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CONFIGURING HOST AUDIO SOFTWARE
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Sound Forge
In Sony Sound Forge, go to the Preferences
window, click the Audio tab, and then choose
MOTU Audio from the Audio device type menu.
Other audio software
For other audio applications, the procedure is
similar to that shown above. Consult your owner’s
manual for further information.
REDUCING LATENCY
On Windows, audio I/O buffer size is handled by
the audio driver rather than the host audio
application.
In the MOTU Audio Console, Samples Per Buffer
provides an adjustable audio buffer setting that lets
you control the amount of delay you’ll hear when
monitoring live inputs through your host audio
software or processing them with software
plug-ins.
For information, see the “Adjusting the audio I/O
buffer” section of chapter 8, “Reducing Monitoring
Latency” (page 65).
WORKING WITH 896MK3 INPUTS AND
OUTPUTS
Once you’ve enabled the 896mk3 Hybrid’s driver,
896mk3 Hybrid audio inputs and outputs will
appear in your host software wherever audio inputs
and outputs are listed. If you don’t see the optical
inputs and/or outputs, check MOTU Audio
Console to make sure they are turned on. If you
don’t plan to use either optical bank, turn it off to
conserve computer bandwidth.
Remember that the main outs and headphone
output can be configured in MOTU Audio Console
to mirror other outputs. In addition, the 896mk3
Hybrid optical banks can be disabled or configured
as either ADAT optical or TOSLink. This will affect
how they appear (and if they appear at all) in your
host software’s audio input lists. See “Optical input/
output” on page 44, “Phones Assign” on page 43
and “Main Out Assign” on page 44.
AUDIO INPUT AND OUTPUT NAMES
The MOTU Audio driver supplies text string labels
for the 896mk3 Hybrid’s audio inputs and outputs
to clearly identify each one, but some applications
do not display these labels.
For information on how you can identify each
input and output in a numbered list like this, see
Appendix A, “Audio I/O reference” page (125).
NUMBER OF CHANNELS
If your host audio software requires that you
specify the number of audio voices or channels you
will be using, be sure to choose enough channels to
cover the 28 inputs and 32 outputs provided by
your 896mk3 Hybrid — although the number of
channels may depend on how your 896mk3 Hybrid
is configured.
PROCESSING LIVE INPUTS WITH HOST
PLUG-INS
If you patch a live input (such as a MIDI
synthesizer) through a plug-in effect in your host
software, you might hear a slight delay. There are
several ways to reduce this delay. For details, see
chapter 8, “Reducing Monitoring Latency”
(page 65).
WORKING WITH CUEMIX FX MIXING AND
EFFECTS
The 896mk3 Hybrid provides powerful external
mixing, EQ, compression and reverb, which you
can operate hand-in-hand with your host’s mixing
environment. For example, the 896mk3 Hybrid
can serve as a monitor mixer routing channels to
musicians, or it can serve as an integrated
extension of your host’s mixing environment. If
you program an 896mk3 Hybrid mixing and
processing configuration that goes hand in hand
with your host project, be sure to use the file save
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