Appendix A. Audio Specifications

This appendix describes the audio hardware specifications for the Indigo and Indigo2 workstations. It also contains some video specifications for IndigoVideo.

Indigo Workstation Audio Hardware Specifications

This section contains the specifications for the Indigo audio hardware.

Unless otherwise stated, all audio hardware parameters are measured under the following conditions:

  • analog input signal levels are +7 dB re: 1Vrms

  • digital input signal levels are 100% of full scale

  • 48 kHz sample rate

  • input source impedances are 600 Ω

  • output destination impedances are 5 kΩ

  • measurement bandwidth is 10 to 30 kHz unweighted

All measurement results are typical. All connectors are single-ended 3.5-mm stereo phono plugs.

Indigo Analog Audio I/O

The following specifications describe the analog audio I/O.

Analog Stereo Line-level Inputs

  • Impedance: 5 kΩ nominal

  • Amplitude at full scale: 1 Vpp to 10 Vpp

  • Level control: two independent, digitally-controlled analog attenuators

  • Frequency response: 20 Hz–20 kHz ±0.25 dB

  • Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N): < 0.003% @ 1 kHz, < 0.005% 20 Hz–20 kHz

  • Residual noise: -90 dB unweighted, -93 dB A-weighted (re: full scale)

  • Interchannel isolation: -76 dB @ 1 kHz, -68 dB @ 10 kHz,
    -77 dB @ 20 kHz

  • Analog-to-Digital Converter resolution: 16-bit Delta-Sigma

Analog Mono Microphone Input

  • Impedance: 2 kΩ

  • Amplitude at full scale: 0.25 Vpp to 2.5 Vpp

  • Power supply: +3 Vdc @ 1 mA

Microphone

  • Type: omnidirectional electret condenser (powered by system)

  • Output level: 65 dB \xb1 4 dB @ 1 kHz (+0 dB = 1 V/0.1 pa)

  • Frequency response: 40 Hz–18 kHz \xb1 2 dB

Analog Stereo Line-level Outputs

  • Impedance: 600 Ω nominal

  • Amplitude at full scale: 6.0 Vpp

  • Frequency response: 20 Hz–20 kHz +0 dB, -0.8 dB

  • Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N): <0.005% @ 1 kHz,
    <0.02% 20 Hz–20 kHz

  • Residual noise: -85 dB unweighted, -92 dB A-weighted (re: full scale)

  • Interchannel isolation: -76 dB @ 1 kHz, -66 dB @ 10 kHz,
    -61 dB @ 20 kHz

  • Digital output filter data resolution: 16-bit input, 18-bit output,
    8× oversampling

  • Digital-to-Analog Converter resolution: 18 bits

  • Digital-to-Analog Converter sample rate: 8× oversampling

Analog Stereo Headphone Outputs/Mono Internal Speaker

  • Headphone output impedance: 16 Ω

  • Headphone level: 200 mW into 32 Ω load

  • Headphone and speaker level control: two independent, digitally-controlled analog attenuators

  • Speaker: 2.6" diameter dynamic

  • Speaker sound pressure level: 88 dB/W

  • Speaker output level: 3 Watts max, 1.5 Watts nominal

Indigo Digital Audio I/O

The following specifications describe the digital audio serial I/O.

Digital Coaxial Serial Input

  • Impedance: 75 Ω, transformer-coupled

  • Level: 1 Vpp

  • Sample rates: 30 kHz to 50 kHz

  • Resolution: supports up to 24 bits per sample

  • Coding: AES-3, IEC-958

Digital Coaxial Serial Output

  • Impedance: 75 Ω, transformer-coupled

  • Level: 1 Vpp into 75 Ω load

  • Sample rates: 32, 44.1, 48 kHz, and divisors

  • Resolution: supports up to 24 bits per sample

  • Coding: AES-3, IEC-958

Indigo Dedicated Real-time Processor

The dedicated real-time processor in the Indigo workstation has the following characteristics:

  • Processor: 20 MHz Motorola DSP56001

  • Native word length: 24 bits, fixed point

  • DSP RAM: 32K word SRAM

Indigo2 Workstation Audio Hardware Specifications

This section contains the specifications for the Indigo2 audio hardware.

Indigo2 Analog Stereo Line-level Inputs

  • Impedance: 20 kΩ nominal

  • Amplitude at full scale: 0.63Vpp to 8.4Vpp

  • Level control: analog gain control internal to CODECs

  • Frequency response: 20Hz–20 kHz \xb1 0.81 dB

  • Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N): < 0.006% @ 1 kHz, < 0.007% 20 to 20 kHz

  • Residual noise: -86 dB unweighted, -88 dB A-weighted (re: Full Scale)

  • Interchannel isolation: -82 dB@1 kHz, -72 dB@10 kHz, -67 dB@20 kHz

  • Analog-to-Digital Converter resolution: 16-bit

Indigo2 Stereo Microphone Input

  • Impedance: 1.5 kΩ

  • Amplitude at full scale: 0.063Vpp to 0.84Vpp

  • Power supply: +3Vdc @ 1mA

  • In 4-channel mode, the microphone input connector can be configured as a line-level input. When configured this way, it has the characteristics described in “Indigo2 Analog Stereo Line-level Inputs”

Indigo2 Analog Stereo Line-level Outputs

  • Impedance: 600 Ω nominal

  • Amplitude at full scale: 4.7 Vpp

  • Frequency response: 20 Hz–20 kHz \xb1 1.2 dB

  • Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N): <0.02% 20 to 20 kHz

  • Residual noise: -81 dB unweighted, -85 dB A-weighted (re: full scale)

  • Interchannel isolation:-80 dB@1 kHz, -75 dB@10 kHz, -71 dB@20 kHz

  • Digital-to-Analog converter resolution: 16-bit

Indigo2 Analog Stereo Headphone Output/Mono Internal Speaker

  • Headphone output impedance: 10 Ω

  • Headphone level: 57mW into 32 Ω load

  • Headphone and speaker level control: two independent, digitally-controlled analog attenuators

  • Speaker: 70mm by 40mm

  • Speaker sound pressure level: 80 dB @1W, 1meter

  • Speaker output level: 5W max, 2W nominal

  • In 4-channel mode, the headphone output connector is configured as a line-level output. When configured this way, it has the characteristics described in the “Indigo2 Analog Stereo Line-level Outputs”

Indigo2 Digital Audio I/O

The following specifications describe the digital audio serial I/O.

Digital Coaxial Serial Input

  • Impedance: 75 Ω, transformer-coupled

  • Level: 1 Vpp

  • Sample rates: 30 kHz to 50 kHz

  • Resolution: supports up to 24 bits per sample

  • Coding: AES-3, IEC-958

Digital Coaxial Serial Output

  • Impedance: 75 Ω, transformer-coupled

  • Level: 1 Vpp into 75 Ω load

  • Sample rates: 32, 44.1, 48 kHz, and divisors

  • Resolution: supports up to 24 bits per sample

  • Coding: AES-3, IEC-958