User Manual

CHAPTER
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8 Working with Host Audio Software
OVERVIEW
The 8pre-es provides multi-channel audio input
and output for Core Audio compatible audio
applications on the Mac and ASIO or Wave
compatible applications on Windows, including
MOTU’s Digital Performer and AudioDesk,
Apple’s Logic Pro and GarageBand, and other
third-party software applications such as Ableton
Live, Avid Pro Tools, Cockos Reaper,
Propellerhead Reason, Steinberg Cubase and
Nuendo, Cakewalk SONAR, PreSonus Studio
One, Bitwig, and others.
AudioDesk is available as a free download for
8pre-es owners at motu.com/download. For
complete information about all of AudioDesk’s
powerful workstation features, refer to the
AudioDesk User Guide.pdf found in the Help menu
of the AudioDesk application.
Digital Performer, MOTU’s state-of-the-art digital
audio workstation software, is available separately;
for details about upgrading from AudioDesk to
Digital Performer, talk to your authorized MOTU
dealer or visit motu.com.
Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Run the web app . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Choose the MOTU Pro Audio driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Reducing monitoring latency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Working with the Routing grid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Working with on-board mixing and effects . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
LTC-to-MTC conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
PREPARATION
Install your host audio software first if you haven’t
already done so, and complete these chapters
before proceeding:
■ chapter 4, “Software Installation” (page 31)
■ chapter 5, “Hardware Installation” (page 35)
RUN THE WEB APP
Before you run your host audio software, launch
the web app to configure your MOTU hardware.
The web app lets you configure important settings
in your audio interface, enable the desired inputs
and outputs, and set up audio streams to and from
the computer.
Sample Rate
Choose the desired sample rate for the 8pre-es
(item #9 in the Device tab on page 12) and your
host audio software. Make sure the sample rates
for the hardware and software match. Newly
recorded audio will have this sample rate.
Clock Mode
The Clock Mode setting (item #14 in the Device
tab on page 12) is important because it determines
the master digital audio clock for your system.
If you do not have any digital audio connections to
your MOTU device (you are using the analog
inputs and outputs only), and you will not be
resolving your host software to optical or another
external clock source, choose Internal.
If you have devices connected to the optical ports,
see “Syncing optical devices” on page 48.
If you are slaving your MOTU device and your
host software to word clock, follow the directions
in “Syncing word clock devices” on page 49.
If you have devices connected to the network port,
see “Syncing an AVB network” on page 50.