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CHAPTER

P A C K I N G   L I S T   A N D   S Y S T E M   R E Q U I R E M E N T S

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Packing List and System 

Requirements

PACKING LIST

The MicroBook ships with the items 
listed below. If any of these items are not 
present in your MicroBook box when you 
first open it, please immediately contact 
your dealer or MOTU.

■

One MicroBook II audio interface

■

One USB cable (Type A to Type B)

■

One MicroBook Mac/Windows User 

Guide

■

One cross-platform 

Universal Audio 

Installer

 disc

■

MicroBook product registration card

■

One peel-off sheet of rubber feet

MAC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

The MicroBook system requires the 
following Mac system:

■

PowerPC G4 CPU 1 GHz or faster 

(including PowerPC G5 CPUs and all 
Intel processor Macs)

■

512 MB of RAM; 1 GB or more is 

recommended

■

Mac OS X version 10.5 or 10.6; v10.5.6 

or later is required.

■

A large hard drive, preferably at least 

100 GB

WINDOWS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

The MicroBook system requires the 
following Windows system:

■

Pentium 4 CPU (or equivalent) 1 GHz 

or faster

■

512 MB of RAM; 1 GB or more is 

recommended

■

Windows 7 or Vista, 32- or 64-bit

■

A large hard drive, preferably at least 

100 GB

PLEASE REGISTER TODAY!

Please register your MicroBook today. 
There are two ways to register.

■

Visit www.motu.com/register to 

register online

OR

■

Fill out and mail the included product 

registration card

As a registered user, you will be eligible to 
receive technical support and 
announcements about product 
enhancements as soon as they become 
available. Only registered users receive 
these special update notices, so please 
register today.

You need your MicroBook serial 
number to register

To register your MicroBook, you need 
your unit’s serial number. See “Obtaining 
your MicroBook serial number” on 
page 14.

Содержание MicroBook II

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Страница 3: ...MicroBook II User Guide 1280 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02138 Business voice 617 576 2760 Business fax 617 576 3609 Web site www motu com Tech support www motu com support...

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Страница 5: ...uick Reference MicroBook Top Panel 7 Quick Reference CueMix FX 9 About the MicroBook 13 Packing List and System Requirements 15 Installing the MicroBook Software 17 Installing the MicroBook Hardware 2...

Страница 6: ...esigned with the high impedance characteris tics necessary to properly handle both passive and active guitar pickups To make your guitar sound and feel even more like it is plugged directly into a act...

Страница 7: ...you adjust the input level for recording If you use these quarter inch jacks DO NOT plug a cable in to the stereo mini jack 5 This eighth inch stereo mini jack serves as a stereo line level analog ou...

Страница 8: ...IC input and GUITAR input In Guitar Trim Mode see below these meters indicate the input level setting not signal activity 5 Three LED metering for the LINE OUTs 6 The VOL digital rotary encoder contro...

Страница 9: ...four stereomixbusses UsetheMix tab to mix sources inputs host computer audio etc for each mix bus See The Mixes tab on page 43 3 Output settings include choosing what you will hear on each output a mi...

Страница 10: ...A mixcangotoasmanyoutputs as you want Choosing Sine White or Pink produces a sine waveorwhite pinknoisefrom theMicroBook ssignalgenera tor item 8 on the previous page 3 If you want to apply EQ or dyn...

Страница 11: ...ing and playback at industry standard sample rates from 44 1 to 96 kHz All inputs and outputs can be accessed simultaneously The MicroBook consists of a light and small aluminum alloy encased interfac...

Страница 12: ...ftware for Mac OS X USB cable included With a variety of I O formats dedicated mic and guitar inputs and no latency mixing and processing of live input the MicroBook is a complete portable studio in a...

Страница 13: ...e of audio material Low pass and high pass filters are also supplied with slopes that range from 6 to 36 dB The MicroBook s flexible effects architecture allows you to apply EQ and compression on ever...

Страница 14: ...A B O U T T H E M I C R O B O O K 12...

Страница 15: ...sion 10 5 or 10 6 v10 5 6 or later is required A large hard drive preferably at least 100 GB WINDOWS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS The MicroBook system requires the following Windows system Pentium 4 CPU or equ...

Страница 16: ...about software enhancements as soon as they become available Thank you for taking the time to register your new MOTU products OBTAINING YOUR MICROBOOK SERIAL NUMBER The MicroBook holds its serial numb...

Страница 17: ...ected the MicroBook to your computer and switched it on Windows probably issued an alert notifying you that the MicroBook requires drivers followed by another window asking you to locate the drivers o...

Страница 18: ...I N S T A L L I N G T H E M I C R O B O O K S O F T W A R E 16 Figure 3 1 AudioDesk for Mac OS X...

Страница 19: ...NDOWS USERS INSTALL THE SOFTWARE FIRST PC installation goes much more smoothly if you install the MicroBook software previous chapter before you connect the MicroBook hardware this chapter CONNECT THE...

Страница 20: ...ly engage 48V power when a device that requires it is plugged in 20 dB pad If the input signal is still too hot with the trim turned all the way down engage the 20dB pad by pushing the MIC knob or by...

Страница 21: ...also be used as outputs for any purpose The quarter inch main outs are calibrated to produce a 4 dBu line level output signal Line out You can use the eighth inch stereo mini line out jack for output...

Страница 22: ...ure 4 4 2 Adjust the settings for each input channel as desired The Focus button exposes further settings for the input in the Channel tab 4 3 Each input can be trimmed 4 Click the Channel tab 4 to ac...

Страница 23: ...own power supply Most commonly these types of products have a DC power adapter that plugs into an AC wall outlet As you can see however this situation does not allow for remote battery operation as th...

Страница 24: ...k in the computer with audio software or both During recording you can use the MicroBook s CueMix FX mixer to apply EQ and compression to what you are recording and monitor it via the main outs headph...

Страница 25: ...AC OS X DRIVERS To install the MicroBook s Mac OS X audio drivers just run the installer on the MOTU Audio installer disc as detailed in chapter 3 Installing the MicroBook Software page 15 RUNNING CUE...

Страница 26: ...igital Performer project to AudioDesk use SaveA CopyAs in Digital Performer s File menu and choose the AudioDesk 3 0 file format Then open the resulting AudioDesk 3 0 document in AudioDesk Exchanging...

Страница 27: ...from the Input and Monitor menus as shown below in Figure 5 5 Figure 5 5 Enabling the MicroBook in Soundtrack Pro Garage Band In Garage Band go to the Audio MIDI preferences and choose MOTU MicroBook...

Страница 28: ...9 For information about the Buffer Size setting see Adjusting the audio I O buffer on page 34 Figure 5 9 Enabling the MicroBook in Reason Reaper In Cockos Reaper access the Preferences and click Devi...

Страница 29: ...ght hear a slight delay There are several ways to reduce this delay For details see chapter 7 Reducing Monitoring Latency page 33 WORKING WITH CUEMIX FX MIXING AND EFFECTS The MicroBook provides power...

Страница 30: ...rocessing Rather input is routed directly to an output either with or without MicroBook based effects processing EQ or compression See 1 Live input from mic guitar etc enters the MicroBook Computer 2...

Страница 31: ...dio data in and out of the computer The size of thebuffersdetermineshowmuchdelay you hear when monitoring live inputs through your audio software larger buffers produce more delay smaller buffers prod...

Страница 32: ...ge 23 Digital Performer Figure 5 13 In Digital Performer and AudioDesk choose Setup menu Configure Audio System Configure Hardware Driver to open the dialog shown above and access the Buffer Size sett...

Страница 33: ...r if the Performance meter is peaking try raising the buffer size If you are at a point in your recording project where you are not currently working with live patched thru material e g you re not rec...

Страница 34: ...s mix automation or other real time effects that your audio software provides But for inputs that don t need these types of features CueMix FX is the way to go On the other hand if you really need to...

Страница 35: ...tware page 15 RUNNING CUEMIX FX Before you run your host audio software launch CueMix FX to configure your MicroBook hardware Running CueMix FX confirms that the MicroBook hardware is connected powere...

Страница 36: ...go to the Device Setup window chooseVSTAudio System and select MOTU Audio ASIO from the ASIO Driver menu Figure 6 3 Activate the inputs and outputs within Cubase or Nuendo as usual Figure 6 3 Activat...

Страница 37: ...rom the ASIO driver menu as shown below in Figure 6 6 Figure 6 6 Enabling the MOTU Audio ASIO driver in Reaper SONAR In Cakewalk SONAR you can use the MOTUASIO driver or the MOTUWDM driver Note that w...

Страница 38: ...s you don t Figure 6 8 on page 36 Other audio settings in SONAR There are a few other settings in SONAR that impact MicroBook operation 1 In the Audio preferences section choose Driver Settings 2 Choo...

Страница 39: ...S The MicroBook provides powerful external mixing EQ and compression which you can operate hand in hand with your host software s complete mixing environment For example the MicroBook can serve as a m...

Страница 40: ...W I N D O W S A U D I O S O F T W A R E 38...

Страница 41: ...mixer allows you to apply no latency EQ and dynamics to inputs and outputs directly in the MicroBookhardware independentof the computer Input signals to the computer can be recorded wet dry or dry wi...

Страница 42: ...1 could go to the headphones Mix 2 could go to the main outs Mix 3 could go to a piece of outboard gear connected to analog outputs 3 4 and so on You can also assign a mix to multiple output pairs For...

Страница 43: ...computer Output channels The Outputs tab Figure 7 4 on page 44 gives you access to settings for each MicroBook output pair including EQ and dynamics processing These settings are applied to the signa...

Страница 44: ...button Figure 7 2 to access the Channel EQ and dynamics tab settings for each input Figure 7 2 The Inputs tab Input name Channel focus Mono stereo paring Invert phase Input trim EQ dynamics graph EQ...

Страница 45: ...MicroBook from your host audio software By bringing up this fader you can combine live inputs mic guitar and line 1 2 with any audio from the computer Stereo grouping The input channel strips in the...

Страница 46: ...ed to the output from various sources Signal flows from top to bottom Settings in each Output tab channel strip are applied to the signal in order from top to bottom For example EQ occurs before Dynam...

Страница 47: ...eters and the meter in the channel meter display above the tab if this area is displaying an input meter Click Pre to view levels before any EQ or dynamics processing click Post to view levels after E...

Страница 48: ...ned by Scope Return channel settings Figure 7 7 For example if you want to mix inputs with effects and send the result to MicroBook outputs but you also want to send those same inputs dry no processin...

Страница 49: ...nnels that are currently in focus via the Focus buttons Figure 7 1 The FFT curve is post filter Therefore the FFT shows the results of the EQ filter s being applied Spectrogram Choose Options menu Sho...

Страница 50: ...requency and the horizontalaxisrepresentsthephaseof the left channel minus the phase of the right channel measured in radians In polar coordinates the radius represents frequency and the angle theta f...

Страница 51: ...r power on or off devices connected to the MicroBook while recording or playing back audio Doing so may cause a brief glitch in the audio Monitoring How to monitor inputs Please refer to the documenta...

Страница 52: ...14 Youmust beabletosupplythisnumberto receive technical support A brief explanation of the problem including the exact sequence of actions which cause it and the contents of any error messages which...

Страница 53: ...er size 30 enabling MicroBook Driver 24 exchanging projects with AudioDesk 24 Disc replacing 49 Drivers installing 15 Mac OS X 23 Windows 33 DSP resources 39 Dynamic mic 4 Dynamics tab 42 E EQ tab 42...

Страница 54: ...te 26 37 Samplers connecting 22 Scope Return Channel 46 Serial number 9 13 14 46 Setup 14 Show FFT 47 Spectrogram 47 Sig Gen tab see Signal Gener ator tab Signal Generator tab 7 45 Sine wave Software...

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