Device Tab - MOTU 828 User Manual

DEVICE TAB

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1. This is the Device tab, which provides
basic hardware settings, such as the
Sample Rate and Clock Source.
2. Choose the desired Sample Rate.
Make sure your host audio software
is set to the same rate.
3. Choose the Clock Source. Your MOTU
device will resolve its digital clock to
this master source. Set the clock
source to Internal, unless you have
other devices connected to the
optical or S/PDIF inputs. If so, see
"Optical I/O" on page 27 and
"S/PDIF I/O" on page 28. If you are
resolving the 828 to an external
word clock source, choose Word
Clock. See "Syncing word clock
devices" on page 31.
4. Choose the Loopback Location here.
This setting determines the position
of the loopback channels in the
input channel list. See "Loopback
location" on page 61.
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5. The Mix Input Meters in the mix tabs
can show level before or after the
channel fader setting. See "Mix
input meters" on page 54.
6. Each mix (Main 1-2 mix, Phones 1
mix, Phones 2 mix, etc.) includes
USB channels coming from the host
computer (from your DAW or other
audio software) so that you can mix
computer output with the 828's
physical inputs. By default, each mix
includes the Main 1-2 USB channels,
plus the USB channels going to the
mix itself (such as the Line 3-4 for
the Line 3-4 mix). The Mix USB
Channels setting lets you add
additional USB channels to each mix,
which appear as additional channel
strips in each mix tab. See "Mix USB
Channels" on page 54.
7. When MIDI Thru is enabled, MIDI
data received on the MIDI input is
patched directly to the MIDI output.
See "MIDI Thru" on page 28.
8. The Word Clock output on the your
MOTU interface can operate as an
OUT or a THRU. When Word Clock
Thru is enabled, 75 ohm termination
on the input is lifted and the word
clock signal received on the input is
patched directly to the Word Clock
Output. See "Daisy-chaining word
clock" on page 31.
9. If you wish to use the 828 as an
optical expander for another
optical-equipped device (such as
another interface or digital mixer),
enable Optical Expander mode. See
chapter 8, "Optical Expander Mode"
(page 63).
10. The 828 can be controlled from any
device on the same network that the
host computer is connected to. Use
the Network Control setting to
control whether the 828 is available
to the network or not. See "Discov-
ery tab" on page 55.
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11. Use the Device Password to protect
the 828 when using it on a network.
The password is saved in a secure
form on the host computer and in
the device itself. See "Discovery tab"
on page 55.
12. You can give your 828 a unique
Device Name, which appears in the
Discovery tab, which allows you to
manage multiple devices that are
connected or available on the
network.
See the next page for more...
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