Installing The 828Mkii Hardware; Connect The 828Mkii Interface - MOTU 828mkII User Manual

Installing the 828mkII Hardware

CHAPTER 3
OVERVIEW
Here's an overview for installing the 828mkII:
Connect the 828mkII interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connect the 828mkII to the computer.
Connect audio inputs and outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Make optical and analog connections as desired.
Connect MIDI gear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connect a controller, synth or control surface.
Connect a foot switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connect a footswitch to trigger any keystroke.
A typical 828mkII setup (no mixer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
An example setup for computer-based mixing/FX.
Using the 828mkII with a mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
An example setup for a mixer-based studio.
Making sync connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
If you need to resolve the 828mkII with other
devices, make the necessary sync connections.
Do you need a synchronizer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sample-accurate sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Sample-accurate ADAT sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Sample-accurate ADAT sync with no synchronizer . . 26
Syncing to SMPTE time code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Syncing to video and/or SMPTE time code using a
synchronizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Syncing optical devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Syncing S/PDIF devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Syncing word clock devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Syncing large systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting multiple MOTU FireWire interfaces . . . . . 32

CONNECT THE 828MKII INTERFACE

1 Plug one end of the 828mkII FireWire cable
(included) into the FireWire socket on the
computer as shown below in Figure 3-1.
2 Plug the other end of the FireWire cable into the
828mkII I/O as shown below in Figure 3-1.
Figure 3-1: Connecting the 828mkII to the computer.
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