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Contents

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 5

Basics ........................................................................................................................... 5

Box Contents ................................................................................................................ 5

Getting Started ............................................................................................................. 6

Hardware ...................................................................................................................... 7

Back

Panel

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Front

Panel

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System Requirements .................................................................................................. 9

Installation ................................................................................................................... 9

Audio Set-up in your DAW ............................................................................................. 9

Safﬁre PRO 14 Architecture .........................................................................................10

Safﬁre MixControl ......................................................................................................11

Preamp

section

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Mixer

section

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Routing

section

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Monitor

section

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Device Status section ..........................................................................................21

Settings

Menu

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File

Menu

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Dual Unit Support ....................................................................................................... 24

Getting Started - Computer Connection ..................................................................... 24

Controlling Dual Units ................................................................................................ 24

Naming Units .............................................................................................................. 24

Master Sync Device ..................................................................................................... 24

DAW input and output stream order ........................................................................... 25

DAW routing ................................................................................................................ 28

Zero latency routing ................................................................................................... 28

Dual unit look-up tables ..............................................................................................31

Safﬁre PRO 14 Speciﬁcations ...................................................................................... 44

Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................... 45

Copyright .................................................................................................................... 45

Summary of Contents for Saf?re PRO 14

Page 1: ...1 Safﬁre PRO 14 User Guide FA0415 01 ...

Page 2: ...aratus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped WARNING To reduce the risk of ﬁre or electric shock do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture It is important that the apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects ﬁlled with liquids such as vases shall be placed on the apparatus Do not expose this apparatus to drips or s...

Page 3: ...ance with the instructions may cause harmful inter ference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the fo...

Page 4: ...1 Preamp section 12 Mixer section 12 Routing section 16 Monitor section 18 Device Status section 21 Settings Menu 22 File Menu 23 Dual Unit Support 24 Getting Started Computer Connection 24 Controlling Dual Units 24 Naming Units 24 Master Sync Device 24 DAW input and output stream order 25 DAW routing 28 Zero latency routing 28 Dual unit look up tables 31 Safﬁre PRO 14 Speciﬁcations 44 Troubleshoo...

Page 5: ...programs are routed to the physical outputs for you to connect to an amp and speakers powered monitors headphones analogue digital mixer and any other studio equipment that you wish to use There are also connectors for sending and receiving MIDI The accompanying software application Safﬁre MixControl provides further recording routing and monitoring options as well as the ability to control global...

Page 6: ...ently it is recommended that Safﬁre PRO 14 run on its own FireWire bus for best performance The Safﬁre PRO 14 should be able to work alongside other devices connected to the same FireWire bus However problems may arise depending on which FireWire devices are connected For example a FireWire disk used for back up or a digital camera should not cause any problems but when streaming audio from a Fire...

Page 7: ... line inputs 3 and 4 2 4 x TRS jack sockets for line outputs 1 4 3 1 x IEEE1394 6 pin FireWire socket 4 2 x DIN5 MIDI input and output sockets 5 1 x 2 0mm DC power inlet socket use supplied power supply only 6 2 x RCA S PDIF input and output sockets Either 1 4 inch TRS balanced or TS unbalanced jack connectors can be used 2 4 3 1 5 6 ...

Page 8: ...trols with signal and overload LEDs 3 Channels 1 and 2 instrument LEDs 4 Phantom power switch with LED for mic inputs 1 2 5 Monitor level control 6 Power LED lit when the unit receives power from FireWire or external power supply unit 7 FW Active LED lit when the unit connects to the FireWire driver 8 LKD Locked LED lit when the unit locks to its internal clock or to an external clock source 9 Hea...

Page 9: ...ntrol pkg 3 Double click on the installer icon to begin the installation process 4 Follow on screen instructions to complete the installation process 5 Restart your computer 6 Connect the Safﬁre PRO 14 to your computer Once the installation is complete your computer OS should automatically select the Safﬁre PRO 14 as the default audio outputs To make sure this is the case On Windows 7 go to Start ...

Page 10: ...e input routing conﬁguration HARDWARE IN DAW IN Analogue 1 4 1 4 S PDIF 1 2 RCA 5 6 Loop back 1 2 7 8 The hardware features 6 inputs and 6 outputs whereas the music software will display 8 inputs and 12 outputs The additional 2 inputs are in the form of Loop back 1 2 allowing the routing of any internal signal back into the DAW see page 17 The 12 DAW outputs can be sent to the mixer in Safﬁre MixC...

Page 11: ...size settings Windows only are available from Safﬁre MixControl To open Safﬁre MixControl Windows Start Programs Focusrite Safﬁre MixControl Mac Open Finder Applications Safﬁre MixControl This is how the Safﬁre MixControl Graphical Interface will appear on your computer 1 Mixer 2 Selected Mix tab 3 Mixer Input channel 4 Selected Mix Output channel 5 Routing and pre amp section 6 Monitor section 7 ...

Page 12: ...o create mixes for monitoring purposes The mixes you create do not affect how the audio inputs are routed to the DAW nor does it affect the audio level of the recorded signal What you set up in the mixer section of Safﬁre MixControl only affects what is heard in the outputs of the mix The recording levels that are sent to the DAW are therefore only affected by the input gain settings on the Safﬁre...

Page 13: ... PDIF and DAW outputs are available When selecting a source on a stereo channel if an odd numbered input is chosen for the left channel the next even number input is auto selected for right and vice versa Note that if an input has already been taken it will be greyed out and cannot be selected again The input needs to be deselected from the track where it is already taken and then re selected on t...

Page 14: ...of the source input to the channel The recent maximum signal level is displayed in the box below The metering is always pre fade showing the level of the signal at the input Therefore the fader level has no effect on the metering Clip light If the red portion at the top of the fader lights up then the signal level is too high You will need to turn down the signal level by either using the gain kno...

Page 15: ... the available total output channel count Note that when the solo button on an output channel is pressed that channel i e the whole mix is soloed and routed to Monitor outputs 1 and 2 This is a non latching button You can name the current mix by typing the desired name in the text ﬁeld below the output channel You will see the name appear in the mix tab For example Mix 1 can be renamed Monitor Mix...

Page 16: ...king in the track name section see previous chapter then this name is displayed as the mix source name Note that the routing section is linked to the selection made for the output channel destination set up in the mixer If you have outputs pre assigned from when you created your Mix you will see the routing selections have been set up Similarly if you change the audio source from the routing secti...

Page 17: ...all your line outputs routing to the main monitors and to the headphones simultaneously Line inputs and DAW outputs must be set up in Mix 1 so that you are able to monitor these sources with zero latency You must also ensure that you are not monitoring the same signals from within your DAW at the same time otherwise you will be monitoring the same signal twice once direct from Safﬁre MixControl AN...

Page 18: ... simultaneously All digital output levels are unaffected by the monitor section in Safﬁre MixControl Use the output levels of the DAW to control digital output levels Each button can be set to 1 of 3 possible states Blue this output is controlled by the below monitor section Red this output is not controlled by the below monitor section and it is muted Grey this output is not controlled by the bel...

Page 19: ... monitor presets to work you must have your speakers connected to the line outputs as shown in the picture below Surround sound monitoring 2 1 Line out Speaker 1 Left 2 Right 4 Sub Woofer Surround sound monitoring Quad Line out Speaker 1 Left 2 Right 3 Left Rear 4 Right Rear Loudspeaker set up Main Mid Line out Speaker 1 Left Main 2 Right Main 3 Left Mid 4 Right Mid Left Right Sub Woofer 1 2 4 ...

Page 20: ...Monitor Section will affect those channels that have been selected for monitor control indicated with a blue button see above Monitor level control knob Set the output level of all assigned outputs using this knob The output level can be adjusted using the mouse and will affect all assigned outputs as indicated with a blue button The dB display below shows the current level to which the monitor kn...

Page 21: ...ed when the Safﬁre PRO 14 has successfully locked to the speciﬁed Sync Source If No Lock is seen then the unit has been unable to lock to either an external S PDIF signal If this is the case then please check that digital cables are secure in their input sockets and that the external digital devices have been set up as sync master devices FireWire Driver Displays Connected when the Safﬁre PRO 14 i...

Page 22: ...e FireWire Driver Latency affects the performance of the Core Audio or ASIO buffer settings If you are experiencing clicks and pops or audio dropouts this may be due to certain computer hardware affecting the performance of audio devices connected via FireWire Rather than removing and replacing hardware e g your graphics card or wireless internet card trying a longer FireWire Driver Latency settin...

Page 23: ...ixer and routing settings This can be used to globally reset all mixer routing and monitor settings allowing creation of a new set up from scratch Save to Hardware this saves the current Safﬁre MixControl set up to the Safﬁre PRO 14 hardware If you are moving the Safﬁre PRO 14 from one computer to another and want to retain the set up then choose this option Note that Safﬁre MixControl does not au...

Page 24: ...used with Safﬁre PRO 24 DSP Safﬁre PRO 24 or Safﬁre PRO 14 Getting Started Computer Connection Computer with a single FireWire port Connect one Safﬁre to the FireWire port on the computer Connect the second Safﬁre to the spare FireWire port on the ﬁrst Safﬁre Note that the Safﬁre PRO 24 Safﬁre PRO 24 DSP and Safﬁre PRO 14 have a single FireWire port so will need to be connected to a Safﬁre PRO 40 ...

Page 25: ...s are connected then they must also be slaved to the device providing sync to the Master Sync Device If the Master device is providing an external sync source to a digital unit then the digital unit can be connected to either master or slave device DAW input and output stream order The input and output streams of both units will be combined into a single list when viewed from the DAW or as seen by...

Page 26: ...or both units using the FireWire connection alone The way to achieve this is to make audio connections to from both units and conﬁgure the MixControl software for each unit This article outlines how to achieve this using the S PDIF inputs and outputs using the example of 2 Safﬁre PRO 40s connected to a single computer However the set up process is the same for any Safﬁre combination Firstly you wi...

Page 27: ... panning Add the S PDIF input to the mixer this is the feed from unit 2 Rename the mix to Cue Mix or similar by clicking on the name ﬁeld below the meters of the output channel This mix will be a combination of the audio that you are recording unit 1 inputs and the S PDIF output mix from Unit 2 connected to the S PDIF input of unit 1 as shown below CUE MIX Sent to Headphones 1 and 2 CUE MIX Select...

Page 28: ...he mixer should be MUTED this prevents feedback Rename the mix to S PDIF Mix or similar by clicking on the name ﬁeld below the meters of the output channel The S PDIF output Mix will just be a mix of the audio inputs on unit 1 The S PDIF input will be muted to avoid feedback and the mix will be sent out of the S PDIF output to unit 2 The conﬁguration is as follows SPDIF Mix to Unit 2 sent via SPDI...

Page 29: ...levels and panning Add the S PDIF input to the mixer this is the feed from unit 1 Rename the mix to MONITOR Mix or similar by clicking on the name ﬁeld below the meters of the output channel This mix will be a combination of the audio that you are recording unit 2 inputs and the S PDIF output mix from unit 1 connected to the S PDIF input of unit 2 as shown below MONITOR MIX Sent to Monitor Outputs...

Page 30: ...onitoring of only the analogue inputs connected to both Safﬁre PRO 40s 8 channels of analogue plus 2 channels of S PDIF use a total of 10 mixer channels There are an additional 8 channels that can be used to mix and monitor additional signal sources whether it be DAW outputs or ADAT inputs Simply add these to both the MONITOR Mix and S PDIF Mix By selecting ADAT or analogue inputs outputs rather t...

Page 31: ...Mix Output DAW Output Safﬁre PRO 24 Anlg in 1 1 DAW 1 1 Anlg in 2 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 4 DAW 4 4 SPDIF 1 5 DAW 5 5 SPDIF 2 6 DAW 6 6 ADAT in 1 7 DAW 7 7 ADAT in 2 8 DAW 8 8 ADAT in 3 9 ADAT in 4 10 ADAT in 5 11 ADAT in 6 12 ADAT in 7 13 ADAT in 8 14 Loop back 1 15 Loop back 2 16 Safﬁre PRO 24 DSP Anlg in 1 17 DAW 1 9 Anlg in 2 18 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 3 19 DAW 3 11 Anlg in 4 20 DAW 4...

Page 32: ...2 8 DAW 8 8 ADAT in 3 9 ADAT in 4 10 ADAT in 5 11 ADAT in 6 12 ADAT in 7 13 ADAT in 8 14 Loop back 1 15 Loop back 2 16 Safﬁre PRO 24 Anlg in 1 17 DAW 1 9 Higher ID Anlg in 2 18 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 3 19 DAW 3 11 Anlg in 4 20 DAW 4 12 SPDIF 1 21 DAW 5 13 SPDIF 2 22 DAW 6 14 ADAT in 1 23 DAW 7 15 ADAT in 2 24 DAW 8 16 ADAT in 3 25 ADAT in 4 26 ADAT in 5 27 ADAT in 6 28 ADAT in 7 29 ADAT in 8 30 Loop bac...

Page 33: ...2 8 DAW 8 8 ADAT in 3 9 ADAT in 4 10 ADAT in 5 11 ADAT in 6 12 ADAT in 7 13 ADAT in 8 14 Loop back 1 15 Loop back 2 16 Safﬁre PRO 24 DSP Anlg in 1 17 DAW 1 9 Higher ID Anlg in 2 18 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 3 19 DAW 3 11 Anlg in 4 20 DAW 4 12 SPDIF 1 21 DAW 5 13 SPDIF 2 22 DAW 6 14 ADAT in 1 23 DAW 7 15 ADAT in 2 24 DAW 8 16 ADAT in 3 25 ADAT in 4 26 ADAT in 5 27 ADAT in 6 28 ADAT in 7 29 ADAT in 8 30 Loop...

Page 34: ... in 2 12 DAW 12 12 ADAT in 3 13 DAW 13 13 ADAT in 4 14 DAW 14 14 ADAT in 5 15 DAW 15 15 ADAT in 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT in 7 17 DAW 17 17 ADAT in 8 18 DAW 18 18 Loop back 1 19 DAW 19 19 Loop back 2 20 DAW 20 20 Safﬁre PRO 24 Anlg in 1 17 DAW 1 21 Anlg in 2 18 DAW 2 22 Anlg in 3 19 DAW 3 23 Anlg in 4 20 DAW 4 24 SPDIF 1 21 DAW 5 25 SPDIF 2 22 DAW 6 26 ADAT in 1 23 DAW 7 27 ADAT in 2 24 DAW 8 28 ADAT in...

Page 35: ...n 2 12 DAW 12 12 ADAT in 3 13 DAW 13 13 ADAT in 4 14 DAW 14 14 ADAT in 5 15 DAW 15 15 ADAT in 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT in 7 17 DAW 17 17 ADAT in 8 18 DAW 18 18 Loop back 1 19 DAW 19 19 Loop back 2 20 DAW 20 20 Safﬁre PRO 24 DSP Anlg in 1 17 DAW 1 21 Anlg in 2 18 DAW 2 22 Anlg in 3 19 DAW 3 23 Anlg in 4 20 DAW 4 24 SPDIF 1 21 DAW 5 25 SPDIF 2 22 DAW 6 26 ADAT in 1 23 DAW 7 27 ADAT in 2 24 DAW 8 28 ADAT ...

Page 36: ...5 ADAT in 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT in 7 17 DAW 17 17 ADAT in 8 18 DAW 18 18 Loop back 1 19 DAW 19 19 Loop back 2 20 DAW 20 20 Safﬁre PRO 40 Anlg in 1 21 DAW 1 21 Higer ID Anlg in 2 22 DAW 2 22 Anlg in 3 23 DAW 3 23 Anlg in 4 24 DAW 4 24 Anlg in 5 25 DAW 5 25 Anlg in 6 26 DAW 6 26 Anlg in 7 27 DAW 7 27 Anlg in 8 28 DAW 8 28 SPDIF 1 29 DAW 9 29 SPDIF 2 30 DAW 10 30 ADAT in 1 31 DAW 11 31 ADAT in 2 32 DAW...

Page 37: ... 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT 1 in 7 17 DAW 17 17 ADAT 1 in 8 18 DAW 18 18 ADAT 2 in 1 19 DAW 19 19 ADAT 2 in 2 20 DAW 20 20 ADAT 2 in 3 21 DAW 21 21 ADAT 2 in 4 22 DAW 22 22 ADAT 2 in 5 23 DAW 23 23 ADAT 2 in 6 24 DAW 24 24 ADAT 2 in 7 25 DAW 25 25 ADAT 2 in 8 26 DAW 26 26 Loop back 1 27 DAW 27 27 Loop back 2 28 DAW 28 28 Safﬁre PRO 24 Anlg in 1 29 DAW 1 29 Anlg in 2 30 DAW 2 30 Anlg in 3 31 DAW 3 31 Anlg...

Page 38: ... 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT 1 in 7 17 DAW 17 17 ADAT 1 in 8 18 DAW 18 18 ADAT 2 in 1 19 DAW 19 19 ADAT 2 in 2 20 DAW 20 20 ADAT 2 in 3 21 DAW 21 21 ADAT 2 in 4 22 DAW 22 22 ADAT 2 in 5 23 DAW 23 23 ADAT 2 in 6 24 DAW 24 24 ADAT 2 in 7 25 DAW 25 25 ADAT 2 in 8 26 DAW 26 26 Loop back 1 27 DAW 27 27 Loop back 2 28 DAW 28 28 Safﬁre PRO 24 DSP Anlg in 1 29 DAW 1 29 Anlg in 2 30 DAW 2 30 Anlg in 3 31 DAW 3 31 An...

Page 39: ...AW 6 6 ADAT in 1 7 DAW 7 7 ADAT in 2 8 DAW 8 8 ADAT in 3 9 ADAT in 4 10 ADAT in 5 11 ADAT in 6 12 ADAT in 7 13 ADAT in 8 14 Loop back 1 15 Loop back 2 16 Safﬁre PRO 14 Anlg in 1 17 DAW 1 9 Higher ID Anlg in 2 18 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 3 19 DAW 3 11 Anlg in 4 20 DAW 4 12 SPDIF 1 21 DAW 5 13 SPDIF 2 22 DAW 6 14 Loop back 1 23 DAW 7 15 Loop back 2 24 DAW 8 16 DAW 9 17 DAW 10 18 DAW 11 19 DAW 12 20 ...

Page 40: ...0 ADAT in 1 11 DAW 11 11 ADAT in 2 12 DAW 12 12 ADAT in 3 13 DAW 13 13 ADAT in 4 14 DAW 14 14 ADAT in 5 15 DAW 15 15 ADAT in 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT in 7 17 DAW 17 17 ADAT in 8 18 DAW 18 18 Loop back 1 19 DAW 19 19 Loop back 2 20 DAW 20 20 Safﬁre PRO 14 Anlg in 1 21 DAW 1 21 Higher ID Anlg in 2 22 DAW 2 22 Anlg in 3 23 DAW 3 23 Anlg in 4 24 DAW 4 24 SPDIF 1 25 DAW 5 25 SPDIF 2 26 DAW 6 26 Loop back 1 ...

Page 41: ... 6 6 ADAT in 1 7 DAW 7 7 ADAT in 2 8 DAW 8 8 ADAT in 3 9 ADAT in 4 10 ADAT in 5 11 ADAT in 6 12 ADAT in 7 13 ADAT in 8 14 Loop back 1 15 Loop back 2 16 Safﬁre PRO 14 Anlg in 1 17 DAW 1 9 Higher ID Anlg in 2 18 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 3 19 DAW 3 11 Anlg in 4 20 DAW 4 12 SPDIF 1 21 DAW 5 13 SPDIF 2 22 DAW 6 14 Loop back 1 23 DAW 7 15 Loop back 2 24 DAW 8 16 DAW 9 17 DAW 10 18 DAW 11 19 DAW 12 20 ...

Page 42: ... 1 in 5 15 DAW 15 15 ADAT 1 in 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT 1 in 7 17 DAW 17 17 ADAT 1 in 8 18 DAW 18 18 ADAT 2 in 1 19 DAW 19 19 ADAT 2 in 2 20 DAW 20 20 ADAT 2 in 3 21 DAW 21 21 ADAT 2 in 4 22 DAW 22 22 ADAT 2 in 5 23 DAW 23 23 ADAT 2 in 6 24 DAW 24 24 ADAT 2 in 7 25 DAW 25 25 ADAT 2 in 8 26 DAW 26 26 Loop back 1 27 DAW 27 27 Loop back 2 28 DAW 28 28 Safﬁre PRO 14 Anlg in 1 29 DAW 1 29 Higher ID Anlg in ...

Page 43: ...SPDIF 1 5 DAW 5 13 SPDIF 2 6 DAW 6 14 Loop back 1 7 DAW 7 15 Loop back 2 8 DAW 8 16 DAW 9 17 DAW 10 18 DAW 11 19 DAW 12 20 Safﬁre PRO 14 Anlg in 1 9 DAW 1 21 Higher ID Anlg in 2 10 DAW 2 22 Anlg in 3 11 DAW 3 23 Anlg in 4 12 DAW 4 24 SPDIF 1 13 DAW 5 25 SPDIF 2 14 DAW 6 26 Loop back 1 15 DAW 7 27 Loop back 2 16 DAW 8 28 DAW 9 29 DAW 10 30 DAW 11 31 DAW 12 32 ...

Page 44: ... Instrument inputs Inputs 1 and 2 Frequency response 20Hz 20kHz 0 1dB Gain range 13dB to 60dB THD N 0 004 measured with 0dBu input and 20Hz 22kHz bandpass ﬁlter Noise 87dBu 20Hz 22kHz bandpass ﬁlter Analogue audio outputs outputs 1 4 4 electronically balanced outputs Maximum output level 0dBFS 10dBu THD N 0 001 0dBFS input 20Hz 22kHz bandpass ﬁlter Crosstalk channel isolation Any input to input 10...

Page 45: ... 5 6 44 1 96kHz Stereo S PDIF output on RCA Other I O 1 6 pin FireWire S400 sockets 2 standard 5 pin DIN MIDI connectors in and out DC power input connector for use with supplied universal input power supply Front Panel Indicators 2 2 segment input meters sig 18 and O L 0dBFS LKD locked indicator FW host connected indicator Power indicator Instrument input source selection LED for channels 1 and 2...

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