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AMBus FireWire card

 – User’s Guide

Registration and Warranty Information

Be sure to register your AMBus FireWire card

, either by filling in the enclosed Registration Card or by completing 

the on-line registration form at our Web site: http://www.apogeedigital.com/support/. If you do so, Apogee can 
contact you with any update information. As enhancements and upgrades are developed, you will be contacted 

at the registration address. Firmware updates are free for the first year of ownership unless otherwise stated. 

Please address any inquiries to your dealer or directly to Apogee at:

APOGEE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, 
1715 Berkeley St. Santa Monica CA, 90404 • TEL: (310) 584-9394, FAX: (310) 584-9385
email: [email protected]. Web: http://www.apogeedigital.com/

APOGEE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION warrants this product to be free of defects in material and 

manufacture under normal use for a period of 12 months. The term of this warranty begins on the date of sale to 
the purchaser. Units returned for warranty repair to Apogee or an authorized Apogee warranty repair facility will 
be repaired or replaced at the manufacturer’s option, free of charge. 

ALL UNITS RETURNED TO APOGEE OR AN AUTHORIZED APOGEE REPAIR FACILITY MUST BE 
PREPAID, INSURED AND PROPERLY PACKAGED, PREFERABLY IN THEIR ORIGINAL BOX

. Apogee 

reserves the right to change or improve design at any time without prior notification. Design changes are 

not implemented retroactively, and the incorporation of design changes into future units does not imply the 
availability of an upgrade to existing units.

This warranty is void if Apogee determines, in its sole business judgment, the defect to be the result of abuse, 
neglect, alteration or attempted repair by unauthorized personnel. 

The warranties set forth above are in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, and Apogee specifically 
disclaims any and all implied warranty of merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose. The buyer 

acknowledges and agrees that in no event shall the company be held liable for any special, indirect, incidental or 
consequential damages, or for injury, loss or damage sustained by any person or property, that may result from 
this product failing to operate correctly at any time. 

USA: Some states do not allow for the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or liability for incidental or 

consequential damage, so the above exclusion may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal 

rights, and you may have other rights which vary from state to state. 

Service Information

The AMBus FireWire card

 contains no user-serviceable components: refer to qualified service personnel for repair 

or upgrade. Your warranty will be voided if you tamper with the internal components. If you have any questions 

with regard to the above, please contact Apogee. 

In the event your AMBus FireWire card needs to be upgraded or repaired, it is necessary to contact Apogee prior 
to shipping, and a Return Materials Authorization (RMA) number will be assigned. This number will serve as a 
reference for you and helps facilitate and expedite the return process. Apogee requires that shipments be pre-
paid and insured — unless otherwise authorized in advance. 

IMPORTANT: ANY SHIPMENT THAT IS NOT PRE-PAID OR IS SENT WITHOUT AN RMA NUMBER WILL 
NOT BE ACCEPTED. 

Summary of Contents for AMBus

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Page 4: ...measures necessary to correct the interference at his own expense Copyright Notice The Apogee AMBus FireWire card is a computer based device and as such contains and uses software in ROMs This softwa...

Page 5: ...he receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help NOTE The use of non shielded cable with this equipment is prohibited CAUTION Changes or modifications not e...

Page 6: ...to existing units This warranty is void if Apogee determines in its sole business judgment the defect to be the result of abuse neglect alteration or attempted repair by unauthorized personnel The war...

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Page 9: ...ut Channels Window 10 Output Channels Window 11 Synchronization Window 11 Sampling Rate 11 Settings Window 14 Stream buffer depth 14 ASIO buffer depth 14 WDM sound buffer depth 14 General Notes 15 Tro...

Page 10: ...your AMBus FireWire card A detailed description of each step may be found further in this User s Guide For Mac OS X Users To get started quickly simply connect your AMBus FireWire equipped Apogee inte...

Page 11: ...aware of Sample Rate Selection The sample rate of both the AD 8000 and Trak2 must be set manually to match the sample rate at which the FireWire driver of the connected computer is running Sample Rate...

Page 12: ...field 5 If the OS X audio application you re using doesn t have a sample rate parameter the sample rate of the system is determined by the setting in Audio Midi Setup Applications that fall under this...

Page 13: ...00 set Sample Rate to EXT and Sync to the desired clock source General Notes When power cycling an Apogee host interface connected to a computer via AMBus FireWire it is es sential to allow the operat...

Page 14: ...exe driver installation program disconnect the AMBus FireWire card from the computer You will be instructed at which point during the driver installation process to connect the AMBus FireWire card If...

Page 15: ...User s Guide Working with Windows XP 3 Determine the Destination for the installer and click Next We recommend that you install the driver in the default location 4 Click Next 2 Click Continue Anyway...

Page 16: ...xt It may be necessary to wait for the New Hard ware Found notification pop up to appear before clicking Next 4 Click Continue Anyway 5 During the installation process you should see these three Found...

Page 17: ...dd or Remove Programs in the control panel uninstall the driver power cycle the computer and Apogee host interface and re install the driver Apogee 1394 Audio Control Panel Once correct driver install...

Page 18: ...tput Channels Synchronization and Settings Devices Window In the Devices window Apogee AMBus FireWire should be displayed under Device name and a unique serial number is displayed under Serial number...

Page 19: ...the output Channel names for the de vices connected Synchronization Window In the Synchronization window synchroniza tion parameters for each device may be set as described below Sampling Rate The sam...

Page 20: ...puter is slave AMBus FireWire device is master locked to it s internal clock 3 Computer is slave AMBus FireWire device is master locked to another external source such as word clock Following are the...

Page 21: ...gee host interface front panel verify that the clock source is set to INT 3 Computer is slave AMBus FireWire device is master locked to another external source such as word clock 1 Under Ck Master che...

Page 22: ...pops do occur either the buffer depth must be increased to give the CPU more time or the CPU s load must be reduced by removing plug ins tracks or other DSP Higher buffer settings result in higher la...

Page 23: ...fy the chipset of the computer FireWire connections We have had the most reliable operation with Texas Instruments or Lucent chipsets Symptom The driver installation seems to have gone well but the in...

Page 24: ...w Configuring Steinberg Nuendo on Windows XP Configuring Windows Media Player on Windows XP Configuring Apple Logic on OS X Configuring iTunes on OS X From these examples it should be possible to dedu...

Page 25: ...ic on OS X 1 Connect the Apogee interface and open Apple Logic 2 In Logic select Audio Audio Hardware Drivers to open the Core Audio driver page 3 First click on the Drivers tab then the Core Audio ta...

Page 26: ...ardware I O channels as shown below Configuring iTunes on OS X 1 Open the Audio Midi Setup ultility found on an OS X Macintosh here Applications Utilities Audio MIDI Setup 2 Set Default Input Default...

Page 27: ...d until you feel it mate with the AMBus connector 4 Fasten the card in place with the included screws A NOTE ABOUT UPDATING THE AMBus FireWire CARD Due to the space constraints associated with AMbus c...

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