DSP24

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The DSP24 is a high quality 24bit/96kHz professional recording card for your PC. Up to 10 channels of pristine non-compressed real-time 24-bit/96kHz digital audio can be delivered to and from your PC via either digital or analog I/O on a single card using the ST Audio 44pin H-BUS interface connector. Four individual cards can be installed in a single computer expanding your possible I/O a total of 40 channel I/O.

The DSP24 consists of a 24bit/96kHz PCI Audio card and digital I/O bracket. The digital I/O bracket supports optical and coaxial S/PDIF as well as AES/EBU I/O. There is even an internal input for CD-ROM drives with digital output. This bracket allows you to create bitidentical 1:1 copies from DAT-recorders, digital mixers, min-disc's etc.

Excellent driver support is available including Windows 9x/Me, 2000/XP, ASIO 2.0 and multiclient-GSIF. This allows you to use the card with all the latest audio and MIDI applications for music production. An additional output for system sounds (Internal Mixer) with DirectSound support takes the function of a standard soundcard and can be used for software synthesizer. The card contains a special I/O-chip which allows to record & playback with very low CPU usage. This is extremely important with today's CPU intensive software applications.

Everyone speaks about latancy these days: the included ASIO 2.0 drivers of the DSP24 card support 2ms latency at 96kHz and 5ms at 44.1kHz with recomended buffer sizes (or even lower values under Windows 2000/XP on fast systems). This means for users of modern software synthesizers (such as GigaStudio or VST-/DXi-Plugins) you can play your sounds now in realtime, even using realtime effects (like DirectX- or VST-plugins).

You can be assured the DSP24 is compatible with all today's latest applications including Logic Audio, Cubase VST, Cubase SX, Nuendo, Cakewalk SONAR, Samplitude, Cool Edit, Acid, Vegas, etc. The card is simple to install and makes a great choice for you to build a home studio around.

The DSP24 becomes extremely powerful when connected to the available external rackmount (19 inch standard format) interface units. These interface units provide additional I/O in the form of multi-channel ADC & DAC conversion, ADAT & T/DIF connections, and simultaneous multiple sample rate digital input connectivity. Systems can thus be configured to your requirements.

As you can see, with the DSP24, you can start small and expand on your system as required.

Specifications

Features: 10 x 10 24bit/96kHz 100% Full-Duplex recording path support (H-BUS interface card) stereo line input (1/8" mini-jack) 2 internal aux/cd inputs mic input (1/8" mini-jack) coaxial and optical & AES/EBU I/O connections as standard stereo line output (monitor- / sytemsound-out), 1/8" mini-jack up to four PCI cards can be sample accurate sync linked (40 channel I/O) internal or external sync supported (external can be set via the S/PDIF input) 22kHz~99kHz frequency rates supported direct monitoring for input signals (zero latency, by hardware) Internal mixing, routing and monitoring software provided Logic Soundtrack 24 (24bit/96kHz powerful recording software from Emagic) drivers for Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP, ASIO 2.0 (typical latency can be lowered to 2ms or lower), multiclient-GSIF (GigaSampler/-Studio) Controller Chip & Converters: DSP24 host card uses the IC Ensemble Envy24 I/O controller chip (ICE1712) DSP24 internal I/O for standard windows system sounds (mini-jacks on card) uses SigmaTel STAC97xx 18bit AC-97 Codec (ADC & DAC) 95dB output S/N ratio (a-weighted)

Additional Options

ADC III, 8ch (24bit/96kHz ADC, rackmountable, 8ch XLR balanced analog inputs, 8 mic-preamps, phantom power, S/PDIF 8ch outputs, 120dB dynamic range) DAC III, 8ch (24bit/96kHz DAC, rackmountable, 8ch XLR balanced analog outputs) ADC&DAC2000 (24bit/96kHz ADC and DAC unit, rackmountable, 8 unbalanced inputs, 8 unbalanced outputs, 2 mic-preamps, phantom power, etc.) DM III, 8ch (8kHz ~ 100KHz 24bit/120dB modulation, 4 S/PDIF and AES/EBU inputs, rackmountable) DS2000 (ADAT- & TDIF-I/O interface, rackmountable)