Tutorials

We’re assuming at this point, that you have done the setup procedure described on pages 8-17, so that the Onyx FireWire card is recognized by your computer and communicating with your software application. We also assume you’ve installed Tracktion (see the Onyx FireWire CD for directions). We’ll use the PC version of Tracktion as the example software for this tutorial, but there shouldn’t be much difference for you Mac users.

Live Sound Tutorial

Preliminary Steps

During the sound check, make sure all of the channels and mixer settings are set up correctly, and the Onyx FireWire port is connected to the computer. Also make sure the hard drive you want to record onto has plenty of free space for the entire show (and has been defragmented recently).

Recording one minute of audio on one track at 44.1 kHz/24-bit takes about 8 MB of hard drive space. Recording all 16 tracks for one hour takes about 7.6 GB of hard drive space.

Recording

1.Launch the Tracktion software on your PC or Mac. For more details about the Tracktion software, press F12 on your keyboard, or click the Help button in the lower left corner of the Tracktion screen.

2.Click the New Project button.

Manual Owner’s

New Project

Help!

Owner’s Manual

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