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  • Page 1 FireStudio Mobile ™ Owner’s Manual www.presonus.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    (PC only) 42 manual. • Use only the attachments/ 3.1.4 The Device Window: • Do not drop your FireStudio Mobile. GETTING STARTED 10 FireStudio Mobile accessories recommended or • Do not install the unit near a heat Mixer 43 2.1 Hardware Installation 10...

  • Page 3: Overview

    In no event will PreSonus be enclosed warranty card within 14 days of purchase. liable for incidental, consequential, or other damages...

  • Page 4: Features

    Features Features 1.2 Features Summary of Studio One Artist features The FireStudio Mobile is a powerful and aff ordable computer recording system. It comes equipped • Unlimited track count with two high-quality PreSonus XMAX microphone • Unlimited inserts and sends preamps, six line inputs, MIDI I/O, S/PDIF, and rock- •...

  • Page 5: What Is In The Box

    OVERVIEW What Is In the Box System Requirements 1.4 What Is In the Box System Requirements Your FireStudio Mobile package contains the Here are the computer-system requirements for following: FireStudio Mobile and Studio One Artist. Macintosh • FireStudio Mobile recording interface •...

  • Page 6: Getting Started

    Hardware Installation 2.1 Hardware wizard launches, follow the recommended GETTING STARTED steps. When the sync light remains solid blue, your FireStudio Mobile is synced to your computer and is Hardware Installation ready to use! 2.1.2 Installation in Mac OS X...

  • Page 7: Studio One Artist

    Internet. Once you have created your account, As a valued PreSonus customer, you are also eligible continue to Activating Studio One Artist Online. for a discount on an upgrade to Studio One Pro,...

  • Page 8: Enabling The Firestudio Mobile Driver

    If you choose not to install any portion of the driver. By default, it will choose a PreSonus driver if content, you can install it at a later time. one is available.

  • Page 9: Confi Guring Your Midi Devices

    Studio One Artist views the two functions of these types of hardware as two diff erent If you do not see “PreSonus FireStudio” on the Start devices: a MIDI keyboard controller and a sound page when you launch Studio One, click on the module.
  • Page 10 MIDI data to your keyboard (also labeled to the MIDI Out of the MIDI-S/PDIF breakout cable “Mobile 2 MIDI”). If your keyboard controller does that came with your FireStudio Mobile. Make sure not need to receive MIDI data from Studio One (say, the breakout...

  • Page 11: Confi Guring Audio I/O

    PreSonus FireStudio Mobile Owner’s Manual GETTING STARTED GETTING STARTED Studio One Artist Studio One Artist 2.2 how to set up a Song and will discuss some general Setting Up an External MIDI Sound Module workfl ow tips for navigating through the Studio One Controller From the Start Page: (continued): Artist enviroment.

  • Page 12: Creating A Song

    Headphone outputs and enable Cue Mix. More on your FireStudio Mobile. At this time, you can add information on Cue Mix can be found in Section 2.2.6. the number and type of inputs you plan to use. We 2.2.5...
  • Page 13 Mobile’s audio outputs to a sound system. (You also connect monitors to the FireStudio Mobile’s Main can listen on headphones, using the FireStudio Mobile’s Outs. You are now ready to record. For complete headphone output.) When you are ready to mix your...

  • Page 14: Cue Mix And The Firestudio Mobile

    Instrument Browser and how the performance balances with the rest of the drag it into the Arrange view. Studio One Artist mix. Together, Studio One and a FireStudio Mobile will automatically create a new track and load the make this simple.
  • Page 15 1 You can create a Cue Mix and send it to any output To completely remove any channel from a cue on your FireStudio Mobile. You simply need to create mix, simply deactivate the Cue Mix object for that an output bus and enable Cue Mix. To begin, create channel.
  • Page 16 FireStudio Mobile (as You will notice that when Studio One Artist launches, opposed to through software). As such, you will no the Device button on your Universal Control Launch longer hear the eff ects of any inserts on the channel.

  • Page 17: Sample Hookup Diagrams

    Hookup Diagrams Hookup Diagrams 2.3 SAMPLE HOOKUP DIAGRAMS 2.3.2 Using the FireStudio Mobile with an External Preamp and Monitoring System Cables and Connectors: The FireStudio Mobile enables you to simultaneously record and play back up to ten channels. You can •...

  • Page 18: Recording A Full Band

    TRS - TRS FireStudio Mobile 2 DigiMax™ D8 TS - TS Back Panel PreSonus DigiMax™ D8 8-Channel Mic Preamplifier Front Panel TRS - TRS x 6 XLR (M) - XLR (F) x 6 (or snake) PreSonus HP60 Headphone Mixing System Front Panel...

  • Page 19: Controls & Connections

    In the Launch window, you can set basic parameters such as sample rate, clock source, and buff er size. The Device window of the FireStudio Mobile is the FireStudio Mobile Mixer. The Mixer section of the Universal Control Panel was designed to look and feel like a hardware mixer, so most of the features may already be familiar to you.

  • Page 20: Launch Window

    S/PDIF. The general, 512 samples (11 to 12 milliseconds) will FireStudio Mobile’s sync light will fl ash from blue to provide you with a buff er that is large enough for red. When the FireStudio Mobile is in sync, the light optimum system performance, but small enough will be blue.
  • Page 21 Opens the Device Window. Settings: Run at Startup Launches the Universal Control Application Automatically on Startup (Windows PCs Only). Click on this button to open the FireStudio Mobile Mixer. When this is enabled, the Universal Control application will automatically launch each time you To give your FireStudio Mobile a custom name, boot your Windows PC.

  • Page 22: Wdm Settings (Pc Only)

    You must set the level for the recording using the that enhance its use as an audio interface. In the gain knobs on the face of the FireStudio Mobile. If Settings menu of the Launch window, you will fi nd your signal is too hot in your DAW, lower them with the WDM Setup option.
  • Page 23 The FireStudio Mobile mixer has three output mixes, Move the Master Fader up and down to increase and one for each of the FireStudio Mobile’s three stereo decrease the level of the selected output’s audio. outputs: mains, headphones, and S/PDIF.
  • Page 24 Soloing a channel mutes all other unsoloed channels. Double-clicking the slider returns the pan to center. Input Selectors Changes the Source of the FireStudio Mobile Mixer Channels. Link Buttons Links the Adjacent Channels as a Stereo Pair. When channels are linked, changing either channel’s level changes both channels’...

  • Page 25: Front-Panel Layout

    -6 dBFS (+4 dBu). The red clip such as the output of an electric guitar. The PreSonus indicator LED will illuminate when the channel’s preamplifi er design employs a Class A input gain input signal reaches 0 dBFS (+10 dBu).
  • Page 26 Input Gain/Trim Controls. These knobs provide the • Blue. FireStudio Mobile is correctly synced via following gain structure: FireWire or external S/PDIF. • XLR Microphone Inputs. 80 dB of variable gain (–10 •...

  • Page 27: Back-Panel Layout

    FireStudio-family interfaces. Keep in mind that if you daisy-chain multiple bus-powered devices, the FireWire bus might not provide enough power for your FireStudio Mobile and for other devices in the chain. MIDI and S/PDIF Breakout-Cable Connector. This is where you connect the breakout cable for MIDI and Power Adapter Input.

  • Page 28: Cascading Units

    FireStudio Mobile and the resulting input and signals only, there is no trim control for them on output count. the FireStudio Mobile. If you need to raise or lower the volume, the adjustment should be made from your line-level device.
  • Page 29 FireStudio Mobile FireStudio Mobile interface to your system, please follow these guidelines: FireStudio Mobile FireStudio Project 1 Go to www.presonus.com and check for the latest version of the Universal Control applica- FireStudio Mobile FireStudio Tube tion. FireStudio Mobile FireStudio Project...
  • Page 30 PreSonus FireStudio Mobile Owner’s Manual CASCADING UNITS CASCADING UNITS Using Multiple FireStudio-Family Interfaces Using Multiple FireStudio-Family Interfaces 4.1 6 Once all your units are connected and synced, through the outputs on the second unit in the chain (and vice versa) unless you create a mix from within launch the Universal Control application.

  • Page 31: Technical Information

    Many technical issues can arise when converting a standard computer into a digital audio workstation The FireStudio Mobile’s Sync light fl ashes red and (DAW). PreSonus can only provide support for issues blue when it is not synced. Check the FireWire cable that directly relate to the FireStudio Mobile interface to ensure that it hasn’t become disconnected.
  • Page 32 • SIIG NN-400012-S8 All domestic PreSonus products should be serviced Please note: manufacturers may change chipsets at the PreSonus factory in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. If at any time, so it is recommended to verify these your FireStudio Mobile requires a repair, contact models still employ a chipset in the above list prior techsupport@presonus.com to arrange for a...

  • Page 33: Specifi Cations

    © 2009 PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. PreSonus, FireStudio, and Studio One are trademarks of PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc. Macintosh is a trademark of Apple, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
  • Page 34 PreSonus FireStudio Mobile Owner’s Manual Boring Stuff Boring Stuff Directives de l’UE sur la protection EU Directives on the Protection of Directivas Europeas para la EU Richtlinien zum Schutz der de l’environnement the Environment and Other Euro protección del Medio Ambiente...
  • Page 35 Added bonus: PreSonus COO Kurt Bueche’s The back cover of the FireStudio™ Mobile previously Top Secret recipe for… Owner’s Manual Jambalaya Ingredients: • 5 lbs link andouille sausage • 3 lbs boneless chicken • 2 lbs ground beef • 3 lbs onions (yellow or purple) •...

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