Document Outline

• Part 1 Getting Started
• Quick Reference: 828x Front Panel
• Quick Reference: 828x Rear Panel
• Quick Reference: MOTU Audio Console
• 1 About the 828x
  • Overview
  • The 828x Rear Panel
    • 28 inputs and 30 outputs
    • Analog
    • Precision Digital Trim™
    • Mic/guitar sends
    • Main Outs
    • Optical
    • S/PDIF
    • MIDI I/O
    • On-board SMPTE synchronization
    • Word clock
    • Punch in/out
    • Hybrid Thunderbolt/USB 2.0 connectivity
  • The 828x Front Panel
    • Mic/guitar inputs with preamps
    • Mic/guitar input overload protection
    • Headphone output and main volume control
    • Programmable backlit LCD display
    • Metering section
  • 16-bit and 24-bit recording
  • CueMix FX 32-bit floating point mixing and effects
  • Host Audio Software
• 2 Packing List and System Requirements
  • Packing List
  • Windows System Requirements
  • Please register today!
• 3 Installing the 828x Software
  • Overview
  • Installation
    • Run the MOTU Audio installer
  • MOTU Audio drivers
    • ASIO
    • WDM
  • MOTU Audio Console
  • MOTU MIDI Driver
  • CueMix FX
  • MOTU SMPTE Console
• 4 Installing the 828x Hardware
  • Overview
  • Connect the 828x interface
    • Should I use Thunderbolt or USB 2.0?
    • If you are connecting with Thunderbolt
    • USB 3.0, USB 2.0 and USB 1.1
    • If you are connecting with USB 2.0 or 3.0
  • Connect audio inputs and outputs
    • Mic/guitar inputs with preamps
    • Quarter-inch analog
    • Mic/guitar/instrument sends
    • XLR main outs
    • Optical
    • S/PDIF
  • Connect MIDI gear
    • One-way MIDI connections
    • Connecting additional gear with MIDI THRUs
  • Connect a foot switch
  • A typical 828x setup
  • Operating the 828x as a converter
  • Making sync connections
    • Do you need to synchronize the 828x?
    • Situations that require synchronization
    • Synchronization is critical for clean digital I/O
    • Be sure to choose a digital audio clock master
  • Syncing to SMPTE timecode
  • Syncing S/PDIF devices
    • S/PDIF devices with no word clock
    • S/PDIF devices with word clock
  • Syncing word clock devices
    • Don’t chain word clock
    • Forcing a 1x word out rate
• Part 2 Using the 828x
• 5 MOTU Audio Console
  • Overview
  • Accessing the 828x settings
    • General tab settings
    • 828x tab settings
  • ‘General’ tab settings
    • Sample Rate
    • Master Clock Source
    • Samples Per Buffer
    • Use stereo pairs for Windows audio
    • Use WaveRT for Windows audio
    • Enable Pedal
  • 828x tab settings
    • Phones Assign
    • Optical input/output
    • Main Out Assign
    • Return Assign
    • Word Out
• 6 Front Panel Operation
  • Overview
  • Mic/guitar inputs
  • MAIN VOLUME
  • Phones
  • Meters and status LEDs
    • Mic/guitar inputs meters with V-Limit™ compressor
  • Push-button rotary encoders
  • Multi-function LCD display
    • Parameter “zooming”
    • Three global menus
  • 828x SETUP menu
    • LCD Contrast
    • Save/Name Preset
    • Load Preset
    • All Notes Off
    • Factory Defaults
  • Audio menu
    • ADAT SMUX Type
  • CueMix menu
    • CueMix mixer basics
    • CUEMIX menu organization
    • Navigating the four main menus
    • The IN (inputs) menu
    • The OUT (Outputs) menu
    • The MIX (Mixes) menu
    • The REVERB menu
  • Inputs menu
  • Outputs menu
  • Mixes menu
  • Reverb menu
  • Stand-alone operation
• 7 Configuring Host Audio Software
  • Overview
  • Preparation
  • Run MOTU Audio Console
    • Sample rate
    • Master Clock Source
    • Samples Per Buffer
    • Phones Assign
    • Optical input and output
    • Main Outs Assign
    • Return Assign
    • Reverb return
  • Choosing the MOTU Audio driver
    • Digital Performer
    • Pro Tools
    • Cubase and Nuendo
    • Live
    • Reason and Record
    • Reaper
    • SONAR
    • Sound Forge
    • Other audio software
  • Reducing latency
  • Working with 828x 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)
  • Using a foot switch
• 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
    • Eight stereo mix busses
    • 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
    • Assigning a mix bus output
    • Bus fader
    • Bus mute
    • Bus level meter
    • Bus reverb send/return
    • Input section
    • 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
    • Monitor group assign
  • 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
  • The Monitor Group
    • Assigning outputs to the monitor group
    • Monitor group presets menu
    • Monitor group meters
  • 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
  • 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
• 10 MOTU SMPTE Console
  • Overview
  • MOTU SMPTE Console
  • Clock/Address
  • Frame Rate
  • Reader section
    • Status lights
    • SMPTE source
    • Freewheel Address
    • Freewheel clock
    • Stop Freewheeling
  • Generator section
    • Level
    • Tach light
    • Destination
    • Stripe
    • Regenerate
  • Setting up for SMPTE time code sync
  • Resolving Cubase or Nuendo to time code
• Part 3 Appendices
• A Troubleshooting
  • Customer Support
  • Replacing Discs
  • Technical Support
• B 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
• Index