System Compatibility - ALLEN & HEATH ZED R16 Firewire User Manual

ZED DICE DRIVERS: SYSTEM COMPATIBILTY
DRIVER RELEASE VERSION: V3.3.2
The ZED DICE drivers are supplied to Allen & Heath by TC Applied Technologies Ltd. They are customised versions of
drivers used in generic FireWire devices used extensively throughout the Pro Audio industry.
We at A&H endeavour to verify the stability and function of these drivers with different computers, operating systems and
applications, however certain configurations of computer hardware and operating systems may not have been verified here
at A&H.
Computer System Specification Recommendations
It is difficult to specify minimum computer system requirements because we would be specifying the requirement for your
computer and OS to connect to the ZED-R16 and transfer the audio data on the AS400 compliant FireWire bus which is
only part of a digital audio recording, editing and playback system. Also, the fastest, most modern computer can have its au-
dio streaming performance crippled by certain network drivers, system functions or power hungry applications, and espe-
cially the dreaded anti-virus software.
If we were to recommend a minimum general system it would be:
Operating System
XP
Vista
OSX 10.4.11/10.5.2+
Audio software & DAW compatibility
We are constantly updating the list of software applications that the ZED-R16 can be used with, so it's best to check the
website for the up to date list. Also you should be able to find project templates already setup for ZED-R16, along with MIDI
maps or mapping information for various DAWs and audio applications.
At the time of writing this guide, we have successfully tested ZED-R16 audio and MIDI communication with:
SONAR LE & Producer 7
Cubase Studio 4
Logic Express 8
ACID Pro 6
Allen & Heath
Windows
Operating System
XP/32-bit
XP/64-bit
Vista/32-bit
Vista/64-bit
Mac (Intel & PPC Platforms)
Operating System
OSX 10.4.11 & up
OSX 10.5.2 & up
CPU
P4/equiv or higher
Core 2 Duo or higher
Intel or PPC
Status A&H Verified
Delivered
Delivered
Delivered
Delivered
Status
Delivered
Delivered
Speed
2.8GHz or higher
2GHz or higher
2 GHz or higher
FL Studio
Audition 3
Ableton Live (MMC not tested)
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Yes
No
Yes
No
A&H Verified
Yes
Yes
RAM
1GB or higher
2GB or higher
1GB or higher
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