Quick Reference: Motu Firewire Audio Console - MOTU 828mkII User Manual

Quick Reference:
MOTU FireWire Audio Console
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Determines the clock source for your
828mkII. If you're just using the analog ins
and outs, set this to 'Internal' . The other
settings are for digital transfers via S/PDIF
or external synchronization via the ADAT
SYNC in port.
This menu lets you choose what you will
hear from the headphone jack. To mirror the
main outs, choose Main Outs. Or you can
mirror any other output pair. To hear the
phones as their own independent output,
choose Phones.
Click the General tab to access these settings.
Check this option if you would like the MOTU
FireWire Audio Console icon to appear in the
application dock as soon as a MOTU FireWire
interface is detected (switched on, plugged
in, etc.)
In the standard Mac OS X fashion, the console appears in the dock when you launch it. If the
Launch console automatically option is checked (as shown above), the icon appears as soon as
you switch on your 828mkII interface. If you click and hold on the dock icon (instead of clicking
it) or control-click, a menu of hardware settings appears as shown to the right. You can view
and configure any hardware settings from this menu, without opening the console window.
If you are running under Mac OS 9, and any of these settings are grayed
out (not available), see "If 828mkII settings are grayed out" on page 51.
Click the tabs to access general
MOTU FireWire interface settings
or settings specific to the 828mkII
(or other connected interface.)
Choose the global sample rate
for the system here.
Choose the desired optical format
you' d like to use for the optical
input and output. Note that they
don't have to be the same.
If you are running an 828mkII
interface at a high sample rate
(96 or 88.2), this option appears
in the interface tab. It lets you
choose a word clock output rate
that either matches the global
sample rate (e.g. 96kHz) or halves
the global rate (e.g. 48kHz
instead of 96kHz).
If you are using the 828mkII
with Mac OS 9, see chapter 6,
"MOTU FireWire Control Panel
(Mac OS 9)" (page 47).
If you have a foot switch
connected to the 828mkII,
these settings let you map the
foot switch to any computer
keyboard key for both the up
and down position. For details
about how to set this up, see
"Enable Pedal" on page 45.
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