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  • Page 1: Firestudio Mobile

    FireStudio Mobile ™ Owner’s Manual www.presonus.com...
  • Page 2 Read these instructions. All PreSonus products in the USA should be serviced at the PreSonus factory in Baton Rouge, Keep these instructions. Louisiana. If your StudioLive requires a repair, contact techsupport@presonus.com to arrange for...
  • Page 3 Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitation may not apply to you. In no event will PreSonus be liable for incidental, consequential, or other damages resulting from the breach of any express or implied warranty,...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    PreSonus FireStudio Mobile Contents OVERVIEW 5 CONTROLS & CONNECTIONS 36 1.1 Introduction 5 3.1 Software 36 3.1.1 Universal Control 1.2 Features 6 Application Icon 37 1.3 What Is In the Box 8 3.1.2 Launch Window 38 3.1.3 WDM Settings 1.4 System Requirements 9 (PC only) 42 3.1.4 The Device Window:...

  • Page 5: Overview

    Mobile. PreSonus Audio Electronics has designed the FireStudio Mobile utilizing high-grade components to ensure optimum performance that will last a lifetime. The FireStudio Mobile is equipped for professional-quality computer recording, with 24-bit, 96 kHz converters; two PreSonus XMAX microphone preamplifiers; six line inputs; high-output headphone amplifier;...

  • Page 6: Features

    ™ ™ Features Features The FireStudio Mobile is a powerful and affordable computer recording system. It comes equipped with two high-quality PreSonus XMAX microphone preamps, six line inputs, MIDI I/O, S/PDIF, and rock- solid drivers, as well as powerful music-recording and production software.
  • Page 7 OVERVIEW Features 1.2 Summary of Studio One Artist features • Unlimited track count • Unlimited inserts and sends • 20 high-quality native effects plug-ins • Amp Modeling (Ampire) • Delay (Beat Delay) • Distortion (Redlight Dist) • Dynamic Processing (Channel Strip, Compressor, Limiter, Tricomp) •...

  • Page 8: What Is In The Box

    Mobile OVERVIEW ™ ™ What Is In the Box What Is In the Box Your FireStudio Mobile package contains the following: • FireStudio Mobile recording interface • 6-foot, 6-pin-to-6-pin FireWire cable • Power supply • Software installation discs: • PreSonus FireStudio Universal driver installer •...

  • Page 9: System Requirements

    OVERVIEW System Requirements 1.4 System Requirements Here are the computer-system requirements for FireStudio Mobile and Studio One Artist. Macintosh • Operating Systems: • Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.2 or higher • Hardware: • Minimum: • PowerPC G4 1.25 GHz or Intel Core Solo 1.5 GHz processor •...

  • Page 10: Getting Started

    FireStudio Mobile until the installer has finished and you have rebooted your computer. The FireStudio Mobile Installer was designed to be as simple and easy-to-follow as possible. Please read each message carefully to ensure that the FireStudio Mobile driver is properly installed.

  • Page 11: Installation In Mac Os X

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

  • Page 12: Studio One Artist

    Studio One Artist provides you with all the tools necessary to capture and mix a great performance. As a valued PreSonus customer, you are also eligible for a discount on an upgrade to Studio One Pro, which enables you to master your project, create a digital version for the Web, and use third-party VST plug-ins.
  • Page 13 Activating Studio One Artist Online. If your computer is not connected to the Internet, visit the Studio One product page at www. presonus.com on an Internet-connected computer to create your account. After you have created your account, skip to Activating Studio One Artist Offline.
  • Page 14 PreSonus FireStudio Mobile GETTING STARTED ™ ™ Studio One Artist Next, copy the license file to the computer on which Studio One has been installed, and locate the license file as instructed in the Activate Studio One menu. The activation process is now complete.

  • Page 15: Enabling The Firestudio Mobile Driver

    In the middle of the Start page, you will see the Setup area. Studio One Artist automatically scans your system for all available drivers and selects a driver. By default, it will choose a PreSonus driver if one is available.

  • Page 16: Configuring Your Midi Devices

    Studio One Artist START PAGE: Setup Area (continued) Selecting a Different Audio Driver If you do not see “PreSonus FireStudio” on the Start page when you launch Studio One, click on the Configure Audio Devices link in the Setup area to open the Audio Setup Options window.
  • Page 17 MIDI In of the MIDI-S/PDIF breakout cable that came with your FireStudio Mobile. Make sure the breakout cable is securely connected to your FireStudio Mobile. 3 Click on the Configure External Devices link in the Setup area on the Start page to launch the External Devices window.
  • Page 18 PreSonus FireStudio Mobile GETTING STARTED ™ ™ Studio One Artist Setting Up an External MIDI Keyboard Controller From the Start Page: (continued): 4 The Add Device window will launch. From the menu on the left, select “New Keyboard. ” At this point, you can customize the name of your keyboard by entering the manufacturer and device names.
  • Page 19 1 Connect the MIDI In of your external sound module to the MIDI Out of the MIDI-S/PDIF breakout cable that came with your FireStudio Mobile. Make sure the break- out cable is securely connected...
  • Page 20 PreSonus FireStudio Mobile GETTING STARTED ™ ™ Studio One Artist Setting Up an External MIDI Sound Module Controller From the Start Page: (continued): 2 In the External Devices window, click the Add button. 3 The Add Device window will launch.

  • Page 21: Configuring Audio I/O

    Owner’s Manual GETTING STARTED Studio One Artist 2.2 how to set up a Song and will discuss some general workflow tips for navigating through the Studio One Artist enviroment. Configuring Audio I/O 2.2.4 Now that you’ve configured your MIDI devices, let’s create a new Song and set up your default Audio I/O.
  • Page 22 6 Click on the Inputs tab in the Audio I/O Setup window, and you will see all of the available inputs on your FireStudio Mobile. At this time, you can add the number and type of inputs you plan to use. We recommend that you create a mono input for each of the ten inputs on your FireStudio Mobile.

  • Page 23: Creating A Song

    Studio One Artist 2.2 7 Click on the Outputs tab, and you will see all of the available outputs on your FireStudio Mobile. At this time, you can add the number of output buses to which you would like to have access and can give them custom names.
  • Page 24 Input 1, and connect a microphone or instrument to Channel 1 on the front panel of the FireStudio Mobile. Select Record Enable and Monitor on your track in Studio One Artist. Turn up the Channel 1 gain knob on the front panel of the FireStudio Mobile while speaking or singing into the microphone or while playing your instrument.
  • Page 25 To hear your sound module, you must connect the audio output of the sound module to a FireStudio Mobile audio input, then connect the FireStudio Mobile’s audio outputs to a sound system. (You also can listen on headphones, using the FireStudio Mobile’s headphone output.) When...
  • Page 26 PreSonus FireStudio Mobile GETTING STARTED ™ ™ Studio One Artist Adding Virtual Instruments and Plug-in Effects to Your Song You can add plug-ins and Instruments to your Song by dragging-and-dropping from the browser. You can also drag an effect or group of effects from...

  • Page 27: Cue Mix And The Firestudio Mobile

    If you drag the file to an existing track, the file will be placed as a new part on the track. Cue Mix and the FireStudio Mobile 2.2.6 In Studio One Artist, it is possible to quickly and easily create multiple cue mixes.
  • Page 28 Creating a Cue Mix 1 You can create a Cue Mix and send it to any output on your FireStudio Mobile. You simply need to create an output bus and enable Cue Mix. To begin, create a new Song, open the Song|Song Setup.
  • Page 29 Owner’s Manual GETTING STARTED Studio One Artist 2.2 Activate Button Sends a Channel to the Cue Mix To completely remove any channel from a cue mix, simply deactivate the Cue Mix object for that channel. Horizontal Level Fader Sets the Volume of the Channel for the Cue Mix By default this level will be identical to the level set on the channel’s fader.
  • Page 30 Lock to Channel button. Zero-Latency Switch Enables Zero-Latency Monitoring for FireStudio Mobile Inputs Cue mixes are normally used in a recording situation in which one or more live inputs need to be monitored. FireStudio interfaces feature...
  • Page 31 With the Zero Latency button and Monitor Enable both engaged, you will hear the live zero-latency input straight from your FireStudio Mobile (as opposed to through software). As such, you will no longer hear the effects of any inserts on the channel.

  • Page 32: Sample Hookup Diagrams

    ™ ™ Hookup Diagrams SAMPLE HOOKUP DIAGRAMS The FireStudio Mobile enables you to simultaneously record and play back up to ten channels. You can plug two microphones directly into the FireStudio Mobile’s two preamplifiers and can use the line- level inputs to connect external microphone preamplifiers, such as the PreSonus BlueTube DP, Studio Channel, Eureka, or ADL 600.

  • Page 33: Using The Firestudio Mobile With An External Preamp And Monitoring System

    Owner’s Manual GETTING STARTED Hookup Diagrams 2.3 Using the FireStudio Mobile with an External Preamp 2.3.2 and Monitoring System Cables and Connectors: • 1 XLR (M) -XLR (F) (mic cable) • 2 TRS - XLR (M) • 6 TRS - TRS •...

  • Page 34: Recording A Full Band

    • 1 TRS - XLR (M) FireStudio Mobile 1 Lead Vocal XLR (M) - XLR (F) FireStudio Mobile 2 PreSonus DigiMax™ D8 8-Channel Mic Preampli er Front Panel PreSonus HP60 Headphone Mixing System Front Panel PreSonus Studio Channel TRS - TRS Bass...

  • Page 35: Hookup Diagrams

    Owner’s Manual GETTING STARTED Hookup Diagrams 2.3 TRS - TRS TRS - TRS Computer with FireWire Synth or Controller FireStudio Mobile 1 Back Panel Guitar & Processor FireStudio Mobile 2 Back Panel TRS - TRS DigiMax™ D8 TS - TS...

  • Page 36: Controls & Connections

    In the Launch window, you can set basic parameters such as sample rate, clock source, and buffer 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 37: Universal Control Application Icon

    The Universal Control icon is red when your FireStudio Mobile is disconnected or not installed and blue when the FireStudio Mobile is connected and properly installed. Open the Universal Control by double-clicking the blue Universal Control icon or by right-clicking the icon and selecting “Open PreSonus Universal...

  • Page 38: Launch Window

    Buffer Size Selector Changes the FireStudio Mobile Buffer Size (Windows PCs Only) You can set the buffer size from 64 to 4,096 samples. The buffer size determines the latency,...
  • Page 39 If you want the FireStudio Mobile to receive sync from an external device, choose S/PDIF. The FireStudio Mobile’s sync light will flash from blue to red. When the FireStudio Mobile is in sync, the light will be blue. Please note: When slaved to an external clock, the FireStudio Mobile will not automatically change its sample rate to match the external clock.
  • Page 40 ™ Software Device Window Button Opens the Device Window. Click on this button to open the FireStudio Mobile Mixer. To give your FireStudio Mobile a custom name, double-click on the default label (FireStudio Mobile) to open a text field. When you have finished entering your custom name, hit the Enter key.
  • Page 41 Owner’s Manual CONTROLS & CONNECTIONS Software 3.1 Settings: Run at Startup Launches the Universal Control Application Automatically on Startup (Windows PCs Only). When this is enabled, the Universal Control application will automatically launch each time you boot your Windows PC. Settings: Meter Style Provides Options for Metering in the Device Window.

  • Page 42: Wdm Settings (Pc Only)

    2 The WDM Channel Mapper window will open. By default, WDM Outputs 1 and 2 are routed to the FireStudio Mobile main outputs. To change the de- fault routing, simply select WDM Output 1 and 2 and drag them to your preferred output pair.

  • Page 43: The Device Window: Firestudio Mobile Mixer

    Mobile. If your signal is too hot in your DAW, lower them with these gain controls. A quick note on playback streams: Wherever you see “DAW” in the FireStudio Mobile Device window, this is a playback stream from your host application (or DAW). Traditionally, if you want to route a track in your DAW to a physical output on your interface, you assign this output in your host application.
  • Page 44 Output Select Buttons Changes the Output Mixer That is Displayed. The FireStudio Mobile mixer has three output mixes, one for each of the FireStudio Mobile’s three stereo outputs: mains, headphones, and S/PDIF. Mixer On / Off Button Enables or Disables the Associated Output’s Mixer.
  • Page 45 Owner’s Manual CONTROLS & CONNECTIONS Software 3.1 Master Output Section Master Output Fader Changes the Selected Output’s Audio Level. Move the Master Fader up and down to increase and decrease the level of the selected output’s audio. The amount of boost or attenuation, measured in decibels, is displayed below the Channel Fader.

  • Page 46: Mixer Section

    PreSonus FireStudio Mobile CONTROLS & CONNECTIONS ™ ™ Software Mixer Section Channel Pan Sliders Moves the Channel’s Audio Left/Right in the Stereo Field. Double-clicking the slider returns the pan to center. Link Buttons Links the Adjacent Channels as a Stereo Pair.
  • Page 47 Muting a channel silences the channel’s audio. Soloing a channel mutes all other unsoloed channels. Input Selectors Changes the Source of the FireStudio Mobile Mixer Channels. • Choosing “No Input” will hide the channel. • “Inputs” are your hardware inputs (Mic, Inst, Line, and S/PDIF).

  • Page 48: Front-Panel Layout

    PreSonus XMAX microphone preamplifiers that accept signals from all types of microphones, as well as instrument-level signals such as the output of an electric guitar. The PreSonus preamplifier design employs a Class A input gain stage. This arrangement results in ultra-low noise...
  • Page 49 FireStudio Mobile, not into a front-panel instrument input. Plugging line-level sources into the instrument inputs risks damage to the inputs and can result in a very loud and often distorted audio signal.
  • Page 50 Phones. The Phones knob controls the output level of the headphone output on the front of the unit. Notice that the volume indicator goes to 11; use this setting with extreme caution. ¼" Headphone Jack. This is where you connect your headphones to the FireStudio Mobile.
  • Page 51 Proper word-clock sync prevents digital devices from having pops, clicks, and distortion in the audio signal due to mismatched digital audio transmission. • Blue. FireStudio Mobile is correctly synced via FireWire or external S/PDIF. • Flashing Red and Blue. Sync is invalid or not present.

  • Page 52: Back-Panel Layout

    FireWire Ports. There are two standard 6-pin FireWire ports on the back of the FireStudio Mobile. Either (and only one) should be used to connect your FireStudio Mobile to a FireWire port on your computer.
  • Page 53 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 S/PDIF I/O.
  • Page 54 As these inputs are for line-level signals only, there is no trim control for them on the FireStudio Mobile. If you need to raise or lower the volume, the adjustment should be made from your line-level device.

  • Page 55: Cascading Units

    Section 5.1 of this manual. Updated lists are available at www.presonus.com. On the following page is a diagram showing the possible device combinations that you can use with your FireStudio Mobile and the resulting input and output count.
  • Page 56 PreSonus FireStudio Mobile CASCADING UNITS ™ ™ Using Multiple FireStudio-Family Interfaces INPUTS OUTPUTS FireStudio Mobile FireStudio Mobile FireStudio Mobile FireStudio Project FireStudio Mobile FireStudio Tube FireStudio Mobile FireStudio Project FireStudio Mobile FireStudio Mobile FireStudio Mobile FireStudio Mobile FireStudio Mobile FireStudio Project...
  • Page 57 How to Cascade Multiple FireStudio Interfaces: The first time you add any FireStudio-family interface to your system, please follow these guidelines: 1 Go to www.presonus.com and check for the latest version of the Universal Control applica- tion. FireStudio Tube 2 Connect and sync each of your FireStudio-...
  • Page 58 PreSonus FireStudio Mobile CASCADING UNITS ™ ™ Using Multiple FireStudio-Family Interfaces 6 Once all your units are connected and synced, launch the Universal Control application. The indi- vidual Device Window Buttons will be shown in the Launch window in the order of their internal ID num- ber.
  • Page 59 Owner’s Manual CASCADING UNITS Using Multiple FireStudio-Family Interfaces 4.1 through the outputs on the second unit in the chain (and vice versa) unless you create a mix from within your DAW application. To easily maintain zero- latency mixing between the daisy-chained units, dedicate a set of outputs and a set of inputs from each device in the chain to send a receive a mix in the Universal Control application.

  • Page 60: Technical Information

    You also can get technical assistance by calling PreSonus at 225.216.7887, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Central Time. PreSonus Technical Support can also be contacted during the same hours via email at techsupport@presonus.com.

  • Page 61: Audio Dropouts

    Channels 1 and 2. Be sure that nothing will be damaged by phantom power being present on the adjacent channel. Recommended FireWire Chipsets The FireStudio Mobile will work with a wide range of FireWire cards and configurations. However, due to the plethora of FireWire chipsets currently...
  • Page 62 Most users will not need to alter their current PC configuration to use their FireStudio Mobile. The following FireWire chipsets, however, have been tested and approved for use with the FireStudio Mobile: •...

  • Page 63: Service And Repair

    Service and Repair All domestic PreSonus products should be serviced at the PreSonus factory in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. If your FireStudio Mobile requires a repair, contact techsupport@presonus.com to arrange for a return-authorization number. Customers outside the U.S. should contact their local distributor. Your distributor’s contact information is available at...

  • Page 64: Specifications

    PreSonus FireStudio Mobile TECHNICAL INFORMATION ™ ™ Specifications Specifications Microphone Preamp (XLR Balanced) Frequency Response (+0, -0.5 dB) 20 Hz to 50 kHz 20 Hz to 150 kHz Frequency Response (+0/-3.0 dB) Input Impedance 1.6 kΩ THD + N (unwtd, 1 kHz @ +4 dBu Output, Unity Gain) <...

  • Page 65: Headphone Output

    © 2010 PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. PreSonus, and FireStudio are trademarks of PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc. Studio One is a trademark of PreSonus Software Ltd. 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.
  • Page 66 Note: No product support is available when you call the number above. Refer to your Certificate of Warranty in your Owner’s Manual for PreSonus’ Product Support telephone number. Baton Rouge • USA • www.presonus.com...
  • Page 67 Owner’s Manual Tasty Stuff Added bonus: PreSonus’ Top Secret recipe for… Jambalaya Ingredients: • 5 lbs link andouille sausage • 3 lbs boneless chicken • 2 lbs ground beef • 3 lbs onions (yellow or purple) • 2 stalks of celery •...
  • Page 68 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. CAUTION: Changes or modifications to this device not expressly approved by PreSonus Audio Electronics could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment under FCC rules. This apparatus does not exceed the Class A/Class...

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