User manual M-AUDIO FIREWIRE 1814

[. . . ] M-Audio FireWire 1814 - Users Manual 1 Introduction 2 What's in the Box 3 About the FireWire 1814 4 FireWire 1814 Features 5 Minimum System Requirements · · Windows Mac OS 6 Controls and Connectors · · · · Front Panel Diagram Front Panel Descriptions Rear Panel Diagram Rear Panel Descriptions 7 Driver Installation · · · · Windows XP Windows 2000 Mac OS X Mac OS 9 8 Hardware Connections · · Audio MIDI 9 The Software Control Panel · · · · · Global Menus Mixer Page Output Page Hardware Page About Page 10 Using the FireWire 1814 · · · · · · · · · Monitoring Live Playback Using the Headphone Source Selector Setting Up Your Recording Levels Monitoring Your Inputs for Recording General Recording Instructions Setting the Sample Rate Adding Effects While Direct Monitoring Using the Aux Send as a Separate Monitor Mix Using the Level Controller Assignments 11 Troubleshooting 12 Contact Us 13 Product Specs 14 Default Mixer and Output Configuration Settings 15 Warranty Terms & Registration 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the M-Audio FireWire 1814. The FireWire 1814 has been designed to give you a professional, portable audio and MIDI interface for your laptop or desktop computer. Using the convenience and dependability of the IEEE 1394 (FireWire) bus, the FireWire 1814 provides your computer with a high-performance, high-resolution multi-channel interface, as well as sixteen channels of MIDI in and out--all in a rugged, lightweight, and highly portable design. The FireWire 1814 was created with the home or portable studio enthusiast in mind. [. . . ] When the main/aux button is in the aux position, the button turns green. The associated analog or S/PDIF output pair receives the signal routed to the aux L and aux R busses (see aux send from the mixer page above). Mute button - Selecting the mute button (the button turns red) will cause that channel pair to cease audio output. Deselecting the mute button will resume audio output on that channel pair. Solo button ­ Selecting the solo button (the button turns yellow) will cause all other channels to cease audio output; deselecting the solo button will resume audio output on all channels. Aux Output Master Channel ­ The aux output master channel controls the output functions of signals routed to the aux L and aux R buses. The bal control allows you to adjust the left/right balance of the stereo signal. When using the aux L and aux R sends in conjunction with the aux output master channel, you must select an output channel pair to be the aux output by setting the main/aux switch on the selected channel to the aux position. See in section 10, "Adding Effects While Direct Monitoring" and "Using the Aux Send As a Separate Monitor Mix, " later in this manual. N O T E that there are no ctrl buttons available on the phones channels, since the headphone outputs have their own dedicated level controllers. Aux Channel Balance ­ The bal control allows you to adjust the balance of the associated pair's stereo output. Aux Channel Mute - Selecting the aux mute button (the button turns red) will cause the aux channel to cease audio output. Headphone Output Channels ­ These channels control the functions of the FireWire 1814's two headphone busses, phones 1 and phones 2. Headphone Source Assigns ­ You can monitor the FireWire 1814's analog 1/2, 3/4, or aux output busses via the headphone outputs. Using the Headphone Source Assigns you can select any one of these three output buses to route to the headphones. Headphone Mute button - Selecting the mute button (the button turns red) will cause the headphone channels to cease audio output. Deselecting the mute button will resume audio output on the headphone channels. Metering ­ At the bottom of the output page, software level meters are provided for the FireWire 1814's analog and digital inputs, as well as the analog software return channel inputs. This is provided as a quick reference to what's occurring in the mixer page. Hardware Page The hardware page gives you access to important information and functions of the FireWire 1814. The hardware page design and function will vary slightly, depending on your platform and operating system. Shown below is the hardware page from a Windows installation. Hardware page ­ adat enabled, S/MUX checkbox displayed lower left Hardware page ­ spdif coaxial input, adat output enabled Hardware page ­ spdif coaxial input, spdif outputs enabled Sample Rate Detected ­ This field displays the detected sample rate that is being received from the currently selected sync source. When the sync source is set to internal, the FireWire 1814 will detect and display the sampling rate as set by your audio software or your computer's operating system via the IEEE 1394 (FireWire) bus. When the sync source is set to any of the external sync choices, the FireWire 1814 will detect and display the sampling rate that is being received at the selected sync input. [. . . ] In Windows XP, go to the Control Panel and double-click the System icon (under Performance and Maintenance if you are in Category view). Click the plus sign ("+") next to Sound, Video and Game Controllers, and locate the FireWire 1814 listing. If you see a question mark or exclamation point next to it, or if you don't see it listed, you may need to reinstall the driver software. · Make sure your audio software has been set up to use the FireWire 1814. [. . . ]