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Mackie Digital X Bus
UAD-1 Powered Plugins Installation Guide
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Mackie Digital X Bus
UAD-1 Powered Plugins Installation Guide
What You’ll Need
• A minimum of one and a maximum of three UAD-1 Card(s).
• At least one of the following:
1. A USB CDROM drive and at least one blank CD-R.
2. A USB Flash Drive with a minimum size of 64MB.
• A USB or PS/2 mouse attached to your Digital X Bus.
• Your UAD-1 Serial Number, located on a sticker on the UAD-1 Card itself.
• A Mac or PC connected to the Internet.
• A Digital X Bus Mixing Console (duh!).
Procedure Overview
The following is a brief summary of the steps required to use the UAD-1 Card(s) with the Digi-
tal X Bus. This guide details each step listed below in the following sections:
• Reading the “Getting Inside the Digital X Bus” Guide
• Installing the UAD-1 software
• Installing the UAD-1 hardware
• Verifying proper installation
• Registering UAD-1 Card(s)
• Software Licenses and Authorizations
• Using the UAD Plug-ins
• UAD Quick-Start Guide and User’s Manual
• Mackie Technical Support Information
Getting Inside the Digital X Bus Guide
To successfully perform this installation, you must first download and read the “Getting In-
side the Digital X Bus” Guide that can be found on the Digital X Bus page at the Mackie website
(http://www.mackie.com/products/digitalxbus/index.htm). Reading this guide will ensure that
you take all the necessary steps to open up the rear chassis assembly of the Digital X Bus, with-
out causing any damage to the internal parts, cables, or circuit boards.
Installing UAD-1 Software
The very first step is to load the UAD-1 software into the Digital X Bus. Although each UAD-1
Card comes with a UAD Software Installer CD, we strongly recommend that you download the
latest UAD Software from the UA website to ensure that you will be using the most updated and
recent drivers available for the UAD-1 Card. Universal Audio also makes this recommendation
to their UAD-1 customers. However, this guide will cover both procedures.
