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Quick Reference:

MOTU FireWire Audio Console

Determines the clock source for your 896HD. If

you’re just using the 896HD by itself, choose

Internal. Use the other settings to resolve the

896HD to other devices. You can also resolve

the 896HD to another audio device (such as a

PCI-424 system), or even the Mac’s built-in

audio. Doing so ensures that 896HD audio will

not drift apart from the other device during

long playback or recording passes.

Enables or disables the 896HD’s

ADAT optical I/O. Turning them off

frees up FireWire bandwidth.

Choose the global sample rate

for the system here.

If you are running under Mac OS 9, and any of these settings are grayed

out (not available), see “If 896HD settings are grayed out” on page 51.

Provides several options for the

MOTU 896HD’s AES/EBU sample

rate conversion. See, “Syncing

AES/EBU devices” on page 26.

This menu lets you choose what you will

hear from the headphone jack. To mirror the

main outs, choose Main Outs. Or you can

mirror any other output pair. To hear the

phones as their own independent output,

choose Phones.

Click the tabs to access general

MOTU FireWire interface settings

or settings speciﬁc to the 896HD

(or other connected interface.)

Check this option if you would like the MOTU

FireWire Audio Console icon to appear in the

application dock as soon as a MOTU FireWire inter-

face is detected (switched on, plugged in, etc.)

If you have a foot switch

connected to the 896HD, these

settings let you map the foot

switch to any computer keyboard

key for both the up and down

position. For details about how to

set this up, see “Enable Pedal” on

page 43.

If you are using the 896HD

with Mac OS 9, see chapter 6,

“MOTU FireWire Control Panel

(Mac OS 9)” (page 45).

In the standard Mac OS X fashion, the console appears in the dock when you launch it.

If the Launch console automatically option is checked (as shown above), the icon

appears as soon as you switch on your 896HD interface. If you click and hold on the

dock icon (instead of clicking it) or control-click, a menu of hardware settings appears

as shown to the right. You can view and conﬁgure any hardware settings from this

menu, without opening the console window.

Click the General tab to access these settings.

Lets you choose what to monitor

with the 896HD’s programmable

front panel meters.

The Clip Hold Time controls how

long the top-most red LED

remains illuminated after

clipping. Choose ‘Inﬁnite’ if you

want to be able to clear the LED

from Digital Performer. The Peak

Hold Time controls how long the

highest illuminated LED remains

lit before going dark.

If you are running the 896HD interface at a 2x

or 4x sample rate (88.2 to 192kHz), 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. 192kHz) or forces a word

clock output rate of either 44.1 or 48kHz.

Speciﬁes the stereo input and

output pair when the 896HD is

chosen for Mac OS X audio I/O in

the System Preferences. NOTE: see

system requirements below.*

Lets you edit the names of the

896HD inputs and outputs, as

they appear in your host audio

software. These names will only

appear in programs that support

Mac OS X’s port naming features.

*NOTE: the Default Stereo Input/Output

menus only appear with the following

minimum system requirements:

■ Mac OS X 10.2.7 is installed with

QuickTime 6.4 or later, OR

■ Mac OS X 10.3 (aka Panther) or later

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