Page 2 - Ton Valkenburgh; Contents; All products and company names are; or ® trademarks of their respective owners. Cakewalk
Ton Valkenburgh Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Logical view ............................................................................................................
Page 3 - Introduction; Below, first a logical view is given of the information/data flows.
Ton Valkenburgh Introduction The guide describes the components used in the audio studio, the equipment and the used software. The interconnection between the different software is given with the recommended mode of operation. Below, first a logical view is given of the information/data flows. Then ...
Page 4 - Logical view; phone
Ton Valkenburgh Logical view Audio line in USB USB USB Audio recorder / player MIDI recorder / sequencer USB USB Audio line out USB PC Pre-amplifier (Quad 33) Stage piano Micro- phone Free Marchall Amp. USB/MIDI(RoMI/O) R1 R2 A1 D variable A2 variable Cassette Rec. Speaker Right Speaker Left Persona...
Page 5 - Equipment; PC; Hardware; Equipment Type
Ton Valkenburgh Equipment Interconnection Personal amplifier Pre-amplifier PC Cassette recorder Audio USB Audio Audio Audio Speakers Stage Piano Microphone MIDI Audio A u d i o Audio USB USB/MIDI Audio Hardware Equipment Type Manufacturer Purpose PC Scaleo 600 Fujitsu Siemens Storage and manipulatio...
Page 7 - Software; Software Manufacturer
Ton Valkenburgh Software Software Manufacturer Purpose Windows XP Home edition Microsoft Operating system Cakewalk Sonar 6 Twelve Tone systems MIDI-sequencer and audio recording; editing Cubasis Notation Steinberg AG Music score editing Cool Edit Pro version 2.00 Syntrillium Audio recording and edit...
Page 8 - The base for audio is by default the PCM format; See also Multiple Channel Audio Date and Wave Files:; Audio studio guide.doc
Ton Valkenburgh Software-interfaces / data formats Introduction The base for audio is by default the PCM format 1 . Recordings are made with a definition of 24 bits and a sample frequency of 44.1 kHz, mostly in stereo. This is the high quality base for later manipulation of the audio data. We use on...
Page 9 - Configuration aspects
Ton Valkenburgh Configuration aspects During configuration SONAR 6 does not support audio devices with different bit-depth, even if only one device driver is selected. This means that for support of 24-bit you must disable – during the configuration - in the Windows hardware profile all 16-bit audio...
Page 10 - Global options; Audio device configuration for Yamaha AP-U70; General
Ton Valkenburgh Global options General • Deselect: ‘On Stop, Rewind to Now Marker’. Folders • Project files: E:\udata\cwp30; • CAL files: E:\udata\cwp30\CAL. Audio data • Global Audio folder: D:\Geluid; • Picture Folder: D:\Mijn Video’s; • File Bit Depth: 24 bit • Deselect: Use per-project Audio fol...
Page 11 - Drivers; Cool Edit Pro for Yamaha AP-U70; Device Properties; Wave Out
Ton Valkenburgh • Select: ‘Share Drivers With Other Programs’. Drivers • Select: User friendly names to represent audio drivers; • Enter user friendly driver names (Yamaha AP-U70). • Select: the YAMAHA AP-U70 USB Audio driver. Driver Profiles Stream > 16 bit data as: 4 bytes left justified. Setti...
Page 12 - USB Multi-Channel Setting; every time when a recording from analog input will be made.
Ton Valkenburgh Yamaha AP-U70 Set-up USB Multi-Channel Setting • Select: 2 channels. Volume setting • Enable ‘USB Mix On’, and set at –12 dB; • Set ‘Digital Volume Setting’ on maximum with an analog input activated. 6 NOTE: The Yamaha AP-U70 application and Sweex wireless media presenter IA001 inter...
Page 13 - Appendix 1 (Sonar alternative configurations); Latency compensation in and out: 32 samples; Cakewalk Sonar 3 with ASIO driver; Buffer Size at Fast.; Synthesizer’ is not selected.
Ton Valkenburgh Appendix 1 (Sonar alternative configurations) ASIO for All 7 Enable the Yamaha AP-U70; A4A buffer size: 512 samples; Advance options: • Latency compensation in and out: 32 samples; • Deselect :Use hardware buffer; • Deselect: Always resample; • Deselect: Force WDM driver to 16 bit. C...
Page 14 - Enable ‘Share Drivers With Other Programs’.; Audio Driver Bit Depth: 24; alternative configurations)
Ton Valkenburgh Advanced • Deselect: Enable Read Caching; • Deselect: Enable Write Caching; • I/O buffer size: 128 kB; • Driver Mode: ASIO 8 ; • Enable ‘Share Drivers With Other Programs’. Drivers Only the YAMAHA AP-U70 USB Audio driver will be visible, because it is the only with an ASIO driver. Dr...
Page 15 - Advanced; Select ‘Share Drivers With Other Programs’
Ton Valkenburgh • Sampling Rate: 44.100 Hz; • Select: 64-bit Double precision Engine; • Buffer size: at the lowest latency. Advanced • Deselect: Enable Read Caching; • Deselect: Enable Write Caching; • I/O buffer size: 128 kB; • Driver Mode: ASIO; • Dithering: Triangle; • Select ‘Share Drivers With ...
Page 16 - The glitches can be avoided by deselecting the
Ton Valkenburgh Appendix 2 (Pinnacle Instant Write) With ‘Pinnacle Instant CD/DVD’ a CD or DVD can be burned. Pinnacle ‘Instant CD/DVD’ generates sometimes a glitch between two tracks. 10 The glitches can be avoided by deselecting the option ‘Just Link’ in the ‘advanced mode’, before burning the CD....