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INSTALLING THE AUDIO EXPRESS HARDWARE
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CONNECT THE AUDIO EXPRESS INTERFACE
Your Audio Express audio interface is equipped
with both a FireWire A (400 Mbit/sec) connector
and a hi-speed USB2 (480 Mbit/sec) connector,
and you can use either port to connect the Audio
Express to your computer. This gives you
maximum flexibility and compatibility with
today’s ever-expanding universe of Mac and
Windows computers.
Which should I use: FireWire or USB2?
If your computer does not have a FireWire port,
then obviously you will need to connect the Audio
Express to one of its high-speed USB 2.0 ports.
If your computer has both FireWire and USB2,
then it is your choice, and your decision may
depend mostly on other peripherals you may also
have, or bus power, as explained below.
Bus-powered operation requires FireWire
There is only one significant difference between
FireWire and USB2 operation: bus power. FireWire
provides enough power on the FireWire bus that
the Audio Express can be powered solely by its
FireWire connection to the computer. For
complete information, see “Bus power
requirements” on page 22.
If you use USB2, you must also use the DC power
supply included with your Audio Express, as USB2
does not supply enough power by itself.
If you are connecting via FireWire
1
Before you begin, make sure your computer and
the Audio Express are switched off.
2
Plug one end of the Audio Express FireWire
cable (included) into the FireWire socket on the
computer as shown below in Figure 4-1.
3
Plug the other end of the FireWire cable into the
Audio Express I/O as shown below in Figure 4-1.
Figure 4-1: Connecting the Audio Express to the computer via
FireWire.
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Make absolutely sure to align the flat side of
the FireWire plug properly with the flat side of the
FireWire socket on the Audio Express. If you
attempt to force the plug into the socket the wrong
way, you can damage the Audio Express.
High Speed USB 2.0 versus USB 1.1
There are primarily two types of USB host
controllers widely available on current personal
computers. USB 1.1 controllers support simple
peripherals that don’t require a high speed
connection, such as a computer keyboard, a
mouse, or a printer. USB 2.0 controllers support
high speed devices such as the Audio Express.
Since the Audio Express requires a high speed
connection, it must be connected to a USB 2.0 host
controller or hub.
- Audio Express 1
- Contents 3
- 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5
- How to access these settings 7
- About the Audio Express 9
- Connection Input Output 10
- Total 6 6 10
- THE AUDIO EXPRESS FRONT PANEL 11
- 16-BIT AND 24-BIT RECORDING 11
- CUEMIX MIXING AND EFFECTS 12
- HOST AUDIO SOFTWARE 12
- Requirements 13
- Software Installer First 15
- Installing the Audio Express 17
- Hardware 17
- FireWire 18
- Input 48V Pad Trim 20
- CONNECT MIDI GEAR 21
- POWER OPTIONS 22
- Voltage Amperage 23
- A TYPICAL AUDIO EXPRESS SETUP 24
- MOTU Audio Console 27
- ‘GENERAL’ TAB SETTINGS 28
- MOTU AUDIO CONSOLE 29
- ‘AUDIO EXPRESS’ TAB SETTINGS 30
- Front Panel Operation 31
- MIXING WITH THE FRONT PANEL 32
- CONTROLS 32
- Do this To do this 33
- METERING AND ACTIVITY LEDS 34
- RESTORING FACTORY DEFAULTS 34
- ASIO Software 35
- CHOOSING THE MOTU ASIO DRIVER 37
- SYNCHRONIZATION 39
- MIDI I/O 39
- 24-BIT OPERATION 39
- SONAR and other WDM Software 41
- SONAR AND OTHER WDM SOFTWARE 42
- AND OUTPUTS 43
- Reducing Monitoring Latency 45
- MONITORING LIVE INPUT 46
- CUEMIX HARDWARE MONITORING 48
- REDUCING MONITORING LATENCY 49
- REDUCING MONITORING LATENCY 50
- CueMix FX 51
- CUEMIX FX 52
- WORKING WITH A MIX 53
- SHORTCUTS 54
- INFO DISPLAY 54
- TALKBACK AND LISTENBACK 54
- CUEMIX FX 55
- SCOPE CHANNEL SELECTION 56
- FILE MENU 56
- EDIT MENU 56
- DEVICES MENU 57
- FFT ANALYSIS / SPECTROGRAM 57
- Pause button 58
- Display options 58
- Silence Full scale 58
- OSCILLOSCOPE 59
- moves the line marking time 60
- moves the line 60
- Trigger indicator 61
- Trigger menu 61
- Criteria check boxes 61
- Trigger mode What it does 62
- Color Status 62
- X-Y PLOT 65
- PHASE ANALYSIS 68
- Figure 10-29: Filters 70
- Polar view 71
- Rectangular 71
- Inverted 71
- CONFIGURATIONS MENU 72
- TALKBACK MENU 73
- PHONES MENU 73
- CONTROL SURFACES MENU 73
- MOTU SMPTE Console 75
- READER SECTION 76
- GENERATOR SECTION 77
- SMPTE TIME CODE 77
- SYNCING TO SMPTE TIME CODE 78
- CUSTOMER SUPPORT 80
- REPLACING DISKS 80
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT 80
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