User manual TASCAM US-800

[. . . ] D01105620B US-800 USB 2. 0 Audio/MIDI Interface OWNER'S MANUAL IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to aler t the user to the presence of impor tant operating and maintenance (ser vicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. FOR U. S. A. TO THE USER This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. [. . . ] · Always on Top Set this to make the control panel always appear in front of other windows. A check mark appears before this item when selected. Help · About Select to open a pop-up window that shows the version of the US-800 control panel software. · Bring All to Front Select to bring all the control panel software windows to the front. MIXER and OUTPUT tabs Click this to switch between the MIXER tab and the OUTPUT tab. In Windows OS, the selected tab appears to be in front. In Mac OS, the selected tab button appears lit. ª Mac OS US-800 Panel · About US-800 Panel Select to show the version of the US-800 control panel software. · Hide US-800 Panel Select to hide the US-800 control panel. · Hide Others Select to hide software other than the US-800 control panel. · Show All Select to show all running software. · Quit US-800 Panel Select to quit the US-800 control panel software. Configuration · Restore Factory Defaults Use to restore the software to its factory default settings. · Always on Top Select to make the control panel always appear in front of other windows. Window · Minimize Select to minimize the control panel window. · Zoom This has no effect with this software. TASCAM US-800 15 4 ­ US-800 control panel settings Mixer tab screen Windows control panel Mac control panel Click the MIXER tab to open the MIXER screen where you can make internal mixer settings. The 14 faders on the left are the input faders. In order from the left, they are 6 channels of analog inputs, 2 channels of digital inputs and 6 channels of signals from the computer. The 2 faders on the far right are the left and right stereo master faders. ª Input fader pair Windows Mac Input fader display The name of each input fader is shown. 16 TASCAM US-800 4 ­ US-800 control panel settings Pan sliders Set the pan for each channel in a range of L15 - C - R15. When set all the way to the left (L15), the input signal is sent entirely to the left channel (0 dB), and no signal is input to the right channel (­). When set all the way to the right (R15), this is reversed. When pan is set to center (C), the signal is sent equally to both left and right channels with a ­3 dB reduction on both sides. When "Stereo link" is ON, sliders set the balance between left and right channels (as the left becomes louder, the right becomes quieter and vice versa). One slider is shown for both linked channels. [. . . ] Depending on the application you are using, other device settings might also be necessary in addition to those above. In particular, since DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software operates using audio engines that are different from OS settings, confirm the DAW driver settings first after installing the driver for this unit. Check the manuals for the software that you are using for details about how to make these settings. For the bundled Cubase LE 5 software, see the manual on the included Cubase LE 5 DVD-ROM. ª The sound breaks up or there is noise. The processing load on the computer can cause sound to break up and noise to occur. [. . . ]