General Recording Instructions; Adding Effects While Direct Monitoring - M-Audio Firewire Audiophile User Manual

to assign the level controller to control the analog in faders in the FireWire Audiophile
control panel, at least while you're setting up for recording. For more information, see the
section, Using the level controller assignments.
As mentioned, while the advantages to this type of monitoring are obvious (no latency),
the inability to add effects can be seen as a drawback. That's why we created the aux
sends in the FireWire Audiophile control panel's mixer. These aux sends will allow you
to add effects while direct monitoring. See the section, "Adding Effects While Direct
Monitoring," for more information.

General Recording Instructions

The FireWire Audiophile's analog and digital inputs will appear as inputs in your audio
software. Depending on your chosen application, these may be labeled as ASIO inputs,
WDM inputs or CoreAudio inputs. Typically, for example, in an ASIO-based application
(e.g., Cubase, Nuendo, Digital Performer 3) the FireWire Audiophile's inputs will appear as:
FireWire Audiophile Analog input 1
FireWire Audiophile Analog input 2
FireWire Audiophile S/PDIF input L
FireWire Audiophile S/PDIF input R
If you're using analog in 1 or 2, activate the input labeled as "Analog Inputs" in your
audio software's input mixer. If you're using the s/pdif inputs, you must choose the
correct S/PDIF input in the control panel's hardware page. Then choose an available
track in your audio software and route the input signal to it. Refer to your audio
software's documentation for further information.
Setting the Sample Rate
In most cases, you will want to set the sample rate from within your audio software.
When the sync source in the hardware page of the FireWire Audiophile's control panel
is set to internal, it will receive the sample rate from your audio application. However, if
you are recording a digital source via the S/PDIF inputs, you will want to set the sync
source to External. This will allow the incoming digital source to control the sample rate.

Adding Effects While Direct Monitoring

This is an important feature of the FireWire Audiophile, and something that sets it apart
from many other audio interfaces. Direct monitoring is a way of avoiding the latency
inherent in through-the-program type monitoring, especially when building up a large
number of tracks (where buffer size and latency increase). The aux sends in the
FireWire Audiophile control panel allow you to add effects to the direct monitored signal.
You must have an outboard effects unit with a S/PDIF digital input and output (fairly
common on the market today), an effects unit with S/PDIF digital out only, or an A/D
converter that would allow you to plug the output of the effects unit into the FireWire