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Antelope zenstudio+ Owner's Manual

Manual is about: Portable Thunderbolt USB Audio Interface

Summary of zenstudio+

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    1 portable thunderbolt ™ / usb audio interface owner’s manual.

  • Page 3: Contents

    Contents 1. Safety notes 5 2. Introduction 6 3. Features 7 4. Quick start 8 5. Installation guide 9 6. Front, rear and side panels explained 6.1. Front panel explained 10 6.2. Rear panel explained 12 6.3. Side panel explained 13 7. Software control panel 14 8. Advanced user tips 23 9. In the box 23 ...

  • Page 5: 1.  Safety Notes

    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 k...

  • Page 6: 2. Introduction

    6 2. Introduction thank you for purchasing the zen studio+ from antelope audio. Zen studio+ is the successor to antelope’s world-renowned professional portable interface zen studio. Its extended analog and digital connectivity, 12 world-class mic pres and antelope’s signature clocking are now accomp...

  • Page 7: 3. Features

    7 3. Features • hardware-based vintage effects: eqs, compressors, guitar amps & cabinets • proprietary fpga with massive modeling capabilities • thunderbolt™ • custom usb 2.0 type-b connector • 12 class a mic preamps, with individual phantom power • 2 reamp outputs • 4 hi-z instrument inputs • 8 cha...

  • Page 8: 4. Quick Start

    8 4. Quick start connect the dc power source on the rear panel. Windows 1. Connect the usb cable to the usb port on your computer. 2. Download the zen studio+ launcher from http://en.Antelopeaudio.Com/products/zen-studio-plus/. 3. Start the application, the launcher will automatically download the s...

  • Page 9: 5. Activation Guide

    9 5. Activation guide it is essential to activate zen studio+ before using it. Once the dc power source is plugged and the device is connected to your computer via usb or thunderbolt™ follow the steps below: 1. Navigate to www.Antelopeaudio.Com/products/zen-tour/. 2. Download the zen studio+ launche...

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    10 6. Front, rear and side panels explained 6.1. Front panel explained 1. 2 reamp outs these outputs are direct outputs that should be used with guitar amplifiers for reamping. 2. 4 instrument/ mic preamp/ line inputs 4 class a mic preamps, with phantom power over combo input with switchable line/ h...

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    11 6. Display multi-function display that can scroll (using the 2 option buttons (6) to the right) through five different option screens: • peak meter displaying up to 32 channels at a time that are adjustable from the software control panel. • preferences screen, including: • sync – indicates curre...

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    12 6.2. Rear panel explained 11. Usb high-speed zen studio+ uses usb connector type b and operates up to 192khz sample rate with antelope asio on windows & mac os x. 12. Dc power connection for use with antelope’s dc power supply only. 13. Thunderbolt™ port enables you to connect your zen studio+ to...

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    13 20. 8 line and mic preamp inputs 8 class a mic preamps, with phantom power over combo xlr. 21. Ad inserts two ¼” trs insert points (l & r) for connecting analog gear such as dynamics processors or eq’s, just before the a/d conversion. 6.3. Side panel explained 22. Adat inputs and outputs 2 inputs...

  • Page 14: 7. Software Control Panel

    14 7. Software control panel 7.1. Routing tab and main view the universal panel view sits constantly on the upper half of the control panel, allowing for quick access to the most important features. This panel enables you to select inputs and route them to your chosen outputs by simply dragging and ...

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    15 5. Sample rate select once you select the clock source and sample rate, this will automatically determine the number of channels available to you in the inputs & outputs router. 6. Lock light when your zen studio+ is slaved to another clock source i.E. Thudnerbolt/usb, the panel will lock, displa...

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    16 21. Mic and line (inputs on trs / xlr combo) modes selectable via dropdown menu (please ensure your selection from the dropdown menu matches the type of signal being inputted) 22. Peak meter 23. Phase inverse button 24. Stereo link 25. 48v phantom power 26. Gain 27. Signal indicator 28. “how to.....

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    17 7.2. Mixer tab zen studio+ offers four software low latency mixers which provide zero latency mixing and monitoring that can be distributed to any output from the control panel. The low latency mixers provide all basic functions of a real mixer such as: solo, mute, pan, stereo link, volume level ...

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    18 auraverb is a powerful and flexible algorithmic reverb effect powered by the zen studio+ custom fpga-based dsp. It provides near zero-latency effect monitoring without taxing your cpu. Auraverb can also be used as a hardware effect from your daw. That way you can take advantage of its rich and un...

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    19 later in time with respect to the unprocessed signal. Natural settings for this are based on the size of the environment and range from 0 to 32 milliseconds. Fine adjustment of this parameter with respect to the tempo of the song or dramatic timing of the piece can help set the feel of the reverb...

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    20 7.3. Effects tab click on the effects tab to reveal the 16 afx channel strips. Zen studio+ effects tab allows you to stack up to 8 effects (viewable in pairs) on each channel strip. You can choose between eqs, compressors, vintage guitar amps and cabinets. Zenstudio+ comes with the growing antelo...

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    21 7.4. Meter tab clicking the meter tab reveals the 32 channel metering tab. It visualizes sources using peak meters. Precise 32-track peak meters, with a dropdown menu from which you can select the source that you wish to be represented on the displays. 1. Meter source dropdown tab allows you to s...

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    22 7.5 settings tab clicking the settings tab reveals the settings panel. 1. Monitor out trim 2. Line out trim 3. Adc trim 4. Spdif src 5. Talkback headphones out 1 indicator light 6. Talkback headphones out 2 indicator light 7. Talkback monitor outs 8. Oscillator 1 & mute 9. Oscillator level 10. Os...

  • Page 23: 8. Advanced User Tips

    23 with the zen studio+ in operating mode, press and hold the standby button to bring up device info and factory reset options in the front panel display. You can scroll between these, using the settings buttons. To initiate either of these desired options, press and hold the bottom options button. ...

  • Page 24: 10. Troubleshooting

    24 10. Troubleshooting start up and sound • are you running the latest control panel and firmware? If not, please update your control panel and firmware. • are you correctly routing the audio signal via the routing panel? For usb/thunderbolt™ playback, route the usb/thunderbolt™ play channels to the...

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    25 daw • what buffer size is your daw set to? If it is significantly low i.E. Lower than 128 samples in your buffer size, try increasing it. Try increasing the buffer size from the zen studio+ control panel (windows only) • have you checked the input and output routing is correct in your daw? Is the...

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    26 analog inserts 2 x inserts on trs (inputs 1,2) analog inputs 4 x mic / line instrument on xlr combos on the front 8 x mic / line on xlr combos on the rear 8 x lines on db25 (8 channels) analog outputs 8 x lines on db25 (8 channels) 1 x monitor out on trs (2 channels) 2 x stereo headphone outs on ...

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    27 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 of frequently asked questions are available on the website: http://www.Antelopeaudio.Com/en/support telepho...

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    28 notes.

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    29 notes.

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