ESP1010 First Edition Oct, 2004 Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Introduction What’s in the Box Key Features System Requirements Exterior Features 2 2 3 4 5 1. Rack 5 2. PCI Card 7 3. I/O Cable 8 6. Hardware Installation 9 1. Preparation for hardware installation 9 2. Installing the ESP1010 PCI card 10 7. Software Installation 8. ESP1010 Panel 11 16 1. File 16 2. Config 17 3. DirectWIRE 3.0 17 4. Control Panel 17 5. Mixer Panel 20 6. About 20 9. Configuring ESP 1010 21 1.
ESP1010 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the ESI ESP1010 – a unique PCI multimedia digital audio card with a full size rack-mount interface. ESP1010 has been designed to provide many powerful functions that will satisfy both beginners and professionals looking for high quality digital audio solutions. Even if you are an experienced professional, please take some time to read through this user manual and familiarize yourself with the ESP1010’s features and operation.
ESP1010 3. Key Features 1. Extremely High Quality ADC and DAC ESP1010 supports up to 96kHz sampling rate for digital recording (ADC) and a full 24Bit / 96kHz resolution DAC. Full duplex operation is available simultaneously for all 10 inputs and 10 outputs. The ESP1010 will prove its value in multitrack recording, mastering or DVD Audio applications. 2. Professional digital recording device ESP1010 is a professional digital recording device for hard disk recording applications.
ESP1010 4. System Requirements ESP1010 is a multimedia digital audio device with many functions, not just a simple soundcard. Although ESP1010 has low CPU dependability, to take full advantage of ESP1010, your computer needs to meet the minimum system requirements. A faster CPU, a faster hard disk, and a higher amount of RAM are generally recommended. Minimum System Requirements 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Intel Pentium III CPU or equivalent AMD CPU or compatible Motherboard with Intel chipsets (BX, i8xx, ..
ESP1010 5. Exterior Features 1. Rack - Front Part 1) MIC. +48V ①(In1~2) –XLR MIC input 1 ~2 ports ②(+48V) – Phantom power switch WARNING: To use the +48V Phantom power supply, you need to connect an optional external power supply to the ESP1010 rack. WARNING: To prevent loud clicking via your monitor speakers, do not connect your microphone while Phantom power is turned on.
ESP1010 NOTE: Input 1/2 can be used either via the XLR or 1/4” input connectors, however they cannot be used simultaneously. 3) Analog Outputs 7~8 (Headphone outputs) – Two 1/4” TRS phone jack type headphone connectors for output 7 / 8. - Rear Part 1) MIDI (IN2, OUT2) – The input and output connectors for MIDI port 2. 2) Analog Inputs (5~8) – Line input ports with 1/4" connectors. 3) Analog Outputs (1~8) – Eight analog line output ports with unbalanced TS 1/4” connectors.
ESP1010 4) D-SUB – Connect to 44pin D_SUB cable (Do not use any cable except the original cable by ESI). 5) External Power – DC9~15V 300mA. You must connect an external DC adaptor if using +48V Phantom power. Please always check the polarity. NOTE: To prevent input over voltage Do not use the other type adaptor except DC 9~15V 300mA. 2.
ESP1010 1) D-Sub Connector – Connects ESP1010 PCI card with the Rack 2) Cable Connector – Connects with included MIDI I/O and coaxial digital I/O cable 3) Digital Optical Output – Digital output via optical connector 3.
ESP1010 6. Hardware Installation ESP1010 requires multiple installation steps: · PCI card installation, rack connection · Driver installation After the hardware installation is finished, you can start connecting external devices such as microphones, amplifiers, a mixer, MD- or DAT-players, etc. to the unit. 1. Preparation for hardware installation The ESP1010 PCI card and other components in the computer could easily be damaged by electrical shocks.
ESP1010 2. Installing ESP1010 PCI card 1) Look for an empty PCI slot. If you do not know which one is a PCI slot, please read the following: 2) The PCI slot is the most common and is used for a wide range of devices from the soundcard to the modem. Usually, the PCI slot is the white-colored slot. It should not be too hard to find the PCI slot for ESP1010. 3) If there is a guide blocking the empty slot, please remove the guide using a proper screwdriver.
ESP1010 7. Software Installation After completing the hardware installation, you need to install the Windows driver. The installation steps in Windows 2000 and Windows XP vary, but they are similar between the different versions of Windows. The installation steps shown below are based on Windows XP installation. Note: Depending on your system, you may need the Windows installation CD. 1. Turn on your computer.
ESP1010 3. During installation, you will be prompted with a message warning that the driver software has not passed Windows Logo testing. Select Continue Anyway and proceed with the installation. The driver is completely tested and verified by ESI, and safe to use. 4. When you see the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen, click Finish to complete the installation. 5. Windows will automatically continue to install the 1010 Wave -1 driver in a similar way.
ESP1010 6. If asked again, choose “Search for the best driver in these locations” and specify the location of the driver. Select “Include this location in the search” and click Browse button to find the driver’s location. For example, it is D:\ESI\esp1010\, if D:\ is your CD-Rom drive. 7. During installation, you will again be prompted with the Windows Digital Signature warning screen. Once again, select Continue Anyway and proceed with the installation. 8.
ESP1010 9. After you complete both driver installations, you should restart your computer. 10. After restarting Windows, you will see the ESP1010 panel icon in your system tray (lower right corner of your desktop). Click on the icon to open the ESP1010 panel. 11. Go to Device Manager, check the devices under ‘Sound, video and game controllers’. You will see the 1010 Controller and 1010 Wave -1 if you have completed the installation process correctly. Your ESP1010 is ready to use.
ESP1010 12. Go to Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Device Properties → Audio tab. You can choose each stereo device or multi device for your propose on Sound playback or Sound recording as default device (e.g. used to playback the Windows system sounds). And also you can choose the defailt MIDI port. NOTE: You can see 2 MIDI devices on MIDI Music Playback item of Sounds and Audio devices properties. “1-1010 MIDI 1” device is for I/O cable which connected PCI card.
ESP1010 8. ESP1010 Panel The ESP1010’s driver software provides a simple yet powerful interface with your computer. The panel gives you a multi-channel software mixer for ten playback channels from your audio software and the input channels from the hardware inputs. The ESP1010 panel is installed in your system when you complete the driver installation. To open the panel, double click the in the system tray.
ESP1010 2. Config 1) Mouse Wheel: Configures the mouse wheel for volume change adjustment. Default value is ±1.5dB per step. You can configure the steps to your preference. Configuration Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Change/Step ±1.5dB ±3.0dB ±6.0dB ±12.0dB 2) Latency: Configures the latency setting for ESP1010. Generally, for multi-track recording we recommend higher latency for stability. For software synthesizers, we recommend lower latency.
ESP1010 You can control gain from -60dB to +15dB (0.5dB per step) on input ch 1/2. Input 1/2 allows you enable +12V phantom power when using a micrpphone. To use it, you must change the input level to “M” (microphone) from “L” (line input). After selecting “M”, you can select “12” (12V) on each channel for phantom power. Note: if your microphone requires 48V phantom power, you can enable that on the hardware when an optional external power supply is connected to the ESP1010 rack.
ESP1010 H·P: The signal from channel 1/2 can be sent to the headphone outputs. MIX OUT: Send out the mixer signal to output 1/2 and/or the S/PDIF output. Please refer to section 5 on page 20, for more information on the Mixer Panel. You can send the mix to the headphones as well, when H P is enabled. S/PDIF PRO/CON: ESP1010 can transmit digital information in either of two formats, Pro (professional / IEC60958 Type I) and Con (consumer / IEC60958 Type II).
ESP1010 ESP1010. INT: Sets the ESP1010’s internal clock as the master clock. This is the recommended default setting. EXT: When ESP1010 receives digital data from an external digital device through S/PDIF coaxial digital input, the ‘LOCKED’ indicator will tell you that ESP1010 is receiving the data. You can then select EXT to use the incoming digital audio data as the clock source. The external device becomes the master and ESP1010 becomes the slave. 5.
ESP1010 9. Configuring ESP1010 ESP1010 is a premium multimedia audio device for professional audio. It is simple to configure ESP1010 for use in games to DVD surround sound. You can also configure ESP1010 for hard disk recording using professional digital audio software. This chapter includes the setup guide for some common applications. ESP1010 supports applications that use WDM, MME, ASIO, GSIF and Direct Sound. NOTE: Only the basic setup options for the applications are shown in this chapter.
ESP1010 Some applications like PowerDVD 5.0 supports 8 channel surround speaker outputs as shown below. However, most of DVD titles only have 5.1 surround sounds. You can enjoy Dolby Digital DVD with just 6 speaker setting. 3. ASIO 2.0 Applications 1) Live ESI After launching Live ESI (included), go to Options → Preferences → Audio. Select “ASIO 2.0 – ESI1010” as ASIO device.
ESP1010 2) Nuendo or Cubase SX / SL / SE After launching Nuendo or Cubase, go to Device → Device Setup → VST Multitrack. Select “ASIO 2.0 – ESI1010” as ASIO device and “ESI1010 Clock” as Audio clock source. 3) Logic After launching Logic, go to Options>Preference > Audio Driver 2 and check “ASIO”. Select “ASIO 2.0 – ESI 1010” as ASIO device.
ESP1010 4. Sonar Sonar either supports ASIO (recommend, from Sonar 2.2 and newer) or WDM/KS. You can select the driver type under Options → Audio Options→ Advanced. If you use ASIO, select “ASIO 2.0 – ESI 1010” as ASIO device. If you use WDM/KS, you can select the MME devices “1-1010 1/2 ~ 7/8ch” or the “Multi-10 ch” WDM device. 5. WaveLab 4.0 After launching WaveLab, go to Options → Preferences → Audio Card. Choose one of “MME-WDM 1-1010 “1/2ch ~ 7/8ch as Playback and Record device.
ESP1010 10. DirectWIRE 3.0 1. What is DirectWIRE? DirectWIRE is a 100% purely digital wire! DirectWIRE is a driver technology, developed by ESI, which can be used for routing audio streams internally within applications using E-WDM Audio MIDI drivers, exclusively developed by ESI. With the DirectWIRE router, an application can record from other application’s audio outputs without external wiring or any loss of data while they are running at the same time.
ESP1010 INPUT column is a new feature of DirectWIRE 3.0. It's used to route signals from the card's hardware inputs. With ESP1010, from INPUT 1 to 8 are identical to the each left and right channels of the analog input signal. And INPUT 9 and 10 are the left and right channels of the digital input. MME column represents general application's I/O: Ex.) WinAmp, WaveLab (non ASIO mode), Cakewalk, Audition, Vegas, etc. WDM column represents Multi-MME application’s I/O: Ex.
ESP1010 3) Recording from WinAmp(MME) to Cubase, Logic, Nuendo(ASIO) 4) Recording from GigaStudio(GSIF) to SONAR(WDM) 5) Recording from GigaStudio(GSIF) to Cubase(ASIO) - 27 -
ESP1010 6) Let's say you want to quickly dub some vocal over an audio track. It's very simple with DirectWIRE 3.0. You just have to make connections similar to these.
ESP1010 11. Specifications 1. Analog Inputs 1) Connector Type: 1/4" female TRS-type, balanced or unbalanced (ch 1~8) 2) Peak level: 0dBFS @ +6.5dBV (-10dBV nominal) 3) Impedance: 10k ohms minimum 4) Att. & Gain Control: -60dB ~ +15dB (0.5dB step size) *ch1, 2ch only 2. Analog Ouputs 1) Connector Type: 1/4" female TS-type, unbalanced (ch 1~8) 2) Peak level: +6.2dBV @ 0dBFS (-10dBV nominal) 3) Impedance: 100 ohms 4) Attenuation Control: -60dB ~ 0dB (0.5dB step size) 3.
ESP1010 4. D/A Converter 1) Signal to Noise Ratio: 112dB (A-weighted) @ fs=44.1kHz 2) Dynamic Range (S/N): 112dB (60dBFS with A-weighted) @ fs=44.1kHz 3) THD+N: -94dB @ fs=44.1kHz 4) Interchannel Isolation: -100dB 5) Resolution: 24-Bit / 96kHz 5. Digital Input 1) Connector Type: RCA (provided via I/O cable) 2) Format: IEC-60958 Consumer (S/PDIF coaxial) 3) Sampling Rate: 44.1,48,88.2,96kHz 4) Resolution: 24-Bit 6.
ESP1010 12. Warranty Trademarks ESI and ESP1010 are trademarks of Ego Systems Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. End User Warranty Ego Systems, Inc.
ESP1010 The FCC and CE Regulation Warning This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions : (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
