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PCI-822

User’s Guide

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Summary of Contents for PCI-822

Page 1: ...Professional Division TEAC America Inc All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders Copyright 2000 TASCAM Professional Division TEAC America Inc 7733 Te...

Page 2: ...tion 10 Installing in the Macintosh 10 Updating the PCI 822 Software 11 Uninstalling the PCI 822 11 Software Reference 12 Macintosh Control Panel 12 Windows Control Panel 12 Clock Device Status Tab 13...

Page 3: ...n 32 MIDI in out 32 Audio output playback 32 Audio input recording 33 Computer locks up 33 Clicks and pops 34 Tuning a Windows System 39 Hard Drive and Adapter 39 Disk Fragmentation 40 Data Compressio...

Page 4: ...esample 8 11 025 16 22 05 and 32 kHz digital audio output for playback through high quality external converters The PCI 822 has a software control panel for digital audio input status sample rate sele...

Page 5: ...ware Demos for use with GigaSampler TASCAM warranty card Technical Support If you have any problems or questions that aren t addressed in the Troubleshooting chapter or elsewhere in this Guide there a...

Page 6: ...anufacturers such as Cable Up Here are the part numbers and lengths available CU PW88DS m 2 CU PW88D 1m 3 CU PW88DM 3m 10 CU PW88DL 5m 16 Word clock cables The 15 pin PCI 822 breakout cable has a BNC...

Page 7: ...Hertz but SPDIF signals contain frequencies in the tens of megaHertz much like a video signal Since SPDIF inputs and outputs look the same make sure you check the labels on the molded connectors of th...

Page 8: ...I output ports which can be hardware MIDI ports and or software MIDI devices that appear as MIDI ports to Windows 95 MIDI devices in soft synths or virtual keyboards for example Adding the PCI 822 MID...

Page 9: ...hardware and automatically opens an installation wizard In Windows 95 it s the Update Device Driver wizard In Windows 98 it s the Add New Hardware wizard 6 Follow the instructions in the wizard letti...

Page 10: ...jewel case Open the file called SETUP EXE and follow its instructions You ll find tutorial information for GigaSampler LE in the Docs folder and by running the TUTORIAL HLP file Two additional CD ROMs...

Page 11: ...ter s floppy drive 3 Open the zip file and extract the enclosed PCI 822 files onto a floppy disk and then leave the disk in the floppy drive 4 Open the Windows Control Panel StartgSettingsgControl Pan...

Page 12: ...the device tree 4 Select PCI 822 Wave and MIDI Driver and click Remove 5 When prompted to Confirm Device Removal click OK to remove the driver software 6 To remove the control panel software open the...

Page 13: ...e its cover or open its side panel 2 Using a screwdriver remove the blank metal bracket from an empty PCI slot in the computer and verify that the motherboard has no protruding components that would o...

Page 14: ...nstall the PCI 822 you need to remove the driver and control panel software and remove the PCI 822 hardware 1 To remove the software delete the following files Desktop g PCI 822 Driver Files folder Sy...

Page 15: ...PCI 822 icon to select it 3 Select Make Alias from the File menu 4 Drag the new alias icon to the desired location on your desktop Windows Control Panel Whenever the PCI 822 is installed in your syste...

Page 16: ...formation about audio clocks and sample rates see Synchronization later in this Guide Internal With this setting the computer is the sample clock master running at either 44 1 or 48kHz depending on th...

Page 17: ...ate display does not mean that your audio clock is unstable Digital Input Status This section displays the audio input status in the form of error indicators and shows which input channels are in use...

Page 18: ...DIF inputs are mapped directly to the recording devices T 1 2 T 3 4 T 5 6 T 7 8 and S 1 2 that you ll use within your audio applications The Channels In Use indicators show activity on each input chan...

Page 19: ...the bottom row To create a patch click on an input icon and then click on an output icon or drag the cursor from an input to an output Lines automatically appear to indicate the routing s To delete a...

Page 20: ...elled Keep Window On Top When the box is checked the control panel remains in front of other windows on your screen MIDI Mode Windows only To enable the PCI 822 MIDI ports set the MIDI mode to 2x2 and...

Page 21: ...itches The default setting is 256 samples We recommend that you set the buffer size as large as possible while attaining suitable latency for your audio ASIO Resolution You can set the resolution for...

Page 22: ...lf clocking format SPDIF or AES EBU The sample rate can also be derived from NTSC or PAL video signals When two or more digital audio devices transfer data one and only one of them should be used to s...

Page 23: ...must select SPDIF as the clock source in the PCI 822 control panel Some devices such as a DAT machine when it s recording must be slaved to another device To transfer audio from the computer to a DAT...

Page 24: ...es not work because each device is expecting a sync signal from the other device neither device is set to Internal so there is no clock master in the system computer with PCI 822 Clock Source Internal...

Page 25: ...its digital inputs are absent for example before your computer boots up it s usually most convenient to make the TM D1000 the audio clock master 1 On the TM D1000 hold SHIFT and press OPTION 2 Rotate...

Page 26: ...played and press ENTER again 5 Press ESCAPE RECALL three times to return to normal operation To send a mixer channel directly to the TDIF output and to the PCI 822 press the desired CH SEL button with...

Page 27: ...f either of the two sample rate indicators on the tape machine blinks then your tape is formatted at a different sample rate than the incoming clock source Either change the sample rate on the compute...

Page 28: ...send audio from the computer to a DAT machine such as the TASCAM DA 20mkII connect a SPDIF cable from the PCI 822 coax output to the DAT machine s coax input set the PCI 822 clock source to Internal s...

Page 29: ...from the computer to the ADAT set the PCI 822 clock source to Internal press the Dig In button on the ADAT and then start recording On more recent ADAT tape machine you d also press the Clock Select...

Page 30: ...nnected from the PCI 822 output to the MA AD8 input it s not necessary since the TDIF cable carries the same clock information IF DA8 Converter The TASCAM IF DA8 provides 8 channels of line level outp...

Page 31: ...t appear Verify that the PCI 822 ASIO driver files have been copied into the correct location for the application you re trying to use Run the PCI 822 Installation Test to verify that the card was ins...

Page 32: ...tch the selected PCI 822 input SLIP If Slip is red check the clock source settings Verify that one and only one device is set to Internal and that all other devices are slaved to that device Some devi...

Page 33: ...e setting If the A D converter is connected to the card via the TDIF connector set the Clock Source to TDIF in the PCI 822 control panel If the A D converter is transmitting audio to the RCA coax conn...

Page 34: ...maximum number of tracks your system can record play and the latency of on screen fader changes Using a larger buffer size reduces the likelihood of glitches and increases the delay between an on scr...

Page 35: ...the PCI 822 card to a different PCI slot and then reboot the computer No MIDI in out In the PCI 822 Windows driver the MIDI ports can be disabled To enable the MIDI ports open the System tab of the P...

Page 36: ...and only one device is set to Internal and that all other devices are slaved to that device Some devices such as DAT machines are automatically set to Internal sync so to record from one of them you n...

Page 37: ...e setting If the A D converter is connected to the card via the TDIF connector set the Clock Source to TDIF in the PCI 822 control panel If the A D converter is transmitting audio to the RCA coax conn...

Page 38: ...that DMA is checked under Options 5 If you changed the setting you ll need to reboot the computer for the change to take effect Also we do not recommend trying to record audio to an IDE slave drive I...

Page 39: ...ingsgControl PanelgSystemg Device ManagergModems then choose Disable in this hardware profile Audio problems are rarely attributed to a network card but if you re suspicious that your network card is...

Page 40: ...ver is the most likely cause If you still get IRQ Misses then the video card driver is the most likely cause We recommend that you frequently check the manufacturers web sites to see if there are more...

Page 41: ...s of the audio software manufacturer and then experiment with these settings Ultimately you re looking for a balance between the low latency afforded by a small number of relatively small buffers and...

Page 42: ...ormance SCSI system in order to get enough bandwidth for digital audio work Many high end customers still use a SCSI system and enjoy its flexibility If you want to use a SCSI drive it s important to...

Page 43: ...le click on the listing for your hard drive 4 Go to the Settings tab and make sure that DMA is checked under Options 5 If you changed the setting you ll need to reboot the computer for the change to t...

Page 44: ...ding your disk Avoid applications and utilities that cause sporadic disk activity such as Screen Savers System Agent CD ROM Auto Insert Notification and Find Fast for Office Here are some suggestions...

Page 45: ...access light to blink about every five seconds If Windows Explorer is open and detects a new CD you ll experience a flurry of disk and CPU activity while the folder and filenames of the new CD are upd...

Page 46: ...ce Find Fast Indexer You can use Windows Explorer to navigate to C Windows Start Menu Programs StartUp To disable Find Fast temporarily open the Windows Control Panel StartgSettingsgControl Panel and...

Page 47: ...med VCache and make sure the MinFileCache and MaxFileCache are both set to 4096 for a computer with 32MB of RAM or 8192 for a computer with 64MB or more of RAM The values are given in kilobytes KB of...

Page 48: ...you ll want it set to Desktop computer You may want to disable write behind caching In the File System Properties dialog select the Troubleshooting tab and check the box labelled Disable write behind...

Page 49: ...rties dialog and click the Virtual Memory button When the Virtual Memory dialog appears select Let me specify my own virtual memory settings Set the following parameters in the dialog Hard disk choose...

Page 50: ...ay have a video driver problem If so try reducing the amount of graphics acceleration used by Windows Open the Control Panel double click the System icon select the Performance tab in the System Prope...

Page 51: ...format 3 Select Add Item from the Edit menu 4 In the Category box click WaveCenter PCI Performance The list on the right indicates which performance data can be displayed 5 Select one or more items f...

Page 52: ...n the system is causing gross timing latencies that can t be overcome The result can be brief audio dropouts or pops Try to determine whether another device is active when the IRQ misses occur and the...

Page 53: ...coax output MIDI I O 2 MIDI inputs 2 MIDI outputs standard DIN 5 connectors Word clock output BNC connector drives 75 ohm input to TTL levels Sample rates 44 1 and 48 kHz internal input tracking from...

Page 54: ...e 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 receiver C...

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