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- Page 1 User Manual – ALP221e User Manual ALP221e Professional stereo sound card December 2022...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
7.2 Updating the firmware 7.3 Verifying the card installation 7.4 Presence of playback and recording devices 7.5 Card detected by the Digigram ALP-X Manager application 7.6 Card availability under ASIO 8 UNINSTALLING THE DRIVER UNDER WINDOWS 9 CONFIGURING THE CARD UNDER WINDOWS VIA THE ALP-X MANAGER APPLICATION 9.1 Sampling clock management... - Page 3 User Manual – ALP221e 12.2 Inputs 12.3 Outputs 12.4 Audio characteristics 12.5 Sample rate converter performance (SRC) 12.6 Connectors 12.7 Development environment 13 APPENDICES 13.1 ALP221e functional diagram 13.2 LED 13.3 Connectors and switches 13.4 Breakout cable diagram 13.5 Pinout of the breakout cable connector...
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Page 4: Introduction
Digigram and the Digigram logo, and ALP221e are trademarks or brand names of Digigram Digital. All other marks are owned by their respective companies. -
Page 5: Important Notice
User Manual – ALP221e 2. IMPORTANT NOTICE Certifications The product is currently being certified. This product has been designed in accordance with the following standards: EMC Directive 2014/30/EU. ● FCC Rules Part 15, Subpart B. ● To ensure compliance with the standards listed above, the following rules must be followed: The cable supplied must not be modified. -
Page 6: Box Contents
Thank you for purchasing a DIGIGRAM sound card in the ALP-X range. The box contains: an ALP221e sound card equipped with a standard height bracket (full height: 120 mm), ● a low-profile bracket (79.2 mm) that can be fitted instead of the full-height bracket, ●... -
Page 7: General Characteristics
User Manual – ALP221e 4 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS ALP221e is a PCI EXPRESS x1 sound card. They can be inserted into and therefore operate in PCIe® x1, x2, x4, x8 or x16 slots. 4.1 Main hardware characteristics 1 stereo AES3 digital input, 32 kHz to 192 kHz, with high quality hardware sample rate ●... -
Page 8: Required Configuration
User Manual – ALP221e 5 REQUIRED CONFIGURATION 5.1 Required hardware configuration There are no particular hardware restrictions in terms of PC on using the ALP card and its driver. The PC can have standard height or low profile PCIe card slots. The ALP card can in particular be used in 2U racks or reduced size PC, by using the smaller bracket instead of the standard height bracket that is fitted by default. - Page 9 User Manual – ALP221e Select “PCI Express”, “Link State Power Management”, and select “Off” for the setting. Click on Ok to validate...
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Page 10: Necessary Software Configuration Under Windows 10
User Manual – ALP221e 5.2 Necessary software configuration under Windows ALP221e operates under Windows from 64-bit versions of Windows 10 (from version 20H2). To use your ALP-X card, you must install the driver included in the installation kit “ALP-X Kit”. -
Page 11: Hardware Installation
User Manual – ALP221e 6 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Given the shortened length of the PCI EXPRESS connector and the resulting lack of mechanical stability, we strongly advise against transporting the cards installed in a computer, unless it has a device for holding the card firmly in place to avoid material damage. -
Page 12: Software Installation Under Windows
Should you use a specific application developed or installed by a Digigram partner, this may mean using a specific driver version. In this case, confirm with your application supplier which driver version to use. -
Page 13: Updating The Driver Version
User Manual – ALP221e settings. There is no need to install it if no application reliant on the ASIO interface is used. The driver is installed by default in the folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Digigram\ALP-X". To change this folder, click on Browse and select a new destination. -
Page 14: Verifying The Card Installation
User Manual – ALP221e 7.3 Verifying the card installation Once the driver and card have been installed as per the process described hereinabove, you can verify that the card is installed correctly and working properly. 7.4 Presence of playback and recording devices The audio devices exposed by the card driver are visible on the Windows sound panel. -
Page 15: Card Detected By The Digigram Alp-X Manager Application
This application can be launched from the shortcut created on the desktop or from the start menu, Digigram group. The card must appear as below if it and its driver are installed correctly. Note that a maximum of eight ALP cards can be displayed and handled in ALP-X Manager. - Page 16 User Manual – ALP221e All cards present must be listed in the "ACTIVE CARDS GROUP" selection list.
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Page 17: Uninstalling The Driver Under Windows
User Manual – ALP221e 8 UNINSTALLING THE DRIVER UNDER WINDOWS Proceed as follows to uninstall an ALP driver version. Please note that uninstalling a version must be done prior to the installation of another version. From Windows Start menu, open the ”Settings” panel Click on the “Apps”... -
Page 18: Configuring The Card Under Windows Via The Alp-X Manager Application
User Manual – ALP221e 9 CONFIGURING THE CARD UNDER WINDOWS VIA THE ALP-X MANAGER APPLICATION This application can be launched from the shortcut created on the desktop or from the start menu, Digigram group. When the application is launched, the window below is displayed and shows all the ALP cards installed in the PC. - Page 19 User Manual – ALP221e The ALP221e card can be configured as an internal clock or external clock (AES3 input). To select the clock source, click on the "Prioritized source" selection list and select the desired source. A red padlock icon on the right of the clock name means the clock signal is absent.
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Page 20: Managing Input And Output Levels
User Manual – ALP221e The clock source used at a given moment is displayed in the "Sync Source" field, and its frequency value is given by the "Sampling Rate" field. 9.2 Managing input and output levels Note that after the first installation of the card, the default gain settings are as follows: Digital input and output gains are set to 0 dB ●... - Page 21 User Manual – ALP221e The onboard mixer features two categories of audio inputs and audio outputs Physical input (AES3) ● Software playback inputs. They correspond to the playback devices exposed by the driver to ● the applications. Physical output (AES3) ●...
- Page 22 User Manual – ALP221e Analog input gain settings (this section is not available on ALP221e) The first screen capture on the left relates to the ALP222e, and the second one just below relates to the ALP222e-Mic which features a Line/Mic level selector.
- Page 23 User Manual – ALP221e can be adjusted via the faders. There are three ways of adjusting the digital gain. 1) Click and hold the fader button down and move the mouse vertically to increase/decrease the gain in 0.1 dB steps.
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Page 24: Managing The Routing And Mixing Of Input Signals
User Manual – ALP221e Pre or post fader Vu-meters The blue LED button allows selecting if the Vu-meter displays the signal level before or after the digital gain set via the fader. To select pre or post fader Vu-meter, click on the blue LED button on the right of the Vu-meter bar(s), and select the mode. - Page 25 User Manual – ALP221e A reduced view which displays a sub-assembly of mixing points. This view is displayed when ● the "MATRIX MODE" selector is positioned on "REDUCED" (below). Each mixing point can be activated or deactivated by clicking on it (Mute / Unmute). All the hidden boxes are deactivated mixing points.
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Page 26: Creating, Saving And Loading Setting Sessions
User Manual – ALP221e 9.4 Creating, saving and loading setting sessions The current configuration of all settings defined in ALP-X Manager can be saved. Go to the File menu and select "Save session as". To load a settings configuration, go to the File menu and select "Open session". - Page 27 User Manual – ALP221e To perform an update, click on the button on the right of the “Firmware version” field, as shown on the screen capture below. The ALP card is selected from the list of cards detected. Click on the "Browse" button and select the file matching the new firmware to be applied (file with extension “.bin”).
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Page 28: Keyboard Shortcuts
User Manual – ALP221e 9.6 Keyboard shortcuts Keyboard shortcut Action Session Ctrl + S Save Ctrl + Alt + S Save As Ctrl + N Ctrl + O Open Potentiometer/Fader Ctrl + Wheel 1 dB increments on the potentiometer/fader 0.1 dB increments on the fader Ctrl + Shift + Wheel 0.5 dB increments on the potentiometer... -
Page 29: Asio Control Panel For Windows
User Manual – ALP221e 10 ASIO CONTROL PANEL for Windows This control panel can be started from the menu <Start>, <Programs>, <Digigram>, <ALP-X ASIO Settings> or from the shortcut on the desktop: Active cards group/Asio This section is used to select the input channels and output channels that... - Page 30 User Manual – ALP221e Sample size This setting defines the format of samples exchanged between the application and the card driver. Enable Direct Monitoring Control Tick this setting to authorise an ASIO application to drive the zero latency hardware monitoring of inputs towards outputs. If an application monitors software, this causes latency between the input signal and the output signal, linked to the ASIO buffer sizes.
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Page 31: Software Installation Under Linux
User Manual – ALP221e 11 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION UNDER LINUX 11.1 Automatic installation This method works on most major distributions, by using the DKMS system. After the initial installation, nothing more is needed to be done as DKMS will take care of re-building the driver every time the kernel is updated, or a new kernel is installed. -
Page 32: Specifications
User Manual – ALP221e 12 SPECIFICATIONS 12.1 Configuration ® Bus/Format PCI EXPRESS (PCIe ) x1/Low profile (compatible x2, x4, x8, x16) Dimensions 168 mm × 69 mm x 20 mm Consumption (+3.3 V/+12 V) 1 A/0.35 A In operation: temperature/humidity 0°C/+50°C •... -
Page 33: Inputs
User Manual – ALP221e 12.2 Inputs Digital input (stereo) 1 AES3 stereo, 110 Ohms, with hardware sample rate converter (SRC) Programmable digital input gains -90 dB to +12 dB, 0.1 dB increments 12.3 Outputs Digital output 1 AES3 stereo, up to 192 kHz Programmable digital output gain -90 dB to +12 dB, 0.1 dB increments... -
Page 34: Connectors
User Manual – ALP221e 12.6 Connectors Internal connectors Inter-card synchronisation External connectors D-Sub Micro-D 36 points for the audio and clock I/O Mini jack (female TRS 3.5 mm) for the stereo headphones output 12.7 Development environment Drivers DirectSound/WASAPI, ASIO, Alsa, Libgpio... -
Page 35: Appendices
User Manual – ALP221e 13 APPENDICES 13.1 ALP221e functional diagram... -
Page 36: Led
User Manual – ALP221e 13.2 LED The ALP card has four green LED: 2 LED on the PCB (only visible when the PC is open) and two LED on the bracket as illustrated in the diagram below. Description Behaviour LED 1... -
Page 37: Connectors And Switches
User Manual – ALP221e 13.3 Connectors and switches J1: Headphones socket Female 3.5 mm TRS (mini-jack) J2: Connector for the breakout cable Female D-Sub Micro-D 36P. J3: Connector for inter-card synchronisation... -
Page 38: Breakout Cable Diagram
User Manual – ALP221e 13.4 Breakout cable diagram Diagram of the breakout cable provided by Digigram (optional). 13.5 Pinout of the breakout cable connector J1: Male D-Sub Micro-D 36P J10: Female XLR: AES EBU IN J11: Male XLR: AES/EBU OUT... - Page 39 User Manual – ALP221e Pinout of connector J1 ( Male D-Sub Micro-D 36 pins) Row 1 Row 2 Pin# Pin # AES/EBU SYNC IN + AES/EBU SYNC IN - AES/EBU OUT + AES/EBU OUT - AES/EBU IN - AES/EBU IN +...
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