Symphony 64: Basic Setup
Posted on: August 18, 2008
Posted in: Products, Symphony, Video
del.icio.us
blinklist
digg
Facebook
Furl
ma.gnolia
Newsvine
Pownce
reddit
StumbleUpon
Technorati
Twitter
Watch step by step the setup of hardware and software for Apogee’s Symphony 64 PCIe card and a converter. In “Symphony 64: Basic Setup” watch how to connect the most basic with ease.
Related Apogee Gear
Symphony
AD-16X & DA-16X
Rosetta Series
Video Transcript
“With the flexibility of the Symphony 64 card,you can configure Symphony as a basic two channel system, all the way to a full blown 64 channel powerhouse.In this tutorial we will be covering a basic setup using a single Rosetta, including how to install your Symphony 64 card,and how to configure the settings on the Rosetta to work with Symphony.”
“The first thing to do is to install the Symphony 64 software following the on-screen instructions.Now install the Symphony 64 card in the slot just above the video card.With the computer turned off, connect the PCI 32 to the left connector of the Symphony 64 card labeled 1-32. Connect the other end to the main port to the X-Symphony card you have installed in your Rosetta.You can connect either a Rosetta 800 or 200 and the following instructions will be the same for both.”
“Turn on the Rosetta. On the front of the Rosetta,set the “source to digital out” to analog, and set the “source to analog out” to option. Make sure that you have only the sample rate selected, and nothing lit up above the sync button. This indicates that the Rosetta is on it’s own internal clock. Now start up the computer. Maestro should automatically launch. In the Maestro control panel, you will see some drop down menus. The first one is clock source select. The default will be internal.
If you want to use a Big Ben with your system, you will connect the output of the Big Ben, to the output of the Rosetta as described in the Big Ben manual. Now change the clock source menu to external, allowing Big Ben to be the master clock source. The next drop down menu you will see is V-bus selections.We will discuss this in the S-bus and V-bus technology video.”
“Next is performance tuning. For the lowest latency, set this to high performance. The last drop down is Symphony source. For now, leave it at the default setting, card 1-port 1.This is discussed in more detail in the Symphony 64 advanced set up video.Let’s open audio-midi setup, by opening applications, utility, and double clicking on audio-midi setup. Make sure that the default output is set to Symphony 64. Now open I-tunes and play something to test the output of the Rosetta. Remember that between the output of the Rosetta and the input to your power amp or powered monitors, you will need some kind of atenuation controller.”
“Your Symphony system is now ready to use. Open your favorite audio application and choose Symphony as your audio device. In Logic, is is located under prefrences, audio. Now choose Symphony 64 for device.
Under I/O buffer size, choose 32 samples for best latency performance.If you are running many plug-ins and system intensive soft synths, you may need to choose a higher setting such as 64, or 128. For more information or help, please go to our website. www.apogeedigital.com and check out our advanced tutorials on Symphony 64.”