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Antelope Goliath Owner's Manual

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  • Page 3 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 4 For detailed information on this and other Antelope Audio products, please explore our various communication channels, listed at the end of this manual.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    1. Safety Notes 2. Introduction 3. Features 4. Installation Guide and Activation Guide 5. Front Panel Explained 6. Rear Panel Explained 7. Touchscreen Explained 8. Software Control Panel 9. In the Box 10. Troubleshooting 11. Technical Specifications 12. Antelope Audio Support Resources...

  • Page 7: Safety Notes

    The device is designed to operate in a temperate environment, with a correct Operating Temperature of 0-50° C, 32-122° F Attention! During the firmware update we advise to disconnect every other device ● from your Antelope unit except the computer.

  • Page 8: Introduction

    DI’s, 2 transformer Reamp Outs, 2 Headphone master clocks. For optimum detail and sound Outs with integrated Talkback on the front, and stage, Goliath can be additionally synced to the 16-Channels of Class-A Mic Preamps, 2 sets extremely accurate Rubidium Atomic Clock –...

  • Page 9: Features

    3. Features ● 1x Custom USB 2.0 Type-B Connector ● 1x Thunderbolt Gen1 ● 16x Universal Inputs (Mic In/Line In) on XLR (Inputs 1 to 4 are also HiZ compatible & first two are connected to AD INSERTS) ● 4x Instrument In on 1/4 stereo jack (dedicated for instrument / HiZ only) ●...

  • Page 10: Installation Guide And Activation Guide

    Connect your choice of inputs and outputs to Goliath. The guest operating system will recognize the new output audio device (Goliath). If you want to use the Goliath for playback and recording, open your preferred DAW and make sure the device is selected as an input and output.
  • Page 11 See picture: Activation Guide It is essential to activate your Goliath before using it. Once connected to your AC and USB or Thunderbolt to your computer follow the steps below: Navigate to www.antelopeaudio.com/support/downloads and then to Goliath. Download the Goliath Launcher.

  • Page 12: Front Panel Explained

    4 Instrument Inputs Hi-Z Inputs with dedicated rotary control knobs. Hi-Z Inputs are suitable for connecting instruments such as bass or guitar to the Goliath. High resolution “capacitive touch” TFT display Multi function touch screen that displays various information.
  • Page 13 Control Antelope Button Accesses various menus in combination with other buttons. Antelope button & Mono button: Enters touch screen calibration mode. Press and hold the Mono button + Mute button before powering on the device: Factory Reset Combo. Mute Button...

  • Page 14: Rear Panel Explained

    BNC connector used to accept Word Clock reference. 10M Input This BNC Input Connector allows the Goliath to receive timing reference from an Atomic Clock such as the Antelope 10M and 10MX, to increase the Oscillator accuracy. If the device is in Oven mode, plugging in the atomic clock causes the “Oven” light to turn to “Atomic”...
  • Page 15 Thunderbolt cable (not included). USB High-Speed Goliath uses USB connector Type-B and operates up to 192 kHz sample rate with Antelope ASIO on Windows & Mac OS X. Analog Line Outputs (on top) Three D-SUB 25 connectors enable you to attach breakout cables, each with 8 lines.

  • Page 16: Touchscreen Explained

    7. Touch Screen Explained The Goliath features a touch screen on its front panel. From it you can access all options of the device. The touch screen features the following options: Menu Here you can adjust different Goliath parameters: Brightness Adjusts the touchscreen brightness.
  • Page 17 Lock Indicates whether the Goliath is locked to an incoming signal or not. Power Powers off the device, if the Goliath is in standby mode, a power button like this will appear: Tap it to switch the device on.

  • Page 18: Main Display

    Main Display Tap it you select the meters to be currently displayed. Enter the Monitor menu to adjust the Monitor volume level from the screen or the main Volume Knob. LINE Enter the Line Out menu to adjust the output volume level.
  • Page 19 Tap to choose from the available clock sources. Your selection will be shown in the section above. Here you select the Sample Rate for the Goliath. Tap the SR button to see the available Sample Rates. The current one will be displayed on the top of the touchscreen.

  • Page 20: Software Control Panel

    Presets 1–5 The Global Presets save all device settings to one of the five available Preset slots. By pressing buttons P1 to P5 you switch between all customizable presets. 8. Software Control Panel 8.1. Main View Options and Routing Tab The universal panel view is constantly located on the upper half of the control panel for quick access to the most important features.
  • Page 21 This dropdown menu allows you to select how the Goliath is to be synchronized. Select ‘Oven’ for internal sync, W.C. (Word Clock) to sync the Goliath to an external device through the Word Clock input or ADAT, MADI, S/PDIF, AES for syncing with incoming digital signals, or through Thunderbolt / USB.

  • Page 22: Mixer Tab

    Master Mix Mute Mixer 1–4 Show/Hide Goliath offers four software low latency mixers which provide near zero latency mix and monitoring that can be distributed to any output from the control panel. For example, you can drag all of the 32 USB PLAY channels to MIXER 1 channels and then drag and drop MIX 1 L/R to LINE OUT 1&2 providing a stereo bus mix to LINE OUT channels 1 and 2.
  • Page 23 By default the effect is switched on. Quick Start AuraVerb appears as a pre-fader send effect on the Goliath’s mixer 1. To send a signal to the reverb, turn up the send control on a mixer channel and use the reverb output level to adjust the return to the mixer’s master channel.
  • Page 24 ● Early Reflection Gain This is the linear gain value for all early reflections. These reflections are perceptually grouped with the direct sound when set at lower levels and can nicely thicken a track when increased. ● Late Reflection Delay Among other things, AuraVerb calculates reflected energy from the side walls and ceiling of the virtual space.
  • Page 25 8.3. Effects Tab Click on the Effects Tab to reveal the 16 AFX Channel strips: ● Frequency Adjust Dials (double-click to return to default) ● Gain Adjust Dials (double-click to return to default) ● Q Factor Adjust Dials (double-click to return to default) ●...
  • Page 26 The Meters tab allows you to measure the volume levels of all audio signals coming from and to the Goliath. A dropdown menu allows you to easily switch between the routing matrix sections, whose signal levels you want to visualize.
  • Page 27 6 & 7. Oscillator 2 and mute Oscillator level Reamp volume Line out volume Brightness – adjusts the Goliath’s front panel display brightness USB channel count Thunderbolt latency mode Windows only: ASIO control – buffer size & USB streaming mode...

  • Page 28: In The Box

    ● Check what clocking mode you are in. Are you receiving the clock signal from the source? ● Check that the relevant lock light on the control panel of the Goliath is lit up. ● Try a different cable and another source if available.
  • Page 29 ● Have you checked the input and output routing is correct in your DAW? ● Is the Goliath device selected in the relevant sound card section of the DAW’s preferences? If the Goliath doesn’t show up in you DAW, first try unplugging and plugging back the...

  • Page 30: Technical Specifications

    11. Technical Specifications Inputs Analog 16 x Line inputs on two D-SUB 25, +20 dBu max, 11.2 kOhms 16 x Mic / Line universal inputs on XLR combos on the rear (first 4 are HiZ compatible) 4 x Instrument (HiZ) inputs on TRS ¼ jacks on front Analog Inserts 2 x Inserts on TRS ¼...
  • Page 31 11. Technical Specifications (continued) Mic Preamp Gain: 0, 10 – 65 dB THD + N: -108 dB Clock Specs Clocking System: 4th Generation Acoustically Focused Clocking 64-bit DDS Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator Clocking Stability: <+/-0.02 ppm, oven controlled at at 64.5ºC/ 148.1ºF Clock Aging: <...

  • Page 32: Antelope Audio Support Resources

    A web resource with all device manuals, datasheets and software: http://www.antelopeaudio.com/en/support/downloads Control Panel Newsfeed The software control panel for Goliath incorporates a newsfeed at the bottom, which displays all new updates and relevant information: You Tube Page Tutorial videos, interviews, user cases and promos for forthcoming products: http://goo.gl/yfOmZf...
  • Page 33 NOTES ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
  • Page 36 Version 1 / 11.05.2016...

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