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CHAPTER

7 Windows Multimedia-compatible

Audio Software

OVERVIEW

The MOTU FireWire Audio WDM driver provides

standard multi-channel input and output for audio

software running under Windows 2000, Windows

Me or Windows XP.

WDM and Wave driver compatibility. . . . . . . . .49

Installing the MOTU FireWire Audio WDM

driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Enabling Wave (MME) compatibility . . . . . . . . .49

Making settings in the MOTU FireWire Audio

Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Enabling the MOTU FireWire Audio WDM

driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Working with MOTU 896 inputs and outputs .51

Trimming the analog inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Changing MOTU 896 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Reducing delay when monitoring live inputs . .51

Audio clock source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

24-bit operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

WDM AND WAVE DRIVER COMPATIBILITY

WDM is an acronym for Windows Driver Model.

The MOTU FireWire Audio WDM driver allows

the MOTU 896 to provide multi-channel audio

input and output for any audio application that

supports WDM audio drivers.

Attention: Cakewalk users

Cakewalk SONAR is used for the WDM driver

setup examples in this chapter.

Attention: other software users

Cakewalk’s SONAR software is used for the WDM

driver setup examples in this chapter. However, the

basic procedures are the same and can be easily

applied to any WDM-compatible software. Just

follow the general descriptions at the beginning of

each main section in this chapter. Consult your

software documentation for details about each

topic, if necessary.

INSTALLING THE MOTU FIREWIRE AUDIO

WDM DRIVER

The MOTU 896 installer CD-ROM installs the

MOTU FireWire Audio WDM driver into

Windows for you. That’s pretty much all the

preparation you need. See chapter 3,

“IMPORTANT! Run the MOTU 896 Software

Installer First” (page 15).

ENABLING WAVE (MME) COMPATIBILITY

If your host audio software does not yet support

Windows 2000 WDM drivers, you need to enable

Wave driver compatibility in the MOTU FireWire

Audio WDM driver so that all of the MOTU 896’s

inputs and outputs show up in your software. For

details, see “Enable full Wave support for legacy

(MME) software” on page 38.

☛ If your host audio software does support

WDM audio drivers, don’t enable Wave driver

compatibility.

MAKING SETTINGS IN THE MOTU FIREWIRE

AUDIO CONSOLE

Before you run your audio software, launch the

MOTU FireWire Audio Console to conﬁgure your

MOTU 896 hardware. The MOTU FireWire Audio

Console lets you choose the audio clock source,

and it lets you enable the optical input and output,

if needed. For details, see chapter 5, “MOTU

FireWire Audio Console” (page 35).

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