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Summary of Contents for ESI UGM96
- Page 1 Ultra Mobile Guitar & Microphone 24-bit USB Audio Adapter User’s Guide...
- Page 2 ESI - Copyright © 2008 Revision 1, September 2008 www.esi-audio.com...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
UGM96 INDEX 1. Introduction..........................4 2. Description of UGM96......................... 4 2.1 Front Panel................................4 2.2 Rear Panel ................................5 2.3 Minimum System Requirements.......................... 5 3. Installation ............................ 5 3.1 Windows XP ................................ 6 3.2 Windows Vista..............................7 3.3 Mac OS X ................................8 4. -
Page 4: Introduction
UGM96 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the ESI UGM96. The ultra mobile guitar and microphone to USB interface allows you to connect two guitars (via the Hi-Z instrument inputs) or one guitar and one microphone simultaneously to your PC or Mac. The backside offers a stereo output that you can use for monitoring, i.e. -
Page 5: Rear Panel
- internet connection (for Cubase LE 4 and Studio Devil VGA activation) - Mac OS X 10.4 or higher 3. Installation Before installing the drivers of UGM96, we recommend to check on the download section of www.esi-audio.com for updated drivers. -
Page 6: Windows Xp
UGM96 3.1 Windows XP Disconnect UGM96 before you install the driver if it has been connected already. Then launch setup.exe from the Windows folder of the included Installation CD or from a download of a recent driver from our website. You will now see a dialog as shown on the left picture below. -
Page 7: Windows Vista
UGM96 You can now finally click Next on the ESI U46 Audio Driver Setup dialog. The installation is now finished. To confirm this, please check if the ESI icon is displayed in the taskbar notification area as shown below. If yes, the driver installation has been completed successfully. -
Page 8: Mac Os X
You can now finally click Next on the ESI UGM96 Audio Driver Setup dialog. The installation is now finished. To confirm this, please check if the ESI icon is displayed in the taskbar notification area as shown below. -
Page 9: Ugm96 Control Panel
Control Panel is required for UGM96. If you are using UGM96 under Mac OS X, please check section 5.3 with more details. To open the control panel double click on the ESI icon in the task notification area. The following dialog will appear:... -
Page 10: Audio Applications
UGM96 5. Audio Applications This chapter contains basic configuration examples for some popular software applications. Please also refer to the manual of the audio software you use for detailed information. 5.1 Windows Multimedia setup The Windows Multimedia setup is required if you want to use your UGM96 as the main sound device for Windows multimedia applications. -
Page 11: Installation Of Cubase Le 4
UGM96 Sample Rate You can change the default sample rate under Audio Input -> Format or Audio Output -> Format. Audio Quality & Performance UGM96 can work with either 16-bit or 24-bit data transfer. While 24-bit operation is desired for better audio quality, 16-bit is enough in many situations and will cause less system load and provide a better performance especially on older computers. - Page 12 Make sure to select ESI UGM96 ASIO driver as ASIO Driver entry. You can verify your selection by selecting the ESI UGM96 ASIO driver device on the left. The dialog (as shown above on the right), now lists all input and output channels. Note that the Control Panel button has no effect.
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Page 13: Installation Of Studio Devil Virtual Guitar Amp
UGM96 As with inputs, your output busses can also be mono or stereo. The example above shows one stereo output bus which will be the typical setup when using UGM96. Under Device Port you can assign the physical hardware output channel to each channel of each bus. The two stereo headphone outputs of UGM96 will both send out the same signal from Cubase LE 4 as assigned in this dialog. -
Page 14: Other Bundled Software
Studio Devil VGA. You can find them in the Softwarebundle folder on the Installation CD. Among others, the ESI Atti-Tube plugin (Windows only) is a nice amp simulator that can be used nicely with electric base guitars. The ESI FX-Pack (Windows only) and the Luxonix LFX1310 multi-effector plugin (Mac OS X and Windows) are great enhancements over the included standard effect plugins from Cubase LE 4, so it will not hurt to install and check them out. -
Page 15: Studio Devil Virtual Guitar Amp
UGM96 6. Studio Devil Virtual Guitar Amp Studio Devil’s Virtual Tube Amplification is a breakthrough in vacuum-tube amplifier modeling technology. The patented tube-modeling process is based on the dynamic characteristics of real 12AX7A vacuum tube preamplifier stages, the building blocks of the world’s most coveted tube amplifiers. -
Page 16: Usage With Cubase Le 4
UGM96 - COMBO: this position is for a sound more like the smaller practice and stage amps featuring open-back, single 1x12 configurations. This sound is thinner, more mid-rangy, and “boxier” than the STACK setting. - D.I. BOX: This setting acts like a speaker simulator bypass and basically allows you to shut off the Studio Devil cabinet to use your own speaker-modeling plug-ins and impulse modelers in host applications that can chain multiple plugins. - Page 17 UGM96 Note that depending on your installation of the plugin, Studio Devil VGA might appear in a different menu section. To be able to listen to the incoming signal and process it in realtime through the plugin, you need to enable the monitoring button for this audio track as shown on the following picture: The monitoring speaker icon will turn from gray to yellow.
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Page 18: Standalone Operation Under Windows
UGM96 As Cubase LE can chain multiple plugins after each other, it is also possible to load different plugins before or after Studio Devil VGA. The following example first loads a Flanger effect, then Studio Devil VGA, followed by a Reverb, RoomWorks SE that makes your sound even better. You can play around with the various settings inside the plugins to get the sound you need. -
Page 19: Usage With Garageband Under Mac Os X
UGM96 6.4 Usage with GarageBand under Mac OS X Unlike Windows, we do not provide an utility to use Studio Devil VGA standalone for Mac OS X. However, GarageBand is a very nice choice to use Studio Devil VGA and UGM96 in combination. It is a cool application to jam using your guitar without launching any other major audio application and it even allows you to record your first tracks right away using UGM96. -
Page 20: Technical Specifications
UGM96 As GarageBand can chain multiple effects after each other, it is also possible to load other plugins before or after Studio Devil VGA. A good idea is to add some Reverb with the fader in the lower right corner to make your sound even better. 7. -
Page 21: General Information
8. General Information Trademarks ESI and UGM96 are trademarks of EGOSYS, Inc. and ESI Audiotechnik GmbH. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. The FCC and CE Regulation Warning This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. - Page 22 For technical support inquiries, contact ESI support online at www.esi-audio.com. Disclaimer All features and specifications subject to change without notice. Parts of this manual are continually being updated. Please check our web site www.esi-audio.com occasionally for the most recent update information.