TableofContents 目录内容 Overview 概述 — 1 Introduction 简介 — 1 Creating a New Song 创建一首新歌曲 — 24 Configuring Your I/O 配置你的 I/O— 25 6.3.1 Product Registration 产品注册 — 1 6.3.2 CreatingAudioandMIDITracks 创 建 音 频 和 M ID I 音 What is in the Box 包装里有什么...
Thank you for purchasing a PreSonus Quantum 4848 Thunderbolt Audio Interface. PreSonus Audio Electronic s has designed the Quantum 4848 for the recording professional. Route audio from your vintage gear to your DAW and back without any signal degradation, capturing every nuance of your favorite boutique equipmentatextremelylowlatencythankstoourcustom Thunderboltdrivers.
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Quantum 4848 Overview To register your Quantum 4848 需要注册你的 Quantum 4848 Go to My.PreSonus.com and follow the onscreen instructions. 进入网站 My.PreSonus.com,按照屏幕上的指示操作。 –OR– 或者 Download the MyPreSonus app from the Apple App Store or Google Play. 从”Apple App Store” 苹果应用商店或 ”Google Play” 下载 MyPreSonus 应用程序。...
Product registration and software authorization card 产品注册和软件授权卡 PreSonus Health Safety and Compliance Guide 健康安全与合规指南 Power User Tip: All companion software and drivers for your PreSonus Quantum- series interface are available for download from your My PreSonus user account. Simply visit http://my.presonus.com...
Companion PreSonusProducts Companion PreSonus Products 产品伙伴 Thanks for choosing PreSonus! As a solutions company, we believe the best way to take care of our customers (that’s you) is to ensure that you have the best possible experience from the beginning of your signal chain to the end. To achieve this goal, we’ve prioritized seamless integration throughout every design phase of these...
4848当前的采样率设置。 Power button and Sync light. The lighted ring around the power button of your Quantum 4848 is a clock source / sync indicator. It lets you know if your unit is receiving word clock correctly. Power button and Sync light. 电源按钮和同步指示灯。Quantum 4848的电源按...
Hookup Quantum 4848 Owner’sManual Back Panel Connections Back Panel Connections 后面板连接 Line Inputs. The lower row of DB25 connections are for use with line- level devices. These inputs are scaled to accept line-level signals up to +18 dBu. Line Inputs.
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Channels 33-36 Channels 37-40 When connecting a PreSonus DigiMax DP88 to your Quantum 4848, the ADAT connections will also send and receive preamp control information for the DigiMax DP88, so that it can be controlled directly from UC Surface or Studio One.
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更多信息见第 节。 Power Connection. This is where you connect the external power supply for your Quantum 4848. Your Quantum interface is equipped with a twist-lock power connection, keep this in mind when connecting disconnecting it from your interface. Power Connection. 这是为 Quantum 4848连接外部电源的位置。你的...
My PreSonus user account. This bundled installer includes Universal Control, UC Surface, and the audio driver for Quantum- series interfaces. To begin, you must create or log into your My PreSonus user account, and register your Quantum interface, either by downloading the My PreSonus app for your iOS or Android device or by visiting http://my.presonus.com.
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Quantum 4848 Connecting to a Computer Open System Preferences and click Security & Privacy to “Allow” the installation. 打开系统优先,点击 “Security” & “Privacy” ,"Allow"允许安装。 If this message does not appear in Security & Privacy, restart the computer. 如果该信息没有出现在“Security” & “Privacy” 中,请重新启动计算机。...
启动 Ableton Live 2. Go to Options | Preferences | Audio. 进入选项|首选项|音频。 3. Choose Driver Type: ASIO | Audio Device: ASIO PreSonus Quantum 4848. 选择驱动类型:ASIO | 音频设备:ASIO PreSonus Quantum 4848。 4. Go to Input Config: Enable and select the desired Input channels.
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Highlight all input and output drivers beginning with “PreSonus Quantum 4848” 8. Go to Options | Audio... and click on the General tab. Set the Playback Timing Master to “PreSonus Quantum 4848... DAW Out 1.” Set the Recording Timing Master to “PreSonus Quantum 4848... Line 1.”...
Quantum 4848提供广泛的计量以及配置选项,供Quantum 4848用户使用。 Firmware Updates 固件更新 UC Surface is designed to verify that your Quantum 4848 has the correct firmware version installed. You will be prompted if your Quantum 4848 interface needs its firmware updated. Click on the Update Firmware button to begin the update.
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Quantum 4848 Universal Control and UC Surface When the firmware update is complete, you must disconnect the physical power source from your Quantum 4848 and reconnect it. Powering it off it will not complete the update process. 当固件更新完成后,你必须断开 Quantum 4848的物理电源并重新连接。关...
Universal Control Launch Window Universal Control is a powerful hardware-management application for all PreSonus interface products. It allows you to view any PreSonus interface product connected to yourcomputeroryourcomputer’snetwork. When Universal Control is launched, you will see the Launch window. From this window,you can manage all thedriver settings.
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Quantum 4848 Universal Control and UC Surface ChannelProfile. Some third-party DAW applications, like ProTools Native, limit simultaneous I/O to 32 ins and outs. Channel Profile modes are provided so that you can customize your 48-channel I/O configuration for 32-channel application as follows: ChannelProfile.
当你第一次启动 UC Surface 时,可以查看所有32个模拟输入和输出的输入计量。 Front Panel Metering Toggle By default, the 32 LEDs on the front panel of your Quantum 4848 display the signal level for your 32 analog inputs. From UC Surface, you can toggle them to display the signal from the 32 analog outputs instead.
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Quantum 4848 Universal Control and UC Surface Owner’s Manual UC Surface provides a real-time analyzer (RTA) in which x = frequency and y = amplitude for every input and output. An RTA provides a close visual representation of what you are hearing.
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Quantum 4848 Universal Control and UC Surface Average. Averaging is a mathematical process that takes multiple data samples and performs division to acquire a statistically more accurate calculation of the response. That’s a technical way of saying that it slows down the “real-time” of a real-time analyzer.
Owner’sManual macOS Aggregating Devices 聚集设备 Up to four Quantum 4848 interfaces can be aggregated together for combined 192 inputs and 192 outputs at 44.1 and 48 kHz . Quantum-series interfaces are fully compatible with one another and PreSonus supports the aggregation of any four Quantum-series interfaces together.
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6. Designate one Quantum interface as the Master Clock and set the other units to follow using BNC. 指定一个Quantum接口作为主时钟,并设置其他设备使用BNC来跟随。 Quantum 4848 #4 Quantum 4848 #3 Quantum 4848 #2 Quantum 4848 #1 (Master) Computer Your Quantum system is now ready to use. 你的Quantum 系统现在可以使用了。...
请注意:你的 Quantum 接口必须通过 BNC 相互时钟连接,并且必须指定 一个设备作为主设备。 Quantum 4848 #4 Quantum 4848 #3 Quantum 4848 #2 Quantum 4848 #1 (Master) Computer 2. Select the Quantum interface you would like to use as the first bank of channels and set the priority to “1.”...
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Quantum 4848 Aggregating Devices Owner’sManual Windows 选择你想作为第一组通道的Quantum接口,并将 优先级设置为 "1"。 3. Select the Quantum interface you would like to use for the next bank of channels. Set the priority to “2” and the Clock Source to Wordclock. 选择你想用于下一组通道的Quantum接口。将优 先级设置为 "2",将时钟源设置为字时钟。 4. If you are connected three or four Quantum interfaces, you will repeat step 3 and set the priority to 3 and 4 respectively.
Installation and Authorization 安装与授权 Once you have installed the drivers for your audio interface and connected it to your computer, you can use the included PreSonus Studio One music- production software to begin recording, mixing, producing, and mastering your music.
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Setting Up Studio One Downloading and running the Studio One installer.下载并运行Studio One安装程序。 To install Studio One, download the Studio One installer from your My PreSonus account to the computer on which you will use it. 要安装 Studio One,请从你的 My PreSonus 帐户下载 Studio One 安装程序到你要使用它的计算机上。...
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的内容,然后点击 "Install"。这些内容将自动开始从你的 "My PreSonus " 用户账户中下载和安装。 Power User Tip: You may be prompted to enter your My PreSonus user account information. Clicking “Remember Credentials” will allow you to have immediate access to any content you purchase from the PreSonus Marketplace.
1. In the middle of the Start page, you will see the Setup area. Studio One automatically scans your system for all available drivers and selects a driver. By default, it will choose a PreSonus driver if one is available.
Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Creating a New Song 2. If you do not see your device listed on the Start page when you launch Studio One, click on the Configure Audio Devices link in the Setup area to open the Options window.
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Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Creating a New Song Setting up an external MIDI keyboard controller from the Start page. A MIDI keyboard controller is a hardware device that is generally used for playing and controlling other MIDI devices, virtual instruments, and software parameters.
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Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Creating a New Song 单击 "Add" 按钮。这将启动 "Add Device" 窗口。 3. From the menu on the left, select your MIDI controller from the list of manufacturers and models. If you do not see your MIDI controller listed, select New Keyboard.
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Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Creating a New Song Power User Tip: In the Send To drop-down menu, select the MIDI interface output from which your Studio One will send MIDI data to your keyboard. If your keyboard controller doesn’t need to receive MIDI data from Studio One, you can leave this unselected.
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Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Creating a New Song 9. In the External Devices window, click the Add button. 在 "External Devices" 窗口,单击 "Add" 按钮。 10. Select your device in the menu on the left. If your device is not listed, select New Instrument.
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Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Creating a New Song 12. In the Send To menu, select the MIDI interface output from which Studio One will send MIDI data to your sound module. Click OK and close the External Devices window.
Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Creating a New Song 3. Select Empty Song from the Templates list. At this point, you should give your Song a name and select your preferred sample rate and bit depth for recording and playback. You can also set the length of your Song and the type of time format you would like the timeline to follow (notation bars, seconds, samples, or frames).
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点击音频I/O设置标签。 3. From the Inputs tab, you can enable any or all of the inputs on your PreSonus Quantum audio interface that you’d like to have available. We recommend that you create a mono input for each of the inputs on your interface.
Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Creating a New Song Power User Tip: If you would like this I/O configuration to be the same every time you open Studio One, click the Make Default button. 用户提示:如果你希望每次打开 Studio One 时,这个 I/O 配置都是一样的,...
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Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Creating a New Song 2. In the Add Tracks window, you can customize the track name and color, add a preset rack of effects, and set the physical source for the input and output of your audio tracks. Most important, you can select the number and type of tracks you’d...
6.3.3 Recording an AudioTrack 1. To begin recording, create an audio track from the Add Tracks window, set its input to Input 1 on your Quantum 4848 interface, and connect a source to the same input. 要开始录音,从” Add Tracks”窗口创建一个音轨,将其输入设置为 Quantum 4848接口的输入1,并将一个音源连接到同一输入。...
Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Creating a New Song 现在你可以开始录音了。如需完整的说明,请查阅位于 ”Help” 中的”Studio One Reference manual”|”Studio One ”参考手册。 Adding Virtual Instruments and Effects 添加虚拟音乐与效果器 6.3.4 You can add plug-ins and instruments to your Song by dragging-and-dropping them from the browser. You can also drag an effect or group of effects from one channel to another, drag in customized effects chains, and instantly load your favorite virtual-instrument preset without ever scrolling through a menu.
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Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Creating a New Song Drag-and-drop effects. To add a plug-in effect to a track, click the Effects button in the browser and select the plug-in or one of its presets in the effects browser. Drag- and-drop the selection over the track to which you would like to add the effect.
Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Monitor Mixing in Studio One Owner’sManual OptimizingLatencyandPerformance Optimizing Latency and Performance 优化延时和性能 When you are working with a large amount of audio tracks and virtual instruments, computer performance can limit your capabilities.
Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Monitor Mixing in Studio One 6.4.2 Audio Dropout Protection Clicking on the Processing tab in the Audio Setup Preferences window, will allow you to set the amount of Audio Dropout Protection you would like to employ.
混音中的每个通道都有独立的电平和 pan 控制。只需指定一对或几 对输出作为监听混音,你就可以在Studio One混音器中找到Cue Mix 控制。 You can create a cue mix and send it to any output pair on your Quantum 4848. You simply need to create a stereo output bus and enable Cue Mix. 你可以创建一个监听混音,并将其发送到Quantum 4848的任何输出 对组。你只需要创建一个立体声输出总线并启用 Cue Mix。...
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Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Monitor Mixing in Studio One 6.5.1 Cue Mix Functions Once you have created a cue mix output, you will notice a special Send object in the channels of the Console. This Send object is called a Cue Mix object.
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Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Monitor Mixing in Studio One 1. Activate Button. Tocompletelyremoveanychannel from a Cue Mix, simply deactivate the Cue Mix object for that channel. In most instances, you will leave this enabled. 2. Horizontal Level Fader. This is the channel’s Cue Mix volume control. By default this level will be identical to the level set on the channel’s fader.
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6.5.2 Punching In The Quantum 4848’s unique integration with Studio One and ultra-low latency performance make punching in easier than ever. This section will guide you through setting up a punch in so that there is no change sonically between audio you’re playing back and the audio you’re recording.
With automatic latency compensation and the Quantum 4848’s low-latency Thunderbolt drivers, Pipeline XT is the perfect tool to integrate your hardware rack into your Studio One session.
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Pipeline XT 1. Send Output. This dropdown menu allows you to select the physical Quantum 4848 output you would like to use to connect to your external hardware unit. Note: Mono instances of Pipeline XT require a mono output bus. Stereo instances of Pipeline XT can use mono or stereo output buses.
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Both the ping and the returned signal will be displayed, however, you will only hear the input signal. Use this mode to set your latency compensation. Setup Mode is mutually exclusive with Scope Mode (#6). 1. SendOutput。你在这个下拉菜单中,可以选择你想用来连接到外部硬件设 备的Quantum 4848物理输出。注意:Pipeline XT的单声道实例需要一个单声 道输出总线。Pipeline XT的立体声实例可以使用单声道或立体声输出总线。 2.SendMeter。Monitors 从Studio One到外部硬件设备的输出电平。 3.Send Level。Adjusts 从Studio One到外部硬件设备的发送电平。...
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Quantum 4848 Studio One Profesional Quick Start Owner’sManual Pipeline XT 19.Setup Mode. 设置模式从 Studio One 向你的外部硬件发送一个测试信号, 或称 "ping"。Ping 和返回的信号都会被显示出来,但是,你只能听到输入信 号。使用这个模式来设置你的延迟补偿。设置模式与范围模式(#6)是相互 排斥的。...
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Quantum 4848 Technical Information Owner’sManual Specifications Technical Information 技术信息 Specifications 技术规格 Line Inputs Type DB25(TascamFormat),Balanced) MaximumInputLevel +18 dBu (Balanced,min.gain) Frequency Response 20Hzto20kHz(+/-0.15dB,unitygain,48kHz) 20 Hzto40kHz(+/-0.22dB,unitygain,96kHz) DynamicRange(min.gain,A-wtd) > 118 dB THD+N(1kHz,min.gain) < 0.005% InputImpedance 10 kΩ Line Outputs Type DB25(TascamFormat),ImpedanceBalanced,DCCoupled MaximumOutputLevel +18 dBu Frequency Response 20Hzto20kHz(+/-0.15dB,unitygain,48kHz) 20...
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