Usb Walkthrough Lv14 - Harbinger LVL Series Owner's Manual

PLAYBACK & RECORDING VIA USB
The LV14 is fully ASIO (Windows) and Core Audio (MAC) compliant audio interface and as such does not require any special driver installation.
Playback:
1. Make sure the LV14 mixer - WAVE OUT USB DEVICE is set as the audio output device within the PC's system settings and within the DAW software
or audio player
2. Start audio playback from the DAW or audio player
3. Press the USB ROUTING TO CH 1 1 |12 BUTTON
4. MON SEND TO PHONES | CTRL RM button
5. Slowly bring up the CH1 1|12 level control
Recording:
1. Connect all input signals to the LV14 mixer
2. Set the channel level controls and MAIN level fader so that the MAIN level meters show the mix peaking somewhere around 0 dB
3. Make sure the LV14 mixer - WAVE OUT USB DEVICE is selected as the audio input device within the PC's system settings and within the DAW software
4. Arm the stereo DAW track and press record. The mixer's MAIN MIX will now be recorded by the DAW
NOTE: The stereo MAIN mix output signal is the default signal feeding the USB audio output and being sent to the DAW. Playback audio from the DAW will
route to the LV14's CH 11|12 (when the USB ROUTING TO CH 11|12
Overdubbing:
1. Make sure the LV14 mixer - WAVE OUT USB DEVICE is set as the audio input and output device within the PC's system settings and within the DAW software
2. Reduce the LV14's CH 1 1|12 level control to its minimum / full counter-clockwise position (do this for any channels you do not want recorded by the DAW)
3. While singing/strumming/drumming, bring up the channel level controls for the channels you are about to record, and watch the input level meters on your
DAW to make sure the loudest parts of the input are just below clipping.. Any signal panned hard-left will be sent out the left channel only, any channel
panned hard-right will be sent out the right channel only.
4. On LV14, make sure the MON SEND to PHONES | CTRL RM button
mix of the playback and live recording tracks. You will hear both the playback tracks and the signals you are recording in the Headphones and CTRL RM
OUTS, but only the signals being sent to the MAIN mix will be recorded by the DAW.
5. Within the DAW, you will have the option to record a mono signal (splitting the L + R MAIN MIX into separate tracks) or a stereo signal. Select the
appropriate input within the DAW. Arm the DAW track and hit record.
A REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE USING THE LV14:
Tracking a Vocal and a Guitar simultaneously to a click track being generated by your DAW.
1. Within the DAW, initialize 2 separate mono tracks that will serve as destinations for the vocal and guitar signals coming from the mixer. On the vocal channel,
select the mixer's R output, on the guitar channel, select the mixer's L output.
2. Plug your vocal mic into XLR or TRS input of CH1 (activating the 48V Phantom Power switch if it is a condenser mic)
3. While watching the mixer's CH1 clip indicator, sing into the microphone and set the CH1 GAIN control so that only the loudest input causes brief clipping.
Then reduce the gain slightly.
4. While watching the input level meter of the DAW's vocal channel, adjust the mixer's CH1 LEVEL control to get an acceptable level feeding the DAW.
The loudest input should fall just below clipping.
5. Then turn the CH1 PAN control all the way to the right
6. Plug your guitar into CH 7|8 L/mono input and engage the Hi-Z button.
7. While watching the CH 7|8 clip indicator LED, strum the guitar. When only the loudest input briefly triggers the clip LED, reduce the CH 7|8 GAIN
control slightly.
8. While watching the input level meters of the DAW's guitar channel input, strum the guitar and bring up the mixer's CH 7|8 LEVEL control until the loudest
input falls just below clipping.
9. Now turn the Pan control on CH 7|8 all the way to the left
10. Your DAW or audio capture software can now receive the vocal channel audio and the guitar channel audio on 2 separate tracks. Keep in mind, if the
microphone is in close proximity to the guitar, there will likely be some bleed of the guitar into the vocal channel.
1 1. Now in your DAW set up a channel that can play a click or guide track at the desired tempo, but do not start playing it yet
12. Set up your DAW's audio output to WAVE OUT USB DEVICE and on the mixer press the USB Routing to CH 1 1|12 button
13. Set the HEADPHONE|CTRL RM SOURCE button to the MON position
14. Make sure the CH 1 1|12 level control is turned all the way down to the left (counter-clockwise) and slowly turn up the MON level control on CH 1 1|12.
15. Use the channel MON SEND CONTROLS to create a mix of the playback and live recording tracks. You will hear both the playback tracks and the signals
you are recording in the Headphones and CTRL RM OUT output, but only the signals being sent to the MAIN mix will be recorded by the DAW
16. Now when you arm a channel and hit record in your DAW, the click or guide track audio will be sent to the LV14 for you to monitor in headphones or
control room speakers, but your final captured performance will not include these signals. Only your performance will be captured via USB into your DAW.
USB WALKTHROUGH – LV14
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