Creative Labs 202 manual

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    Owner’s Manual Owner’s Manual[...]

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    2 E-MU Systems Owner’ s Manual © 2009 E-MU Systems All Rights Reserved Revision: E E-MU World Headquarters E-MU Systems 1500 Green Hills Road Scotts V alley , CA 95066 USA Eur ope Creative Labs (Ir eland) Ltd Ballycoolin Business Park Blanchar dstown, Dublin 15 IRELAND Japan Creative Media K. K. Kanda Eight Bldg., 3F 4-6-7 Soto-Kanda Chiyoda-ku,[...]

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    0202 USB 2.0 Owner’s Manual 3 T ABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ................................... .............................................. 5 Package Includes ................................... ....................................... 6 Computer Requirements ....................................... ........................ 7 Windows .........[...]

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    4 E-MU Systems[...]

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    Introduction 0202 USB 2.0 Owner’s Manual 5 INTR ODUCTION Thanks for your purchase of the E-MU 0202 USB 2.0 Audio/MIDI In terface. This interface brings an unparallele d level of USB audio quality to the Mac or PC, with pristine 24-bit/192kHz A/D and D/A converte rs, ultra-low jitter clock, and Class-A, ultra-low noise mic/line/hi- Z preamps. The [...]

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    Package Includes 6 E-MU Systems PACKAGE INCLUDES • E-MU 0202 USB 2.0 AudioPod •U S B C a b l e • Quick Start Installation Guide E-MU Software/Manual CD-ROM (OS X /Windows) • Windows XP, Windows XP x64, Window s Vista, Windows Vista x64 Drivers •M a c O S X D r i v e r s •O w n e r ’ s M a n u a l Acoustica Mixcraft LE 4 Install CD-ROM[...]

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    Computer Requirements 0202 USB 2.0 Owner’s Manual 7 COMPUTER REQUIR EMENTS The minimum computer system require ments for the E-MU 0202 USB 2.0 are listed belo w. Wind ows • Intel® or AMD® processor — 1.2 GHz or faster • Intel, AMD, or 100% compatible motherboard & chipset • Microsoft® Windows® XP (S P 2 or greater), Windows XP x64[...]

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    Software Installation 8 E-MU Systems SOFTWAR E INSTALLATION Windows XP or Windows Vista Follow these instructions to install the 0202 USB 2.0 software on a Windows XP or Windows Vista computer. 1. First connect the 0202 USB 2.0 to your computer using the supplied USB cable, and turn it on. 2. If Windows prompts you with an Add New Hardware Wizard, [...]

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    Software Installation 0202 USB 2.0 Owner’s Manual 9 5. In the InstallShield Wizard dialog box, select the Remo ve ALL option. 6. Click the Ye s button. 7. Restart your computer when prompted. You may now re-install existing or updated E-MU device drivers or applications. Macintosh OS X Follow these instructions to install the 0202 USB 2.0 drivers[...]

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    Software Installation 10 E-MU Systems Setup the MIDI Devices If you plan to use a MIDI keyboard, now w ould be a good time to set up your MIDI devices. Connecting a MIDI keyboard will allow you to use the virtual instru ments provided in the software bundle and get th e most out of your purchase. You’ll also need a MIDI interface such as t he E-M[...]

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    Software Installation 0202 USB 2.0 Owner’s Manual 11 17. Connect th e new external device to the E-MU 0202|USB by dragging between the input and output connectors. 18. The window below sho ws a pr operly connected MIDI device. 19. Press the close button to clos e the Audio MIDI Setup window. What audio softwar e can I use with my 0202 USB? The 02[...]

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    Connection Diagram 12 E-MU Systems CONNECTION DIAGRAM WA R N I N G ! Use only a USB 2.0 certified Hi-Speed cable (like the one supplied) for the USB connection. Using a USB 1.1 cable may cause erractic behavior and degraded performance. Inputs USB 2.0 Outputs L R R - Hi Z / Line Stereo L - Mic L - Line Mic Compute r M i c r ophone o r L i ne 1/4”[...]

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    Controls & Headphone Output 0202 USB 2.0 Owner’s Manual 13 CONTR OLS & HEADPHONE OUTPUT 1. Signal Level & Clip Indicators The LED signal level indicators show that you are inputing a prop er signal level. With a proper input level, the gr een signal LED sh ould be flickering, but the red clip indicator should NOT ever be lit. The clip[...]

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    Input/Output 14 E-MU Systems INPUT/OUTPUT 7. USB Connects the 0202 USB 2.0 to your computer via the supplied USB cable. The USB connection provides two-way comm unication when connected to the computer. NOTE to PC Users : When using a USB 1.1 port, performance is limited to 16-bit and 44.1/48 kHz re c ord i n g a nd p l a y b a c k . The 0202 USB 2[...]

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    E-MU USB Audio Control Panel 0202 USB 2.0 Owner’s Manual 15 E-MU USB AUDIO CONTR OL PANEL After you have successfully installed th e audio drivers, launch the E-MU USB Audio control panel. The E-MU USB Audio control panel is shown below. • Win do ws: The E-MU USB Audio control icon wi ll be visible in the Taskbar, which is normally located in t[...]

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    Direct Monitoring 16 E-MU Systems DIR ECT MONITORING Direct monitoring allows you to moni tor inputs without having any software ope n. I t c an a lso be use d as an alt ern at ive to s of tw are mo nit ori ng if y ou d es ire th e lowest latency monitoring possible. When using a computer for digi tal recordin g, an audible time delay occurs while [...]

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    Audio Recording Software 0202 USB 2.0 Owner’s Manual 17 AUDIO RECOR DING SOFTWAR E Now that you’ve installed the 0202 USB 2. 0, you probably want to start using it! The 0202 USB 2.0 is only one half of the equation—the hardware interfac e that translates audio signals into the digital la nguage of your computer. The second half of the equatio[...]

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    Troubleshooting 18 E-MU Systems TR O U B L E S H O O T I N G Can’ t hear Windows Media Player in Windows If you have, or ever have had, another au dio device installed in your PC, you may have to set the E-MU 0202 USB 2.0 as the “ Default Audio Device”. 1. Open the Control P anel , then select Sounds and Audio Devices. 2. Click the Audio tab [...]

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    Internet References 0202 USB 2.0 Owner’s Manual 19 Simultaneous WDM/ASIO Pl ayback (PC only ) The 0202 USB 2.0 only supports playing back one stream format at a time on the PC. Each of the three mentioned stream type s has an associated pr iority. If a highe r priority stream type is opened while a lowe r pri ority stream is already playing , the[...]

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    Technical Specifications 20 E-MU Systems T ECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Sample Rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 19 2kHz fr om internal cr ystal with no sample rate conversion (Note: 176.4k & 192k sample rates not supported on Macintosh) Bit Depth: 24-bit I/O, 32-bit processing USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Full 24-bit r esoluti on at all sample rates 2 [...]

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    Technical Specifications 0202 USB 2.0 Owner’s Manual 21 Analog Line Outputs (2) Ty p e : balanced, AC-coupled, 2-pole lo w-pass differ ential filter D/A converter: CS4392 Max Level: Consumer: +6.7 dBV max (unbalanced) Fr equency Response: (20Hz - 20kHz) 0.00/-.01dB Dynamic Range: (1kHz, A-weighted) 111dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio: (A-weighted) 112dB [...]

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    Declaration of Conformity 22 E-MU Systems DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY T rade Name: E-MU Systems Model No.: EM8740 Responsible Party: E-MU Systems Addr ess: 1500 Green Hills Road Scotts Valley, CA 95066 U.S.A. This device complies with Part 15 of th e FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmfu[...]

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    Declaration of Conformity 0202 USB 2.0 Owner’s Manual 23 Compliance Information United States Compliance Information FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class B using: CISPR 22 (1997) Class B ANSI C63.4 (2003) method FCC Site No. 958979 Canada Compliance Information ICES-0003 Class B using: CISPR 22 (1997) Class B ANSI C63.4 (2003) method Industry of Canada Fi[...]

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    Declaration of Conformity 24 E-MU Systems[...]

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    Index 0202 USB 2.0 Owner’s Manual 25 INDEX A ASIO Buffer Size 18 Audio Recording Software 17 C Clip Indicators 13 Computer Requirements 7 Connection Diagram 12 , 14 D Device Select, E-Control 15 Direct Monitor Controls 13 Direct Monitoring 16 Direct Monitoring vs Software Monitoring 16 E E-Control Applic ation 15 G Gain Controls 13 Ground Lift Sw[...]