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SpeedIO v10.qxd
23/01/04
CONTENTS
Introduction.................................................................
Main Features..............................................................
Connections And Software Installation....................
Connecting Up To Equipment......................................
Windows XP USB Driver Installation...........................
Mac OSX USB Driver Installation................................
The Windows Sound System.......................................
About ASIO..................................................................
The SpeedIO Control Panel.........................................
About Latency..............................................................
Main Features And Operation....................................
Front Panel Layout......................................................
Gain Boost Section......................................................
Phantom Power Section..............................................
Input Gain Section.......................................................
Line Out Level Control.................................................
USB Activity Section....................................................
Monitoring Section.......................................................
The Sample Rate And Power LEDs............................
Appendix......................................................................
Troubleshooting...........................................................
Approvals.....................................................................
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Connections And Software Installation... Connecting Up To Equipment... Windows XP USB Driver Installation... Mac OSX USB Driver Installation... The Windows Sound System... About ASIO... The SpeedIO Control Panel... About Latency... Main Features And Operation... Front Panel Layout... Gain Boost Section... Phantom Power Section... -
Page 2: Introduction
12:05 Main Features Thank you for purchasing the Novation SpeedIO USB interface. The SpeedIO is a state of the art product - it combines a 16 channel MIDI input and output interface along with a high quality audio interface. When used with a computer running a MIDI / Audio sequencer package it will provide a superb, compact recording setup with only a single USB cable required to connect both MIDI and Audio signals to the com- puter. -
Page 3: Connections And Software Installation
CONNECTIONS AND SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Connecting Up To Equipment In order to record or replay Audio or MIDI data it will be necessary to connect the SpeedIO to a desktop or laptop computer with the appropriate MIDI and Audio recording software installed. -
Page 4: Windows Xp Usb Driver Installation
With the Speedio disconnected from the computer, insert the CD labelled ‘Speedio Resources and Drivers’ into the CD Rom drive. The Speedio driver disc is named as 'Speedio'. Double click this icon to show the contents of the disc. Find and double click the directory 'USB Drivers'. Double click the icon 'Speedio.pkg'. -
Page 5: The Windows Sound System
Cubase, LOGIC, Sonar, etc.) and keeps audio delays down to a minimum. The SpeedIO Control Panel After the Audio ASIO drivers are installed and as long as the SpeedIO is connected, a control panel will be available where certain Audio settings may be changed. IT IS NOT NORMALLY NECESSARY TO CHANGE ANY OF THE DEFAULT OPTIONS !! This panel is available within the audio system settings for the sequencer in use. -
Page 6: About Latency
12:05 Page 6 CONNECTIONS AND SOFTWARE INSTALLATION The SpeedIO Control Panel - About Latency Sample Rate This will be set to 48kHz and cannot be altered. It confirms that the speed of data flowing backwards and forwards through the USB cable is 48kHz. This is not to be confused with Audio recording rates of 44.1 kHz and 48kHz. -
Page 7: Main Features And Operation
SpeedIO v10.qxd 23/01/04 12:05 MAIN FEATURES AND OPERATION Front Panel Layout 1. Gain Boost Section Side panel switches for applying a fixed 20dB gain boost to each input. 2. Phantom Power Section Side panel switches for supplying phantom power to each input. -
Page 8: Gain Boost Section
Some microphones have their own power supply to do this but if not, the SpeedIO can supply the necessary voltage. Press the appropriate side panel switch to apply phantom power to an input. The LED in this section will light indicating that phantom power is being sent to the microphone on the selected channel. -
Page 9: Input Gain Section
BOOST switch (see page 8) will increase the signal level by 20dB. Check that the Audio level that is being sent from the SpeedIO to the recording software is not too low or too high. To do this, look at the input meters within the recording software. -
Page 10: Usb Activity Section
This section indicates the current activity status of Audio or MIDI data travelling along the connected USB cable. Red LEDs indicate data travelling from the SpeedIO to the computer while green LEDs indicate data travelling from the computer to the SpeedIO. -
Page 11: Monitoring Section
SpeedIO. This sampling rate can usually be set within the computer music Audio sequencer application and cannot be specified by the SpeedIO directly. The POWER LED is lit to confirm that the SpeedIO is able to draw power from the USB port and is func- tioning correctly. -
Page 12: Appendix
SpeedIO as its source for MIDI and Audio and it is found that the SpeedIO cannot be selected as the MIDI input - either the SpeedIO is greyed out or it does not appear in a list of available MIDI devices, close the application, wait for 10 seconds, then re-open the application and try again. -
Page 13: Approvals
Specifications subject to change: The information contained in this manual is believed to be correct at the time of going to press. However, Novation reserves the right to change or modify the specification without notice or obligation to update existing units.
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