User Manual-Mac

DIGITAL PERFORMER

The PCI Audio Console window is central to the

operation of your PCI-424 hardware with Digital

Performer. For complete details about the

important settings in this window, see chapter 6,

“MOTU PCI Audio Console” (page 65).

Figure 7-1: The ‘Conﬁgure Hardware Driver’ menu items opens the

PCI Audio Console window shown above. This window provides all of

the settings for your PCI-424 hardware.

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF PCI-424 SETTINGS

Before you begin using your PCI-424 hardware

with Digital Performer, review the settings in the

PCI Audio Console window (shown on the

previous page in Figure 7-1). The following

sections provide a brief explanation of each setting

from the perspective of Digital Performer. For a

more complete overview of the settings in the

MOTU PCI Audio Console window, see chapter 6,

“MOTU PCI Audio Console” (page 65).

Sample rate

Choose the desired overall sample rate for the

PCI-424 system and Digital Performer. Newly

recorded audio in Digital Performer will have this

sample rate. Imported audio or soundbites in

existing ﬁles that do not match this sample rate will

be displayed in the Soundbites window with a red

‘X’ on its move handle to indicate that it cannot be

played.

Clock Source

This setting is very important because it

determines which audio clock the PCI-424 system

will follow.

If you do not have any digital audio connections to

your audio interface (you are using the analog

inputs and outputs only), and you will not be

slaving Digital Performer to external SMPTE time

code or video, choose Internal.

If you are slaving the PCI-424 system to the ADAT

sync Input connector on the PCI-424 card, choose

PCI-424: ADAT.

If you have multiple digital audio devices

connected, or if you are not sure about the clock

source of your setup, be sure to read “Make sync

connections” on page 35 and “Clock Source” on

page 66.