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Figure 7-1: The MOTU FireWire Audio Console gives you access to all
of the settings in the Traveler hardware, including the clock source,
sample rate and optical I/O enable/disable.
For complete details about the Traveler settings, see
chapter 5, “MOTU FireWire Audio Console”
(page 39). The following sections provide a brief
explanation of each Traveler setting for use with
Cubase.
Sample rate
Choose the desired overall sample rate for the
Traveler sys tem and Cubase. Newly recorded audio
in Cubase will have this sample rate.
Before running the Traveler at the 4x sample rates,
see “Operation at 4x sample rates (176.4 or
192kHz)” on page 40.
Clock Source
This setting is very important because it
determines which audio clock the Traveler will
follow.
If you do not have any digital audio connections to
your Traveler (you are using the analog inputs and
outputs only), and you will not be slaving Cubase
to external SMPTE time code, choose Internal.
If you are slaving the Traveler to the ADAT sync
Input connector, choose ADAT 9-pin.
If you are slaving the Traveler and Cubase to
SMPTE time code via the Traveler itself, choose
SMPTE and follow the directions in “Syncing to
SMPTE time code” on page 32.
☛ If you are using an ASIO host application
other than Cubase or Nuendo, it must support the
ASIO 2.0 sample-accurate positioning protocol in
order to support the Traveler’s direct SMPTE sync
(and sample-accurate sync) feature.
If you have digital audio devices connected to the
Traveler, or if you are not sure about the clock
source of your setup, be sure to read “Making sync
connections” on page 27 and “Clock Source” on
page 40.
Samples Per Buffer
The Samples Per Buffer setting can be used to
reduce the delay — or monitoring latency — that
you hear when live audio is patched through your
Traveler ha rdw are a n d Cu base. For example, you
might have MIDI instruments, samplers,
microphones, and so on connected to the analog
inputs of the Traveler. If so, you will often be
mixing their live input with audio material
recorded in Cubase. See chapter 9, “Reducing
Monitoring Latency” (page 65) for complete
details.
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