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9 Other Mac OS X Audio Software

OVERVIEW

The 8pre provides multichannel audio and MIDI

input and output for all Mac OS X audio

applications, including Apple’s Logic Pro, Logic

Express, SoundTrack Pro and GarageBand. Other

third-party software applications are also

supported, such as Ableton Live, Propellerhead

Reason, Steinberg Cubase and others.

Installing the 8pre Mac OS X drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Preparing MIDI input and output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Run MOTU Audio Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Choosing the MOTU FireWire CoreAudio driver . . . . . 40

Audio Input and output names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Number of channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Processing live inputs with plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

INSTALLING THE 8PRE MAC OS X DRIVERS

To install the 8pre’s Mac OS X audio and MIDI

drivers, just run the installer on the MOTU Audio

installer CD as detailed in chapter 4, “Installing the

8pre Mac OS X Software” (page 21).

PREPARING MIDI INPUT AND OUTPUT

If you will be using the 8pre’s MIDI input and

output ports, be sure to follow the procedure in

“Preparing MIDI input and output” on page 39.

RUN MOTU AUDIO SETUP

Before you run your host audio software, launch

MOTU Audio Setup to conﬁgure your 8pre

hardware. MOTU Audio Setup lets you conﬁgure

your audio interface, and it lets you enable the

desired inputs and outputs. Only enabled inputs

and outputs will be available to your software, so

this is an important step. For complete details see

chapter 5, “MOTU Audio Setup” (page 25).

Figure 9-1: MOTU Audio Setup.

For complete details about the 8pre settings, see

chapter 5, “MOTU Audio Setup” (page 25). The

following sections provide a brief explanation of

each 8pre setting for use with Logic and other Mac

OS X audio software.

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