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CHAPTER
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About the Audio Express
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Audio Express Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
The Audio Express Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
16-bit and 24-bit recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
CueMix mixing and effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Host Audio Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
OVERVIEW
The Audio Express is a hybrid FireWire and USB2
audio interface for Mac and Windows that offers six
independent inputs and six independent outputs.
Both analog and digital I/O are offered at sample
rates up to 96 kHz. All inputs and outputs can be
accessed simultaneously. The Audio Express is
housed in a sturdy, compact half-rack enclosure
that connects directly to a computer via a standard
FireWire or USB cable.
The Audio Express offers the following main
features:
■
Universal computer connectivity via FireWire or
high-speed USB 2.0
■
Bus-powered operation (FireWire only)
■
Two 24-bit analog quarter-inch (TRS) inputs
■
Four 24-bit analog quarter-inch (TRS) outputs
■
Two combo XLR/TRS mic/guitar inputs with
preamps, 48V phantom power, 20 dB pad, and
Precision Digital Trim™ preamp gain adjustment
■
Operation on all I/O at standard sample rates up
to 96 kHz
■
Digitally controlled analog trim for all analog
inputs
■
Coaxial S/PDIF digital I/O at sample rates up to
96 kHz
■
MIDI I/O
■
Foot switch for hands-free punch-in/out
■
On-board SMPTE synchronization
■
Headphone jack with independent output and
volume control
■
Front panel volume control of the Main Outs
■
Front-panel mixing of live inputs
■
Front panel metering and status LEDs
■
Stand-alone operation
■
Mac and Windows drivers for multi-channel
operation and across-the-board compatibility with
any audio software on current Mac and Windows
systems
■
CueMix FX cross-platform mixing software with
attractive graphic mixing and a convenient tabbed
interface for quick access to all features in one
window. CueMix also provides a full-screen real-
time FFT display, spectrogram “waterfall” display,
oscilloscope, X-Y plot, linear or polar phase
analysis, and a tuner.
With a variety of I/O formats, mic preamps and
no-latency mixing and processing of live input, the
Audio Express is a complete, portable “studio in a
box” when used with a Mac or Windows computer.
THE AUDIO EXPRESS REAR PANEL
The rear panel has the following connectors:
■
Four gold-plated, balanced +4dB quarter-inch
(TRS) analog outputs (with 24-bit 96 kHz
converters)
■
Two gold-plated, balanced quarter-inch (TRS)
analog inputs (with 24-bit 96 kHz converters)
■
Two combo XLR/TRS mic/instrument inputs
- 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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