E-Mu 1616 PCI Manual - page 9

Getting Started - 9

Preamp Section

The front panel mono Mic/Line inputs A & B can be used as balanced microphone inputs, hi-Z 

guitar pickup inputs, or balanced line level inputs. The Neutrik combination jack accepts 

microphones using a standard XLR connector or line level/hi-Z inputs using a 1/4 inch TRS phone 

plug.

Warning:

 Some microphones cannot tolerate phantom power and may be damaged. Check the 

microphone’s specifications and requirements before using phantom power.

S/PDIF Digital 

Audio Input & 

Output

Each RCA phono jack carries two channels of digital audio. S/PDIF digital I/O can be used for the 

reception and/or transmission of digital data from external digital devices such as a DAT machine, an 

external analog-to-digital converter or an external signal processor equipped with digital inputs and 

outputs. 

The S/PDIF output can be configured

in either Professional or Consumer mode (always 24-bit 

resolution). The S/PDIF input/outputs support all the PatchMix DSP sample rates: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 

88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz & 192kHz.

ADAT

®

 Optical 

Digital Input & 

Output

• The ADAT optical connectors transmit and receive 8 channels of 24-bit audio using the ADAT 

type 1 & 2 formats (at 44.1kHz or 48kHz).

• The word clock contained in the input data stream can be used as a word clock source. 

• The ADAT optical ports can also be switched to carry optical S/PDIF.

• ADAT can also be transmitted and received at 88, 96, 176, or 192kHz using the S/MUX standard. 

S/MUX provides 4 audio channels at 88.2/96 and 2 audio channels at the 176/192 sample rates.

Headphone 

Output & 

Volume Control

The headphone output drives standard stereo headphones and the adjacent volume control sets 

the listening level. This output is permanently connected to the Monitor Output in PatchMix DSP.

The headphone output uses a high-current version of the high-quality output amplifiers used on 

the other channels. For this reason it has a very clean signal that can be used as another stereo 

output if you need it.

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