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FIRESTUDIO 

LIGHTPIPE 

 

 

© 2008, PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc. 

All Rights Reserved. 

 

24-bit/96k Recording Interface 

w/ 32 channels of ADAT i/o 

User’s Manual 

Version 1.1 

 

Summary of Contents for FIRESTUDIO LIGHTPIPE - V2.0

Page 1: ...FIRESTUDIO LIGHTPIPE 2008 PreSonus Audio Electronics Inc All Rights Reserved 24 bit 96k Recording Interface w 32 channels of ADAT i o User s Manual Version 1 1...

Page 2: ...t at any time without prior notice This warranty does not cover claims for damage due to abuse neglect alteration or attempted repair by unauthorized personnel and is limited to failures arising durin...

Page 3: ...D8 13 2 2 3 Mobile Recording Rig 14 2 3 Digital Connections Synchronization 15 2 3 1 What is ADAT Optical 15 2 3 2 What is S MUX 15 2 3 3 BNC Sync Word Clock 15 2 3 4 Master Slave and Multiple Digital...

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Page 5: ...or quick and easy visual monitoring of all signals Whether you re recording live shows with a mobile rig or an entire orchestra in a studio the FireStudio LightPipe is the perfect solution for your pr...

Page 6: ...d drivers expandability and a 34X4 mixer matrix application Summary of features 24 bit 96K FireWire IEEE 1394 interface Word Clock I O MIDI I O JetPLL Jitter Elimination Technology Balanced TRS Stereo...

Page 7: ...IN THE BOX Your FireStudio LightPipe package contains the following FireStudio LightPipe Recording Interface 6 6 pin to 6 pin FireWire cable 6 Standard IEC Power Cable PreSonus FireStudio Driver Inst...

Page 8: ...2 GB recommended Windows OS 32 bit Microsoft Windows Vista or XP SP2 Computer Windows compatible computer with FireWire 400 port CPU Clock Pentium or AMD with 1 GHz or higher Dual 1 GHz recommended Me...

Page 9: ...was written to be as simple and easy to follow as possible Please read each message carefully to ensure the FireStudio LightPipe is properly installed Before continuing the FireStudio LightPipe Instal...

Page 10: ...y the correct components to your computer 6 The installer will now prompt you to reboot your computer to complete the installation Click Finish to automatically restart your PC Once your computer has...

Page 11: ...he FireStudio LightPipe installer which will take you through each step of the installation process 1 To install the FireStudio LightPipe driver on your Mac double click on the PreSonus FireStudio Ins...

Page 12: ...s and FireStudio LightPipe Mixer Software You must choose your system drive Storage drives and partitions cannot be used as hosts for the driver 6 The FireStudio Installer contains the installations f...

Page 13: ...FireStudio LightPipe installation requires that your Mac be restarted to finish the installation process Click Continue Installation 9 Click Restart to reboot your Mac After rebooting your computer co...

Page 14: ...is the perfect solution to connect your 32 channel digital mixer to your computer It is also ideal to take out of the studio and record live performances All you need are a few cables a durable rack...

Page 15: ...OPERATION 13 PreSonus 2008 2 2 2 USING THE FIRESTUDIO LIGHTPIPE WITH MULTIPLE DIGIMAX D8...

Page 16: ...OPERATION 14 PreSonus 2008 2 2 3 MOBILE RECORDING RIG...

Page 17: ...ows for eight channels of digital audio streaming at 44 1 kHz or 48 kHz By using S MUX technology two channels are joined together to represent one channel at 88 2 kHz or 96 kHz In this way you can st...

Page 18: ...to keep the word clock signal clean Both word clock terminator plugs and BNC T connectors can be purchased at most recording supply retailers For a complete description of parallel word clock distrib...

Page 19: ...s analog outputs main outs and headphones The FireStudio LightPipe Mixer also acts as the FireStudio LightPipe s control panel with the ability to change various hardware and software settings of the...

Page 20: ...eStudio LightPipe Mixer icon and select Quit to completely exit the FireStudio LightPipe Mixer application and remove it from your Taskbar Mac OS X users will find the FireStudio LightPipe Mixer appli...

Page 21: ...le Rate Lock Mode PC Only Sets which types of applications can change the Sample Rate Unlock Any WDM or ASIO application can change the Sample Rate Lock WDM Windows Only ASIO applications can change t...

Page 22: ...r The FireStudio LightPipe Mixer allows you to create two customized zero latency mixes of all 32 of the FireStudio LightPipe s hardware inputs with one stereo pair of software playback output and adj...

Page 23: ...io is displayed directly above each channel s virtual LED meter Channel Mutes and Solos Adds the channel to the Mute or Solo bus Muting a channel silences the channel s audio Soloing a channel mutes a...

Page 24: ...ment will bring up the pulldown menu You can assign a different playback stream to each mix Main Output Fader Changes the overall level of the mix Muting this channel silences the mix on that analog o...

Page 25: ...front of the FireStudio LightPipe Notice the volume indicator goes to 11 use this setting with extreme caution Headphone Jack Connects headphones to the FireStudio LightPipe Power Turns the FireStudi...

Page 26: ...ncing The MIDI inputs and outputs allow connection and or communication with external MIDI equipment One function of this port is MIDI programming These can also be used for MMC MIDI Machine Control a...

Page 27: ...udio via ADAT When the Sample Rate is set to 44 1 kHz or 48 kHz each ADAT I O port provides 8 of the 32 total channels consecutively from right to left When the Sample Rate is set to 88 2 kHz or 96 kH...

Page 28: ...easing the Buffer Size in the FireStudio LightPipe Mixer and optimizing your operating system for audio Pops and clicks exclusive to the ADAT inputs or outputs are typically caused when the FireStudio...

Page 29: ...16 channels SMUX ADAT SMUX Digital Audio Input 4 Toslink Connectors 32 channels ADAT 16 channels SMUX ADAT SMUX Internal Sample Frequency Selections kHz 44 1 48 88 2 96 External Sample Frequency Input...

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