Behringer Xenyx UFX1604 Quick Start Manual page 17

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FireWire and USB recording
Step 6: FireWire and
Your mixer is equipped with AD/DA converters,
(EN)
FireWire and USB connections for sending audio to
USB recording
and from your computer.
Make sure the drivers for the UFX1604 are
loaded on your Windows computer
(driver is not required for Mac OS X).
Connect the mixer to the computer via
FireWire or USB. Make sure you set the
3-way switch on the back panel of the
mixer accordingly.
Select the UFX1604 inputs and outputs
you'd like to use in your
recording software.
Set your desired sample rate and
bit depth from within your DAW
(digital audio workstation) software.
Connect your microphones, instruments
and line level sources to the channel
inputs. Each channel can be recorded pre
or post EQ as its own mono or stereo track in your
recording software. It is also possible to record the
AUX sends on channels 13/14.
The MAIN Mix can also be recorded by pressing the
MAIN MIX ASSIGN TO FW 15-16 button. This will send
the main mix to your DAW through output 15/16.
Arm the tracks in your recording software
and record when ready.
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Recording to USB drive in STAND-ALONE mode
Step 7: Recording
Make sure the STAND ALONE mode is
(EN)
selected on the back of the mixer
to USB drive in
(center position).
STAND-ALONE
mode
When a new USB drive is inserted for
the first time, the mixer tests the
writing speed of the drive to determine
the audio quality. The outcome appears on the
TRANSPORT CONTROL screen as "Lo" (16 bit) or "Hi"
(24 bit). If the drive is too slow for recording,
the display will show "SLO" after testing.
If your drive needs to be formatted,
press
the TRANSPORT CONTROL until the
display reads, "For" (blinking). Push
formatting or
To show the sample rate setting,
push and hold the TIME REMAIN button
until the sample rate is displayed.
To change the sample rate to 44.1 kHz,
push and hold TIME REMAIN until the
sample rate appears and then
press while still holding TIME REMAIN.
To change the sample rate to 48 kHz,
push TIME REMAIN until the sample
rate appears and then press
still holding TIME REMAIN.
With all your microphones,
instruments and source signals
connected press the
TRANSPORT CONTROL to create a new folder on the
USB drive with the individual channels as files.
Congratulations! You are now recording.
Press
The recordings are displayed on the
TRANSPORT CONTROL screen as
numbers (1-99).
To toggle between recording and
playlist modes, press TIME REMAIN
and at the same time for
two seconds.
To listen or navigate through recordings
you have made, you must be in
recording mode. Playlist mode is ONLY
for playing back WAV files you copied to your drive
from a PC/Mac.
While in recording mode, press to hear
what you just recorded. To return to the start,
press the button on the TRANSPORT CONTROL
once. Press twice to move to the previous
recording. Press to move to the start of
the next recording. Note: long push on the
or will not fast forward or rewind within
the track. ONLY tracks 15 and 16 will be played
back on channels 15 and 16 unless you route the
MAIN MIX signal to FW 15-16 (in the MAIN MIX
ASSIGN section). This allows the MAIN MIX signal to
and simultaneously on
be recorded and played back via channels 15 and
16. In this configuration, channels/buttons for 13
to initiate
and 14 are bypassed.
to abort.
To toggle between single playback
and continuous playback mode (in
playlist mode), long press PLAY.
To delete the current song in recording
mode, playback or recording must be
stopped. Press and
Press to complete deletion or
IMPORTANT NOTE: the USB recorder
only plays songs if they are .wav files
with sample rates of 44.1 or 48.0 kHz
while
from the folder labeled "MyWav." No subfolders
are accepted.
button on the
when finished.
together.
to cancel.