POWERCORE FIREWIRE & PCI USER MANUAL CONTACT DETAILS H S I TC ELECTRONIC A/S L Customer Support G Sindalsvej 34 N E Risskov DK-8240 Denmark www.tcelectronic.com e-mail: [email protected] USA: TC Electronic Inc. TC Works Customer Support 742-A Hampshire Rd. Westlake Village, CA 91361 www.tcelectronic.com e-mail: [email protected] TC WORKS Soft-& Hardware GmbH Customer Support Flughafenstrasse 52B 22335 Hamburg Germany TECHNICAL SUPPORT Details on how to obtain technical support can be found in the included Customer Support Document. For immediate answers on many support questions, visit the TC SUPPORT INTERACTIVE pages on www.tcelectronic.com TABLE OF CONTENTS H S I WELCOME . 1 L G POWERCORE FIREWIRE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS . 2 N E MAC OS . 2 WINDOWS . 2 POWERCORE FIREWIRE SPECIFICATIONS . 2 POWERCORE PCI SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS . 3 MAC OS . 3 WINDOWS . 3 POWERCORE PCI SPECIFICATIONS . 3 INSTALLING POWERCORE FIREWIRE [WINDOWS] . 4 HARDWARE INSTALLATION . 4 PLUG-IN INSTALLATION . 4 INSTALLING POWERCORE FIREWIRE [MAC OS] . 4 INSTALLATION . 4 INSTALLING POWERCORE PCI . 5 HARDWARE INSTALLATION PC & MAC . 5 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION WINDOWS. 7 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION MAC OS . 7 USING POWERCORE PLUG-INS . 8 INCLUDED PLUG-INS . 8 24/7·C LIMITING AMPLIFIER . 8 CHORUS-DELAY . 8 CLASSIC VERB . 8 COMPENSATOR . 9 EQSAT CUSTOM . 9 MASTER X3 . 9 MEGAREVERB . 9 POWERCORE 01 . 10 POWERCORE CL . 10 VOICESTRIP . 10 GETTING THE MOST FROM POWERCORE . 11 BUFFER SIZES . 11 THE DISABLED STATE . 11 96 kHz PROCESSING . 11 LATENCY . 12 WHAT IS LATENCY? . 12 NO LATENCY MODE . 12 LATENCY IN THE MASTER FADER . 12 THE POWERCORE CONTROL PANEL . 13 ACCESSING THE CONTROL PANEL IN WINDOWS . 13 H S ACCESSING THE CONTROL PANEL IN MACOS . 13 I BOARD USAGE . 13 L INFORMATION . 14 G BOARD SELECTOR MENU . 14 N E POWERCORE HARDWARE . 14 AUTHENTICATION ID . 14 OPTIONAL PLUG-IN AUTHORIZATION . 14 POWERCORE SOFTWARE . 14 RESET . 14 SAVE INFORMATION . 15 ADVANCED . 15 ASYNCHRONOUS DMA BUFFERS . 15 WHEN TO INCREASE ADMA BUFFER SETTINGS . 15 HOW TO INCREASE BUFFER SETTINGS . 15 RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD . 15 POWERCORE IN MACOS X . 16 AUDIO UNIT COMPONENTS . 16 OS X DOMAINS . 16 PLUG-IN LOCATIONS (LOCAL DOMAIN) . 16 CONTROL PANEL LOCATION (LOCAL DOMAIN) . 16 POWERCORE PLUG-IN PRESETS BASE LOCATION . 16 POWERCORE IN WINDOWS . 17 DIRECT X WRAPPERS . 17 POWERCORE FW ERROR MESSAGES . 17 POWERCORE FW FRONT PANEL . 17 POWER LED . 17 POWER PULSE . 17 ERROR LED . 17 TROUBLE SHOOTING . 18 GETTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT . 18 • I can run half the number of effects at 96 kHz than I can at 48 kHz . 18 • Powercore Plug-Ins don’t show in my applications Plug-In selection dialog . 18 • I don’t see all Powercore Plug-Ins in my native mixer’s inserts, sends or master . 18 • Every-time I load a Plug-In in LOGIC or DIGITAL PERFORMER, my application Quits . 18 • The input of my Powercore Plug-In is clipping (and/or I hear distorted audio) . 18 • My source audio is mono after inserting a Powercore Plug-In . 19 • The Plug-In doesn’t open or there is no audio when I activate the Plug-In . 19 • The audio is corrupted . 19 This equipment has been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against H harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio S frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause I harmful interference to radio communication. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not L occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equip- G ment reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to N E try to correct the interference by any combination of the following measures: • Relocate.