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ABOUT THE MOTU 828 10 TRS +4dB quarter-inch jacks, as are the six quarter-inch input jacks below them. All of these jacks can also accept unbalanced

ABOUT THE MOTU 828 11 CueMix™ Plus no-latency monitoring The MOTU 828 provides CueMix™ Plus no-latency monitoring from any analog input (or input pa

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CHAPTER 13 2 Packing List and Macintosh System Requirements PACKING LIST The MOTU 828 ships with the items listed below. If any of these items are no

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CHAPTER 15 3 Installing the MOTU 828 Hardware OVERVIEW Here’s an overview for installing the MOTU 828: Connect the MOTU 828 interface . . . . . . . .

INSTALLING THE MOTU 828 HARDWARE 16 CONNECT INPUTS AND OUTPUTS The MOTU 828 audio interface has the following input and output connectors: 8 balanc

INSTALLING THE MOTU 828 HARDWARE17A TYPICAL STUDIO SETUP (NO MIXER)Here is a typical MOTU 828 studio setup. This rig can be operated without an exter

INSTALLING THE MOTU 828 HARDWARE18USING THE MOTU 828 WITH A MIXERWhile there are many ways to use the MOTU 828 with an external mixer, typically the M

INSTALLING THE MOTU 828 HARDWARE19MAKING SYNC CONNECTIONSIf you connect devices digitally to the MOTU 828, or if you need to synchronize the MOTU 828

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR OTHER

INSTALLING THE MOTU 828 HARDWARE20DO YOU NEED A SYNCHRONIZER?Whether or not you’ll need a synchronizer depends on your gear and what you will be doing

INSTALLING THE MOTU 828 HARDWARE21SAMPLE-ACCURATE SYNCYour MOTU 828 system provides you with the most advanced, accurate synchronization possible wit

INSTALLING THE MOTU 828 HARDWARE22SAMPLE-ACCURATE SYNC WITH ADATsThe MOTU 828 can achieve sample-accurate sync with AudioDesk, Digital Performer, or a

INSTALLING THE MOTU 828 HARDWARE23ADAT SYNC WITH NO SYNCHRONIZEREven if you don’t have an ADAT synchronizer, you can achieve sample-accurate sync bet

INSTALLING THE MOTU 828 HARDWARE24SYNC TO SMPTE, WORD CLOCK, VIDEOTo synchronize (continuously resolve) the MOTU 828 with SMPTE time code, word clock,

INSTALLING THE MOTU 828 HARDWARE25SYNCING OPTICAL DEVICESThe word optical is our short-hand way of referring to any device that connects to the MOTU

INSTALLING THE MOTU 828 HARDWARE26SYNCING S/PDIF DEVICESDAT decks and other S/PDIF devices will sync to the MOTU 828 in one of two ways: Via the S/PD

INSTALLING THE MOTU 828 HARDWARE27SYNCING LARGE SYSTEMSIf you are connecting the MOTU 828 to a lot of other digital audio gear, get a Digital Timepie

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CHAPTER294 Installing the MOTU 828 Macintosh SoftwareOVERVIEWThe MOTU 828 ships with the following software components:Running the MOTU 828 software i

CHAPTER 3 Contents 5 Quick Reference: MOTU 828 Front Panel 6 Quick Reference: MOTU 828 Rear Panel 7 Quick Reference: MOTU 828 Control Panel 9 About t

INSTALLING THE MOTU 828 MACINTOSH SOFTWARE30RUNNING THE MOTU 828 SOFTWARE INSTALLERInsert the Macintosh and Windows compatible installer CD-ROM into y

INSTALLING THE MOTU 828 MACINTOSH SOFTWARE31AUDIODESK WORKSTATION SOFTWAREThe MOTU 828 installer places AudioDesk on the top level of your Macintosh’

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CHAPTER335 MOTU 828 Control PanelOVERVIEWThe MOTU 828 Control Panel provides access to all MOTU 828 settings. These settings can also be accessed from

MOTU 828 CONTROL PANEL34MOTU 828 SETTINGSFigure 5-1: The MOTU 828 Control Panel gives you access to all of thesettings in the MOTU 828 hardware.Sample

MOTU 828 CONTROL PANEL35You should also use this setting if you have a MIDI Timepiece AV, which allows you to drive your entire system from the trans

MOTU 828 CONTROL PANEL36S/PDIFThe S/PDIF clock source setting refers to the S/PDIF RCA input connector on the MOTU 828. This setting allows the MOTU 8

MOTU 828 CONTROL PANEL37CueMix ™Plus monitoringThe MOTU 828’s CueMix™ Plus no-latency monitoring feature completely eliminates monitoring latency. Fo

MOTU 828 CONTROL PANEL38MONITORING LIVE INPUTThere are two ways to monitor live audio input with the MOTU 828: 1) through the computer or 2) via CueMi

MOTU 828 CONTROL PANEL39IF MOTU 828 SETTINGS ARE GRAYED OUTIf the MOTU 828 FireWire driver is currently in use by an audio program (or Sound Manager)

About the Mark of the Unicorn License Agreement and Limited Warranty on Software TO PERSONS WHO PURCHASE OR USE THIS PRODUCT: carefully read all the

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CHAPTER416 The MOTU 828 and Digital PerformerOVERVIEWThis chapter provides a brief overview of Digital Performer’s basic I/O and synchronization opera

THE MOTU 828 AND DIGITAL PERFORMER42Figure 6-1: The ‘Configure Hardware Driver’ menu item produces theMOTU 828 settings shown above. This window provid

THE MOTU 828 AND DIGITAL PERFORMER43monitoring as described in “Monitoring live input” on page 38 and “Monitor input — CueMix™ Plus” on page 37.Figur

THE MOTU 828 AND DIGITAL PERFORMER44BE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH VOICESGo to the Basics menu and choose MOTU Audio System Options>Configure Studio Size.

THE MOTU 828 AND DIGITAL PERFORMER45locked. For details, see “Syncing optical devices” on page 25 and “Making sync connections” on page 19. If you do

THE MOTU 828 AND DIGITAL PERFORMER46EXCHANGING PROJECTS WITH AUDIODESKDigital Performer (Version 2.6 or later) can exchange files with AudioDesk 1.0. F

CHAPTER477 The MOTU 828 and AudioDeskOVERVIEWThis chapter provides a brief overview of AudioDesk’s basic I/O and synchronization operation with the MO

THE MOTU 828 AND AUDIODESK48Figure 7-1: The ‘Configure Hardware Driver’ menu item produces theMOTU 828 settings shown above. This window provides all o

THE MOTU 828 AND AUDIODESK49Figure 7-2: When adjusting the ‘Samples Per Buffer’ to reducemonitoring latency, watch the ‘processor’ meter in the Perfo

0 Quick Reference: MOTU 828 Front Panel This is a standard quarter-inch stereo headphone jack. Its output matches the main outs on the rear panel. Th

THE MOTU 828 AND AUDIODESK50BE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH VOICESGo to the Basics menu and choose MOTU Audio System Options>Configure Studio Size. Then che

THE MOTU 828 AND AUDIODESK51Slaving AudioDesk and the MOTU 828 to SMPTE time codeIf you need to slave AudioDesk and the MOTU 828 system to SMPTE time

THE MOTU 828 AND AUDIODESK52Digital Performer, just use the Open command. (No conversion is required beforehand in AudioDesk.)If you have an earlier v

CHAPTER538 The MOTU 828 and Other Audio SoftwareOVERVIEWThe MOTU 828 includes an ASIO driver that provides multi-channel I/O with any ASIO-compatible

THE MOTU 828 AND OTHER AUDIO SOFTWARE54CHECK YOUR SETUP WITH AUDIODESK FIRSTBefore you run your third-party audio software with the MOTU 828, launch A

THE MOTU 828 AND OTHER AUDIO SOFTWARE552 Choose MOTU 828 from the ASIO device menu.3 Make the other settings in the dialog as need for your system an

THE MOTU 828 AND OTHER AUDIO SOFTWARE56Figure 8-4: Use the output buttons at the bottom of each channelstrip to assign MOTU 828 outputs to busses. You

THE MOTU 828 AND OTHER AUDIO SOFTWARE57Synchronizing digital audio connectionsIf you have devices connected to the MOTU 828 digital inputs (optical o

THE MOTU 828 AND OTHER AUDIO SOFTWARE58The ASIO 2.0 MMC setting in CubaseThe Timecode Base menu shown above in Figure 8-5 includes a setting called AS

CHAPTER599 Sound ManagerOVERVIEWSound Manager is a standard Mac OS System Extension that provides stereo sound capabilities on your Power Macintosh. T

0 Quick Reference: MOTU 828 Rear Panel Connect the MOTU 828 to the computer here using the standard 1394 FireWire cable provided with your MOTU 828.T

SOUND MANAGER60Figure 9-1: Lower the alert sound volume to avoid getting blasted byit through your MOTU 828 hardware.3 Lower the Alert volume. This pr

CHAPTER6110 TroubleshootingUsing Pro Tools, Sound Manager and -50 errorWhen using Sound Manager, Pro Tools software will only allow audio input via th

TROUBLESHOOTING62The order of devices in the DTP panel of the MIDI Machine Control window is not controlled by the order of connections to the MOTU 82

TROUBLESHOOTING63Monitoring - How to monitor inputs?Please refer to the documentation for the audio application that you are using. If your applicati

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INDEX6502R mixer 25connecting 181394 connector 6, 10, 1524-bit3rd party software 58analog recording 9AudioDesk 50Digital Performer 44optical 6, 10rec

INDEX66bit resolution 34Fine-tune Audio I/O Timing 44, 50input/output timing 44, 50location 30MOTU Folder 29location 30MTC sync 20, 21NNeutrik jacks 6

CHAPTER 7 The MOTU 828 Control Panel above is the same as the “Configure Hardware Driver” dialogs found in AudioDesk and Digital Performer (in their B

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CHAPTER 9 1 About the MOTU 828 OVERVIEW The MOTU 828 is a computer-based hard disk recording system for Mac OS and Windows that offers 18 simultaneou