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H8000FW Operating Manual

(for software version 5.2)

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Part No: 141103

Manual Release 1.3 21 December, 2006

Summary of Contents for H8000FW

Page 1: ...ventide Harmonizer UltraShifter and Eve Net are trademarks of Eventide Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Part No 141103 Manual Release 1 3 21 December 2006 2004 2006 Eventide Inc One Alsan Way Little Ferry NJ 07643 USA ...

Page 2: ...and SOFT KEYS 17 Using the Cursor Keys the SELECT key the NUMERIC KEYPAD and the KNOB 20 Ganged Parameters 21 Entering or Changing Text 21 QUICKSTART OR NEARLY INSTANT GRATIFICATION 22 Hooking Up and Internal Routing 23 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ROUTING 24 Loading Routing Configurations 26 Factory Routing Configurations 28 4 Channel series Routings 28 8 Channel series Routings 29 Stereo Dual Machine Ro...

Page 3: ...2 Digital Setup Overview 82 S P DIF83 Sampling Rates 83 The System Sampling Rate A Digital Audio Primer 84 Using the Internal Clock 85 Selecting the Internal Clock s Rate 85 The Status of The Digital Inputs When Using the Internal Clock 86 Understanding the System Sampling Rate and External Sync Indicator When Using the Internal Clock 87 Using an External Clock 88 Selecting the External Clock 88 T...

Page 4: ...Previous Program to Load 130 Saving a Program 131 Copying Programs 132 The Size of a Program and Its Ramifications for Storage 132 Updating a Program 133 Renaming a Program 133 Deleting a Program 135 PARAMETERS 136 System Tempo 137 System Timer 138 Taps 139 Textblocks 139 Graphics and Curves 140 STORING AND LOADING SETUPS 142 MISCELLANEOUS SETUP OPTIONS 144 APPENDIX A UTILITIES ___________________...

Page 5: ... 178 VIEWING THE H8000FW S CONFIGURATION 178 SETTING UP THE H8000FW FOR DEFAULT AUDIO OUTPUT 179 CONFIGURING THE H8000FW FOR OUTPUT WITH LOGIC PRO 181 ROUTING AUDIO BETWEEN LOGIC PRO AND THE H8000FW ______________________________________ 183 CREATING AN AGGREGATE AUDIO DEVICE 183 ROUTING AUDIO TO THE H8000FW 185 CONFIGURING LOGIC PRO FOR H8000FW INPUT AND OUTPUT 186 AN EXAMPLE OF USING LOGIC PRO W...

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Page 7: ...he most important ones The first is the Overview and Quickstart section In it you will find essential information regarding the front panel the back panel and the general structure of the H8000FW After these preliminaries are out of the way you ll start using the H8000FW and learning the basic methodologies that you will employ whenever you use the H8000FW The Overview and Quickstart section is no...

Page 8: ...f The Comprehensive Input Output Scheme on page 52 and Program Load Save Delete Etc on page 118 and beyond are necessary to get the best from the H8000FW In order to use MIDI Program Change messages it is necessary to understand Loading a Program Via a MIDI Program Change Message as described on page 121 For information about using the H8000FW with a PC or Mac see Using the H8000FW with a computer...

Page 9: ...natively dubbed DSP A and DSP B The two processors can be run in parallel in series or in any mutant variation thereof In addition the H8000FW can run monolithic programs that use the processing resources of both DSP A and B to run just one large program The variety and depth of the programs that the H8000FW possesses are truly amazing from lush reverbs to choruses to flanges to delays to pitch sh...

Page 10: ... effects boxes the parameters for the program running on DSP A are totally independent of the parameters for the program running on DSP B Like two separate effects boxes you can connect the outputs of one DSP to the inputs of the other or use them completely independently Some processing intensive programs are designed to run on the resources of both DSPs These monolithic programs use the input ou...

Page 11: ...ing rate and external sync indicator The top four LEDs display the system sampling rate of the H8000FW 96kHz 88 2kHz 48kHz or 44 1kHz When solidly lit they indicate that the system sampling rate is exact 0 05 When blinking they indicate that the system sampling rate is between one of the fixed rates the LED corresponding to the nearest sampling rate blinks The bottom LED EXT reflects the current e...

Page 12: ... areas the A or B is irrelevant However in the PROGRAM PARAMETER and Patch Editor areas menu pages are DSP specific The remainder of the top line displays the name of the program running on the currently displayed DSP and the current display area you re working in The bottom line is dedicated to the four SOFT KEYS directly below the display The middle section of the display changes depending on wh...

Page 13: ...age 47 See Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 144 to change the one second hold time required to enter the above areas I PARAMETER PATCH EDIT Press this key briefly to access parameters for the programs that are running The parameters shown are for the program running on the DSP referred to in the left hand corner of the display A B or nothing at all for monolithic programs To see the parameters ...

Page 14: ...hange the one second hold time alter the key hold parameter on the misc menu page in the SETUP area you may have to press the SETUP key several times to find it M BUSY LED If a Memory Card is in place this LED illuminates when data is being written to the card Don t remove the Memory Card if this LED is lit If no Memory Card is in place this illuminates when data is present at the MIDI In port or ...

Page 15: ...ypassed i e most audio inputs are connected to their corresponding audio output R LEVELS Pressing this key accesses menus for metering and levels See Controlling Levels on page 76 S SETUP Pressing this key accesses menus for routing digital configuration MIDI configuration service utilities data dump utilities and program advance options The Back Panel MIDI OPTIONS SP DIF WORD CLOCK a b c m l k i ...

Page 16: ...gths of microphone cable will prove satisfactory for 96kHz operation d AES EBU INPUT AND OUTPUT JACKS Connect these inputs and outputs to other AES EBU specified gear If the parameter DIN 1 2 on the inputs menu page in the SETUP area is set to AES EBU then digital inputs 1 2 are accepted at AES EBU input 1 2 jack Note that AES EBU 1 2 cannot be used as sync sources on the H8000FW See Digital Setup...

Page 17: ...he H8000FW to CD players DAT recorders and other audio gear using this format The connectors are two conductor RCA jacks Your plug should have the shield connected to the sleeve with the single shielded conductor connected at the tip Eventide recommends the use of professional quality cables made of RG 59 U coaxial cable Ordinary hi fi type leads will probably prove inadequate Eventide does not re...

Page 18: ...ndard light pipe connector They also support SMUX operation carrying four channels at 88 2 or 96kHz To use signals from the ADAT input select them at the inputs menu page in the SETUP area To route signals to the ADAT output select them at the outputs menu page in the SETUP area These jacks may also be used as optical type S P DIF connectors The optical input may be assigned to one pair of AES11 1...

Page 19: ...t Do not connect this jack to an Ethernet network or electrical damage may result m SERIAL PORT An IBM PC type RS232 connector that looks like a modem or printer to a connected computer Connect a 9 pin serial cable to this port to transfer information to and from a personal computer Do not use the null modem type of cable designed for file transfer between two computers it will not work With the M...

Page 20: ...t which can be used to synchronize other equipment to the H8000FW The H8000FW can also slave to another device s word clock output q STATUS LEDS These two LEDs indicate the status of the FireWire subsystem The top LED should be lit when a FireWire cable is connected The lower one should flash from time to time to show activity especially when a connected device becomes locked or unlocked If it fla...

Page 21: ...AM key to access this area Inside you ll find utilities for sorting programs loading programs saving programs deleting programs and grouping programs of your choosing into user groups Press the PROGRAM key to access additional SOFT KEYS See Program Load Save Delete Etc on page 118 ROUTING Storage Press and hold down the PROGRAM key for one second to access this area The LED next to the PROGRAM key...

Page 22: ...ss this area The LED next to the PARAMETER key blinks The Patch Editor allows you to create your own effects from scratch or to customize programs that already exist See the separate Programmer s Manual for more information on the Patch Editor To change the hold time see Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 144 LEVELS Press the LEVELS key to access this area Inside you ll find level and Level Meter...

Page 23: ... sensitive screen is in reference to DSP A If it reads B then everything else on a DSP sensitive display is in reference to DSP B Press the PROCESSOR A B key to toggle the display between the two DSPs The screens in the PROGRAM PARAMETER and Patch Editor are DSP sensitive Both DSPs are always running but the display only shows the parameters for one of them at a time The DSP Display Indicator lets...

Page 24: ... More Soft Keys indicators are the little arrows next to the first and last SOFT KEYS They indicate that if you press the area key you used to access the current display again you will access more SOFT KEYS The arrows are meant to imply that more pages exist in a nether world beyond the display For example press the SETUP key to see the More Soft Keys indicators Press the SETUP key again to get mo...

Page 25: ... to move around on the menu page Use the KNOB the NUMERIC KEYPAD and the SELECT key to change and enter values See Using the Cursor Keys the SELECT key the NUMERIC KEYPAD and the KNOB on page 20 Before moving on we ought to say that not all SOFT KEYS are menu pages Some SOFT KEYS are triggers A trigger is a key that triggers an event get it You ll always know the difference between menu page SOFT ...

Page 26: ... with the NUMERIC KEYPAD pressing ENT when you re done Use the KNOB or the Ø keys to alter the value of a text parameter For example spin the KNOB or press the key to change Shape from Sine to Triangle on this screen Numeric parameters and text parameters cover 99 of the parameters you ll see in the H8000FW but there are a few more esoteric parameters you ll encounter One such oddball is the trigg...

Page 27: ...SOR key repeatedly to cycle through the various gang possibilities next DIG2 alone is selected then DIG3 and DIG4 are ganged together then DIG3 is alone then DIG4 is alone and lastly we arrive at our starting point all four parameters are ganged together Gangs are much easier to use than to describe so take a minute and play with the gangs on this menu page You will find gangs sprinkled liberally ...

Page 28: ...e your mind and don t want to name the thing that you thought needed naming place the cursor over Quit and press SELECT QuickStart Or Nearly Instant Gratification All right all right Areas displays SOFT KEYS parameter this scroll that BUT WHAT CAN IT DO Let s cut to the chase and get you up and running Besides if you played with the box a good deal before moving on to the finer points of operation...

Page 29: ... digital inputs to suitable output sources such as a computer interface or a keyboard with digital outputs Hook up the digital outputs to suitable input recipients such as a computer interface or a sampler You can specify whether the S P DIF and AES EBU 1 2 output signal uses the consumer or professional protocol at the second format menu page in the SETUP area To select the consumer protocol set ...

Page 30: ...S P DIF 3 4 input the AES EBU inputs 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 or the ADAT and FireWire inputs as well as a Wordclock signal These are selected by Source on the clock menu page in the SETUP area Note that the H8000FW cannot slave to AES EBU inputs 1 through 4 or S P DIF 1 or 2 To read about the digital setup in more detail see Digital Setup on page 82 Things to Know about Routing When you are ready ...

Page 31: ...h the same signal as AES 11 12 out ADAT1 8 out can be fed from the effects engine or from the ADAT AES11 18 or FireWire inputs AES11 18 out can be fed from the effects engine or from the ADAT AES11 18 or FireWire inputs FireWire outputs can be fed from the effects engine or from the ADAT or AES11 18 inputs FireWire outputs can not be fed directly from FireWire inputs ...

Page 32: ...nctioning of DSP A is quite independent of DSP B and vice versa we can route signals between them Each DSP can accept eight input signals and produce eight output signals The signal routing between the various ins and outs and the two DSPs is comprehensive and can be manually configured in just about any way imaginable However for the purposes of this Instant Gratification section we ll stick to a...

Page 33: ...each description To change the one second hold time see Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 144 For a simple Analog in Analog out routing load Analog A B The remainder of the routing configurations will be discussed in the next section ...

Page 34: ...AES11 12 by setting the DIN 11 12 control appropriately You should use SPDIF3 4 rather than SPDIF 1 2 if you want to sync to it or use it at 96kHz See DIN 11 12 allows the choice of either AES EBU or S P DIF for AES11 12 H8000FW only on pag 65 4 Channel series Routings With a series routing the signal goes into DSP A and has an effect added then the effected signal goes to machine B where another ...

Page 35: ...o to the output block feeding the outputs AES8 A B All AES11 18 inputs go into DSP A The outputs from DSP A go into DSP B The outputs from DSP B go to the output block feeding the outputs analog outputs 1 2 3 4 AES1 4 outputs 1 2 3 4 input block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 output block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 a...

Page 36: ...alog and digital outputs Analog inputs 3 4 are sent to DSP B the output of which is sent to analog and digital outputs 3 4 AES4 Dual Stereo AES EBU inputs 1 2 are sent to DSP A the output of which is sent to the first two analog and digital outputs AES EBU inputs 3 4 are sent to DSP B the output of which is sent to analog and digital outputs 3 4 input block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 output b...

Page 37: ...o into DSP A out from DSP A to the analog outputs and the AES11 14 outputs The AES15 18 inputs go into DSP B out from DSP B into the AES15 18 outputs input block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 output block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP A 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 DSP B 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 analog outputs 1 2 3 4 AES1 4 outputs 1 2 3 4 analog inputs 1 2 3 4 AES1 4 inputs 1 2 3 4 input block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...

Page 38: ...ES1 4 outputs AES4 A B All four AES1 4 inputs get sent to both DSPs The first four outputs of each DSP are summed before being sent to the analog and AES1 4 outputs analog outputs 1 2 3 4 AES1 4 outputs 1 2 3 4 input block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 output block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP A 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 DSP B 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 analog inputs 1 2 3 4 AES1 4 inputs 1 2 3 4 analog outpu...

Page 39: ...at the output block input block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 output block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ADAT outputs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ADAT inputs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 input block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 output block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5...

Page 40: ...s an 8 channel ADAT input feed input block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 output block 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FireWire1 outputs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FireWire1 inputs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Main in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ADAT ...

Page 41: ... channels of I O to the workstation DSP A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Main in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ADAT out SP DIF coax Main out 1 2 3 4 1 3 4 1 2 3 4 AES EBU in 1 2 3 4 Analog in Analog out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FireWire2 in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FireWire1 in 3 4 SP DIF coax 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 AES in 1 2 SP DIF opto 1 2...

Page 42: ...ber press the PROGRAM key to get there This two digit number is known as the I O Identifier In the case of the program BasicRoom shown to the right the two digit number is 24 In the case of the program Compressor_8 shown to the right the two digit number is 88 The first digit indicates how many inputs are utilized and the second digit indicates how many outputs are utilized If the I O Identifier f...

Page 43: ...he signals at the two outputs connected to dead inputs would be lost This scenario is depicted in the diagram above It s important for you to think about which inputs and which outputs from DSP A and DSP B are dead in the context of the routing configuration you ve chosen Nevertheless things usually work out more easily than this brief warning might cause you to believe For more information on thi...

Page 44: ...ELS area If you re using the analog inputs press it twice so that only the analog input levels are shown Here you can boost cut the analog inputs by 30dB 90dB before they are digitally converted setting the gain before the converters gives the best characteristics H8000FW menu page shown H8000FW has adjustments for all four analog inputs You can cut the analog inputs after digital conversion and t...

Page 45: ... Assuming you ve loaded an appropriate routing configuration the H8000FW should be ready to process All that remains is to load a monolithic program or to load a program into each DSP To load a program enter the PROGRAM area The two normal menu pages you immediately find here list and Criteria work together to give you access to the H8000FW s hundreds of programs in a way that suits your needs In ...

Page 46: ... Dynamics compressors gates etc Notice that all of the programs shown have a Y icon to the right of their name indicating that they perform dynamics processing among other things Press the or SOFT KEYS until you see the set of programs that contain delays Notice that all of the programs shown have a D icon to the right of their name indicating that they perform delay processing among other things ...

Page 47: ...nd Press the or SOFT KEYS to flip through programs designed for these different Sources Here we see 50 programs that were designed for use with Drums The CURSOR keys and the KNOB behave just as they did when we Searched By Effects You can also Search By Src FX In this mode the SOFT KEY flips through the different sources here we see programs designed for use with Gtr The SOFT KEY flips through the...

Page 48: ... Rates on page 83 for more information The monolithic indicator a Roman Numeral II indicates that this program uses the processing resources of both DSP A and DSP B In the screen shown to the right the program Dtune_VDly_Hall_EQ is a monolithic program Note the II next to its name Think of monolithic programs as loading into DSP A and causing DSP B to disappear Any non monolithic program that you ...

Page 49: ...l applied to the H8000FW s MIDI input Simply set Source to Midiclock Parameters that synch to the system tempo are identified by t_ such as t_rate and t_fmrate and are adjusted in musical terms such as whole note and dot 1 8 You will find them in the PARAMETER area of most programs See System Tempo on page 137 Some parameters such as delay loops use the system timer They are also denoted by t_ See...

Page 50: ... few times to find it A setting of 0 hides all but the most relevant menu pages in the PARAMETER area Conversely a setting of 9 reveals all of the available menu pages in the PARAMETER area Settings between 0 and 9 reveal an increasing number of menu pages in the PARAMETER area Leave expert mode at 9 if you like lots of parameters to tinker with at 0 if you find lots of parameters annoying or some...

Page 51: ...s after the name This is to tell you that the program has been changed and that you will lose the changes if you don t do a save See Saving a Program on page 131 To avoid going through the entire arduous math the next time you want to mimic the frequency response of your neighbor s television you should save your tweaks as a new program Press the PROGRAM key to enter the program area Press the PRO...

Page 52: ... that there is a U to the left of the I O Identifiers this shows that this was saved as a User Program A C would indicate that the program was saved on a Memory Card Now you can load your tweak and feel edgy and irritated even when the neighbors are on vacation To read about using Memory Cards see Memory Cards on page 50 ...

Page 53: ...knob or keypad to find it but this is easier Then move to the second row and turn the KNOB until Group3 appears and press SELECT This will change out to in and vice versa The Usergroup will be saved automatically every time a change is made Now for quick access to your collections set Search By to User Grp on the Criteria menu page in the PROGRAM area Go to the list menu page and use the and SOFT ...

Page 54: ...ing this much won t give you an appreciation of the amazing versatility of the H8000FW In addition to simply loading routing configurations you can manually configure things any way you like See The Comprehensive Input Output Scheme on page 52 In addition to altering levels at the inputs you can alter and monitor levels at any point in the signal path See 4Controlling Levels on page 76 Programs an...

Page 55: ...49 99 and Remote Controlling Parameters on page 114 Existing programs can be altered or entirely new programs can be created in the Patch Editor See the separate Programmer s Manual ...

Page 56: ...A type 1 static RAM up to 4 194 304 bytes 4 megabytes 3 Compact Flash using a suitable adaptor The H8000FW does not support PCMCIA Linear Flash SmartMedia XM or other cards not listed above Of the above the most easily obtainable and cheapest is the Compact Flash card which is used extensively in digital cameras These can also be read by PCs and some Macs with the use of a low cost USB adaptor Thi...

Page 57: ...that requires periodic use of a Memory Card Simply insert the Memory Card when you need to load something from it or save something to it Remove it when you are done loading or saving and the BUSY LED will be available for data indication When a Memory Card is inserted the H8000FW may report that the card is not formatted and offer to format it If the Memory Card has already been formatted and the...

Page 58: ...puts and eight outputs Also shown are two terminal blocks MAIN Inputs shown above as Main in and MAIN Outputs shown above as Main out which are used to connect to them from the outside world Each block shown above has inputs on its left side and outputs on its right The MAIN Inputs block is where all the external analog and digital inputs are connected See Configuring the Main Inputs Each DSP may ...

Page 59: ...s way it can overload the outputs See Configuring the MAIN Outputs The first four channels of MAIN Outputs feeds four analog outputs as shown Similarly the second four channels feed four AES EBU outputs The MAIN Outputs block may also feed other outputs to be discussed later See Connecting to the H8000FW s outputs The example above shows DSP A being fed from the MAIN Inputs block and its outputs f...

Page 60: ...th Main in feeding DSP A which feeds DSP B whose outputs feed Main out DSP A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Main in Main out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Main in Main out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

Page 61: ... Main in feeding Main out with alternate channels exchanged DSP A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Main in Main out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Main in Main out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 62: ...ing either effects unit DSP the external inputs must be connected to the MAIN Inputs block This limits the number of channels that can feed the effects units to eight the number of inputs to the MAIN Inputs block In many cases external inputs may be connected to external outputs without this limitation as described later Analog AES EBU ADAT FireWire H8000FW 2 channels 8 channels 8 channels H8000FW...

Page 63: ...k See Further input options to select SPDIF 1 2 or Analog 1 2 on the H8000FW Thus using the H8000FW as an example the fifth channel of MAIN Inputs shown to the right of the inputs may be connected to the first channel of AES EBU in the corresponding default input or any channel of AES in FireWire1 in or FireWire2 in or ADAT in The MAIN Inputs block is configured using the inputs menu under the SET...

Page 64: ...ected to each output There are two pages one for channels 1 4 feeding the main Analog outputs as shown above and another for channels 5 8 feeding the main AES EBU outputs Here we have DSP A 1 4 and DSP B 1 4 feeding Main output channels 1 4 Analog This means that for example DSP A out 1 and DSP B out 1 are mixed together to feed Main out 1 DSP A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

Page 65: ... 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AES EBU in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ADAT in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Main in AES EBU out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ADAT out SP DIF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Main out Analog 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 Here we have DSP A 5 8 feeding MAIN Output channels 5 8 Digital ...

Page 66: ...1 Analog 1 Analog 1 2 AES EBU 2 and SPDIF 2 Analog 2 Analog 2 3 AES EBU 3 Analog 3 Analog 3 4 AES EBU 4 Analog 4 Analog 4 5 AES EBU 5 AES EBU 1 and SPDIF 1 AES EBU 1 and SPDIF 1 6 AES EBU 6 AES EBU 2 and SPDIF 2 AES EBU 2 and SPDIF 2 7 AES EBU 7 and Analog 1 AES EBU 3 AES EBU 3 8 AES EBU 8 and Analog 2 AES EBU 4 AES EBU 4 The remaining non default outputs may be connected to any of the MAIN Output...

Page 67: ...amed according to the corresponding default output A 5 6 7 8 5 6 7 8 DSP B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ADAT in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Main in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ADAT out Main out AES EBU out 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 AES EBU in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

Page 68: ...ht be more helpful to look at the routing screens that produce it Here we can see that FireWire1 channels 1 to 8 are connected to MAIN Inputs DSP A gets its inputs from MAIN Inputs with the signals renamed to show what is connected to MAIN Inputs i e FireWire 1 to 8 DSP A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DSP B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Main in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A...

Page 69: ...gnals from DSP B channels 1 to 4 The second four channels of Main out those connected to the default Digital outputs get their signals from DSP B channels 5 to 8 The ADAT outputs are directly connected to AES inputs 11 to 18 AES outputs 11 to 17 are fed from the ADAT inputs FireWire1 outputs are not connected FireWire2 outputs are fed from Main out ...

Page 70: ...members of the H8000FW family have an S P DIF input on an RCA connector that may be used in place of AES EBU 1 2 These options may be controlled from the Input Output Options page under inputs on the SETUP menu Just hit the inputs soft key until you get there The screen below is for the H8000FW but a similar page appears on all members of the family ...

Page 71: ... P DIF inputs are not used When set to S P DIF the first 2 default digital inputs are S P DIF 1 2 and the first AES EBU XLR connector is not used DIN 11 12 Allows the Choice of Either AES EBU or S P DIF for AES11 12 1 2 3 n 1 2 SP DIF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Main in 1 2 3 4 AES EBU in 1 2 3 n 1 2 SP DIF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Main in 1 2 3 4 AES EBU in ...

Page 72: ...her AES or S P DIF When OPTO in is set to ADAT the optical input connector is used for ADAT input and AES inputs 11 18 are available OPTO 1 2 are of course not available When OPTO in is not set to ADAT the optical input connector is used for OPTO 1 2 optical S P DIF input and the selected AES inputs are replaced by it and thus not available All ADAT inputs are of course disabled 3 4 SP DIF coax 1 ...

Page 73: ... cannot be used OPTO out is set to AES13 14 so it is driven in parallel with AES13 14 ADAT out cannot be used 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ADAT out SP DIF coax Main out 1 2 3 4 1 3 4 Analog out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FireWire2 out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FireWire1 out AES out SP DIF opto 1 2 3 4 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 SP DIF coax 1 2 2 AES EBU out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ADAT out SP DIF coax Main out...

Page 74: ...rces for the ADAT outputs at SETUP outputs third menu page For the H8000FW Select sources for AES11 18 outputs at SETUP outputs fourth menu page Select sources for FIREWIRE1 outputs at SETUP outputs fifth menu page Select sources for FIREWIRE2 outputs at SETUP outputs sixth menu page Once the routing is configured you can at your discretion change levels at The analog inputs Use LEVELS inputs Use ...

Page 75: ...ic pre amplified guitar that s being played into stereo cabinets You also want to record the Backward Garden effect to ADAT channels 7 and 8 Our routing configuration looks like the diagram above Note that H8000FW extra inputs and outputs are not shown in the interest of making it remotely readable Let s run through how we d actually set this up Starting with the input block we need to make sure t...

Page 76: ...4 Finally let s assign the appropriate signals to the ADAT outputs Do this at the bottom outputs menu page in the SETUP area Notice that ADAT inputs are also connected to the ADAT channels that we weren t interested in using 3 through 6 We probably didn t need to H8000FW owners can set up AES11 18 and the FIREWIRE outputs in the same way And that s it Once you get the hang of it making custom rout...

Page 77: ...riginal configuration You have the option to rename the configuration update Saves routing configurations to User Memory with a single key press remove Deletes the selected routing configurations from User Memory or Card These SOFT KEYS behave exactly as they do in the PROGRAM area See Loading Programs on page 125 Saving a Program on page 131 and Deleting a Program on page 135 for more details To ...

Page 78: ...ng to the external signal sources and destination and not changed according to the preset or routing Loading a Routing Remotely Via MIDI To load a routing remotely make sure MIDI is enabled program load is on and omni mode is off on the midi menu page in the SETUP area Routings will load in response to program change messages on the MIDI channel that corresponds with base channel 2 In the example ...

Page 79: ...used just as they dictate what sorts of parameters are used For example a program that acted as a synthesizer would not need any inputs A program that turned a mono signal into a pseudo quad signal would only need one input A program that modulated one stereo signal with another stereo signal would only need two outputs So the I O Identifier tells us at a glance how many inputs and outputs a progr...

Page 80: ...uts 1 and 2 are live Inputs 3 through 8 are dead they re shown as dotted circles in the diagram You won t hurt the H8000FW by hooking things up this way but you won t pass audio To the right we have another bad scene The program Big Voice has an I O Identifier of 22 That means that only DSP outputs 1 and 2 are live Outputs 3 through 8 are dead but in the block diagram to the right it is these dead...

Page 81: ... you don t fool yourself into thinking that it s actually passing a signal The moral Not all the inputs and outputs on a given DSP are necessarily live Exactly how many are live depends on the program that is being run To prevent signals from becoming lost keep the I O Identifier and its impact on your routing configuration in mind Before we leave this section we should mention that although we ju...

Page 82: ...menu page in the LEVELS area In pre fade mode the meters do not reflect these cuts machine out measures the level at the outputs to the currently displayed DSP To measure the level at the outputs to the DSP not currently displayed press the PROCESSOR A B key In post fade mode the meters reflect level cuts made on the dsp A or dsp B menu page in the LEVELS area In pre fade mode the meters do not re...

Page 83: ...FW and you think your signal path goes from the analog inputs to DSP B to DSP A to the digital outputs you can use the Level Meters to check that signal exists at every point along the way The point in the path at which the signal dies will clue you in to what routing or level parameter has been set incorrectly Don t forget about the I O Identifier when troubleshooting See Programs Effect on Routi...

Page 84: ...e if you would like to monitor levels after the aforementioned cuts Select pre fade if you would like to monitor levels before the aforementioned cuts It is possible to overdrive an input to the H8000FW decrease that overdriven level at the inputs page and show no clipping on the Level Meters when viewing post fade To avoid such a situation it is advisable that you boost cut the signals coming int...

Page 85: ...output is completely processed At 0 the signal coming out of an output is identical to the signal applied to the corresponding input For example if you set A OUT2 Wet Dry to 0 the signal at DSP A output 2 will be the same as the signal at DSP A input 2 A setting between 0 and 100 mixes the processed and input signals as you would expect Pressing the DOWN CURSOR key un gang the parameters and allow...

Page 86: ... pages in the LEVELS area The dsp B menu page is located below the dsp A menu page Output levels can be cut from 0 to 100 dB By pressing the DOWN CURSOR key to un gang the parameters individual output levels can be adjusted independently of the others Note All of the parameters discussed in this section can be remote controlled via MIDI or the foot pedal jacks To learn how read Setting Up the Exte...

Page 87: ...etter place to adjust the analog output level 90 to 3 dB is on the bottom outputs menu page in the LEVELS area These adjustments are made after the digital to analog conversion Making your adjustments post D A will generally result in lower noise and distortion than making them pre D A Note These parameters can be remote controlled via MIDI or the foot pedal jacks To learn how read Setting Up the ...

Page 88: ...o S P DIF output 3 4 The H8000FW assumes that signals at the digital inputs are 24 bit No harm occurs if the input is in fact less than 24 bit subsequent processing will usually fill the lower bits The system sampling rate is derived from either an internal clock or an external clock The internal clock rates supplied by the H8000FW include 44 1kHz 48kHz 88 2kHz 96kHz note that 32kHz and 44 059kHz ...

Page 89: ... The digital inputs 1 2 need not be assigned to the same protocol as the digital outputs 1 2 In other words digital inputs 1 2 can be received at the AES EBU 1 2 input jack and digital outputs 1 2 can be sent via the S P DIF protocol or vice versa Similarly on the H8000FW S P DIF inputs 3 4 can be used in place of AES 11 12 Their protocols are fixed See DIN 11 12 allows the choice of either AES EB...

Page 90: ...e rate known as the system sampling rate This rate may be determined either by an internal clock or by a single external input If any external input is used as an audio source it must have exactly the same sample rate as the system sampling rate or things will get out of step causing one or more of the digital values to be lost This will result in clicks or distortion a bad thing For example at a ...

Page 91: ...arameter on the clock menu page in the SETUP area to Int 44 1 kHz Int 48 0 kHz Int 88 2 kHz or Int 96 0 kHz 44 1 kHz The rate of standard compact disks The 44 1kHz sample rate indicator is illuminated The highest reproducible audio frequency is 20kHz 48 kHz The professional or broadcast rate The highest reproducible audio frequency is 22kHz 88 2 kHz Twice the rate of standard compact disks This ra...

Page 92: ...r sampling rate is close to but not locked to the system sample rate As described above this may cause clicks or distortion When the external signal is very close to the internal rate the status indicator may flicker between slipping and OK Some slipping may be acceptable for monitoring or other non critical applications but in general the greater the difference between the system sample rate and ...

Page 93: ...s would happen only if the DSP A and DSP B inputs and the main outputs were either unconnected or only connected to the analog inputs no digital signals whatsoever Solidly lit When the bottom LED is solidly lit the sampling rates of all routed digital inputs are locked to the internal clock rate and all is good This should be the normal state Blinking regularly When the bottom LED is blinking regu...

Page 94: ...PDIF 1 2 ADAT H8000A AE S1 2 SPDIF 1 2 ADAT H8000FW AES11 17 SPDIF 3 4 OPTO 1 2 ADAT FIREWIRE 1 2 Note If the clock source is unlocked not connected to a valid digital source the external clock will be invalid If the external clock is invalid the system sampling rate will revert to the last valid internal clock rate Selecting the External Clock The external clock is derived from the inputs shown i...

Page 95: ...tatus of the ADAT inputs you must ensure that the ADAT inputs are synchronized to the external clock source if they are being used Typically when using ADAT your clock source will be either the ADAT signal itself or a WORDCLOCK to which the ADAT is also synchronized The H8000FW also shows the status of AES11 18 and FIREWIRE 1 2 the same synchronization requirements apply The status of the digital ...

Page 96: ... the top four LEDs is blinking the system sampling rate is between one of the fixed rates the LED corresponding to the nearest sampling rate will blink Use the Sample Rate field on the clock menu page in the SETUP area to see the actual sampling rate e g 48001Hz in the example to the right The bottom LED EXT has two possible states Solidly lit When the bottom LED is solidly lit all of the routed d...

Page 97: ...sample rate conversion is only available on the above inputs other digital inputs need to be locked if they are used Word Clock Termination Any cable has a characteristic impedance that should be matched to both the signal source and destination impedance for best results with high speed sharp edged signals such as Word Clock This becomes more important with longer cables Most Word Clock signals a...

Page 98: ...nput the cable end to one side and the terminator to the other WORD LENGTH BITS Input Word Length As mentioned in the introduction to this section the H8000 assumes that the signals at the digital inputs are all 24 bit Things work out regardless of the actual word length of the input signals because for example the 16 bits in a 16 bit signal correspond to the 16 most significant bits in a 24 bit s...

Page 99: ...s to hardwire each input to its corresponding output i e analog input 1 is connected to analog output 1 digital input 3 is connected to digital output 3 etc This may well NOT be the same as the current routed configuration For example if Analog in 1 is routed to Digital out 3 this will differ from the connection when bypassed Be aware of the following When the H8000FW is powered down it is in rly ...

Page 100: ...00FW out of system bypass mode either place the cursor over the system field and press SELECT or press the BYPASS key See Remote Controlling the Bypass Functions on page 112 Machine Bypass The two options that exist for machine bypass are dsp bypass Makes each output of the bypassed DSP the same as its corresponding input The routing configuration still applies This is the same as setting all the ...

Page 101: ...Remotely on page 127 Here we will discuss the global setup of these external controllers SETTING UP THE EXTERNAL CONTROLLERS Foot Pedals 1 and 2 Each foot pedal jack accepts a stereo tip ring sleeve 1 4 connector see diagram below Between the ring and sleeve is a fixed 5 volts provided by the H8000FW The foot pedal that is hooked up to the jack and returned between the tip and the sleeve alters th...

Page 102: ...icitly call for some sort of external controller For example the program External Detune calls for an external signal to adjust the amount of detune that is applied to an audio signal You can direct a MIDI controller to do the adjusting To remote control any parameter in the H8000FW including input and output levels To change programs via MIDI program change messages See 4Loading a Program Via a M...

Page 103: ...nnections between your various pieces of equipment such that the system exclusive sequence out MIDI messages of the H8000FW loop back into the H8000FW without delay digital demons will unleash a raging fury inside your helpless unit So make sure that doesn t happen If you aren t actively using the sequence out feature it s wise to leave it off See Sequencing With MIDI on page 149 If you re recordi...

Page 104: ...hannel was changed to 5 the controller would then respond to channel 7 Base channel has no effect if omni is set to on omni mode If this is on then a MIDI message on any channel is accepted and dutifully obeyed by every MIDI message recipient in the H8000FW This keeps things simple in simple setups If this is off then every MIDI recipient in the H8000FW specifies which MIDI channel offset from the...

Page 105: ...liseconds 25 milliseconds and all of the values in between An external trigger on the other hand has only two states It is not continuous For example you could trigger a gate to open The gate can be either open or closed A trigger switches the parameter from one state to the other The various external modulation and trigger menu pages you will encounter are all variations on a common theme Althoug...

Page 106: ...will serve us well for the purposes of this demonstration With the cursor highlighting knob on the inputs menu page in the LEVELS area press and hold the SELECT key until the external modulation menu page shown to the right appears The SELECT key trick is how you remote control any parameter in the H8000FW and is discussed in depth on page 114 For now we have a convenient method for getting you to...

Page 107: ...Redirection External Assigns 1 8 and Trigs 1 2 on page 109 pedal 1 2 The input from the pedals at the rear panel foot pedal jacks 1 and 2 These jacks are setup on the pedals menu page in the SETUP area See Foot Pedals 1 and 2 on page 95 to set them up tip 1 2 ring 1 2 and tip ring 1 2 When a pedal input is used as a switch input it can operate in one of two modes supporting either 2 switches or 3 ...

Page 108: ...r on a MIDI keyboard Portamento MIDI control message 5 typically assigned to portamento volume MIDI control message 7 typically assigned to volume changes balance MIDI control message 8 typically assigned to balance pan MIDI control message 10 typically assigned to panning expression MIDI control message 11 typically assigned to the expression controller on a MIDI keyboard general 1 2 3 and 4 MIDI...

Page 109: ...t command is received This MIDI command is channel independent MIDI stop Triggers when a MIDI stop command is received This MIDI command is channel independent Manually Selecting the External Controller for Triggers External trigger menu pages are less common than external modulation menu pages A good example of one is the nextprog menu page in the SETUP area you may have to press the SETUP key se...

Page 110: ...and sleeve is closed but the switch between ring and sleeve is open ring is high when a switch connected between ring and sleeve is closed and the third switch is open If you re using two switches ring is high when the switch between ring and sleeve is closed but the switch between tip and sleeve is open tip ring is high when the third switch is closed If you re using two switches tip ring is high...

Page 111: ...mmand is channel independent MIDI stop Triggers when a MIDI stop command is received This MIDI command is channel independent External Controller Selection Parameters Common to Both External Modulation and External Trigger Menu Pages For all of the above MIDI messages except for those involving MIDI clock if omni is set to on on the midi menu page in the SETUP area then the MIDI message will be ac...

Page 112: ...xternal Controller As opposed to manually selecting a MIDI controller along with its proper channel and control number a feature exists that captures the first MIDI message sent to the H8000FW and uses it as the external controller This works on both external modulation and external trigger menu pages On the upper right hand side of the screen you will find a function called Capture Midi Highlight...

Page 113: ... controller to suit the range of modulation desired The horizontal bar graph on the bottom of the left hand side of the screen displays the current value of the controller you selected in mode on a scale of approximately 1 to 100 Use this bar graph to visually confirm that the external controller you have selected is actually finding its way to this menu page If you manipulate your external contro...

Page 114: ...remedy this situation see further examples below In this case you re going to manually change the value of knob to 0 while the pitch wheel is idle at 50 Because you did this and because range is set to 200 the parameter now behaves See how it behaves Oh behave Behave Note It is also possible to set range to a negative value Doing so allows the value of the parameter being modulated to decrease whi...

Page 115: ...gh room to fit them all In practice scaling is even more flexible than we ve described here It s one of those things that s much easier to do than to describe The Concept Behind Redirection External Assigns 1 8 and Trigs 1 2 Redirection allows a program developer to use an external controller in his program while allowing one to assign which actual external controller is used at a later time An ex...

Page 116: ...cted to fill the placeholder assign 3 Now all of the and here example screens shown above would actually be modulated by the mod wheel Moreover the value in parentheses above low would change to mod wheel The external menu page is stacked Press the external SOFT KEY repeatedly to cycle through menu pages for assign 1 assign 2 assign 3 assign 8 trig 1 and trig 2 These menu pages behave just like th...

Page 117: ...t reassign the placeholders If you get a new sequencer that has different convenient controllers than the ones you ve been using you don t have to re edit all of the programs you use Instead All right You get the idea We should run through an example to make sure you re clear about what s going on here While you re going to use placeholders to modulate system level parameters you would normally us...

Page 118: ... in 1 and A OUT4 Wet Dry are modulated Select the MIDI base channel on the midi menu page in the SETUP area If you actually followed along with your H8000FW you d be wise to go back to these two parameters and set mode to off so that your input levels and wet dry ratios don t start doing freaky things in response to the pitch wheel in the future The very first time you switch on the H8000FW you wi...

Page 119: ...ntrol system bypass which also applies to machine A and machine B bypass is to use the SELECT and hold approach on the LEVELS bypass page treating it as if it were any other parameter See Remote Controlling Parameters on page 114 ...

Page 120: ...hes Control will be lost if preset is not saved if the parameter you are remote controlling belongs to a program as opposed to a global parameter such as an input level This means that you must save or update the program to ensure that your remote control will still be there the next time you load the program Of course if you don t care if the remote control is there the next time you load the pro...

Page 121: ...enu page the underline will of course go away To change the one second hold time see Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 144 MIDI GROUPS The use of MIDI groups allows an alternative way to control the H8000FW from MIDI with the minimum of setting up A MIDI group is a numbered sequence of MIDI controllers for example 70 71 72 77 When the H8000FW has been told to respond to this group these controll...

Page 122: ... DSP A in the LEVELS area the following would apply 70 A OUT1 Wet Dry 71 A OUT2 Wet Dry 72 A OUT3 Wet Dry 73 A OUT4 Wet Dry 74 A OUT5 Wet Dry 75 A OUT6 Wet Dry 76 A OUT7 Wet Dry 77 A OUT8 Wet Dry The MIDI group will continue to control whichever screen is displayed This looks useful how do we set up such a MIDI group All will become clear Configuring the MIDI Group The last key in the SETUP MIDI s...

Page 123: ...ample suppose you are using a fader based controller like the Peavey 1600 and you push the fader all the way up to control say a vibrato depth Then you switch to another screen where the same fader controls the master output level The minute you touch the fader the level will go way up and the floor will be covered with bits of loudspeaker This can be prevented by setting operation to sticky If op...

Page 124: ...ong delay programs these can only be loaded on DSP A Monolithic programs use the resources of both DSPs As such only one monolithic program can run at a time and it uses the routing configuration of DSP A You can save a program that is running in two ways The first is to use Save you won t overwrite the old version of the program The second way to save a program is to update it this performs a one...

Page 125: ... the list menu page in the PROGRAM area Here Kick SnareReplacer is a complex C preset that uses samplers S delays D equalizers E and dYnamics Y Kill The Guy only uses modulations M and equalizers filters E When you save your own programs or your own tweaks of factory programs you can assign effects flags yourself on the effects menu page in the PROGRAM area Here the Pitch and Delay flags are on a ...

Page 126: ...rams which we ll call banks You may have noticed that most programs have a four digit number associated with them The first two numbers define the bank that a program belongs to Here One Time Rhyno belongs to bank 66 One Way Phaser belongs to bank 36 Onirica Ritmica belongs to bank 13 If you move the cursor on this menu page the upper right hand corner will briefly display the bank name for the hi...

Page 127: ...s a MIDI Map this number is the MIDI Program change number otherwise think of it as a slot number To find an unused slot keep going until the Preset in the second line shows none or empty See Loading a Program Via a MIDI Program Change Message on page 127 Now go to the second line and use the wheel or the keypad to find the program that you want to add to the Usergroup Here we ve included the prog...

Page 128: ...n find this list and reload those programs from it by setting Search By to User Grp on the Criteria menu page in the PROGRAM area Then go to list and use the and SOFT KEYS to find the Most recent list this is the first list in this section think of it as Usergroup 0 If you mostly work with the same programs this saves you having to find them every time ...

Page 129: ...vely groups similar programs into banks All four of these programs begin with the two digits 30 which is the Multi effects bank Use the left and right CURSOR keys to jump from bank to bank e g from program 30xx to program 31xx to program 32xx and so on You can also type a number in with the KEYPAD you will jump to the program whose number comes closest to the one you typed Tip when you use the key...

Page 130: ...grams that use a Modulation M algorithm Search By Src FX causes the trigger SOFT KEY to cycle through programs based on their intended source Given an intended source e g guitar the trigger SOFT KEY cycles through effects types Here you see 40 programs that were designed for vocals Vcl selected by the SOFT KEY that contain delay Dly algorithms selected by the SOFT KEY Search By User Grp causes onl...

Page 131: ... on DSP A and may not be loaded if DSP B is selected Similarly some programs come in two versions a monolithic version for 88 96k operation and a single machine version for 44 48k operation Normally only the relevant one of these is visible but if Show is set to any both of these can be seen as shown by Static Flanger in the screen above Finally Machines determines if only programs that run on a s...

Page 132: ...mpler and Longdelay modules cannot be loaded on DSP B If Show is set to any on the Criteria menu page in the PROGRAM area these unloadable programs will be displayed with a line through them on the list menu page To avoid seeing these programs when they can t be loaded set Show to the default setting loadable The last few programs that were loaded are also saved in the Most recent group This means...

Page 133: ...ents a small problem One way one to get around this limitation is by using a MIDI map to translate between program numbers with MIDI Program Change numbers The H8000FW can use its Usergroups as MIDI maps Each program in a Usergroup can have a Program Change number associated with it so that if this number is sent by a MIDI controller that program will be loaded If a program exists in both 48kHz an...

Page 134: ...s included in it can be found in the H8000FW Presets Manual The third line Prog Chng allows you to assign a MIDI Program Change value 0 127 to each program in a Usergroup This allows Usergroups to be used as MIDI maps enabling their members to be loaded via MIDI program change messages If you are not using the Usergroup as a MIDI map think of this as a slot number The bottom line of this screen al...

Page 135: ...e system will be switched to A or B as appropriate just as if the PROCESSOR A B button were pressed The normal rules of course apply so that if you try to load a monolithic program it will always load into DSP A Note that MIDI Controller 0 Bank Change will allow you to set the bank remotely All the above parameters are found on the second midi ext menu page in the SETUP area Note To aid in trouble...

Page 136: ...tween the two See External Modulation and Trigger Menu Pages on page 99 The best way to use this feature is to load the programs through which you d like to advance beforehand Use Save to save each one with a successively higher number Then place each of them in a single user group by using the user grp menu page in the PROGRAM area while each program is loaded On the Criteria menu page in the PRO...

Page 137: ...sults in the screen shown on the right The first line allows you to select which slot the program will be saved in If you select an occupied slot the H8000FW will ask if you want to overwrite that program when you place the CURSOR over save and press SELECT If you select yes the overwritten program is gone The second line allows you to save to Internal memory or Card memory Placing the CURSOR over...

Page 138: ...t There is a limit to the space available in the H8000FW for the storage of programs Not everything is perfect Roughly 460 kilobytes of space is available for storing your programs internally A program typically requires between 1 kilobyte and 20 kilobytes of space for storage In the worst case that means you can store 30 programs in internal memory A more realistic number might be 100 If that s n...

Page 139: ... always be displayed together with the factory program This is possible because the H8000FW allows up to three programs for each number one factory one user and one on a card Strictly speaking you can have four as both monolithic and non monolithic versions of Factory programs may have the same number Renaming a Program To rename a program simply load it and then press the Save SOFT KEY in the PRO...

Page 140: ...134 Now the program has the new name new Voice ...

Page 141: ...ed to be loaded on either DSP On the screen to the right if you were to press the remove SOFT KEY you would be deleting the program Robot Voice It doesn t matter that it s not currently loaded Actually pressing the remove SOFT KEY would result in the screen to the right To remove or not to remove Factory presets are distinguished from your saved presets by the lack of a U at the right hand side of...

Page 142: ...e program Dinosaur Legs that is running on DSP A Many but not all of the programs in the H8000FW support an expert mode feature The expert mode parameter controlling this feature is found on the misc menu page in the SETUP area you may have to press the SETUP key a few times to find it A setting of 0 hides all but the most relevant menu pages in the PARAMETER area Conversely a setting of 9 reveals...

Page 143: ... parameter Tip 1 2 A switch connected to the tip of pedal inputs 1 or 2 defines the system tempo Midiclock A MIDIclock signal sent from a sequencer to the H8000FW s MIDI input defines the system tempo ext1 8 The value of external modulators 1 through 8 defines the system tempo See The Concept Behind Redirection External Assigns 1 8 and Trigs 1 2 on page 109 for information regarding the external m...

Page 144: ...ow load up a loop program such as Reich Loops 2 The loop time is automatically set to the system timer notice the lower left corner You can use the timer equals parameter to define how many bars the timer will equal Not all loops are set up to work with the system timer only those that explicitly show the system timer value Notice also that all of the programs that use the timer can be overridden ...

Page 145: ...sting parameters The graphic to the right of the parameters represents the delay position and level of every tap in the bunch Textblocks All right maybe a textblock isn t really a parameter but you ll find it hiding among parameters so we might as well discuss it here You ll typically find these creatures on an info menu page in the PARAMETER area As the name suggests this is just a block of text ...

Page 146: ...ral times on the above screen would change the x value and result in the screen to the right Spinning the KNOB on the above screen would change the y value and result in the screen to the right Pressing the DOWN CURSOR key on the screen above would move the cursor from the graphic interface to the Mast parameter Curve modules behave just like graphics but their function is a little different Here ...

Page 147: ...tle wackier How about making an input amplitude of 0 667 result in an output amplitude of 0 5 No sweat By making the input amplitude radically different from the output amplitude you can obtain a garbage compactor distortion ...

Page 148: ...ow you have reached the Setup Storage Area and the upper right hand portion of the screen will read Setups Here we find seven SOFT KEYS which in general behave as they do in the PROGRAM area except that PROCESSOR A B has no effect list Lists saved setup configurations for loading Criteria Allows you to sort through saved setups by number name and location internal or card Save Saves the current se...

Page 149: ...ngs the machine state as close as possible to that when it was saved To do this set with programs to yes A few things to be aware of The programs are not saved as part of the setup so they must still exist on the machine The current routing is always saved as part of the setup After loading a setup a small number of non critical settings such as screen brightness will not be restored until the sys...

Page 150: ...ng Storage on page 15 Setup storage on page 15 Remote Controlling Parameters on page 114 Expert mode allows more or less information to be displayed on certain programs as well has hiding some warning messages depending on its setting For more information see page 44 wheel speed this controls how quickly the wheel changes parameters High values result in quick changes low values in slow changes 10...

Page 151: ... messages sent out the serial port and aspects of the messages that the H8000FW expects to receive at the serial port For things to work properly these last four parameters must be set to the same values on both the H8000FW and the machine connected to the serial port Higher baud rates result in faster transmission times but most machines have a ceiling above which errors occur So set the baud rat...

Page 152: ...is used as part of the system exclusive messages in the dump While the dump is occurring a running display of the number of bytes sent is presented for those keeping score at home You can reload the dumped information into the H8000FW by presenting it at the MIDI In port or the serial port provided system exclusive is set to on and MIDI is set to enabled on the midi menu page in the SETUP area Let...

Page 153: ...SP A and DSP B If received at the MIDI In port or at the serial port the H8000FW will replace all of its setups and programs load the two new programs on their respective DSPs stop all operations and start as if from power up using the new setup and programs If the device to which you sent the dump has the ability to send it back again such as a sequencer you can use this as a way to back up your ...

Page 154: ...same menu page change the device ID of each the H8000FW so that they agree Then connect their serial ports or connect the MIDI Out port of the sender to the MIDI In port of the receiver Make sure the program you would like to send is running on the currently displayed DSP on the sender press the DSP A B key to toggle the display Make sure that the DSP you would like to run the program on in the re...

Page 155: ...ply play back the recorded MIDI sequence at the H8000FW s MIDI In and you will see the changes you recorded played by the sequencer assuming MIDI is enabled system exclusive is on the programs that were loaded when the sequence was recorded are loaded during playback on their respective DSPs and the device ID set during recording is set during playback However if you manage to configure the MIDI c...

Page 156: ...ouching up a sequence The sequence out capability can also be used to allow one H8000FW to control another Connect the MIDI out from the master to the MIDI in of the slave and the slave will follow the master Similarly connect the MIDI thru of the slave to the MIDI in of a third H8000FW and it too will follow the master ...

Page 157: ...herboard The oscillator should run at 256 times the desired sample rate and should be similar to the Fox 1100E type used elsewhere on the motherboard Fox Electronics Florida tel 813 693 1554 See Miscellaneous Setup Options on page 144 to enable the use of User supplied Crystal Oscillators Since this socket connects directly to the H8000 s internals incorrect usage may damage the H8000 s circuitry ...

Page 158: ... there may be a critical problem with what is stored in memory The service function fix internal on the service menu page in the SETUP area will remove the checksum error by forcing the new checksum result to be saved This will not get rid of the corruption in the data however After pressing the SELECT key on the above menu page you will arrive at the menu page shown to the right If you want to go...

Page 159: ...te everything you have stored in the H8000FW returning it to the state in which it left the factory Do not do this lightly Pressing the no SOFT KEY will abort the mission Internal memory checksum errors should occur infrequently if ever Should they occur more frequently than almost never contact Eventide as something is definitely amiss ...

Page 160: ...Go to the service menu page in the SETUP area Highlight fix card and press the SELECT key Press the yes SOFT KEY to force the new checksum result to be saved If data is in fact corrupted this will not fix it Press the no SOFT KEY to abort If you are worried about the contents of the Memory Card you should either dump the contents of the memory card to an external storage device see Dumping Data an...

Page 161: ...on the card using adhesive tape indelible marker etc indicating the date and that a problem occurred Keep track of this kind of problem and make multiple backup copies Have you been introduced to Mr Murphy He s got this law that says ...

Page 162: ...d and unpowered can be found under SETUP service information This battery should be replaced by a qualified technician only since it must be replaced when the H8000FW is powered up in order to preserve the internal memory contents Contact your Eventide Service Center to have this battery replaced IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE FOR LITHIUM BATTERY Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Rep...

Page 163: ...nt parameter values with the factory defaults Unless you saved your setup before pressing yes it will disintegrate into digital dust see Storing and Loading Setups on page 142 Press the no SOFT KEY to abort If the H8000FW ever gets buggy try using clear setup before you do anything more drastic Alternatively you can clear the internal setup by holding down the SETUP key during startup See Start Up...

Page 164: ...FT KEY advances to the next menu page last returns to the previous menu page and exit returns to the service menu page in the SETUP area One important piece of information to be found in this area is your H8000FW s Electronic Serial Number which is the first 8 digits of the Hardware ID number on the screen to the right You may be asked for this by a dealer or an Eventide representative The Time Da...

Page 165: ...grams do not play with these as some can erase internal memory setup and programs 2 Used to update the H8000FW s software using a Memory Card or the Windows based Oupdate program 8 Clear internal programs and setup This key does the same thing as format internal on the service menu page in the SETUP area The purpose of this special key is to initialize the unit at the factory and to fix a memory p...

Page 166: ... multi pin connector Adaptor snakes for this connector are available from several sources One example is DB25 XLR M F AES EBU DigiSnake available from Digidesign Inc s on line store reachable from http www digidesign com For installation purposes this connector can be wired as shown below AES11 12 IN 24 AES11 12 IN 12 AES11 12 IN GND 25 AES13 14 IN 10 AES13 14 IN 23 AES13 14 IN GND 11 AES15 16 IN ...

Page 167: ...tration card You should also be aware that in many cases new drivers must be installed in tandem with associated new H8000FW software so be sure to read all relevant release notes before installing updates The H8000FW can be set as a sound device on any PC running Windows XP service pack 2 or later is recommended or any Mac running OSX 10 4 or later For serious multichannel use a fast computer wil...

Page 168: ...made that affect the performance of your system The first of these is sample rate which is the rate at which the audio is converted from the analog world to discrete digital values or the other way around This is usually expressed in kHz or samples per second The sample rate is normally defined by the computer operating system or by the workstation application and can be set from a menu or dialog ...

Page 169: ... buffers requires more computer power The default setting is usually a good compromise but if low latency is important and you have a fast computer it may pay to reduce it Some simple math for those so inclined if you are running at 48kHz a 1024 sample buffer will introduce a latency in the order of 1024 48000 seconds or 21mS milliseconds So to send and return to a FireWire device will take 42mS w...

Page 170: ...dware synchronization is achieved by connecting AES S P DIF or Wordclock cables from the outputs of the clock master to a corresponding input of the other devices and configuring these devices to use this signal as a sync source Software synchronization employs the use of sample rate conversion which uses a lot of computer power to make disparate devices compatible with the master sample rate It i...

Page 171: ...date to check that your PC is up to date Prior to beginning be sure your PC is equipped with a Firewire port If your PC did not come equipped with a Firewire port you must purchase a Firewire PCI card and install it Follow the manufacturer s instructions for installation and then proceed to the next step Leave the FireWire cable unconnected at this time Locate the drivers file setup exe This will ...

Page 172: ...Follow the instructions and hit Next Unless you have a real reason to do otherwise accept the suggested folder and hit next Leave the Create a box checked and hit Next When you see the box below hit Install ...

Page 173: ...his little box It s OK to hit OK Please wait After about a minute you will see the following screen Hit Continue For the easily frightened Windows Logo testing has various requirements that are inappropriate for professional audio equipment so these drivers do not comply ...

Page 174: ...d port Windows XP will generate a two tone audio signal when it recognizes a Firewire connection Similarly when a connection is disabled it will sound a reverse two tone signal Turn on the Eventide H8000FW Windows will automatically detect that a new hardware device is connected and display the first New Hardware Wizard screen Click the No not this time radio button then the Next button to proceed...

Page 175: ...169 Make sure Install the software automatically is selected then click Next The following screen may annoyingly display again If it does select Continue Anyway ...

Page 176: ...a Note If for any reason the drivers did not install properly unplug your Firewire cable from your PC wait several seconds and insert it again You will be prompted by the New Hardware Wizard to insert your drivers CD as outlined above Go through the process again until you receive the Windows confirmation message that all drivers were successfully installed ...

Page 177: ... 0 0 F F F W W W f f f o o o r r r P P P C C C O O O u u u t t t p p p u u u t t t Once all software drivers have been installed perform the following steps to enable PC output through the H8000FW Go to Windows Control Panel and double click Sound and Audio Devices below The following tabbed screen now displays ...

Page 178: ... and overrides your installed sound card In this example it overrides SoundMAX Digital Audio on your machine it will be whatever sound card is installed on your PC Configuring the H8000FW for Throughput Follow these steps to enable throughput between your PC or Macintosh and the H8000FW From the H8000FW s front panel press the Processor A B control button until A displays in the upper left corner ...

Page 179: ...rol button until it flashes the Routing screen now displays From the H8000FW s keypad enter 14 then ENT Finally press the Select control button The HW8000FW is now configured to playback audio from your PC To test if your connection works go ahead and play an audio file from your PC For instance go to My Music Sample Music and play either of the short audio clips there After you have selected an a...

Page 180: ...Firewire cable does not need to be attached to the H8000FW in order to perform this When the CD icon displays on your desktop click it to view the contents A loading notification window briefly displays then the following two files H8000FWaudio_ pkg and H8000FWClean display If your computer has a previous installation of H8000FW drivers they must be removed prior to installing the new drivers Clic...

Page 181: ...or the destination drive to which to install the H8000FW drivers Note that if your Macintosh has more than one hard drive the H8000FW drivers must be installed to your boot drive Click Continue to proceed The next installation screen below prompts you to begin the install process ...

Page 182: ...hat a restart is required after the installation process is concluded Click Continue Installation The installation process now begins A status bar displays the progress of the installation After the install completes a prompt displays to restart your computer next page ...

Page 183: ...177 Click Restart to restart your computer and conclude the installation ...

Page 184: ...wing steps to enable Macintosh audio output via the H8000FW Note Before proceeding be sure your Firewire connection between the Macintosh and the H8000FW is established and the H8000FW is configured for throughput see page 15 Viewing the H8000FW s Configuration To view the configuration of the H8000FW click Show All from the Sounds screen to return to System Preferences Then click H8000FW from the...

Page 185: ...eneath the listing of installed sound files select Eventide H8000FW from the drop down list following Play Alerts and Sound Effects Through Now click on any listed sound file and you should see the LEDs on the left side of the front panel light up this reflects that the signal has been received and is being processed by the H8000FW Of course if you have speakers connected you ll hear the output as...

Page 186: ...180 The Sound options screen now displays ...

Page 187: ...utput device and to override the default output device on your computer Configuring the H8000FW for Output with Logic Pro If you wish to use Logic Pro as your audio editing and authoring platform in tandem with the H8000FW do the following Open Logic Pro and from the Audio drop down menu select Audio Hardware and Drivers The following screen displays ...

Page 188: ...182 From the Core Audio tab be sure the Enabled checkbox is selected and Eventide H8000FW is selected as your driver You now will be prompted to restart your computer for the new settings to take effect ...

Page 189: ...rovides the logical overview of the process and includes a process diagram for you to better grasp the steps involved Because Logic Pro supports only one core audio device at a time and because only one sample clock can be in effect we must combine audio sources into a single aggregate audio source described below Creating an Aggregate Audio Device Before you proceed you must first create an aggre...

Page 190: ...button beneath the Aggregate Devices area A listing of all installed audio device drivers subsequently displays Click in the checkbox to the left of the device to select it for this aggregate device Also select one of the devices for the aggregate s internal clock For this example we ll be using the Eventide HW8000FW and Built in Audio as our audio devices Click Done When we re finished the setup ...

Page 191: ...t two of the total 18 audio channels for the Built in Audio device leaving channels 3 18 for the H8000FW This will be of paramount importance when routing the audio to the H8000FW After all parameters for the Aggregate Device are established your Audio MIDI Setup screen will display like this You may view the setup of the Aggregate Device by clicking the Configure Device button For more informatio...

Page 192: ...ng preset on the H8000FW Firewire 8Track AB supports 8 track input and output channels 1 4 are routed to and from the H8000FW s machine A channels 5 8 are routed to and from its machine B Configuring Logic Pro for H8000FW Input and Output To permit Logic Pro to send and receive audio from the H8000FW you must change to audio its settings to recognize the aggregate audio device we just created Open...

Page 193: ...n insert and a bus effect with Apple s Logic Pro 7 We are using the aggregate audio device we set up in the previous section consisting of Built in Audio channels 1 and 2 and the Eventide H8000FW channels 3 18 The routing preset we have selected on the H8000FW is 20 Firewire 8 Track AB which is preset to process channels 1 4 using its machine A and channels 5 8 using machine B In Logic Pro we have...

Page 194: ...on the aggregate audio device These settings are reflected in the following illustration of the Logic Pro Mixer screen The following diagram provides the logical overview of the routing between Logic Pro the aggregate audio device and the H8000FW Each step numbered 1 10 in the diagram is duly described in the next section The numbers display in the diagram at or near the initiation point of the pr...

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Page 196: ...rmed to the audio on the H8000FW and the processed audio is output from its channels 1 and 2 to the aggregate audio devices input channels 3 and 4 The audio is now input back to I O plug in on Audio 1 The audio now proceeds to encounter the bus we inserted The bus routes the audio and sends one stream to the Audio 1 output and a second stream to the Bus 1 input The bus audio is subsequently sent t...

Page 197: ...AES with SRC and relay bypass 44 1 96kHz Additional AES 44 1 96kHz S P DIF uses AES channels ADAT 44 1 48 kHz SMUX 88 2 96 kHz FIREWIRE 44 1 96kHz H8000FW 4 8 2 44 1 48 kHz 2 44 1 96kHz 8 4 16 Analog Input XLR Balanced Inputs Impedance 20kOhm bridging Full Scale Input Level 26dBu Dynamic Range 110dB Signal to Noise Ratio 110dB A weighted THD N 0 002 1Khz 3dBFS Crosstalk 100db 20 Hz to 20kHz 1dBFS ...

Page 198: ... Flash cards with suitable adaptor Factory Preset Capabilities at 48k sampling Pitch shifting up to 16 channels Compressor limiter up to 16 channels Equalization up to 128 bands parametric single input 16 bands at 8 channels Sampling with time compression up to 174 seconds mono Digital delay up to 87 seconds mono in addition to sampler Power 100 watts 100 125V 220 240V AC 50 60Hz Size Inches 3 5h ...

Page 199: ...these or similar causes and the unit is deemed to be economically repairable we will repair it and charge our normal rates The warranty DOES NOT COVER shipping damage either to or from Eventide If you receive a new unit from us in damaged condition notify us and the carrier we will arrange to file an insurance claim and either repair or exchange the unit If you receive a new unit from a dealer in ...

Page 200: ...period in a determining whether there is a problem requiring return to the factory and b alleviating user error or interconnection problems that may be preventing the unit from operating to its full capability 2 We are available for telephone consultation if the dealer is unable to assist 3 If a part is found to be defective during the warranty period and you wish to replace it yourself we will no...

Page 201: ... registered mail If you wish to pay by Letter of Credit be sure that it affords sufficient time for work to be performed and the L C negotiated and that it is free from restrictive conditions and documentation requirements 4 We reserve the right to substitute freight carriers Although we will attempt to honor your request for a specific carrier it is frequently necessary to select a substitute bec...

Page 202: ... location 35 solidly lit 35 129 bypassing 127 actually bypassing DSPs 129 actually bypassing system 128 dsp bypass 127 129 machine 129 muting 69 127 129 panic muting 69 rly bypass 127 system bypass options 127 w power off 38 career advancement 68 checksum 188 189 190 contrast adjusting the 45 controllers See external controllers controlling one H8000 w another 183 conversion A D or D A See A D or ...

Page 203: ...xternal trigger menu pages 138 factory self test programs 196 foot pedal See foot pedal jacks foot pedal jacks 130 calibrating 131 inverting min max settings 131 location 41 specs 130 use 130 Foot pedal jacks specs 41 formatting internal 188 189 196 fuse location specs 39 gain structure 110 111 ganged parameters See parameters graphics type of parameter 175 H8000 controlling one H8000 w another 18...

Page 204: ...holders mod con See redirection and place holders mode See external modulation or trigger menu pages modulating parameters See parameters modulation See external modulation monolithic 33 47 56 161 mounting and handling 82 mute See bypassing naming See text neighbor s television 76 Numeric Keypad location 38 use 50 OK See Digital inputs overdriving inputs 111 panic muting 69 Parameter area 171 acce...

Page 205: ... 118 88 2 kHz benefits of 118 reduction in max program size 118 selecting 118 96 kHz benefits of 119 reduction in max program size 119 selecting 119 saving programs 76 166 saving routing configurations 104 177 scaling See external modulation menu pages secret keys 196 Select key location 37 self destruct mode 49 self tests bypassing 196 sequencing See MIDI serial port 180 baud rate 180 data bits 1...

Page 206: ...f action 193 what to do if a particular program crashed H8000 197 tweaks def 76 underlined parameters 149 unknown input bits 126 unlocked See Digital inputs updating programs 168 updating routing configurations 104 177 user groups 78 156 162 User supplied Crystal Oscillators connections 187 voltage selection 39 wet dry ratio 102 127 word clock jacks 43 word length See bits ...

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