M-Audio NRV10 User Manual - Using The Analog Mixer

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Using the Analog Mixer

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he NRV10 combines the flexibility of a classic analog mixer with the sonic quality of a modern FireWire audio interface, 

giving you a fully self-contained professional recording and playback solution that sounds great and is easy to use. 

Project Studio Recording

The NRV10 is also the ideal project studio interface. Connect a pair of studio monitors (like the M-Audio BX5a) to the NRV10’s 

Control Room outputs, and you can control the playback volume with the Control Room Level fader (31), while the Main Mix 

level Fader (34) controls the levels sent to the Main Mix Outputs (36).

By setting the individual channel outputs in your DAW to “M-Audio NRV10 9/10” and therefore routing their summed output 

signals to NRV10’s FW 9/10 to Phones and FW 9/10 to Ctrl Room buss, you will make all of NRV10’s mixer input channels 

available for additional recordings and overdubs. You can use the Aux 1 sends to create a separate monitor mix, and send that 

monitor mix to the Phones output (16) by selecting “Monitor” on the Phones Source selector (29). Since the Aux 1 buss is Pre-

Fader, you can change the Control Room mix without affecting the Monitor mix, and vice-versa.

For overdubs, you also have the option to bring up to eight individual tracks of audio back from your DAW to the NRV10’s 

channels 1 through 8. This can be achieved by selecting the “FW” (down) position on the NRV10’s Channel Source buttons 

(6) and by setting your DAW’s individual channel outputs to the corresponding NRV10 channel numbers. You can also use the 

NRV10’s integrated digital effects processor to add a touch of reverb to your monitor mix. This is particularly useful when 

recording vocals. To do this, set up your monitor mix as above, except for the channel you wish to record to DAW – set that 

channel’s Channel Source switch (6) to the “Channel” (up) position. Then set the Phones Source selector (29) to “Monitor” and 

turn the “FW 9/10 to Phones” control (30) to unity gain (12 o’clock). Raise the Aux 1 level on the vocal channel to achieve a 

good mix with the tracks coming from your DAW. Then raise the Aux 2 level and the selected digital effect will be added to the 

headphone mix, while the actual vocal will be recorded dry, with no effects.