8 output USB Audio Interface User’s Guide
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ESI GIGAPORT HD INDEX 1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Features................................................................................................................................................................ 4 2. Installation .................................................................................................................................... 5 2.
ESI GIGAPORT HD 1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the ESI GIGAPORT HD. GIGAPORT HD is a USB audio interface, that provides 8 analog output channels and two independent high quality stereo headphone outputs. It is very easy to use, small and powerful. With our excellent driver support GIGAPORT HD works perfect with all current recording and sequencer applications. The USB connection makes installation extremly simple. Just plug it in and it works! 1.
ESI GIGAPORT HD 2. Installation 2.1 System Recommendation GIGAPORT HD is not simply a standard digital audio interface card, but a high-resolution device capable of advanced processing of audio content. Even though GIGAPORT HD is built to have low-CPU resource dependability, system specifications play a key part in the GIGAPORT HDs performance. Systems with more advanced components are generally recommended.
ESI GIGAPORT HD used for DVD playback or more simple DJ applications that don’t require ASIO. Under Mac OS X this could be applications like Garageband. Please note that our special driver is also required if you are using higher sample rates than 44.1kHz. Installation under Windows XP Unplug the device before you start the installer if it is already connected. Then launch setup.exe from the Windows folder of the included driver CD or from a download of a recent driver from our website.
ESI GIGAPORT HD again prompt you to confirm the Windows Logo testing dialog once or several times with Continue Anway before the driver installation is finalized. You can now finally click Next on the ESI GIGAPORT HD Audio Driver Setup dialog. The installation is now finished. To confirm this, please check if the ESI icon is displayed in the taskbar notification area as shown below. Sometimes a reboot is required. If yes, the driver installation has been completed successfully.
ESI GIGAPORT HD The installer now informs you that the driver installation will start as shown on the left picture below. Confirm this with Next. During the following process you might see a Windows Security dialog box once or several times that asks you for confirmation to install the driver software. Confirm any such dialog with Install. You will now be prompted to connect the hardware on the next dialog that is shown below on the left. Plug in GIGAPORT HD. Do not click Next yet.
ESI GIGAPORT HD 3. Control Panel This chapter describes the GIGAPORT HD Control Panel under Windows. Under Mac OS X no special Control Panel is required. To open the control panel double click on the ESI icon in the task notification area. The following dialog will appear: The Output section controls the playback volume of each playback signal from your audio applications. There are eight individual faders for each playback channel, divided into the 1/2, 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8 sections.
ESI GIGAPORT HD Latency setting With the Latency menu entry under Config, you can change the latency of the driver of GIGAPORT HD. Depending on the typical application (e.g. for playback of software synthesizers) a smaller latency is an advantage. At the same time, the best latency setting indirectly depends on the performance of your system. For most default applications, a typical latency buffer size between 128 and 256 is standard. On a slow system, 512 is an option.
ESI GIGAPORT HD Make sure to select ESI GIGAPORT ASIO as ASIO Driver entry. Note that the Control Panel button has no effect. Confirm your changes by clicking OK. Now its time to select the output channels. From the Devices menu, select VST Connection. The VST Connections window appears. Select the Outputs tab. Your output busses can be mono or stereo. Under Device Port you can assign the physical hardware output channel to each bus.
ESI GIGAPORT HD 5. Specifications 1. Interface - USB spec version 1.1 - USB audio class spec version 1.0 - fully compatible to USB 2.0 host controllers 2. Output Type - analog 8 channel output (RCA jack) - 2 headphone outputs (3.5mm mini jack for a mixed output signal and an independent 2 channel playback) 3. Analog Output Level - -10dBV unbalanced - -10dBV nominal - +0.5dBV maximum 4. Analog Output Impedance - 100 Ohm 5. Sampling Rates - up to 8 channel playback at 44.
ESI GIGAPORT HD 6. General Information Trademarks ESI, and GIGAPORT HD are trademarks of EGOSYS, Inc. and ESI Audiotechnik GmbH. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. The FCC and CE Regulation Warning This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
