Introduction
AES16 User Manual 4
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 brief 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
patchbay.
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 our 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 ASIO2.0 under OS9 and
CoreAudio under OS X.
