Table Of Contents - Lexicon ALPHA Owner's Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ....................................1
FEATURES .............................................1
UNPACKING THE ALPHA STUDIO ..........2
COMPUTER MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ..2
THE FRONT PANEL ................................3
¼" Instrument Input Jack .............................................3
Line 1/Inst ......................................................................3
Peak LEDs ......................................................................3
Line 2/Mic ......................................................................3
Monitor Assign ...............................................................3
Monitor Mix ...................................................................3
USB LED .........................................................................4
Output Level ...................................................................4
1 ⁄ " Headphone Output Jack...........................................4
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THE REAR PANEL ..................................5
USB Port ........................................................................5
Line In 1-2 .....................................................................5
Mic Input .......................................................................5
¼" Left/Right Line Outputs ...........................................5
RCA Left/Right Line Outputs .........................................5
CONNECTING TO THE ALPHA STUDIO ...6
Monitoring Connections ..................................6
Connecting Headphones ................................................6
Connecting To Monitor Speakers ..................................6
Connecting RCA Outputs To A Home Stereo .................6
Recording Connections ...................................7
Connecting A Microphone .............................................7
Connecting A Line-Level Source....................................7
Connecting An Instrument ............................................7
Mixdown Connections ....................................8
Connecting To An External Recorder............................8
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Mixing Within Cubase
Connection Diagram .......................................9
SOFTWARE SETUP .................................10
Windows ® ......................................................................10
Mac ® .............................................................................10
LE .........................................8
USING THE ALPHA STUDIO ...................11
Recording With The Alpha Studio ...................11
A. Recording Using The Mic or Line Inputs ..............11
B. Recording A Guitar Using The Instrument Input .12
C. Recording With Cubase LE.....................................13
D. Setting Monitor Levels ............................................18
E. Using Software Input Monitoring ..........................19
Adjusting The Buffer Settings ..........................21
Adjusting The Buffers In Windows .............................21
Adjusting The Buffers In Mac OS X ............................22
SPECIFICATIONS ...................................23
SIGNAL ROUTING DIAGRAM.................24
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