Specifications
SYSTEM
Frequency Response: ±0.1dB, 2-20,000Hz
(Bypass software running).
Input/Output Delay: Adjustable from 25 ms to 62 ms in 1 ms steps. Presets available for one frame of: 30 fps (33.33ms), 29.97 fps (NTSC color video; 33.37ms), 25 fps (most PAL video; 40ms), and 24 fps (film; 41.67ms). “Minimum” delay is also available; this delay will vary according to the processing structure in use and crossover mode settings.
Internal Filters: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 20kHz can be used to provide anti-aliasing for low sample rate services, such as Eureka-147 (24kHz mode), iBiquity HD-AM (32kHz) and Digital Radio Mondiale.
Internal Sample Rate: 48kHz.
Wave Sample Rate: 8-96kHz.
Internal Resolution: 24-bit fixed point (Motorola DSP56362).
Input/Output Resolution: 24-bit.
Peak Control Accuracy: If output samples are synchronous with internal samples, maximum overshoot of any output sample is 0.1dB. This is true at 48kHz output sample rate. If sample rate conversion after internal processing makes output samples asynchronous with internal samples, output samples can overshoot as much as 1dB (0.3dB typical).
Phase Response: All processing is linear-phase (constant group delay).
Internal Processing: Input—>Stereo Enhancer—>Two-Band defeatable AGC with window gating—>Five-Band Equalizer/HF Enhancer—>Multiband Compressor—>Look-ahead Limiter—>Output.
Stereo Enhancer: Two styles available: (1) Orban-patented L–R dynamic expansion triggered by L+R transients; (2) L–R delay.
Multiband Compressors: Two available: Five-Band and Two-Band, selectable by mute-free crossfade.
Equalizers: Shelving Low Bass EQ, selectable 6 dB, 12dB or 18dB/octave. Three-band Parametric EQ with analog-style bell-shaped curves. Program Adaptive HF Enhancer.
Number of Factory Presets: More than 20, each with 19-step LESS-MORE control. Presets are fully customizable with FULL CONTROL. In addition to presets for full processing, there are also “Studio AGC” and “Look-ahead Limiter” presets.
Number of User Presets: Essentially unlimited. User presets can be saved on the host hard drive or on other storage devices.
ANALOG AUDIO INPUT
Number of Inputs: 1
Configuration: Stereo.
Impedance: >10k ohm impedance, electronically balanced, floating and symmetrical.
Nominal Input Level: Software adjustable via Optimod-PC Mixer Application
-10dBu / +4dBu VU, -2dBu / +21dBu PPM.
Maximum Input Level: +20 dBu, peak.
A-D Conversion: 24-bit 128X oversampled delta sigma A/D converter with linear phase anti-aliasing filter.
Connector: DB-25, EMI suppressed.
ANALOG AUDIO OUTPUT
Note that this output is primarily for monitoring. Nevertheless, it has been designed for low noise, distortion, and overshoot and can drive an STL or transmitter in an analog facility. Peak control will not be as good as at the digital output because transmitted samples will be asynchronous with peak-controlled internal samples. Like the other OPTIMOD-PC outputs, the source of this output can be switched between the computer’s WAVE output, the output of OPTIMOD-PC’s Direct Mixer, OPTIMOD-PC’s peak limiter output, and OPTIMOD-PC’s multiband compressor output. Because most of the delay occurs in the peak limiter, using the multiband compressor output can make headphone monitoring much more comfortable for live talent when live microphone inputs are used.
Number of Outputs: 1
Configuration: Stereo.
Source Impedance: 50 ohm, electronically balanced and floating.
Load Impedance: 600 ohm or greater, balanced or unbalanced. Termination not required or recommended.
Output Level: +4dBu nominal; adjustable in software. Clip level is +18dBu unbalanced, +24dBu balanced.
Signal-to-Noise: 90dB unweighted signal-to-noise, 20Hz-20kHz (bypass mode).
Distortion: <0.01% THD (bypass mode), 20Hz-20kHz.
DA Conversion: 24-bit 128X oversampled D/A with linear phase anti-aliasing filter.
DC Offset: Less than 10mV differential offset.
Highpass Filter: 0.15 Hz.
Connector: DB-25, EMI suppressed.
DIGITAL AUDIO INPUTS
Number of Inputs: 2, each with sample-rate converter. The two inputs can accept asynchronous inputs and will allow them to be mixed. One of the inputs can also be configured as sync reference to lock output sample rate to the sample rate at this input.
Configuration: Stereo per AES/EBU-standard (AES3-1992) or S/PDIF, 24-bits resolution, software selection of stereo, mono from left, mono from right, or mono from sum (as source to use as a mono processor).
Impedance: Transformer balanced and floating, 110 ohm impedance, AES/EBU, 75 ohm impedance, S/PDIF, software selectable.
Sample Rate: 20-96kHz.
Input Reference Level: Variable within the range of -30 to -10dBFS (VU) in 0.5dB steps.
Internal Input: The card is equipped with a driver that allows it to look like a standard sound card to the operating system (Windows or Linux). The input can therefore be received from multiple software applications running on the host system by use of the standard operating system hooks. For example, this could include audio over IP routed into the host computer through an Ethernet port and/or two different encoders. A versatile mixer and router application allows you to mix digital, analog, and WAVE inputs to two busses (one with OPTIMOD-PC processing and one without) and to route the outputs of the “processed” and “unprocessed” busses to the analog, digital, and WAVE outputs such that any output can receive any bus or the unprocessed WAVE input.
Connector: DB-25, EMI suppressed.
DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT
Number of Outputs: 1
Configuration: Two-channel per AES/EBU-standard (AES3-1992) or S/PDIF (consumer) standard, selectable in software.
Output Level Control: Peak level is adjustable from -20 to 0dBFS in 0.1dB steps. Controlled by software.
Sample Rate: Internal free running at 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.1 kHz, or 96 kHz, selected in software. Can also be synced to either AES/EBU input at 32kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.1 kHz, or 96 kHz, all ±4%.
Word Length: Selectable 24, 20, 18, or 16-bit. Optional dither can be added, with level adjusted appropriate to word length. This is first-order noise-shaped dither. (i.e., white TPDF dither of peak amplitude equal to the quantizer step size with noise shaping spectral density of 6dB/octave.) It sounds substantially quieter than white triangular PDF dither but, in contrast to more extreme noise-shaped dither, it adds only 3dB unweighted noise by comparison to white PDF dither.
Sync: Internal free running or external. Either AES/EBU input can be used as source for external sync.
Jitter: Less than 10ns rms.
Internal Output: The card is equipped with a driver that allows it to look like a standard sound card to the operating system (Windows or Linux). The output can therefore be routed to software running on the host system and/or the card outputs via the Mixer Application described under Internal Input, above.
Connector: DB-25, EMI suppressed.
AUDIO CABLE ASSEMBLY
OPTIONAL: DB-25 plug-in 6'/1.8m I/O cable assembly. Three versions available: (1) 1100/CBLXLR, terminated in XLR connectors; (2) 1100/CBRCA, terminated in RCA connectors (IEC Specification 60603-14); (3) unterminated. Some applications will not require the use of external audio I/O, and therefore do not require a cable.
API – Control/Mixer
Telnet/SSH: RFC 318 compliant basic subset. Compatible with Windows Telnet and PuTTY Telnet clients.
POWER
PCI Connector: +5V at 800mA, +12V at 200mA maximum, -12V at 100mA maximum, 7.5 watts total maximum.
COMPUTER
Minimum System Requirements: Recommend Intel CPU and Chipsets.
Microsoft Windows 2000 - Intel Pentium IV 800 MHz RAM 64MB, 128MB recommended.
Microsoft Windows XP - Intel Pentium IV 1.5 GHz, RAM 128MB, 256MB recommended.
This provides the minimum recommended CPU power to control an arbitrary number of Optimod-PC cards with external audio sources. Audio player and/or encoding software will require additional CPU power.
Bus: PCI Version 2.2 compliant, 32-bit, 33MHz, transfer rate up to 132MBytes/sec. Will operate in 3.3V or 5V PCI slot, and bus extenders. PCI-X 2.0 compliant. Plug and Play supported.
Drivers: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP, WDM, DirectSound, bus mastering.
Software: Mixer Application provides complete control of digital mixer and all hardware settings. Control Application provides subjective adjustment controls of the audio processing and remote administration. It also allows factory and user presets to be recalled, and stored on host storage device. Control Application addresses multiple Optimod-PC cards, either housed in the local host or anywhere on a TCP/IP network. Control Application also functions as a server, interfacing cards installed in a given host computer with the network.
API: API provides complete remote administration over TCP /IP. The OPTIMOD-PC Service application hosts a TCP /IP terminal server to allow external control of the OPTIMOD-PC cards from either a Telnet/SSH client or a custom third party application. All OPTIMOD-PC Mixer and System Controls are accessible and all commands are simple text strings.
REGULATORY
Certifications: CE and FCC Class B
ENVIRONMENTAL
Operating Temperature: 32° to 122° F / 0° to 50° C for all operating voltage ranges.
Humidity: 0-95% RH, non-condensing.
Size: (L x H x W): 9"/22.9cm x 5"/12.7cm PCI Standard Height x 0.75"/1.9cm PCI Standard Width
Shipping Weight: 4lbs./1.8kg with cable assembly.
These specifications are subject to design improvements and changes without notice.