INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................9
W
HAT
Y
OU
S
HOULD
H
AVE
R
ECEIVED IN THE
B
OX
.................................................9
S
YSTEM
R
EQUIREMENTS
.......................................................................................10
INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................11
L
OG
I
N AS
A
DMINISTRATOR
..................................................................................11
I
MPORTANT
—
C
HECK THE
E
CHO
W
EBSITE FOR
S
OFTWARE
U
PDATES
.................11
I
NSTALLING THE
A
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F
IRE
H
ARDWARE AND
S
OFTWARE
...................................12
C
ONNECTING TO THE
A
UDIO
I
NTERFACE
...............................................................14
CONSOLE ..............................................................................................................25
R
UNNING THE
C
ONSOLE
........................................................................................25
A
UTOMATIC
F
LASH
U
PDATE
.................................................................................25
C
ONSOLE
W
INDOW
...............................................................................................25
B
US
S
ELECT
T
ABS
.................................................................................................26
M
ASTER
O
UTPUT
B
US
C
ONTROL
...........................................................................27
P
LAYBACK
C
ONTROLS
..........................................................................................27
A
NALOG
I
NPUTS
....................................................................................................28
D
IGITAL
I
NPUTS
(A
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F
IRE
2,
A
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F
IRE
4,
A
UDIO
F
IRE
8
AND
A
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F
IRE
P
RE
8) ....................................................................................................................30
Adjusting Playback Volume .............................................................................31
Nominal Levels.................................................................................................32
S
ETTINGS
T
AB
.......................................................................................................32
Sample Rate in XP............................................................................................33
Core Audio Sample Rate - Windows Vista/Windows 7....................................34
Clock Source ....................................................................................................34
Digital Mode (AudioFire 8 and AudioFire Pre8)............................................34
S/PDIF Format ................................................................................................35
Wave Devices ...................................................................................................35
Buffer Size ........................................................................................................35
A
BOUT
D
IALOGUE
B
OX
.........................................................................................36
Version Information .........................................................................................36
Copy Version Information to Clipboard..........................................................36
Flash Update....................................................................................................37
A
UDIO
F
IRE
2
AND
A
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F
IRE
4
P
LAYBACK
R
OUTING
..........................................37
S
YSTEM
T
RAY
I
CON
..............................................................................................38
C
ONSOLE
S
ESSIONS
...............................................................................................39
C
ONSOLE
S
ETTINGS AND
S
TAND
-A
LONE
M
ODE
....................................................39
C
ORE
A
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.........................................................................................................40
ASIO
AND
W
INDOWS
V
ISTA
/W
INDOWS
7.............................................................41