Networking Your Sound
Stereo sound card
Digigram VX222v2
High quality, versatile sound card
The VX222v2 brings Digigram's outstanding audio quality and famous reliability
to demanding professional audio applications such as broadcast, post-production,
music or live performance.
This high quality, versatile sound card includes
balanced analog inputs and outputs with 24-bit
converters, as well as digital input/output in AES/EBU
or S/PDIF formats. Special features include two
General Purpose Interface (GPI) inputs and outputs.
The VX222v2 can team up with a wide choice of audio
applications using Microsoft's Wave and DirectSound
protocols, Apple's CoreAudio, Steinberg's ASIO, or Linux
ALSA. Support of Digigram's Virtual PCX makes it easy to
integrate with applications created by Digigram's
development partners.
Key features
VX222v2 :
• Full-duplex linear stereo card.
• 2 balanced analog inputs/outputs, supporting +4dBu
and -10dBV.
• Balanced digital stereo input/output in AES/EBU or
S/PDIF formats.
• Large choice of supported platforms:
PC: Wave, DirectSound, ASIO2
Mac: ASIO2 and Core Audio (Mac OS X)
Linux: ALSA
• Dedicated Wave mixer as well as ASIO and Mac control
panel.
• Sample rate: 8 kHz to 48 kHz.
• PCM resolution: 8,16 or 24 bit.
 VX222v2
Configuration

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Bus/Format Universal PC,I slave mode, PCI-X compatible
Size 175 mm x 99 mm
Operating: temp / humidity (non-condensing) 0°C/+50°C • 5%/90%
Storage: temp / humidity (non-condensing) -5°C/+70°C • 0%/95%
Power requirements (+3.3V / +5V / +12V / –12V) 0.5A / 0.1A / 0.2A / 0.1A
Inputs / outputs
Analog line inputs (stereo) 1 balanced
Maximum input/impedance +22 dBu/ >10kΩ
Programmable input gain digital
Digital inputs (stereo) 1 AES/EBU*
Other inputs 2 GPI (dry contact)
Analog outputs (stereo) 1 balanced
Maximum output/impedance +22 dBu/low impedance
Programmable output gain digital and analog
Digital outputs (stereo) 1 AES/EBU*
Other outputs headphone (600Ω), two GPI (relay, 0.5A, 48VCC)
Access to main status bits of digital frame Yes
AES11 synchronization Yes
Connectors 15-pin SUB-D for analog I/O; 15-pin HD SUB-D
for digital I/O, sync. and GPI
Audio specifications
Sampling frequencies available Programmable from 8 to 50 kHz
A/D and D/A converter resolution 24 bit
Frequency response at 48 kHz (record + play) 20 Hz – 20 kHz: ±0.2 dB
Signal to noise ratio (unweighted) >97 dB
Distortion + noise at 1 kHz (record + play) <-92 dB (0.0025 %)
Channel phase difference: 20 Hz/20 kHz <0.5/2°

Digigram is not responsible for errors and omissions, and reserves the right to make improvements or changes in the products and programs described without notice.
Analog channel cross talk <-115 dB
Development environments
Management Wave, np SDK, DirectSound, Core Audio, ASIO2, ALSA
OS supported Windows 2000, XP; Mac X; Linux
* can be used as S/PDIF interface

Networking Your Sound

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