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From opening the package to installation...........................................................6
Hardware installation..........................................................................................7
Analog outputs........................................................................................................14
Analog inputs..........................................................................................................15
Drivers................................................................................................................17
Analog Out 3/4 (Line / Headphone)........................................................................23
About......................................................................................................................25
Appendix A—Technical Data............................................................................26
you from any possible—albeit weak—electrical shocks, as well as
protect your speakers and your hearing from sudden peaks.
playback equipment.
may also cause a noise—please turn down the volume of your
playback system accordingly.
Welcome!
product representing the state of the art of studio technology—and we’re convinced this
to illustrate technical relationships based on practical examples from the studio
—the perfect internal Firewire Audio Expansion
UF400e audio expansion Board, too, leave nothing to be
the con guration of your computer. Also refer to the manual of your computer and UF
this manual. If you are still having problems, please call our service hotline, or seek help
Which operating system?
higher).
re still using the default Teletubbyland XP wallpaper, you can access these menu
pack is generally free of charge.
UF400e driver and Control Panel in your operating system.
you prefer a different location, please click “Change…”.
hardware and will open the driver installation dialog.
button.
your default Windows audio device, select the UF400e audio driver in the Control
As the UF400e is a professional audio interface, its levels can only be adjusted
using its included Control Panel. The Windows mixer is disabled to prevent it from
Which operating system?
As mentioned above, the UF400e uses the operating system’s CoreAudio and
your default Mac OS X audio device, select the UF400e audio driver in the “Sound”
rates (IEEE 1394a = 400 Mbps and IEEE 1394b = 800, 1600 and 3200 Mbps). (For
those of you who are sticklers for detail, IEEE stands for the US “Institute of Electrical
to interrupt any applications that may be accessing the UF400e to prevent possible data
process the new situation—after all, machines are only human :-)
According to the standard, in the 6-pin version the two extra pins are used to supply
—despite the requirements of the speci cation. So if you’d like to avoid any
unexpected failures of the UF400e, please use the D.C. or USB port on UF keyboard
to supply power—better safe than sorry. If your computer “only” has a 4-pin port,
you must use the D.C. or USB port. To connect the UF400e to your PC in this case,
please use the adapter (6-pin to 4-pin).
Audio Expansion Board
peripherals and HiFi devices. Following is a detailed overview of its technical and
UF keyboard when the key locates on KB. The signal comes from UF400e when the
key locates on 1394.
Analog outputs
Panel (Out L/R)
be plugged into the outputs, of course.
Panel (Out Phone 1/2)
Vrms. Here, you can connect a mixing Board, active speakers, or
As the UF400e can deliver an output of up to 2.0
Vrms in Line mode and even more in headphone mode, a very
high (loud) level will be available depending on the impedance of
your headphones. Take care of your ears, you only have one pair!
Analog inputs
In L/R
which are named “LINE IN L/R” and “MIC/GT IN”. The connections have been
realized as unbalanced stereo 1/4” jacks. Unbalanced mono sources can also be
plugged into the outputs, of course.
be disabled as long as guitar or microphone hooks up “MIC/GT IN”. In the mean
time UF400e receives the signal comes from “MIC/GT IN” only. It has to keep “
maximum level at 0.5 Vrms input level
maximum level at 1.3 Vrms input level
you are planning to “just” release your production on CD. The
range of the 24-bit converter. Always remember that a clean take
Use the digital interface of your UF400e Board to transfer music digitally from your
receive sample rates of up to 24-bit / 96 kHz. The recording driver is called “UF400e
Synchronization.
UF400e will automatically synchronize to it and the “Digital In” channel will be
ASIO applications such as Cubase SX often have an option to switch the
hardware from an internal to an external (sometimes also called S/PDIF) clock
AC3
DTS
can also be played back via the digital output. Select “NonAudio
the Digital Play path in the digital mixer so that the non-audio signals are not
keyboards, DAW controllers and other devices. The cables for MIDI connections are
well as other computers.
rates between 32 and 192 kHz. (Digital I/O up to 96 kHz)
UF400e (0) MC Out” for recording and playback. These are multichannel drivers
that support all six outputs (4 analog and 2 digital). The speci c routing options for
these drivers can be found in the UF400e Control Panel.
the extremely low audio recording and playback delay times, also known as latency.
Values signi cantly under 10 ms—and less than 4 ms on fast, cleanly-con gured
—as well as direct monitoring and multi-client mode (ASIO 2.0 or later).
programs under “ASIO for UF400e FireWire series”.
ASIO audio connections in WaveLab 5
program are called here “UF400e (0)” and lead directly to the outputs of the UF400e
DirectSound & WDM
play back audio data streams from multiple applications in parallel (multi-client, a “
Unlike MME drivers, WDM (Windows Driver Model) drivers are based on 32-bit
playback of multiple audio data streams with differing sample rates. The sample
required and their pitch is not affected.
An SR conversion/interpolation does always result in a certain loss of
possible audio quality is vital. For example, it’s best to only have the playback
to provide extremely fast access to audio hardware, bypassing the mixer for direct
hardware access. Thus the name “kernel streaming”—the kernel of the Microsoft
now of cially recognized by Microsoft. The deployed software (such as audio/MIDI
however. One of these programs, for example, is the “Sonar” recording software
produced by the Cakewalk company.
be selected as the default recording and playback device in “Control Panel ->Sound”
Note:
Unlike P CI B o a r d s, t h e UF 4 0 0 e sy s t e m ca n n o t
the latency typical for Windows or OS9.
panel between headphone and line levels.
problems. Nevertheless, the following section contains a number of explanations of the
A separate fader is available for each mono channel. The individual channels can be
joined using the switchable stereo link function. The “Mute” buttons can be used to
mute the individual channels. Use the “Analog In” button to select the levels “Guitar
the functions and the position of the control elements are as
returned.
maximum level at 0.5 Vrms input level
maximum level at 1.3 Vrms input level
to the output, bypassing the faders. As with the input, a separate fader is available
If you are working with common audio/MIDI sequencers,
you should also use this software for volume control. The
project (song, arrangement etc.).
Unlike PCI Boards, the UF400e cannot automatically
manually using the dropdown menu in the Control Panel to avoid
Analog Out 3/4 (Line / Headphone)
Use the two buttons at the lower right-hand side of the Control Panel to toggle the
headphone level, the volume can be adjusted not only in the Control Panel, but also
—much more conveniently—with the knob on the front panel of the housing. An
UF400e Control Panel). Use the slider to adjust the latency (i.e. the delay between
problems. “Without problems” means that you will not detect any dropouts during
brighten your screen with the Color Panel. This section contains a number of truly
useful settings that not only beautify your UF400e Control Panel, but which improve
the overview of its display:
A click on the Background, Text, Static Controls and Peakmeter buttons opens the
when you’re satis ed.
up by hand every time. Needless to say, you can count on us to make your life easier
with our extremely practical “Scenes” menu item. Simply save all of your control
And in case you ever don’t have a computer at hand ;-), you can also use the UF400e
About
your system for support requests.
your Control Panel, audio drivers, rmware version and operating system.
Appendix A—Technical Data
System requirements – PC
System requirements – MAC
System recommendations – PC
System recommendations – MAC
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