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WELCOME & THANK YOU CONTENTS Thank you for purchasing this Audient product! Box Contents 1 iD14 Overview 2 Safety Information 3 Declaration of Conformities 5 Installation: 6 iD14 delivers the audio performance of a large format console in a compact and elegant desktop package. iD14 provides a pair of world-class Audient console mic pres, class leading Burr-Brown converter technology, console style monitor control, JFET D.I and the revolutionary ScrollControl .
BOX CONTENTS ID14 OVERVIEW In your iD14 packaging you should find the following items: • • • • Channel 1 Gain Channel 2 Gain 0 - 56 dB 0 - 56 dB iD14 12VDC PSU with regional adapters USB Type A-to-B Cable Quick Start Guide Main Meters Encoder Encoder Mode Buttons 48V Phantom Power Please visit: www.audient.com/products/iD14 to download the latest iD software (mixer application and drivers), supporting documentation (including this manual) and brochures for our product range.
SAFETY INFORMATION SAFETY INFORMATION Important Safety Instructions Important Safety Instructions Please read all of these instructions and save them for later reference before connecting the DC power adapter to the mains and powering up iD14. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. To prevent electrical shock and fire hazard follow all instructions on the 12VDC power supply.
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITIES MAC OSX INSTALLATION FCC Part 15B System Requirements This apparatus has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a class-A digital device, pursuant to Part 15B of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
MAC OSX INSTALLATION WINDOWS INSTALLATION 3. Status LED Windows System Requirements: Once connected to your computer and powered on, the green status LED on iD14 will illuminate. • • • Windows 7 or later (32 and 64 bit) Intel Core 2 @ 1.6 GHz, or AMD equivalent 1 GB RAM Minimum 1. Download the latest iD14 Software If at any time the status LED turns off during normal operation please check all connections and if further problems develop please contact Audient support.
WINDOWS INSTALLATION MIXER APP & FIRMWARE UPDATE 4. Check Connectivity Launch the iD Mixer Application Firmware Update Launch the iD14 mixer application by finding it in the following folder: When there is a firmware update, you can select ‘From audient.com’ to download the latest version automatically (or select ‘From file’ to install a local firmware file).
HARDWARE FEATURES HARDWARE FEATURES Microphone Preamplifiers & Line Inputs HARDWARE iD14 features two classic Audient microphone preamplifiers. These preamps are based on designs from Audient’s classic consoles and are the same that are used across our entire product range. The design features discrete Class-A circuitry providing exceedingly low distortion and noise performance. From a sonic point of view, iD14 is fast, open and detailed.
HARDWARE FEATURES HARDWARE FEATURES Instrument Input Digital Inputs Speaker Outputs Headphone Output iD14 employs a discrete class-A JFET instrument (D.I) input on channel one which is easily accessible on the front of the unit. iD14 features an optical input connection. This can be set to operate as stereo optical S/PDIF or 8-channel ADAT (SMUX) via the System Panel in the iD mixer application. Both formats will operate at up to 96kHz sample rate.
HARDWARE FEATURES HARDWARE FEATURES Monitor Control iD14 provides excellent monitor control functionality using the large aluminium encoder and the encoder buttons. As such, it is possible to control main loudspeaker and headphone volumes with a perfectly matched stereo volume control on the main unit. The three encoder mode buttons allow you to change what the encoder controls. The button that is selected will be illuminated.
SOFTWARE FEATURES SOFTWARE FEATURES Input Channels - Channel Types ID MIXER APP The iD mixer application features three types of input channels, these are colour coded and are as follows: DAW inputs are provided as two stereo pairs and are designed as ‘virtual’ playback channels from your DAW. • • • Setting outputs in your DAW will feed signals into these channels. For example if you send signal to ‘Output 1-2’ in your DAW, it will be seen in the meters of ‘DAW 1+2’ in the iD mixer.
SOFTWARE FEATURES Channel Strip Controls Gain Boost Supplies a +10dB gain boost for low level signals Polarity Invert Flips polarity of that channel. Cue Send Controls Level (0 dB to off) Pan (if using stereo cue) Alt + click to zero SOFTWARE FEATURES Stereo Linking Master Section All channels can be linked or unlinked for stereo or mono operation. Level controls are combined in stereo operation but stereo pan control remains individual for left and right channels.
SOFTWARE FEATURES SOFTWARE FEATURES Channel View Settings Volume Control Programming the iD Button When tracking (without using a digitally expanded iD14) it is most likely that the following channel view (Analogue + DAW) would be the most useful, enabling you to see mic/line inputs and DAW returns: The Main Mix of the iD mixer is sent to the outputs which are set-up as Main Mix in the Routing Matrix (see page 24).
SOFTWARE FEATURES SOFTWARE FEATURES System Panel Output Routing The system panel is where all the settings of iD14 are configured. Here you can set the digital input settings, talkback channel assignement, mono mode, and output routing. It also allows you to save and load mixer presets which is useful if you have multiple configurations for the mixer. To open the system panel, press the SYSTEM button found in the master section or use Command + 4 in OSX, or Ctrl + 4 in Windows.
SOFTWARE FEATURES SOFTWARE FEATURES Assigning Talkback Gooseneck Microphone Use Saving & Loading Mixer Presets When a channel is assigned as talkback source in the iD mixer application system panel, the selected mixer channel strip updates to become a talkback channel. If recording a vocalist or drummer (with digital expansion) one microphone channel on the iD14 provides the perfect place to use a gooseneck talkback microphone.
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS PROTOOLS SETUP Keyboard Shortcut Index Operation with Pro Tools To allow you to find all shortcuts for the mixer application in one place without having to go through each page of this manual please refer to this table: Once iD14 has been successfully installed following the steps detailed after page 6 of this manual, launch Pro Tools and ensure that a new session is created at the desired sample rate (if clocking internally) or at the rate of the clock source (if clocking externally
LOGIC PRO SETUP LOGIC PRO SETUP Operation with Logic Pro Operation with Logic Pro Once iD14 has been successfully installed following the steps detailed after page 6 of this manual, launch Logic Pro and check the following: Logic Pro > Preferences > Audio If you are using the iD mixer to monitor input signals while recording, be sure to disable Logic’s software monitoring to avoid phasing as the same source will be heard twice with a short delay between the low latency DSP signal and the delayed softwa
CUBASE/NUENDO SETUP CUBASE/NUENDO SETUP Operation with Cubase / Nuendo Operation with Cubase / Nuendo Once iD14 has been successfully installed following the steps detailed after page 6 of this manual, launch Cubase or Nuendo and head straight for the Devices menu: Buffer sizes can be set in the control panel within the VST devices display. It is ideal to keep them quite high to reduce CPU loading if you use the iD mixer as the input monitoring device while recording. Devices > Device Setup...
ABLETON LIVE SETUP TROUBLESHOOTING & FAQ Operation with Ableton Live Troubleshooting Once iD14 has been successfully installed following the steps detailed after page 6 of this manual, launch Ableton Live and head straight to: Live > Preferences In the Live Audio Preference panel you can set an appropriate buffer size (this can be kept high if you are monitoring input signals for recording via the iD mixer. Ensure that iD14 reports as a 10-in, 4-out device to Live.
TROUBLESHOOTING & FAQ TROUBLESHOOTING & FAQ Troubleshooting Troubleshooting FAQs • For more information and bug support, please search our online Help Centre which can be found here: • “I have clocking issues which include iD14 not locking to external ADAT or SPDIF devices or operating at the incorrect rate compared to my session” If there is an issue with syncing of an external device, the Status LED in the System Panel will be red or yellow.
SPECIFICATIONS DIMENSIONS MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIER: 173mm (measurement includes ADC signal path) D.I / INSTRUMENT INPUT: D.I GAIN: MAXIMUM INPUT LEVEL: INPUT IMPEDANCE: FREQUENCY RESPONSE: THD+N @ 0dBu (1kHz): SNR: 1/4” TS JACK: 0 to 66dB (incl. +10dB software boost) +9 dBu (0.6% THD typical) >500k Ω unbalanced ±0.1dB 20Hz to 22kHz <0.04% all musical 2nd and 3rd harmonic 95 dB un-weighted, 98 dB A-weighted Tip (Hot) & Sleeve (Shield) 0 to 66 dB (incl.
WARRANTY SERVICE Warranty Statement Service Information Your iD14 comes with a manufacturer’s warranty for one year (12 months) from the date of despatch to the end user. iD14 contains no user-serviceable components, please refer to qualified service personnel for diagnosis and repair. Your warranty will be void if you tamper with the device at component level. If you have any questions with regard to the repair, please contact Audient Ltd.
GLOSSARY A ADAT ADC DAW ASP CPU CUE DAC dB dBu dBFS DC D.I DoC DSP EQ FAQ FCC GB GUI HPF HV i/o JFET LED RoHS RAM S/PDIF THD+N TRS TS USB V XLR Amperes Alesis Digital Audio Tape Analogue to Digital Converter Digital Audio Workstation Analogue Signal Processing Central Processing Unit Artist Headphone Mix Digital to Analogue Converter Decibel Decibel referenced to 0.
