M-Audio 24/96 quick start Formatting the Compact Flash Card, Making Your First Recording

Formatting the Compact Flash Card

Before starting your recording, you must format the supplied Compact Flash card. This process will prepare the Compact Flash card for recording:

<Put the Compact Flash card into the MicroTrack 24/96 and power the unit on.

<When the MicroTrack finished booting up, press down on the [NAV] wheel until you select “Format Media.”

<Press in on the [NAV] wheel. The LCD will read “Format Media?”

<Press in on the [NAV] wheel again. The display will read “Are You Sure?”

<Press in on the [NAV] wheel again to start the formatting process. The display will read “Formatting” during this process.

<When formatting is complete, the display will read “Media Formatted” and will then return to the main screen.

<You can now record files to the Compact Flash card.

Making Your First Recording

While the MicroTrack 24/96 can record from a wide variety of audio sources such as microphones, line-level devices, and S/PDIF signals, this Quick Start Guide will illustrate how to make a recording from the supplied stereo “T” microphone. Please refer to the User Manual provided on the CD-ROM for details on recording other input types.

<Press the power button in the upper-left corner of the MicroTrack 24/96 front panel to power on the device. The MicroTrack 24/96 will begin to boot up.

<When the MicroTrack 24/96 has finished booting, insert a formatted Compact Flash card into the slot on the right side of the unit.

<Connect the supplied stereo “T” microphone to the 1/8” microphone jack on the top of the MicroTrack 24/96.

<Set the [L/M/H] switch to M (Mic).

<Use the [NAV] wheel on the right side of the MicroTrack 24/96 to scroll down through the menu options until “Recording” is selected. Press in on the [NAV] wheel to activate the Recording menu.

<The first option in the Recording menu is “Input Source.” Press in on the [NAV] wheel to activate this item.

<The Input Source item has three parameters. The first parameter is 1/8.” Select this item and press in on the [NAV] wheel. This will select the 1/8” input as the recording source and will return you to the previous menu.

<Using the [NAV] wheel in the same fashion as described above, set the remainder of the Recording settings as

follows: • Encoder [WAV] • Sample Rate [44.1] • Bit Depth [16] • Channels [Stereo]

<Once all of the above parameters are set, press the [MENU] button. This will exit the Recording menu and return you to the Settings menu. Press the [MENU] button once more to leave the Settings menu and return to the MicroTrack 24/96’s main screen.

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