ESI Waveterminal 192M INDEX 1. Introduction to Waveterminal 192M _____________________________________ 4 2. Description of Waveterminal 192M _____________________________________ 6 1. Break out box_____________________________________________________ 6 2. PCI card _________________________________________________________ 6 3. Hardware Installation ________________________________________________ 8 1. System Requirement _______________________________________________ 8 2.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 4. Sonar/Cakewalk _________________________________________________ 36 5. Sound Forge _____________________________________________________ 37 6. Wave Lab _______________________________________________________ 38 7. Giga Studio (v. 2.20.42 or higher) ___________________________________ 39 8. Using Direct Wire ________________________________________________ 40 9.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 1. Introduction to Waveterminal 192M Thank you for choosing ESI Waveterminal 192M. The Waveterminal 192M is the Multi-media digital audio interface different from other conventional sound cards. You will be amazed at the various and powerful functions and features of Waveterminal 192M. Waveterminal 192M will satisfy beginners who have just become involved in digital audio to professional musicians produce music at the professional level with its various features and useful functions.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 4. Multimedia/5.1 channel surround device Waveterminal 192M delivers super high-quality sound from Windows multimedia tools with various additional features, which will be worth to replace the soundcard in your computer. Waveterminal 192M is capable of playing back MPEG, MP3, wav files, and playing DVD and Video CDs. As the Internet becomes more and more popular, multimedia contents on the web is also useful, such as Flash media and Internet Broadcast.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 2. Description of Waveterminal 192M Here are the short descriptions of Waveterminal 192M’s outlook. 1. Break out box 1) Two MIC Input ports – Two 1/4” TRS phone jack type MIC Input ports 2) 4 Line Inputs – 4 analog Line Input ports with Unbalanced TRS phone connector 3) 8 Line Outputs – 8 analog Line Output port with Unbalanced TRS phone connector 4) Two Headphone Outputs 2.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 1. 2. 3. 4. D-Sub connector: Connect Waveterminal 192M PCI card with the break out box. Digital Coaxial Output: Digital Output in Coaxial type. Digital Optical Output: Digital Output in Optical type. MI/ODI/O(sold separately) connector: This connector is for connecting optional MI/ODI/O add-on card. 5.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 3. Hardware Installation Waveterminal 192M require couple of installation: ‘PCI card installation’, ‘Driver installation’, and finally ‘Connection with external device’. The ‘PCI card installation’ step includes install the Waveterminal 192M PCI card into the PCI slot. ‘Driver installation’ is having the operating system in your computer recognize Waveterminal 192M and building the communication channel.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 2. Preparation for hardware installation Waveterminal 192M PCI card and other components in the computer can be easily damaged by electrical shock. You need to use an anti-static device that can discharge the static electricity of your body to avoid potential static damage to the cards. 1. Waveterminal 192M PCI card is placed into the anti static plastic pouch as it is packaged. Do not open the pouch before you install the card. 2.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 3. Installing Waveterminal 192M PCI card Please look for an empty PCI slot. If you do not know which one is an actual PCI slot, please, read the following; There are 3 kinds of slots in most of recent computers. The PCI slot is most common and is used for different types of devices from the soundcard to the modem. Usually, the PCI slot is the white-colored slot. The ISA slot is used in older computers and it is marked with a black slot.
ESI Waveterminal 192M Next, put the Waveterminal 192M PCI card into the slot and make sure it is placed in the slot correctly. The card will fit into your slot and then tighten the screw. Close the computer case.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 4. Waveterminal 192M Software Installation After completing the installation of hardware for Waveterminal 192M, you need to install its driver software to use it. The software installation is not too hard, even for computer beginners. Just follow the steps below and you will complete it without any hassel. The installation steps under Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and XP are a little bit different from each other. Below installation procedure is for the Windows XP.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 2. Choose ‘Search for the best driver in these locations’ and Specify the location of the driver. Insert the provided Driver CD into the CD-Rom drive and select ‘Include this location in the search’ and click ‘Browse’ to find the accurate location.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 3. On Windows 2000 and XP, there might be a message appeared that says “The software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP.” You can simply ignore it and just select ‘Continue Anyway’. Though, the message is appeared, the driver is completely tested and verified by manufacturer(ESI) and safe to use it. 4. First Waveterminal 192M driver will be installed.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 5. Windows will automatically install second driver. It’s same as above procedure.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 6. Windows will continuously install from Waveterminal 192M E-WDM Wave-2 to Wave-6. And finally Windows will recognize and install ‘Waveterminal 192M E-WDM Midi’. Even though, several devices will be recognized and installed, just follow above step 1 ~4. When your system keeps asking restart the computer, just ignore that and keep going to install. When all the drivers are installed and the system doesn’t ask driver install any more, restart the computer.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 7. After restart the windows, please confirm ‘M’ icon on the system tray.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 8. Checking your system. After rebooting, go to ‘My computer -> Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager’. Check the devices under ‘Sound, video and game controllers’. If they are installed correctly.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 5. MI/ODI/O add-on card (sold separately) Caution: MI/ODI/O add-on card is not included in Waveterminal 192M. It’s sold separately. The MI/ODI/O has one Coaxial Input/Output, one Optical digital Input and 16 channels MIDI Input/Output. The MI/ODI/O is designed to be used with the Waveterminal 192 series of audio cards as an add-on. It’s easy to install and does not require any additional power supply or drivers to install. No new IRQ set up involved.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 1. SPDIF Optical Input (24bit/96kHz) Caution: Although MI/ODI/O’s Tos-Link Optical I/O port can’t support 192kHz in specification, we got the reports shows possibility while we were testing. However, it heavily depends on system environment, It may have problem on over 100kHz sample rate. You have to use high quality Optical cable otherwise you may get loss of data or distortion. 2. External connector port This port is connecting for the exclusive external connection cable.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 3. Connector for Waveterminal 192M This port is for connecting MI/ODI/O add-on card to Waveterminal 192M.Using provided cable, connect MI/ODI/O and Waveterminal 192M. 4. 5. In, Out – MIDI In/Out display When MIDI signal flows through MI/ODI/O, This LED will be blinking. 6. PWR It is MI/ODI/O power LED(Indicator). When connect MI/ODI/O on your computer and turn on computer, this LED will lit.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 6. Waveterminal 192M Console If you complete the Waveterminal 192M hardware and driver installation, you need to learn about the Waveterminal 192M Console. This console is what you control your setup for the Waveterminal 192M. The Waveterminal 192M Console is built for easy to use. However, it could give a complicated look since there are many inputs and outputs. All input and output controls are the same. So, if you learn about one control, you can use the others easily.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 2. Config – Mouse Wheel Mouse Wheel will control the mouse wheel adjustment. When you use the mouse wheel to adjust the volume level, the adjustment step is set to ±1.5dB as default. You can configure the adjustment steps to your preference. - Step 1: When you move the mouse wheel one step, the fader will move by ±1.5dB. - Step 2: When you move the mouse wheel one step, the fader will move by ±3.0dB. - Step 4: When you move the mouse wheel one step, the fader will move by ±6.0dB.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 2. Clock Select this menu for choosing digital clock source of the Waveterminal 192M. - Internal: Selecting ‘Internal’ causes the Waveterminal 192M’s internal clock becomes master clock. When you use only one Waveterminal 192M or other device was set as slave, you have to choose this mode. - Digital: By selecting ‘Digital’ you will be using the incoming digital audio data from external device with audio data as the clock source.
ESI Waveterminal 192M * Jumper 1,2: If you have Mixer and you don’t need to listen OUT 3~8 signals through Output1,2, you can remove the jumper 1,2. You can choose two status depends on your situation. 5. Input 1,2 Monitor in During MIX button is selecting, Selecting this button makes that Analog Input 1,2 signals goes to Output 1,2 and also Headphone 1,2(stereo). You can monitor Input signal in real-time.
ESI Waveterminal 192M LINE When you select this button, 192M accepts LINE Input 1&2. MIC When you select this button, 192M accepts MIC Input 1. 6. Input 3,4 Monitor in During MIX button is selecting, Selecting this button makes that Analog Input 3,4 signals goes to Output 1,2 and also Headphone 1,2(stereo). You can monitor Input signal in real-time. * Regardless of MIX on/off, you can always monitor mixed signals from Headphone 2. It’s very useful in Studio’s control room.
ESI Waveterminal 192M Consumer (IEC 958 Type II) : WT192M’s digital in/out format is S/PDIF. 7. MIC1 & MIC2 level faders : You can change the input level of MIC by click and drag the fader(you can also adjust fader using Mouse wheel) and the number at the bottom shows you relative amount of level in dB. Each MIC fader has independent +12V phantom power On/Off switch. Caution: Please do not use software monitoring and hardware monitoring in simultaneously.
ESI Waveterminal 192M You can adjust level of MME supporting software in here. MME driver output levels sometimes lower than its actual output level. In this case, you should adjust level using this fader. The ‘%’ of bottom means volume level indication. ∗ Mute When you click the number on bottom of each fader, selected fader will be muted. And the number on bottom is changed to display ‘Mute’. 9.
ESI Waveterminal 192M game sound to DVD surround sound. It is very easy to set up the WT192M in the multimedia setup of the windows control panel. Also the WT192M can be used with digital audio software to perform hard disk recording. This chapter includes set up guide for some common software. Especially, WT192M uses the E-WDM driver that supports the audio dedicated drivers such as WDM, MME, ASIO, GSIF and Direct Sound. This chapter only contains the basic setup for some of the software.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 2. 5.1 channel for DVD Player application ( Ex. Power DVD ) WT192M can be used with 5.1 channel DVD software player to provide 5.1 channel analog surround sound. Since WT192M is built for professional audio, it will deliver optimal sound for your DVD player. You can configure WT192M easily to use it for surround sound. Go to ‘My computer-> Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Device Properties -> Audio tab.
ESI Waveterminal 192M * You must check “DMA” in your DVD-Rom drive settings. IF you don’t check DMA, you cannot attain a crisp picture. On the Power DVD main applet, click the right mouse button, and choose ‘Configuration.’ Select ‘6 Speaker Output’. Now you can enjoy DVD with 5.1 channel surround sound.
ESI Waveterminal 192M Caution: This is 5.1 channel surround sound route This order will be varied by your operating systems. Waveterminal 192 Output 1 2 3 4 Speaker Front Left Front Right Center Woofer 5 6 Surround Surround Left Right Caution. When you use 5.1 channel surround, you have to turn off ‘Input Monitor’ and ‘MIX’button.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 3. ASIO 2.0- Cubase, Logic, Nuendo -Cubase VST After launching Cubase, go to ‘System’ under ‘Audio’ menu. Select ‘ASIO 2.0 – Waveterminal 192M’ for the ASIO device and ‘Waveterminal 192M Clock’ for the Audio clock source.
ESI Waveterminal 192M -Nuendo or Cubase SX After launching Nuendo or Cubase SX, go to Device -> Device setup ->VST Multitrack. Select ‘ASIO 2.0 –Waveterminal 192M’ for the ASIO device and ‘Waveterminal 192M Clock’ for the Audio clock source.
ESI Waveterminal 192M -Logic After launching Logic, go to Preference -> Audio Drivers2. Check the ‘ASIO’ and select ‘ASIO 2.0 –Waveterminal 192M’. And go to ‘Synchronisation’ -> ‘MIDI’ and uncheck ‘Transmit MIDI Clock’ for better performance.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 4. Sonar/Cakewalk Before you using Sonar, you have to do several setting first. You have to set proper latency on the control panel of 192M. After launching sonar, Go to ‘Option’ -> Audio and select ‘Wave Profiler’ of ‘General’ tab. Unless Sonar can’t recognize buffer of 192M. In the case of Sonar: Like an above picture, select ‘Waveterminal 192M Multi-10ch 1~10’ for using WDM driver.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 5. Sound Forge In Sound Forge, select ‘Option’ from menu bar. Select ‘Preference…’ and ‘ Wave’. Choose ‘Waveterminal 192M 1,2(2ch)’ as Playback and Record device.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 6. Wave Lab In Wave Lab, Go to Option -> Preferences -> Audio Card. Choose ‘Waveterminal 192 1,2(2ch)’ as Playback and Record device.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 7. Giga Studio (v. 2.20.42 or higher) If you want to use Waveterminal 192M with Giga Studio, you have to use Giga Studio v.2.20.42 or higher. Caution: If you want to use Giga Studio in Windows 2000 or XP, you need to use Giga Studio v.2.5. Set as below picture.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 8. Using Direct Wire By clicking this menu on WT192M console, DirectWire window will be appeared. DirectWire is a unique feature of E-WDM driver that make possible to transfer digital audio data within different applications using same/different drivers. As you can see, MME, Multi-MME, ASIO and GSIF indicate driver names of WT192M. Along the vertical channel indicate number, output and input ports of each driver are showed.
ESI Waveterminal 192M EX1. Recording from Winamp to WaveLab EX2. Recording from Winamp to Sonar EX3.
ESI Waveterminal 192M EX4. Recording from Sonar to Cubase or Vice versa EX5. Recording from Power DVD 5.
ESI Waveterminal 192M EX6. Recording from Power DVD 5.1 to Cubase EX7.
ESI Waveterminal 192M EX8.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 9. Specifications 1. Analog Inputs 1) Type : 4 Channel analog inputs * 4 Unbalanced 1/4" TRS Phone Jack(Line in) * 2 Balanced 1/4" TRS Phone Jack(Mic in) : +4dBu UnBalanced, +4dBu Nominal, +17.5dBu Max (Gain +0dB) :10K Ohm 2) Level 3) Impedance 2. Analog Outputs 1) Type : 8 Channel analog line outputs * 8 Unbalanced 1/4" TRS Phone Jack : +4dBu UnBalanced, +4dBu Nominal, +17dBu Max (Gain +0dB) : Digital 0dB ~ -96dB with mute, 0.
ESI Waveterminal 192M 3) Frequency Response : 20 ~ 22.5KHz (@ fs=48kHz) 4) Sample Rate Supports : Up to 96KHz 5) Resolution : 24-Bit 6) Inter channel Gain Mis match : 0.5dB 7. D/A Converter 1) Type : High performance SIGMA-DELTA DAC 2) Dynamic Range (S/N): 104dB A-Weighted (Typical) 3) Frequency Response : 20 ~ 22.5KHz (@ fs=48kHz) 4) Sample Rate Supports : Up to 192KHz 5) Resolution : 24-Bit 6) Inter channel Gain Mismatch : 0.5dB 8.
