The AMON is suitable for providing high quality results at reasonable price. It features a small-size and a rugged aluminum case. And the AMON supports USB 2.0 high- speed. Other features include a microphone preamp, direct instrument Hi-Z input, MIDI I/O, and a headphone amplifier.
2. Description of AMON 2.1 Front Panel 1. Microphone / Left Line Input Gain Control - This knob adjusts the left side of the line input and microphone input gain. 2. Microphone Peak LED - This LED light when the input signal is within -6dB of analog clipping.
2.2 Rear Panel 1. USB 2.0 High-Speed Bus Powered - Use this connector to connect the AMON to your computer. 2. MIDI Input / Output - AMON provides 16 MIDI channels I/O. 3. 2 Line Inputs (RCA) - These inputs are RCA connections. These connectors are for analog stereo line inputs.
3. Connect provided USB cable (Plug type series B) to your AMON. 4. Find the USB port on your computer. 5. Plug the AMON’s USB cable (Plug type series A) into the USB port of your computer. 6. Connect the AMON to your equipment (mixer, monitoring system, microphone, instruments, etc.)
Also please make sure that you have installed a recent version of the chipset drivers and patches provided by your manufacturer for your motherboard. 2. The AMON CD-ROM currently does not include the driver software for Mac OS. Please check http://www.infra-sonic.com for driver updates and last minute issues regarding the AMON.
Then, click the “Install the driver.” 3. Follow the instructions on the screen. During installation, you may have to plug or unplug your AMON to the computer up to two times. 4. Restart your system as the software recommends. Once your computer is restarted, your AMON is ready to use.
4.2 The control panel Installation Install the AMON control panel on Windows® OS. Insert the provided CD-ROM in your CD or DVD disc drive and wait for the following menu to pop up. Click “Install Control Panel” to proceed with the control panel installation. And then follow the instructions on the screen.
5. Output mute: Select this button to mute signals of output channels. 6. Output level information: The output level is displayed in here. 7. Always on top: Enables the AMON Control Panel to always be on your desktop. 8. About: Check current driver information.
Please refer to the specific software’s manual for detailed information. 6.1 Cubase SX and Nuendo After launching Cubase SX, go to Device Device Setup VST Audiobay. Select ‘AMON ASIO driver’ for the ASIO device. Make sure you need to click Apply button after changing the settings. AMON User’s Manual...
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After changing the settings, go to Device Device Setup AMON ASIO driver. If you click the Control Panel button, ‘ASIO-USB Control Panel’ window will pop up. Click the ASIO tab. You can change system performance and application priority. Your system performance affects the latency of inputs and outputs.
After launhing SONAR, go to option Audio tab. 1. WDM/KS mode Change the settings as above in the input/output driver settings. The input and output drivers have to be matched to each other. Restart SONAR after the settings have changed. AMON User’s Manual...
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2. ASIO mode First, change the driver mode to ASIO on the advanced tab of the audio options as below, then restart SONAR. Secondly, change the settings as above on the input/output driver settings. AMON User’s Manual...
Demo versions of NATIVE INSTRUMENTS ABSYNTH 4, MASSIVE and TRAKTOR 3 are included on the AMON CD. These softwares are operated in stand-alone mode as well as a plug-in mode with audio and MIDI sequencers such as Cubase, Sonar, Logic.
-64dB ~ +0dB(0.5dB step size) Impedance Less than 30Ω HEADPHONE OUTPUT Output type Headphone amplifier Connector type 1/4" TRS(stereo) phone jack Load impedance range 32-300Ω (for the best performance) Output power 60mW @ THD<0.1% ; Vpp = 3.5V AMON User’s Manual...
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102dBA(0dB @ fs=48kHz) Dynamic range 102dBA - 95dB(1kHz, -1dBFS) Interchannel Isolation 90dB D/A Converter 108dBA(0dB @ fs=48kHz) Dynamic range 108dBA -97dB(1kHz, 0dBFS) Interchannel Isolation 100dB [INTERFACE] INTERFACE USB2.0 high speed format MIDI MIDI in and MIDI out ports (DIN-5pin) AMON User’s Manual...
END USER WARRANTY Trademarks INFRASONIC and AMON are registered trademark of SIMS Corp. Windows is a trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. Other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. End User Warranty SIMS Corp. warrants this product, under normal use, to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of One(1) year from date of purchase, so long as: the product is owned by the original purchaser, with proof of purchase from an authorized SIMS Corp.
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RAON Bldg, 9F, 92-8, Wonhyoro-2ga, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea www.infra-sonic.com www.simsaudio.com All features and specifications are subject to change without notice. Parts of this manual are continually being updated. Please check our web site www.infra-sonic.com occasionally for the most recent updated information. AMON User’s Manual...
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