Audio Device Input/Output Setup - PRESONUS AudioBox Stereo Quick Start Manual

4.3

Audio Device Input/Output Setup

4.3.1 What Are Software I/O Channels?
In most recording applications, audio tracks directly use your hardware audio device's
channels. In Studio One, there is a layer of software I/O (input and output) channels between
your hardware audio-device channels and your tracks. This setup affords many advantages
over the traditional method.
For instance, let's say you produce a Song in your studio, using a multi-channel interface, and
then take your Song file to your friend's studio, where you will use a different audio interface.
Simply connect your friend's hardware audio-device channels to the correct software I/O
channels. When you get back to your studio, the original I/O configuration for the Song will
automatically be loaded for you, as if you never left. You can do the same thing if you need to
open the Song on your laptop using its built-in audio hardware.
This is possible because Studio One stores I/O configurations with your Song, per computer
and per audio-device driver, ensuring that your Song remains highly portable and is never
"broken" by changing audio devices.
4.3.2 Audio I/O Setup Menu
Each track in a Song will receive a signal from an input source and will route to an output
destination. The input sources and output destinations made available to each track are
determined by the software I/O channel configuration created in the Audio I/O Setup menu.
To view this menu and set up a default I/O configuration for each Song, create a new Song by
clicking on Create New Song in the Start Page and navigate to Song/Song Setup/Audio I/O
Setup.
(hardware I/O) and the horizontal rows indicating created software I/O channels. Software I/O
channels function as the input sources and output destinations available to individual tracks in
Studio One.
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The configuration of the Audio I/O Setup is
done within each Song, so that it is possible
for each Song to have a separate I/O setup.
As discussed in the Default I/O Setup
section, a default I/O setup can be created
so that each new Song defaults to a
particular I/O setup if you desire.
In the Audio I/O Setup menu, you will find
two tabs: one for input configuration and
one for output configuration. In each tab, a
Matrix Routing view shows the current
configuration, with the vertical columns
indicating hardware audio-device channels