User Guide

9
GETTING STARTED
Audio Setup in your app
iTrack Dock is currently compatible with all Core Audio iPad apps, including the following:
Supplied with the Dock:
• Tape by Focusrite (our own recording app)
• Novation Launchpad (audio outputs only, plus USB MIDI)
• Novation Launchkey (audio outputs only, plus USB MIDI)
Third-party apps:
• GarageBand
• Cubasis
• Auria
• Tracktor
• AudioBus
Whichever recording app you’re using, its input signals – the signals you’re recording – will be
derived from the iTrack Dock once your iPad is correctly docked. This is entirely automatic; unlike
computer-based DAW applications, no set-up procedure is necessary. Similarly, the outputs of the
app are immediately available at the iTrack Dock’s outputs.
Examples of Use
With the iTrack Dock, you can you use your iPad in several different recording and monitoring
applications. Some typical configurations are shown below.
The CM25B microphone
The iTrack Studio CM25B microphone supplied with the iTrack Dock Studio Pack is a studio quality
condenser mic which is ideal for recording vocals and most acoustic instruments. Connect the
CM25B to one of the iTrack Dock’s two rear panel MIC inputs with the cable supplied. Note that the
cable has a male and a female connector; the female end connects to the microphone and the male
end into the iTrack Dock.
Condenser microphones (also sometimes referred to as “capacitor” microphones) require a source of
DC power to operate. This is almost always supplied by “phantom” powering from the mic pre-amp to
which the mic is connected (early and special-purpose condenser mics might have a separate power
supply). For the CM25B to work with the iTrack Dock, press the 48V button on the rear panel (see
rear panel diagram on page 16 item [10]). We recommend that you follow the following sequence:
1. Turn the input gain (see [1] on page 15 to minimum
2. Connect the microphone
3. Press the 48V button
4. Increase the input gain to the required level
Enabling the iTrack Dock’s phantom power applies 48 V DC to BOTH XLR inputs. If you are
only using a single microphone, do not plug anything else (like the balanced output of
another item of equipment) into the other XLR input. Applying 48 V to the output circuitry of
other equipment may permanently damage it.