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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.

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Digital Performer and AudioDesk

In MOTU Digital Performer or AudioDesk, choose

Configure Audio System > Configure Hardware

Driver

from the Setup menu, as shown in

Figure 7-2. Choose the

MOTU Track16

from the list of drivers.

Pro Tools

In Avid Pro Tools, go to the Setup menu and choose

Playback Engine

as shown in Figure 7-3.

Choose the

MOTU Track16

from the Current

Engine menu. For information about the

H/W

Buffer Size

setting, see “Adjusting the audio I/O buffer” on page 53.

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Pro Tools 9 or later is required for operation with the Track16.

Figure 7-2: Enabling the Track16 in Digital Performer

Figure 7-3: Enabling the Track16 in Pro Tools

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Logic Pro and Logic Express

In Logic Pro and Logic Express, go to the

Preferences window, click the

Audio

tab, click the

Devices

tab and click the

Core Audio

tab as shown in Figure 7-4. Choose the

MOTU Track16

from the

Output and Input device menus.

Garage Band

In Garage Band, go to the

Audio/MIDI

preferences and choose

MOTU Track16

from the

Audio Output

and

Audio Input

menus as shown below in

Figure 7-6.

Figure 7-4: Enabling the Track16 in Logic

Soundtrack Pro

In Soundtrack Pro, access the preferences window, click the Recording tab and choose

MOTU Track16

from the

Input

and

Monitor

menu as shown below in Figure 7-5.

Figure 7-6: Enabling the Track16 in Garage Band

Cubase and Nuendo

In Cubase or Nuendo, go to the

Device Setup

window. Click the

VST Audio System

item in the

Devices list and choose

MOTU Track16

from the

ASIO Driver

menu as shown below in Figure 7-7.

Activate the inputs and outputs within Cubase or

Nuendo as usual.

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Figure 7-5: Enabling the Track16 in Soundtrack Pro

Figure 7-7: Enabling the Track16 in Cubase

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