M-Audio Pro Tools M-Powered 7 Quick Start Manual page 21

Launch the M-Audio Control Panel as follows:
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• For FireWire interfaces, launch M-Audio
FW Audio.
• For PCI interfaces, launch M-Audio Delta
Audio.
• For USB Interfaces, launch the M-Audio
control panel with the name of your inter-
face.
Click the Hardware tab.
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Select a Sync Source.
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Your digital input device must be connected
and turned on. If your input device is not
turned on, leave the Sync Source set to Inter-
nal.
For more information on selecting the Sync
Source for your M-Audio interface, refer to
your M-Audio interface documentation.
Click OK.
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Low Latency Monitoring
Direct or low-latency monitoring is not avail-
able from within Pro Tools M-Powered.
However, with M-Audio devices that have Con-
trol Panel mixers with a direct monitoring fea-
ture, it is possible to use this feature as a low-la-
tency monitoring path while recording in
Pro Tools.
To use the M-Audio mixer direct monitoring
feature while recording:
In Pro Tools, record-enable the tracks you
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want to record and mute their output.
Open the M-Audio Control Panel for your M-
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Audio interface.
In the Control Panel mixer for your interface,
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route the input channels you want to monitor
to the main outputs of the mixer (usually Out-
puts 1–2) by clicking the corresponding output
control.
Control Panel mixer for M-Audio FireWire 410)
Adjust the output level and balance with the
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Control Panel mixer volume and pan controls.
In Pro Tools, begin recording.
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To listen back to the recorded tracks, unmute
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the tracks in Pro Tools and begin playback.
When you are finished recording, turn off the
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mixer output control in the Control Panel
mixer.
You can leave the M-Audio Control Panel
open while working in Pro Tools M-Powered.
Chapter 2: Windows Configuration
Mixer output 1–2 control
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