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Summary of Contents for MOTU Stage- B16
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Page 1: User Guide
Stage ™ User Guide Title Page 1280 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 Business voice: (617) 576-2760 Business fax: (617) 576-3609 Web site: www.motu.com Tech support: www.motu.com/support... -
Page 2: Important Safeguards
The MOTU product is equipped with a three-conductor cord and grounding type plug which has a grounding prong, approved by Underwriters' Laboratories and the Canadian Standards Association. This plug requires a mating three-conductor grounded type outlet as shown in Figure A below. If the outlet you are planning to use for the MOTU product is of the two prong type, DO NOT REMOVE OR ALTER THE GROUNDING PRONG IN ANY MANNER. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Part 1: Getting Started Quick Start Guide Stage-B16 Front Panel Stage-B16 Rear Panel MOTU AVB Control Web App About the Stage-B16 Packing List and System Requirements Software Installation Hardware Installation Part 2: Using the Stage-B16 Presets Working with Host Audio Software... - Page 4 Authorization Number on the outside of the box below the shipping address. That license agreement is a contract, and clicking “Accept” binds you and MOTU to This warranty does not apply if the equipment has been damaged by accident, all its terms and conditions.
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Page 5: Part 1: Getting Started
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Page 7: Quick Start Guide
Stage-B16 to the Mac’s Ethernet port with a standard CAT-5e or CAT-6 Ethernet cable (sold separately). 4 Switch on the Stage-B16. 5 Open the MOTU AVB Control web app by doing Preset Application one of the following: Audio interface Operate as a standard audio interface. -
Page 9: Stage-B16 Front Panel
24Ao, 112D, Monitor 8, etc. stage monitors or any other desired destination. Control volume from the MOTU AVB Control web app. 6. The LEDs show signal activity for the 16 mic inputs, the A standard ethernet hub or Wi-Fi router (for internet ■... -
Page 10: Stage-B16 Rear Panel
Stage-B16 Rear Panel 1. The Stage-B16 is equipped with an auto-switching international power supply. 2. Connect the Stage-B16 to a computer here using a standard USB cable. 3. The Stage-B16 operates as a USB MIDI interface, allowing MIDI software to communicate with connected MIDI devices through the USB connec- tion to the computer. -
Page 11: Motu Avb Control Web App
OVERVIEW MAKE HARDWARE AND NETWORK CONNECTIONS MOTU AVB Control is a web app that gives you Connect your Stage-B16 to your computer or complete control over the Stage-B16. If you have laptop with a USB cable. Make sure your iPad,... - Page 12 DEVICE TAB 1. If you have two or more MOTU AVB 7. Lets you create, save, recall and software. The front panel on the source (14). If it cannot lock for some interfaces, the Device list lets you manage presets for the Stage-B16.
- Page 13 AVB network, connection can’t be made for some 25. The digital mixer in the Stage-B16 through MOTU’s web site or tech you can stream audio channels to reason, the stream name turns italic. support department. The Check For supports up to 48 channels.
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Page 14: Routing Tab
ROUTING TAB The Routing Tab lets you route inputs to 6. When you make a connection, the any are connected) to local 13. Audio activity indicators. outputs. Outputs are listed by row on the source (input) signal is listed by hardware inputs and outputs. -
Page 15: Mixing Tab
MIXING TAB The Mixing tab gives you full access to 6. This column is the Legend. It 12. The Monitor Bus can mirror the 21. Channel faders. the 48-channel mixer in the Stage-B16, provides labels and controls for output of any other bus, or it can act 22. -
Page 16: Aux Mixing Tab
AUX MIXING TAB The Aux Mixing tab provides quick 4. Click the aux bus or group you wish 9. Indicates if the input or group is 13. Click the View Personal Mix button access to the Stage-B16’s mix busses to view in the window. In this stereo or mono. -
Page 17: Mixer Input Channel Strips
MIXER INPUT CHANNEL STRIPS To access a mixer input channel strip, go 13. Input level and gain reduction meters to the Mixing tab (page 15), reveal the for the compressor. side bar (item #3 on page 15), and then 14. Aux and reverb sends, with panning, show the input channel you want in the Mixer Inputs section (30). -
Page 18: Main Mix And Monitor Channel Strips
MAIN MIX AND MONITOR CHANNEL STRIPS To access the Main Mix and Monitor bus 6. Indicates that the bus is stereo. channel strips, go to the Mixing tab 7. The four-band parametric EQ for the (page 15) and scroll the display to the Main Mix bus operates the same as right, beyond the inputs and groups. -
Page 19: Aux Bus Channel Strips
AUX BUS CHANNEL STRIPS Aux busses can be used to create sub-mixes. An aux bus can be assigned to any output in the Routing grid (page 14). To access an Aux bus channel strip, go to the Mixing tab (page 15), reveal the side bar (item #3 on page 15), and then show the aux busses you want in the Mixer Outputs section (27). -
Page 20: Group And Reverb Channel Strips
GROUP AND REVERB CHANNEL STRIPS Group busses can be used to create a mix sub- group, which is a set of inputs you wish to control together as a group. Groups differ from aux busses in that they have aux sends, a reverb send, as well as a main mix send. -
Page 21: About The Stage-B16
48-channel interfaces that offer complementary I/O configura- mixing, DSP effects, wireless control , AVB audio tions. For details, visit motu.com. networking and very high quality A/D/A conversion at sample rates up to 192 kHz. Universal connectivity... - Page 22 CAT-5e Ethernet cable. You can you can control its powerful mixing and DSP network up to five MOTU interfaces together using effects from your smart phone or tablet, without a a MOTU AVB Switch™ (sold separately), and then computer —...
- Page 23 AudioDesk provides multi-channel waveform editing, automated virtual mixing, graphic editing of ramp automation, real-time effects plug-ins with crossfades, support for many third-party audio plug-ins, sample-accurate editing and placement of audio, and more. A B O U T T H E S T A G E - B 1 6...
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Page 25: Packing List And System Requirements
first open it, please immediately contact your Visit www.motu.com/register ■ dealer or MOTU. One Stage-B16 unit ■ Fill out and mail the included product ■... - Page 26 P A C K I N G L I S T A N D S Y S T E M R E Q U I R E M E N T S...
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Page 27: Software Installation
Ethernet, all you need is a recent Mac (any Mac that MOTU AVB USB Control Panel ..... . . 28 has a Thunderbolt port on it) with Mac OS X MIDI I/O on Windows . -
Page 28: Audio Drivers
On Windows, to enable the Stage-B16 in your ASIO host software, choose the MOTU AVB USB ASIO driver. Figure 3-2: The MOTU AVB USB Audio Control Panel Buffer Settings tab. USB Streaming Mode USB Streaming Mode (Figure 3-2) determines how frequently the USB driver transfers audio. -
Page 29: Midi I/O On Windows
MIDI I/O ON WINDOWS Rescan MIDI. On Windows, the MOTU AVB installer provides a USB MIDI driver for the Stage-B16. This driver Connecting MIDI devices to the Stage-B16 Once your Stage-B16 interface appears in Audio allows you to access the Stage-B16’s MIDI input... -
Page 30: Audiodesk Workstation Software
AUDIODESK WORKSTATION SOFTWARE AudioDesk is an advanced workstation software package for Mac and Windows that lets you record, edit, mix, process, bounce and master multi-track digital audio recording projects. Advanced features include real-time effects processing, recording, and much more. See the AudioDesk User Guide, available on your computer hard drive as a PDF document. -
Page 31: Hardware Installation
Hardware Installation CHAPTER OVERVIEW USB AUDIO INTERFACE SETUP USB audio interface setup ......31 AVB Ethernet audio interface setup. -
Page 32: Avb Ethernet Audio Interface Setup
Use a standard CAT-5e or CAT-6 cable. ■ Connect to the computer’s Ethernet port. ■ Use this setup if you want to connect two MOTU See “Operation as an AVB Ethernet audio ■ interfaces to your computer. interface” on page 27. -
Page 33: Setup For Three To Five Interfaces
Use standard CAT-5e Ethernet network cables to ■ Use this setup if you want to connect three to five connect the interfaces to the MOTU AVB Switch MOTU interfaces to your computer using a MOTU using their NETWORK ports. AVB Switch™ (sold separately). -
Page 34: Setup For A Multi-Switch Network
■ “Networking” (page 63). If you have Thunderbolt-equipped MOTU AVB interfaces on the network (such as the 1248, 8M, 16A or 112D), in addition to your Stage-B16, use them for computer connections. The computer then has access to 128 channels of input and output to the network. -
Page 35: Setup For Multiple Interfaces
(hundreds at a time) directly among setup” on page 32), multiple AVB audio interfaces interfaces with near-zero latency. can be connected using a MOTU AVB Switch (or any 3rd-party AVB switch), and the Mac can see all Connecting multiple interfaces using of them through their AVB connection. -
Page 36: Setup For Web App Control
SETUP FOR WEB APP CONTROL Mixing and matching web app control scenarios The MOTU AVB Control web app gives you access The web app connection scenarios shown in the to all settings, routing, mixing, and effects following sections are not exclusive from one processing in the Stage-B16, and each interface on another. - Page 37 Figure 4-3: Web app control through a standard Ethernet hub or network (LAN). Figure 4-5: Using the Ethernet port on the MOTU AVB Switch. H A R D W A R E I N S T A L L A T I O N...
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Page 38: A Typical Stage-B16 Setup
Stage monitors (MIDI ports on rear panel) and/or Virtual instruments Laptop MIDI Keyboard Airport or other MOTU AVB wireless router Switch MOTU 112D digital interface 64-channel MADI Additional AVB Ether- Tablets and net connections to smartphones monitor mixer and FOH mixing console playback system. -
Page 39: Audio Connections
AUDIO CONNECTIONS MIDI CONNECTIONS Here are a few things to keep in mind as you are The Stage-B16 provides MIDI I/O to the computer making audio connections to your Stage-B16 over USB. Connect your MIDI device’s MIDI IN interface. jack to the Stage-B16’s MIDI OUT jack (Connection A below). -
Page 40: Syncing An Avb Network
Low latency master clock device by hand. For example, you may ■ be in a situation where at least one MOTU device Network-wide time base ■ on the network must remain resolved to its own Better-than-sample-accurate phase lock across clock (or another clock source). -
Page 41: Syncing Multiple Avb Audio Interfaces Connected To A Mac
SYNCING MULTIPLE AVB AUDIO INTERFACES CONNECTED TO A MAC There are several options for clocking multiple AVB audio devices connected to the Mac: You can resolve them to an external clock source ■ (like word clock, if available). You can create an aggregate device, as usual. The ■... - Page 42 H A R D W A R E I N S T A L L A T I O N...
- Page 43 Part 2 Using the Stage-B16...
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Page 45: Presets
Figure 5-1: Using the Stage-B16 as an audio interface. The Stage-B16 is highly capable and configurable, allowing it to perform many tasks simultaneously. Video tutorials To view several excellent video tutorials for the presets described in this chapter, visit: www.motu.com/avb... -
Page 46: Stand-Alone Mixer
In this scenario, you can control the mixer from the on page 36. Figure 5-2 below shows the Wi-Fi MOTU AVB Control web app running on the scenario. Note that you can control the mix from computer. You can also run the web app from multiple Wi-Fi devices. -
Page 47: Live Recording With Monitor Mixing
Stage-B16’s mix. As AVB Stream Connections section of the Device tab with the other presets, aux busses are routed to the of the main MOTU AVB interface (item #19 on Stage-B16’s line outs, for independent monitor page 13). -
Page 48: Stage Box With Mixing
STAGE BOX WITH MIXING Similar to the Stage box preset, the Stage Box With Mixing preset routes audio to and from other devices over Ethernet cabling. However, instead of routing incoming network audio directly to the Stage-B16’s outputs, this preset routes the incoming network audio to the Stage-B16’s mixer. - Page 49 Run the web app........49 you wish to make available to your host audio Choosing the MOTU AVB Audio driver....52 software. Disable banks you are not using to Reducing monitoring latency.
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Page 50: Working With Host Audio Software
Any audio streams going to and from the AVB ■ network, if you have multiple networked MOTU AVB devices. Figure 6-1: An example of routing computer channels (from host audio software) to the analog outputs on a Stage-B16. - Page 51 Naming computer input and output channels computer channel row. Now, the mix bus output Click on any computer input or output name in the will be routed to the computer via the channel you routing grid (Figure 6-1) to change its name. selected.
- Page 52 1-2 are being sent to Phones L-R and Main L-R. To route a source to multiple destinations, click multiple boxes in its column, Figure 6-3: Choosing the MOTU AVB ASIO driver in Cubase. (see computer channels 1-2 in Figure 6-1). Where to go in popular audio hosts...
- Page 53 MOTU audio application. Instead, you can use the MOTU AVB hardware, you can significantly reduce latency by Control web app mixer (“Mixing tab” on page 15)
- Page 54 Figure 6-6: In Logic Pro, go to the Audio Driver preferences to access the Buffer Size option shown above. Adjusting buffer size on Windows To adjust buffer size on Windows, visit the MOTU AVB USB Control Panel. See “MOTU AVB USB Control Panel” on page 28.
- Page 55 Effects processing and automated mixing Responsiveness of transport controls and effect ■ Reducing latency with the buffer size setting has knobs in AudioDesk, Digital Performer or other another benefit: it lets you route live inputs through audio software. the real-time effects processing and mix Real-time virtual instrument latency.
- Page 56 W O R K I N G W I T H H O S T A U D I O S O F T W A R E...
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Page 57: High Pass Filter
Mixer Effects CHAPTER OVERVIEW Leveler ..........60 This chapter provides further information about The Leveler™, an accurate model of the legendary the effects processors available in the DSP mixer in... -
Page 58: Mixer Effects
GATE Enabling EQ Each band has an enable/disable button All input channel strips provide a Gate module. (Figure 7-3), allowing you to enable as few or as many bands as needed for the channel strip. Figure 7-2: The Gate module. The gate silences the signal when the input signal’s Enable/disable level drops below the Threshold. -
Page 59: Compressor
be flexible enough to cover a broad range of follows a loud passage. Short Release times may applications. By adjusting Gain and Bandwidth cause the attenuation to “pump”, a term used to together, you can emulate the smooth and musical describe the sound of the compressor when the character of classic analog EQ circuits, in which the average input level quickly fluctuates above and... -
Page 60: Leveler
LEVELER form a capacitor. Making one of the electrodes The Leveler™ (Figure 7-5) provides an accurate transparent allows the light to escape. These model of the legendary Teletronix™ LA-2A® devices are essentially glow-in-the-dark paint on a optical compressor, known for its unique and piece of foil covered by metalized glass or plastic, highly sought-after Automatic Gain Control and are the same devices used in low-power night... -
Page 61: Reverb
Enabling or disabling the Leveler Routing inputs and groups to the reverb processor The Leveler models the LA-2A so closely, it also The reverb processor is a single, independent unit models the time it takes for an actual LA-2A to that provides stereo reverb. - Page 62 setting represents the bottom frequency of the Mid band. The Ratio determines the length for each band specified in a percentage of the low frequency reverb time. DSP USAGE The DSP Usage meter (item #26 on page 17) shows how much of the available DSP processing power is currently being used by the mixer for the mix and for effects processing.
- Page 63 Just plug the Stage-B16 into a The MOTU AVB Switch ....... 67 standard AVB switch and go.
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Page 64: Networking
Networking comes into play as soon as you hook 100 Mbit Ethernet. This allows you to have many up a second MOTU interface to your first one, as more devices on the AVB network. explained in “Setup for two interfaces” on page 32, Over 500 channels of network audio —... - Page 65 A studio installation of three to five interfaces can to each venue. You can easily bring devices on and be handled with a single MOTU AVB Switch. See offline, rerouting audio stems as needed. “Setup for three to five interfaces” on page 33.
- Page 66 ■ AVB-compatible switch. You can use any standard switches. However, you can daisy-chain more than AVB switch on the market. MOTU offers the five- seven switches and route audio freely among them. port MOTU AVB Switch™ (sold separately). You just won’t be able to create point-to-point ☛...
- Page 67 (through USB), mapping network input and output streams is accomplished as described in the 1 In the MOTU AVB Control web app, choose the previous two sections. Simply enable AVB streams device (item #1 on page 12).
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Page 69: Part 3: Appendices
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Page 71: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting APPENDIX Some or all of my MOTU interface inputs and The Routing tab (page 14) doesn’t display some of outputs are not available in my host audio the inputs or outputs on my interface. software. What is the sample rate? Some digital I/O formats Make sure that the inputs and outputs are enabled are not available at 4x sample rates (176.4 or 192... - Page 72 The serial number of your MOTU device. This is ■ Connecting or powering gear during operation... printed on a label placed on the bottom of the rack It is not recommended that you connect/ unit.
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Page 73: Audio Specifications
Audio Specifications APPENDIX Line Out Connector Type XLR Female Balanced, Pin 2 hot Output Impedance 100 ohm Per leg Dynamic Range 123 dB A-weighted THD+N -110 dB (0.0003%) -1 dBFS, Unweighted, 1 kHz Frequency Response +0, -0.1 dB, 20 Hz/20 kHz Ref. - Page 74 A P P E N D I X B : A U D I O S P E C I F I C A T I O N S...
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Page 75: Mixer Schematics
Mixer Schematics APPENDIX MONO INPUT CHANNEL... - Page 76 STEREO INPUT CHANNEL A P P E N D I X C : M I X E R S C H E M A T I C S...
- Page 77 GROUP BUS A P P E N D I X C : M I X E R S C H E M A T I C S...
- Page 78 MONITOR BUS A P P E N D I X C : M I X E R S C H E M A T I C S...
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Page 79: Updating Firmware
2 Transfer the file to a computer with a network cable connection to the Stage-B16. Figure D-1: The firmware update banner appears automatically at the top of the Device tab when your web host has internet access and MOTU posts an update. - Page 80 Viewing the latest firmware version 3 Launch the MOTU AVB Control web app on the information computer, as usual. You can confirm the firmware version at the ☛ bottom of the Device tab (Figure D-2). If your browser is having trouble connecting with your interface, see “Establishing network...
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Page 81: Osc Support
MOTU AVB audio interfaces support OSC, which provides remote control of all device settings and mixer controls from any OSC-enabled controller. For further details about remote control through... - Page 82 A P P E N D I X E : O S C S U P P O R T...
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Page 83: Rack-Mount Brackets And Handles
Rack-mount brackets and handles APPENDIX Your Stage-B16 ships with a pair of brackets for mounting the unit in a standard 19-inch equipment rack. Also included are two handles, which you can optionally attach to the rack brackets. Both are shown below in Figure F-1. 1/2-inch screws ☛... - Page 84 1/4-inch screws Figure 8-3: If you choose to remove both the rack-mount brackets and handles, you can use the supplied 1/4-inch screws to cosmeti- cally cover the remaining screw holes. A P P E N D I X F : R A C K - M O U N T B R A C K E T S A N D H A N D L E S...
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Page 85: Index
Cubase 49, 52 7, 27 AVB Installer Installation clock source AVB Switch AVB audio interface sample rate setup 33, 37 network 33, 34 Customer Digital Performer QuickStart Guide support MOTU AVB software Control web app I N D E X... - Page 86 Installer Reaper 49, 52 specifications USB ASIO driver Reason summary of features 7, 46 WebUI Setup Propellerhead Reason Stand-alone mixer preset MOTU AVB WebUI Setup Record Steinberg Registration Cubase Release Nuendo 63-67 Networking 58, 59 Compressor Studio setup (example)
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