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MOTU PCI AUDIO CONSOLE

INTERFACE SETTINGS

The middle portion of the MOTU PCI Audio

Console Window displays settings for the audio

interface(s) connected to your PCI-424 card.

Figure 6-2: The interface settings for the 2408mk3, 24I/O and HD192

interfaces.

Working with multiple interfaces

If you have two or more audio interfaces connected

to your PCI-424 card, the PCI Audio Console

displays settings for one interface at a time. To view

the settings for a particular interface, choose it

from the Conﬁgure interface menu as shown in

Figure 6-1 on page 66.

Figure 6-3: The console displays one interface at a time. Choose the

desired interface from the Conﬁgure Interface menu.

Bank A / B / C (240mk3 interface)

The three 2408mk3 Bank menus (Bank A, Bank B

and Bank C) let you choose the type of I/O format

you would like to use for each of the 2408mk3’s

three internal banks of 8-channel I/O. For example,

you could work with an ADAT connected to bank

A, the 2408mk3’s 8 analog inputs and outputs on

Bank B, and SPDIF I/O on bank C. Or you could

work with the ADAT optical format on all three

banks. You can freely switch between formats at

any time.

ADAT and TDIF banks at high sample rates

When using ADAT or TDIF banks on a 2408mk3

interface, and the PCI-424 system clock is set to a

sample rate higher than 48 kHz, these banks

change to four channels each, as these formats only

support four channels at 88.2 or 96 kHz.

ADAT & TDIF always share the same output

If you have both TDIF and ADAT optical devices

connected to the same bank, use the

corresponding menu to switch between formats.

Your choice, however, only affects input for the

bank. For output, the 2408mk3 always sends the

same material to both digital formats on a bank.

For example, if you chose ADAT for Bank B, you

would be able to record tracks in your computer

software from the ADAT optical inputs connected

to Bank B on your 2408mk3 interface. At the same

time, however, any tracks you play back on Bank B

would be output to both the ADAT and TDIF

devices connected to Bank B.

Disabling banks to conserve resources

If you are not using a bank, it is a good idea to

choose Disable from the bank menu to disable the

bank entirely and free up PCI bus bandwidth and

other system resources.

☛ The Disable menu item does not appear in the

menu when the Enable Routing box is checked.

Figure 6-4: Disabling a bank to conserve system resources.