User manual FOCUSRITE VRM BOX

[. . . ] Referallservicingtoqualifiedservicepersonnel. ServicingisrequiredwhentheVRMBoxhasbeendamagedinanyway, such as the WARNING:Excessivesoundpressurelevelsfromearphonesandheadphonescancausehearingloss WARNING:ThisequipmentmustonlybeconnectedtoUSB1. 0, 1. 1or2. 0typeportstoprotectagainsthazardintheeventofaproductfault Environmental Declaration Compliance Information Statement: Declaration of Compliance procedure ProductIdentification: Responsibleparty: Address: FocusriteVRMBox AmericanMusicandSound 5304DerryAvenue#C Agoura Hills, CA 91301 Telephone:800-994-4984 This devicecomplieswithpart15oftheFCCRules. Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:(1)Thisdevicemaynotcause harmfulinterference, and(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterferencereceived, includinginterferencethatmaycauseundesiredoperation. For USA - to the user: 1. Donotmodifythisunit!Thisproduct, wheninstalledasindicatedintheinstructionscontainedinthismanual, meetsFCCrequirements. ModificationsnotexpresslyapprovedbyFocusritemayvoidyourauthority, grantedbytheFCC, tousethisproduct. [. . . ] 6 The solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 VRM technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Performance specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Latency and CPU information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Contents ENGLISH Introduction VRMBoxcontainsauniquetechnologythatallowsyoutomonitoraudioonapairofheadphones, asifyouwereinarealenvironmentlisteningtoreal speakers. Therearethreeenvironmentsand15pairsofspeakerstochoosefrom, creatingatotalof24listeningscenarios. VRMBoxhasatactilevolumecontrolwithaclassleadingheadphoneamplifierandexternalS/PDIFinput, completewithbuilt-insample-rate conversion, inapocket-sizedpackagethatfitsneatlyonyourdesk. What's in the box 1 VRM Box 1InstallerCD(includesinstallationfilesforMacintoshandWindowsPC, andthisUserGuide) 1USBcable 1 Register Me Online card 1GettingStartedGuide VRM Box hardware overview 2 1. KensingtonLockport 3 1 5 6 5. S/PDIFinputsocket 3 Operating system compatibility Windows WindowsXP(SP3), Vista, 7 ENGLISH Macintosh OSX10. 5Leopard(Intelonly, PPCnotsupported), OSX10. 6SnowLeopard. Formoreinformationoncompatibilityvisitwww. focusrite. com/vrm_box Installing the software TheVRMBoxisaclasscompliantdevice, meaningthatthereisnoneedtoinstalldriversforthedevicetoworkasanaudiooutput. However, you mustruntheinstallertobeabletousetheVRMsoftware. InserttheCDintothecomputerandclickontheinstallericon. FollowtheinstructionsonscreentoinstalltheVRMControlPanelsoftwareand drivers. Note for Windows users:Ifthismessageorsimilarappearsduringtheinstallationprocess, press`ContinueAnyway'tosuccessfullyinstallthedrivers. VRM Box hardware setup TheVRMBoxcanbeusedasthemainaudiointerface, orinconjunctionwithyourexistingaudiointerface, providingthisinterface hasaRCAS/PDIFoutput. VRM Box as the main audio interface 1. UsingtheUSBcableprovided, connecttheVRMBoxtotheUSBportofyourcomputer SetuptheVRMBoxasyouraudioplaybackdevice USB / FireWire USB S/PDIF OUT IN USB Windows Mac TousetheVRMBoxastheplaybackdeviceofyourDAWsoftwareyouwillneedtoselecttheVRM ASIOdriver(Windows)orVRMCoreAudiodriver(Mac)intheaudiosettingsofyourDAWsoftware. Withthevolumecontrolturneddown, connectyourheadphonestoVRMBox LoadtheVRMsoftware. ThiscanbefoundinyourApplicationsfolder(Mac)orfromtheStartmenu>AllPrograms>Focusrite(Windows) StartplayingaudiofromyourDAWsoftwareoranymediaplayer Turn up the volume control on the VRM Box until you have a healthy level in your headphones 4 VRM Box in conjunction with another audio interface 1. [. . . ] These other product names, trade marks, andtradenamesareusedsolelytoidentifyanddescribethethird partyloudspeakersystems, thesonicbehavioursofwhichwerestudiedfor the VRM technology incorporated within the VRM Box, and to accurately describeanelementoffunctionalitywithintheVRMBox. The VRM Box is an independently engineered technology which utilises Focusrite'sVRMVirtualReferenceMonitoring(Patentappliedfor)toaccuratelymeasureexamplesofthesonicimpactoforiginalloudspeaker systemsuponanaudiostream, soastoelectronicallyemulatetheperformanceoftheoriginalproductstudied. Theresultofthisprocessissubjective andmaynotbeperceivedbyauserasproducingthesameeffectsasthe loudspeakersystemsstudied. [. . . ]