Rosetta 200: Setup

Yes, Symphony I/O can be used with Legacy interfaces with software release 4.2 and greater.  Please note the following instructions to do so:

1. The rule for Symphony I/O connection is- "1 Symphony I/O per port", so that means the supported configuration is 1 Symphony I/O on port 1 of the Symphony64 card and any Legacy interfaces on port 2 of the Symphony64 card. You can't daisy-chain Symphony I/O's, but you can daisy-chain Legacy interfaces.
2. First, make sure your Legacy interface (AD16x, DA16x, Rosetta 200, Rosetta 800) have an X-Symphony option card properly installed with the current X-Symphony firmware (version 2.7)
3. Connect your Symphony I/O directly to your computer's USB ports- don't use a hub. Power up the Symphony I/O.
4. Download the latest Symphony I/O Release package from our website.
5. With the unit powered up, open the Symphony I/O firmware updater included in the Release download and run it.
6. After the firmware has successfully updated, connect the Symphony I/O to the first port of the Symphony64 PCIE card using a PC-32 cable. Connect one end of the cable to the "main port" on the back of the first Symphony I/O and the other end of the cable to the 1st port (on the left) of the Symphony64 card.
7. Connect the 1st Legacy device to the 2nd port of the Symphony64 card using a PC-32 cable. Connect one end of the cable to the "primary port" on the back of the 1st Legacy device and the other end of the cable to the 2nd port (on the right) of the Symphony64 card. Chain any additional Legacy devices using the "primary" and "expansion" ports.
8. If you're using multiple Legacy devices, send the Word Clock output of the 1st Legacy device to the Word Clock input of the 2nd Legacy device and so on, using BNC cables and t-connectors, if necessary.
9. Send the Word Clock output of the Symphony I/O to the Word Clock input of the 1st Legacy device using a BNC cable.
10. Make sure the Symphony I/O is set for "SYM AIM" (Symphony Audio Interface Mode) by pressing in and holding on the right side encoder on the front-panel until it brings you to the AIM menu. If it says "Symphony", it's already in SYM AIM... you can just push in on the encoder again to exit the menu. If not, scroll through the menu until it says "Symphony" and then push in on the encoder again. The unit will power down and restart itself in SYM AIM.
11. Power up all the Legacy devices and make sure they're set for "External Word Clock" as their clock source.
12. Run the software installer included in the Release download. Restart the computer.
13. After the computer restarts, open up "Audio MIDI Setup" (Applications> Utilities> Audio MIDI Setup). Select "Symphony64" in the left-hand device column. Make sure it's selected as your computer's default i/o. The speaker and microphone icons should appear next to it... if they don't, click on the drop-down menu below with the "gear" icon and select both "Use this device for sound input" and "Use this device for sound output".
14. With "Symphony64" selected in Audio MIDI Setup, go to the center part of the Audio MIDI Setup window and set the "Source" drop-down menu to "PCI Card 1, Port 1-2 (Chs 1-64)". Quit Audio MIDI Setup and restart your computer.
15. After the computer restarts, wait for the system to configure- the exclamation mark (!) icon on the front-panel of Symphony I/O will eventually go away and the Legacy units will switch to "Ext" clocking... After this happens, launch Maestro2 and confirm that all the interfaces show up properly. If a device is showing up as the wrong unit, such as a DA16x in Advanced routing showing up as an AD16x,  go to the "Device Settings" tab in Maestro2, highlight the device in the left-hand device column and then select "DA16x" in the "Device Type" drop-down menu. Quit Maestro and restart the computer. If an AD16x in standard routing is showing up as a Rosetta800, quit Maestro and restart the computer.

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The Rosetta, by default, is calibrated for -16 dBFS. To calibrate the Rosetta, press and hold the SoftLimit button until it begins to flash. Send a +4 analog tone into the analog inputs. The metering in calibration mode now reflects -21 dBFS to -11 dBFS. To calibrate to -12 dBFS, turn the A/D calibration trimpots. As the level increases one LED, which equals one dBFS, the over light will turn on indicating you have achieved the next level up in dBFS. Each LED you light up will cause the over light to come on and as you increase the gain the over LED will go off until the next LED is lit up. When you get to the desired level, stop as soon as the over LED lights up.

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By default, the Rosetta is set for ADAT optical. If you want to change it to S/PDIF optical, hold down the "Sample Rate (AES FMT)" button. On the Source to Digital Outputs, the ADAT and AES LEDs should be lit. Hit the "Source (SRC)" button to change it to "S/P OPT." If you want to go back to ADAT, just do the exact same procedure again. Keep in mind that if you reset the Rosetta 200 by holding down the sample rate button when powering the unit on, it will reset the optical format to ADAT.

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