User Manual

PRESETS
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STAND-ALONE MIXER
Choose the Stand-alone mixer preset to use 8A as a
mixer. Doing so routes all physical inputs to the
mixer, with the mixer’s main mix bus and monitor
bus going to Analog Outs 1-2 and the Headphone
output, respectively.
To control the mixer (with the web app), you have
several options. You can connect a computer to the
8A using Thunderbolt, USB, Ethernet, or Wi-Fi, as
explained in “Setup for web app control” on
page 38. Figure 5-2 below shows the Wi-Fi
scenario. Note that you can control the mix from
multiple Wi-Fi devices.
Figure 5-2: Using the 8A as a stand-alone mixer. This example
demonstrates how you can control the mixer from several Wi-Fi
devices.
INTERFACE + MIXER
Choose the Interface + Mixer preset to use the 8A
as both an audio interface and mixer, simulta-
neously. This preset is identical to the Audio
Interface preset, except that all From Computer
channels are also routed to the 8A’s on-board
mixer, which mixes them to the Main Mix bus (to
Analog Outs 1-2) and the Monitor bus (to the
Headphone Out). The on-board mixer mixes all of
the following sources:
■ The 8A’s analog inputs
■ The 8A’s optical inputs
■ All From Computer channels (Thunderbolt or
USB channels from the host computer)
The Monitor bus is set up as a solo bus.
In this scenario, you can control the mixer from the
MOTU Pro Audio Control web app running on the
computer. You can also run the web app from
wireless devices on the same Wi-Fi network as the
laptop.
Figure 5-3: Using the 8A as an audio interface and mixer, simulta-
neously.
Airport
or any other Wi-Fi router
Ethernet
cable
Wi-Fi devices
Laptop (optional) Tablet Smart
phone
Local inputs plus network inputs
Main
Mix
Aux
Mix
Group
Mix 1
Group
Mix 2
Laptop
Audio inputs from stage, studio, etc.
Main
Mix
Aux
Mix 1
Aux
Mix 2
OR