M-AUDIO FIREWIRE2496
Owner's Manual

Audiophile�s S/PDIF input. The following step-by-step instructions give you a basic setup, and continue on to an advanced setup for adding and monitoring effects. NOTE: In this example, we would leave the sync source selection in the control panel�s hardware page set to internal. The outboard effects unit will get its clock from the FireWire Audiophile�s S/PDIF Out, and therefore will lock to the internal clock. When the effect unit returns to the S/PDIF Input, the S/PDIF Input should be in sync with the internal clock. 1 Connect the FireWire Audiophile�s S/PDIF Out to the S/PDIF Input of your outboard effects unit. In the FireWire Audiophile�s output page, click on the spdif out channel�s main/aux switch so that it displays aux. Since we�re going to be monitoring the effect from the S/PDIF input, we must assign the spdif in channel in the FireWire Audiophile mixer page to a destination. Select 1/2 as the destination, so that the effect is mixed in with other signals being monitored. Set up your FireWire Audiophile to record with the analog inputs using the instructions under the �Setting Up Your Record Levels� section, and either the ASIO Direct Monitoring or Other Direct Monitoring sections. Let�s assume that you are only using analog line in 1 for recording (maybe a bass synth on channel 1). After you have set up a reasonable monitor level using the level fader on the Mixer�s analog in and panned the channel (most likely center), add some level to the aux L control. That signal is being sent to the aux output master channel, and then to the spdif out. Since we�re adding an effect to a mono instrument, set the aux output master channel�s pan knobs to <C>, or center panned.

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As you play the synth, you should start to see level appear on the aux output master channel as you add level to aux L control on the analog in. You should also start to see level appearing at the input of your effects unit, and hear the effect level at the FireWire Audiophile�s spdif in. You can make adjustments to the monitor level using the spdif in channel�s level faders. Now for the advanced setup. We�ve added an effect to the instrument that we�re recording and direct monitoring. That�s fine for recording, but we might want to hear that same effect when we are playing back�at least while the recording process is going on. Once you�re done recording, you might want to disconnect the outboard effects unit, reset your FireWire Audiophile Mixer, and then use the software plug-in effects from within your audio software. Here�s a suggestion for how to hear the same effect on the synth you are recording as you hear when playing back the track and evaluating the performance. 1 2 Whichever track you are recording to, set that track�s output to Line Output 3 and 4. In the FireWire Audiophile mixer, set the destination on sw rtn 3/4 to 1/2. Then, match the level and the pan setting on sw rtn 3 to the analog in channel 1. Also, match the level of the aux L controls for both of those channels.