Alesis 12 FireWire, 16 FireWire Connections and settings for Firewire recording and monitoring

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Connections and settings for Firewire recording and monitoring

The best way to begin using the MultiMix for Firewire recording is to set up your system this way:

1.Hook up your monitoring system to the MultiMix’s CTRL RM OUT jacks.

2.Apply the MASTER section’s buttons as follows:

a.2 TK TO MIX: Leave UP.

Pressing this button down can cause nasty feedback loops.

b.MIX TO CONTROL ROOM: Press DOWN. This will allow you to hear the music being recorded in real time.

c.ALT 3/4 TO CONTROL ROOM: Leave up or down.

d.2 TK TO CONTROL ROOM: Press DOWN. This will allow you to hear the output from the computer.

e.ALT 3/4 TO MIX: Leave up or down.

Using the MultiMix FireWire with

Cubase and other ASIO applications

Audio recording programs running on Microsoft Windows generally use one of two different audio standards—WDM (the “Windows Driver Model,” developed by Microsoft) or ASIO (“Audio Stream Input/Output,” developed by Steinberg and made freely available to other companies).

Audio on the Macintosh (OS X) generally runs on top of Apple’s

CoreAudio standard.

We’ll look at how to use the MultiMix FireWire under each of these standards, starting with ASIO (using Cubase as an example).

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