Owner manual

Setting Up a Dangerous Music D-Box with a Focusrite
Safre (56 or 40)
Physical Connections:
1. Plug the analog outputs 3-10 of the Safre into the Sum Input of the D-Box. This is so that you
bypass the Safre volume control. More info on this in the “Other Settings” section.
• For this you will need a Male DB25 to TRS snake. Buy a good quality snake (from a place like
www.redco.com or www.mogamicable.com)
2. Plug the Sum Output of the D-Box into any 2 line inputs of the Safre. Be sure not to use the mic
inputs, or you will clip. We usually suggest to use inputs 7 and 8 because they are generally used the
least, allowing you to keep those lines plugged in most of the time, but you can use any line inputs
that work for you.
• For this you will use 2 Female XLR to TRS audio cables.
3. Plug the SPDIF out of the Safre into the DAW input of the D-Box.
• For this you will need a digital audio cable with RCA on one end and Male XLR on the other end.
Please double check that it is a 75 ohm digital audio cable. In order to maintain signal integrity, it
should be kept under 10 feet.
• You can purchase this cable from places like Redco (Part # NC3MX/RCA-6D)
Connections between the Safre and the D-Box are now complete. The other D-Box connections are:
• Speaker Outputs/Alt Speaker Outputs – This is where you connect your studio monitors, which are
Male XLR outputs on the back of the D-Box.
• Analog Input – This is a stereo analog audio input that can be used for any analog source you
choose to audition via the D-Box. (i.e. iPods, CD Players, Sample Libraries, Computer Audio
Output, etc...)
• NOTE: If you plan on hooking up an iPod, iPhone, MP3 player, etc, please rst read this document:
“Read This First” Document
• CD Input – This is a stereo digital input that can be used for any digital source you choose to
monitor via the D-Box. (i.e. digital iPod docks, Digital CD Players, Digital Audio Feeds from the
Computer, etc...)
Other Settings/Routing:
1. This is very important- in your Safre software, you must set up your routing so that DAW outputs
1-8 correspond with Safre outputs 3-10. Click here to see a screen shot. Follow the routing of this
screen shot exactly. DAW 11 and 12 will feed the Safre SPDIF out, and will also feed Safre Monitor
Outputs 1-2, which shouldn’t be plugged into anything. All of the faders for paths that you are using
should be at unity.
2. Set up your i/o in your DAW. Go into your i/o setup window in your DAW of choice and make sure
that your DAW outputs 1-12 correspond with outputs 1-12 of the Safre, and DAW output 11-12 is
labeled SPDIF (If it’s not already, you can just rename it). Make sure the analog inputs all have paths
s e t u p a s w e l l ( t h i s i s a l l m o s t l i k e l y a l r e a d y t h e r e i n y o u r d e f a u l t , b u t i t ’ s g o o d t o c h e c k ) .