Steinberger Nuendo 9652 User's Manual
Nuendo 96/52
Operation Manual
Handbuch
Mode d’emploi
NUENDO 96/52
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. Brief Description and Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5. Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.1 Digital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.2 Digital Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.3 Transfer Modes: Resolution / Bits per Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6. Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7. Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.1 Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7.2 Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7.3 Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8. Operation and Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
8.1 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8.2 Windows MME Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8.3 Windows MME Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
9. Configuring the Nuendo 96/52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9.1 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
9.2 Clock Modes – Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
10. Word Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
10.1 Technical Description and Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
10.2 Cables and Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
10.3 General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
11. Using more than one Nuendo 96/52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
12. Special Characteristics of the S/P-DIF Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
13. Operation under ASIO 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
13.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
13.2 Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.3 Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
13.4 Known Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
14. Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
15. Software and Hardware Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
16. Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
17. Installation problems with older PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
18. Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
19. Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
20. Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
20.1 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
20.2 Pin assignment of the cable adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
20.3 ADAT Track Routing, ASIO at 96 kHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
20.4 ADAT Track Routing, MME at 96 kHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
NUENDO
I
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Einleitung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
2. Lieferumfang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
3. Systemvoraussetzungen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4. Kurzbeschreibung und Eigenschaften . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5. Technische Merkmale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5.1 Digitaler Teil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
5.2 Digitale Anschlüsse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
5.3 Transfer Modi: Auflösung / Bits pro Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6. Einbau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
7. Installation der Treiber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7.1 Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7.2 Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7.3 Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
8. Inbetriebnahme und Bedienung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8.1 Anschlüsse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.2 Wiedergabe Windows MME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.3 Aufnahme Windows MME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
9. Konfiguration der Nuendo 96/52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
9.1 Allgemeines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
9.2 Clock Modi – Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
10. Word Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
10.1 Einsatz und Technik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
10.2 Verkabelung und Abschlusswiderstände . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
10.3 Betrieb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
11. Betrieb mehrerer Nuendo 96/52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
12. Besonderheiten des S/P-DIF Ausganges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
13. Audiobetrieb unter ASIO 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
13.1 Allgemeines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
13.2 Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
13.3 Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
13.4 Bekannte Probleme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
14. Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
15. Soft- und Hardware Kompatibilität . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
16. Probleme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
17. Installationsprobleme bei älteren Rechnern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
18. Garantie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
19. Anhang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
20. Diagramme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
20.1 Blockschaltbild Nuendo 96/52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
20.2 Belegung des Sub-D/Cinch Kabeladapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
20.3 Spurverteilung im ASIO Betrieb mit ADAT optical bei 96 kHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
20.4 Spurverteilung im MME Betrieb mit ADAT optical bei 96 kHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Nuendo 96/52
II
Table des matières
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
2. Matériel fourni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
3. Configuration nécessaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
4. Description rapide et caractéristiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
5. Données techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
5.1 Numérique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
5.2 interfaces numériques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
5.3 Modes de transfert : résolution/bits par échantillon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
6. Installation matérielle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
7. Installation logicielle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
7.1 Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
7.2 Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
7.3 Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
8. Utilisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
8.1 Connexions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
8.2 Lecture avec Windows MME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
8.3 Enregistrement avec Windows MME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
9. Configurer la Nuendo 96/52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
9.1 Informations générales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
9.2 Clock Modes – Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
10. Word Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
10.1 Description technique et utilisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
10.2 Câbles et terminateur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
10.3 Utilisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
11. Utiliser plus d’un Nuendo 96/52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
12. Caractéristiques spéciales de la sortie S/P-DIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
13. Utilisation sous ASIO 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
13.1 Généralités . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
13.2 Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
13.3 Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
13.4 Problèmes connus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
14. Dépannage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
15. Compatibilité logicielle et matérielle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
16. Problèmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
17. Les problèmes d’installation avec les PC anciens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
18. Garantie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
19. Appendice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
20. Schémas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
20.1 Schéma électronique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
20.2 Brochage du câble d’adaptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
20.3 Routage des pistes ADAT, ASIO à 96 kHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
20.4 Routage des pistes ADAT, MME à 96 kHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
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Nuendo 96/52
Nuendo 96/52
Operation Manual
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1. Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Steinberg Nuendo 96/52. This card is capable of transferring digital audio data directly to a computer from practically any device equipped
with a digital audio interface, be it S/P-DIF, AES/EBU or ADAT optical.
Installation is simple, even for the inexperienced user, thanks to the latest Plug and
Play technology and full interrupt-sharing. The numerous unique features and the
well thought-out configuration dialog puts the Nuendo 96/52 at the very top of the
range of digital audio interface cards.
The package includes MME and ASIO 2.0 device drivers for Windows 98, as well as
ASIO 2.0 drivers for Windows NT 4.0.
Our high-performance philosophy guarantees maximum system performance by executing all functions directly in hardware and not in the driver (i.e. the CPU).
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2. Package Contents
Please check that your Nuendo 96/52 package contains each of the following:
• Nuendo 96/52 PCI card
• Nuendo 96/52 expansion board
• Quick Info guide
• Steinberg Driver CD
• Adapter cable (D-type to D-type/phono)
• Internal cable (2-core)
• Flat ribbon cable (10-core)
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3. System Requirements
• Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 SP3, Windows 2000
• A free PCI rev. 2.1 Busmaster slot
• For word clock and third ADAT I/O: An unused slot in the rear panel of the computer
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4. Brief Description and Characteristics
• PCI Busmaster interface with additional burst FIFO
• No risk of dropouts, even at high PCI bus load
• ASIO design: 0% (zero!) CPU load, even when all 52 channels are used
• All settings can be changed in real time
• Enhanced mixed mode: ADAT In, S/P-DIF In, and all outputs can be used simultaneously
• 8 available buffer sizes/latencies: 1.5 / 3 / 6 / 12 / 23 / 46 / 93 / 186 ms
• Sample Split technology for 12 channel, 96 kHz/24-bit record/playback via ADAT optical
• Slave and master clock modes
• Automatic and intelligent master/slave clock control
• Unsurpassed Bitclock PLL (audio synchronization) in ADAT mode
• Word clock input and output
• ADAT Sync in (9-pin D-type) for sample-accurate transfer
• Zero Latency Monitoring: Hardware bypass per track, controlled by Punch in/out
• Enhanced ZLM prevents noises during asynchronous full duplex transfer
• SyncAlign guarantees sample aligned and never swapping channels
• SyncCheck tests and reports the synchronization status of input signals
• Full interrupt-sharing
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5. Technical Specifications
5.1 Digital
• Ultra-low jitter S/P-DIF: < 1 ns in PLL mode (44.1 kHz, optical in)
• Ultra-low jitter ADAT: < 2 ns in PLL mode (44.1 kHz, optical in)
• Input PLL ensures zero dropout, even at more than 40 ns jitter
• Bitclock PLL for trouble-free varispeed operation in ADAT mode
• High-sensitivity input stage (< 0.2 Vss input level)
• Output voltage 0.8V (consumer mode, phono) or 2.3V (professional mode)
• Sample frequencies: 32 / 44.1 / 48 / 88.2 / 96 kHz and variable (wordclock) supported
5.2 Digital Interface
• Phono input and output ground-free transformer coupled
• Connectors: optical (TOSLINK), phono, internal (CD-ROM/Sync in, Sync out)
• Clocks: ADAT Sync In, word clock I/O
• Formats: S/P-DIF (Consumer and Professional), ADAT optical
5.3 Transfer Modes: Resolution / Bits per Sample
ASIO:
• 24 or 32 bit, 4 byte (stereo 8 byte)
This format is compatible with 16-bit and 20-bit. Resolutions below 24-bit are handled
by the audio application. Internally, the card works with 32-bit data, but audio data
transfer is limited to 24-bits.
MME:
• 16 bit, 2 byte (stereo 4 byte)
• 20 bit, 3 byte MSB (stereo 6 byte)
• 20 bit, 4 byte MSB (stereo 8 byte)
• 24 bit, 3 byte (stereo 6 byte)
• 24 bit, 4 byte MSB (stereo 8 byte)
• 32 bit, 4 byte (stereo 8 byte)
Channel Interleave operation is not supported.
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6. Hardware Installation
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Before installing the Nuendo 96/52, please make sure that the computer is switched off
and the power cable is disconnected from the mains supply.
Inserting or removing a PCI card while the computer is in operation can cause irreparable
damage to both motherboard and card!
1. Disconnect the power cord and all other cables from the computer.
2. Remove the computer's housing. Further information on how to do this can be obtained
from your computer´s instruction manual.
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Important: Before removing the Nuendo 96/52 from its protective bag, discharge any
static in your body by touching the metal chassis of the PC.
3. Connect the Nuendo 96/52 card with the Expansion Board using the supplied flat ribbon
cable. Note: The connector shapes ensure that you can not confuse the poles.
4. Insert the Nuendo 96/52 firmly into a free PCI slot, press and fasten the screw.
5. Insert the Expansion Board and fasten the screw.
6. Replace the computer's housing.
7. Reconnect all cables including the power cord.
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Note: If neither word clock nor a third ADAT I/O is required, then it is not necessary to install the Expansion Board at all (i.e. you can omit steps 3 and 5).
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7. Software Installation
7.1 Windows 98
If the hardware has been installed correctly (see “6. Hardware Installation” on
page 13), Windows will recognize the new hardware component when you switch on
your computer and will start its “Add New Hardware Wizard”. Insert the Steinberg
Driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, and follow further instructions which appear on
your computer screen.
Windows will install the Nuendo 96/52 driver, and will register the card in the system
as a new audio device. The Nuendo 96/52 is now ready for use.
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In rare cases the path to the CD-ROM (i.e. its drive-letter) must be typed in again during
the copying process.
Nuendo 96/52 can be easily configured using the Nuendo 96/52 driver’s “Settings” dialog (see “9.1 General Information” on page 26)
7.2 Windows NT
As automatic hardware recognition has not been implemented in Windows NT 4.0 the
drivers have to be installed “by hand”.
After the hardware has been installed correctly (see “6. Hardware Installation” on
page 13) and Windows NT has been booted, insert the Steinberg Driver CD into your
CD-ROM drive. Register the new device by starting >Control Panel /Multimedia /Devices /Audio Devices /Add<. Change the directory to \nt in the CD-ROM. Windows NT
will now install the Nuendo 96/52 driver. The DIGI96 series “Settings” dialog will open
automatically.
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To install the drivers, click on the “Apply” button. As long as this has not been pressed at
least once, installation is incomplete, and the slot number and card name are not displayed. If you are installing more than one card, please click on “Apply” for each card.
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After activating “Apply”, the card is registered as a new audio device in the system and
added to the registry. Click “OK“ and the card is ready for use. Please note that currently there is no MME driver. The Nuendo 96/52 wave device that appears in the system after the installation cannot be used.
To install the NT ASIO 2.0 driver, change the directory in the Steinberg Driver CD to
\nt\asio. Run “setup.exe“ – that’s it! Installation only takes about a second, after which
you should restart the computer. A Nuendo 96/52 symbol appears in the Taskbar’s
system tray. Clicking on this will open the “Settings” dialog.
7.3 Windows 2000
The NT driver will also work perfectly well under Windows 2000. However, because
the driver does not include any Plug & Play routines, it will have to be installed by
hand, i.e. using the old Windows 3.1 method:
Control Panel --> Add/Remove New Hardware --> Add --> Add a new device --> Select
hardware from list (Important! Don't let Windows search for it!) --> Sound, video and
game controllers --> Have Disk...
Windows 2000 ASIO installation is the same as for Windows NT (see above).
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8. Operation and Usage
8.1 Connections
Nuendo 96/52 consists of the main PCI board and an Expansion Board. All the essential electronics are located on the PCI card. It can therefore also be used without the
Expansion Board.
The main board's bracket has two ADAT optical inputs and two ADAT optical outputs,
as well as a 9-pin D-type socket. Coaxial S/P-DIF input and output requires plugging in
the adapter cable, whereby the red phono socket is the output. The ADAT1 I/O next to
the D-type socket can also be used for optical S/P-DIF, if this mode is selected in the
“Settings” dialog.
An input can be selected via the “Settings” dialog (started by clicking on the
Nuendo 96/52 symbol in the system tray). Nuendo 96/52 accepts the commonly used
digital audio formats, S/P-DIF as well as AES/EBU. Channel status and copy protection
are ignored.
In S/P-DIF mode, identical signals are available at both the optical and the coaxial outputs. One obvious use for this would be to simply connect two devices and use the
Nuendo 96/52 as a splitter.
To receive signals in AES/EBU format, an adapter cable is required where Pins 2 and 3
of a female XLR plug are connected individually to the two pins of a phono plug. The
cable shielding should be only connected to pin 1 of the XLR –
The ground-free design with transformers for digital inputs and outputs offers a trouble-free connection to all devices as well as perfect hum rejection.
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to the phono plug.
The internal digital input (connector on the circuit board) can be connected to the
digital output of an internal CD-ROM drive (advantage: direct transfer of data within
the computer).
The Expansion Board's bracket offers a third ADAT optical input and output as well as
word clock I/O. An LED next to the two BNC sockets indicates the word clock input
lock status.
8.2 Windows MME Playback
Nuendo 96/52 automatically outputs digital audio data using the the wave file's parameters provided that they are supported. If this is not the case, an error message will
appear.
In the audio application used, Nuendo 96/52 must be selected as output device. The
corresponding function can often be found in the Devices, Options, Preferences or
Settings menus under Device Setup, Playback Device, Audio Devices, Audio etc. We
recommend that you set the card to a resolution of 24-bit for playback to use of the
Nuendo 96/52’s full potential.
We strongly recommend that you switch off all system sounds (via >Control Panel /
Sounds<). The Nuendo 96/52 should also not be used the “Preferred Device” for playback, as this could cause loss of synchronization and unwanted noise. If you feel you
cannot do without system sounds, you should consider to buy a cheap Blaster clone
and select this as the “Preferred Device” in >Control Panel /Multimedia /Audio<.
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The screenshot below shows a typical configuration dialog as displayed by a (stereo)
wave editor. The audio data is sent either to S/P-DIF or to the ADAT ports, depending
on which you have selected as playback device.
Increasing the number and/or the size of the audio buffers may prevent the audio
signal from breaking up, but it also increases latency i.e. delayed output. For synchronized playback of audio and MIDI (or similar), be sure to activate the checkbox “Get
position from audio driver” (if available). Even at higher buffer settings, this will prevent sync problems in a mixed Audio/MIDI environment because the Nuendo 96/52
always reports the current play position correctly (even while recording – which is essential for chase lock synchronization).
The Nuendo 96/52 ADAT optical interface allows for sample rates of up to 96 kHz using a standard ADAT recorder. Single-channel data at this frequency requires two
ADAT channels, which is achieved by using the “Sample Split” technique. This reduces
the number of available ADAT channels from 24 to 12. Under Windows MME, channels
are routed to ADAT devices in double-speed mode as follows:
• Only stereo pairs (1+2) and (3+4) of each ADAT port are available
• Channel 1 is routed to channels 1 and 2, channel 2 is routed to 3 and 4 etc.
Please refer to the diagram “ADAT Track Routing, MME 96 kHz”, section 22.3. Routing
for record and playback is identical.
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8.3 Windows MME Recording
Unlike analog soundcards which produce empty wave files (or noise) when no input
signal is present, digital I/O cards always need a valid input signal to start recording.
To take this into account, Steinberg has included two unique features in the
Nuendo 96/52:
• A comprehensive I/O signal status display (showing sample frequency, lock and sync status) in
the “Settings” dialog.
• The protective Check Input function.
If a 48 kHz signal is fed to the input and the application is set to 44.1 kHz, Check Input
stops the system from recording. This prevents faulty takes, which often go unnoticed
until later on in the production. Such tracks would play back with the wrong playback
speed – the audio quality as such is not affected.
The sample frequency, displayed in the “Settings” dialog (see screenshot “Settings” on
page 26), is useful as a quick display of the current configuration (the board itself and
all connected external equipment). If no sample frequency is recognized, it will read
“No Lock”.
Configuring the software to perform a digital recording is a breeze. When the required
input has been selected, the Nuendo 96/52 will display the current sample frequency
in the “Settings” dialog. This parameter can then be changed in the application’s audio attributes (or similar) dialog.
The screenshot herafter shows a typical dialog used for changing basic parameters
such as sample frequency and resolution in an audio application.
Any bit resolution supported by both the audio hardware and the software can be selected. Even if the input signal is 24 bit, the
application can still be set to record at 16-bit
resolution. The lower 8 bits (and therefore
any signals that occur 95dB below maximum
level) are lost entirely. On the other hand,
there is nothing to gain from recording a 16bit signal at 24-bit resolution – this would
only waste precious space on the hard disk.
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It often makes sense to monitor the input signal or send it directly to the output. The
Nuendo 96/52 includes a useful input monitor function for just this purpose (see Monitoring in the “Settings” dialog). Activating Record or Pause in the application causes
the input signal to be routed directly to the corresponding output. However, some applications block monitoring by constantly activating playback, even if the track is
empty. This is often required by programs to ensure that timing and punch I/O will
work correctly.
Currently two solutions exist which enable real time monitoring even when when
playback is active.
• Our ZLM (Zero Latency Monitoring) technology allows monitoring in Punch I/O mode – with
this the card behaves like a tape machine.
• The other solution is to use our ASIO 2.0 drivers with an ASIO 2.0 compatible program. When
“ASIO Direct Monitoring” has been switched on, the input signal is routed to the output in real
time whenever Record is started.
Both methods operate track dependent.
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