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PRESONUS 26x26 FireWire Recording System User Manual

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FIRESTUDIO
26x26 FireWire Recording System w/ Optical I/O
User's Manual v.1.0
PreSonus Audio Electronics, © 2006
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  • Page 1 FIRESTUDIO 26x26 FireWire Recording System w/ Optical I/O User’s Manual v.1.0 PreSonus Audio Electronics, © 2006 All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 2 PreSonus Limited Warranty PreSonus Audio Electronics Inc. warrants this product to be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of original retail purchase. This warranty is enforceable only by the original retail purchaser. To be protected by this warranty, the purchaser must complete and return the enclosed warranty card within 14 days of purchase.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1.) General Overview 1.1 Introduction...4 1.2 Package Contents...4 1.3 System Requirements ...5 2.) Installation and Hardware Overview 2.1 Installation (PC and Mac) ...6 2.2 Hardware Controls and Analog/Digital Connections ...8 2.3 Standalone Operation ...10 2.3 Quick Start Up with Cubase LE ...10 3.) Control Console 3.1 Control Console - Overview ...15 3.2 Control Console - Mixer ...16...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    1.1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the PreSonus FIRESTUDIO. PreSonus Audio Electronics has designed the FIRESTUDIO utilizing high-grade components to insure optimum performance that will last a lifetime. Loaded with 24-bit 96K converters, eight PreSonus microphone preamplifiers, SPDIF, Dual SMUX 96k ADAT, BNC wordclock, and MIDI I/O, as well as the optional Monitor Station Remote, the FIRESTUDIO is the most complete FireWire interface for professional quality computer recording available today.

  • Page 5: System Requirements

    1 Overview 1.3 System Requirements Below are the minimum computer system requirements for your FIRESTUDIO. Windows - OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP1 - Computer: Windows compatible computer with FireWire port. - CPU/Clock: Pentium, Celeron with 1.6Ghz or higher - Memory(RAM): 512 MB (1 GB recommended) Macintosh - OS: MacOS X 10.4.x or later - Computer: Apple Macintosh series with on-board FireWire port.

  • Page 6: Installation And Hardware Overview

    2 Installation and Hardware Overview 2.1 Installation The following is a detailed procedure for installation of your FIRESTUDIO Drivers: *YOU MUST INSTALL DRIVERS BEFORE CONNECTING YOUR FIRESTUDIO* 1.) Quit all currently running applications. 2.) Insert the Driver CD included with your FIRESTUDIO into your computer. (Do not connect your FIRESTUDIO to the computer at this time).
  • Page 7 2 Installation and Hardware Overview Mac: *YOU MUST INSTALL DRIVERS BEFORE CONNECTING YOUR FIRESTUDIO* 1.) Quit all currently running applications. 2.) Insert the Driver CD included with your FIRESTUDIO into your computer. (Do not connect your FIRESTUDIO to the computer at this time). 3.) CD should auto run.* (If not, navigate to CD and double click on FIRESTUDIO_Installer.exe) *There are several parts to the installation of your FIRESTUDIO.

  • Page 8: Hardware Controls And Analog/Digital Connections

    2 Installation and Hardware Overview 2.2 Hardware Controls and Analog/Digital Connections Your FIRESTUDIO can simultaneously record/playback a total of 26 inputs and outputs. The following will outline each connection type in detail from left to right on the front and back panels: Front Panel: a.) 48 Volt Phantom Power: These two switches will activate phantom power for microphone preamps 1-4 and 5-8 respectively.
  • Page 9 2 Installation and Hardware Overview c.) MIDI I/O: The standard MIDI input and output allow connectivity of any MIDI device to your FIRESTUDIO to be used in your DAW software. d.) BNC Wordclock I/O: These standard BNC connectors allow you to connect any device with BNC input or output to your FIRESTUDIO.

  • Page 10: Standalone Operation

    2 Installation and Hardware Overview 2.3 Standalone Operation Your FIRESTUDIO is capable of operating in Stand Alone mode without a computer. The settings you make in the FIRESTUDIO Control Console application will be stored in flash memory on the FIRESTUDIO itself, allowing you to disconnect the FireWire connection from your computer and use any routing setup or hardware setting already made.
  • Page 11 2 Installation and Hardware Overview 2. Select VST Multitrack in the left column and then on the right side choose “ASIO PreSonus” for the ASIO Driver. 3. Click Switch. 4. Now click the File menu and New Project. Choose “empty” template and a “Destination Location”...
  • Page 12 2 Installation and Hardware Overview 5. Now click the Devices Menu and VST Inputs. Activate your additional input channels clicking the graphic power buttons. o Notice that the input channels are activated in pairs. Adding one audio track is MONO. Meaning it will record from 1 input channel. It can be switched to a STEREO track.
  • Page 13 2 Installation and Hardware Overview 7. Now click the Project menu, Add Track and Multiple. 8. This will add multiple tracks. Choose Audio for Track and set your Count to the number of audio tracks you want to add to your project. 9.
  • Page 14 2 Installation and Hardware Overview 10. Expand an audio track to reveal additional buttons. One is a Stereo/Mono switch. Do this if you are recording a stereo source like the left and right outputs of a keyboard or other stereo sound device. 11.

  • Page 15: Control Console

    3 Control Console 3.1 Control Console -Overview Please install the FIRESTUDIO drivers and open the FIRESTUDIO Control Console before continuing through this section of the manual. A hands-on approach is very helpful in learning all of the features the Control Console has to offer. The Control Console has two main tabs, found at the top left of the window, ‘Mixer’...

  • Page 16: Control Console - Mixer

    3 Control Console 3.2 Control Console - Mixer The Control Console’s Mixer is a flexible and easy-to-use solution for creating multiple mixes from your inputs and DAW playback streams, all with zero-latency. It is capable of creating 9 independent stereo mixes of all of your inputs and playback streams, and routing each mix to any stereo analog or digital output (except ADAT channels 9-16 when in 44.1k and 48k sample rates).
  • Page 17 3 Control Console • The bottom row of tracks is colored in grey and includes all playback streams from your DAW software. • There are tabs at the very bottom of the window to access each mix 1-9. These tabs can be renamed to anything you like by double-clicking on the name, typing a new name, and hitting ‘enter’...
  • Page 18 3 Control Console Note: All settings for the Mixer are stored in flash memory on the FIRESTUDIO, and will be recalled each time the FIRESTUDIO is connected to the computer and the Control Console is opened. Track Elements 1. Pan Bar: This allows you to pan the track left or right, and shows numeric readout of the current setting.

  • Page 19: Control Console - Matrix Router

    3 Control Console 3.3 Matrix Router The Matrix Router allows you to create custom routing of inputs and playback streams to any output for complete control of your studio. From simply routing a mix to a stereo output, to AD/DA conversion on the fly, to every input and playback stream having its own output, the Matrix Router can do it all quickly and easily.
  • Page 20 3 Control Console • Below the two tabs is the Router Preset section. You will see a Default button, which sets the Router to a default state with all DAW returns routed to their respective outputs (ie; DAW 1/2 out of analog 1/2, etc). The user can save any routing scheme to any of the six presets by clicking on Save and then on the number they wish to save to.
  • Page 21 3 Control Console MUTE. You will make these settings manually for the hardware output channels. • The matrix is arranged in columns (vertical) and rows (horizontal). The columns correspond to each hardware output on the FIRESTUDIO, and the rows correspond to individual input or playback sources. You can select one cell per column, and up to every cell per row.
  • Page 22 3 Control Console • When the mouse is moved over any cell, you will see that cell highlight and name what you are routing, with a small popup window that lists what output you are routing to. Click on the cell to assign the routing for that source. •...
  • Page 23 3 Control Console CONTROL CONSOLE EXAMPLE SETTINGS Example 1: All inputs routed to same channel outputs with optional Mix to SPDIF L/R output. Example 2: All analog inputs to same channel analog and digital outputs with optional Mix to SPDIF L/R output. Example 3: Analog input to digital outputs and digital inputs to analog outputs (AD/DA).
  • Page 24 3 Control Console Example 4: All software (DAW) playback channels to all same channel Hardware outputs. Example 5: 8 channels of software (DAW) playback channels to 8 channels of analog and ADAT outputs. Example 6: 9 separate Mixes assigned to all FireStudio Hardware Outputs.

  • Page 25: Hardware Settings

    3 Control Console 3.4 Hardware Settings Click on the Hardware Settings tab to access the following: 1.) Sample Rate (PC Only*): You can set the sample rate to 44.1, 48, 88.2, and 96k. When set at higher than 48k, the ADAT channel I/O is limited to 8 channels utilizing both ADAT ports and the Dual SMUX standard.

  • Page 26: Applications And Example Settings

    4 Applications and Example Settings 4.1 Expanding Your I/O You can easily connect additional microphone preamplifiers to expand your inputs and outputs on your FireStudio via ADAT/SMUX optical light pipe connectors. • The DigiMax FS can connect to the FireStudio using 88.2k and 96k sample rates via dual SMUX optical ADAT using 2 standard optical cables audio.

  • Page 27: Live Recording

    4 Applications and Example Settings 4.2 Live Recording Live Recording Scenario 1: This setup scenario makes computer recording primary to the P.A. system or House Mix. This setup scenario allows the FireStudio to preamplify the signals that will be recorded by your computer and then mixed by the Main Mixing Console or P.A.
  • Page 28 4 Applications and Example Settings Live Recording Scenario 1 Diagram...
  • Page 29 4 Applications and Example Settings Live Recording Scenario 2: This setup scenario makes computer recording secondary to the P.A. system or the House Mix. This setup will allow the Main Mixing Console to preamplify the signals that will be mixed to the P.A. system and then recorded by the computer.
  • Page 30 4 Applications and Example Settings Live Recording Scenario 2 Diagram...

  • Page 31: Studio Recording

    4 Applications and Example Settings 4.4 Studio Recording In the project or professional studio, the FireStudio is extremely powerful and flexible. Here are a few typical set up examples. Create separate headphone mixes for each musician • Setup your recording software (DAW) respectively to record your input channels to individual tracks.

  • Page 32: Technical

    5.1 Troubleshooting Please note that many technical issues can arise when converting a standard computer into a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). PreSonus will only provide support for issues that directly relate to your FIRESTUDIO. It may be necessary to contact the manufacturer of the computer, operating system and/or software to obtain additional technical support.

  • Page 33: Technical Specifications

    5.2 Technical Specifications Microphone Preamp (XLR Balanced) All measurements Microphone Input to Direct Output Frequency Response (+0,- 0.5dB) Frequency Response (+0/-3.0 dB) Input Impedance THD+N (unwtd, 1KHz @ +4dBu Output, Unity Gain) EIN (unwtd, 55dB Gain, 150 Ohm Input, 20Hz to 22KHz) S/N Ratio (Unity Gain, unwtd, Ref.

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