M-Audio Firewire Audiophile Owner's Manual

M-Audio FireWire Audiophile - Users Manual1 Introduction2 What’s in the Box3 About the FireWire Audiophile4 Features and Technical Features5 Minim

8 Power Switch – Push-on, push-off power switch turns the FireWire Audiophile onand off.Rear Panel DiagramRear Panel Descriptions9 Power Supply Conn

7 Hardware InstallationDriver InstallationWindows XPNOTE: Do NOT connect the FireWire 1814 to your computer before you have run theinstaller applicati

3 During the installation, you will be prompted with a message warning that thedriver software has not passed Windows Logo testing. Select “Continue

settings will ensure that you will be able to hear your DVD/CD player’s playbackthrough the FireWire Audiophile. Click “Next.”5 Once the installation

7 After the computer has powered off, connect the FireWire Audiophile to yourcomputer’s FireWire port and power it on. Once the FireWire Audiophile is

8 During the installation, you will be prompted with a message warning that thedriver software has not passed Windows Logo testing. Select “Continue

11 You will again be prompted by the “Windows Logo testing” notice. Again, click“Continue Anyway” and proceed with the installation.12 When you see

13 You will see the M-Audio FireWire Audiophile control panel icon in your system tray (lowerright corner of your desktop). Click on the icon to open

2 Verify you have no other programs running and then click “Next” to begin the installation.3 The installer will copy the necessary files to your co

4 The installer will prompt you to enable DVD/CD performance enhancementsettings. In most cases you should leave these in their default (selected) se

10 Using the FireWire Audiophile• Monitoring Live Playback• Using the Headphone Source Selector• Setting Up Your Recording Levels• Monitoring You

6 Next, you will be prompted to shut down your computer. Click “Finish” to shutdown. After the computer has powered off, connect the FireWire Audio

8 When the files are done being loaded, a window will appear showing thatwindows has finished installing the Bootloader files. Click “Finish.”9 Nex

11 When you see the Completing New Hardware Wizard screen, click “Finish” tocomplete the installation.12 You will be prompted to reboot your computer

clicking the lock icon. For 10.2.6 or higher, you will be prompted for the password at thebeginning of the installation. For 10.3 or higher, you will

4 The introduction screen will now appear. Click “Continue” to proceed.5 The next screen is the release notes. There are buttons to print or save a

7 Select your OS X hard drive. Click "Continue."8 The next screen provides you with options for installing the Firewire Audiophiledriver.

9 Enter your administrator name and password, and click “OK” to continue.10 A notice will appear advising that the computer will need to be restarte

11 When the installation is complete, click “Shut Down” to complete the wizard.After the computer has powered off, plug the FireWire Audiophile into y

2 Double click on the M-Audio FireWire Audiophile Installer icon.3 Click “Continue” in the Firewire Audiophile splash screen.

4 The next screen displays the release notes. There are buttons to print or save atthis point. When you are done reading them, click “Continue” to

1 IntroductionThank you for choosing the M-Audio FireWire Audiophile. The FireWire Audiophile hasbeen designed to give you a professional, portable au

6 Select your install location, or just choose the default, OS 9 boot drive. Click “Choose.”7 A notice will appear advising that the computer will n

5 "OMS Driver Setup" shows the FireWire Audiophile in a list when OMSsuccessfully finds the driver. Click “OK.” OMS will now define (shows&

8 Hardware ConnectionsATTENTION: You must shut down your computer any time you wish to connect ordisconnect the FireWire 1814 from the system. Failure

MIDIConnect your MIDI device’s MIDI Input to the FireWire Audiophile’s MIDI Output.Connect your MIDI device’s MIDI Output to the FireWire Audiophile’s

9 The Software Control PanelThe FireWire Audiophile’s driver software installation includes a mixer/control panel—asimple yet powerful interface with

• Output – The levels of the FireWire Audiophile’s four analog and stereo digitaloutputs. This is the default selection, and is the best choice when

Mixer PageThe mixer page provides output routing and control of the FireWire Audiophile’s analogand digital inputs, as well as the six virtual channel

selection and then set the slider level for monitoring. See the section on Monitoring YourInputs for Recording, below, for more information.Output Rou

Output PageThe output page provides you with control over each of the FireWire Audiophile’sanalog and digital outputs, as well as that of the aux bus

When the main/aux button is in the aux position (the button turns green), the associatedanalog or digital output pair carries the signal routed to the

2 What’s in the BoxYour FireWire Audiophile package contains the following:• FireWire Audiophile Mobile Recording Interface• CD-ROM containing drive

Metering – At the bottom of the output page, software level meters are provided for theFireWire Audiophile’s analog and digital inputs, as well as for

NOTE: This section does not apply to Mac OS X, and will not appear if you are runningthat operating system. Mac OS X does not support ASIO (or WDM).Bi

About PageThis page contains information on your hardware and current driver software versions.This information may be helpful if you ever have the oc

10 Using the FireWire AudiophileThe following sections address a number of real-life situations that you may encounterwhile using your FireWire Audiop

The Headphone Source Selector can be assigned to an alternate function from your controlpanel’s Hardware page. Clicking the “Direct Monitoring” radio

3 Also in the Mixer page, route sw rtn 3/4 to output S/PDIF by clicking the spd buttonfor the sw rtn 3/4 channel. We assume here that you’re not usin

Direct Monitoring On/Off – To change the function of the momentary switch to “DirectMonitoring On/Off,” open your FireWire Audiophile Control Panel an

Using the S/PDIF Input – Connect the S/PDIF digital output of your external audiodevice to the FireWire Audiophile’s rear panel digital input.Make sur

If your audio application supports ASIO throughput monitoring, you can enable it in yourAudio Software’s ASIO or audio control panel simply by selecti

to assign the level controller to control the analog in faders in the FireWire Audiophilecontrol panel, at least while you’re setting up for recording

3 About the FireWire AudiophileThe FireWire Audiophile functions as a four-input, six-output recording and playbackinterface. A single IEEE 1394 cable

Audiophile’s S/PDIF input. The following step-by-step instructions give you a basicsetup, and continue on to an advanced setup for adding and monitori

This way, when you play back a track that you’ve just recorded, you’ll hear it in exactlythe same way as you did while recording. This is very useful

1 In the right panel of the FireWire Audiophile control panel, click input as your LevelController assignment.2 Click the mixer tab. On the mixer pag

11 TroubleshootingThe FireWire Audiophile has been designed to give you high performance andprofessional quality audio. It has been tested under a wid

12 Contact UsM-AUDIO U.S.5795 Martin RoadIrwindale, CA 91706-6211 U.S.A.Sales Information: 626-633-9050Sales Information (email): [email protected]

13 Product SpecsA to D & Line In 1/2Max Input (output) +2dBVSNR 102dB A-weightedDynamic Range 101dB A-weightedTHD+N 0.0015% (-94dB)Frequency respo

14 WarrantyM-AUDIO warrants this product, under normal use, to be free of defects in materials andworkmanship for a period of One (1) Year from date o

users of M-Audio FireWire products to experience such costly problems. Therefore, M-Audio must require that users of M-Audio FireWire devices refrai

M-Audio FireWire device was not detected by your computer on startup, try the followingtroubleshooting options instead of hotplugging it:1. Turn your

4 Features and Technical Features• 2 x 4 unbalanced analog operation on RCA jacks• Coaxial S/PDIF I/O• Rotary encoder is assignable to control any

5 Minimum System RequirementsIMPORTANT: The FireWire Audiophile is supported under Windows XP and Windows2000 — it is not supported under Windows 98 o

6 Controls and ConnectorsFront Panel DiagramFront Panel Descriptions1 Headphone Output – Accepts a standard 1/4” stereo TRS headphone connector.2 He