ESI PHONORAMA User Manual

USB Phono Preamp for

professional vinyl & tape transfers

User’s Guide

Revision 1, October 2011

www.esi-audio.com

ESI PHONORAMA

INDEX

1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................4

2. Description of PHONORAMA ...................................................................................................4

2.1 Front Panel...........................................................................................................................................................4

2.2 Rear Panel............................................................................................................................................................4

2.3 Minimum System Requirements..........................................................................................................................5

3. Installation....................................................................................................................................5

3.1 Windows XP........................................................................................................................................................5

3.2 Windows Vista / 7................................................................................................................................................7

3.3 Mac OS X ............................................................................................................................................................8

4. PHONORAMA Control Panel.................................................................................................... 8

5. Audio Applications.......................................................................................................................9

5.1 Windows Multimedia setup............................................................................................................................... 10

5.2 Latency setting and ASIO applications under Windows....................................................................................10

6. BIAS SoundSaver Express........................................................................................................10

6.1 Installation under Windows...............................................................................................................................10

6.2 Installation under Mac OS X .............................................................................................................................12

6.3 Authorization.....................................................................................................................................................13

6.4 Audio Setup .......................................................................................................................................................15

7. Technical Specifications ............................................................................................................ 15

8. General Information..................................................................................................................16

ESI PHONORAMA

1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing the ESI PHONORAMA. The stylish USB audio adapter allows you to record, transfer and edit your record and tape

collection. Simply connect your turntable to the adjustable phono input and hook it up with a ground connection wire, and then start recording.

The powerful audio restoration software BIAS SoundSaver Express for Mac and PC is included. It allows you to easily record your audio collection with unparalleled results. Record signals, clean them and then export them to iTunes, save them as uncompressed WAV files or export them as MP3. Archiving your LPs and tapes has never been easier. This package delivers pro-quality results at an affordable price.

PHONORAMA easily connects to your tape deck or CD player (Line In) and to your turntable with either moving coil (MC) or moving magnet (MM) systems. It also easily connects to any modern PC or Mac computer system.

2. Description of PHONORAMA

2.1 Front Panel

The front panel of PHONORAMA contains the following items from left to right:

- right (R) and left (L) channel of the phono & line in; connect this to the output of your tape deck

or turntable

- ground connection; use this connection screw to fix the ground lead of your turntable

- mini USB connector; use this connector to connect PHONORAMA to your PC or Mac using the

supplied USB cable

2.2 Rear Panel

ESI PHONORAMA

The rear panel of PHONORAMA contains the following items from left to right:

- headphone; use this output to connect PHONORAMA to a pair of stereo headphones

- power LED; this LED will show the operation status of PHONORAMA

- left (L) and right (R) peak LED to show when the input signal of the phono & line input reaches

0dB input level

- line level output; use this output to connect PHONORAMA to your amplifier or active monitors

a using a 1/4" TRS stereo cable

2.3 Minimum System Requirements

- Intel CPU (P4 or greater) or compatible AMD CPU with SSE instructions

- (min. 1.5 GHz processor recommended)

- Windows 7/Vista/XP (SP3)

- 2 GB RAM for Windows 7 / Vista or 1 GB RAM for Windows XP

- 55 MB available disk space

- hard drive with 8ms (or faster) access time

- 10MB/minute available disk space for recordings

- QuickTime 7 or greater

Mac

- G5 oder Intel Mac (mind. 1 GHz Prozessor empfohlen)

- Mac OS X 10.5 oder neuer

- 25 MB available disk space

- hard drive with 8ms (or faster) access time

- 10MB/minute available disk space for recordings

- QuickTime 7 or greater

3. Installation

Before installing the drivers of PHONORAMA, we recommend to check on the download section of www.esi-audio.com for updated drivers.

3.1 Windows XP

Disconnect PHONORAMA before you install the driver if it has been connected already. Then launch setup.exe from the Windows folder of the included Installation CD or from a download of a recent driver from our website.

You will now see a dialog as shown on the left picture below. Click Next. You can define the target directory for the installation now. Confirm it with Next.

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