This 20-bit card features SMPTE and a host of other video-friendly features.
Antex StudioCard 2000
Antex has been making pro audio cards for some time now, and we've been fortunate enough to test several of them. Top-quality performance and an endless list of features are the highlights of these cards.
June 9, 2000
This is the card to have for audio-for-video applications. The StudioCard 2000 has Windows 95/98/NT drivers for both Intel and DEC Alpha, dual simultaneous stereo record and playback, internal mixing and playback of up to eight stereo tracks (using the four physical ins and outs), multi-device capability and more. What differentiates the StudioCard 2000 from other high-end digital audio adapters is its post-production oriented features. StudioCard 2000 offers synchronization via SMPTE, MTC, word and pixel clocks, and composite video. Plus, the StudioCard not only reads SMPTE timecode, but generates it as well. StudioCard is compatible no matter what media you work with - film, video or MIDI.
StudioCard 2000 is compatible with the most popular DVE and digital audio applications and provides direct internal connections to most major video cards including Perception, TruVision, Matrox and others. The 20-bit A/D and D/A converters take full advantage of StudioCard 2000's multilayer board design and ground planning to bring incredibly clean, glitch-free sound to the most demanding digital video applications. The flexibility of four dedicated inputs and outputs means easy integration into any professional editing environment. StudioCard 2000 features the optional Antex Breakout Box to ease cable clutter and provide easy access to all analog and digital I/Os and clock and timecode connectors.
Features
Hardware locking to master video clocks (54, 27 or 13.5 MHz)
Chase locking to SMPTE LTC timecode for audio-follow-video
Screen burn SMPTE timecode into video
Clock lock to popular video boards including Perception, Truevision, Matrox and others
98dB Dynamic range, 92dB minimum
Memory mapped PCI card - 32-bit data path
Digital mixing with 32-bit floating-point precision
Digital mixer and patchbay software
Windows 95/98/NT drivers for Intel and Alpha
SMPTE and MTC time code
20-bit A/D and 20-bit D/A
Programmable 32-bit 40 MHz DSP
4 independent balanced analog I/Os (+4dBu or -10 dBV) and AES/EBU or S/PDIF digital I/O.
MIDI port with extensive buffering and time stamping.
32-bit memory mapped board
Less than 0.003% total harmonic distortion
98dB dynamic range
PLL-based sample clock generator (can be locked to an assortment of clock sources)
6.25 to 50 kHz sample rates
Synchronization support: SMPTE, MIDI, VITC, Composite Video, PAL, word clock
Software Development Tools
The StudioCard 2000 driver software allows an application program to provide direct to disc recording and playback of digital audio using the StudioCard 2000 under either DOS or Microsoft Windows. Under DOS, the high-level Application Program Interface (API) allows all StudioCard features to be fully utilized. In Windows the StudioCard 2000 is supported by the multimedia extensions allowing it to be used with any Windows 3.1. Multimedia applications.
How To Contact Antex Electronics
Antex Electronics Corp.
1125 West 190th Street
Gardena, California 90248
