Document Outline

• Part 1 Part 1 Getting Started
  • Quick Reference: Track16 Operation
  • Quick Reference: Track16 Connectors
  • Quick Reference: MOTU Audio Setup
  • 1 About the Track16
    • Overview
    • The Track16 I/O connections
      • Analog
      • Mic inputs
      • Guitar inputs
      • Line inputs and outputs
      • Precision Digital Trim™
      • Optical
      • MIDI I/O
      • On-board SMPTE synchronization
      • Hybrid FireWire/USB2 connectivity
      • Bus-powered operation
    • The Track16 Top panel
      • Metering
      • Multifunction volume knob with buttons
    • 16-bit and 24-bit recording
    • CueMix FX 32-bit floating point mixing and effects
    • Included software
      • MOTU Audio Setup
      • MOTU SMPTE Setup
      • CueMix FX
    • AudioDesk
    • Digital Performer
    • Other Host audio software
  • 2 Packing List and System Requirements
    • Packing List
    • Mac System Requirements
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  • 3 Installing the Track16 Software
    • Overview
    • Installation
      • Run the MOTU Audio installer
    • MOTU Audio driver
    • MOTU Audio Setup
    • Core MIDI and Audio MIDI Setup
      • Launching Audio MIDI Setup
      • Connecting MIDI devices to the Track16
    • CueMix FX
    • MOTU SMPTE Setup
    • AudioDesk workstation software
  • 4 Installing the Track16 Hardware
    • Overview
    • Connect the Track16 interface
      • Type B FireWire ports
      • Which should I use: FireWire or USB2?
      • Bus-powered operation requires FireWire
      • If you are connecting via FireWire
      • High Speed USB 2.0 versus USB 1.1
      • If you are connecting via high-speed USB 2.0
      • Switching Between FireWire and USB
    • Connect audio inputs and outputs
      • Track16 breakout cable
      • Mic inputs 1-2
      • Guitar inputs
      • Line inputs
      • Main outs and line outs
      • Optical
    • Connect MIDI gear
      • One-way MIDI connections
      • Connecting additional gear with MIDI THRUs
    • Power options
      • Bus power requirements
      • Examples of bus-powered operation
      • DC power supply
    • A typical Track16 setup
    • Connecting multiple MOTU FireWire interfaces
      • Resolving to other Core audio drivers
      • Operating multiple FireWire interfaces at high sample rates
• Part 2 Part 2 Using Track16
  • 5 MOTU Audio Setup
    • Overview
    • Accessing the Track16 settings
      • Track16 tab settings
      • General tab settings
    • ‘Track16’ tab settings
      • Enable Core Audio Volume Controls
      • Sample Rate
      • Clock Source
      • Default Stereo Input/Output
      • Phones Assign
      • Optical input/output
      • Main Out Assign
      • Return Assign
    • ‘General’ tab settings
      • Launch MOTU Audio Setup when hardware becomes available
      • Edit Channel Names
      • Enable Pedal
  • 6 Hardware operation
    • meters
    • Knob
    • Buttons
      • Output volume control
      • Input trim
      • Input bus volume
      • Muting/unmuting
      • Pad and 48V phantom power
      • Lockout mode
      • Button LED color schemes
    • Factory settings
  • 7 Configuring Host Audio Software
    • Overview
    • Preparation
    • Run MOTU Audio Setup
      • Sample rate
      • Clock Source
      • Phones Assign
      • Optical input and output
      • Main Outs Assign
      • Return Assign
      • Reverb return
    • Choosing the MOTU Audio driver
      • Digital Performer and AudioDesk
      • Pro Tools
      • Logic Pro and Logic Express
      • Soundtrack Pro
      • Garage Band
      • Cubase and Nuendo
      • Live
      • Reason and Record
      • Reaper
      • Other audio software
    • Reducing latency
    • Working with Track16 inputs and outputs
      • Number of channels
      • Mix1 1-2 return bus
      • The “Phones 1-2” output
      • Audio Input and output names
    • Processing live inputs with host plug-ins
    • Working with CueMix FX mixing and effects
    • Synchronization
      • Synchronizing digital audio connections
      • Resolving directly to time code (with no synchronizer)
  • 8 Reducing Monitoring Latency
    • Overview
    • Monitoring live input
    • Adjusting the audio I/O buffer
      • Lower latency versus higher CPU overhead
      • Transport responsiveness
      • Effects processing and automated mixing
    • CueMix FX hardware monitoring
    • Two methods for controlling CueMix FX
      • Using the CueMix FX app
      • Controlling CueMix FX from your audio software
  • 9 CueMix FX
    • Overview
    • A 16-bus mixer with EQ, compression and reverb
    • Advantages over host-based mixing and processing
    • Opening CueMix FX
    • CueMix FX basic operation
      • A separate mix bus for each output pair
      • Many inputs to one output pair
      • Viewing one mix bus at a time
      • Each mix bus is independent
      • Input channels
      • Output channels
      • Channel focus and settings
      • Global reverb processor
      • Other features
      • Widening the CueMix FX window
    • The Mixes tab
      • Viewing a mix
      • Naming a mix
      • Mix bus output
      • Bus fader
      • Bus mute
      • Bus level meter
      • Bus reverb send/return
      • Input section
      • Naming an input
      • Input channel focus
      • Input pan section
      • Input fader and mute/solo
    • The Inputs tab
      • Input tab settings are global
      • Signal flows from top to bottom
      • Input name
      • Input channel focus
      • Mono/stereo pairing
      • Invert phase
      • Input trim
      • Input EQ and dynamics
    • The Outputs tab
      • Signal flows from top to bottom
      • Output name
      • Output channel focus
      • Output EQ and Dynamics
      • Output reverb send/return
      • Talkback/Listenback
    • The channel settings section
      • The Channel tab
      • The EQ tab
      • Vintage EQ
      • Enabling EQ
      • Vintage EQ Quick reference
      • How the vintage EQ works
      • EQ filters
      • EQ filter styles
      • Low pass and high pass filters
      • The Dynamics tab
      • Enabling Dynamics
      • Compressor
      • Leveler
      • The Meters tab
      • The Reverb tab
      • Enabling reverb
      • Routing inputs, busses and outputs to the reverb processor
      • Reverb sends
      • Reverb returns
      • Split point
      • Primary controls
      • Early reflections
      • Reverb design
    • Output volume controls
    • DSP meter
    • Solo light
    • Talkback and listenback
      • Hardware setup
      • Talkback / Listenback Mic Input
      • Talk / Listen output
      • Talkback / Listenback Monitor Dim
      • Engaging/disengaging Talkback and Listenback
      • Controlling Talkback and Listenback volume
    • Shortcuts
    • File menu
      • Saving and loading hardware presets
      • Peak/hold time
      • Mix1 Return Includes Computer
      • Hardware follows CueMix Stereo Settings
      • Show meter in dock icon
    • Edit menu
      • Undo/Redo
      • Copying & pasting (duplicating) entire mixes
      • Clear Peaks
    • Devices menu
      • Audio analysis tools
      • Choosing channels for audio analysis
      • Scoping host software audio output
    • FFT and Spectrogram display
      • Filter display options
      • FFT display
      • Spectrogram
      • Opening the FFT Analysis window
      • View controls
      • Horizontal controls (frequency axis)
      • Vertical controls (amplitude axis)
      • Spectrogram controls
      • The info box
    • Oscilloscope
      • Opening the oscilloscope
      • Choosing a channel to display
      • View controls
      • Horizontal controls (time axis)
      • Vertical controls (amplitude axis)
      • Waveform Recognition
      • Trigger
      • Measurement information
      • Ideas for using the Oscilloscope
    • X-Y Plot
      • Metering
      • Opening the X-Y Plot
      • Choosing a channel pair to display
      • View controls
      • Horizontal and vertical controls
      • Persistence
      • Using the XY Plot
    • Phase Analysis
      • Correlation Meter
      • Opening the Phase Analysis
      • Choosing a channel pair to display
      • View controls
      • Horizontal and vertical controls
      • Filters
      • Using the Phase Analysis
    • Tuner
      • Opening the Tuner
      • Choosing a channel to tune
      • Tuner controls
      • Tuning stereo signals
    • Configurations menu
      • Modifying a configuration
      • Saving a CueMix FX configuration as a hardware preset
      • Saving a hardware preset as a CueMix FX configuration
    • Talkback menu
    • Phones menu
    • Control Surfaces menu
      • Application follows control surface
      • Share surfaces with other applications
      • CueMix Control Surfaces
      • Other HUI-compatible control surfaces
      • Other control surface hardware products
  • 10 MOTU SMPTE Setup
    • Overview
    • MOTU SMPTE Setup
    • Clock/Address
    • Frame Rate
    • Reader section
      • Status lights
      • SMPTE source
      • Freewheel Address
      • Freewheel clock
      • Stop Freewheeling
    • Generator section
      • Level
      • Tach light
      • Destination
      • Stripe
      • Regenerate
      • Generate from sequencer
    • Setup for SMPTE time code sync
    • Resolving DP or AudioDesk to time code
    • Resolving Pro Tools to time code
    • Resolving other hosts to time code
• Part 3 Part 3 Appendices
  • A Audio I/O reference
    • Overview
      • Inputs at 1x sample rates
      • Inputs at 2x sample rates
      • Inputs at 4x sample rates
      • Outputs at 1x sample rates
      • Outputs at 2x sample rates
      • Outputs at 4x sample rates
  • B Troubleshooting
    • Customer Support
    • Replacing Discs
    • Technical Support