Software Installation; Software Installation; Usb Audio Class-Compliant Operation; Audio Drivers - MOTU 828 User Manual

Software Installation

3
CHAPTER
USB audio class-compliant operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Software installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Audio drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
CueMix 5 app. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Performer Lite workstation software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Working with host audio software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
MIDI I/O on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
MIDI I/O setup on the Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

USB AUDIO CLASS-COMPLIANT OPERATION

The 828 is a USB audio class-compliant device.
This means that you can connect it to your Mac
(running Mac OS 10.13 or higher) with a USB
cable and use it without installing any software
drivers. The computer recognizes the 828 as a USB
audio device and makes its inputs and outputs
available to your host audio software. Basic
settings, such as the hardware's sample rate, are
made in either your host software or the front-
panel menu.
In this scenario, the 828 provides basic audio
input and output, and no software driver
installation is necessary. Use the Mac's Audio
MIDI Setup utility to manage the 828 audio inputs
and outputs for your Mac. That said, it is best to
install the software so you can take full advantage
of the 828's low-latency performance and all its
great features (accessed via the CueMix 5
application).
Connection to iOS devices (iPad and iPhone)
Audio-class compliant operation allows you to
connect the 828 to any iOS device (via either
USB-C or a standard Lightning camera
connection kit adapter). The 828 then provides
multi-channel audio I/O to your audio apps, and
you can access all of its settings, features, and
mixing with the CueMix 5 app.

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

If you don't want to operate the 828 as a USB audio
class compliant device, or if you are using
Windows on a PC, install the software as follows.
1 Visit www.motu.com/828-start to download the
latest Mac or Windows MOTU Gen 5 installer.
2 Run the installer and follow the directions it
gives you.
We recommend that you run the software
installer before you connect the 828 to your
computer and power it on. This ensures that all
driver components are properly installed in your
system.

AUDIO DRIVERS

The installer provides a USB audio driver for Mac
(CoreAudio) and Windows (ASIO and Wave).
Industry-leading I/O latency performance
On macOS and Windows, the 828 driver provides
exceptionally low I/O latency performance. For
example, with a 32-sample buffer size, an 828
interface operating at 96 kHz produces round trip
latency (RTL) performance of approximately 2
milliseconds (ms) on macOS and Windows. RTL
is the measurement of the time it takes audio to
pass from an analog input, through a high-
performance DAW host such as Digital Performer,
to an analog output.
ASIO Driver support
On Windows, to enable the 828 in your ASIO host
software, choose the MOTU Gen 5 ASIO driver, as
shown in Figure 7-1 on page 58.
19