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APOGEE'S YAMAHA CONVERTER CARDS SUPPORT
96 kHz Offer high sample rates in all Yamaha YGDAI-based products with
96 kHz capability
AES 113th Convention, Los Angeles, CA, October 5, 2002 —
The latest Yamaha digital audio products, such as the DM2000 digital production
console and the 02R96 digital mixing console and other high-resolution
Yamaha systems, now support Apogee’s AP8 YGDAI conversion cards
at their full sample rate of up to 96 kHz.
Apogee’s Yamaha-compatible conversion cards, the AP8-AD A/D card
and the AP8-DA D/A card, were built with 96 kHz capability, but until
the release of the latest generation of Yamaha digital products, high
sample rates were not supported in the host system. Now, Apogee’s
cards can be used to enhance the conversion performance of the latest
Yamaha systems at the sample rates needed for DVD-Audio and other high-density
applications.
Existing owners of the Apogee cards can contact Apogee’s support
department ( support@apogeedigital.com ) to request a free upgrade EPROM
that will provide 96 kHz compatibility with the latest Yamaha systems
- products that did not exist when the cards were originally released.
Apogee’s AP8 cards are supplied as “full-size” YGDAI
cards, suitable for legacy Yamaha equipment such as the 02R. For use in
newer systems, which require the smaller “mini-Y” format,
the outer rails and built-in extender card are removed and a new front
panel (supplied) added, making the cards suitable for products such as
the DM2000 and 02R96.
The A/D features Apogee’s Soft Limit for adding up to 6 dB extra
punch to digital signals without distortion. Soft Limit can be selected
on a per-channel basis via DIP switches. Operating levels are jumper-selectable,
including –14 and –20 dBFS, and –10 dBV.
A special feature is the inclusion on both cards of the patented Apogee
Ultra-Low-Jitter Clock, which is used to re-clock all digital clocking
signals used by the converters, maximizing the conversion quality and
insuring the best possible stereo and surround imaging.
“Apogee’s cards mark the convergence of the technologies of
two acknowledged leaders in the pro-audio world,” noted John Patterson,
R&D Specialist at Yamaha.
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