User`s guide

CHAPTER

5 MOTU FireWire Audio Console

(Mac OS X)

OVERVIEW

Accessing the 896HD settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

896HD Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Sample Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Clock Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Default Stereo Input/Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Optical input/output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Phones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Sample Rate Conversion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Programmable Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

AES/EBU Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Clip Hold Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Peak Hold Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Word Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

‘General’ tab settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Enable Pedal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Launch console when hardware becomes available . 43

Edit Channel Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

ACCESSING THE 896HD SETTINGS

There are several ways to access the MOTU

FireWire Audio Console settings:

■ Click the MOTU FireWire Audio Console icon

in the dock

■ Press on the MOTU FireWire Audio Console

dock icon to open the menu shown below, or

control-click it to open the menu immediately

■ From within AudioDesk™ or Digital

Performer™, choose Setup menu>MOTU Audio

System options>Conﬁgure Hardware Driver (Note:

this dialog only provides access to basic settings

such as sample rate and clock source. For access to

all settings, use one of the techniques above.)

■ From within Cubase VST, go to the Audio menu,

choose System and then click the ASIO Control

Panel button. In Cubase SX, open the Devices

Setup window, click the VST Multitrack device and

click the Control Panel button.