User Manual

D i g i g r a m
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FEATURES
PCX882e and PCX881e are audio cards for PCI EXPRESS
TM
(PCIe
®
). They are
in PCI EXPRESS
TM
x1 format and can thus be plugged into any PCIe
®
slot
(x1, x2, x4, x8, x16, x32).
PCX881e main hardware features
• 4 digital AES/EBU
∗
stereo inputs, with hardware sample rate converters
(up to 96 kHz)
• 4 digital AES/EBU
∗
stereo outputs (up to 192 kHz)
• 1 digital AES/EBU
∗
stereo sync input (up to 192 kHz in play and record)
• 1 standard Word Clock input (up to 96 kHz)
• 1 standard Word Clock output (up to 96 kHz)
• 1 video sync input
• 1 SMPTE/LTC (Linear Time Code) sync input
PCX882e main hardware features
All features of the PCX881e, plus:
• 8 balanced
∗∗
analog mono line inputs, with software programmable
analog and digital gain
• 8 servo-balanced
∗∗∗
analog mono line outputs, with software
programmable analog and digital gain
• 192 kHz / 24-bit converters
• Maximum level on analog inputs and outputs: +24 dBu
Main software features
• Real-time, simultaneous record and playback in PCM (8, 16 and 24 bits)
as well as in MPEG Audio Layer I, Layer II and Layer III
L
, Float IEEE754
conversion supported (with 24-bit fixed-point dynamic range)
• When using the np SDK, real-time mixing of several PCM and MPEG
audio streams, direct monitoring, level adjustment, panning, cross-fades,
punch-in/punch-out, scrubbing, time-stretching, pitch-shifting, 3-band
parametric equalizer, maximizer, format and frequency conversions
• Low latency DirectSound drivers
L
MPEG Layer III play-only on DSP;
MPEG Layer III recording on the host computer is available through
Digigram's PC Codec option using the np SDK
∗
can be used as S/PDIF interface as well
∗∗
can be used with unbalanced signals
∗∗∗
Electronically servo-balanced outputs provide automatic level adjustment to accommodate
either balanced or unbalanced lines