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- Page 1 Mykerinos The Audio Processing Board User Manual Version: DOC-2.11 (December 2006) ©2001-2006 Merging Technologies Merging Technologies Le Verney, CH-1070 Puidoux Switzerland Tel: +41 21 946 04 44 ● Fax: +41 21 946 04 45 www.merging.com...
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Page 2: Important Notice
1 IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please read the following information very carefully before attempting any installation. Failure to comply with the precise instructions may result in damage to your Merging hardware. Please read this entire section of the manual carefully before installation. -
Page 3: Mykerinos Warranty Information
Merging Technologies, Inc. extends this Limited Warranty to the original purchaser. In the event of a defect or failure to confirm to this Limited warranty, Merging Technologies, Inc. will repair or replace the product without charge within sixty (60) days. In order to make a claim under this limited warranty, the purchaser must notify Merging Technologies, Inc. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
(JP2) ....................12 IDEO EADER OUT DESCRIPTIONS MONITORING HEADPHONE FEATURES (J3) ....................13 ......................... 13 ONITORING OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS MYKERINOS MODULAR I/O DAUGHTER CARDS.................... 14 ADAT I/O D ........................... 14 AUGHTER 9.1.1 Optical I/O configuration ..........................15 9.1.1.1 Standalone mode (also called Mono-board mode) ................15 9.1.1.2... - Page 5 TYPICAL AUDIO CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DUA II & MYKERINOS............22 10.1 SONY D ................... 22 UDIO FOR IDEO WITH IGITAL SERS 10.2 SONY A ................... 23 UDIO FOR IDEO WITH NALOG SERS 10.3 ............. 24 ERGING ECHNOLOGIES YRAMIX WITH URROUND ONITORING TYPICAL AUDIO CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SPHYNX &...
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Page 6: Introduction
5 Mykerinos Features Overview Mykerinos is Merging's answer to create a leading edge high performance audio processing card solution. It builds upon over 6 years of experience designing and manufacturing PC based Audio Cards and incorporates hundreds of users feedbacks into a compact third generation flexible solution. -
Page 7: Mykerinos Block Diagram
Up to 32 MB Figure 1 - Mykerinos Block Diagram The Mykerinos board is based on the Philips Trimedia TM-1300 Chip and its associated SDRAM running at 144 MHz. The other peripherals are: 1 FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), used to manage the control signals •... -
Page 8: Mykerinos Bracket View
The following picture shows a view of the PCI bracket with the monitoring jack and the mini-Din connectors. Monitoring jack output (J3) Mini-Din connector for the Video/TC Breakout cable (J2) Figure 3 - Mykerinos Bracket with Jack & mini-Din connectors - 8 -... -
Page 9: Sync Features
Exception was made when a Mykerinos board is integrated into a Merging Workstation (Pyramix or VCube). In that case, this jumper is left open by Merging to avoid a double video termination, one on the Mykerinos board (JP4) and one on the chassis rear panel (switch). -
Page 10: Wckio (Old Cvs2In)
“ When too high a voltage is applied to the Video 2 input (CVS2IN-WCKI/O), the Video sub-system of the Mykerinos card may enter into an unstable state (latch up) and subsequently corrupt the proper decoding of the Video 1 Input signal (CVS1IN) as well as the Video Output signal (CVSOUT). -
Page 11: Breakout Cable Pin-Out Description (J2)
7.2 Breakout Cable Pin-out description (J2) The following picture describes the physical implementation of the signals on the mini Din male plug of the breakout cable. A l l c o n n e c t o r s s e e n f r o m t h e r e a r B N C - M C V S 1 I N B N C - M... -
Page 12: Video/Tc Header Pin-Out Descriptions (Jp2)
When the Video/TC Header is used, be sure to not terminate twice the CVS1IN input. Use only either the termination on the Mykerinos board (JP4) or this provided on the Video/TC Header. Note that CVS2IN is not available on the Mykerinos board since November 2004 (MB1 S/N 12600 - … and MB5 S/N 16150-16759 and 16803 - …). -
Page 13: Monitoring Headphone Features (J3)
The monitoring output is based on a stereo 96kHz / 24 bit D/A (unbalanced). The output level is software controlled. Mykerinos revision D and above feature 2 new jumpers JP6 and JP7 on the left and right channels respectively. Opening these jumpers results in a 12 dB gain reduction on each monitoring channel. -
Page 14: Mykerinos Modular I/O Daughter Cards
9 Mykerinos Modular I/O Daughter cards One core feature of Mykerinos’ architecture is to break it into two parts: the portion that plugs into the PCI connector of the PC and the I/O daughter card that contains the physical connectors to the outside world. This allows for potentially many system applications without committing the design to any specific I/O configurations. -
Page 15: Optical I/O Configuration
ADAT Channel 1 – 8 (A) - ADAT Channel 1 – 8 (B) Note: The optical ADAT daughter card is supplied with two 2-meter optical fiber cables. Other length (up to 10 meter) can be ordered from your authorized Merging dealer. - 15 -... -
Page 16: Madi I/O Daughter Cards - Including Version Ii
MADI I/O Daughter Cards - Including version II The Mykerinos MADI Daughter board is the solution for high I/O channel count applications. It offers 56 channels of 24 bit bi-directional I/O and up to 64 channels in MADI-X (MADI Extended) format. It can be ordered either in a BNC based coaxial version or an optical duplex SC version. -
Page 17: Optical Madi Version Connector View
AES-EBU, SDIF, TDIF I/O Daughter Card The Mykerinos AES-EBU Daughter board offers 24 channels of digital I/O over 12 AES-EBU input and output pairs. 8 channels feature real-time Sampling Rate Conversion from 32 to 96 kHz, which may be inserted either in the input or output signal path under software control. -
Page 18: Aes-Ebu Without Src
PCM mode. In HDTDM mode, no SDIF I/Os are available, neither in PCM, nor in DSD mode. Note that this daughter card does not use the Rear 1 connector and does not support Sample Frequency higher than 1FS. The following figure represents the configuration of the Mykerinos bracket when combined with one of the AES, SDIF or TDIF daughter cards. -
Page 19: Dual Daughter Card
9.4 DUAL Daughter Card The Dual DC is the most cost-effective I/O daughter card for Pyramix. It is an ideal I/O solution for mixed analog/digital requirements, as encountered in Broadcast production, and Video/Film post-production environments. It allows the direct connecting of up to two electrodynamics or condenser microphones, typically for quick and easy voice-over recording. 9.4.1 Card Features Up to 12 inputs and 12 outputs on a single board: •... -
Page 20: Front Connector
9.4.2 Front connector This DB25 connector is for the DUAL ANALOG I/O breakout cable, as shown in the following drawing. ANALOG IN 1 ANALOG IN 2 ANALOG IN 3 ANALOG IN 4 ANALOG I/O ANALOG OUT 1 ANALOG OUT 2 ANALOG OUT 3 ANALOG OUT 4 ANALOG IN 1 - 4... -
Page 21: Breakout Cable Connectors For Aes, Sdif, Tdif And Dual Daughter Cards
9.5 Breakout cable connectors for AES, SDIF, TDIF and DUAL daughter cards DB25 Male Connector (I/O) XLR Female Connector (Inputs) XLR Male Connector (Outputs) 9.5.1 Analog I/O breakout cable – Only for the DUAL daughter card XLR Label XLR color Signal XLR-F DB25-M XLR Label Cable Color Signal... -
Page 22: Typical Audio Connections Between Dua Ii & Mykerinos
This section will display some typical audio connection scenarios for DUA II and Mykerinos. 10.1 Audio for Video with SONY Digital BetaCam Users This example is based on Video NLE & DAW users who are using the Mykerinos in conjunction with a DUA II audio interface and a Digital BetaCam video deck. -
Page 23: Audio For Video With Sony Analog Betacam Users
10.2 Audio for Video with SONY Analog BetaCam Users This example is based on Video NLE & DAW users who are using the Mykerinos board in conjunction with DUA II audio interface and an Analog BetaCam video deck. & D... -
Page 24: Merging Technologies Pyramix 4. Xdaw With Surround Monitoring
10.3 Merging Technologies Pyramix 4.x DAW with Surround Monitoring This example is based on a typical Pyramix analog/digital audio studio with both types of devices and a surround monitoring system. MERGING Pyramix V5 This example shows the following connections: The Mic Preamp/Mixer outputs are routed through the analog inputs of the DUA II to Pyramix input channels 1-4 •... -
Page 25: Typical Audio Connections Between Sphynx & Mykerinos
This section will show some typical audio connection scenarios for the Sphynx Audio Interface and the Mykerinos board. 11.1 Audio for Video with SONY® Digital BetaCam Users This example is based on Video NLE & DAW users who are using the Mykerinos board in conjunction with the Sphynx Audio Interface and a Digital BetaCam video deck. -
Page 26: Audio For Video With Sony® Analog Betacam Users
11.2 Audio for Video with SONY® Analog BetaCam Users This example is based on Video NLE & DAW users who are using the Mykerinos board in conjunction with the Sphynx Audio Interface and an Analog BetaCam video deck. & IDEO... -
Page 27: Merging Technologies Pyramix 4. Xdaw Setup
11.3 Merging Technologies Pyramix 4.x DAW Setup This example is based on a typical Pyramix analog/digital audio studio with both types of devices. This configuration allows up to 8 inputs and 8 outputs in ‘x2’ SR mode. MERGING Pyramix V5... -
Page 28: Mykerinos Power Consumption
Power Note that for the 12.2/3/4/5/6/7 chapters, the +3.3V is either created on the daughter card or directly sources from the Mykerinos board. In both cases, this +3.3V is created from the +5V of the PC. 12.2 ADAT daughter card... -
Page 29: Madi 2 Daughter Card
12.4 MADI 2 daughter card Parameter Values Unit +3.3 Current Power 12.5 AES-EBU DSD (w/o SRC) daughter card Parameter Values Unit +3.3 Current Power 12.6 AES-EBU SRC daughter card Parameter Values Unit +3.3 Current Power 12.7 SDIF or TDIF daughter card Parameter Values Unit... -
Page 30: Contacting Merging
13 Contacting Merging For all general or sales inquiries: In Europe, Africa and Asia contact our Swiss Office: Merging Technologies SA Le Verney 1070 Puidoux Switzerland Phone: +41 21 946 0444 Fax: +41 21 946 0445 In the Americas, contact:...
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