ESI GIGAPort AG User Manual
ESI GIGAPort AG User Manual

ESI GIGAPort AG User Manual

Usb to analog 8 channel interface for mac & pc
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WARRANTY
EGO SYStems Inc. warrants the return policy to its original purchaser as follows; All EGO SYS products, under normal use,
will be free from faulty as long as the purchaser owns this product.
The terms of warranty is 15 months to EGO SYS distributors considering a 3-month temporary stock period ahead of being
sold to the end user. Therefore, the actual terms of warranty is 12 months to the end user.
EGO SYS will, at its sole option, repair or replace a product, which is found to be defective. This warranty shall be null and
void if, in the sole opinion of EGO SYS, a product failure is the result of misuse, abuse, modification, or misapplication.
Except as expressly provided above, EGO SYS products are provided 'as is' without any kind of warranty. No claim is made
for merchantability or fitness for any purpose. In no event will EGO SYS be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, or
incidental damages arising out of use of the product. The purchaser must contact EGO SYS or its regional representative to
receive prior approval before returning a faulty unit. All such returns must be shipped to EGO SYS' headquarters in Seoul,
Korea as being packaged in the original or equivalent protective packaging material (Rack, PCI card, Power Cables,
connection cables), with freight prepaid and adequate insurance.
If the returned product is deemed to be defective, the repaired or replacement product will be back to you at no extra charge
via the carrier chosen by EGO SYS.
T R A D E M A R K S
ESI, GIGAPort AG are trademarks of EGO SYStems Inc. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Apple, Power Macintosh, Mac OS, Mac OS X are trademarks of Apple
Computer, Inc. Other product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
R A D I O F R E Q U E N C Y I N T E R F E R E N C E
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC
Rules, and EN50 081-1/2:1992 of CE Test Specifications. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy. If
not installed and used in accordance with the instruction, it may cause interference to radio communications.
C O R R E S P O N D E N C E
For technical support inquiries, contact your nearest GIGAPort AG dealer or contact us directly. Direct all other correspondence to:
ESI/EGO SYStems Inc.
Suite 1003, Shinhan Bldg. 45-11 Yoido-dong
Youngdungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea
Tel: +82 2 780-4451~3 Fax: +82 2 780-4454
Web Site:
www.egosys.net
E-mail:
webmaster@egosys.net
First Edition Mar. 2002

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  • Page 1 C O R R E S P O N D E N C E For technical support inquiries, contact your nearest GIGAPort AG dealer or contact us directly. Direct all other correspondence to: ESI/EGO SYStems Inc.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Logic ........................30 Nuendo ........................31 Reason ........................32 Reactor........................32 Spark........................33 7. GIGAPORT AG CONTROL PANEL..............34 1) PC ........................... 34 2) MAC........................37 SPECIFICATION......................40 * All features and specifications subject to change without notice. Parts of this manual are continually being updated.
  • Page 3: Overview

    1.Overview Thank you for choosing ESI GIGAPort AG, the USB to analog 8 channel Interface for MAC & PC. The GIGAPort AG is an USB to analog 8 channel audio Interface with one Optical output. It is simple (to use), tiny(body), and fast(processing).
  • Page 4: Features

    Easy to install, simple to operate Just plug the GIGAPort AG’s USB connector into your computer and the other end into devices such as a recorder or mixer and you’re set to go.
  • Page 5 Virtual Instruments ready The GIGAPort AG is custom made for you to get the most out of your software synths and samplers. ASIO Empowered (Currently unavailable in Windows XP) The GIGAPort AG is the perfect match for ASIO driver software like CUBASE, NUENDO, REACTOR, REASON and LOGIC.
  • Page 6: System Requirement For Pc & Mac

    3. System Requirement for PC & MAC Most of all, your system has to have at least one available USB port to use GIGAPort AG.. Minimum system requirement for PC Intel Pentium II 300 MHz CPU or equivalent AMD CPU Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 operating system 1 open USB port 64MB of Ram...
  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    PS/2 or serial ports on the back of desktop computer system USB port on computer 3. Plug in the GIGAPort AG’s USB cable (Series A plug type) to the USB port of your computer. USB series A plug 4.
  • Page 8: Driver Installation

    - WDM Installation 1. After hardware installation was done properly, your computer will automatically detect the GIGAPort AG as USB composite device will be installed. This installation step is the case of Windows 98SE. IF your OS is Windows ME,...
  • Page 9 2. When you prompt, choose “Search for the best driver for your device” and hit “Next” button. 3. Select the drive that contains Windows 98SE (your computer will automatically find proper driver) and go to “Next”.
  • Page 11 4. Keep going to install follows the instruction.
  • Page 13 5. After rebooting computer, you can find “USB composite device” under the “Universal serial Bus controller” section. As above picture, the GIGAPort AG is set as a “USB Composite Device”. Now you can use Windows Direct sound, MME and 7.1 surround system.
  • Page 14 * This order is the case of Windows 2000. It will be varied by your operating systems. However, the GIGAPort AG’s main function is using 8 channel output with ASIO supporting software. Therefore, you need to keep going to install next ASIO 2.0 driver setting for using main function.
  • Page 15 ASIO2.0 Installation (*currently unavailable in Windows XP) 1. Insert the ESI driver software CD in your CD Rom drive. Open GIGAPort AG folder and Just click “setup” icon. After that, if you see below message, simply click “Yes” 2. Check ‘I accept the agreement’ and click “Install”.
  • Page 16 3. Now, the GIGAPort AG control panel software and driver will be installed.
  • Page 17 Click “Reboot now”...
  • Page 18 5. After rebooting your computer, open your system’s Device Manager and confirm that “EgoSys Gigaport” is shown under “Universal Serial Bus Controllers”. Now, you can use ASIO supporting software.
  • Page 19 - Uninstall ASIO 2.0 driver Caution: If you want to uninstall ASIO 2.0 driver and go back to use MME and Direct sound, repeat WDM installation follows below instruction.
  • Page 24: Mac

    2. When a dialog box appears asking "Put "PGEgoSysGIGAPortAG" into the Extensions folder?” click the OK button. 3. Restart your Macintosh. To use audio software with the GIGAPort AG, you have to make a copy of the file "EgoSys GIGAPortAG" in ASIO Drivers folder of each software.
  • Page 25: Working With Applications

    You should refer to the manuals of each application on how to optimize the audio recording and playback capabilities. If you have problems or questions with setting up the GIGAPort AG on applications, please contact our technical support.
  • Page 26: Logic

    Logic Go to Audio menu -> Audio Preference -> Audio Driver 2 Select ‘GIGAPort ASIO driver’ for the ASIO driver.
  • Page 27: Nuendo

    Nuendo Go to “Device” -> Device Setup” -> VST Multitrack Select GIGAPort ASIO driver for the ASIO Driver.
  • Page 28: Reason

    Reason Go to “Edit” -> Preferences -> Page -> Audio Select GIGAPort ASIO driver for the Audio card driver. Reactor Go to “System” menu -> Audio Setting Select GIGAPort ASIO driver for the ASIO driver.
  • Page 29: Mac

    You should refer to the manuals of each application on how to optimize the audio recording and playback capabilities. If you have problems or questions with setting up the GIGAPort AG on applications, please contact our technical support.
  • Page 30: Logic

    After launching Logic Audio, choose the menu 'Audio' -> 'Audio Hardware & Drivers'. Click the little triangle before turning on ASIO check box, and choose 'EgoSys GIGAPort AG' for the driver. After this, click the check box to turn on ASIO.
  • Page 31: Nuendo

    Nuendo After launching Nuendo, choose the menu 'Devices' -> 'Device Setup'. Click 'VST Multitrack' from the device list and choose 'EgoSys GIGAPortAG' for the ASIO Driver.
  • Page 32: Reason

    Reason After launching Reason, choose the menu 'Edit' -> 'Preferences'. Choose 'Audio' for the 'Page', and choose 'EgoSys GIGAPortAG' for the Audio Driver. Reactor After launching Reaktor, choose the menu 'System' -> 'Audio Settings'. Choose 'EgoSys GIGAPortAG' for the Audio Driver.
  • Page 33: Spark

    Spark After launching SPARK, choose the menu 'Edit' -> 'Preferences'. Click 'I/O' tab and choose 'EgoSys GIGAPortAG' for the Audio I/O driver.
  • Page 34: Gigaport Ag Control Panel

    7. GIGAPort AG Control Panel 1) PC If you have properly installed GIGAPort AG software driver, you can find GIGAPort AG control panel in your applications’ audio setup menu. Just click ‘ASIO Control Panel’ or ‘Control Panel’ in your application.
  • Page 36 This control panel is pretty simple. However you should be careful with ‘System performance’ in Dithering menu. You have to choose the bit-rate of your recordings in ‘Recording resolution’. If your music file is 24bit recording and you're going to play it back via GIGAport's 16bit, you can use dithering to increase quality.
  • Page 37: Mac

    2) MAC If you have properly installed the GIGAPort AG software driver, you can find the GIGAPort AG control panel in your applications’ audio setup menu. Just click ‘ASIO Control Panel’ or ‘Control Panel’ in your application. The GIGAPort AG control panel will be appearing.
  • Page 39 This control panel is pretty simple. However you should be careful with ‘System performance’ in Dithering menu. You can choose the bit-rate of your recordings in ‘Recording resolution’. If you have music file recorded 24bit and you're going to play it back via the GIGAport's 16bit, you have to select ‘24bit’...
  • Page 40: Specification

    Specification 1. Interface : USB Spec Ver1.1, USB Audio Class Spec Ver1.0 2. Output Type : Analog 8 Channel Output (RCA Jack) Digital 2 Channel Output (TOS-LINK) Headphone Output (3.5mm Mini Phone Jack) 3. Analog Output Level : -10dBV Unbalanced, -10dBV Nominal, +0.5dBV Maximum 4.

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