Working With Host Audio Software; Choose The Motu Pro Audio Driver; Reducing Monitoring Latency - MOTU 1248 User Manual

software. For details about customizing the audio
routing to and from the computer, see "Working
with the Routing grid" on page 77.

CHOOSE THE MOTU PRO AUDIO DRIVER

Once you've made the preparations described so
far in this chapter, you're ready to run your audio
software and enable the MOTU Pro Audio driver,
which allows your host software to use your
MOTU interface.
For Mac OS X audio software
For audio software running under Mac OS X, go to
the menu item or preference where you choose the
audio device (Core Audio driver) you wish to use,
and then select your MOTU interface by name.
For Windows audio software
For audio software running under Windows, go to
the menu item or preference where you choose the
ASIO driver you wish to use, and then choose
MOTU Pro Audio. If your host audio software
doesn't support ASIO, choose the MOTU Pro Audio
Wave driver instead.
Figure 7-1: Choosing the MOTU Pro Audio ASIO driver in Cubase.
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Where to go in popular audio hosts
Here is the location for this setting in various
popular audio software host applications:
Host software Location for choosing your MOTU interface
Digital Performer Setup menu > Configure Audio System >
and AudioDesk Configure Hardware Driver
Pro Tools 9 or later Setup menu > Playback Engine or Current
Engine
Logic Pro Preferences > Audio tab > Devices tab >
Core Audio tab
Garage Band Garage Band menu > Preferences > Audio/
MIDI > Audio Output/Input menus
Cubase and Device Setup > Devices list > VST Audio
Nuendo System menu
Live Preferences > Audio tab
Reason Preferences > Audio preferences
Reaper Preferences > Audio prefs > Devices
Other audio software
Consult your software's manual for further
information.

REDUCING MONITORING LATENCY

Monitoring latency is a slight delay caused by
running an input signal through your host audio
software and back out. For example, you might
hear it when you drive a live guitar input signal
through an amp modeling plug-in running in your
audio sequencer.
This delay is caused by the amount of time it takes
for audio to make the entire round trip through
your computer, from when it first enters an input
on your MOTU interface, passes through the
interface hardware into the computer, through
your host audio software, and then back out to an
output.
Monitoring through your MOTU interface
If you don't need to process a live input with
plug-ins, the easiest way to avoid monitoring
latency is to disable your DAW's live monitoring
feature and instead use the digital mixer in your
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