The front panel is best cleaned with a soft brush and dry lint free cloth The switches and potenti ometers are lubricated for life The use of electrical lubricants on these parts is not recommended Transporting Protect the controls from damage during transit Use adequate packing if you need to ship the unit Hearing T...

Page 9: ...Mains Lead Check that the correct mains plug is fitted ICE 16D PACKED ITEMS This User Guide 9 9 1 10 2 11 3 12 4 13 5 14 6 15 7 16 8 DEL PREV NEXT PLAY STOP REC Record TIME USB DRIVE Hi Level Signal MONITOR SEL IN OUT MONITOR PHONES MONITOR MONITOR LEVEL MIN MAX OUT ALLEN HEATH ...

Page 10: ...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 IEEE13...

Page 11: ... 20 30 4 0 50 14 6 AUX1 PR E 6 AUX2 PR E 6 AUX3 6 AUX4 6 AUX5 PO ST 6 AUX6 PO ST PR E PO ST O O O O O O O O O O O O HPF 100Hz 15 LF 15 1 5 1 5 180 45 LM 35H z 70 15 4 0 0 1k 250 1 5 3k H M 700 500 Hz 1 5 1k 6k 1 5 k 4k 15 EQ I N 80Hz ODD PAN L E VEN R MUTE PK S I G 10 O O 30 20 6 10 6 3 26 GAIN MIC 0 L INE 1 0 0 10 20 3 0 40 50 15 6 AUX1 PR E 6 AUX2 PR E 6 AUX3 6 AUX4 6 AUX5 PO ST 6 AUX6 PO ST PRE...

Page 12: ...00Hz 15 1k 6k 15k 4k 15 EQ IN 8 0Hz OD D PAN L EV EN R MU TE P K S I G 10 O O 30 20 6 10 63 26 GAIN MIC 0 LINE 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 15 6 AU X1 PRE 6 AU X2 PRE 6 AU X3 6 AU X4 6 AU X5 POST 6 AU X6 POST PRE POST O O O O O O O O O O O O HPF 100Hz 15 LF 15 15 15 180 45 LM 35Hz 70 15 400 1k 250 15 3k HM 700 500Hz 15 1k 6k 15k 4k 15 EQ IN 80Hz OD D PAN L EVEN R MUTE P K S I G 10 O O 30 20 6 10 63 26 GAIN...

Page 13: ... 16 8 4 0 4 8 20 12 FILTER 48V LINE PAD 20 INVERT FILTER 48V LINE PAD 20 INVERT FILTER 48V LINE PAD 20 INVERT FILTER 48V LINE PAD 20 INVERT FILTER 48V LINE PAD 20 INVERT FILTER 48V LINE PAD 20 INVERT FILTER 48V LINE PAD 20 INVERT FILTER MicRack 8 APPLICATION RECORDING STUDIO Artists monitor amplifiers speakers Control room monitors Mics Instruments to pre amp ICE 16D Pre Amp unit DAW ICE 16 outs t...

Page 14: ...ONT PANEL FEATURES IN OUT Switch Allows you to choose the source for the headphones and the meter LEDs either from the inputs or the outputs USB Memory port Standard A type USB connector Plug in your USB memory device here Recorder Controls and Display The user interface for recording direct to USB memory Monitor Headphones For checking individual or multiple inputs or outputs Each signal is mono ...

Page 15: ...cks to more than one USB memory device IEEE1394 FireWire Ports Standard 6 pin IEEE1394 device ports You can connect either of these to a host computer with FireWire in order to stream 16 channels of digital audio to and from the ICE 16D Two ICE 16Ds can be daisy chained together to double the number of channels on the FireWire bus to 32 USB 2 0 Device Port Type B USB device port An alternative con...

Page 16: ...order is set to by pressing holding TIME The set sample rate will be displayed For 16 channel recording this must be either 44 1 or 48kHz Select the sample rate by continuing to hold TIME and pressing either PREV or NEXT If you choose 88 2 or 96kHz then only channels 1 8 will be recorded Select sample rate while holding TIME DEL DEL DEL DEL PREV PREV PREV PREV NEXT NEXT NEXT NEXT PLAY STOP PLAY ST...

Page 17: ...ate while most USB sticks will be set to record 16 bit at up to 48kHz sample rate The bit depth will be set automatically the sample rate can be set manually Higher sample rates can be used up to 96kHz for recording direct to USB memory the number of channels will be reduced from 16 to 8 Connecting USB Memory Plug in your USB memory device into the USB DRIVE port on your ICE 16D Doing this will di...

Page 18: ...lisation Test Insert memory RECORDING DIRECT TO USB MEMORY Is memory previously initialised by ICE Yes No Test memory Set to 24 bit Set to 16 bit Too Slow Error Any previous Recordings No Yes Format Memory DEL REC Ready No Recordings Ready 7 Recordings ...

Page 19: ...ing Rec Pls Pre selects next song Song no blinks DEL Idle Rec Delete current song Press PLAY STOP to confirm Any other key to abort dEL blinks before confirmation TIME Any Rec Pls Show remaining record time if below 99mins rxx minutes Button State Mode Comment Display PLAY STOP Playing Pls Toggle playlist mode Continuous play mode Single song mode Dot 1 on Dot 1 off TIME Any Rec Pls Display sample...

Page 20: ...e sample rate by holding down the TIME button and pressing either the NEXT or PREV buttons Warning Doing this while recording WILL change the sample rate It is best to select it before recording and leave it set Note that you can select higher sample rates of 88 2kHz and 96kHz but only 8 channels will be recorded at these rates USB memory recording dropouts Display dxx If there is a problem with t...

Page 21: ...r ICE 16 recordings are stored under sub folders Song _01 for the first recording Song_02 for the second and so on The individual channel wav files will be named chan 01 wav to chan_16 wav You can copy or import these to your DAW system for mixing and editing or you can play them back to the individual outputs on the ICE 16D Note that the channel order in which the files are played to the outputs ...

Page 22: ...ongs individually stop after each or continuously one after another by pressing and holding PLAY STOP The first dot indicates continuous play mode Press hold TIME NEXT for 1 second Press hold PLAY STOP for 1 second Use the PREV NEXT buttons to select or pre select if playing a song Note Each time you select and play a new song remember to hold down PLAY STOP for 1 second if you wish to remain in c...

Page 23: ...CE 16 is NOT connected to the computer before installing drivers INSTALLING THE FIREWIRE DRIVERS WINDOWS Computers Download the FireWire Driver First you will need to download the latest driver package from www allen heath com Once you have the downloaded the folder containing the driver save it to your pc Locate the folder and open it to view the files Double click Setup exe The Setup Wizard will...

Page 24: ...e ICE 16 When asked to connect to Windows Update click No not this time then click Next Click Install automatically Click Next Click Finish The Driver should then be installed on your computer In order to comply with EMC FCC performance standards a FireWire lead with moulded ferrite filters at each end of the cable must be used For more information and a list of recommended cables please see www a...

Page 25: ... in your system tray The control panel will open and show any ICE 16 devices connected You can re name the device here if you wish The unique ID number of your device is also displayed Device status information is displayed at the bottom of the window Click Input Channels in the menu pane on the left to view or edit details of the audio channels going to the com puter from ICE 16 Here you can edit...

Page 26: ...rop down selection will show available rates if in manual set mode The Settings page of the control panel shows the buffer depths for the audio data stream and the ASIO and Win dows driver You can adjust the settings using the sliders to increase or decrease the buffer depth depending on your com puter system For minimum latency use lower buffer depths Increase them if you experience audio dropout...

Page 27: ...RTANT Ensure your ICE 16 is NOT connected to the computer before installing drivers INSTALLING THE USB DRIVERS PC WINDOWS Computers Download the USB Driver First you will need to download the latest driver package from www allen heath com Once you have the downloaded the folder containing the driver and save it to your pc Locate the folder and open it to view the files Double click Setup exe The S...

Page 28: ...mercially available USB A to B cable Switch on the ICE 16 The USB driver should now be installed on your computer Click Next You may find an additional dialogue window about Logo testing sometimes behind another window Click Continue anyway in order to finish the installation Click Finish to exit the installation wizard ...

Page 29: ...stem tray The control panel will open and show any ICE 16 device connected You can re name the device here if you wish The unique ID number of your device is also displayed Device connection status is displayed at the bottom of the window Click Input Channels in the menu pane on the left to view or edit details of the audio channels going to the com puter from ICE 16 Here you can edit the channel ...

Page 30: ...ng The sample rate option box will display the current sample rate and a drop down selection will show available rates if in manual set mode The Settings page of the control panel shows the buffer depths for the audio data stream and the ASIO and Win dows driver You can adjust the settings using the sliders to increase or decrease the buffer depth depending on your com puter system For minimum lat...

Page 31: ... the sample rate If you are using a FireWire connection you can add a second ICE 16 connected via Fire Wire to the first Here you can see two ICE 16s serial number 0000 and 0001 You can set which is the clock master here it is set to 0000 both devices have this as their clock source You can combine the two ICEs as one aggre gate device for use in DAWs such as Logic or Pro Tools To do this click th...

Page 32: ...ing Mountain Lion An Aggregate device has also been configured at the bottom of the list and named ICE 32 You can set your iTunes playback to any of the device channels by clicking Configure Speakers Here we have chosen the ICE 32 channels 1 2 but this could be any channels up to chan nels 31 32 in stereo mode MOUNTAIN LION SHOWN ...

Page 33: ...n the connected slave unit or units The subsequent recorded audio files on USB memory will have the same start point and will be synchronised for each Song recording SYNCHRONISING MORE THAN ONE ICE 16D 8 pin MINI DIN Lead Requirements It is important that a few basic rules are followed when using the ICE 16 sync feature Select good quality USB memory preferably according to the list of verified de...

Page 34: ...g number alternately with the time remaining 7 In record mode the transport keys on the slave unit will be locked and if pressed will dis play the number of the slave unit 8 To stop the recording press PLAY STOP To start recording the next song press REC Or press REC while in record mode to start a new song recording 9 The audio files on the USB memory devices for each corresponding song will be s...

Page 35: ...RT 12 INSERT 11 INSERT 10 INSERT 9 INSERT 8 INSERT 7 INSERT 6 INSERT 5 INSERT 4 INSERT 3 INSERT 2 INSERT 1 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 LINE IN 2 LINE IN 3 LINE IN 4 LINE IN 5 LINE IN 6 LINE IN 7 LINE IN 8 LINE IN 9 LINE IN 10 LINE IN 11 LINE IN 12 LINE IN MIC IN MIC IN MIC IN MIC IN MIC IN MIC IN MIC IN MIC IN MIC IN MIC IN MIC IN MIC IN LINE IN LINE IN LINE IN LINE IN LINE IN LINE IN LINE ...

Page 36: ...kHz 48kHz Sample rate 0 005 20 22kHz Input to output 4dBu 10kHz 48kHz Sample rate 0 005 20 22kHz Input to output 14dBu 10kHz 48kHz Sample rate 0 004 20 22kHz Input to output 25dBu 10kHz 48kHz Sample rate 0 013 20 22kHz Headroom Analogue Headroom from nominal input 4dBu 22dB Digital Headroom from nominal 22dBFS 22dB ADC DAC ADC DAC word length 24 bit Sample Rate 44 1 48 88 2 96 kHz ADC Dynamic rang...

Page 37: ...ata rate at 16 bit 48kHz 16 channels 92 2MB min 2h 47m on a 16GB drive Data rate at 24 bit 48kHz 16 channels use USB hard drive 138 2MB min 38h 30m on a 320GB drive Maximum file size maximum single song recording time 4GB 8h 17m single recording 24bit 48kHz Maximum supported drive size 8TB Computer Compatibility Windows PC ASIO WDM Driver 32 or 64 bit Mac Computers Core Audio compliant no driver r...

Page 38: ...MONITOR IN OUT MONITOR IN OUT MONITOR IN OUT MONITOR PHONES MONITOR PHONES MONITOR PHONES MONITOR PHONES MONITOR MONITOR LEVEL MONITOR LEVEL MONITOR LEVEL MONITOR LEVEL OUT OUT OUT OUT ALLEN HEATH ICE 16D can be fitted to a standard 19 rack using 4 x M6 pan head screws with plastic washers to fix positions shown with arrows above Fitting to a 19 rack The feet can be fitted for desktop use or left ...

Page 39: ... CHECK METER INPUT OUTPUT TO MONITOR AND METERS ADC ADC DAC DAC DAC DAC CHANNEL 16 ONLY SHOWN FOR CLARITY DEL PREV NEXT PLAY STOP REC TIME USB Memory CONTROL INTERFACE BALANCED LINE OUT STREAMING CONTROLLER IEEE1394 USB 2 0 DEVICE PORTS HOST PORT 4dBu Nominal 4dBu Nominal REC 1 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 8 9 16 ...

Page 40: ... official Registered User you will ensure that any warranty claim you might make is actioned quickly and with the minimum delay Alternatively you may either copy or cut off this section of the page fill in the details and return it by mail to Allen Heath Ltd Kernick Industrial Estate Penryn Cornwall TR10 9LU UK See more products from ALLEN HEATH at www allen heath com Large Live Sound mixers iLive...

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