Audiotrak PRODIGY 192 User Manual

WARRANTY

EGO SYStems Inc. warrants the return policy to its original purchaser as follows; All EGO SYS products,
under normal use, will be free from faulty as long as the purchaser owns this product.
The terms of warranty is 15 months to EGO SYS distributors considering a 3-month temporary stock period
ahead of being sold to the end user. Therefore, the actual term of warranty is 12 months to the end user.
EGO SYS will, at its sole option, repair or replac e a product, which is found to be defective. This warranty
shall be null and void if, in the sole opinion of EGO SYS, a product failure is the result of misuse, abuse,
modification, or misapplication.
Except as expressly provided above, EGO SYS products are provided 'as is' without any kind of warranty. No
claim is made for merchantability or fitness for any purpose.
In no event will EGO SYS be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages arising out of
use of the product.
The purchaser must contact EGO SYS or its regional representative to receive prior approval before returning
a faulty unit. All such returns must be shipped to EGO SYS' headquarters in Seoul, Korea as being packaged
in the original or equivalent protective packaging material (Rack, PCI card, Power Cables, connection cables),
with freight prepaid and adequate insurance.
If the returned product is deemed to be defective, the repaired or replacement product will be back to you at
no extra charge via the carrier chosen by EGO SYS.

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Second Edition Jan. 2003

All features and specifications subject to change without notice.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction to Prodigy 192........................................................................................ 4

2. Hardware Installation .................................................................................................6

1. System Requirement............................................................................................... 6

2. Preparation for hardware installation .................................................................. 7

3. Installing Prodigy 192 PCI card ............................................................................8

3. Prodigy 192 Driver Software Installation................................................................. 10

4. Connection with external device............................................................................... 17

5. Prodigy 192 Control Panel........................................................................................ 20

1. Pull Down Menu.................................................................................................... 21

2. Clock....................................................................................................................... 22

3. Sample Rate........................................................................................................... 22

4. Analog In................................................................................................................ 22

5. Digital IN – Digital Input selector........................................................................ 23

6. Digital Type –Digital format selector................................................................... 24

7. MIC......................................................................................................................... 24

8. Ana. IN/ Dig. IN – Input Level meter.................................................................. 24

9. OUT/MME –Output Level Adjust fader.............................................................25

10. V irtual 5.1 channel support................................................................................ 25

11. DirectWIRE ......................................................................................................... 26

6. Setting in Applications............................................................................................... 27

1. Windows Multimedia setup.................................................................................. 28

2. Win DVD (included).............................................................................................. 29

3. Analog CD-Rom Output....................................................................................... 32

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4. Native Sound Processor – SpinAudio (Included)............................................... 33

1) Quick Start......................................................................................................... 35

2) Application window........................................................................................... 40

3) Audio Routing .................................................................................................... 43

4) Application Settings........................................................................................... 44

5. nTrack Studio Pro –FARSOFT (Included)......................................................... 47

6. Cubase.................................................................................................................... 49

7. Nuendo ................................................................................................................... 50

8. Logic....................................................................................................................... 51

9. Maven 3D pro – Emersys (Included)................................................................... 52

10. Sonar/Cakewalk .................................................................................................. 53

11. Sound Forge......................................................................................................... 55

12. Wave Lab ............................................................................................................. 56

Specification...................................................................................................................57

Note:
Ego systems Inc. appreciate to the cooperation and the participation of

SpinAudio, Farsoft, Emersys, Steinberg, Native Instruments, Sinus, Abyss, CSI,
Voxengo, Silverspike, PSP audioware and Supaphaser .

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1. Introduction to Prodigy 192

PRODIGY 192 is the premier audio upgrade for PC users with demanding audio needs.
PRODIGY 192 features a 24-bit 192 kHz coaxial output and a 24-bit 96 kHz optical
output, with pro quality 24-bit 96 kHz A/D converters and 24-bit 192 kHz D/A
converters for analog input and output at 104 dB dynamic range.
Multiple connection options include stereo analog line inputs, a Microphone preamp
input with +5V phantom power, an amplified headphone output, plus full-duplex
simultaneous record and playback capability. PRODIGY 192 delivers complete
compatibility with Dolby Digital and DTS surround formats, and when combined with
the included software DVD player, you've got a complete, true 5.1 and 7.1home theater
surround sound system.
PRODIGY 192 supports Advanced NSP (Native Sound Processing) technology that
takes advantage of E-WDM drivers and DirectWIRE. The E-WDM driver supports
PRODIGY 192 for perfect compatibility with Windows XP, 2000, ME and 98SE and
offers ultra-low latency performance with all popular music production applications
including Nuendo, Cubase, Cakewalk, Sonar, and Logic. PRODIGY 192 is the perfect
high-fidelity PC audio upgrade solution for gamers, DVD movie fans, music lovers, DJs,
and even professional musicians.

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Features

- Experience High-Fidelity Surround Sound up to 7.1(with Digital Output)

- Transfer Pure Audio to Digital Devices with Coaxial(192kHz) and Optical(96kHz)
Digital Outputs

- Simultaneous 2 In / 8 Out Sound Processing

- 24-bit, 6 Channel 192 kHz Playback and 96 kHz Recording

- Experience Stereo Audio Sources with Expanded 7.1 Channel Surround Sound

- *Emulate Multi-Channel Surround Sound with SRS TruSurround XT

with Enhanced Bass and Dialog

-Expand Audio V ersatility with Advanced NSP featuring E-WDM and
DirectWIRE

- Plug In with Analog Inputs(2) and Outputs(6)

- Independent Surround Sound Channel Volume Control

- Enjoy High-Fidelity with Integrated Headphone Amp and Microphone

- Pass Pure Audio Signals to Dolby Digital and DTS Decoders

- Support Windows Media 9 with 24-bit, 96kHz 6-Channel Audio

- Support Game Surround Sound APIs such as EAX 2.0 and A3D

* This feature are available with including WinDVD4 AUDIOTRAK version.

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2. Hardware Installation

The Prodigy 192 requires 3-steps of installation: ‘PCI card installation’, ‘Driver
installation’, and finally ‘Connection with external device’. The ‘PCI card installation’
step includes install the Prodigy 192 card into the PCI slot. ‘Driver installation’ is
having the operating system in your computer recognize the Prodigy 192 and building
the communication channel. In the ‘Connection with external device’ step, you will
understand how to connect the Prodigy 192 to other devices such as MIC, Amp, mixer,
and recording devices such as an MD or DAT player.

1. System Requirement

To take advantages of the Prodigy 192 and its full capacity, the computer specifications
are very important. Even though the Prodigy 192 is built to have low-CPU resource
dependability, the computer needs to meet certain requirements in order to get
maximum performance. The Prodigy 192 is not just a simple soundcard, but a
multimedia digital audio device with various functions. Therefore, the performances of
the Prodigy would be affected by the computer specs that are required to process the
vast amount of digital data. A faster CPU, faster hard disk, and larger amounts of RAM
are generally recommended.

Minimum System Requirement

1. Intel Pentium III CPU or equivalent AMD CPU

2. Mainboard with Intel/VIA

3. 128MB of RAM

4. One available PCI slot

5. Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP operating system

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2. Preparation for hardware installation

The Prodigy 192 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. The Prodigy 192 card is placed into the anti static plastic pouch as it is packaged.

Do not open the pouch before you install the card.

2. Turn off the computer power and remove the power cable from your computer

power supply.

3. Remove the computer cover. Make sure that you have an available PCI slot in

your motherboard to install the Prodigy 192. Please, refer to your computer
user’s manual to remove the cover.

4. To avoid possible static shock to the computer parts, discharge it by touching

the computer case or something grounded. We recommend you to use an anti­static device such as an anti-static wrist band.

5. When you need to hold the Prodigy 192 card, please hold it on the guide or he

edge of card. Do not grab the card by the board.

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3. Installing Prodigy 192 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. The AGP slot is only for the video card and is the most recent
type of slot. It is marked with a brown slot and is located close to the CPU. It will be not
too hard to find the PCI slot for the Prodigy 192. If there is a guide blocking the empty
slot, please remove the guide using the proper screwdriver.

Next, put the Prodigy 192 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.

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Close the computer case.

Caution;

Before the closing the computer case, connect CD-Rom drive and Prodigy 192.
Connect the Prodigy 192’s 2 pin CD-Rom connector to Digital out of your CD-Rom
drive as below picture.

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3. Prodigy 192 Driver Software Installation

After completing the installation of hardware for the Prodigy 192, 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.
However, Driver installation procedure is similar to other Windows version.

* Caution: Depend on your operating system, you may need Windows install CD.
You need to prepare Windows installation CD before the installation procedure begins.

1 Turn your computer’s main power on. Windows will automatically detect a new

device has been installed and “Found New Hardware Wizard” will appear.
Choose Install from a list or specific location and click next.

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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 find ‘Prodigy driver
folder’. Copy this folder on your computer and select ‘Include this location in the
search’ and click ‘Browse’ to find the accurate location.

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3. First Prodigy driver will be installed.

4. Windows will automatically install second driver. It’s same as above procedure.

And also Windows will continuously install from Prodigy 192 Wave2 to Wave5.
And finally Windows will recognize and install ‘Prodigy192 EWDM Midi’.
Even though, several devices will be recognized and installed, just follow above step 1
~3. When your system keeps asking restarts 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.

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5. After restart the windows, please confirm ‘Prodigy’ icon on the system tray.

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6. Restart your computer.

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.

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4. Connection with external device

Basically, Prodigy 192 is a digital audio interface with analog 2 channel (stereo) input,
1 Mic channel(mono) input, analog 6 channel output and Digital SPDIF Optical output
and Digital SPDIF Coaxial Output.
Also with optional MI/ODI/O add-on card, you can add SPDIF Optical Input, SPDIF
Coaxial In/Out and 1 In/1 Out MIDI interface.

Caution: Since the Prodigy was made for Multimedia users, Inputs and Outputs of
the Prodigy 192 composed of 1/8 inch mini phone plug instead of 1/4 inch plug.

Caution: You cannot use MIC input and Line input at the same time.

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1. MIC IN (pink)

Connect to an external microphone for voice input. You cannot use this MIC input
and below Line input at the same time.

2. LINE IN (blue)

This is analog stereo Line input.
Connects to an external device (such as a Cassette, DAT, or Mini Disc player).

You cannot use MIC input and this Line input at the same time.

3 & 4. Analog Outputs 1,2 (Green) and 3,4(black)

These are stereo Analog Outputs 1,2 and 3,4. Analog 1,2 send out the signal indicated as
‘1-Prodigy 192 2ch’ on application’s device set up. Analog 3,4 send out the signal
indicated as ‘2-Prodigy 192 2ch’ on application’s device set up.
When you use Software DVD player, Analog Output 1,2 will be Front Left, Right.
Analog Output 3,4 will be Rear Left, Right.

5. Analog Outputs 5,6(yellow)

Stereo Analog Outputs 5,6 send out the signal indicated as ‘3-Prodigy 192 2ch’ on
application’s device set up. When y ou use Software DVD player, It will be Center and
Woofer.

This output port is also used as headphone connector. Prodigy 192 provides high
quality headphone amp.
* In Winamp or Media Player, If you want to use virtual 5.1 channel, choose
“Clone 4way from Out 1-2” on Config Option of Prodigy Console.

6.7. Optical & Coaxial Out/AC3 (Dolby digital)

These ports can transfer Prodigy’s audio data without loss, directly to a DAT, MD, CD­recorder, which support digital connection.
This port sends out the signal indicated as ‘4-SPDIF-AC3’ on application’s device set
up, and also sends out AC3 encoded Dolby Digital signal.
When you playback DVD title on a software DVD player, you can easily make surround
sound environment using the port and AV receiver with decoder.
In this case, software DVD player and DVD title must support AC3 digital thru function

Caution: When connecting the optical cable, never point the optical connector directly into
your eyes, as the light can cause eye damage.

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