User`s guide
APOGEE ELECTRONICS
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Symphony64 PCI card – User’s Guide
Install Software and Driver
Download the Symphony 64 Software Installer at http://www.apogeedigital.com/downloads.php
Follow the onscreen directions provided by the installer program. Following installation, you will be required to
restart your Mac.
Apogee’s Maestro software, offering advanced routing and low latency mixing, will be installed in the Mac’s Ap-
plications folder. Please see pages 34-51 for a description of Maestro and its functions.
Initial Conguration
• Once the Mac has restarted (following software and driver installation), a Symphony Conguration
dialog box (Figure A) will appear after a few moments. The following two steps are required:
• 1 If the rst interface has been congured as the clock master in step 4, choose Internal; if an
external clock source is the clock master, choose External. Once the proper clock source has been
selected, Maestro software should launch automatically.
• 2 Set Symphony Source (found in the Maestro Control window) to the appropriate value based
on the number of Symphony 64 ports used:
If only port 1 is used, set Symphony Source to PCI Card 1, Port 1 (CHANNELS 1-32)
If ports 1 and 2 are used, set Symphony Source to PCI Card 1, Port 1-2 (CHANNELS 1-64)
If ports 1,2 and 3 are used, set Symphony Source to PCI Cards 1-2, Port 1-3 (CHANNELS 1-96)
If ports 1,2,3 and 4 are used, set Symphony Source to PCI Cards 1-2, Port 1-4 (CHANNELS 1-128)
Please note that, for space considerations, the ports are numbered 1 to 4 in the Symphony Source
drop down menu, as shown in Figure C.
• Once the Symphony Source setting has been correctly congured, verify that all connected
hardware appears in Maestro’s Interface drop down menu. If all the interfaces don’t appear, verify
on the front panel of each interface that it is running at the correct sample rate and is locked, Check
the PC-32 cable connection between the interfaces and the PCIe Cards. Verify that all connected
ports are enabled with the Symphony Source setting.
• A Mac Sound dialog box (Figure B) will also appear. Click “Yes” to use your Symphony system with
iTunes, Quicktime, and other CoreAudio compatible audio software.
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