User Manual-for Windows

CONFIGURING WINDOWS AUDIO SOFTWARE
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and processing configuration that goes hand in
hand with your host software project, be sure to
use the configuration save features in CueMix FX
to save the 828mk3 settings along with your host
software project. See chapter 9, “CueMix FX”
(page 65) for complete details.
SYNCHRONIZATION
As you read through the following sections to
decide what form of synchronization you might
need with other devices in your studio, be sure to
consult “Making sync connections” on page 28 for
the proper hardware connections. Use the
synchronization diagrams to be clear about how
you will be synchronizing your audio software and
the 828mk3 to the other components of your
system.
Synchronizing digital audio connections
If you have devices connected to the 828mk3
digital inputs (optical or RCA S/PDIF), you need to
be concerned with the synchronization of the
828mk3’s digital audio clock with other devices
connected to it digitally (if any). For example, if
you have a digital mixer connected to the 828mk3
via an ADAT optical light pipe cable, you need to
make sure that their audio clocks are phase-locked.
For details, see “Choosing a clock source for optical
connections” on page 24 and “Making sync
connections” on page 28. If you don’t have any
digital audio devices connected to the 828mk3,
digital audio phase-lock does not apply to you.
Resolving directly to time code (with no
synchronizer)
If your host audio software supports ASIO2’s
sample-accurate positioning protocol, then it can
resolve to the 828mk3’s built-in time code
synchronization feature. Both Cubase and Nuendo
support this. To resolve your 828mk3 directly to
SMPTE time code with no additional synchroni-
zation devices, use the setup shown in “Syncing to
SMPTE timecode” on page 29.
USING A FOOT SWITCH
Use a foot switch connected to the 828mk3 to
trigger recording punch-in and punch-out, or any
other feature in your host audio software that is
assigned to a computer keystroke. To trigger a
different set of keystrokes with the foot switch, visit
MOTU Audio Console. (See “Enable Pedal” on
page 39.)
24-BIT OPERATION
Your 828mk3 hardware fully supports 24-bit
recording capabilities in any audio software that
supports it. Simply enable 24-bit operation as
instructed by the software. The 828mk3 always
supplies the software a 24-bit data stream, and
when you enable 24-bit operation, it simply uses all
24-bits supplied by the 828mk3 hardware.
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