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192 kHz 7.1 HiFi Surround Audio Interface 

 

 

 

 

 

User’s Guide 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.1 HiFi

Page 1: ...192 kHz 7 1 HiFi Surround Audio Interface User s Guide...

Page 2: ...ESI Copyright 2006 2009 Revision 3 November 2009 www esi audio com...

Page 3: ...eatures 4 4 System Requirements 5 5 Connectors 5 6 Hardware Installation 6 7 Software Installation 8 7 1 Windows 2000 and Windows XP 8 7 2 Windows Vista and Windows 7 10 8 Prodigy 7 1 HiFi Control Pan...

Page 4: ...e analog and digital components on the card and to optimize the audio output quality The special design of Prodigy 7 1 HiFi with its 4 layer PCB cuts off electromagnetic waves from the internals of th...

Page 5: ...icrosoft Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows Vista oder Windows 7 Ultra DMA66 100 and 5400rpm hard disk drive active speakers or speakers with powered amplifier 5 Connectors 1 Stereo Line Out...

Page 6: ...nd remove the power cable from your computer power supply Figure 1 Disconnecting the Power Cord 2 Refer to your computer user s manual and remove the computer cover Make sure that you have an availabl...

Page 7: ...by a faceplate you can remove it by removing the screw holding it in place or by prying it off with a screwdriver Insert the Prodigy 7 1 HiFi card into the PCI slot firmly pushing the card into the s...

Page 8: ...s XP the installation under Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 is very similar 1 Turn on your computer Windows will automatically detect a new device and prompt you with Found New Hardware Wizard screen Ch...

Page 9: ...system tray lower right corner of your desktop Click on the icon to open the Prodigy 7 1 HiFi control panel 6 Go to Device Manager check the devices under Sound video and game controllers You will see...

Page 10: ...rn on your computer Windows will automatically detect a new device installation and the Found New Hardware window will appear as seen on the following picture Select Locate and install driver software...

Page 11: ...t the folder that contains the unzipped driver data from our website Once done click Next Windows will now prompt you to confirm the installation in the Windows Security dialog with Install before the...

Page 12: ...ing table compares the two different operation modes The Prodigy 7 1 HiFi control panel is installed in your system when you complete the driver installation To open the panel double click the red ESI...

Page 13: ...te all channels Note MAS Master refers to the actual audio output level WAV Wave refers to the actual playback of digital PCM audio data 4 Digital It shows digital output signal monitor 5 M Clock Show...

Page 14: ...ng compressed audio MP3 internet broadcast etc Outputs all configurations d QNormalize It is for Automatic volume leveling Outputs all configurations also effective for ambient and music tracks within...

Page 15: ...nvironment simulation from the choices b Intensity The intensity control for QEM 5 Equalizer The QSound Equalizer a EQ On The On Off switch for the EQ effect 6 QEM QSound Environmental Modeling QEM on...

Page 16: ...tency Configures the latency setting for Prodigy 7 1 HiFi Generally for multi track recording we recommend higher latency for stability For software synthesizers and mastering software we recommend lo...

Page 17: ...tWIRE also allows you to easily rip any audio stream in real time by transferring data thru DirectWIRE from MP3s live On line Broadcast and On demand content and more 2 DirectWIRE Control Panel Click...

Page 18: ...bles from one point to another by draging your mouse 3 DirectWIRE Examples Note Please set up DirectWIRE first before starting your audio applications 1 recording of a stereo mix for internet broadcas...

Page 19: ...ESI Prodigy 7 1 HiFi 19 4 recording from ASIO input 5 recording ASIO playback in a WDM application 6 recording from GigaStudio GSIF to Cubase ASIO...

Page 20: ...surround sound DVD player applications go to Control Panel Sounds and Audio Device Properties Audio and select Prodigy 7 1 HiFi as the preferred playback device Note You must check double check that t...

Page 21: ...n against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordan...

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