High Quality 8-in / 8-out PCIe Audio Interface User’s Guide
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ESI ESP1010e INDEX 1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 4 2. Description of ESP1010e ............................................................................................................. 4 2.1 PCIe card.............................................................................................................................................................. 4 2.2 Breakout Box – Front......
ESI ESP1010e 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the ESI ESP1010e, the perfect audio gear for multi channel recording applications in your home studio and for home entertainment. The hardware integrates the latest interface standard for extremely fast and reliable data transfer, more reliable and stable than comparable FireWire or USB 2.0 interface solutions. ESP1010e is equipped with 24-bit converters on up to 8 analog inputs, up to 8 analog outputs.
ESI ESP1010e 2.2 Breakout Box – Front The front panel provides the following connectors from left to right: Microphone Input Channel 1/2 and Channel 3/4: 2 microphone inputs with XLR input for dynamic and condenser microphones. When the first microphone input is in use, its input signal will be recorded via input channel 1 and 2. When the second microphone input is in use, its input signal will be recorded via input channel 3 and 4.
ESI ESP1010e 2.4 Minimum System Requirements - Intel Pentium 4 1.0 GHz CPU or equivalent and compatible AMD CPU - 512 MB RAM - Direct X 8.1 or higher - one available PCIe x1, x4 or PCIe x16 slot - DVD-ROM drive (for Cubase LE 4 installation) - internet connection (for Cubase LE 4 activation) - recent version of Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 or higher) or Windows Vista (32-bit & 64-bit) - the latest chipset and mainboard utility drivers for your system must be installed 3. Hardware Installation 3.
ESI ESP1010e When holding the ESP1010e card, touch only the guide or the edge of card. Do not grab the card by the board or connector. 3.2 PCIe Card Installation Find an empty PCIe slot on the motherboard. If you are unsure, please check the manual of your mainboard or computer to identify the PCIe slot, or consult a computer specialist. There are different types of PCIe slot, ESP1010e will work in shorter PCIe x1 and in longer PCIe x4 and PCIe x16 slots, however not in old standard PCI slots.
ESI ESP1010e The ESP1010e PCIe card installed in a PCIe x1 slot, next to two standard PCI slots Once finished, close the computer case. Now use the supplied EDI II cable to connect the ESP1010e 19" rack with the card. Connecting the EDI II cable to the ESP1010e PCIe card Make sure the other end of the cable is properly connected to the EDI II connector on the 19" rack.
ESI ESP1010e 4. Driver Software Installation Before installing the drivers of ESP1010e, we recommend to check on the download section of www.esi-audio.com for updated drivers. 4.1 Windows XP Turn on your computer. Windows will automatically detect a new device installation and the Found New Hardware Wizard window will appear as seen on the following picture on the left. Select No, not this time and click Next.
ESI ESP1010e Windows will now prompt you to confirm the Windows Logo testing in the Hardware Installation dialog with Continue Anway before the driver installation proceeds. After some time, the installation of the ESI ESP1010e Controller device will be completed and you need to click Finish. Once this is done, the Found New Hardware Wizard will automatically appear again. Please follow the exact steps one more time, to install a second ESI ESP1010e Controller device.
ESI ESP1010e If the following window on the left will appears, click on Browse my computer for driver software (advanced) in order to show Windows where the driver files are located. The dialog on the right will appear. Via Browse, you can select the folder that contains the driver data. If you install from the original CD, select your CD-/DVD-drive and the \Windows folder. Otherwise select the folder that contains the unzipped driver data from our website. Once done, click Next.
ESI ESP1010e a while), the installation of the ESI ESP1010e Controller driver will be completed and you need to click Close. To confirm the completion of the installation, please check if the ESI icon is displayed in the taskbar notification area as shown below. If yes, the driver installation has been completed successfully. 5. ESP1010e Control Panel This chapter describes the ESP1010e Control Panel. To open the panel double click on the ESI icon in the task notification area.
ESI ESP1010e Config – Factory Default: resets the control panel to default settings. Config - Always On Top: this enables to place the control panel on top of every open window, which makes it easy to work with ESP1010e and other audio applications simultaneously. Config – Link: links the L-R faders for stereo operation. Unselect the entry, if you need to control the levels of left and right channels independently. DirectWIRE: opens the DirectWIRE dialog, described in section 5.5 of this manual.
ESI ESP1010e phantom power. Note that +48V should be enabled only after a condenser microphone has been connected. Input Selection for Channel 5/6: Line/Hi-Z Instrument selection: by default, input channel 5/6 is processing the stereo line input signal coming in from line inputs 5 and 6 (when LINE is selected) from the back panel of ESP1010e.
ESI ESP1010e 5.5 DirectWIRE What is DirectWIRE? DirectWIRE is a driver technology, developed by ESI, which can be used for routing audio streams internally within applications using EWDM 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 when they are running at the same time.
ESI ESP1010e DirectWIRE Examples Example 1. Recording from WinAmp (MME) to WaveLab (MME). If you want to record what's played back in WinAmp, but don't want to hear the sound, you should click the OUT button in the MME section so it'll change to OFF. Example 2. Recording from WinAmp (MME) to Example 3. Recording from WinAmp (MME) to Cubase, Logic, Nuendo (ASIO). SONAR (WDM). Example 4. Recording from GigaStudio (GSIF) to SONAR (WDM). 16 Example 5. Recording from GigaStudio (GSIF) to Cubase (ASIO).
ESI ESP1010e 6. Audio Applications This chapter contains basic configuration examples for some software applications. Please also refer to the manual of the audio software you use for detailed information. 6.1 Windows Multimedia Setup The Windows multimedia setup is required if you want to use your ESP1010e as the main sound device for Windows multimedia applications. Go to My computer-> Control panel -> Sounds and Audio Device Properties -> Audio.
ESI ESP1010e After that you can start using Cubase LE 4 by opening an existing project or creating a new project. The input and output busses you have created can be assigned to the individual tracks of your project. 7. General Information Trademarks ESI, and ESP1010e are trademarks of EGOSYS, Inc. and ESI Audiotechnik GmbH. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
