Specifications

STEINBERG
NUENDO 96/52 DSP
COMPUTER AUDIO
1010
EQUIPMENT LEASING AVAILABLE
PHOTO - VIDEO - PRO AUDIO
Super Fast
The 96/52DSP card is a PCI bus-master
device that works exclusively in 32-bit transfer
mode. The card moves audio data directly to
and from the ASIO host application’s memory
using the fastest PCI bursts. Nothing could be
more efficient. There are no DMA transfers
taking place, no multiple 16-bit data
movements, and no data bit shuffling.
Auto Sync
With AutoSync activated, the card continu-
ously searches for a valid input signal to lock
to.This produces an instantaneous ‘record on
the fly’performance without having to wait to
resynchronize to the input signal. Systems of
up to 3 cards are supported and maintaining
sync between them is as simple as connecting
them all to a common device.
24-Bit/96kHz I/O Audio Card for PC and Mac
Representing the perfect blend of hardware design and ASIO driver implementation, the
Nuendo 96/52 DSP delivers an incredible 26 audio inputs/outputs from a single slot
PCI card at up to 24-bit/96kHz resolution (12 channel 24-bit/96kHz
record/playback on ADAT optical) with unparalleled connectivity (with other
digital audio components), complete synchronization possibilities, zero latency
monitoring and reduced CPU load. ASIO-poured in hardware means that
performance levels previously only achievable with very heavy CPU loading are now
possible without exhausting processor power just to get multi-channel audio in and out
of the computer in a timely fashion. DSP processing allows freely scalable level meters, peak
and RMS calculation in hardware. Card features 3 x ADAT optical I/O, ADAT-Sync In,
S/PDIF I/O, word clock I/O, 2 MIDI I/Os and TotalMix, a DSP-based real-time mixer/router.
FEATURES
Unique Features
◆ Wo rking with multiple digital sources
brings its own problems.All devices must
be synced precisely or otherwise dropouts
and crackles can occur. Ensuring that a
system is correctly synchronized is made
more transparent with the SyncCheck
feature.The card can check all its inputs
simultaneously and give an exact read out
of the sync quality in the settings dialog.
◆ SyncAlign features guarantees absolute
data alignment across all channels. It
cannot scramble channel assignments,
and ensures that all ports are started with
precise sample alignment. SyncAlign also
compensates for any time differences
when starting recording while playing.
◆ Secure BIOS Technology allows to per-
form hardware updates via software/
driver without any risk.And thanks to its
unique ‘Zero CPU Load’technology,
guarantees highest performance and lowest
latency on both notebooks and desktops!
◆ Change latency on the fly. No manual
reset,no re-boot - simply continue when
using Cubase or Nuendo.
◆ Zero Latency Monitoring (ZLM) brings
real tape machine feeling to the PC. At
Punch-in the corresponding track is
switched into bypass directly in the
hardware, at Punch-out it switches back
to playback.Thus the PC behaves exactly
like a ‘normal’tape machine.
TotalMix Mixer
Any input and output can be routed
and mixed to any output.Limited
only by the available outputs of the
I/O-box,up to 14 independent
submixes are available.Internally, the
mixer works with 40 bit wordlength.
For level alterations there are 65536
steps that allow for a virtually
continuous change between 6 dB gain
and maximum attenuation.In unity
gain setting, the mixer is even
bit-transparent and can pass the input
signal unaltered.
TotalMix not only leads to perfect and complete ASIO direct monitoring, but is also useful
without ASIO. Thanks to a proprietary mixer surface,submix and Zero Latency Monitoring it
can be used with all audio applications. An external mixer thus becomes unnecessary many cases.
High Performance
Normally it is the audio software drivers that allow audio hardware for the PCI bus to work with
all applications that are using the PC for audio I/O. However, all driver actions are CPU actions,
resulting in lost performance that could be better used by the host application.When the
Nuendo 96/52 DSP is used with its ASIO driver, the complete data transfer is performed by the
smart custom programmed logic of the audio card to the PCI bus.The CPU is simply not used.