User`s guide

CUBASE, NUENDO AND OS 9 ASIO SOFTWARE
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The “Phones 1-2” output
If you’ve chosen to treat the 896HD headphones as
an independent output, you’ll see Phones 1-2 as an
896HD output destination. Audio tracks assigned
to this output pair will be heard on the headphone
jack only. For further explanation, see “Phones” on
page 77.
CHANGING 896HD SETTINGS
To c h a n ge t he 8 9 6HD settings at any time, run the
MOTU FireWire Audio Console. See “The ASIO
Control Panel button” on page 78 for details. In
Nuendo, go to the Device Setup window and click
the ASIO Control Panel button, as shown in
Figure 10-3 on page 78.
PROCESSING LIVE INPUTS WITH PLUG-INS
If you patch a live input (such as a MIDI
synthesizer) through a VST plug-in effect in
Cubase, you might hear a slight delay. There are
several ways to reduce this delay. For details, see
chapter 11, “Reducing Monitoring Latency”
(page 85).
SYNCHRONIZATION
Cubase or Nuendo can run under its own transport
control or slave to SMPTE time code. It can also
perform sample-accurate digital audio transfers
with Alesis digital recorders and Tas c a m fa mi ly
digital recorders.
As you read through the following sections to
decide what form of synchronization you might
need with other devices in your studio, be sure to
consult chapter 3, “Installing the 896HD
Hardware” (page 15) for the proper hardware
connections. Use the synchronization diagrams in
that chapter to be clear about how you will be
synchronizing Cubase to the other components of
your system.
Running Cubase or Nuendo under its own
transport control
If you do not need to synchronize Cubase or
Nuendo with time code or another recording
device, such as a tape deck, just leave its SMPTE
time code synchronization features disabled.
However, even though Cubase or Nuendo is not
slaving to SMPTE time code, you still need to be
concerned with the synchronization of the
896HD’s digital audio clock with other devices
connected to it digitally (if any). For example, if
you have a digital mixer connected to an 896HD
interface via an ADAT optical lightpipe cable, you
need to make sure that their audio clocks are
phase-locked. For details, see “Syncing optical
devices” on page 25 and “Making sync
connections” on page 19. If you don’t have any
digital audio devices connected, digital audio
phase-lock does not apply to you.
Resolving Cubase or Nuendo and the 896HD to
word clock, video and/or SMPTE time code
To re so lv e yo ur 89 6HD to word clock, video and/or
SMPTE time code using an additional synchroni-
zation device, use the setup shown in “Syncing
word clock devices” on page 29 or “Syncing to
video and/or SMPTE time code” on page 24.
Follow the instructions in your Cubase or Nuendo
manual for slaving them to MIDI Time Code
(MTC). To ensure that your audio tracks don’t drift
out of sync with your MIDI tracks — or time code,
use a hardware synchronizer like the MIDI
Timepiece AV or Digital Timepiece to resolve the
896HD hardware as well, as explained in “Syncing
to video and/or SMPTE time code” on page 24. A
digital audio synchronizer is required for drift-free
SMPTE/MIDI time code sync. Make sure the Clock
Source setting in the MOTU FireWire Audio
Console window has the appropriate setting for
locking the 896HD to the synchronizer. For