1 owner’s manual.
3 contents 1. Safety notes 5 2. Introduction 6 3. Features 7 4. Installation guide 8 5. Front panel explained 9 6. Rear panel explained 11 7. Software control panel 12 8. Advanced user tips 21 9. In the box 21 10. Troubleshooting 21 11. Technical specifications 23 12. Antelope audio support resource...
5 1. Safety notes to reduce the risk of electrical shocks, fire, and related hazards: ● do not remove screws, cover, or cabinet. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. ● do not expose this device to rain, moisture or spillover of liquid of any kin...
6 2. Introduction thank you for purchasing the orion studio from antelope audio. Orion studio is the second addition to antelope’s family of thunderbolt tm audio interfaces, employing 12 pristine class-a mic pres, stunning ad/da conversion and extended usability and functionality. Orion studio’s con...
7 3. Features ● antelope audio precise ad/da conversion technology ● 32 channels at 192 khz i/o via thunderbolt tm ● 24 channels at 192 khz i/o via usb ● comprehensive mic pres, hiz instrument and line inputs ● 12 class a mic preamps, with phantom power - 8 mic/line inputs - 4 mic/line/instrument in...
8 4. Installation guide connect to the dc power source via rear panel connector. Windows: 1. Connect the usb cable to the usb port on your computer. 2. Download and install the orion studio software control panel and drivers from www. Antelopeaudio.Com/en/support/downloads this will enable you to co...
9 5. Front panel explained 1. Power button toggles standby/operation state 2. 4 instrument/mic preamp/line inputs 4 class a mic preamps, with phantom power over combo input with switchable line/hiz input. 3. Talkback button press the talkback button to activate the talkback microphone. This can be d...
10 7. Functional buttons by pressing the top and middle function buttons you can cycle thru the display and view various information Βy holding down the top function button you can access the system menu of the device, which allows you to access the following sub-menus and confirm them by pressing t...
11 6. Rear panel explained 10. Dc power connection for use with antelope’s dc power supply, only. 11. Usb high-speed orion studio uses usb connector type b and operates up to 192khz sample rate with antelope asio on windows & mac os x. 12. Thunderbolt tm port enables you to connect your orion studio...
12 7. Software control panel 7.1. Routing tab and main view options the universal panel view sits constantly on the upper half of the control panel, allowing for quick access to the most important features. Main view: 1. Power/standby button 2. Monitor a/monitor b select button 3. Monitor a/monitor ...
13 orion studio supports sample rates higher than 48khz for adat. The following table show what the various options for adat implement in order to be consistent with the input/output of your other devices connected via adat. Clock source adat options: (note that there is no s-mux check-box for adat ...
14 21. Channel gain (value can be adjusted in 1 db steps) 22. Peak meter 23. Independently assignable 48v phantom power switch 24. Phase reverse button 25. Stereo link.
15 7.2. Mixer tab 1. Fader (double-click to reset to zero) 2. Fader level indication 3. Solo 4. Mute 5. Stereo link 6. Pan 7. Send 8. Master mix fader 9. Mute master 10. Mixer 1-4 show/hide orion studio comes with four software low latency mixers which provide near zero latency mix and monitoring th...
16 for example, you can drag all of the twenty-four usb play channels to mixer 1 channels and then drag and drop mix 1 l/r to line out 1&2 providing a stereo bus mix to line out channels 1 and 2. The low latency mixers provide the basic functions of a real mixer such as: solo, mute, pan, link channe...
17 auraverb’s color control allows you to adjust the overall tone of the reverb. On “0” the space created is darker, like a lushly carpeted area. On “100” the reverb is brightest, which can add some sizzle to a lead vocal, for example. • predelay predelay is common on most reverbs, and allows you to...
18 eq 1. Frequency adjust dials (double-click to return to default) 2. Gain adjust dials (double-click to return to default) 3. Q adjust dials (double-click to return to default) 4 & 7. Frequency band analysis screen 5. Save / load / bypass 6. Eq output metering 8. Selectable high pass or high shelf...
19 7.4. Meters tab.
20 7.5. Options tab click on the ‘settings’ gear icon to open the ‘settings’ window. 1. Monitor out trim 2. Line out trim 3 & 4. Oscillator 1 and mute 5 & 6. Oscillator 2 and mute 7. Oscillator level 8. Line out volume 9. Talkback hp 1/talkback hp 2/talkback monitor on/off: enables or disables the t...
21 8. Advanced user tips ground loop hum and noise the design of orion studio minimizes the possibility of ground loop hum and noise. However, we recommend the use of shorter, shielded cables and balanced connections for all the audio signals of your system. All power cables of the system should be ...
22 connectivity: if you believe there is no sound being received to an input or delivered from an output: ● check your source. Is there a signal being transmitted form the source? ● is your source in the correct sample rate for the orion studio to receive? ● check what clocking mode you are in. Are ...
23 11. Technical specifications analog inputs 4 x mic / line instrument on xlr combos on the front 8 x mic / line on xlr combos on the rear analog inserts 2 x inserts on trs (inputs 1,2) digital inputs 2 x adat (up to 16) 1 x s/pdif word clock input 1 x input @ 75 ohms 3vpp on bnc 32 - 192khz analog...
24 clocking stability: clock aging: clock calibration: sample rates (khz): 32, 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 12. Antelope audio support resources antelope audio offers a range of services and support resources for your antelope hardware, firmware and software control panels. Faq several categories ...
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Version 1.0 / 24.11.2015.
