User Manual-Mac

CHAPTER
89
9 Cubase, Nuendo and other ASIO
Software
OVERVIEW
The PCI-424 system includes an ASIO driver that
provides multi-channel I/O and sample-accurate
synchronization with Steinberg’s Cubase family of
digital audio sequencers, including Cubase VST
and Nuendo.
☛ Note to Nuendo Macintosh users: the
examples in this chapter show screen shots of
Nuendo for Windows, but they are very similar to
the Mac version.
Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Run MOTU PCI Audio Console before Cubase 90
Choosing the PCI-424 driver in Cubase. . . . . . .90
Number of channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
The Launch button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Reducing delay when processing live inputs with
plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Audio clock source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Other System dialog settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Activating PCI-424 inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Assigning inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Assigning outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Changing PCI-424 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
24-bit operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Monitoring system performance . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
PREPARATION
Before you run Cubase with your PCI-424 system,
launch AudioDesk and play back the demo project
to make sure that the PCI-424 hardware software
drivers are set up properly. The AudioDesk demo
project is located on the PCI-424 Installer CD.
Drag it to your hard drive before opening it in
AudioDesk, as your CD drive will be too slow to
play the audio.
To make sure that everything is ready for Cubase,
install Cubase first (if you haven’t already done so),
and then see these chapters before proceeding:
■ chapter 3, “Installing the PCI-424 Hardware”
(page 25).
■ chapter 4, “Installing the PCI-424 Macintosh
Software” (page 53)
■ chapter 8, “AudioDesk” (page 83)
Figure 9-1: The PCI-424 installer puts the PCI-424 ASIO driver in the
Cubase ASIO Drivers folder.