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CONTENTS I. Introduction to Prodigy 7.1..............................................................3 Features ....................................................................................3 II. Hardware Installation....................................................................4 1. System Requirements .................................................................4 2. Minimum System Requirements .....................................................4 3. Preparation for Hardware Installation ..
I. Introduction to Prodigy 7.1 Prodigy 7.1 is the ultimate audio upgrade for those who are ready to achieve the highest quality digital playback and maximum surround sound experience in today’s audio environment. Prodigy 7.1's two analog inputs and eight (4 x stereo) outputs feature 24-bit 192 kHz D/A converters and 24-bit 96 kHz A/D converters for analog I/O with 106 dB dynamic range plus 24bit 96 kHz coaxial input and output connectors. Connecting to the Prodigy 7.
II. Hardware Installation The Prodigy 7.1 installation includes three steps: 1) PCI card installation, 2) driver installation, and 3) connecting external devices. The PCI card installation includes installing the Prodigy 7.1 card into the PCI slot. The driver installation enables the operating system in your computer to recognize the Prodigy 7.1. In the connection with external devices section, you will discover how to connect the Prodigy 7.
3. To avoid possible static shock damage to the computer parts, discharge it by touching the computer case or something grounded. We recommend you use an anti-static device such as an anti-static wristband. 4. When holding the Prodigy 7.1 card, touch only the guide or the edge of card. Do not grab the card by the board or connector. 4. Installing the Prodigy 7.1 Card 1. Find an empty PCI slot on the motherboard WHERE IS THE PCI SLOT? - Most computers have three different types of slots.
2. If a faceplate or cover is behind the PCI slot, you can remove it by removing the screw holding it in place or by prying it off with a screwdriver. 3. Insert the Prodigy 7.1 card into the PCI slot, firmly pushing the card into the slot until it is seated securely. Replace the screw, and tighten. 4. Attach one end of the two-pin wire to the computer’s CD-ROM drive and connect the other end to the connector on the Prodigy 7.1 card 5. Close the computer case. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
III. Prodigy 7.1 Driver Software Installation After completing the installation of hardware for the Prodigy 7.1, you must install the Prodigy 7.1 driver software. The installation steps are slightly different for Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and XP. The following installation is based on Windows XP, however the installation is similar for other operating systems. NOTE: Before starting the driver software installation, locate your original Windows CD, as you may need it during installation.
4. With Windows 2000 and XP installations, a message might appear stating “The software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP.” Though the message appeared, the driver is completely tested and verified by AUDIOTRAK and is safe to use. You can ignore the message and select Continue Anyway. The installation will continue and the drivers will be copied to your computer. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
5. When the installation is complete, click Finish. 6. The installation will ask you to restart your computer. Select No, and continue with the installation. The Found New Hardware Wizard will appear again to install additional drivers. Follow the steps as listed above. 7. When all the drivers are installed, the Found New Hardware Wizard will not appear. Restart your computer to complete the installation. 8. After restarting Windows, you can confirm the Prodigy 7.
Bundled application installation Insert the Prodigy 7.1 Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. When the Audiotrak Products Screen appears, click Prodigy 7.1. To install an application, click the button in the left pane and follow each applications installation steps. You must install Native Sound Processor to use Advanced NSP feature of the Prodigy 7.1.
IV. Connecting External Devices The Prodigy 7.1 is a digital audio interface with seven analog inputs, two analog outputs, a digital SPDIF coaxial input and output, and a single channel microphone input. NOTE: Since the Prodigy was designed for multimedia PC users, analog inputs and outputs of the Prodigy 7.1 accept 1/8” mini-phone plugs, instead of ¼ ” plugs. 1. Microphone (MIC) IN (pink) Connect an external microphone for voice input. 2.
3. 4. 5. 6. Analog Outputs 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 These are the four pairs of analog outputs. When you use the included software DVD player, the channel configuration is as follows: Analog Output 1-2: Front Left, Right channel Analog Output 3-4: Rear Left, Right channel Analog Output 5-6: Center, Woofer channel Analog Output 7-8: Background Surround Left, Right channel TIP: Analog Output 1-2 is also used as the headphone connector. Prodigy 7.1 includes a high fidelity headphone amp.
V. Prodigy 7.1 Control Panel The Prodigy 7.1 Control Panel is the central point of control for the Prodigy 7.1. The Control Panel is designed so inputs and outputs can be adjusted without going through a series of menus. After installing the Prodigy hardware and software, the Control Panel icon will appear in the System Tray. Double clicking on the Control Panel icon will launch the Control Panel application. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
File > Exit Closes the Prodigy 7.1 Control Panel window but does not shut it down. You can always launch the Control Panel by clicking the Prodigy 7.1 icon in the System Tray. Config > Mouse Wheel Controls the increment at which the volume is adjusted when using a mouse wheel. The adjustment step default is set to ±1.5dB. - Step 1: When you move the mouse wheel one step, the fader will move by ±1.5dB. - Step 2: When you move the mouse wheel one step, the fader will move by ±3.0dB.
INPUT Sets the input monitoring level of the Microphone, Line, Aux, and CD input. The Prodigy 7.1’s input is monitored in real-time through hardware, therefore we recommend using this function versus other software applications input monitoring functions. Selecting this button enables recording from the selected source. Selecting this button enables monitoring from the selected source. You cannot enable more than two inputs for recoding at the same time except when the MIX button is selected.
Adjusts the recording gain for all inputs. If you select the MIX button, you can monitor all inputs and adjust their levels simultaneously. OUTPUT Adjusts and monitors the output levels of each audio channel via level faders and meters. If you click the Headphone icon on the Output 1/2 level fader, the output port 1/2 is switched to a headphone jack. Prodigy 7.1 features a high-fidelity headphone amplifier. Output 5,6 (Center, Woofer) can be controlled separately. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
Adjusts the volume of all outputs simultaneously Digital I/O, Clock and Sampling Rate Digital I/O: Adjusts and monitors the coaxial input and output, and digital CD In Digital I/O Level Meter: Monitors the input and output levels COAX: Selects the Coaxial Input and Output CD IN: Selects the Digital CD input. PRO (IEC 958 Type 1): Selects the professional AES/EBU digital in/out format CON (IEC 958 Type II): Selects the Consumer S/PDIF digital in/out format AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
MASTER CLOCK Selects the digital clock source for the Prodigy 7.1 INT: Selects Prodigy’s internal clock, which becomes the master clock. This mode must be selected if only one Prodigy is used or another device is set as a slave device. DIG: Selects the digital audio data from an external device as the clock source. The external device will be set as the Master device and the Prodigy 7.1 will be set as the Slave device. Sample Rate Selects the sample rate for the Prodigy 7.1.
VI. SENSAURA 3D 1. Select Sensaura 3D from the Windows Audio Control Panel. When you play any audio, you’ll also notice that the name of the console changes from Prodigy 7.1 to Sensaura 3D. 2. Select one of the speaker configurations. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
3. Choose one of the Sensaura 3D surround presets from the menu. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
VII. DirectWIRE 2.0 DirectWIRE® is a technology incorporated into the Prodigy 7.1 drivers that routes audio streams internally within multiple applications using WDM - ASIO drivers when they are running simultaneously. Audio outputs of applications running in conjunction with Native Sound Processor can be routed to ASIO inputs without any external wiring or any loss of data and with very low additional latency.
VIII. Advanced NSP NOTE: You’ll notice that the Advanced NSP button and panel from old driver is gone. You have to launch your NSP program and manually route the DirectWIRE as shown in the DirectWIRE 2.0 section before. Launch NSP Launch NSP opens the Advanced NSP (Native Sound Processor) control panel where VST plug-ins can be selected and applied to audio content. With VST plug-ins, numerous effects can be added to any audio source. Many Steinberg VSTs are available for free download on the Internet.
IX. Settings in Applications The Prodigy 7.1 is the ultimate multimedia audio device designed for multimedia and audio production in a Windows environment, as well as game play and DVD movie playback. The Prodigy 7.1 can be configured in the Windows Multimedia Control Panel, or with other audio software for music production. The Prodigy 7.1 is designed to work seamlessly with applications that use dedicated audio drivers such as WDM, MME, ASIO, and DirectSound.
2. Analog CD-ROM Output Go to ‘My Computer-> Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Device Properties -> Hardware and click CD-ROM and choose the settings as shown in the diagram below. 3. Win DVD (Included) The Prodigy 7.1 can playback 5.1, 6.1, or 7.1 audio when used in conjunction with the WinDVD software player. NOTE: To produce crisp DVD video playback, ensure that DMA is selected on the DVD-ROM drive in the Device Manager. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
Go to ‘My computer-> Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Device Properties -> Audio tab. Select ‘Prodigy 7.1’ driver as your playback device. Select Volume and click ‘Advanced’ on speaker settings. Select ‘Advanced Audio Properties’ and choose ‘7.1 Surround Speakers’. In the WinDVD main Window, click the right mouse button, and choose ‘Setup.’ Select ‘8 Speaker Output’. Now you can enjoy DVD with 5.1-, 6.1- or 7.1-channel surround sound. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
* For more detailed information, features and operation please refer to the ‘Help’ menu of the software. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
4. Native Sound Processor- SpinAudio (Included) To install the NSP, Insert the Audiotrak installation CD and click Prodigy 7.1 then NSP program under bundled software menu. Follow the setup instructions step by step. The product will be ready to use right after the installation. No reboot is required. The application can be launched from Start\Programs menu. SpinAudio’s Native Sound Processor is a VST 2.0 and ASIO 2.
DirectWIRE routing for AdvancedNSP Connecting WDM’s outputs to the ASIO inputs via the appropriate channels. 1) Quick Start Launch Native Sound Processor (hereinafter the application). You will see the application window like the below. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
When the application is launched for the first time it will try to detect your default VST folder. If no folder is detected you'll be prompted to go to application settings and specify the folder. If default VST folder is detected, you will be asked to scan it now. Note that depending on how many VST plug ins you have in the folder the scanning process might take some time, maybe up to a minute. You can use Free plug Ins provided with Audiotrak Installation CD. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
NOTE: The bundled VST plug-ins for Advanced NSP will be automatically copied to NSP directory of your root drive while installing Native Sound Processor application from the supplied Audiotrak CD menu. When the folder is scanned, all VST plug ins and subfolders are stored, so next time you launch the application it wont perform the scanning once again. After you've set the VST folder, you should tune the streaming settings. Press 'Options' button and select 'Application Settings' item.
Let's clarify why there are two sets of settings in Native Sound Processor: Application settings that are accessible through Options\Settings and Setup Settings accessible through Setup\Settings. The first set corresponds to general settings which are altered rarely from run to run and they are common to any instance of the application. These settings are saved automatically and loaded on the application start-up.
After plug ins are loaded you can now start the streaming and processing (you can load them when streaming is on too, it's not recommended though). Just press 'Start' button. Now the CPU meter should start showing actual CPU loading and you should hear the sound processed by the plug in from your audio card output. If you don't, then it might be that you haven't selected the inputs/outputs properly. Just go to Audio I/O routing settings and try to select other settings.
2) Application window The application interface is pretty straightforward. When you run the application you will see a window with a set of controls at the right side. Here below is the screenshot of the application window when no plug in is loaded. Native Sound Processor is designed so that a loaded plug in would not show up in a separate window as it makes it hard to manage multiple windows, instead the application window is resized so that it wraps the plug in window.
Plug ins are loaded into eight available slots that are represented as a list. The topmost slot is the slot number 1. The application shows and wraps around a window of a VST plug in loaded into currently selected slot in the list. Below you will find description of application window controls. Start/Stop - Starts/Stops audio streaming. When the streaming is on, the button title is changed to "Stop". To stop the streaming just presses this button again. CPU - CPU usage indicator.
[Unload] - Selecting this item will unloads plug in in the current slot. [Unload all] - Selecting this item will show a message box asking whether you would like to unload all plug ins. Plug in slots list - This list represents eight available plug in slots. When plug in is loaded in a slot, the list item changes from "" to the plug in name. Selecting an item in the list will show a plug in window that corresponds to the selected slot. The icons at the left in the list represent bypass state.
[Save, Save As, Load, Load As] - Allow to save and load setup as a file. Options... This buttons shows Application Settings dialog. See Settings section for details. [Application Settings] - Shows settings dialog. See [3.3. Settings] for details. [Help] - Shows this manual [About the product] - displays the product about dialog.
Config - Specifies the number of channels in input/output pair. There are three options: Monoto-mono, Mono-to-stereo, and Stereo-to-stereo. Note that if input/output is set to stereo, the corresponding list of available channels shows stereo pairs instead of single channels. Note that if you are using VST instrument on the first slot and thus don't need audio input you can select 'no input' from Input channel list.
VST Plug in Folder - Here you can specify your VST plug ins folder. You can use browse button to select the folder. Whenever you change the VST folder, it's automatically re-scanned for VST plug ins when you press 'Apply' or 'OK' buttons. Set Default - Pressing this button sets the system default VST folder. Scan folder - Press this button to force the application to re-scan the specified VST folder. Use it when you have installed new plug ins to that folder.
Default - Loads default setup file. Select this option if you would like the application to be started every time with a specific settings saved as a default setup through 'Setup\Save as default'. Save setup on exit - If this option is on, the application automatically saves the current setup to a file that can be loaded back on start-up. The auto-save file name is autosave.aps and it's resided in the product installation folder.
5. nTrack Studio – FARSOFT (Included) After launching nTrack, go to File -> Settings -> Preference -> Audio Devices. Under the WAVE Devices menu, select ‘ASIO 2.0 –Prodigy7.1’. You can also use the WDM, MME and Direct Sound drivers with nTrack. Next click the ‘Advanced’ button in the Wave Devices window to choose the appropriate driver. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
* For more detailed info and operation, please refer to the ‘Help’ menu of the software. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
6. Cubase SX After launching Cubase SX, go to Device -> Device Setup ->VST Multitrack. Select ‘ASIO 2.0 – Prodigy 7.1’ for the ASIO device and ‘Prodigy 7.1 Clock’ for the Audio clock source. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
7. Maven 3D Pro – Emersys (Included) After launching Maven 3D Pro, Go to ‘Option’ -> Audio Device Setup and choose the settings as shown in the diagram below. You can use both WDM and ASIO drivers with Maven 3D Pro. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
* For more detailed info and operation, please refer to the ‘Help’ menu of the software. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
8. Wave Lab In Wave Lab, Go to Option -> Preferences -> Audio Card. Choose ‘ASIO 2.0 Prodigy 7.1’ as the Playback/Record device. AUDIOTRAK Prodigy 7.
Specifications • • • High-fidelity 24 bit 192kHz D/A converter; 106dB dynamic range High-fidelity 24 bit 96kHz A/D converter; 102dB dynamic range 24bit 96kHz Digital Coaxial Input and Output • Analog 2 In / 8 Out • 10dBV unbalanced 1/8"(3.5mm) mono and stereo input and 4 x stereo • 10dBV unbalanced 1/8"(3.5mm) output channels recording and 8 channels playback at the same time • • • • • Supports multiple Sampling Rates : 44.
