Standard Horizon 24/96 Manuel D’Utilisation

Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual

W
elcome to the Direct Pro 24/96, the All-in-One professional studio PC interface!

System Requirements

• Microsoft W

indows 95 or Windows 98

• P
entium or compatible of running at 200Mhz or higher

• 64 MB RAM

• One Available PCI slot

Introduction

Troubleshooting Guide (cont'd)

This

equipment

has

been

tested

and

found

to
comply

with

the

limits

for

class

digital

device,

pursuant

to
part

of
the

FC
C
rules.

These

limits

are

designed

provide

a
reasonable

protection

against

harmful

interference

when

the

equipment

operated

commercial

environment.

This

equipment

generates,

uses,

and

can

radiate

radio

frequency

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

residential

area

is
likely

to
cause

harmful

interference

in
which

case

the

user

will

required

to correct the interference at his own expense.

This product

complies with

European CE

requirements.

The All-In-One Direct Pro 24/96 is truly a revolution in PC recording. This P

ersonal Studio System is a

clever combination of hardware and software that provides professional recordings right out of the box, all

while keeping the audio quality and computer performance to the expectations of the world’s top profes-

sional studios.

Because the Direct Pro 24/96 is an all-in-one system, it eliminates the need to purchase an expensive

mixer to record your audio on the PC. The break-out box, software and powerful DSP engine allow you to

have all the meters, faders, pan adjustments, input level trim, EQs and mic pre-amplifiers that expensive

mixers have. In addition, you get the flexibility of presets and one-touch adjustments to make the whole

system more efficient.

W
e

also know that monitoring with effects is crucial in getting good recordings, so the effects delay

doesn’t get in the way of your creative spirit. That’s why we’ve included a powerful DSP engine and three

real-time DSP effects so you can monitor in real-time without the 1/2 second latency that you’ll find in

almost all other PC recording systems. The DSP not only gives you great sounding real-time effects, but it

also completely powers the Direct Pro 24/96 system so it keeps your PC running lightning fast.

W
e hope you notice all the extra effort we put into the Direct Pro 24/96. The hand-crafted mic preamplifi-

ers, perfectly shielded PCI card and our easy to use Control P

anel should make using the Direct Pro 24/96

a refreshing beginning to many years of PC recording.

W
e

welcome you to the Aardvark family and hope you enjoy being part of the new PC recording revolu-

tion!

The Philosophy

FC
C Statement

This

situation

may

result

you

have

previously

installed

audio

hardware

from

other

manufacturers

(such

as
Event

Electronics)

that

use

Motorola

chipsets

for

PCI

access.

must

remove

the

device

driver by opening the folder C:\W

indows\Inf\Other

, searching for the file name that matches the previ-

ous

audio

hardware,

and

deleting

it.
Next,

in
Start

Menu/Settings/Control

Panel,

open

the

System

con-

trol

panel

and

select

the

Device

Manager

tab.

Open

Sound,

Video,

and

game

controllers,

select

the

previous audio hardware and click Remove followed by Refresh. W

indows should now begin installing

the Direct Pro 24/96 drivers.

Problem: Some of the inputs or outputs aren’t functioning

Make

sure

that

the

inputs

and

outputs

are

being

properly

routed

in
the

Direct

Pro

control

panel.

Refer

the

atch

Bay

section

of
this

manual

for

information

how

to
do

this.

Also,

check

the

connec-

tions

between

the

Aark

interface

box

and

your

outboard

equipment.

the

inputs

or
outputs

are

still

not

working, contact Aardvark technical support (tech@aardvark-pro.com)

Problem: The Direct Pro 24/96 is having or is causing an IR

Q conflict.

Although

Windows

assigns

and

Q
position

to
the

Direct

Pro

24/96,

the

IR
Q
is
not

actually

used.

this

reason,

any

other

peripheral

can

the

same

IR
Q
without

performance

problems,

even

win-

dows warns of a conflict.

Problem: The Direct Pro 24/96 sample rate switches to 32kHz for no reason.

This

problem

will

occur

the

Direct

Pro

24/96

is
being

used

by
W
indows

to
play

system

sounds.

can

assign

these

sounds

to
another

sound

card

by
going

to
Start

Menu/Settings/Control

anel/Multi-

media,

and

selecting

the

other

card

as
the

Preferred

Device

for

Playback

and

enabling

Use

Preferred

devices

only

. Other

wise,

you

should

disable

the

sound

by
going

to
Start

Menu/Settings/Control

anel/

Sounds and selecting No Sounds from the Schemes dropdown menu.

Problem: Echo is present when monitoring tracks

This

can

occur

you

use

the

Direct

Pro

24/96’s

monitoring

capabilities

at
the

same

time

as
the

monitor

from

your

audio

software.

There

will

be
a

longer

delay

with

the

software

monitored

tracks

than

with

the

Direct

Pro

24/96’s

input

monitoring,

so
if

you

combine

the

signals,

echoing

will

result.

avoid

this,

use

only the Direct Pro 24/96’s monitoring capabilities.

Problem: Jitter is present on digital S/PDIF recordings

Check

your

Source

Select

indicator

settings

in
the

Direct

Pro

24/96

control

panel.

When

recording

PDIF

, the Source Select should be set to S/PDIF