Allen&Heath ICE-16 - Manual (Page 10)

Allen & Heath 10 ICE-16 User Guide
Background Overview:
The Allen & Heath ICE-16 was designed to make life easier when it comes to re-
cording multiple audio sources. Experience of struggling with boot-up and set up
times when recording to a laptop at shows, and choosing the right converter unit
made us think that there is a real need for a straightforward multi-channel analogue
input capture unit that is both easy to use and high quality. So the ICE-16 was born.
Multi-application:
The primary aim for the ICE-16 was to capture multiple channels of audio from an
analogue mixer or other source of line level audio signals but it has so many more
application possibilities. In addition to recording straight to a USB memory device,
the ICE-16 can stream multi-channel audio in high resolution 24bit, up to 96kHz
sample rate, to and from a computer so you can use the ICE-16 in a studio environ-
ment as well as live sound or event recording. In fact, if you were wondering where
the name ICE came from, here is the explanation:
Interface
- Capture - Expand
Interface: The ICE-16 can function as a multi-channel analogue to digital and digital
to analogue converter, connecting 24 bit audio at up to 96kHz sample rate to a
computer via either IEEE1394 FireWire or USB-2.0. This is ideal for studio environ-
ments where analogue signals are converted and sent to a computer for recording
to a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).
Capture: Record 16 channels of audio in either 16 or 24 bit resolution (depending
on the USB memory speed) at up to 48kHz sample rate, (96kHz with 8 channels)
directly to a USB memory device—either a USB hard drive or memory stick.
The recorded file format is .wav.
Expand: You can link ICE-16 units together in different ways. You can daisy chain
two units together using the FireWire ports in order to expand the number of
channels connected to a computer. Or you can link two or more units together
using the Sync ports in order to synchronise more than one ICE-16 when recording
multiple channels,
INTRODUCTION TO THE ICE-16