User Manual-Mac

CHAPTER
15
The ‘Enable Input’ and ‘Enable out-
put’ check boxes refer to input and
output to and from the computer. If
checked, inputs and outputs will be
available in the menus of
AudioDesk, Digital Performer, or
other host audio applications that
support the 2408mk3.
In this example, a 2408mk3 inter-
face is configured for ADAT optical
I/O for Bank A, Tascam TDIF I/O for
bank B, and Analog for Bank C.
This section of the window shows
the I/O formats provided by the
interface currently chosen in the
Configure Interface menu.
The stand-alone Console window, above,
is the same as the “Configure Hardware
Driver” dialog found in AudioDesk and
Digital Performer (in their Basics menu).
If you have two or more interfaces
connected to the PCI-424 card in your
computer, use this menu to choose which
one you are controlling with the settings
in the middle portion of this window.
The ‘Clock Source’ menu determines the
master clock source for your entire PCI-424
system. This is an important setting, as
PCI-424 interfaces must be carefully
resolved with the clocks in the other digital
audio devices connected to them.
These buttons let you save and
reload the interface settings (in the
middle portion of the window).
The ‘Monitor Outputs’ menu deter-
mines which outputs the PCI-424’s
Sound Manager driver will use.
Refresh checks to make sure that the
computer knows about all connected
MOTU PCI interfaces.
The MOTU PCI Audio Console Window gives
you complete control over the settings in
your PCI-424 hard disk recording system.
There are several ways to access the PCI
Audio Console window. But the window is
the same, regardless of how you access it.
■ From the Mac OS desktop, run MOTU
PCI Audio Console (the stand-alone
applet for the 2408mk3)
■ From within AudioDesk™ or Digital
Performer™, go to the Basics menu
and choose MOTU Audio System
options> Configure Hardware Driver
How to open this window
Provides additional settings for the
interface currently chosen in the
Configure Interface menu. For details,
see “Interface options” on page 72.
Check ‘Enable Routing’ to expand
the window as shown. This view
lets you enable or disable
individual inputs and outputs.
This section of the window
has general settings for the
entire PCI-424 system.
Choosing a smaller setting here reduces the
latency you may hear when monitoring live
inputs through plug-in effects in your host
software. But lower settings also increase the
strain on your computer. For details, see
“Samples Per Buffer” on page 69.
At low sample rates (44.1 or 48 kHz),
digital I/O banks provide 8 channels.
At high sample rates (88.2 or 96
kHz), digital I/O banks provide 4
channels (two stereo pairs).
Quick Reference: PCI Audio Console Window