User Manual

CHAPTER

5 MOTU Audio Setup

OVERVIEW

Accessing the 8pre settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

‘8pre’ tab Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Sample Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Clock Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Default Stereo Input/Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Optical input/output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Phones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

‘General’ tab settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Enable Pedal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Launch MOTU Audio Setup when hardware becomes

available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Edit Channel Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

ACCESSING THE 8PRE SETTINGS

There are several ways to access MOTU Audio

Setup settings:

■ Click the MOTU Audio Setup icon in the dock

■ Press on the MOTU Audio Setup dock icon to

open the menu shown below, or control-click it to

open the menu immediately

■ From within AudioDesk™ or Digital

Performer™, choose Setup menu>Conﬁgure Audio

System>Conﬁgure Hardware Driver (Note: this

dialog only provides access to basic settings such as

sample rate and clock source. For access to all

settings, use one of the techniques above.)

■ In Cubase SX or Nuendo, open the Device Setup

window, click VST Audiobay and choose MOTU

Audio from the Master ASIO Driver menu. Then

click the MOTU Audio item in the list and click the

Control Panel button.

8pre tab settings

The 8pre tab provides settings that apply to a

speciﬁc 8pre interface. If you have several 8pres (or

other MOTU audio interfaces) connected, you’ll

see a separate tab for each one.

General tab settings

The General tab provides settings that apply

globally to all connected MOTU interfaces.

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