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The Hard Disk Sampler Tool Kit ! 

 

GIGA

Station

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owner’s Manual 

 

 

 

www.egosys.net 

Summary of Contents for GigaStation

Page 1: ...The Hard Disk Sampler Tool Kit GIGAStation Owner s Manual www egosys net...

Page 2: ...nal representative in original or equivalent protective packaging material with freight prepaid and adequate insurance If the product is deemed to be defective the repaired or replacement product will...

Page 3: ...ATION 9 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 9 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 10 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 14 INSTALLATION UNDER WINDOWS 98SE ME 14 INSTALLATION UNDER WINDOWS 2000 18 4 CONTROL PANEL REFERENCE 23 5 SETTING UP IN...

Page 4: ...cord directly from Cubase and insert all VST plugins into Cubase under the channels streaming from GigaStudio 20 bit D A converter GIGAStation has 20 bit D A converters You can work with the best qual...

Page 5: ...et up the sample rate in your software in order to have GIGAStation set it accordingly 32 bit PCI Slot for PCI Bus Mastering Support GIGAStation uses only a small amount of system resources This allow...

Page 6: ...tputs 1 2 2 Analog Outputs 3 4 3 Analog Outputs 5 6 4 Analog Outputs 7 8 Four ports are stereo so there is a total of 8 Outputs 5 Coaxial SPDIF Output GIGAStaion s 2 channel output port You can use th...

Page 7: ...e to choose Analog outputs 7 and 8 Note In Coaxial You need only one RCA jack for stereo output because it s digital Don t use this RCA jack for analog equipment 6 DOUT 2 pin Output connector Using a...

Page 8: ...included in the driver of GIGA Station Therefore by the installation of the driver for GIGAStation you can use the GS2120 right away The GS2120 can be used under Windows 98SE ME 2000 with GIGA Station...

Page 9: ...is affected by the computer specs that are required to process a vast amount of digital data A faster CPU faster hard disk and larger amounts of RAM are recommended Minimum system requirements 1 Intel...

Page 10: ...9 Hardware Installation GIGAStation PCI card...

Page 11: ...tricity that may be on your clothes or body by touching a grounded metal surface such as the power supply case inside the computer 4 Remove the card from its anti static bag 5 Push the card firmly but...

Page 12: ...1 You require one empty slot close to the GIGAStation 2 Connect the GS2120 connection cable to the GIGAStation connector The cable can be connected only one way 3 Place the GS2120 into the empty slot...

Page 13: ...2120 is firmly in place 5 Locate the MIDI cable connector at the back of the computer 6 Connect all 4 MIDI connector plugs that are provided 7 Connect the MIDI cables to the MIDI plugs MIDI cables are...

Page 14: ...lation steps under Windows 98 SE Windows ME and Window 2000 are described here Installation under Windows ME 1 After the hardware installation turn on your computer Windows will automatically recogniz...

Page 15: ...14 3 Windows will now copy the necessary files to the system folder 4 Windows has now completed installing the GIGAStation driver...

Page 16: ...the GS2120 the optional MIDI interface for GIGAStation Just let the installation finish Select Automatic search for a better driver Recommend then press Next 6 Windows will copy the necessary files t...

Page 17: ...that it has finished installing the new hardware Press Finish 8 Go to My Computer Control Panel System Device Manager Check the devices GIGAStation by EGO SYS and GS2120 by EGO SYS devices under Soun...

Page 18: ...ion turn on your computer Windows will automatically recognize the GIGAStation showing the message that it detected a PCI Multimedia Audio Device 2 The Found New Hardware Wizard will pop up as in the...

Page 19: ...18 3 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended 4 Specify the location of the driver Insert the provided diskette into the floppy disk drive and select floppy disk drive...

Page 20: ...ognize the GIGAStation after searching for the installation files in drive A and copy them to the system The GIGAStation audio driver installation will be finished after copying files from the install...

Page 21: ...Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended then press Next 7 In this step you will need to specify Drive A for information files Mark the check box for floppy disk drives then press Next...

Page 22: ...21 10 After rebooting go to My Computer Control Panel System Device Manager Check the devices under Sound Video and Game controllers...

Page 23: ...tem tray This is the GIGAStation Control Panel icon and the Control Panel will be launched as you click this icon 1 CD Monitor Mode This section is for configuring your internal CD ROM and GIGAStation...

Page 24: ...1 8 This is the output volume control fader that controls outputs 1 8 of the GIGAStation All 8 level faders act the same so you need to learn only one The 4 Stereo outputs of the GIGAStation PCI card...

Page 25: ...roper level 4 MON Monitoring On Off You can use the monitoring button to use 1 2 channel as the Master Output 3 Master Output This is the master output volume control fader that controls all outputs o...

Page 26: ...ntrol Panel applet but it will not shut down the Control Panel You can launch the Control Panel again by clicking on the GIGA Station icon in your system tray 2 Config Mouse Wheel The Config Mouse Whe...

Page 27: ...latency of the GIGAStation The GIGAStation provides 4 different sample buffer sizes 64 samples 128 samples 256 samples and 512 Samples In general a 64 sample buffer size results in 3 milliseconds of...

Page 28: ...info please refer to the manual of the software Windows Multimedia Setup Windows 98 SE ME The Windows Multimedia setup is the required setup to use GIGAStation as the sound system for a Windows multi...

Page 29: ...28 Power DVD On the Power DVD Main applet click the right mouse button and choose Configuration Select the Audio Tab Select 6 Speaker Output Now you can enjoy 5 1 Ch DVD Sound...

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Page 31: ...30 GIGA Studio LE In GIGAStudio LE select Hardware from Settings Choose GIGASTATION GSIF Goto Output Enabled and check the ports that you want to use In MIDI In ports Set the MIDI ports to GS2120...

Page 32: ...l latencies in the Control Panel can be used eg 64 128 256 512 The priority of GigaStudio Settings General Sequencer Priority Priority should be set to 8 Otherwise you will encounter dropouts NOTE Thi...

Page 33: ...32 6 Open VST Options Audio Setup Systems Select Monitoring as Tape Type or Record Enable Type 7 Set ASIO Device as ASIO 2 0 GIGAStation 8 Open VST Panels VST Channel Mixer 1...

Page 34: ...ple if you select input 2 under the VST inputs you must select the same thing in the channel mixer input section of Cubase 10 If you press a key on your midi controller you will hear sound streaming d...

Page 35: ...34 CUBASE ASIO v 2 0 After launching Cubase go to System under the Audio Menu Select ASIO2 0 GIGAStation for the Audio Device and GIGAStation Clock for the Audio Clock Source...

Page 36: ...ze 4 Master Output Attenuation Analog 34 5dB 0dB 0 5dB Step Size 5 Sample Rate 32KHz 44 1KHz 48KHz 6 D A Specs 1 Resolution 20 Bits 2 Dynamic Range 90 dB A Weighted Typical 3 THD N 86 dB Fs Typical 4...

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