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  • Page 1 OPERATION MANUAL S O L I D | A C C U R A T E | E X P R E S S I V E PROFOUND SOUND...
  • Page 2 NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GmbH, hereinafter referred to as NATIVE INSTRUMENTS. All product and company names are ™ or ® trademarks of their respective owners. Furthermore, the fact that you are reading this text means you are the owner of a legal version rather than an illegal, pirated copy.
  • Page 3 Germany NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GmbH Schlesische Str. 28 D-10997 Berlin Germany info@native-instruments.de www.native-instruments.de NATIVE INSTRUMENTS North America, Inc. 5631 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028 sales@native-instruments.com www.native-instruments.com © Native Instruments GmbH, 2007. All rights reserved.
  • Page 4 1. Welcome to the AUDIO 8 DJ! Thank you for purchasing the AUDIO 8 DJ professional USB 2.0 audio interface. The AUDIO 8 DJ has been tailored specifically to the needs of the digital DJ: ► Robust and portable design for the harshest traveling and live stage condi- tions ►...

  • Page 5: Safety Considerations

    NATIVE INSTRUMENTS. ► Do not expose the AUDIO 8 DJ to rain, and do not use it near water or in damp or wet conditions. Also, never place anything on top of the device, and be very careful that no objects or liquids of any kind enter the unit.

  • Page 6: Caution

    Gradually raise the volume controls while playing your instruments to set the desired listening level. ► Do not place the AUDIO 8 DJ hardware in an unstable position where it might accidentally fall to the ground. ►...

  • Page 7: Copyright

    ► Copyright: © NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GmbH 2007. All rights reserved. This publication may not be reproduced in whole or in part, summarized, transmit- ted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GmbH.

  • Page 8: System Requirements

    3. System Requirements For latest system requirements, compatibility and support of the latest operating systems please see our website at: http://www.native-instruments.com/audio8dj AUDIO 8 DJ – 8...
  • Page 9 4.1 Installation of the AUDIO 8 DJ Before you can use the AUDIO 8 DJ, you need to install its driver first. The driver handles communication between the AUDIO 8 DJ hardware and your computer. You can configure the driver’s settings using the Settings Tool. This tool and its options are explained in chapter 7 (AUDIO 8 DJ Software).
  • Page 10 After a short time, the next screen is displayed. You are now asked to connect The AUDIO 8 DJ requires The AUDIO 8 DJ requires the AUDIO 8 DJ. Please connect the AUDIO 8 DJ with the provided USB cable a USB 2.0 port and will a USB 2.0 port and will to a free USB2 port of your computer.
  • Page 11 ► From the following dialog , choose A utomAtic 4.1.2 Installation of the AUDIO 8 DJ Drivers on Mac OS X This section describes the installation and the uninstall process of the AUDIO 8 DJ drivers on a Macintosh computer.
  • Page 12 In this folder you will find the Settings Tool. Read more about the Settings Tool in chapter 7.1 (Understanding the Settings Tool). Uninstalling the AUDIO 8 DJ Drivers To uninstall the AUDIO 8 DJ drivers from your computer, delete the following files manually: /System/Library/PreferencePanes/NIUSBAudio.prefPane /Library/Audio/MIDI/Drivers/NIUSBMIDIDriver.plugin...
  • Page 13 Installing the Settings Tool The Settings Tool will be installed along with the driver of the AUDIO 8 DJ. Please follow the instructions on installing the AUDIO 8 DJ driver given in chapter .1.1 (Installation of the AUDIO 8 DJ Drivers on Windows). There is no interaction required.
  • Page 14 Panel on a Windows PC. Installing the Control Panel The Control Panel will be installed along with the driver of the AUDIO 8 DJ. Please follow the instructions on installing the AUDIO 8 DJ driver given in chapter .1.1 (Installation of the AUDIO 8 DJ Drivers on Windows). There is no interaction required.
  • Page 15 Installing the Control Panel The Control Panel will be installed along with the driver of the AUDIO 8 DJ. Please follow the instructions on installing the AUDIO 8 DJ driver given in chapter .1.2 (Installation of the AUDIO 8 DJ Drivers on Mac OS X). There is no interaction required.
  • Page 16 To register your AUDIO 8 DJ on the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS website, use the serial number from the nameplate on the bottom of your AUDIO 8 DJ.

  • Page 17: Hardware

    6. AUDIO 8 DJ Hardware The AUDIO 8 DJ combines high end audio quality with unmatched connectivity and a rock-solid mobile design. It is destined to be the beating heart of your DJ setup and provides a professional level interface between your preferred software and your audience: ►...

  • Page 18: Back View And Connections

    OUT 7|8 (CH D): Connect to auxiliary input of your mixer when using the send effects. ► USB: Connect the AUDIO 8 DJ to your computer via USB 2.0 here. ► USB Security Hook: Wrap your USB cable around this to prevent accidental disconnection.

  • Page 19: Front View And Connections

    ► HEADPHONES: Connect your headphones here if you don’t want to connect them to the mixer. ► SOURCE: Toggle between IN 5|6 and OUT 7|8 as sources. ► Volume: Controls the headphones volume. AUDIO 8 DJ – 19...

  • Page 20: Symbols Audio 8 Dj Status Leds

    6.3 Status LEDs The AUDIO 8 DJ displays which channels are connected and which source or input mode is chosen by lighting up the respective LED. This way you can easily check the AUDIO 8 DJ’s current setup. ► CHANNEL A - D: The LEDs displaying the status of inputs and outputs are lit green in case of audio going in or out.
  • Page 21 INPUT MODE (Channel A, B): Colored LEDs help you to identify the selected Initial versions of the Initial versions of the input mode: A green LED indicates t mode. A yellow LED indicates AUDIO 8 DJ use green AUDIO 8 DJ use green imecoDe iNyl cD/ l mode.

  • Page 22: Technical Specifications

    6.4 AUDIO 8 DJ Technical Specifications GENERAL INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS Input (A/D) Output (D/A) Channels Sampling Rate .1, 8, 96 kHz .1, 8, 96 kHz Bit Resolution Converter Cirrus Logic™ Cirrus Logic™ MIDI Interface 1 Input, 1 Output Computer Connection USB 2.0, Bus-Powered...
  • Page 23 82 Ohms (Unbalanced) 8...600 Ohms (Load) Maximum Output Level + 9,7 dBu 1,7 Veff@100 Ohms THD+N 0,008% 0,012% > 100 dB (weighted) > 95 dBu (weighted) Frequency Response 10-0 kHz 10-0 kHz ±0.5 dB ±0.5 dB AUDIO 8 DJ – 23...

  • Page 24: Software

    This chapter shows you all features of the helping applications Settings Tool and Control Panel. 7.1 Understanding the Settings Tool The Settings Tool is a graphical representation of the AUDIO 8 DJ and allows you to change its general settings. AUDIO 8 DJ – 2...
  • Page 25 7.2 (Understanding the Control Panel). USB Connection Monitor This is a status LED, showing you whether the AUDIO 8 DJ is connected to your computer or not. To change any settings, the AUDIO 8 DJ must be connected to your computer via USB 2.0.
  • Page 26 : Choose this if you use a digital vinyl system with control imecoDe CDs. ► : Use this if you want to record normal vinyl records, because this mode hoNo is optimized for best sound at the AUDIO 8 DJ. AUDIO 8 DJ – 26...
  • Page 27 AUDIO 8 DJ. The default setting is off, which means the cable screen is connected to the chassis ground. 7.2 Understanding the Control Panel This chapter will introduce you to the Control Panel and its settings.
  • Page 28 11.5 (What is chapter 11.5 (What is The same is true for the signals going back from the computer to the AUDIO 8 DJ. Latency?). Latency?).

  • Page 29: About

    Buffer Format In this section of the Control Panel, you can select the sampling rate that the AUDIO 8 DJ uses to handle audio. The value selected here always applies to all audio input and output streams. To select a sampling rate:...
  • Page 30 AUDIO 8 DJ with. You can access the Control Panel by selecting it from the Mac OS X system preferences. AUDIO 8 DJ – 30...

  • Page 31: Basic Setups

    ► Click on the “Audio” tab. ► Choose one of the available channel pairs of the AUDIO 8 DJ, e.g. AUDIO 8 DJ (CH. D, Out 7|8) as “Default Device for Sound Playback”. ► Make sure the volume controls of the amplifier are completely turned down! ►...

  • Page 32: Cd Player

    8.1.2 Using the AUDIO 8 DJ as default device in Mac OS X ► Click on “Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup” or open the “Audio MIDI Setup” from the Dock. ► In “Audio Devices”, choose “Audio 8 DJ” as “Default Output”. ►...

  • Page 33: Cd Player And A Turntable Side-By-Side

    7|8), since these provide line level amplification anyway. 8.5 Using the AUDIO 8 DJ with a MIDI device The AUDIO 8 DJ provides one MIDI input and one MIDI output. To use the AUDIO 8 DJ’s MIDI interface: ► Connect the MIDI Out of your MIDI device to the AUDIO 8 DJ’s miDi i socket.
  • Page 34 Click on the “Audio” tab. ► As “Default Device for Sound Recording”, choose one of the available channel pairs of the AUDIO 8 DJ you want to record from, e.g. AUDIO 8 DJ (CH. A, In 1|2). ► In your recording software’s options dialog, choose the respective input.
  • Page 35 9.1 Using the AUDIO 8 DJ in TRAKTOR 3 or TRAKTOR 3 LE You can use the AUDIO 8 DJ as DJ sound card in TRAKTOR 3 or TRAKTOR 3 LE. 9.1.1 Using the AUDIO 8 DJ in TRAKTOR 3 or TRAKTOR 3 LE with the Internal Mixer ►...
  • Page 36 9.1.2 Using the AUDIO 8 DJ in TRAKTOR 3 or TRAKTOR 3 LE with an ex- ternal Mixer ► Open TRAKTOR 3/ TRAKTOR 3 LE. ► Open p > A > s refereNces uDio etup ouNDcArD ► Choose from the dropdown field the entry AUDIO 8 DJ.
  • Page 37 9.3 Using the AUDIO 8 DJ with a MIDI Controller in your DJ Setup with TRAKTOR 3 or TRAKTOR Scratch Since the AUDIO 8 DJ offers a MIDI input and output, you are able to include a MIDI mixer to your DJ setup built around TRAKTOR 3 or TRAKTOR Scratch. Features...
  • Page 38 9.4 Using the AUDIO 8 DJ with a MIDI Controller in your DJ Setup with TRAKTOR 3 LE TRAKTOR 3 LE only supports certain MIDI devices that come with their own set of assignments. Only supported MIDI devices will be recognized. There are no options to customize MIDI Hotkey assignments.
  • Page 39 Nput switch on the front panel of the AUDIO 8 DJ. It is lit red if active. 10.2 USB Security Hook Twine your USB cable around the usB s to prevent the USB cable ecurity from being accidentally disconnected.

  • Page 40: Troubleshooting

    ► Check the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS website for information. ► Make sure that the AUDIO 8 DJ hardware is connected to an USB 2.0 port of your computer. ► Make sure you are connecting directly to an USB port of the computer and not through an USB hub.
  • Page 41 As for any other USB device, the driver installs exactly for one USB port. If you connect the AUDIO 8 DJ to another port for the first time, a standard Windows dialog opens in which you can install the driver to that new port.
  • Page 42 USB port, and Windows will find the right driver when it installs the AUDIO 8 DJ for this USB port. 11.2.2 How to check if the AUDIO 8 DJ driver is installed correctly in Mac OS X In Mac OS X, open the System Preferences and select the “NATIVE INSTRUMENTS USB Audio"...
  • Page 43 11.3.1 USB 2.0 required The AUDIO 8 DJ is an USB 2.0 interface and will not work at all on an USB 1.0/ 1.1 port. In addition, although the minimum power specified for a USB 2.0 port is 500 mA, we have seen a few cases in which the USB 2.0 ports on certain computers do not...
  • Page 44 As a general rule of thumb, do not use the right hand USB port on a MacBook Pro: This port shares a USB root hub with the trackpad. With the AUDIO 8 DJ connected to the right port, you can encounter audio problems like clicks or dropouts whenever the trackpad is reactivated from standby mode.
  • Page 45 11.3.5 Disable USB energy saving mode (Windows only) If you are experiencing problems with the AUDIO 8 DJ causing crashes or performing badly on a Windows machine, disable power management to the USB hubs first; in Windows XP this option is switched on by default.

  • Page 46: Driver

    11.3.6 Update the Driver ► Click on the AUDIO 8 DJ logo in the Settings Tool to check the driver version number and verify that you are using the latest driver. ► Check the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS website regularly for updates of the AUDIO 8 DJ driver.
  • Page 47 AUDIO 8 DJ via a headphone. Therefore the amplifier or the active monitors need to be physically discon- nected from the AUDIO 8 DJ. In case the ground loop disappears, you need to lift the ground on your amplifier or powered speakers. Contact the manufac- turer of your amplifier/ speakers before lifting the ground to find out if ground lifting is supported on your device.

  • Page 48: What Is Latency

    If you cannot fix the ground noise problem by disconnecting equipment, you can connect a DI (Direct Injection) box after the AUDIO 8 DJ outputs. Most of these boxes have a ground lift switch on them. This can be used to break the ground loop and eliminate the noise.
  • Page 49 Control Panel). 11.5.3 Warning: Different Types of ASIO (Windows only) Always use the ASIO driver written for the AUDIO 8 DJ. There are also generic ASIO drivers, typically called “ASIO DirectX Full Duplex Driver” or “ASIO Multimedia AUDIO 8 DJ – 9...
  • Page 50 There should be an obvious, dramatic difference as soon as you use the correct AUDIO 8 DJ driver. 11.6 Using the AUDIO 8 DJ with a laptop 11.6.1 Check the laptop’s latency First you should check if your computer can handle real-time audio processing without audio dropouts.

  • Page 51: Battery Usage

    Here is a list of devices that you should not deactivate: System timer, Keyboard, System CMOS/ real time clock, Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System, Numeric data processor, Primary IDE Channel, Secondary IDE Channel, Graphics Controller, Ultra ATA Storage Controllers. AUDIO 8 DJ – 51...

  • Page 52: Audio Pops, Clicks And/ Or Distortion

    On Mac OS X, you should turn off WLAN (AirPort) and Bluetooth while using the AUDIO 8 DJ. To do this, click on the AirPort and Bluetooth icons in the Finder menu bar and select “Turn AirPort Off” and “Turn Bluetooth Off”, respectively.
  • Page 53 Physically re-configure the AUDIO 8 DJ Try different USB ports Connect the AUDIO 8 DJ to another USB port on your computer. Try all USB ports on your computer until you find the one that works best. Check the IRQs (Windows only) IRQ is the abbreviation of Interrupt Request.
  • Page 54 If the IRQ number listed next to any of these ports is sharing with other de- vices in your system, you may have an IRQ conflict. In this case, physically connect the AUDIO 8 DJ to another USB port. ►...
  • Page 55 While faster computers may not need any of these tips, they can be essential for a satisfying use of the AUDIO 8 DJ on a computer with technical specifications on the lower end of the system requirements.
  • Page 56 Drop down the menu for “Turn off hard discs” and select “Never”. 12.1.7 Turn off Hibernation ► Open “Start” > “Control Panel” and double-click “Power Options”. ► Choose the “Hibernate” tab and unselect “Enable Hibernation”. AUDIO 8 DJ – 56...
  • Page 57 Click on “Show Details” to display the energy saver details. ► Click on “Sleep”. ► Set the slider for “Put the computer to sleep when inactive” to “Never”. ► Set the slider for “Put the display to sleep when inactive” to “Never”. AUDIO 8 DJ – 57...
  • Page 58 Some are simple applications that you double-click to stop and start the Dashboard, others are lines of code to be executed using the Terminal. 12.2.7 Turn off Sharing ► Open “System Preferences” > “Sharing”. ► Click on the “Services” tab. AUDIO 8 DJ – 58...
  • Page 59 12.2.8 Shut down all other applications ► If you have any other applications running, shut them down while using your audio application. ► More tips on optimizing your operating system can be found on: http://www.native-instruments.com/niosxtut AUDIO 8 DJ – 59...

  • Page 60: Getting Help

    13. Getting Help If you cannot find the cause for a problem, NATIVE INSTRUMENTS provides extensive help to registered users. 13.1 Readme/ Knowledge Base/ Online Support 13.1.1 Readme Always consult the Readme file found on the installation CD. It contains important information and all last minute changes that were not available at the time of writing this manual.

  • Page 61: Forum

    The exact model and technical specifications of your computer 13.2 Forum In the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS User Forum you can discuss directly with other users and with experts from NATIVE INSTRUMENTS that moderate the forum. The AUDIO 8 DJ Forum’s address is: http://www.native-instruments.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=170...
  • Page 62 Whenever you encounter problems, you should also check if you have the latest software installed. Click on the AUDIO 8 DJ logo in the Control Panel to display the version number. Updates are released regularly to fix known problems and to constantly improve the software.

  • Page 63: Table Of Contents

    Audio Pops, Clicks and/ or Distortion ....52 Getting Help ............ 60 GROUND ............18 Ground Lift ............27 Battery Usage ..........51 Ground Loops ........... 6 Buffer Format........... 29 Ground Screw ........... 39 Caution .............. 6 CD player ............32 AUDIO 8 DJ – 63...
  • Page 64 OUT 5/6 (CH C) ..........18 OUT 7/8 (CH D) ..........18 Knowledge Base ..........60 Phono .............. 26 Laptop ............. 50 Phono Input Gain Selector ......... 27 Latency ......... 28, 29, 8, 52 Product Authorization ........16 AUDIO 8 DJ – 6...
  • Page 65 Safety Considerations ......... 5 Samples and Buffers......... 9 Updates ............62 Settings Tool ..........12, 2 USB ............ 18, 20, 3 AUDIO 8 DJ Logo .......... 25 USB-ports ............ Control Panel ..........25 USB energy saving mode ........5 Header ............25 USB Security Hook ........

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