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independent of your host audio software. For
complete details, see chapter 12, “CueMix
Console” (page 93).
Controlling CueMix DSP from your audio
software
Some audio applications allow you to control
CueMix DSP monitoring from within the
application (without the need to use CueMix
Console). In most cases, this support consists of
patching an 896HD input directly to an output
when you record-arm a track. Exactly how this is
handled depends on the application.
The following applications are among those that
support direct control over CueMix DSP:
■ Digital Performer (Mac OS 9 and X)
■ AudioDesk (Mac OS 9 and X)
■ ASIO-compatible audio software (Mac OS 9)
CueMix DSP routings that are made via host
applications are made “under the hood”, which
means that you won’t see them in CueMix Console.
However, CueMix DSP connections made inside
your host audio software dovetail with any other
mixes you’ve set up in CueMix Console. For
example, if your host application routes audio to an
output pair that is already being used in CueMix
Console for an entirely separate mix bus, both
audio streams will simply be merged to the output.
Follow the directions below in the section that
applies to you.
Controlling CueMix DSP from within AudioDesk
or Digital Performer
To t u r n on CueMix DSP in AudioDesk and Digital
Performer:
1 From the Setup menu (Basics menu under
OS 9), choose MOTU Audio System options>Input
Monitoring Mode.
2 Choose the Direct hardware playthrough option,
as shown below in Figure 11-8.
3 From the Studio menu (Windows menu under
OS 9), choose Audio Monitor, and enable Audio
Patch Thru (the button with the headphone icon
on it).
Figure 11-8: Enabling CueMix DSP in AudioDesk or Digital Performer.
Once enabled, CueMix DSP monitoring is tied
with Digital Performer or AudioDesk’s Audio Patch
Thru feature: when you record-enable a track, the
track’s input is routed directly to its output (via
CueMix DSP in the 896HD hardware). For
example, if you record-enable a track called guitar
in your DP or AudioDesk project, and its audio
input assignment is Analog in 2, and its audio
output assignment is optical channels 7-8, CueMix
DSP no-latency hardware monitoring will
automatically be set up from Analog in 2 to optical
outputs 7-8.
☛ Note to 828 or 896 users who have upgraded
to an 896HD: notice that the Auto Cuemix Update
check box has been removed as a result of the
896HD’s more flexible and powerful CueMix DSP
features. Auto CueMix Update is no longer needed