6 - Appendix

Technical Specifications

Technical Specifications

GENERAL

Sample Rates

Bit Depth

Hardware DSP

Converters & OpAmps

44.1kHz. 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz and 192kHz derived from internal crystals. (No sample rate conversion is performed.)

Externally supplied clock from S/PDIF. (or word clock with optional Sync Card)

16-bit or 24-bit(depending on the setting of your recording or audio application)

100MIPs custom audio DSP.

DSP - 32-bit integer math with a 67-bit accumulator PCI Bus-Mastering DMA subsystem reduces CPU usage. Zero-latency direct hardware monitoring with effects

ADC - PCM1804 (TI/Burr-Brown)

DAC - AK4395 (AKM)

OpAmp - NJM2068M (JRC)

ANALOG LINE INPUTS

Type

Level

Frequency Response

THD + N

SNR

Dynamic Range

Channel Crosstalk

Input Impedance

Unbalanced, low-noise input circuitry

Consumer: -10 dBV nominal, 6.4 dBV maximum

20 Hz - 20 kHz: +0.20/-0.10 dB

-100 dB (.001%) 1kHz at -1 dBFS

111 dB (A-weighted 22kHz BW)

111 dB (1kHz, A-weighted, 22kHz BW)

<-120 dB, (1 kHz signal at -1 dBFS) 3.3K ohm

ANALOG LINE OUTPUTS

Type

Level

Frequency Response

THD + N

SNR

Dynamic Range

Stereo Crosstalk

Output Impedance

Unbalanced, low-noise circuitry

Consumer: -10dBV nominal, 6.4dBV maximum

+0.05/-0.10 dB, (20 Hz - 20 kHz)

-100 dB (.001%) 1kHz signal at -1dBFS

116 dB (A-weighted, 22 kHz BW)

116 dB (1 kHz, A-weighted, 22 kHz BW)

<-109 dB, (1 kHz signal at -1 dBFS) 560 ohms

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0404 specifications

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