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US-800

USB 2.0 Audio/MIDI Interface

D01105620B

OWNER'S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for US-800

Page 1: ...US 800 USB 2 0 Audio MIDI Interface D01105620B OWNER S MANUAL...

Page 2: ...diate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference wi...

Page 3: ...storms or when unused for long periods of time 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or...

Page 4: ...nections 23 Audio connections 23 Microphones 23 Guitars 23 Connecting keyboards drum machines sound modules cassette MD CD players and other analog line level devices 23 Connecting sound modules MD CD...

Page 5: ...hone jack with a combined output of 49 mW 49 mW both output the same signal Input monitoring mixer uses digital processing to mix up to 14 ins and 2 outs One MIDI IN connector and one MIDI OUT connect...

Page 6: ...product names and logos in this document are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Cautions on installation The unit s nominal operating temperature is between 5 and 35 C...

Page 7: ...dard quarter inch plugs Use the XLR connector for microphones balanced and the standard jack unbalanced for electric guitars basses and other instruments XLR 1 GND 2 HOT 3 COLD TS Tip HOT Sleeve GND 6...

Page 8: ...al input jack conforms to IEC60958 3 S PDIF specifications NOTE This unit is capable of input through its DIGITAL IN jack at 24 bit 96 kHz w MIDI IN connector This 5 PIN DIN is a standard MIDI input c...

Page 9: ...o a recorder or external effect processors for example In stand alone mode the signals from MIC LINE INPUTS 3 4 are output from this jacks NOTE This unit is capable of output through its DIGITAL OUT j...

Page 10: ...depending on differences in design and specifications Mac OS X Supported operating systems Mac OS X 10 6 3 or later Supported computer systems Apple Macintosh equipped with a USB port CPU Any Mac wit...

Page 11: ...Windows computer 1 Confirm that the unit and the PC are not connected by a USB cable 2 Insert the included driver installation CD ROM into the PC where you will install it 3 Open the included driver C...

Page 12: ...1 Confirm that the unit is not connected to the computer 2 Double click the US 800 Panel app dmg on the included driver CD ROM A disk image named US 800Panel should appear on the computer Depending on...

Page 13: ...indows on page 11 for the correct procedures Q I loaded the installation CD ROM into a Windows computer but the driver installation menu does not appear How can I access this menu A The driver CD ROM...

Page 14: ...ount when using a mouse scroll wheel to raise and lower the virtual faders Settings Step1 default value Step2 Step4 Step8 Latency According to the performance of the computer system you can change the...

Page 15: ...lect to hide software other than the US 800 control panel Show All Select to show all running software Quit US 800 Panel Select to quit the US 800 control panel software Configuration Restore Factory...

Page 16: ...4 faders on the left are the input faders In order from the left they are 6 channels of analog inputs 2 channels of digital inputs and 6 channels of signals from the computer The 2 faders on the far r...

Page 17: ...ference it is described second Mac version part names are indicated in parentheses SOLO S buttons When a SOLO button is turned ON only channels with SOLO buttons turned ON have their signal sent to th...

Page 18: ...INTERNAL it can also be used to set it On Windows use the pull down menu to select the value On Mac click the corresponding button Settings 44100 default setting 48000 88200 96000 Hz When Clock CLOCK...

Page 19: ...to open the corresponding window where you can make output settings Fader section Use these three pairs of faders to set the US 800 output You can make LINE OUT PHONES OUT and DIGITAL OUT settings Wi...

Page 20: ...rect I O section Windows only Direct I O By using Direct I O in the US 800 driver audio signals can be exchanged between applications that use different interfaces Using this function the following ty...

Page 21: ...on the mixer tab screen About latency This unit s driver momentarily stores audio input and output signals in a buffer The size of the buffer can be adjusted The smaller the buffer is the shorter the...

Page 22: ...22 TASCAM US 800 Computer USB Headphones Guitar Bass guitar Keyboard Drum machine Drums Powered speakers or amplifier and speakers Digital recorder Example of using US 800 connections 5 Connections...

Page 23: ...connection to the unit when the PHANTOM 48V switch is ON could damage this unit and make it unusable Do not connect or disconnect a mic with an input when this switch is ON Loud noises might be produc...

Page 24: ...reo mini jack Use the one suitable for your headphones You can also use both at the same time When doing so the combined output from both jacks is 49 mW 49 mW Connecting MIDI devices You can connect k...

Page 25: ...nificant amount Moreover the digital mixer includes faders pan sliders mute and solo buttons as well as level meters allowing you to tailor the monitoring mix as desired Using the digital mixer for mo...

Page 26: ...he center set the Mic Inst 1 pan to center C 9 If you want to eliminate all sound from the unused channels set their Mute buttons to ON or set the SOLO buttons for Mic Inst 1 and Computer 1 2 to ON so...

Page 27: ...k NOTE If you change this setting while Windows Media Player is running the software will not recognize that the device has been changed In this case restart Windows Media Player If you still cannot h...

Page 28: ...he procedures above restart the computer After making this setting sound will be output through this unit but no sound will be output by the computer s speakers or headphone jacks Mac OS X and iTunes...

Page 29: ...d values and then the output selectors before being output from the output jacks Mixer The mixer settings are fixed at the following values Faders All set at 0 dB Pan Odd channels are set to the left...

Page 30: ...c Channel X X X X Through Pitch Bender X X Through Control Change X X Through Program Change Range X X Through System Exclusive X X Through System Common Song Pos Song Sel Tune X X X X X X Through Sys...

Page 31: ...USB ports try connecting to a different built in USB port on the computer and reinstall the driver when using Windows NOTE Try again after disconnecting other USB devices Keyboards and mice can be lef...

Page 32: ...re is noise The processing load on the computer can cause sound to break up and noise to occur Some ways to reduce the load on a computer are introduced below 1 If a wireless LAN antivirus software or...

Page 33: ...section 5 On the Visual Effects tab in the Performance Options window select Adjust for best performance Mac OS X 1 Open System Preferences from the Apple menu and select Energy Saver 2 Click the Sle...

Page 34: ...e GND Input impedance 1 M Nominal input level 13 dBV 0 22 Vrms Minimum input level 57 dBV 0 001 Vrms Maximum input level 3 dBV 1 41 Vrms Digital input Coaxial DIGITAL IN Connector RCA pin jack Format...

Page 35: ...ows Vista 64 bit SP2 or later Windows 7 32 bit Windows 7 64 bit Supported computer system Windows compatible computer with a USB port USB 2 0 is recommended CPU clock Pentium 4 1 4 GHz or faster AMD A...

Page 36: ...rew hole Depth 4 0 mm max 262 mm 116 mm 152 mm 41 mm 3 mm 108 4 mm 13 3 mm Illustrations in this manual may differ in part from the actual product Specifications and the external appearance may be cha...

Page 37: ...INE OUT SELECT DIGITAL OUT SELECT PHONES OUT SELECT 1 2 MIC LINE 3 MIC LINE 4 MIC INST 1 MIC INST 2 5 6 3 4 DIGITAL IN PHONES 1 PHONES 2 DIGITAL OUT LEVEL LINE L 1 LINE R 2 MONITOR MIC LINE 5 MIC LINE...

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