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Introduction.................................................................

Main Features..............................................................

Connections And Software Installation....................

Connecting Up To Equipment......................................
Windows XP USB Driver Installation...........................
Mac OSX USB Driver Installation................................
The Windows Sound System.......................................
About ASIO..................................................................
The SpeedIO Control Panel.........................................
About Latency..............................................................

Main Features And Operation....................................

Front Panel Layout......................................................
Gain Boost Section......................................................
Phantom Power Section..............................................
Input Gain Section.......................................................
Line Out Level Control.................................................
USB Activity Section....................................................
Monitoring Section.......................................................
The Sample Rate And Power LEDs............................

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Troubleshooting........................................................... 
Approvals.....................................................................

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Страница 1: ...ws Sound System About ASIO The SpeedIO Control Panel About Latency Main Features And Operation Front Panel Layout Gain Boost Section Phantom Power Section Input Gain Section Line Out Level Control USB Activity Section Monitoring Section The Sample Rate And Power LEDs Appendix Troubleshooting Approvals 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 SpeedIO v10 qxd 23 01 04 12 05 Page 1 ...

Страница 2: ...om deliver a warm clear signal typical of Novations commitment to sonic excellence Integrated USB low latency Audio and MIDI Requires just a single USB connection a computer no PSU needed Separate headphone and line output level controls allowing fast recording monitoring turnaround Continuously variable Monitor control allows for direct hardware zero latency monitoring or low latency software mon...

Страница 3: ...a computer system using the USB cable supplied The USB connector is located on the rear panel Before it can communicate with the computer s USB con nection port a special piece of software known as a USB driver must be installed The USB driver software converts information arriving at the computer s USB port into the correct format for use by the software Audio and MIDI interface used by the compu...

Страница 4: ...completed successfully It is not necessary to reboot Click the button labelled exit in the Speedio driver setup box Mac OSX USB Driver Software Installation With the Speedio disconnected from the computer insert the CD labelled Speedio Resources and Drivers into the CD Rom drive The Speedio driver disc is named as Speedio Double click this icon to show the contents of the disc Find and double clic...

Страница 5: ...io delays down to a minimum The SpeedIO Control Panel After the Audio ASIO drivers are installed and as long as the SpeedIO is connected a control panel will be available where certain Audio settings may be changed IT IS NOT NORMALLY NECESSARY TO CHANGE ANY OF THE DEFAULT OPTIONS This panel is available within the audio system settings for the sequencer in use Consult the documentation for the aud...

Страница 6: ...ceable The amount of latency can be set by changing System Performance drop down box options The higher the specification speed of CPU and amount of RAM memory of the computer being used the lower the latency may be set The choices are Highspeed Rapid Fast Normal and Relaxed The default setting is Medium However for the best performance the Highspeed option should be selected After setting this op...

Страница 7: ...s signal level 4 Input 2 Gain Control LEDs above indicates signal level 5 Line Out Level Control 6 USB Activity and Sample Rate Section LEDs indicate USB Audio and MIDI activity in each direction along with active sample rate 7 Monitor Balance Control 8 Sample Rate and Power Indicator LEDs 9 Mono Switch Front panel switch for selecting a monaural Headphone signal 10 Headphone Level Control Front P...

Страница 8: ...enser type it will need to have a DC voltage normally 48V sent to it before it will generate any audio output signal Some microphones have their own power supply to do this but if not the SpeedIO can supply the necessary voltage Press the appropriate side panel switch to apply phantom power to an input The LED in this section will light indicating that phantom power is being sent to the microphone...

Страница 9: ...AIN knob is fully lit when speaking or singing into the Microphone and the RED LED occasionally flashes This will set the gain of the preamplifier to the correct level for the Microphone such that it will not distort or be too quiet when recording If the signal level is found to be very low pressing the appropriate GAIN BOOST switch see page 8 will increase the signal level by 20dB Check that the ...

Страница 10: ...ks of for example drums and bass back into the vocal track headphones are usually used by the vocalist A monitor mix is sent to the headphones of the live microphone sound together with the previ ously recorded material If there are monitor loudspeakers in the recording room the signal sent to these should be disabled during recording This prevents the microphone from picking up the sound from the...

Страница 11: ...TOR Knob This is used to balance the signal present at the HEADPHONES jack between the audio signal present at the audio fed into the Input jacks and any Audio arriving via USB from the computer Fully counter clockwise only the Input signal can be heard As the knob is turned clockwise more and more Output audio signal will be introduced until at the fully clockwise position only the Output Audio f...

Страница 12: ...ver again Crackles on audio output If using a windows Laptop Switch off the Intel SpeedStep AMD PowerNow BIOS option Sometimes this problem is also caused by cables and hubs You should use high quality USB equipment only Possibly it is caused by limited computer performance e g using high speed mode switch to low system performance mode in the SpeedIO control panel Connected microphone does not ap...

Страница 13: ... outlets that are on different branch Circuit breaker or fuse circuits or install AC line filter s In the case of radio or TV interference relocate re orient the antenna If the antenna lead in is 300 ohm ribbon lead change the lead in to co axial type cable If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results please contact the local retailer authorized to distribute this type of produ...

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