Preparation; Run The Motu Firewire Audio Console - MOTU 828mkII User Manual

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.

PREPARATION

Before you run Cubase with your 828mkII, launch
AudioDesk and play back the demo project to
make sure that the 828mkII hardware software
drivers are set up properly. The AudioDesk demo
project is located on the 828mkII Installer CD.
Drag it to your hard drive before opening it in
AudioDesk, as your CD drive will be too slow to
play the audio.
To make sure that everything is ready for Cubase,
install Cubase first (if you haven't already done so),
and then see these chapters before proceeding:
chapter 3, "Installing the 828mkII Hardware"
■
(page 17).
chapter 4, "Installing the 828mkII Macintosh
■
Software" (page 35)
chapter 9, "AudioDesk" (page 65)
■
Figure 11-1: The 828mkII installer puts the MOTU FireWire ASIO driver
in the Cubase ASIO Drivers folder.
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RUN THE MOTU FIREWIRE AUDIO CONSOLE

Before you run Cubase, launch the MOTU
FireWire Audio Console to configure your
828mkII hardware. The MOTU FireWire Audio
Console lets you configure your audio interface,
and it lets you enable the desired inputs and
outputs. Only enabled inputs and outputs will be
available to Cubase, so this is an important step.
For complete details regarding the MOTU
FireWire Audio Console, see chapter 6, "MOTU
FireWire Control Panel (Mac OS 9)" (page 47).
Figure 11-2: The MOTU FireWire Audio Control Panel gives you access
to all of the settings in the 828mkII hardware, including the clock
source, sample rate and optical I/O enable/disable.
For complete details about the 828mkII settings,
see chapter 6, "MOTU FireWire Control Panel
(Mac OS 9)" (page 47). The following sections
provide a brief explanation of each 828mkII setting
for use with Cubase.
Sample rate
Choose the desired overall sample rate for the
828mkII system and Cubase. Newly recorded
audio in Cubase will have this sample rate.
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