Windows Audio Software; About The Asio Driver; About The Windows Audio Driver - MOTU MicroBook User Manual

Windows Audio Software

CHAPTER 6
OVERVIEW
The MicroBook includes an ASIO driver
that provides multi-channel I/O with
ASIO-compatible hosts such as Cubase,
Nuendo, SONAR, Live, Reason, and
more.
A standard Windows audio driver is also
included for multi-channel audio input
and output for any audio application that
supports Windows multimedia audio
drivers.
About the ASIO driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
About the Windows audio driver . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing the MicroBook Windows drivers . . 34
Running CueMix FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Choosing the MicroBook driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sample rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Clock Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Inputs and outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Working with CueMix FX mixing and effects 37
24-bit operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
W I N D O W S A U D I O S O F T W A R E

ABOUT THE ASIO DRIVER

ASIO is an acronym for Audio Streaming
Input and Output. The MOTU
MicroBook ASIO driver provides multi-
channel audio input and output for any
audio application that supports ASIO
drivers.
Attention: other software users
A number of popular ASIO-compatible
applications are shown in this chapter.
However, the basic procedures are the
same and can be easily applied to any
ASIO-compatible software. Just follow
the general descriptions at the beginning
of each main section in this chapter.
Consult your software documentation for
details about each topic, if necessary.
ABOUT THE WINDOWS AUDIO
DRIVER
The MOTU Windows audio driver allows
the MicroBook to provide multi-channel
audio input and output for any audio
application that supports Windows
multimedia audio drivers.
Attention: other software users
SONAR is used for the Windows driver
setup examples in this chapter. However,
the basic procedures are similar and can
be easily applied to any Windows
multimedia driver-compatible software.
Consult your software documentation, if
necessary.
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