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- Page 1 MOTU 896 ™ User’s Guide for Macintosh 1280 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 Business voice: (617) 576-2760 Business fax: (617) 576-3609 Tech support phone: (617) 576-3066 Tech support fax: (617) 354-3068 Tech support email: techsupport@motu.com Web site: www.motu.com...
- Page 2 7. Power Sources - This MOTU 896 should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power supply to your location, consult your local power company.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Macintosh System Requirements Installing the MOTU 896 Hardware Installing the MOTU 896 Macintosh Software MOTU FireWire Audio Control Panel The MOTU 896 and Digital Performer The MOTU 896 and AudioDesk The MOTU 896 and Other Audio Software Sound Manager Troubleshooting... - Page 4 That license agreement is a contract, and clicking “Accept” binds you and Return Merchandise Authorization Number on the outside of the box below the MOTU to all its terms and conditions. In the event anything contained in this shipping address.
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Page 7: Quick Reference
Choose the desired optical format you’ d like to use for the optical power. Doing so frees up FireWire bandwidth. input and output. For the 896, the choices are ‘ADAT’ or ‘OFF’ . Turning them off frees up FireWire bandwidth for other devices. -
Page 9: About The Motu 896
About the MOTU 896 CHAPTER OVERVIEW 10-segment programmable LEDs for analog The MOTU 896 is a computer-based hard disk output, ADAT input or ADAT output recording system for Mac OS and Windows that 10-segment programmable LEDs for AES/EBU offers 18 simultaneous inputs and outputs. The... - Page 10 24-bit ADAT optical digital audio input and output at either 44.1 or 48 kHz. 18 simultaneous inputs and outputs All MOTU 896 inputs and outputs can be used AES/EBU with sample rate conversion simultaneously, for a total of 18 inputs and outputs The MOTU 896 rear panel provides standard (8 analog + 8 ADAT optical + 2 AES/EBU).
- Page 11 16-bit or 24-bit audio files The MOTU 896 front panel includes a quarter-inch at 44.1, 48, 88.2 or 96 KHz via any of the MOTU stereo headphone output jack and volume knob. 896’s analog or digital inputs and outputs (except The headphone output matches the main stereo optical, which only supports 44.1 or 48).
- Page 12 The MOTU 896 system includes a standard Mac OS Sound Manager driver for stereo I/O with any audio application that supports Sound Manager. The MOTU 896 also includes a Macintosh ASIO driver for multi-channel compatibility with any audio application that supports ASIO drivers. A COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM...
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Page 13: Packing List And Macintosh System Requirements
CHAPTER Macintosh System Requirements PACKING LIST MACINTOSH SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS The MOTU 896 ships with the items listed below. If The MOTU 896 system requires the following any of these items are not present in your MOTU Macintosh system: 896 box when you first open it, please immediately A G3/300Mhz Power Macintosh or faster contact your dealer or MOTU. - Page 14 P A C K I N G L I S T A N D M A C I N T O S H S Y S T E M R E Q U I R E M E N T S...
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Page 15: Installing The Motu 896 Hardware
A typical studio setup (no mixer) ... .17 An example setup for computer-based mixing/FX. Using the MOTU 896 with a mixer ...18 An example setup for a mixer-based studio. -
Page 16: Connect Inputs And Outputs
Using an external mixer trim range, from all the way down with the MIC The MOTU 896 can be used without a mixer, as setting to all the way up with the LINE setting is shown on the opposite page in Figure 3-3. In this around 55dB total. -
Page 17: A Typical Studio Setup (No Mixer)
A TYPICAL STUDIO SETUP (NO MIXER) latency monitoring to listen to what you are Here is a typical MOTU 896 studio setup. This rig recording via the main outs. The MOTU FireWire can be operated without an external mixer. All... -
Page 18: Using The Motu 896 With A Mixer
A word of connect the analog section of the MOTU 896 to advice: if you would like to use the MOTU 896 with your mixer. If your mixer is digital, and it has an external mixer, use the mixer for mixing. -
Page 19: Making Sync Connections
Figure 3-5: You can run the MOTU 896 under its own internal clock when it has no digital audio connections and you are not synchroniz- ing the MOTU 896 system to an external time reference such as SMPTE time code. -
Page 20: Do You Need A Synchronizer
ADAT SYNC port on audio software to MIDI Time Code. When the the MOTU 896 lets you do so without a separate MOTU 896 is continuously resolved, audio synchronizer — and with sample-accurate playback will never drift with respect to the time precision (if you’re using AudioDesk, Digital... -
Page 21: Sample-Accurate Sync
Digital Performer Figure 3-8: These recommended combinations of hardware and software offer the tightest sync possible between the MOTU 896 and digital audio tape decks in the form of sample-accurate locating between the software and the tape decks. Sample accurate locating is possible with ADATs even without a MIDI Timepiece AV or Digital Timepiece, although you give up transport control from the computer without them. -
Page 22: Sample-Accurate Sync With Adats
Sync In Figure 3-10: Connections for sample-accurate sync between one or more ADATs and the MOTU 896. I N S T A L L I N G T H E M O T U 8 9 6 H A R D W A R E... -
Page 23: Adat Sync With No Synchronizer
1. Choose Receive Sync from the Basics menu. 2. Choose the Sample-accurate option shown to the left. To set the MOTU 896 hardware clock source for sample-accurate sync: Macintosh computer running AudioDesk or Digital Performer 1. Choose MOTU Audio System>Configure Hardware Driver from the Basics menu in AudioDesk or Digital Performer, or run the MOTU FireWire Audio Control Panel. -
Page 24: Sync To Smpte, Word Clock, Video
Clock In Figure 3-12: Resolving the MOTU 896 to an external time base, such as SMPTE time code, word clock, or video. In this example, an S-VHS video deck is supplying SMPTE time code (address) and video (as the time base). For examples of other sources, consult the MIDI Timepiece AV manual (or other synchronizer). -
Page 25: Syncing Optical Devices
Computer with MOTU 896 Figure 3-13: Three setups for synchronizing an optical device with the MOTU 896. You can slave the optical device to the MOTU 896 or vice versa with their optical connections. For more elaborate setups, you can slave both to a digital audio synchronizer like the Digital Timepiece. -
Page 26: Syncing Aes/Ebu Devices
Figure 3-14: Two setups for synchronizing an AES/EBU device with the MOTU 896. In the top diagram, sync is achieved via the AES/EBU connec- tion itself. In this case, you have to choose AES/EBU as the MOTU 896’s clock source when recording from the AES/EBU device. If you don’t want to have to worry about switching the Clock Source setting depending on the direction of the AES/EBU transfer, you can slave the AES/EBU device to word clock from the MOTU 896 or vice versa (not shown). - Page 27 (location). For example, one device can be the time actually be clocked from a number of different sources. In this example, it is resolved to the 896 system clock. For details about other code master while another is the audio clock possible clock sources, see “Clocking scenarios for AES/EBU output”...
- Page 28 Slave 2. Sample rate convert the AES/EBU input. Figure 3-18: Slaving the 896 to an AES/EBU device. For the 896’s clock source, choose ‘AES/EBU’ . 3. Use word clock to resolve the 896 system clock AES/EBU input with rate conversion and the other AES/EBU device with each other.
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Page 29: Syncing To Word Clock
Other device system clock rate (when the system clock is at Figure 3-22: Slaving another digital audio device to the 896. For the either 44.1 or 48 kHz) or half the system clock rate 896’s clock source, choose any source. -
Page 30: Syncing Large Systems
The 896 offers several audio sync formats Remember, you have several ways to slave an 896 to Figure 3-23: To slave the 896 to SMPTE time code, use a dedicated a synchronizer like the Digital Timepiece. You can synchronizer such as a MOTU MIDI Timepiece AV or Digital Timepiece. -
Page 31: Connecting Multiple Motu 896 Interfaces
Connect them as follows: FireWire FireWire FireWire FireWire Figure 3-25: Choosing which 896 you are working with in the MOTU FireWire Audio Control Panel. FireWire Synchronizing multiple 896s The entire 896 system gets its clock from whatever you choose from the Clock Source menu in the FireWire MOTU FireWire Audio Control Panel. - Page 32 Figure 3-26: The entire 896 system gets its clock from a single master sync source on any connected 896 (or other MOTU FireWire inter- face). After you choose a source from this menu, the entire system, Managing the IDs of multiple interfaces including all connected 896s, synchronizes to it.
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Page 33: Installing The Motu 896 Macintosh Software
MOTU FireWire Audio Driver and Enabler . . . 33 components: MOTU Folder ......34 Software MOTU FireWire Audio Control Panel . - Page 34 Performer. It also holds the real-time effects processing plug-ins used by AudioDesk and Digital Performer. Figure 4-1: The MOTU Folder contains the MOTU hard disk recording engine for AudioDesk and Digital Performer. Figure 4-2: The MOTU FireWire Audio Control Panel gives you access to all of the settings in the MOTU 896 hardware.
- Page 35 See the AudioDesk manual included with your MOTU 896 system for details. Figure 4-3: The MOTU FireWire Control Strip module gives you access to all of the settings in the MOTU 896 hardware, just like the MOTU FireWire Audio Control Panel. Figure 4-4: AudioDesk.
- Page 36 ASIO MOTU FIREWIRE AUDIO DRIVER For details about using Cubase VST with the ASIO stands for Audio Streaming Input and Output. MOTU 896, see chapter 8, “The MOTU 896 and The ASIO MOTU FireWire Audio driver allows Other Audio Software” (page 57).
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Page 37: Motu Firewire Audio Control Panel
Accessing the MOTU 896 settings ... .37 MOTU 896 Settings ......38 Sample Rate . -
Page 38: Motu 896 Settings
It doesn’t matter which way you access the MOTU The Clock Source determines the digital audio clock 896 settings. They are the same in all three places. that the MOTU 896 will use as its time base. For a MOTU 896 SETTINGS complete explanation of synchronization issues, see “Making sync connections”... -
Page 39: Samples Per Buffer
Use this setting when you are using the MOTU 896 This setting is also useful if you just need to make a with one or more ADATs. Make sure the MOTU simple, click-free digital transfer between the 896 is connected to the end of the ADAT sync MOTU 896 and another device —... -
Page 40: Enable Sound Manager Driver
MOTU 896. As another example, you could route the material being recorded to hard disk. The audio from a pair of MOTU 896 inputs into a third- system is precisely calibrated to record and play party Sound Manager-compatible audio back hard disk audio perfectly on time. -
Page 41: Disable Option
FireWire audio interfaces) connected, you can view input signal (whatever it happens to be) and the settings for each interface by choosing it from converts it to the 896 system clock rate. The Rate this menu. Conversion LEDs on the 896 front panel indicate... -
Page 42: Aes/Ebu Meters
Figure 5-3: There are two ways to monitor live audio inputs with the MOTU 896: 1) through the computer or 2) via CueMix™ Plus hardware monitoring. This diagram shows method 1 (through the computer). When using this method, use the MOTU 896’s ‘Samples Per Buffer’ setting to reduce the slight delay you hear when monitoring the live input, but don’t lower it too much, or your computer will act sluggish. -
Page 43: Monitoring Live Input
(for a bit of reverb) and mix that There are two ways to monitor live audio input with processed signal on the main outs with dry vocals the MOTU 896: 1) through the computer or 2) via from CueMix Plus. CueMix™ Plus hardware monitoring. Figure 5-3... - Page 44 M O T U F I R E W I R E A U D I O C O N T R O L P A N E L...
- Page 45 Setting up your system..... .45 present in your FreeMIDI setup. The MOTU 896 settings.....45 THE MOTU 896 SETTINGS Be sure you have enough voices .
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Page 46: The Motu 896 And Digital Performer
Digital Performer to external SMPTE time code, choose Internal. If you are slaving the MOTU 896 to the ADAT sync In or Word Clock In connector, choose ADAT 9- pin or Word Clock In, respectively. - Page 47 Optical input and output ☛ To make a MOTU 896 optical input or output Remember: the Auto Monitor feature only available in Digital Performer, turn them on in the responds to tracks whose output setting is Analog optical input and/or output menu.
- Page 48 Digital Performer can run under its own transport MOTU 896 until peaks in the level meter are as control or slave to an external sync source, such as high as possible without clipping (hitting zero dB).
- Page 49 Instead, use sample-accurate sync as described in the next section. USING A FOOT SWITCH Use a foot switch connected to the MOTU 896 to Sample-accurate sync to ADAT trigger recording punch-in and punch-out, or any Together, Digital Performer and the MOTU 896...
- Page 50 AudioDesk, and back again. Just use Save As in mixing environment. From there, you can route it Digital Performer’s File menu and choose the to your MOTU 896 interface via any of Digital AudioDesk file format. To open AudioDesk files in Performer’s extensive audio routing features. For Digital Performer, just use the Open command.
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Page 51: Setting Up Your System
MOTU 896 installer CD.) The MOTU 896 settings.....51 Be sure you have enough voices ....54 If you are using a MIDI Timepiece AV or Digital Trimming the analog inputs . -
Page 52: The Motu 896 And Audiodesk
AudioDesk to external SMPTE time code, choose Internal. If you are slaving the MOTU 896 to the ADAT sync Input or Word Clock Input connector, choose ADAT 9-pin or Word Clock In, respectively. - Page 53 Optical input and output Figure 7-3: To enable the CueMix™ Plus Auto Monitor feature in To make a MOTU 896 optical input or output AudioDesk or AudioDesk, be sure the ‘Direct hardware playthrough’ available in AudioDesk, turn them on in the optical option is chosen, and be sure audio patch thru is turned on.
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Page 54: Be Sure You Have Enough Voices
AudioDesk can run under its own transport MOTU 896 until peaks in the level meter are as control or slave to an external sync source, such as high as possible without clipping (hitting zero dB). -
Page 55: Midi Machine Control (Mmc)
Slaving AudioDesk and the MOTU 896 to SMPTE time code If you have ADATs and a MMC-compatible ADAT If you need to slave AudioDesk and the MOTU 896 synchronizer like the MIDI Timepiece AV or system to SMPTE time code, choose Receive Sync... -
Page 56: Audiodesk And Midi Sequencing
AudioDesk, along with powerful, state-of-the-art MIDI sequencing. Talk to your authorized MOTU dealer for details about upgrading from AudioDesk to Digital Performer. T H E M O T U 8 9 6 A N D A U D I O D E S K... -
Page 57: Asio Driver Support Is Required
Using a foot switch ......60 Attention: Digital Performer users Changing MOTU 896 settings ....60 Digital Performer supports ASIO, but it also Reducing delay when monitoring live inputs . -
Page 58: The Motu 896 And Other Audio Software
find it, run the MOTU 896 installer again and do a Custom Install. Figure 8-2: The MOTU FireWire Control Panel gives you access to all of the settings in the MOTU 896 hardware, including the clock source, optical I/O enable/disable and CueMix™ Plus monitor input(s). -
Page 59: Number Of Audio Channels
Cubase. The Audio Clock Source setting shown here is for the MOTU ASIO driver in the Audio System dialog, choose 896. You can also choose the clock source in the MOTU FireWire Audio Audio Inputs from the Audio menu to see the Control Panel or Control Strip module. -
Page 60: Trimming The Analog Inputs
— and eliminate — this audible Figure 8-4: Use the output buttons at the bottom of each channel strip to assign MOTU 896 outputs to busses. You can then assign monitoring delay. For details, see “Monitoring live channels in the Monitor window to each bus as desired. - Page 61 Synchronizing digital audio connections For details on how to connect your hardware for If you have devices connected to the MOTU 896 sample-accurate sync, see “Sample-accurate sync” digital inputs (optical or AES/EBU), you need to be on page 21. For software setup, consult your audio concerned with the synchronization of the MOTU software documentation.
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Page 62: Midi Machine Control (Mmc)
See “Sample-accurate sync to ADAT” on page 61 which provides sample-accurate transport control for details on how to set this up. of the MOTU MIDI Timepiece AV (or other 24-BIT OPERATION MMC-compatible synchronizer) from the Your MOTU 896 hardware fully supports 24-bit transport buttons in Cubase itself. -
Page 63: Sound Manager
AudioTap™ and Digital Performer ...65 may support higher sample rates). Therefore, you must set the MOTU 896 to run at 44.1 or 48 kHz to USING 3RD PARTY AUDIO SOFTWARE use it with Sound Manager. -
Page 64: Enabling Sound Manager I/O
Figure 9-2: Choosing the MOTU 896 for Sound Manager input. This allows any Sound Manager compatible software to receive audio from a MOTU 896 input (that you’ll choose later in this procedure). 5 Choose the desired MOTU 896 input source... -
Page 65: Changing The Inputs Or Outputs
AudioTap that allows you to route any Sound Manager audio into Digital Performer’s mixing environment. From there, you can route it to your MOTU 896 interface via any of Digital Performer’s extensive audio routing features. For details, consult your Digital Performer documen- tation. - Page 66 S O U N D M A N A G E R...
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Page 67: Troubleshooting
You won't be able to With the MOTU 896 and Sound Manager, you record from the MOTU 896 to a MDM until it is monitor input via CueMix™ Plus. For details, see “Monitor input — CueMix™ Plus” on page 41. - Page 68 You won't be able to record from the MOTU on how to word clock your gear. Whenever there is 896 to a tape deck until it is switched to digital any weird noise or distortion, suspect incorrect input. Tip: configure this in ClockWorks or word lock.
- Page 69 This is printed on a sticker placed on the bottom of Plus monitoring feature. Please see “Monitor input the MOTU 896 rack unit. You must be able to — CueMix™ Plus” on page 41. supply this number to receive technical support.
- Page 70 If you have features or ideas you would like to see implemented, we’d like to hear from you. Please write to the MOTU 896 Development Team, MOTU Inc., 1280 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138.
- Page 71 5, 11 Connecting multiple 896s Headphone jack 6, 10 ADAT optical Control Panel (MOTU 828) Headphones clock source setting Control Panel (MOTU FireWire Audio) connecting connecting 34, 37 syncing with Control Strip ADAT Sync Control Strip module (828) Input gain...
- Page 72 System requirements AudioDesk summary of features minimum configuring 12, 13 MOTU 828 Control Panel recommended computer Digital Performer MOTU 828 Control Strip module jack MOTU 896 Phantom power 5, 10, 16 expansion Phase-lock Technical support installing Phones...
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