Page 2 - System Requirements; The Philosophy; Problem: Some of the inputs or outputs aren’t functioning
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual Welcome to the Direct Pro 24/96, the All-in-One professional studio PC interface! System Requirements • Microsoft W indows 95 or Windows 98 • Pentium or compatible of running at 200Mhz or higher • 64 MB RAM • One Available PCI slot Introduction Troubleshooting Guide (...
Page 3 - able of Contents; Table of Contents; Problem: The Direct Pro 24/96 isn’t working after a reboot
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual T able of Contents Introduction. .................................................................................................................. .................. 2 Contents .............................................................................................
Page 4 - Direct Pro 24/96 Components
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual THE DIRECT PR O 24/96 SY S TEM The Direct Pro 24/96 box should contain all of the following items: • 1 Direct Pro 24/96 PCI host card Connects directly to the motherboard of your computer • 1 Direct Pro 24/96 Interface Box • 1 6’ shielded 25-pin cable • 1 Direct Pro D...
Page 5 - INS
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual INS T ALLING THE DIRECT PR O 24/96 HARD WARE 1 . Please unplug you PC before connecting or disconnecting the Direct Pro 24/96 interface box and PCI host card . Connecting or disconnecting the hardware with electricity present will cause physi- cal damage to the Direct...
Page 6 - Windows 95 Hardware Setup
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 6 Windows 95 Hardware Setup Cakewalk Pro Audio 31 9. A void putting the Direct Pro 24/96 interface box near your computer or T V screen. This may cause interference and degrade the quality of the audio . 1 0.K eep analog cables connected to the Direct Pro 24/96 away f...
Page 7 - Direct Pro 24/96 Quick Start Guides: Cubase
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 7 30 Direct Pro 24/96 Quick Start Guides: Cubase Windows 95 Hardware Setup (cont’d) 2. Insert the Driver CD-R OM packaged with the Direct Pro 24/96 , and click Next . The F ollowing dialog should appear : 3. Click Next . Windows may now ask for the location of the dri...
Page 8 - Samplitude Basic; WINDO
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 8 Windows 95 Software Setup (cont'd) Samplitude Basic 29 4 .When the files have been copied, Windows will ask to restart the computer . This is because the files just installed will not take effect until the next time Windows is loaded. Click NO, since you will restar...
Page 9 - atchbay Configuration Examples
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 9 28 Patchbay (Cont’d) Windows 95 Software Setup (cont’d) 9. When the installation is complete, a new folder for the Direct Pro 24/96 Control P anel application will reside in the destination director y, and a shortcut will automatically appear on the desktop for easy...
Page 10 - Windows 98 Hardware Setup
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 10 Windows 98 Hardware Setup Patchbay 27 WINDO WS 98 HARD WARE SETUP 1 . When Windows restarts, it should automatically detect the card you installed. Since it is a PCI card, it will identify itself as a “Plug and Play” device. Windows will indicate detecting the new ...
Page 11 - Source Select
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 11 26 Source Select Windows 98 Hardware Setup (cont'd) 3 . Insert the driver CD-R OM that came with the Direct Pro 24/96. Place a check mark be- side CD-ROM drive by clicking on it. All other boxes must be cleared. Click Next . 4 . W indows will now locate the Direct ...
Page 12 - Windows 98 Software Setup
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 12 Windows 98 Software Setup Monitor Controls 25 WINDO WS 98 SOFT WARE SETUP 6. IF the welcome screen does not automatically appear , run Setup.exe from your CD-R OM. This can be done from Windows by opening your CD-ROM drive (usually D: ) in My Computer and double cl...
Page 13 - Playback Channel Controls
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 13 24 Playback Channel Controls Windows 98 Software Setup (cont'd) Playback Channel Controls An important thing to note, is that the playback faders are not hard wired to the Direct Pro 24/96’s outputs. Controls for Playback 1 ,2 do not necessarily need to correspond ...
Page 14 - Direct Pro Interface Box - Front
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 14 Direct Pro Interface Box - Front Input Volume Faders (cont’d) 23 DIRECT PR O 24/96 INTERF A CE BO X The Direct Pro 24/96 interface box houses 4 shielded analog combo jack inputs, 6 shielded analog out- puts, MIDI IN and MIDI OUT jacks, and a headphone jack for moni...
Page 15 - Input Volume Faders; OUT
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 15 Input Volume Faders Direct Pro 24/96 Interface Box - Rear 22 Rear P anel The Direct Pro 24/96 rear panel has 6 ana- log outs, MIDI in, MIDI out, and a 25 pin port for connecting the interface box to the PCI host card. Analog outputs 1-4 are 1/4" jacks. They can...
Page 16 - Direct Pro 24/96 Control Panel; olume F
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 16 Direct Pro 24/96 Control Panel Master Reverb 21 DIRECT PR O 24/96 CONTR OL PANEL The Direct Pro 24/96 Control P anel is the easy to use interface that completely controls both the Direct Pro 24/96 hardware and its powerful DSP engine. It is also the first panel tha...
Page 17 - Compression
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual 17 20 Compression Direct Pro 24/96 Control Panel - Gain GAIN The Direct Pro 24/96 has a lot of flexibility for level gain. The input trim at the top of each input strip is done in the analog stage to maximize your audio level before the A/D conversion. There are 3 dif...
Page 18 - MAIN CONTROL PANEL; rim Adjustments; Direct Pro 24/96 Main Control Panel
Direct Pro 24/96 Owner’s Manual MAIN CONTROL PANEL This will be the first screen you see when you click the Direct Pro 24/96 Control P anel icon on your desktop. 1) Input T rim Adjustments These settings provide real-time gain ad- justments to the analog inputs. They oper- ate exactly like trim adju...