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Mobile I/O ULN-2

Quick Start Guide

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Every input channel has a phase reverse button, as well as solo, mute and record enable (active if assigned to
FW). The names of the faders can be changed in the “Configure Mixer” pane available from the Mixer menu.
Finally, the pulldown menu at the bottom of the strip lets you assign the input to any available bus.

If you go to the Window menu and select “Show Monitor Control Window” you will be presented with our
software Monitor Controller. It is highly flexible, and controls the analog level control in the ULN-2. There
is a wealth of knowledge in the MIO Console documentation (available from the Help menu) on how to set
up and use the Monitor Controller.

You should now be in a good position to fire up a native DAW and put the ULN-2 through its paces. Select
the ULN-2 as your audio interface; the analog inputs will be inputs 1-2, AES/Spdif digital inputs will be 3-4
and ADAT will be 5-12 (as determined by the FW channel assignments). Send your DAW’s signal to outputs
1/2 and it will come into the ULN-2 on DAW 1/2. By using the FW channels to send audio to your DAW
and the DAW input returns from your computer you have a virtual patchbay to route audio between your
DAW and the ULN-2.

The ULN-2 and surround

If you’re working in surround it’s easy to configure the ULN-2 for processing and monitoring via an ADAT
based D/A . Go to the Mixer menu and select “Configure Mixer”. At the top of the pane you’ll see the “Main”
bus, which is stereo and a Master. Master busses are routed to outputs, while Aux busses are routed back
into Master busses (for returns, subgroups, etc. ). If you click on the bus type you can change it from “Stereo”
to whatever width you need; let’s say you’re working in 5.1. Select “5.1” and hit configure. Voila! All the
mono channels now have joysticks instead of pan knobs, and the Main bus is automatically routed to Analog
1-6. Your DAW is still coming in on two channels, but that’s easy to change. Go to the top of the DAW 1/2
channelstrip and click on the assignment pulldown. You have the choice of a mono channel, or a 6 channel
strip. By selecting DAW 1-6, your audio will come into the ULN-2 as positioned by your host. Your other
choice would be to make this channel mono, and add five more channelstrips via the Mixer menu. This way
you can position your audio with the MIO Mixer.

Summary of Contents for ULN-2

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Page 2: ...ULN 2 Quick Start Guide Metric Halo Revision 1532 Publication date Date 2011 08 08 12 42 12 0400 Mon 08 Jun 2011 Copyright 2010 Metric Halo...

Page 3: ...Mobile I O ULN 2 Quick Start Guide 5 Prepare the unit for use 5 Connect the ULN 2 to your computer 6 Take a listen 6 The MIO Console 6 The Mixer window 8 The ULN 2 and surround 9 Unleash the DSP 12 Ad...

Page 4: ...1 1 Mobile I O ULN 2 5 1 2 ULN 2 Routing 5 1 3 Template selection pane 6 1 4 Console window 7 1 5 Mixer window 8 1 6 Surround mixer 10 1 7 Configuring the Monitor Controller 11 1 8 The configured Moni...

Page 5: ...n FireWire Cable Two Rack Ears w fasteners Rubber feet MIO Software CD ROM Warranty Registration Card Bask in the look and feel of the ULN 2 Connect the power supply and connect your monitors to Monit...

Page 6: ...p to a comfortable level and listen The MIO Console Once you ve listened for a while quit iTunes and launch the MIO Console You ll be asked to select a template select ULN 2 Basic Setup which will giv...

Page 7: ...x is the serial number of the box By clicking on this you will get a menu of options for removal of offline boxes you shouldn t have any at this point The I O Control tab has metering for the analog a...

Page 8: ...nd instantiate graphs A graph is a DSP playground where you can build your own signal processing chains and save them for later recall You ll notice that there is another direct out under the inserts...

Page 9: ...e FW channels to send audio to your DAW and the DAW input returns from your computer you have a virtual patchbay to route audio between your DAW and the ULN 2 The ULN 2 and surround If you re working...

Page 10: ...L n c line we clear the mult Now click on the pulldown one more time and select Add to Monitor Controller Go to the Window menu and select Show Monitor Control Window The Monitor Controller shows the...

Page 11: ...Mobile I O ULN 2 Quick Start Guide 11 Figure 1 7 Configuring the Monitor Controller Choose OK and you now have a surround monitor controller Figure 1 8 The configured Monitor Controller...

Page 12: ...th other platforms You should definitely check out the following processes MIOStrip Gating EQ and compression powerhouse Character The sound of different analog circuits and devices available on any i...

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