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Introduction

VRM Box contains a unique technology that allows you to monitor audio on a pair of headphones, as if you were in a real environment listening to real 
speakers. There are three environments and 15 pairs of speakers to choose from, creating a total of 24 listening scenarios.

VRM Box has a tactile volume control with a class leading headphone amplifier and external S/PDIF input, complete with built-in sample-rate 
conversion, in a pocket-sized package that fits neatly on your desk. 

What’s in the box

1 VRM Box

1 Installer CD (includes installation files for Macintosh and Windows PC, and this User Guide)

1 USB cable

1 Register Me Online card

1 Getting Started Guide

VRM Box hardware overview

1.  Volume knob
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  VRM “Active” LED

3.  Headphone socket
4.  Kensington Lock port
5.  USB socket
6.  S/PDIF input socket

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Contents

Important Safety Instructions  ............................................................ 2

Environmental Declaration  ................................................................ 2

Contents ................................................................................................ 3

Introduction .......................................................................................... 3

What’s in the box .................................................................................. 3

VRM Box hardware overview .............................................................. 3

Operating system compatibility ......................................................... 4

Installing the software ......................................................................... 4

VRM Box hardware setup .................................................................... 4

VRM Box as the main audio interface  ............................................... 4

VRM Box in conjunction with another audio interface .................... 5

VRM Box control panel software ........................................................ 5

What is Virtual Reference Monitoring? .............................................. 6

The problem .......................................................................................... 6

The solution .......................................................................................... 6

The method ........................................................................................... 6

VRM technical data .............................................................................. 6

Performance specifications

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Latency and CPU information ............................................................. 8

Copyright .............................................................................................. 8

Summary of Contents for VRM Box

Page 1: ...VRM Box User Guide FA0450 1...

Page 2: ...ions contained in this manual meets FCC requirements Modifications not expressly approved by Focusrite may void your authority granted by the FCC to use this product 2 Important This product satisfies...

Page 3: ...cintosh and Windows PC and this User Guide 1 USB cable 1 Register Me Online card 1 Getting Started Guide VRM Box hardware overview 1 Volume knob 2 VRM Active LED 3 Headphone socket 4 Kensington Lock p...

Page 4: ...up The VRM Box can be used as the main audio interface or in conjunction with your existing audio interface providing this interface has a RCA S PDIF output VRM Box as the main audio interface 1 Using...

Page 5: ...l software 1 Currently selected monitor speaker 2 Monitor speaker selection drop down list Click to select the monitor speakers 3 S PDIF input status see above for more details 4 VRM on off Click the...

Page 6: ...tion you can observe the effects of typical room modes on your mixes The method VRM uses standard headphones to reproduce the direct sound together with a digital signal processing system that is used...

Page 7: ...gle driver rear firing port Genelec 1031A Genelec 1031A 49H 25W 29D 1 metal dome 8 poly composite driver Active 2 way vented box Budget Micro System Goodmans MS188 28H 18W 19D 1 dome 3 5 Passive 2 way...

Page 8: ...requirements are much higher when the audio buffer size is set too low so it is recommended that a buffer size of 512 samples Mac or 10ms Windows should give the best starting point When using the S P...

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