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1 Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Lynx AES16
™ PCI
audio interface. The AES16 has been designed to
provide you with the highest quality professional
audio performance available, offering unequalled
AES/EBU channel capacity and routing
flexibility.
Even if you’re an experienced audio
professional, please take a few moments to read
through this users’ manual. It will help to
streamline the installation procedure, and
acquaint you with the AES16’s superior feature
set, allowing you to quickly realize the full
potential of this powerful audio tool.
1.1 Overview
The AES16 turns your computer into a powerful
digital audio workstation, giving you up to
sixteen channels of professional AES/EBU
digital input and output at sampling rates up to
192 kHz. Its integrated 32-channel software
mixer provides zero-latency monitoring, with
unprecedented control and matrixing flexibility.
With support for Windows and Macintosh
computers, the AES16 can store and recall an
unlimited number of routing configurations and
mixer scenes, providing you with a virtual digital
patch bay.
The AES16 supports the latest single-wire
AES/EBU 192 kHz standard for up to 16
channels of digital input and output, and is also
compatible with existing dual-wire 96 kHz and
192 kHz devices. Up to four AES16 cards can be
installed in a single host computer to deliver a
total of 64 inputs and 64 outputs of ultra-high
bandwidth audio performance.
With exclusive SynchroLock
™ technology, the
AES16 provides unmatched tolerance to jitter
when synchronizing to external clocks, making it
an ideal solution for longer cable runs and other
sources where noise may be an issue. The
SynchroLock output can also provide a clean and
accurate clock output for other audio devices.
The AES16 provides ultra low latency drivers
for most Windows protocols including WDM,
MME, ASIO 2.0, GSIF, DirectSound and Direct
Kernel Streaming, and for Macintosh protocols
including ASIO 2.0 under OS9 and Core Audio
under OS X.
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