ESI Juli@ manual

High Quality 24-bit 192kHz 4x4 reference audio interface with swappable I/O socket User’s Guide[...]

ESI - Copyright © 2004, 2005, 2006 Revision 5, November 2006 www.esi-audio.com[...]

ESI Juli@ 3 INDEX 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 5 Key Features ................................................................................................................................. 5 2. Description of Juli@ ..............[...]

ESI Juli@ 4 5. DSP Quattro SE ................................................................................................................... 40 7. DirectWIRE 3.0 (PC only) ......................................................................................................... 41 8. Specifications ..............................................[...]

ESI Juli@ 5 1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of Juli@ by ESI – High Quality 24-bit 192kHz 4x4 reference audio/MIDI interface with swappable I/O socket. Juli@ is the perfect reference audio interf ace for home studio recording applications. This audio card provides suppor t for 24-bit 192kHz on 2 analog input and 2 analog output ch[...]

ESI Juli@ 2. Description of Juli@ Here is a short description of Juli@’s connectors. 1. 2. Analog Inputs 1/2 (top) and Analog Outputs 1/2 (bottom) These are analog Line inputs a nd outputs. Depending on the your requirements, you can select between balanced (+4dBu nominal TRS) and u nbalanced (-10dBV nomina l RCA) connectors (both cannot be used [...]

ESI Juli@ 5. Juli@ breakout cable The Juli@ PCI card comes with a sp ecial breakout cable. This cable provides 24bit/192kHz coaxial inputs and outputs and 16 MIDI I/O channels. The coaxial I/O port sends and receive s the signals from channel 3/4 (‘Juli@ 3/4’) fro m your audio applications. These coaxial connectors fully support up to 192 kHz. [...]

ESI Juli@ * TIP. How to sw ap the Connectors? The following example shows you how to change fr om RCA I/O to TRS I/O connectors. Usually you change the setup of the card on ce before you install it and before you start to use it (both I/O connector types cannot be used simultaneously). 1. First, follow the order of the pictures below to remove the [...]

ESI Juli@ 2. Detach the metal bracket from the card. 3. Hold the edges of the card and carefully sepa rate the PCI card like shown on this picture. Caution: Don’t touch the chipsets on the card like shown on the follow ing picture. Otherwise the card could be damaged. 9[...]

ESI Juli@ 4. Turn the TRS connector parts toward to the bracket. Hold the edges of the card and carefully comb ine PCI card like shown on the pictures below. 10[...]

ESI Juli@ 5. Put the metal bracket to the card. 6. Tighten screws agai n (in opposite order). 11[...]

ESI Juli@ 12 3. Hardware Installation 1. System Recommendation Juli@ is not simply a standard dig ital audio in terface card, but a high-resolution dev ice capable of advanced processing of audio content. Even though Juli@ is built to have low-CPU resource dependability, system specifications play a key part in the Juli@’s perform ance. Systems w[...]

ESI Juli@ 2. Preparation for Hardware Installation The Juli@ and other components in the computer could easily be dam aged by electrical shocks. You should use an anti-static device that can disc harge the static electricity of your body to avoid potential static damage to the cards. The Juli@ card is shipped in an anti-static plastic pouch to prot[...]

ESI Juli@ Figure 3. Typical PC Mother board Slot Configuration Figure 4. Removing the PCI Slot faceplate If the PCI slot is covered by a faceplate, you can remove it by rem oving the screw holding it in place or by prying it off with a screwdriver. Insert the Juli@ card into the PCI slot, firmly pushing the card into the sl ot until it is seated se[...]

ESI Juli@ 4. Driver Installation 1. PC After completing the hardware installation for Juli@, you need to install its driv er software to use it. The software installation is not very complicated, even for computer beginners. Just follow the steps below and you will complete it without hassle. The installation steps under Windows 98SE, Windows ME, W[...]

ESI Juli@ search’ and click ‘B r o w s e ’ to find the accurate location of the driver. Then confirm your selection with ‘ Next >’ . 16[...]

ESI Juli@ 3 . On Windows 2000 and XP , there might appear a message a bout the “Windows Logo” test. You can simply ignore it and just se lect ‘Continue Anyway’. Even if W indows displa ys this message, the driver is completely tested and verified by us (E SI), so it is safe to use it. 4. Juli@ controller driver will be installed. 17[...]

ESI Juli@ 5. Windows will automatically ins tall the Juli@ A udio driver now, with the same procedure. 18[...]

ESI Juli@ When your system keeps asking restart the computer, just ignores that and continue to install. When all the necessary device drivers are installed and the system is not asking you to install any further drivers, restart the computer . 6. Checking your system. After you restart Windows, please confirm if the ‘ESI’ icon is on the system[...]

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ESI Juli@ 2. Macintosh 1. After completing the hardware installation for Juli@ , you need to install its driver software to use it. Drag "ESI192Driver-2.0.0.dmg" from your dr iver CD:ESIJuli@MAC directory to the Macintosh. 2. Double click "ESI192Driver-2.0. 0.dmg" file to expand the f ile. Then, Open "ESI192Driver- 2.0.0[...]

ESI Juli@ 5. Please follow the instructi ons on screen. Then select Continue button. 6. The Authenticate windows will appear. Then pl ease enter your Password and select OK button. Then you can see also restart information window . And select Continue Installation button for driver installation. Then files are now copied to your system. 22[...]

ESI Juli@ 7. After the software has been insta lled you must select the Restart button. 8. After the reboot, you can find the Ego Systems Contro l icon in the Applicati ons directory of your HDD. It is the main control panel of Juli@. 23[...]

ESI Juli@ 5. Juli@ Console 1. PC After you completed the hardware and driver inst allation for Juli@, you need to learn about the Juli@ Console. This console allows you to control your setup for Juli@. Juli@ is built for easy usage. All input and output c ontrols in the console software are the same. So, if you learn about one control, you can use [...]

ESI Juli@ 1. File - Exit File – Exit will close the Juli@ Console window but it will not s hut down the Console. You can always launch the Console by clicki ng ‘ESI’ icon on the system tray. 2. Config – Mouse Wheel Controls the increment at which the volum e is ad justed when using a mouse wheel. The adjustment step is from 1 to 8. 3. Confi[...]

ESI Juli@ 7. DirectWire (explained later in detail) 2. Input Panel Analog Input 1/2 This is where you can adjust the input monitoring level for the analog input 1/2. W hen you active ‘MON’ button of 1/2, the input mon itoring level fader appears (displ ayed on the right picture). Now the analog input signal is routed to output 1,2 and you can m[...]

ESI Juli@ 3. Output Panel Analog Output 1/2 This is where you can control the output signal. The level can be set using the mouse, mouse wheel, or cursor keys. S/PDIF Out This is where you can adjust out put-monitoring level of the S/PDIF out/playback signal. When you active ‘MON’ button o f S/PDIF Out, the S/PDIF output level fader will appear[...]

ESI Juli@ MASTER FADER Allows you to change the level of the final output signal. The level can be set using the mouse, mouse wheel, or cursor keys. MUTE Select this button to mute each s ignal source. 4. Sample Rate and Clock Sample Rate Selects the sample rate for Juli@. The green lit w ill ind icate current sam ple rate. Juli@ supports 44.1, 48,[...]

ESI Juli@ 2. Macintosh After you completed the hardware an d driver installation for Juli@, you need to learn about the Ego Systems Control utility f or Juli@ which allows you to control the settings of the hardware. The software is built for easy usage. All input and output controls for each channel in the panel are similar. So, if you know how to[...]

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ESI Juli@ 6. Setting in Applications This chapter contains basic configuration examples for some popular software applications. Please also refer to the manual of every audio software you use for detailed information. 1. PC 1. Windows Multimedia setup The Windows Multimedia setup is required if y ou wa nt to use Juli@ as the main sound device for W[...]

ESI Juli@ 2. Tracktion Juli@ comes bundled with Tracktion. In Tracktion, select ‘Settings’ then go to the ‘a udio devices’ tab. Choose ‘Juli@’ as Playback and Record device. You can us e Tracktion as ASIO or MME /Direct sound application. 32[...]

ESI Juli@ 3. Cubase After launching Cubase, go to ‘Dev ice -> Device Setup -> VST Mul titrack’. Selec t ‘ASIO 2.0 – Juli@’ as ASIO device. Then go to ‘Default MIDI Ports’ and selec t Juli@ MIDI. Note: clicking ASIO Control Panel will not do anything here. Make sure you click the ‘Apply’ button after changing the settings. 33[...]

ESI Juli@ 4. Cakewalk SONAR There are few steps to configure SONAR, which supports either WDM or ASIO drivers. After launching SONAR, go to ‘Options > Audio’ … 1. WDM/KS mode – Change the settings as shown below. 34[...]

ESI Juli@ The input and output drivers have to matching each other. Restart SONAR af ter the settings have changed. 2. ASIO mode *SONAR 2.2 and newer supports ASIO. With Juli@, ASIO is recommended in stead of WDM when you use SONAR. First, change the ‘Driver Mode’ to ASIO on the ‘Advanced’ tab of as shown below. Then, restart SONAR. Then, c[...]

ESI Juli@ *Warning: Enabling SONAR’s software Input m onitoring may introduce feedback loops. You MUST disable/mute Juli@ input monitoring before using SONAR’s software input monitoring. 36[...]

ESI Juli@ 5. Wavelab After launching Wave Lab, go to ‘Options -> Pref erence -> Audio Card’. Select either ‘MME- WDM 1-Juli@ Ch12’ or ‘ASIO 2.0 –Juli@’. 6. Giga Studio (v. 2.20.42 or higher) After launching GIGASTUDIO, select ‘S ettings’ from the menu on the left. On the right section, select ‘Juli@ -G SIF’ for the hardw[...]

ESI Juli@ 2. Macintosh 1. Audio MIDI setup You can find AudioMIDI Setup on your HDD in the ApplicationsUtilities di rectory. It is a basic application for audio input, output and MIDI conf iguration. Select ESI Juli@ device as the default audio input/output device as shown below. 2. Cubase SX After launching Cubase, go to ‘Device Setup’ ->?[...]

ESI Juli@ 3. Tracktion We provide Traction as bundle software. In Trackti on, select ‘Settings’ then ‘audio devices’ tab. Choose ‘ESI Juli@’ as Output and Input Device. 4. Tassman ESI We provide Tassman ESI as bundle software. In Ta ssman ESI, select ‘Preferences’ then you can setup ‘Audio Settings’ and ‘MIDI Settings’. Choo[...]

ESI Juli@ 5. DSP Quattro SE We provide i3 S.r.l’s DSP-Quattr o as bundle software. In DSP-Quattr o, select ‘Option’ then ‘Audio setting’. Choose ‘ESI Juli@’ as Playback and Record device. 40[...]

ESI Juli@ 7. DirectWIRE 3.0 (PC only) 1. What is DirectWIRE? DirectWIRE is a 100% purely digital wire! DirectWIRE is a driver technology, developed by ESI, which can be used for routing audio stream s internally within applications using E WDM A udio MIDI Drivers exclusively developed by ESI. With the DirectW IRE router, an application ca n record [...]

ESI Juli@ GSIF section represents GSIF application like GigaStudio. * Some applications support m ultiple driver modes. 3. DirectWIRE Examples EX1. Recording from WinAm p(MME) to WaveLab(MME) Caution; If you want to record what's played ba ck in Winamp, but don't want to hear the sound, you should click the OUT button in the MME s ection [...]

ESI Juli@ EX4. Recording from GigaStudio(GSIF) to SONAR(WDM) EX5. Recording from GigaStudi o(GSIF) to Cubase(ASIO) EX6. Let's say you want to quickly dub some vocal over an audio track. It's very simple with DirectWIRE 3.0, you just have to make connections sim ilar to these. 43[...]

ESI Juli@ 44 8. Specifications <Analog Audio> 1. Analog Inputs * Unbalanced Part 1) Connector Type : Gold-plated RCA female (line in 1 and 2) 2) Peak level : 0dBFS @ +6dBV (-10dBV nominal) 3) Impedance : 10k ohms minimum * Balanced Part 1) Connector Type : 1/4" female TRS-type, balanced or unbalanced(line in 1 and 2) 2) Peak level : 0dBF[...]

ESI Juli@ 45 9. General Information 1. Trademarks ESI, and Juli@ are trademarks of Ego System s Inc. and ESI Audiotechnik GmbH. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporati on. Other product and brand names are trademarks or reg istered trademarks of their respectiv e companies. 2. The FCC and CE Regulation Warning This device complies with Part 1[...]