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M-Audio FireWire Audiophile - Users Manual
1 Introduction
2 What's in the Box
3 About the FireWire Audiophile
4 Features and Technical Features
5 Minimum System Requirements
Windows
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Mac OS
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6 Controls and Connectors
Front Panel Diagram
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Front Panel Descriptions
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Rear Panel Diagram
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Rear Panel Descriptions
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7 Hardware Driver Installation
Windows XP
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Windows 2000
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Mac OS X
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Mac OS 9
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8 Hardware Connections
Audio
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MIDI
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9 The Software Control Panel
Global Menus
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Mixer Page
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Output Page
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Hardware Page
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About Page
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  • Page 1 M-Audio FireWire Audiophile - Users Manual 1 Introduction 2 What’s in the Box 3 About the FireWire Audiophile 4 Features and Technical Features 5 Minimum System Requirements Windows • Mac OS • 6 Controls and Connectors Front Panel Diagram •...

  • Page 2: Troubleshooting

    10 Using the FireWire Audiophile Monitoring Live Playback • Using the Headphone Source Selector • Setting Up Your Recording Levels • Monitoring Your Inputs for Recording • General Recording Instructions • Setting the Sample Rate • Adding Effects While Direct Monitoring •...
  • Page 3 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the M-Audio FireWire Audiophile. The FireWire Audiophile has been designed to give you a professional, portable audio and MIDI interface for your laptop or desktop computer. Using the convenience and dependability of the IEEE-1394...

  • Page 4: What's In The Box

    2 What’s in the Box Your FireWire Audiophile package contains the following: FireWire Audiophile Mobile Recording Interface • CD-ROM containing driver software and user manual in PDF form • Printed Quick Start Guide • CD-ROM containing Reason Adapted software • CD-ROM containing Delta Live 2.0 software •...
  • Page 5 In other cases the external FireWire device is rendered permanently inoperable. M-Audio does not want users of M-Audio FireWire products to experience such costly problems. Therefore, M- Audio must require that users of M-Audio FireWire devices refrain from hotplugging any M-Audio FireWire device.
  • Page 6 M-Audio FireWire device was not detected by your computer on startup, try the following troubleshooting options instead of hotplugging it: 1. Turn your M-Audio FireWire device off, wait 30 seconds then power it on. 2. Put your computer into hibernation mode, wait 30 seconds then reactivate it.

  • Page 7: Features And Technical Features

    4 Features and Technical Features 2 x 4 unbalanced analog operation on RCA jacks • Coaxial S/PDIF I/O • Rotary encoder is assignable to control any software-addressable level, e.g., output • DACs, software returns, or hardware input monitor levels Headphone output with rotary encoder level control •...

  • Page 8: Minimum System Requirements

    5 Minimum System Requirements IMPORTANT: The FireWire Audiophile is supported under Windows XP and Windows 2000 — it is not supported under Windows 98 or Windows ME. Also, when running under Windows 2000, you must be running Service Pack 3 (SP3) or later. For Windows XP, you must be running Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later.

  • Page 9: Controls And Connectors

    6 Controls and Connectors Front Panel Diagram Front Panel Descriptions Headphone Output – Accepts a standard 1/4” stereo TRS headphone connector. Headphone Output Level – Controls the output of the headphone level. This control is independent of the line and S/PDIF output levels. HP Source Monitor Status –These LED indicators display the currently selected mode of the headphone source switch, either A or B.

  • Page 10: Rear Panel Descriptions

    Power Switch – Push-on, push-off power switch turns the FireWire Audiophile on and off. Rear Panel Diagram Rear Panel Descriptions Power Supply Connector – Connect the 12VDC 1A power supply here when using the FireWire Audiophile with a four-pin FireWire connection. Use only the power supply provided with the unit or a power supply of an equivalent value.

  • Page 11: Hardware Installation

    Currently, M-Audio’s FireWire drivers are not digitally signed. However, M-Audio is committed to providing the best possible drivers for our products and we constantly evaluate and test our drivers to ensure that they work properly.
  • Page 12 During the installation, you will be prompted with a message warning that the driver software has not passed Windows Logo testing. Select “Continue Anyway” and proceed with the installation. The installer will prompt you to enable DVD/CD performance enhancement settings. In most cases, you should leave these in their default (selected) settings.
  • Page 13 settings will ensure that you will be able to hear your DVD/CD player’s playback through the FireWire Audiophile. Click “Next.” Once the installation is complete. Click “Next” to proceed. Once the installer has finished copying the files, you will see the Installation Complete screen.
  • Page 14 After the computer has powered off, connect the FireWire Audiophile to your computer’s FireWire port and power it on. Once the FireWire Audiophile is connected, turn on your computer. After the operating system loads, the Found New Hardware Wizard will open. Choose the default selection, “Install the software automatically.”...
  • Page 15 During the installation, you will be prompted with a message warning that the driver software has not passed Windows Logo testing. Select “Continue Anyway” and proceed with the installation. Once the Bootloader installation is complete, click “Finish” to proceed. Windows will locate the FireWire Audiophile driver files.
  • Page 16 11 You will again be prompted by the “Windows Logo testing” notice. Again, click “Continue Anyway” and proceed with the installation. 12 When you see the M-Audio FireWire Audiophile Installed Successfully screen, click “Finish” to complete the installation. Your FireWire Audiophile is now ready...

  • Page 17: Windows 2000

    13 You will see the M-Audio FireWire Audiophile control panel icon in your system tray (lower right corner of your desktop). Click on the icon to open the control panel. Windows 2000 NOTE: Do NOT connect the FireWire Audiophile to your computer before you have run the installer application and shut down your computer.
  • Page 18 Verify you have no other programs running and then click “Next” to begin the installation. The installer will copy the necessary files to your computer’s hard drive. During the installation, you will be prompted with a message warning that the driver software has not passed Windows’...
  • Page 19 The installer will prompt you to enable DVD/CD performance enhancement settings. In most cases you should leave these in their default (selected) settings. While Windows is most likely already configured in this way, these settings will ensure that you will be able to hear your DVD/CD player through the FireWire Audiophile once the installation is complete.
  • Page 20 Next, you will be prompted to shut down your computer. Click “Finish” to shut down. After the computer has powered off, connect the FireWire Audiophile to your computer’s FireWire port and power it on. Once the FireWIre Audiophile is connected, turn on your computer. After the operating system finishes loading, the Found New Hardware Wizard will open.
  • Page 21 When the files are done being loaded, a window will appear showing that windows has finished installing the Bootloader files. Click “Finish.” Next windows will prompt you to reboot your computer. Click “Yes” to reboot. After the computer has rebooted, Windows will locate the FireWire Audiophile driver files.
  • Page 22 12 You will be prompted to reboot your computer one last time. Click “Yes” to reboot. 13 Your FireWire Audiophile is now ready to use. You will see the M-Audio FireWire Audiophile control panel icon in your system tray (lower right corner of your desktop).
  • Page 23 Insert the Driver CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and browse to the CD-ROM to view its contents. Locate and open the “FireWire AP” folder, then open the folder for OS X. Double click the M-Audio FireWire Audiophile Installer.dmg file. An icon labeled ”FireWire Audiophile” will appear on your desktop.
  • Page 24 The introduction screen will now appear. Click “Continue” to proceed. The next screen is the release notes. There are buttons to print or save at this point. When you are done reading them, click “Continue” to proceed. The next screen displays the software license agreement. There are buttons to print or save this agreement.
  • Page 25 Select your OS X hard drive. Click "Continue." The next screen provides you with options for installing the Firewire Audiophile driver. It is recommended to use the easy installation. To do so click “Install.” If you wish to customize your installation, click on the “Customize” button.
  • Page 26 Enter your administrator name and password, and click “OK” to continue. 10 A notice will appear advising that the computer will need to be restarted. Click “Continue Installation” to proceed.
  • Page 27 12 Once the operating system loads, go to "System Preferences" in the Apple Menu. Select the "Sound" preference panel, and click the "Output" tab. Select "M-Audio FireWire Audiophile" to choose the FireWire Audiophile as your default output device. Mac OS9 NOTE: Never connect or disconnect the FireWire Audiophile while the computer is on.
  • Page 28 Double click on the M-Audio FireWire Audiophile Installer icon. Click “Continue” in the Firewire Audiophile splash screen.
  • Page 29 The next screen displays the release notes. There are buttons to print or save at this point. When you are done reading them, click “Continue” to proceed. The next screen displays the software license agreement. There are buttons to print or save this agreement. Read the agreement and select “Agree” if you wish to continue with the installation.
  • Page 30 10 After the operating system loads, enter the Control Panels under Apple Menu, and select “Sound.” Then select the “Output” tab. Click on M-Audio FireWire Audiophile to select FireWire Audiophile as your default audio device.
  • Page 31 "OMS Driver Setup" shows the FireWire Audiophile in a list when OMS successfully finds the driver. Click “OK.” OMS will now define (shows "Identifying") the FireWire Audiophile output port. The "OMS MIDI Device Setup" dialog box will appear showing the FireWire Audiophile's available output port with an open check box to the left of the port.

  • Page 32: Hardware Connections

    8 Hardware Connections ATTENTION: You must shut down your computer any time you wish to connect or disconnect the FireWire 1814 from the system. Failure to do so may cause damage to your computer’s or FireWire 1814’s FireWire ports. Audio Connect the FireWire Audiophile’s Line Outputs 1 and 2 to your amplifier, powered monitors or mixer.
  • Page 33 MIDI Connect your MIDI device’s MIDI Input to the FireWire Audiophile’s MIDI Output. Connect your MIDI device’s MIDI Output to the FireWire Audiophile’s MIDI Input. Shown in the illustration below is a MIDI controller keyboard plugged into the FireWire Audiophile’s MIDI input. A MIDI sound module is connected to the FireWire Audiophile’s MIDI output.

  • Page 34: The Software Control Panel

    To open the control panel: In Windows – A tiny “M,” which is the M-Audio logo, will by placed in the system tray, generally located at the bottom of your Windows desktop. Double click this icon to open the control panel.
  • Page 35 Output – The levels of the FireWire Audiophile’s four analog and stereo digital • outputs. This is the default selection, and is the best choice when you simply want to control the monitor levels going to your speakers or sound system. Input –...
  • Page 36 Mixer Page The mixer page provides output routing and control of the FireWire Audiophile’s analog and digital inputs, as well as the six virtual channels returning from your Digital Audio Workstation software. Software Returns – The mixer page provides access to six virtual audio “returns” from your audio application.
  • Page 37 selection and then set the slider level for monitoring. See the section on Monitoring Your Inputs for Recording, below, for more information. Output Routing – Each stereo pair may be assigned to any of the FireWire Audiophile’s analog or digital outputs by clicking on the output button of the desired output pair. These are labeled 1/2;...

  • Page 38: Output Page

    Output Page The output page provides you with control over each of the FireWire Audiophile’s analog and digital outputs, as well as that of the aux bus and headphones bus. Output Channels – Virtual faders control the individual channel output levels. The output faders correspond to their respective analog and digital hardware outputs.
  • Page 39 When the main/aux button is in the aux position (the button turns green), the associated analog or digital output pair carries the signal routed to the aux L and aux R buses. Mute button - Selecting the mute button (the button turns red) will cause that channel pair to cease audio output.

  • Page 40: Hardware Page

    Metering – At the bottom of the output page, software level meters are provided for the FireWire Audiophile’s analog and digital inputs, as well as for the six virtual software return channel inputs. This is provided as a quick reference to what’s going on in the Mixer page.
  • Page 41 NOTE: This section does not apply to Mac OS X, and will not appear if you are running that operating system. Mac OS X does not support ASIO (or WDM). Bit Depth – This field will only appear in Mac OS 9 installations. The selections from this drop-down list will be 16-bit, 24-bit, or auto.

  • Page 42: About Page

    This page contains information on your hardware and current driver software versions. This information may be helpful if you ever have the occasion to call for technical support. Clicking the M-AUDIO logo in the lower left hand corner will link you directly to our website if you are currently online.
  • Page 43 The following sections address a number of real-life situations that you may encounter while using your FireWire Audiophile. These brief tutorials should help guide you. Also check the M-Audio website from time to time for additional tutorials or FAQs. Monitoring Live Playback The FireWire Audiophile is a perfect companion for laptop-based DJ and live performance.
  • Page 44 The Headphone Source Selector can be assigned to an alternate function from your control panel’s Hardware page. Clicking the “Direct Monitoring” radio button will change the momentary switch from a Headphone Source Selector to a Direct Monitoring on/off switch. Different scenarios for using the Headphone Source Selector for monitoring multiple sources and for turning Direct Monitoring on and off are described in the sections that follow.
  • Page 45 Also in the Mixer page, route sw rtn 3/4 to output S/PDIF by clicking the spd button for the sw rtn 3/4 channel. We assume here that you’re not using the S/PDIF output for any other purpose. When you want to cue up other material from your DJ program, set those tracks to play out of “FireWire Audiophile Analog Outs 3/4.”...
  • Page 46 Direct Monitoring On/Off – To change the function of the momentary switch to “Direct Monitoring On/Off,” open your FireWire Audiophile Control Panel and click the Hardware tab. Clicking the “Direct Monitoring” radio button will change the momentary switch from a Headphone Source Selector to a Direct Monitoring on/off switch. Now, the momentary switch will mute or unmute your FireWire Audiophile’s input channels.

  • Page 47: Monitoring Your Inputs For Recording

    Using the S/PDIF Input – Connect the S/PDIF digital output of your external audio device to the FireWire Audiophile’s rear panel digital input. Make sure that external is selected as the sync source in the FireWire Audiophile control panel’s hardware page. The signal level that you receive at the S/PDIF input will be the signal level that you record.
  • Page 48 If your audio application supports ASIO throughput monitoring, you can enable it in your Audio Software’s ASIO or audio control panel simply by selecting the FireWire Audiophile’s ASIO driver. Please refer to your audio software’s documentation for additional information on setting up your tracks for recording. WDM Input Monitoring –...

  • Page 49: General Recording Instructions

    to assign the level controller to control the analog in faders in the FireWire Audiophile control panel, at least while you’re setting up for recording. For more information, see the section, Using the level controller assignments. As mentioned, while the advantages to this type of monitoring are obvious (no latency), the inability to add effects can be seen as a drawback.
  • Page 50 Audiophile’s S/PDIF input. The following step-by-step instructions give you a basic setup, and continue on to an advanced setup for adding and monitoring effects. NOTE: In this example, we would leave the sync source selection in the control panel’s hardware page set to internal. The outboard effects unit will get its clock from the FireWire Audiophile’s S/PDIF Out, and therefore will lock to the internal clock.

  • Page 51: Using The Level Controller Assignments

    This way, when you play back a track that you’ve just recorded, you’ll hear it in exactly the same way as you did while recording. This is very useful for both the artist and the producer, and is generally better for judging the performance than having to shift your perception to listening to the track without an effect or with a different effect (such as one provided by a software plug-in).
  • Page 52 In the right panel of the FireWire Audiophile control panel, click input as your Level Controller assignment. Click the mixer tab. On the mixer page, you should see the ctlr buttons on the analog in and spdif in channels. You’re most likely just recording with the analog inputs, so click the ctrl button on the spdif in channel to deselect those faders from the Level Controller assignments.

  • Page 53: Troubleshooting

    11 Troubleshooting The FireWire Audiophile has been designed to give you high performance and professional quality audio. It has been tested under a wide range of systems and operating conditions. In the real world, however, there is a nearly infinite number of possible operating scenarios, any of which could affect your system’s performance.
  • Page 54 Technical Support: 0820 00 731 Technical Support (email): support@m-audio-france.com Fax: 44 (0) 144 224 6832 Internet Home Page: http://www.maudio.co.uk M-AUDIO Deutschland (Germany) Kuhallmand 34 D-74613 Ohringen Germany Sales Information: 49 7941 98 7000 Sales Information (email): info@m-audio.de Technical Support: 49 7941 98 70030 Technical Support (email): support@m-audio.de...

  • Page 55: Product Specs

    13 Product Specs A to D & Line In 1/2 Max Input (output) +2dBV 102dB A-weighted Dynamic Range 101dB A-weighted THD+N 0.0015% (-94dB) Frequency response, 48kHz sample rate +0.10/-0.20dB, 20-20kHz Frequency response, 96kHz sample rate +0.10/-0.25dB, 20-40kHz Input/output Impedance 11k-ohms D to A &...

  • Page 56: Warranty

    14 Warranty M-AUDIO warrants this product, under normal use, to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of One (1) Year from date of purchase, so long as: the product is owned by the original purchaser, with proof of purchase from an authorized M-AUDIO dealer and, the product has been registered to the original purchaser, the purchaser having returned to M-AUDIO the completed product warranty card.
  • Page 57 M-Audio FireWire device. You must make your FireWire connection while both computer and FireWire device are powered off; then power on. In case your M-Audio FireWire device was not detected by your computer on startup, try the following troubleshooting options instead of hotplugging it: 4.

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