Logic And Other Mac Os X Software; Installing The Traveler Mac Os X Drivers; Preparing Midi Input And Output; Run The Motu Firewire Audio Console - MOTU Traveler User Manual

Logic and Other Mac OS X Software

CHAPTER 9
OVERVIEW
The Traveler provides multichannel audio and
MIDI input and output for Apple's Logic, Logic
Express and all Mac OS X audio applications. This
chapter covers third-party audio applications. For
information about running Digital Performer or
AudioDesk under Mac OS X, refer to chapter 7,
"Digital Performer" (page 57) or chapter 8,
"AudioDesk" (page 63).
Installing the Traveler Mac OS X drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Preparing MIDI input and output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Run the MOTU FireWire Audio Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Choosing the MOTU FireWire Core Audio driver . . . . . 70
Audio Input and output names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Number of channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Processing live inputs with plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
INSTALLING THE TRAVELER MAC OS X
DRIVERS
To install the Traveler's Mac OS X audio and MIDI
drivers, just run the installer on the MOTU
FireWire Audio installer CD as detailed in
chapter 4, "Installing the Traveler Mac OS X
Software" (page 39).

PREPARING MIDI INPUT AND OUTPUT

If you will be using the Traveler's MIDI input and
output ports, be sure to follow the procedures in
"CoreMIDI and Audio MIDI Setup" on page 40.

RUN THE MOTU FIREWIRE AUDIO CONSOLE

Before you run your host audio software, launch
the MOTU FireWire Audio Console to configure
your Traveler hardware. The MOTU FireWire
Audio Console lets you configure your audio
interface.
Figure 9-1: The MOTU FireWire Audio Console.
For complete details about the Traveler settings, see
chapter 5, "MOTU FireWire Audio Console"
(page 43). The following sections provide a brief
explanation of each Traveler setting for use with
Logic and other Mac OS X audio software.
Sample rate
Choose the desired overall sample rate for the
Traveler system and your host audio software.
Newly recorded audio will have this sample rate.
Before running the Traveler at the 4x sample rates,
see "Operation at 4x sample rates (176.4 or
192kHz)" on page 44.
Clock Source
This setting is very important because it
determines which audio clock the Traveler will
follow.
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