MOTU Track16 - Desktop Studio FireWire/USB 2.0 Interface - Manual (Page 44)

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If you do not have any digital audio connections to
your Track16 (you are using the analog inputs and
outputs only), and you will not be slaving your host
software to external SMPTE time code, choose
Internal .
If you have devices connected to the Track16
optical ports, see “Choosing a clock source for
optical connections” on page 27.
If you are slaving the Track16 and your host
software to SMPTE time code, follow the
directions in chapter 10, “MOTU SMPTE Setup”
(page 103).
Phones Assign
This Track16 setting lets you choose what you’ll
hear from the headphone jack. For example, if you
choose
Main Out 1-2 , the headphones will
duplicate the main outs. Or you can choose any
other output pair. If you choose
Phones 1-2 , this
setting makes the headphone jack serve as its own
independent output pair. As a result, you’ll see
Phones 1-2 as an additional audio destination in
your host’s audio output menus.
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The 1/8th-inch “mini” headphone jack always
mirrors the 1/4-inch jack.
Optical input and output
To make a Track16 optical input or output available
in your host software, choose the appropriate
format (
ADAT optical or TOSLINK) from the
optical input and/or output menu. If you won’t be
using the optical connectors, turn them off.
Main Outs Assign
Use the Main Outs Assign setting to determine
what audio you will hear on the main outs of the
Track16. If you would like to treat them as their
own separate output pair, choose
Main Out 1-2.
Return Assign
In your host audio software audio input menus,
you’ll see an Track16 input called
Return 1-2 . This
is a stereo feed from the Track16 that matches the
signal of one of its output pairs. Use the Return
Assign menu in MOTU Audio Setup to choose
which output pair you would like to hear on this
return. This can be used, for example, to record
back a final stereo mix that includes effects
processing from the Track16 DSP (such as the
Leveler) for reference and archiving purposes.
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Warning: the Return inputs can cause
feedback loops! DO NOT assign this input to a
track that shares the same Track16 output pair as
the returns.
Reverb return
The Track16 also supplies a return to your host
software that carries the output of its reverb
processor. This return can be used for any purpose
you wish.
CHOOSING THE MOTU AUDIO DRIVER
Once you’ve made the preparations described so
far in this chapter, you’re ready to run your audio
software and enable the MOTU Audio driver.
Check the audio system or audio hardware
configuration window in your software. There will
be a menu there that lets you choose among
various drivers that may be in your system. Choose
the MOTU Audio driver from this menu.