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CHAPTER

Quick Reference:

MOTU FireWire Audio Console

Audio System Setup in Cubase VST

Determines the master clock source for your entire MOTU 896

system. If you’re just using the analog ins and outs, set this to

‘Internal’. The other settings are for digital transfers via AES/

EBU or external synchronization via the ADAT SYNC in or Word

Clock port. If you have multiple MOTU FireWire interfaces,

you’ll see all eligible clock sources from all available interfaces.

The MOTU FireWire Audio Console gives you

complete control over the settings in your MOTU

896 hard disk recording system. There are several

ways to access these settings. But the settings

are the same, regardless of how you access them.

■ From the Windows Start menu, choose

Programs>MOTU>MOTU FireWire Audio

Console.

■ From within Cubase™, go to the Audio

System Setup window and click on the

ASIO Control Panel button.

■ From within other applications, refer to

their documentation.

How to access these settings

Choosing a smaller setting here reduces the delay you

may hear when listening to live input that you are

running through effects plug-ins in your software. But

lower settings also increase the strain on your computer.

For details, see “Samples Per Buffer” on page 38.

Choose the global sample rate for the system here.

This is the MOTU 896’s no-latency CueMix™ Plus monitoring

feature. The inputs you choose here will be mixed with the

main outs and can be controlled with the ‘Monitor Level’

knob on the front panel.

Check this option if the audio software you are using

with the MOTU 896 does not support Windows WDM

drivers and instead only supports legacy MME (Wave)

drivers. When checked, this option makes all of the

MOTU 896 inputs and outputs available to legacy

Wave-driver compatible audio software.

Use these tabs to access general settings and settings that are

speciﬁc to the MOTU 896 interface. If you have multiple MOTU

FireWire audio interfaces connected, each gets its own tab.

If you have a foot switch connected to the MOTU 896, these

settings let you map the foot switch to any computer keyboard

key for both the up and down position.

Choose the desired optical format you’d like to use for the

optical input and output. For the 896, the choices are ‘ADAT’

or ‘OFF’. Turning them off frees up FireWire bandwidth for

other devices.

This menu provides several options for the MOTU 896’s AES/EBU

sample rate conversion. For further details see, “Syncing AES/EBU

devices” on page 28.

Lets you choose what to monitor with the 896’s

programmable front panel meters.

The Clip Hold Time controls how long the top-most red LED remains

illuminated after clipping. The Peak Hold Time controls how long

the highest illuminated LED remains lit before going dark.

Use the ‘Disable’ check box to take the interface off-line without

shutting off its power. Doing so frees up FireWire bandwidth.

If you are running a MOTU 896 interface at a high sample rate (96

or 88.2), this option appears at the bottom of the interface

settings. It lets you choose a word clock output rate that either

matches the global sample rate (e.g. 96 kHz) or halves the global

rate (e.g. 48 kHz instead of 96 kHz).

This option should always be left on (checked). There are only a

few rare cases in which you would want to turn it off. For details,

refer to the MOTU tech support database at www.motu.com.

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