SYSTEM
Number of Audio Processors: One stereo or two independent mono audio processors, each consisting of the following cascaded processing elements: Internal Processing: Input —>Stereo Enhancer —>Two-Band defeatable AGC with window gating —>Five-Band Equalizer/HF Enhancer —>Multiband Compressor —>Look-ahead Limiter —> Automatic Loudness Controller —>Output.
Number of Channels: The 1101e audio driver allows it to appear as two standard sound devices to the computer operating system. Each of the two sound devices can handle one stereo channel or two mono channels. The channels can be mixed and routed via a three-bus mixer ("Processed," "Direct 1," and "Direct 2"), however 1101e can only apply stereo or dual-mono audio processing to the output of the "Processed" bus. The remaining two "Direct" busses are applied to the Output Routing Switcher but cannot be further processed. See block diagram.
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 additional anti-aliasing for low sample rate services, such as Internet Streaming Encoders, 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 (3 x Freescale DSP56367).
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).
AGC (Automatic Gain Control): ±12dB/24dB gain range, Two-Band, Gate and Window enabled.
Stereo Enhancer: Two styles available: (1) Orban-patented L-R dynamic expansion triggered by L+R transients; (2) L-R delay.
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.
Multiband Compressors: -24dB gain range, Five-Band and Two-Band, selectable by mute-free crossfade.
Limiter: -12dB gain range, Look-ahead IM distortion reduced, competitive with the best dedicated mastering limiters, achieving high loudness with a remarkable lack of side-effects.
Loudness Controller: Constrains subjective loudness to a user-adjustable threshold via the 1981 Jones & Torick CBS Technology Center algorithm, as further refined and developed by Orban. The algorithm also drives a subjective loudness meter, which is displayed on the 1101e's GUI. In dual-mono mode, there are two independent loudness controllers and meters.
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 "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.
WAVE AUDIO INPUT
Number of Inputs: 2
Configuration: Stereo
Sound Devices: 2
Driver: Multiclient Driver allows 1101e to appear as two standard sound devices to the computer operating system. The input can therefore be received from multiple software applications running on the host computer system by use of standard operating system sound device driver calls. For example, this could include single or multiple player applications, such as an audio playout system with multiple players, content insertion system, or audio over IP routed into the host computer through an Ethernet port, and/or multiple streaming audio encoders. Because the driver is multiclient, it allows it to source multiple applications simultaneously. A versatile mixer and router application allows you to mix digital, analog, and wave inputs to three busses (one with OPTIMOD-PC processing and two without) and to route the outputs of the "Processed" and "Direct" busses to the Analog, Digital, and Wave Outputs in any configuration or combination, such that any output can receive any bus or the unprocessed Wave Input. Content insertion systems that would normally require two sound devices can be configured to work with one 1101e Optimod-PC, requiring only one PCIe slot per program source.
Sample Rate: 8-96kHz. Asynchronously Sample Rate Converted by Driver
Sync: Internal free running or External. Either AES/EBU, Word Clock, or 10MHz input can be used as source for external sync.
Wave data will be clocked to software configurable Internal or External sources.
Input Level: Variable within the range of -20 to 0dBFS (Peak) in 0.5dB steps.
Software adjustable via Optimod-PC Mixer Application and Windows Mixer API
WAVE AUDIO OUTPUT
Number of Outputs: 2
Configuration: Stereo
Sound Devices: 2
Driver: Multiclient Driver allows 1101e to appear as two standard sound devices to the computer operating system. The output can therefore be routed to multiple software applications simultaneously, such as audio encoders, recorders, and content insertion systems running on the host system, and/or the card physical outputs via the Mixer Application. Software applications running on the host system do not require the use of physical cables to connect Wave Inputs and Outputs to applications, eliminating any unnecessary digital sample rate conversion. Content insertion systems that would normally require two sound devices can be configured to work with one 1101e Optimod-PC, requiring only one PCIe slot per program source.
Sample Rate: Internal free running at 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, selected in software.
External Sync to either AES/EBU or Clock Input at 32kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.1 kHz, 96 kHz, or 10MHz, all ±4%.
Sync: Internal free running or External. Either AES/EBU, Word Clock, or 10MHz input can be used as source for External Sync.
Wave data will be clocked to software configurable Internal or External sources.
Jitter: Less than 10ns rms.
Output Level Control: Peak level is adjustable from -20 to 0dBFS in 0.1dB steps.
Software adjustable via Optimod-PC Mixer Application and Windows Mixer API.
ANALOG AUDIO INPUT
Number of Inputs: 1
Configuration: Stereo.
Impedance: >10k ohm impedance, electronically balanced, floating and symmetrical.
Nominal Input Level: -10dBu / +4dBu VU, -2dBu / +21dBu PPM.
Software adjustable via Optimod-PC Mixer Application and Windows Mixer API.
Maximum Input Level: +24 dBu, peak.
Reference Level: -20dBFS. -10dBu / +4dBu VU Input Level produces -20dBFS when Input Level fader is 0dB.
A-D Conversion: 24-bit 128X oversampled delta sigma A/D converter with linear phase anti-aliasing filter.
Audio 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 ohms, electronically balanced and floating.
Load Impedance: 600 ohms or greater, balanced or unbalanced. Termination not required or recommended.
Output Level: +4dBu nominal; Clip level +18dBu unbalanced, +24dBu balanced.
Software adjustable via Optimod-PC Mixer Application and Windows Mixer API.
Signal-to-Noise: 90dB unweighted signal-to-noise, 20Hz-20kHz (bypass mode) (Note: To prevent out-of-band noise from causing falsely high noise readings, noise and distortion specifications must be verified by a bandpass filter having a very sharp cutoff at 20 kHz.).
Distortion: <0.01% THD (bypass mode), 20Hz-20kHz. (Note: To prevent out-of-band noise from causing falsely high noise readings, noise and distortion specifications must be verified by a bandpass filter having a very sharp cutoff at 20 kHz.)
DA Conversion: 24-bit 128X oversampled D/A with linear phase anti-imaging filter.
DC Offset: Less than 10mV differential offset.
Highpass Filter: -3dB 2.0Hz.
Audio Connector: DB-25, EMI suppressed.
DIGITAL AUDIO INPUT
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 AES/EBU (AES3-1992/AES18) 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).
User Bits: AES18 compliant. Incoming User Bits will pass through to Digital Output. User Bits can also be inserted or extracted via Serial or Ethernet using Optimod-PC Control Application.
Impedance: Transformer balanced and floating, 110 ohm impedance, AES/EBU.
Sample Rate: 20-96kHz.
Input Level: Variable within the range of -20 to 0dBFS (Peak) in 0.5dB steps.
Software adjustable via Optimod-PC Mixer Application and Windows Mixer API.
Frequency Response: DC - 20,000Hz ±0.1dB (Digital I/O).
Internal Digital Input: See Wave Audio Input above.
Audio Connector: DB-25, EMI suppressed.
Word Clock Connector: DB-25, EMI Suppressed and/or BNC.
DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT
Number of Outputs: 2
Configuration: Two-channel per AES/EBU-standard (AES3-1992) or S/PDIF (consumer) standard, software selectable.
Output Level Control: Peak level is adjustable from -20 to 0dBFS in 0.1dB steps.
Software adjustable via Optimod-PC Mixer Application and Windows Mixer API.
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, Word Clock, or 10MHz input can be used as source for external sync.
Frequency Response: DC - 20,000Hz ±0.1dB (Digital I/O).
Signal-to-Noise: 100dB (referenced to -20dBFS Lineup Level)(Digital I/O).
Dynamic Range: 120dB (bypass mode) (Digital I/O).
THD+N: 0.0006%, 1kHz, -1dBFS (bypass mode) (Digital I/O).
Crosstalk: Infinite (Digital I/O)
Internal Digital Output: See Wave Audio Output above.
Audio Connector: DB-25, EMI suppressed.
AUDIO CABLE ASSEMBLY
OPTIONAL: DB-25 plug-in 6'/1.8m I/O Cable Assembly
Audio Inputs are XLR Female, Audio Outputs are XLR Male, Clock Input is BNC Female
Some applications will not require the use of external audio I/O, and therefore do not require a cable. Cable wiring Tascam compatible.
POWER
PCIe Connector: +3.3V at 1.5A, +12 at 200mA, ±15 derived from DC-DC converter.
COMPUTER
Drivers are available for 32 and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Drivers for 32 and 64-bit Windows 10 coming soon.
Minimum System Requirements: Recommend Intel CPU and Chipsets.
Microsoft Windows XP - Intel Pentium IV 1.0 GHz, RAM 128MB, 256MB recommended.
Microsoft Windows Vista - Intel Pentium IV 1.0. GHz, RAM 512MB, 1024MB recommended.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (Windows NT 6.1) 32/64-bit - Processor 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)/2 GHz recommended, RAM 1GB/2048MB recommended.
Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 (Windows NT 6.2/6.3) 32/64-bit - Processor 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)/2 GHz recommended, RAM 1GB/2048MB recommended.
Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 (Windows NT 6.2/6.3) 32/64-bit - Processor 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)/2 GHz recommended, RAM 1GB/2048MB 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: PCIe: PCIe 1x Version 1.1 compliant. 250/500MB/s. Plug and Play supported.
Audio Drivers: Microsoft Windows XP, WDM Audio DirectSound, multi-client, bus-mastering 32/64-bit
Microsoft Windows Vista, WDM Audio, DirectSound, multi-client, bus-mastering 32/64-bit
Microsoft Windows 7, WDM Audio, DirectSound, multi-client, bus-mastering 32/64-bit
Microsoft Windows 8/8.1, WDM Audio, DirectSound, multi-client, bus-mastering 32/64-bit
Software:
Mixer application provides complete control of digital mixer and all hardware settings.
The control application provides subjective adjustment controls of the audio processing and remote administration. It also allows factory and user presets to be recalled from and save to a host storage device such as a hard disk drive or removable drive. The control application client addresses multiple Optimod-PC cards, either housed in the local host or anywhere on a TCP/IP network or by local serial communication. The control application also functions as a server, interfacing cards installed in a given host computer with the network for control and monitoring.
API:
Microsoft Windows Mixer Control API supported for Input and Output switching and levels. This provides compatibility with Windows applications that use standard Microsoft Windows Mixer enumeration and calls.
IP 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 Presets and Mixer Controls are accessible and all commands are simple text strings, which are broadcast to all active clients to remain updated with current status.
Telnet/SSH: RFC 318 compliant basic subset. Compatible with Windows Telnet and PuTTY Telnet clients.
TCP/IP Port user assignable.
Serial API provides complete remote administration over Serial port communication. The OPTIMOD-PC Service application hosts a Serial terminal server to allow external control of the OPTIMOD-PC cards from either a terminal client or a custom third party application. All OPTIMOD-PC Presets and Mixer Controls are accessible and all commands are simple text strings.
Compatible with terminal programs such as Windows HyperTerminal, and PuTTY VT-100 clients.
COM Port user assignable from COM1 to COM100.
Status Monitoring: SNMP RFC 1157 compliant. Monitors all Audio Input and Output presence, Mixer Control status, Active Preset, Control Application Connections, and Control Client Connections. (in development)
REGULATORY
Certifications: CE and FCC Class B, RoHS compliant.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Size: (L x H x W): PCIe Standard Full Hieght/Short Length - 6.6"/168mm x 4.2"/107mm x 0.75"/19mm