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Quick Ref
e
re
nc
e:
896HD F
ron
t P
a
nel
Th
is is a standar
d quar
te
r-
inch st
er
eo headphone
jack.
F
rom the fac
tor
y, it
ma
tc
hes the signal going
to
th
e main outs
. Ho
w
ev
er
,
via soft
w
ar
e,
y
ou can
pr
ogr
am it t
o ser
ve as its
ow
n i
ndependen
t output.
Th
e M
OT
U
8
96HD pr
ovides four
independen
t mix buses.
Via the
included C
ueMix C
onsole soft
w
ar
e,
these four busses can be pr
ogr
ammed
to
m
ix
a
ny
co
mbina
tion of the 896HD’
s
18 inputs t
o an
y output pair of y
our
choosing
. T
he MONIT
O
R LE
VEL knob lets
yo
u co
nt
rol the v
olume of each mix fr
om
the fr
on
t panel.
P
ush the knob r
epea
t-
edly t
o c
ycle among the f
our differ
en
t
mix
es (1,
2,
3 or 4).
W
hen y
ou do so
, the
analog input met
ers (1-4) sho
w
the
curr
en
t v
olume setting
, with the r
ed clip
ligh
t illumina
te
d o
ver the bus y
ou ar
e
curr
en
tly adjusting when y
ou turn the
knob
. T
he pr
ogr
ammable met
er bank
pr
ovides liv
e met
ering for each bus
.
Th
is
to
ggle swit
ch pr
ovides
phan
to
m po
w
er for a
co
ndenser mic plugged in
to
this input
. Up is on.
Th
ese 10-segmen
t lev
el met
ers ar
e dedica
te
d t
o the 896HD’
s
eigh
t analog inputs
. T
he t
op r
ed
‘o
ve
r’ LED ligh
ts up when the
signal r
eaches full scale—for ev
en just one sample—and
re
mains illumina
te
d un
til y
ou clear it in the soft
w
ar
e.
T
he sec
ond
‘ove
r’ L
ED
b
el
ow
only ligh
ts up momen
tarily so tha
t y
ou can
co
nt
in
ue
to
adjust le
ve
l ev
en aft
er clipping has just occurr
ed
.
Th
ese lev
el met
ers can also sho
w
y
ou the curr
en
t v
olume setting
for the 896HD’
s four on-boar
d mix busses
. T
o view the bus
volume settings
, push the MONIT
O
R LE
VEL knob
.
Th
es
e ligh
ts indica
te
the global sample r
at
e a
t which the
MO
TU 896HD is oper
at
ing
. U
se the MO
TU F
ire
W
ire
A
udio
Co
ns
ole t
o set the sample r
at
e or t
o choose an e
xt
ernal clock
sour
ce
, fr
om which the sample r
at
e will be set
. W
hen no
sample clock is curr
en
tly pr
esen
t, these ligh
ts flash.
F
or
ex
am
ple
, if y
ou
’v
e set the MO
TU 896HD t
o sla
ve t
o an e
xt
er-
nal clock,
such as ADA
T, but ther
e is no clock signal curr
en
tly
being det
ec
ted
, these ligh
ts will flash.
Fi
re
Wi
re
is a
“p
lug-and-pla
y”
pr
ot
o-
col.
T
ha
t means tha
t y
ou can turn
off the MO
TU 896HD and turn it
back on (or e
ven unplug it) without
re
st
ar
ting y
our c
omput
er
. K
eep in
mind
, ho
w
ev
er
, tha
t if y
ou wish t
o
change the MO
TU 896HD’
s settings
in the MO
TU F
ire
W
ire
A
udio
Co
ns
ole
, the MO
TU 896HD needs t
o
be plugged in and swit
ched on.
Th
ese eigh
t trim knobs pr
ovide gain adjustmen
t within a r
ange of about 42dB f
or
each analog input (when the 3-w
ay swit
ch on the r
ear panel is set t
o either MIC
or LINE.
If the 3-w
ay swit
ch is set t
o +4/FIXED
, the c
orr
esponding fr
on
t-panel
trim pots is b
ypassed).
B
ecause each input also has a micr
ophone pr
eamp
, y
ou
can plug just about an
ything in
to
them:
a micr
ophone
, a guitar
, a syn
th — y
ou
name it.
Fo
r a micr
ophone or unamplified instrumen
t pickup
, set the r
ear-panel 3-w
ay
swit
ch t
o MIC,
plug in y
our mic (XLR or quar
te
r-inch plug) flip on 48V phan
to
m
po
w
er (if nec
essar
y) and use the tr
im knob as needed t
o adjust the le
ve
l.
Fo
r -10dB (unbalanc
ed) inputs (lik
e syn
ths) or +4 (balanc
ed) signals
, set the r
ear
panel 3-w
ay swit
ch t
o LINE and use the tr
im knob t
o adjust the le
ve
l. Y
ou can use
either an XLR or quar
te
r-inch plug
. (Not
e:
the c
omplet
e trim r
ange
, fr
om all the
wa
y do
wn with the MIC setting t
o all the w
ay up with the LINE setting is ar
ound
55dB t
otal.
T
he MIC setting pr
ovides a 40dB r
ange (appr
ox
ima
tely -37dBu t
o
+5dBu) and the LINE setting off
ers a 30dB r
ange (appr
ox
ima
tely -16dBu t
o
+15dBu) with some o
verlap bet
w
een them.)
If y
ou ha
ve
+4 inputs f
or which y
ou
’d lik
e t
o main
tain unit
y gain (f
or lev
els up t
o
+18dBu),
set the r
ear-panel 3-w
ay swit
ch t
o +4/FIXED
. Y
ou can use either an
XLR or quar
te
r-inch plug
.
Co
nnec
t a standar
d foot swit
ch
her
e for hands-fr
ee punch-in and
punch-out dur
ing r
ec
or
ding
. F
or
details about ho
w t
o set this up
, see
“Enable P
edal”
on page 39.
If the t
oggle swit
ch is do
wn,
the v
olume knob affec
ts the headphone out (and the main outs oper
at
e a
t a fix
ed v
olume).
If
the t
oggle swit
ch is up
, the v
olume knob c
on
tr
ols the main outs and the headphone out
. Analog input met
ers 7-8 displa
y
the curr
en
t headphone (7) and main out (8) v
olume setting as y
ou turn the v
olume knob
. P
ush the v
olume knob t
o c
ycle
thr
ough the v
arious settings f
or the pr
ogr
ammable met
ers (both the 8-channel bank and the st
er
eo AES/EBU met
ers).
Th
is bank of le
ve
l met
ers can be pr
ogr
ammed t
o
displa
y one of thr
ee differ
en
t banks:
analog output
,
ADA
T optical input
, or ADA
T optical output
. U
se the
MO
TU F
ire
W
ire
A
udio C
onsole t
o choose which bank
yo
u’
d
lik
e t
o view with these met
ers.
T
he LEDs t
o the
left sho
w
which bank y
ou ar
e curr
en
tly monit
oring
.
Th
es
e met
ers can also pr
ovide st
er
eo output met
er-
ing for the 896HD’
s on-boar
d mix busses (b
y pr
ess-
ing the MONIT
O
R LE
VEL knob).
Th
e ligh
t tha
t is illumina
te
d her
e t
ells
yo
u which bank (analog in,
ADA
T in,
or
ADA
T out) y
ou ar
e monit
oring with the
pr
ogr
ammable met
er bank t
o the righ
t.
Th
es
e met
ers displa
y
the lev
el for the
896HD’
s main outs
.
Th
es
e met
ers can be pr
ogr
ammed t
o displa
y either
AES/EBU input or output
. U
se the MO
TU F
ire
W
ire
Au
dio C
onsole t
o choose
. T
he LEDs t
o the righ
t
indica
te
wha
t y
ou ar
e curr
en
tly monit
oring
.
Summary of Contents for 896HD
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Page 14: ...P A C K I N G L I S T A N D W I N D O W S S Y S T E M R E Q U I R E M E N T S 14...
Page 42: ...M O T U F I R E W I R E A U D I O C O N S O L E 42...
Page 52: ...C U B A S E N U E N D O A N D O T H E R A S I O S O F T W A R E 52...
Page 58: ...S O N A R A N D O T H E R W D M S O F T W A R E 58...
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