Working With Host Audio Software - MOTU 828 User Manual

CHOOSE THE 828
Once you've made the preparations described so
far in this chapter, you're ready to run your host
audio software and choose the 828 as your audio
interface ("soundcard").
For macOS audio software
For audio software running under macOS, go to
the menu item or preference where you choose the
audio device (Core Audio driver) you wish to use,
and then select the 828 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 828. If your host audio software doesn't
support ASIO, choose the 828 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 the 828
Digital Performer Setup menu > Configure Audio System >
and Performer Lite Configure Hardware Driver
Pro Tools 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 Nuendo Device Setup > Devices list > VST Audio
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 the 828, passes through the interface hardware
into the computer, through your host audio
software, and then back out to an output.
Monitoring through the 828
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 the 828
to route the input directly to your outputs. For
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