ART Pro Audio TubeFire 8 - Eight Ch. Mic Pre with Firewire - Manual (Page 12)

PC SOFTWARE OPERATION
Installing the Windows PC driver
(Check at www.artproaudio.com for any driver updates.) Run SETUP.EXE on the driver disk to install the
ART Firewire Driver. The installer will prompt for the destination directory. We suggest using the defaults.
Connect the TubeFire 8™ to the computer’s Firewire port ONLY when prompted, NOT before.
An icon will be placed on your desktop as well as in your STARTUP folder. The ART Driver will run every
time you start your computer unless you remove the ART Driver icon from your STARTUP folder. You will need
to run the driver if you wish to use the TubeFire 8™ with any recording software.
Using the Windows PC driver panel
You can adjust the sample rate, optimize the latency, select Wordclock as a timing source, check the status
of the unit and even re-name your TubeFire 8™ using the ART Card Control Panel.
Any changes you make will be recorded in the non-volatile flash memory of the TubeFire 8™ maintaining
your settings even after loosing power.
It is normal for the unit to mute audio and report “trying to lock” during any of these changes. This may last for
a few seconds as the data is written to memory.
Changing the name of your TubeFire 8™ with a Windows PC
You can re-name the TubeFire 8™ in the Device Name column to more easily identify it in your recording
software. Double click on the text and then type in something more descriptive than the default name as in
FIGURE 5.
FIGURE 5 - Renaming your TubeFire 8™
The information is saved in the flash memory of the TubeFire 8™ and will be there for the PC driver even
after the unit is powered off. (NOTE: The renaming function is not available for Mac operation.)
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