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AES16e User Manual

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AES16e User Manual

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Summary of Contents for AES16E

Page 1: ...AES16e User Manual Page 1 AES16e User Manual Page 1...

Page 2: ...Mixer Reference 37 6 2 Adapter Window 38 6 3 Record Play Window 44 6 4 Outputs Window 47 6 5 Mixer Menu Windows File Menu OS X 50 6 6 Settings Menu 52 7 Using the AES16e 55 7 1 Mixer Scene Storage an...

Page 3: ...endices 69 12 1 Specifications 69 12 2 Programming the AES16e firmware 71 12 3 Safety instructions 71 12 4 EMC Certifications 72 13 License Agreement 73 14 Warranty Information 74 AES16e User Manual P...

Page 4: ...e available using the AES16e s optional AES50 SuperMac port This port can be used for high channel count installations where long cable runs are possible without audio degradation and where connected...

Page 5: ...Stream I O independent from the 16 channel AES EBU I O 1 3 Before you begin Before you begin using the AES16e we recommend you read through this manual and familiarize yourself with the installation a...

Page 6: ...lay with 1024 x 768 minimum resolution Windows XP 32 or 64 bit or Windows Vista 32 or 64 bit NOTE The AES16e is not supported under Windows 2000 95 98 or ME 1 5 2 Macintosh Apple Macintosh G5 or later...

Page 7: ...Refer to Section 3 Hardware Connections for more information 10 Install software using the installation procedure for your computer type and operating system from the following sections Refer to Secti...

Page 8: ...ll begin to search for the appropriate driver files 4 You may receive a warning that the driver has not been digitally signed by Microsoft It is perfectly safe to disregard this warning and select Con...

Page 9: ...3 Uninstalling the AES16e Windows Driver Package in Windows XP XP64 1 From the start menu click on Control Panel 2 Click System to launch System Properties 3 Choose Device Manager from the Hardware ta...

Page 10: ...xpand the Sound video and game controllers section of device manager be clicking its sign 5 Right click on Lynx AES16 and choose Uninstall 6 Confirm device removal by clicking OK 7 Reboot the computer...

Page 11: ...om Support Download Select OS Windows Product AES16e File Types All Types Download the current driver installer 1 Double click the downloaded file to decompress and accept the default destination fold...

Page 12: ...dware tab 5 Expand the Sound video and game controllers section of device manager be clicking its sign 6 Double click the Lynx AES16e entry to launch the Lynx AES16e Properties dialog box Click the Dr...

Page 13: ...t 8 From the next window select Don t search I will choose the driver to install Click Next to proceed 9 When prompted to select a device driver click Have Disk 10 Next you ll be asked to insert the m...

Page 14: ...receive a warning that the driver has not been digitally signed by Microsoft It is perfectly safe to disregard this warning and click Continue Anyway to proceed with the installation 13 The driver in...

Page 15: ...hoose My Computer 15 Double click on the C Hard Drive and look for the Lynx Folder Double Click the folder to open it 16 Right Click on the LynxApps inf Setup Information file and click Install 17 The...

Page 16: ...xt 3 The driver installation will begin A dialog box may appear prompting you to confirm installation of the driver Select Install 4 The installation will continue until a dialog box appears that read...

Page 17: ...nt driver installer 1 Double click the downloaded file to decompress and accept the default destination folder of C Lynx 2 Click Yes to All if prompted to confirm the files to be replaced 3 From the s...

Page 18: ...ither click Browse and navigate to the Lynx folder on the C drive or type in C Lynx Then click Next 11 If you are prompted to confirm the installation click Install 12 The driver installation will pro...

Page 19: ...drive or need a more recent version these files are available on our website at www lynxstudio com Support Downloads If you have downloaded newer drivers than those included on your Lynx Installation...

Page 20: ...a destination for the audio driver choose an appropriate Macintosh HD and then click Install 6 Enter your password in the Authenticate dialog box and click OK 7 At the installer restart warning click...

Page 21: ...ow the instructions for uninstalling the driver and then install the newer version per the installation instructions You may need to reconfigure the Lynx Mixer and your recording application s after u...

Page 22: ...Hardware Connections Figure 1 AES16e Board AES16e User Manual Page 22...

Page 23: ...ble HD 26 connector 4 male and 4 female XLR connectors as well as a BNC word clock connection It is important to note that the signals associated with each XLR and BNC connector depend on which I O Po...

Page 24: ...clock master to prevent the occurrence of audible digital errors The AES16e provides connections that allow for synchronization with external equipment or internal devices within the computer 3 3 1 Ex...

Page 25: ...header is a word clock that tracks the sample rate of the AES16e Connect this output to the word clock input of an internal device or another AES16e As shown below in Figure 3 multiple AES16e s can be...

Page 26: ...onnector is a word clock output when the cable is attached to I O Port B Also a separate word clock connection is not always required since any of the four AES inputs connected to I O Port A can be us...

Page 27: ...e system clock master depending on the clock settings of each device In each case the clock is transmitted to the receiving device via the AES EBU connection AES16e and External Equipment Clock Settin...

Page 28: ...tails on the proper connection of these cables to your equipment Verify that DIGITAL OUT 1 of the AES16e is connected to your external equipment This is the output used for this test 3 Before testing...

Page 29: ...nx Demo The Lynx Demo program should appear in the upper left corner of your screen Make certain that the Play Device is set to Lynx AES16e Device 01 8 Click File and navigate to the computer s Deskto...

Page 30: ...t 1L and Digital Out 1R If you have speakers or headphones connected to your destination device you should hear audio as well as seeing meter activity If the test did not operate as described or you r...

Page 31: ...clock relationship between the AES16e card and your external device must be established For this test the AES16e acts as the clock master while your external device is a clock slave Consult the manual...

Page 32: ...Out 1L and Digital Out 1R If you have speakers or headphones connected to your destination device you should also hear audio and see meter activity If the test did not operate as described or you rece...

Page 33: ...evices and eight stereo play devices Submixers on each output provide low latency mixing for record monitoring and output mixing Figure 6 Signal Flow Diagram 5 1 1 Physical Inputs Starting from the di...

Page 34: ...installed on the host computer assigns the 16 channels from the Record Bus to eight stereo record devices as follows Record Bus Channel 1 feeds the left channel of Record Device 1 Record Bus Channel...

Page 35: ...ical Outputs The physical outputs of the AES16e include eight AES3 signals and the output of the LStream port As shown in Figure 6 the 16 channels of the Output Bus derived from the output submixers f...

Page 36: ...upling statistical analysis with low noise clock generation techniques SynchroLock is capable of attenuating jitter on incoming AES EBU signals by a factor of 3000 1 Compare this to attenuation of 100...

Page 37: ...Lynx Mixer 6 1 2 General Operation If you are simply recording and playing digital audio without synchronizing to an external clock source you can begin using the AES16e by simply selecting the AES16e...

Page 38: ...e there is one on board generator Sample rates cannot be changed while AES16e is playing or recording unless the Allow Clock Change if Active option is selected from the Lynx Mixer Settings Advanced m...

Page 39: ...g at the currently selected clock rate to be software sample rate converted by the Operating System during playback or recording When clocking to an external clock source the Rate Lock function is eff...

Page 40: ...ock Change if Active is selected from the Lynx Mixer Settings Advanced menu Clock sources available to choose from are Internal Clock derived from the on board crystal oscillator External Clock signal...

Page 41: ...t is set Invalid red Indicates the Valid channel status bit is not set The Valid bit is set by a transmitting device to indicate the validity of the audio data being transmitted A DAT machine for exam...

Page 42: ...device to send rate status that matches the actual rate of the audio data stream being sent However it is possible for a rate discrepancy to exist during a valid transmission Clock Rate Clock Rate di...

Page 43: ...he SRC Enable checkbox is turned on r Digital Outputs Control Section This section provides control of status bits embedded in the AES EBU stream for each digital output For more information about the...

Page 44: ...from I O Port A and B and 16 from the LStream port The button on the left side of each record device panel corresponds to the left channel of the device Clicking on any of the Input Source Select but...

Page 45: ...e For example if the sample format is 16 Bit Stereo the bit depth will be set to 16 bit 1 Record Dropout This status indicator represents the number of audio dropouts that have occurred during recordi...

Page 46: ...ay device The format which is set by an application accessing the device determines the format of the data sent from the audio application The sample format indicates bit depth and mono stereo or mult...

Page 47: ...Lynx Mixer Reference 6 4 Outputs Window Windows OSX AES16e User Manual Page 47...

Page 48: ...to the right of each Output Monitor Source Button control the muting of the adjacent monitor source When the button is pushed in the mute function is enabled 1 Attenuation Indictor This indicator rep...

Page 49: ...2 Mute This button enables the mute function for the associated output 2 Output Dither This button enables the addition of triangular probability density dither for each associated output Dither is r...

Page 50: ...a file on the computer harddrive Recalling Scenes is a very quick and efficient way to revert the mixer to an appropriate state for different contexts of use Scene memory is global to all users on a s...

Page 51: ...ch This version should be the same as the Mixer Driver Version Adapter Name Displays the name of the Lynx audio adapter installed Up to four Lynx audio adapters may be shown Serial Number Displays the...

Page 52: ...hertz resolution This feature controls the display of all System Clock Rates and the Digital Input Clock Rates on the Adapter Window of the mixer NOTE With this option enabled lower digits may fluctua...

Page 53: ...menu functions Allow Clock Change if Active This option allows the Current Clock Source to be changed even when the card is being used by an audio application Please note there will be an audible glit...

Page 54: ...rating System The AES16e can present up to 8 Record Devices which is the default for sample rates up to 96kHz and 4 Record Devices are the default for rates over 100 kHz Reducing the number of Record...

Page 55: ...ixer This feature allows complete flexibility in routing inputs to tracks and record devices within software applications As described in Section 5 1 2 Digital Mixer Inputs and shown below the digital...

Page 56: ...window of the Lynx Mixer provides access to the submixer connected to each physical output Controls on this window allow manual setup of monitoring The ten Monitor Select blocks shown in the submixer...

Page 57: ...oring to produce unexpected results When Direct Monitoring is enabled in an application Output Monitor Source Buttons B through J are automatically assigned monitor sources Since panning of mono input...

Page 58: ...gh a single output combine live input and playback streams and record a single source into several applications with the power of this flexible tool In the Lynx Mixer Output Window clicking one of the...

Page 59: ...em will resample the playback stream to match the current sample rate of the AES16e In this case the audio speed and pitch will be fine but there may be undesirable consequences from this low quality...

Page 60: ...le to initiate these settings from within the ASIO application rather than from the Lynx Mixer Adapter window whenever possible All ASIO Control Panel settings except for Buffer Size are application s...

Page 61: ...APP 7 7 Controlling latency by changing buffer size Latency in an audio interface can be defined as the time required to process a sample requested from an application to the interface s audio output...

Page 62: ...is typically provided for the input or recording device and the output or playback device Multitrack applications provide multiple input and output device selection menus or windows Refer to the docu...

Page 63: ...pplication displays the currently selected bit depth for each device just above the device name in the Record Play window 8 3 Multi Device Operation The sixteen audio devices of the AES16e operate com...

Page 64: ...ignal is daisy chained from one slave to the next Word clock signals can be connected internally using the CBL ICC Internal Clock Cable which is available from Lynx The CLOCK OUT header of one card is...

Page 65: ...d be appropriate If no sample rate is present verify cable connections and check again When a sample rate is reported as expected select the appropriate source as the Preferred Clock Source If no audi...

Page 66: ...ixer windows OS X In a Windows system with four AES16e s the adapters will be listed as follows AES16e 1 Mixer AES16e 2 Mixer AES16e 3 Mixer AES16e 4 Mixer In each case the adapter ID is the numeric c...

Page 67: ...ng multiple tracks and or a number of DSP plug ins This can result in clicks and pops in your audio playback Try increasing the buffer size and see if your playback performance improves Audio plays ba...

Page 68: ...mers to post questions and issues and receive responses from other users as well as Lynx technical administrators Searching previous posts is often an excellent way to uncover valuable information abo...

Page 69: ...ff frequency clocks narrow mode generates ultra low jitter output for standard frequencies ON BOARD DIGITAL MIXER Type Hardware based low latency Routing Ability to route any input to any or multiple...

Page 70: ...ock I O Six foot 110 ohm shielded twisted pair cabling CBL AES1605 26 pin high density male D sub to 25 pin male D sub Supports 4 channels of input and output Compatible with Aurora converters and dev...

Page 71: ...ter when prompted When the computer is powered up again the new firmware will be active 12 3 Safety instructions This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digita...

Page 72: ...the unit does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception please refer to your user s manual for instructions on correcting the problem I the undersigned hereby declare that the equip...

Page 73: ...BY ITS TERMS IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT DO NOT OPEN THE ANTI STATIC BAG CONTAINING THE AES16E BOARD PROMPTLY RETURN THE UNOPENED PACKAGE AND ALL OTHER ITEMS USING THE ORIGINAL P...

Page 74: ...operate in any country other than the country for which it was designed manufactured approved and or authorized or repair of products damaged by these modifications Incidental or consequential damages...

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