ProjectMix I/O Control Surface with Motorized Faders and 18 x 14 Audio Interface User Guide ProjectMix I/O User Manual Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What's in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 About ProjectMix I/O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Features and Technical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mac OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Select In Button (SEL IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Select Out Button (SEL OUT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meter Button (MTR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flip Button (FLIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Channel Information Button (CHAN INFO) . . . . . . . . Set Up Button (SET UP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIDI Button (MIDI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lock Button (LOCK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loop Button (LOOP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nudge Buttons (t NUDGE u) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Locate Buttons (t LOCATE u) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Set Button (SET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In and Out Buttons (IN / OUT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Window Button (WINDOW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zoom Button (ZOOM) and Arrow Buttons (t, p, u, q) Shuttle Wheel in Scrub Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift Button (SHIFT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transport Buttons (RWD, FF, STOP, PLAY, REC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 Controls and Connectors Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Controls and Connectors Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Hardware Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The FireWire Audio Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Inputs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Outputs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 To access the Control Panel: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mixer Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analog and Digital Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Output Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analog Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aux Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Headphone Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hardware Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sample Settings Sub-Window (sample settings) . . . . . Sync Source Sub-Window (sync source) . . . . . . . . . Digital Port Selection Sub-Window (digital port selection) Monitoring Settings Sub-Window (monitoring settings) . Global Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mini-Meters (view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Settings Options (settings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Level Controller Options (level controller) . . . . . . . . . Main Output Mute and Dim (main output) . . . . . . . . About Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 .11 .11 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 16 Cubase Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 How the ProjectMix I/O Control Surface Works with Cubase . Aux 1 Button (AUX 1): FX Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aux 2 Button (AUX 2): Edit FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aux 3 Button (AUX 3): VST Instruments . . . . . . . . . . Aux 4 Button (AUX 4): Master FX Edit . . . . . . . . . . . Aux 5 Button (AUX 5): EQ Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pan Button (PAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plug-in Button (PLUG IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Select In Button (SEL IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Select Out Button (SEL OUT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meter Button (MTR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flip Button (FLIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Channel Information Button (CHAN INFO) . . . . . . . . . Set Up Button (SET UP): ProjectMix I/O Internal Functions . MIDI Button (MIDI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lock Button (LOCK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loop Button (LOOP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nudge Button (NUDGE): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Locate Buttons (tLOCATEu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Set Button (SET): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Button (IN): Jump to In Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift Button Plus In Button (SHIFT + IN): . . . . . . . . . . Out Button (OUT): Jump to Out Marker . . . . . . . . . . . Shift Button Plus Out Button (SHIFT + OUT): . . . . . . . . Window Button (WINDOW): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arrow Buttons (t, p, u, q) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zoom Button (ZOOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scrub Button (SCRUB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Control Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Control Surface Modes and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Pro Tools Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Pro Tools On-Screen Dialog Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . Pro Tools "Lost Communication" Message . . . . . . . . . Active in Background Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How the ProjectMix I/O Control Surface Works with Pro Tools Channel Faders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LCD Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Select Buttons (SEL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Record Ready Buttons (REC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Solo and Mute Buttons (SOLO / MUTE) . . . . . . . . . . . Aux Buttons (AUX 1 ­ AUX 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pan Buttons (PAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plug In Button (PLUG IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 19 Logic Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 How the ProjectMix I/O Control Surface Works with Logic. . . 24 Aux 1 Button (AUX 1): Track Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Aux 2 Button (AUX 2): Send Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Aux 3 Button (AUX 3): Built-In Channel EQ Functions. . . Aux 4 Button (AUX 2): Send Functions . . . . . . . . . . Aux 5 Button (AUX 5): Motorized Faders On/Off . . . . . Pan Buttons (PAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plug In Button (PLUG IN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Select In Button (SEL IN): Read Automation . . . . . . . . Select Out Button (SEL OUT): Write Automation . . . . . Meter Button (MTR): Channel Meters . . . . . . . . . . . Flip Button (FLIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Channel Information Button (CHAN INFO) . . . . . . . . Set Up Button (SET UP): ProjectMix I/O Internal Functions MIDI Button (MIDI): MIDI Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lock Button (LOCK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loop Button (LOOP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nudge Buttons (tNUDGEu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Locate Buttons (tLOCATEu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Set Button (SET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In and Out Buttons (IN, OUT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Window Button (WINDOW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scrub Button (SCRUB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arrow Buttons (t, p, u, q) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zoom Button (ZOOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shuttle Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alt Button (ALT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift Button (SHIFT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALT + PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 26 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 Using MIDI Mode: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 2 ProjectMix I/O User Manual Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the M-Audio ProjectMix I/O FireWire audio interface and control surface. The ProjectMix I/O is designed to be a complete all-in-one recording and mixing interface for your computer-based digital audio workstation. Its integrated design features a high-resolution, multi-channel interface based on M-Audio's popular FireWire audio technology combined with a versatile, ergonomically designed control surface. The ProjectMix I/O's analog mic and line inputs, as well as the ADAT and S/PDIF inputs and outputs provide a high-resolution, 24 bit audio "front end" for your digital audio workstation. This allows you to record up to sixteen channels of analog audio at 24-bit/48kHz resolution from your choice of line, microphone or digital sources, while outputting twelve independent audio streams from the host computer. The ProjectMix I/O's unique control surface features nine touch-sensitive motorized faders, a set of transport and multi-function controls, a scrub/shuttle wheel, and a bank of encoder knobs supported by a detailed, backlit LCD which give you direct, immediate communication with your audio software. The ProjectMix I/O offers a host of useful features and functions, so to get the most out of your new machine we recommend you read through this manual before starting your work. While many of the ProjectMix I/O's features may be obvious just by looking at the unit, there are many useful underlying functions that you should be aware of before you start. This manual will show you how to connect the ProjectMix I/O to your studio equipment, how to use the driver software and how to configure the unit for use with your specific Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software. We suggest you pay particular attention to the special sections in this manual that cover your DAW software. In addition, you may also want to refer to your software's documentation for a clear understanding of how certain features of the ProjectMix I/O are integrated. A thorough knowledge of your own DAW software will make using your new ProjectMix I/O an exciting and successful experience. What's in the Box Before you begin setting up your ProjectMix I/O, please check that the following equipment was included in your box: < M-Audio ProjectMix I/O < 6-Pin-to-6-Pin FireWire Cable < 6-Pin-to-4-Pin FireWire Cable < External Power Supply < M-Audio FireWire Series CD-ROM (includes drivers, documentation, and control panel application) < Printed Quick Start Guide About ProjectMix I/O The ProjectMix I/O features a professional quality FireWire audio interface which is capable of 16 simultaneous inputs and 12 simultaneous outputs. It offers eight mic inputs with high-quality preamps and phantom power, eight line inputs, four line outputs, eight channels of ADAT lightpipe I/O, and coaxial S/PDIF I/O. In addition to professional features like word clock I/O, the ProjectMix I/O gives you a conveniently located front-panel instrument input, two front-panel headphone outputs, and footswitch control. A single IEEE 1394 cable connects the ProjectMix I/O to your computer's FireWire port. (If your computer is not equipped with a native FireWire port, you may purchase a FireWire PCI card at any computer electronics retailer.)* *NOTE: Please check the Product Support page at www.m-audio.com for a list of compatible 1394A PCI and PCMCIA adapters. The ProjectMix I/O is also a full-featured control surface, with touch-sensitive motorized faders, rotary encoder knobs, and dedicated mute, solo, select and record switches, as well as banking switches to address all channels of your DAW software. It features a full transport control section, including jog/shuttle wheel, loop and locate buttons, and a full complement of multi-function soft buttons dedicated to work with your specific audio application. The ProjectMix I/O's easy-to-use software control panel provides you with powerful routing and mixing control. Using the panel you can route any analog or digital input to any output, you can select digital input and output types, create special headphone mixes and select functions for the encoder knobs to control a number of other features. IMPORTANT: We've enclosed two high-quality FireWire cables with your Project I/O ­ a six-pin-to-six-pin cable and a six-pin-to-four-pin cable. Determine whether your computer is equipped with a six-pin or four-pin interface and choose the appropriate cable for connecting ProjectMix I/O to your computer. We strongly suggest ...