ESI 192M User Manual
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. Preparation for hardware installation ________________________________ 9
3. Installing Waveterminal 192M PCI card _____________________________ 10
4. Waveterminal 192M Software Installation_______________________________ 12
5. MI/ODI/O add-on card (sold separately) ________________________________ 19
6. W aveterminal 192M Console__________________________________________ 22
1. Pull Down Menu _________________________________________________ 22
2. Clock___________________________________________________________ 24
3. Sample Rate_____________________________________________________ 24
4. MIX Circuit _____________________________________________________ 24
5. Input 1,2________________________________________________________ 25
6. Input 3,4________________________________________________________ 26
7. MIC1 & MIC2 level faders_________________________________________ 27
8. MON –VOL –Monitor Volume faders________________________________ 27
9. HW VOL –Output Level meters and Adjust faders_____________________ 27
10. MME SW VOL – Additional Level Adjust faders in MME SW__________ 27
9. Setting in Applications_______________________________________________ 28
1. Windows Multimedia setup ________________________________________ 29
2. 5.1 channel for DVD Player application ______________________________ 30
3. ASIO 2.0- Cubase, Logic, Nuendo___________________________________ 33
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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. Specifications______________________________________________________ 45
* All features and specifications subject to change without notice.
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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.
1. Up to 192kHz sampling rate support
Waveterminal 192M is worlds leading 192kHz support digital recording devices. The
digital recording capability constantly progressed from 44.1kHz to 96kHz and even up
to 192kHz. Waveterminal 192M will prove their value in Multi-track Recording,
Mastering or DVD Audio application.
2. Perfect compatibility with E-WDM driver
Waveterminal 192M adopts the E-WDM (Enhanced Audio MIDI driver model),
providing superior data processing and compatibility. Until now, Windows native
drivers such as MME, Direct Sound and the WDM driver could not show satisfied
performance for serious music production scene. Furthermore, Steinberg’s ASIO driver
and TASCAM’s GSIF drivers were not supported fully. Waveterminal 192M employ the
E-WDM driver to provide the best solution for users in to take advantage under newer
Windows OS environment and concentrate on their work, not their system. The EWDM supports MME, ASIO, GSIF, and Direct X taking all the merits of these drivers.
One of its advantages is OS support that range from Windows 98SE and Windows ME
to Windows 2000 and XP, thus allowing the users to choose the OS of his or her
preference.
3. Professional Digital Recording Device
Waveterminal 192M can be used for the beginners to professionals of hard-disk
recording application. The E-WDM will work at its best in multi-track hard disk
recording. The Waveterminal 192M is fully compatible with multi-track recording
software such as Sonar/Cakewalk, Cubase, Logic and Nuendo; mastering software such
as Sound Forge and Wave Lab; software sampler like GigaStudio, EXS and Halion and
most of Virtual Instruments such as Reason, Reactor.
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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. Waveterminal 192M supports all of these features and, most importantly, 5.1
channel Dolby Surround format that will turn your computer system into a DVD AV
system better than expensive AV equipment for Hi-Fi users.
As the evolution of the computer system continues, digital audio is becoming more and
more common. With Waveterminal 192M, you can complete your Desk Top Music
Production System easily. Waveterminal 192M will be the center of your DTMP system
providing high quality sound, which is not less than the quality of a professional studio
and a guide to the world of digital audio music and multimedia.
5. DirectWire feature
Waveterminal 192M supports DirectWire function that is provided by E-WDM
supported products from ESI. This unique feature will simplify the hassles of wiring
externally for inter-driver/inter-application audio data transfer. Especially when you
use software synthesizers or virtual instrument, DirectWire will help you to simplify
your setup.
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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. PCI card
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1. D-Sub connector: Connect Waveterminal 192M PCI card with the break out box.
2. Digital Coaxial Output: Digital Output in Coaxial type.
3. Digital Optical Output: Digital Output in Optical type.
4. MI/ODI/O(sold separately) connector: This connector is for connecting optional
MI/ODI/O add-on card.
5. Jumper 1,2: If you have a Mixer and you don’t need to listen Out 3~8
signals through Output1,2, you can remove the jumper 1,2
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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. In the ‘Connection with external
device’ step, you will understand how to connect the Waveterminal 192M to other
devices such as MIC, Amp, mixer, and recording devices such as an MD or DAT player.
1. System Requirement
To take advantage of Waveterminal 192M and their full capacity, the computer
specifications are very important. Even though Waveterminal 192M is built to have lowCPU resource dependability, the computer needs to meet certain requirements in order
to get maximum performance. Waveterminal 192M is not just a simple soundcard, but
also a multimedia digital audio device with various functions. Therefore, the
performance of Waveterminal 192M 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 II 350 MHz CPU or equivalent AMD CPU
2. Mainboard with Intel or VIA chipsets
3. 128MB of RAM
4. One available PCI slot
5. Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP operating system
6. Ultra DMA 33 hard disk drive
Recommended System Requirement
1. Intel Pentium III CPU or equivalent AMD CPU
2. Motherboard with Intel series chipsets(BX,820,815 and so on) or VIA chipsets
3. More than 256MB of RAM
4. UDMA66/100 7200rpm hard disk drive
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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. 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 Waveterminal 192M. 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 Waveterminal 192M PCI card, please hold it on the
guide or edge of card. Do not grab the card by the board.
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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. 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 Waveterminal 192M.
If there is a guide blocking the empty slot, please remove the guide using the proper
screwdriver.
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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.
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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. However, Driver installation procedure is similar to other Windows
version.
* Caution: Depend on your operating system, you may need Wi ndows install CD.
You need to prepare Windows installation CD before the installation procedure begins.
* Caution: Because of the driver characteristic, Waveterminal 192M installs several
drivers and continuously try to reboot the system. Unless the driver installation is
completely finished until the system cannot detect driver anymore, DO NOT reboot the
system. After all the driver is installed, restart your computer.
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 select ‘Include this
location in the search’ and click ‘Browse’ to find the accurate location.
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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.
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5. Windows will automatically install second driver. It’s same as above procedure.
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