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M-Audio ProFire Lightbridge User Guide    

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 Driver Installation

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or  detailed  instructions  on  installing  ProFire  Lightbridge  drivers,  please  refer  to  the  printed  Quick  
Start Guide.

IMPORTANT

:  Do  not  connect  ProFire  Lightbridge  to  your  computer  until  you  have  installed  the  driver  files.  If 

you have already connected the interface to your computer, please disconnect it and follow the driver installation 

instructions as detailed in the Quick Start Guide.

Hardware Connections

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Audio

Connect your ADAT-optical digital audio devices to any of the four ADAT optical inputs and outputs of the ProFire 
Lightbridge. The front-panel optical input activity indicator LEDs (8) light to show the presence of a valid digital 
audio input signal. The front-panel output activity indicator LEDs (8) light to indicate the output of a valid digital audio 
signal.

Attach the included breakout cable to the rear-panel multi-pin connector (14) and connect a S/PDIF digital audio 
device to the S/PDIF ports on the breakout cable.

Connect the 1/4” analog outputs of ProFire Lightbridge to your mixer, powered monitors, or any other device with 
line level inputs. 

If  you  would  like  to  use  headphones,  connect  them  to  the  1/4”  headphone  output  on  the  front  panel  of  the 
interface.  

IMPORTANT

: Be sure to check the word clock settings on all connected digital audio devices to make certain 

there is only one sync master. For more information on word clock synchronization, see Chapter 11 below.

Summary of Contents for ProFire Lightbridge

Page 1: ...User Guide 34 in 36 out FireWire Lightpipe Interface English...

Page 2: ...Controls and Connectors 6 Front Panel 6 Rear Panel 7 Driver Installation 8 Hardware Connections 8 Audio 8 MIDI 9 Word Clock 9 Using ProFire Lightbridge 9 The Software Control Panel 10 Hardware Page 10...

Page 3: ...ecting to your computer via a single cable This makes it perfect for multi channel transfers to and from external multitrack recorders ProFire Lightbridge is also ideal for linking your DAW to an exte...

Page 4: ...th its own dedicated level control This interface includes a multitude of word clock synchronization options and can operate as either a clock master or slave As a word clock slave the interface can s...

Page 5: ...d simultaneously Front panel stereo headphone output with dedicated level control Optical ports are S MUX capable for high resolution audio Supports sample rates of 44 1 48 88 2 and 96kHz at up to 24...

Page 6: ...4 accelerator cards not supported 512 MB RAM 7200 rpm HD 8 MB buffer Native FireWire port Mac OS X 10 3 9 10 4 7 Recommended System Requirements 32 channels of ADAT Lightpipe at 24 bit 48kHz or 16 cha...

Page 7: ...s used in conjunction with the Sample Rate Indicator LEDs 4 to display the sample rate of the current digital input signal When the Sample Rate Multiplier LED is lit the sample rate shown by the Sampl...

Page 8: ...a standard laptop style locking security cable here to protect your ProFire Lightbridge from theft or accidental breakage 13 FireWire Port Connect ProFire Lightbridge to your computer using one of the...

Page 9: ...ical input activity indicator LEDs 8 light to show the presence of a valid digital audio input signal The front panel output activity indicator LEDs 8 light to indicate the output of a valid digital a...

Page 10: ...O etc The ProFire Lightbridge interface s control panel gives you the option of enabling and disabling various digital ports Disabling unused ports helps cut down on the processing demands placed on y...

Page 11: ...n Windows click the red M Audio icon in the system tray or click Start Control Panel and select the ProFire Lightbridge control panel icon On the Mac the control panel can be accessed by double clicki...

Page 12: ...perating at high resolution sampling rates of 88 2 or 96kHz This high resolution mode is known as S MUX and is enabled when an ADAT source toggles a special bit in its output stream This bit tells the...

Page 13: ...I O or analog outputs depending on the channel order con guration see page 14 Sync Source In this eld you can select the source of your master word clock For more information on sync source see chapte...

Page 14: ...tical ports will appear in your DAW rst followed by the S PDIF and analog outputs That is the optical ports will be assigned to audio channels 1 8 9 16 17 24 and 25 32 with the S PDIF and analog outpu...

Page 15: ...master and all other devices must slave to that master All devices must be running at the same sample rate as well For example if the master is running at 44 1kHz no other device can be set to 48kHz...

Page 16: ...Fire Lightbridge as the sync source This slaves ProFire Lightbridge and any other devices connected to the ProFire Lightbridge to that master device In Figure 2 below a digital multitrack recorder is...

Page 17: ...devices such as consumer CD players are not designed to be slaved to other devices and must be selected as the word clock master when inputting a digital audio signal In Figure 3 below the digital two...

Page 18: ...her devices con gured as slaves and receiving their word clock distribution via ProFire Lightbridge In Figure 4 below ProFire Lightbridge is slaved to a master clock generator with additional devices...

Page 19: ...rms unbalanced Channel to Channel Crosstalk 110 dB 1kHz SNR 109 dB A weighted Dynamic Range 109 dB A weighted THD N 0 00127 98 dB 1 dBFS 1 kHz Frequency Response 20 Hz to 20 kHz 0 1 dB 48 kHz sample r...

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