User`s guide

MOTU FIREWIRE AUDIO CONSOLE
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Word Out
If you are running a MOTU 896 interface at a high
sample rate (96 or 88.2), this option appears at the
bottom of the interface settings. It lets you choose a
word clock output rate that either matches the
global sample rate (e.g. 96 kHz) or halves the global
rate (e.g. 48 kHz instead of 96 kHz).
MONITORING LIVE INPUT
There are two ways to monitor live audio input with
the MOTU 896: 1) through the computer or 2) via
CueMix™ Plus hardware monitoring. Figure 5-3
on page 40 below shows method 1, which allows
you to add effects processing such as reverb and
guitar amp effects via plug-ins in your audio
software. See “Samples Per Buffer” on page 38 for
details about how to reduce — and possibly
eliminate — the audible monitoring delay that the
computer introduces.
Figure 5-4 shows how to use CueMix™ Plus
hardware-based monitoring, which lets you hear
what you are recording with no monitoring delay
and no computer-based effects processing. (You
can add effects later, after you’ve recorded the live
input as a disk track.) To learn more, see “Monitor
input — CueMix™ Plus” on page 39.
If the material you are recording is suitable, there is
a third way to monitor live input: use both methods
(Figure 5-3 and Figure 5-4) at the same time. For
example, you could route vocals to both the
computer (for a bit of reverb) and mix that
processed signal on the main outs with dry vocals
from CueMix Plus.
1. Live input (from mic, guitar, etc.)
enters the MOTU 896.
2. CueMix™ Plus immediately patches the
live mic signal directly to the main outs,
completely bypassing the computer (dry,
with no effects processing).
3. Mic signal is mixed with the main outs,
and you can control the volume (relative to
the rest of the mix) with the ‘monitor level’
knob on the front panel of the MOTU 896.
Figure 5-4: This diagram shows the signal flow when using CueMix™ Plus no-latency monitoring. Notice that this method does not allow you
to process the live input with plug-ins in your audio software while it is being monitored. You can, however, add effects later — after recording
the live input as a disk track. CueMix™ Plus lets you hear what you are recording with no delay and no computer-based effects.
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