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Soundcraft MADI-USB Card User Guide  0914

© Harman International Industries Ltd. 2014

All rights reserved. Parts of the design of this product may be protected by worldwide patents.
Part No.

 

5049248

Soundcraft is a trading division of Harman International Industries Ltd. Information in this manual is subject to 
change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor. Soundcraft shall not be 
liable for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from the use of information or any error contained in this manual.

No part of this manual may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any 
means, electronic, electrical, mechanical, optical, chemical, including photocopying and recording, for any 
purpose without the express written permission of Soundcraft.

Harman International Industries Limited
Cranborne House, Cranborne Road, POTTERS BAR, Hertfordshire, EN6 3JN, UK

Tel: +44 (0)1707 665000
Fax:+44 (0)1707 660742
http://www.soundcraft.com

IMPORTANT                                                                                                         

Please read this manual carefully before using  

your card for the first time.

Warning: Any modification or changes made to this device, unless explicitly approved by Harman, will 
invalidate the authorisation of this device. Operation of an unauthorised device is prohibited under 
Section 302 of the Communications act of 1934, as amended, and Subpart 1 of Part 2 of Chapter 47 
of the Code of Federal Regulations.

NOTE: 

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, 

pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against 
harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio 
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful 
interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a 
particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, 
which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the 
interference by one or more of the following measures:

* Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
* Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver
* Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
* Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help

For further details contact

Harman International Industries Ltd, Cranborne House, Cranborne Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3JN, UK
Tel44(0) 1707 665000  Fax +44 (0)1707 660742 email: [email protected]

[email protected]

This equipment complies 

with the EMC Directive 

2004/108/EC and LVD 

2006/95/EC

This equipment complies with the EMC directive 2004/108/EC

This product is approved to 
EMC standards 
EN55103-1: 2009 (E2)
EN55103-2: 2009 (E2)

by

 HARMAN

®

Summary of Contents for MADI-USB Combo Card

Page 1: ...User Guide by HARMAN MADI USB Combo Card...

Page 2: ...47 of the Code of Federal Regulations NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designe...

Page 3: ...and tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over Unplug thi...

Page 4: ...radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residenti...

Page 5: ...sence of un insulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons CAUTIONS The exclamation point within an eq...

Page 6: ...ia MADI at the expense of the USB connection for a maximum of 64 MADI input output paths Connection and setup of the card to a PC is made simple with the use of the Soundcraft digital audio driver and...

Page 7: ...r the install process to be complete NOTE Additional drivers are not needed for Mac as the MADI USB Combo card uses Apple s Core Audio drivers for USB recording CONFIGURING THE AUDIO SETTINGS The Soun...

Page 8: ...and buffer size could cause artefacts in the audio and could corrupt the audio recording A mismatched buffer setting such as setting the streaming mode to Reliable and the buffer size to 64 samples wo...

Page 9: ...below The standard configuration Switch 1 alters the syncing interaction between the MADI USB Combo card and the mixer As standard the card should be set to sync to the mixer and so switch 1 should b...

Page 10: ...ve 64 channels of MADI while also sending 32 channels of USB outputs allowing for 32 channel USB recording while simultaneously using a Soundcraft Stagebox up to a 64x32 configuration To achieve this...

Page 11: ...ocol on all Soundcraft Stageboxes including the Compact Stagebox and Vi Stagebox The connection to a Stagebox works exactly the same for all Soundcraft consoles and Stageboxes To patch the incoming MA...

Page 12: ...sen DAW package for more information The audio to be recorded is typically sent via the direct outputs on the source channels for example Channel 1 32 on the console would be sent to Direct out MADI U...

Page 13: ...ck from the DAW a 1 1 reversal of the above will return the DAW signals to the console such that the mic recorded from channel 1 is played back on channel 1 This configuration allows a virtual sound c...

Page 14: ...ox is connected clocked and receiving audio channels will be sent from the Stagebox through the console and straight out to the DAW for recording Due to the freely assignable architecture of Si Consol...

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Page 16: ...by HARMAN Soundcraft Harman International Industries Ltd Cranborne House Cranborne Road Potters Bar Herts EN6 3JN United Kingdom 44 0 1707 665000 www soundcraft com...

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