Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Using DSP Factory Manual

 
Using Cubase SX/SL with DSP Factory 

 
Manual by Anders Nordmark
Quality Control: C. Bachmann, H. Bischoff, S. Pfeifer, C. Schomburg
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Introduction
 
The Yamaha DSP Factory is an audio hardware system for professional 
digital multitrack recording and mixing on personal computers. The 
core of this system is the DS2416 Digital Mixing Card, a PCI-bus audio 
card with professional specifications, extensive mixing capabilities and 
on-board EQ, dynamics and effects. It is possible to install and digitally 
connect two DS2416 cards in one computer. Each card can also be 
used with one...

 
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The DSP Factory in Cubase SX/SL
 
By using the DSP Factory in conjunction with Cubase SX/SL, you get 
a complete graphical interface with full control over the card’s features. 
The DS2416 audio card will behave like an external digital mixer, feed-
ing digital signals into Cubase SX/SL’s inputs and accepting digital 
signals from Cubase SX/SL’s output busses. 
The Cubase SX/SL/DSP Factory combination allows you to:  
•  
Record and play back using...

 
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Setting up Cubase SX/SL for use with DSP 
Factory
 
Again, this assumes that you have installed the DSP Factory hardware 
according to the instructions in the supplied manual, and tested that it 
runs properly under Windows. Also, please note that the DSP Factory 
windows require a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768 to be fully 
 
viewable.
 
Before you can start working, you need to make a few settings:  
1.  
Pull down the Devices menu and...

 
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Routing Audio between Cubase SX/SL and the DSP Factory
 
Audio routing with the DSP Factory is extremely flexible, allowing you 
to connect channels, aux sends and busses to various physical out-
puts and inputs. This is done in the special DSP Factory windows, as 
described on page 13. However, first you need to “connect” Cubase 
SX/SL to the DSP Factory: 
Assigning Inputs
 
1. 
Pull down the Devices menu and select VST Connections. 
The VST...

 
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Assigning Output Busses
 
1. 
Pull down the Devices menu, select VST Connections and open the 
Outputs tab. 
Repeat the steps described above until eight busses are shown in the Mixer.
 
2. 
Make sure that each bus is assigned to the desired DS2416 PCI Out. 
These “PCI Outs” are not the physical outputs of the audio hardware, 
but rather “output lines” connecting Cubase SX/SL to the DS2416. The 
actual routing to physical outputs is done in the DSP...

 
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Selecting Inputs and Outputs for the Audio Channels
 
This description assumes that you have set the number of mono and 
Stereo audio Tracks so that it corresponds with the number of output 
bus channels (16 if you have one DS2416 card installed). It also as-
sumes that you want each audio channel in Cubase SX/SL assigned 
to a separate mixer channel strip in the DS2416 console. Of course, 
there are other possible routings (you may want to send a...

 
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The Default Signal Routing
 
This section describes how signals are routed by default, when you 
first start using the DS2416 card with Cubase SX/SL. If you wish you 
can change the signal routing, as described on page 32. However, this 
default routing allows you to perform basic playback and recording, 
and to use the built-in effects without having to change the routing. 
For additional info, please refer to the diagrams and list in the DS2416...

 
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The Default Routing of signals from Cubase SX/SL to DS2416
 
There are sixteen separate “lines” from Cubase SX/SL to the DS2416. 
In Cubase SX/SL, these appear as Output Busses (see page 7). In the 
DSP Factory Input Console window, the “lines” from Cubase SX/SL 
are by default connected to DS channel 1 to 16, as follows: 
• 
Please note that the Output assignment (PCI 1/2 etc.) for each Out-
put Bus can be changed, as described on page 34. 
To...