Yellowtec PUC2 Operation Manual

PUC2

Manual

Operations

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The Yellowtec PUC² is a professional-quality USB soundcard for use
with MAC or Windows PCs. It is capable of recording high-resolution
audio at up to 192 kHz sample rate and 24 bit word-lenghts. The PUC
is designed after Yellowtec‘s standards of simple perfection. The idea
is to provide a high-quality soundcard with a plug n‘ play concept so
you can start using it right away. It provides a USB plug n‘ play option
for fast use plus the optional use of our ASIO* driver for the advanced
operator.

Several versions of the PUC are available, oering dierent audio input
and output formats and connections. The AES-3 interface is common to
all versions. For more information go to www.yellowtec.com and
check out our products.

Yellowtec has a policy of continually improving and updating it‘s
products. For rmware updates or dedicated software you should check
out our website from time to time. All updates will be free of charge.

Thank you
for purchasing the Yellowtec PUC
portable soundcard

* The USB ASIO driver for Windows uses ASIO Driver Interface Technology by Steinberg Media
Technologies GmbH. ASIO is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

PLUg N PLAY

PUC² VERSIONS

LEA ENgINE

ADVANCED OPERATION

BLOCK DIAgRAmS

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FIELD APPLICATIONS

CE & FCC DECLARATIONS

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plug n‘ play

Ready, Set up, Go !

So what‘s in the box? Your PUC comes with a USB Y-Cord to interconnect with
your PC or MAC.

Simply interconnect PUC with your computer ( Mac / Windows/Linux ) using
the USB Y-Cord. Make sure both USB A-Plugs (yellow and black) are connected
to your PC. The yellow connector carries no data but will be needed to secure
sucient power supply.

When connecting the PUC for the rst time to your PC or Mac your system will
perform an automatic USB device installation. Your device will be identied
as YELLOWTEC PUC. (For using PUC with high-res audio (192KHz) you need to
install the ASIO* driver suite for windows from www.yellowtec.com)

The green Rdy LED will indicate a proper connection.
You can now use PUC in native mode.

Host

* The USB ASIO driver for Windows uses ASIO Driver Interface Technology by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.
ASIO is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

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PUC² Front Panel

AES 3 Input

The AES-3 input is the
default audio input to the
PUC². This input will overri­de any other inputs when a
digital input carrier is detec­ted and locked, even if there
is no active audio in the
digital stream. The audio si­gnal is converted into a USB
format and available to any
audio recording application
on the computer.

AES 3 Output

The AES-3 output is
always active at the
sample rate selected
by the application
running the computer

ZLM LED

Red indicates „Zero
Latency Monitoring“
(See advanced ope­rations)

ZLM Jack

In order to route the input
signal directly to the
output you can apply an
external contact closure.
This bypasses the OS ker­nel for true Zero Latency
Monitoring.

AUX Output

The stereo 3.5mm jack
supplies an analogue au­dio signal for monitoring.
It can be used to drive a
set of headphones, alt­hough there is no control
of the AUX output level.

*Note that PUC Lite comes

without an AUX out.

RDY LED

Green indicates proper
connection and wor­king. Red indicates the
activation process when
you connect PUC² to the
computer

PUC² Front Panel *

Power Supply

5V DC power supply
adapter

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PUC²

PUC² Back Panel

XLR Input*

The backside of the PUC
features the Analogue
Balanced Inputs. The
analogue input will be dis­regarded when an AES-3
input signal is present and
locked.

XLR output*

Analogue Balanced Out­put. This output is always
active. Conrm that the
correct digital headroom
values are being used.
(see advanced operations)

*PUC² comes in two dierent version. One for
german levels and one for international levels.

Output @ FS

German +15 dBU

+18 dBU

-9 dB FS +6 dBU

+4 dBU-14 dB FSInternational

Headroom Rated Ouput