The Asio Control Panel Button; Number Of Channels; Asio Direct Monitoring - MOTU 828mkII User Manual

Driver menu as shown below. Make the other
settings in the dialog as need for your system and
synchronization scenario.
Cubase VST
Nuendo
Figure 11-3: Activating the 828mkII FireWire ASIO driver in Nuendo
and Cubase.

THE ASIO CONTROL PANEL BUTTON

The Mac version of Cubase VST does not allow the
MOTU FireWire Audio Console to run at the same
time as Cubase. Therefore, the ASIO Control Panel
button in the System dialog as shown in
Figure 11-3 will not launch the MOTU FireWire
Audio Console. In the meantime, you can access
the MOTU FireWire Audio Console in one of two
ways:
Quit Cubase, and then run the MOTU FireWire
■
Audio Console from the Finder, OR
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Temporarily switch to a different ASIO Device in
■
the System dialog, and then run the MOTU
FireWire Audio Console from the Finder
In either case, any changes you make to the MOTU
FireWire Audio Console window will be reflected
in Cubase when you reactivate the MOTU FireWire
ASIO driver in Cubase.

NUMBER OF CHANNELS

In Cubase, be sure to choose enough channels in
the System dialog (as shown above in Figure 11-3)
to cover the 20 channels of input and 22 channels of
output provided by your 828mkII — although the
number of channels may depend on how your
828mkII is configured:
12 channels for analog I/O (including the
■
headphone out)
2 channels for RCA S/PDIF
■
Zero, 2 or 8 channels for optical, depending on
■
whether you have optical turned off, or set to S/
PDIF or ADAT optical
For example, if you are using analog only, you only
need 12 channels. If you are using analog and RCA
S/PDIF, you need 14 channels.
As another example, if you are using analog, RCA
S/PDIF and ADAT optical, you need 22 channels
(the maximum number of simultaneous output
channels provided by the 828mkII).
In Cubase, set the number of channels in the
System dialog (as shown above in Figure 11-3).

ASIO DIRECT MONITORING

The ASIO Direct Monitoring option (Figure 11-3)
allows you to monitor inputs directly in the
828mkII hardware with no drain on your computer
and near zero latency. When you enable this
option, Cubase uses the 828mkII's CueMix DSP
monitoring features whenever you use Cubase's
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