User manual M-AUDIO FIREWIRE AUDIOPHILE

[. . . ] M-Audio FireWire Audiophile - Users Manual 1 Introduction 2 What's in the Box 3 About the FireWire Audiophile 4 Features and Technical 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 Hardware 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 Audiophile · · · · · · · · · 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 Warranty 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the M-Audio FireWire Audiophile. The FireWire Audiophile 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 Audiophile provides your computer with a highperformance, 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 Audiophile was created with the laptop-based DJ or live performer in mind, while still being the perfect audio upgrade for recording and playing back audio in any portable or home studio configuration. [. . . ] This is provided as a quick reference to what's going on in the Output page. Output Page The output page provides you with control over each of the FireWire Audiophile's analog and digital outputs, as well as that of the aux bus and headphones bus. Output Channels ­ Virtual faders control the individual channel output levels. The output faders correspond to their respective analog and digital hardware outputs. When the main/aux button is set to main, the Output Channel gets its signal from the bus assignments selected on the mixer page. (See "Main/Aux Button, " below. ) Balance Controls ­ The bal control allows you to adjust the balance of the associated pair's stereo output. Linking - Stereo pairs can be linked together with the link button above each channel pair. Once the channel is linked (the button turns blue), grabbing and moving one fader will move both faders in unison. Main/Aux Button ­ When the main/aux button is in the main position (the button turns blue), the associated analog or digital outputs carry their respective bus signals, as determined by the routing selected on the mixer page: · · · outputs 1/2 out carries signals routed to bus 1/2 outputs 3/4 out carries signals routed to bus 3/4 outputs spdif out carries signals routed to bus spd When the main/aux button is in the aux position (the button turns green), the associated analog or digital output pair carries the signal routed to the aux L and aux R buses. 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 ­ This Aux Send Master channel controls the output functions of signals routed to the aux L and aux R buses. Both channel faders can be linked together with the link button, and the pan control allows you to pan the signals to the assigned output. The bal control allows you to adjust the left/right balance of the stereo signal. When using the Aux Sends in conjunction with the Aux Output Channel, you must select an output to be the aux output by setting the main/aux switch on that channel to the aux position. See section 11, "Adding Effects While Direct Monitoring" and "Using the Aux Send As a Separate Monitor Mix, " later in this manual. Ctrl button ­ The ctrl button will appear and be active over the output channels selected under the right panel's Level Controller Assignment. (Example: If the aux output is selected under the Level Controller Assignment, the ctrl button will appear over the Aux Output Channel faders. ) For more information, see "Level Controller Assignment" in the "Global Menus" section, above. Note that there is no ctrl button available on the phones channel, since the headphones output has its own dedicated level controller. Aux Channel Panning ­ The individual aux sends can be panned within the stereo output pair they are assigned to. Note that if you wish to use the send as a mono send, you should pan these controls to the <C> position, which is "center panned. " Aux Channel Mute - Selecting the Aux mute button (the button turns red) will cause the Aux Channel to cease audio output. Deselecting the mute button will resume audio output. Headphone Output Channel ­ This channel controls the functions of the FireWire Audiophile's headphone bus. [. . . ] In the event repair is required, shipment to and from M-AUDIO and possible nominal handling charges shall be borne by the purchaser. In the event that repair is required, a Return Authorization number must be obtained from M-AUDIO. After this number is obtained, the unit should be shipped back to M-AUDIO in a protective package with a description of the problem and the Return Authorization clearly written on the package. In the event that M-AUDIO determines that the product requires repair because of user misuse or regular wear, it will assess a fair repair or replacement fee. [. . . ]