M-Audio FireWire 1814 Quick Start Manual - Audio

Connnecting the FireWire 18|14

Audio

Connect the FireWire 1814’s Line Outputs 1 and 2 to your amplifier, powered monitors, or

mixer. For two-channel stereo operation, the default outputs are channels 1 and 2. (You

may change this in the FireWire 1814 Control Panel if you desire.) You can also connect

the FireWire 1814’s four line outputs to a stand-alone mixer.

Connect your headphones to the FireWire 1814’s headphone outputs.

Connect microphones or instruments (such as an electric guitar or bass guitar) to the

Mic/Inst preamp input channels 1 and 2. Make sure the Mic/Line switch is set to the “Mic”

(button out) position to use the front panel inputs. Connect your line level analog sources,

instruments, or preamp outputs, such as a CD deck or turntable preamp, to the FireWire

1814’s analog Line Inputs 3 & 4, 5 & 6, and 7 & 8.

Connect your ADAT (or ADAT Optical Capable) or optical S/PDIF device to the optical

digital I/O. Connect your coaxial S/PDIF digital devices to the FireWire 1814’s coaxial

digital I/O.

MIDI

Connect your MIDI device’s MIDI output to the FireWire 1814’s MIDI input. Connect your

MIDI device’s MIDI input to the FireWire 1814’s MIDI output.

A typical setup would be a MIDI controller keyboard plugged into the FireWire 1814’s MIDI

input. A MIDI sound module or other sound generating device (such as a drum machine)

may be connected to the FireWire 1814’s MIDI output.

Using The Control Panel

ing the Control Panel

The control panel gives you a powerful multi-channel software mixer with up to fourteen

virtual outputs (in stereo pairs) from your audio software. Each output pair may be routed

to any of the FireWire 1814’s analog or digital outputs. In addition, two mono software

auxiliary sends are available per stereo pair.

The control panel also gives you access to assigning functions to the physical level

controller knob and A/B switch, selecting the buffer size and master clock, and

numerous other important features.

For complete information on fully utilizing all of the FireWire 1814 Control Panel’s features,

please refer to the Users’ Manual.