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Table of Contents 1. Mobile I/O 2882 Quick Start Guide ............................................................................................... 5 Prepare the unit for use ........................................................................................................... 5 Connect the 2882 to your computer ......................................................................................... 6 Take a listen ....................................................................................
List of Figures 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 1.5. 1.6. 1.7. 1.8. Mobile I/O 2882 ...................................................................................................................... 5 2882 Routing ........................................................................................................................... 6 Template selection pane ........................................................................................................... 7 Console window ..............................
1. Mobile I/O 2882 Quick Start Guide Figure 1.1: Mobile I/O 2882 Prepare the unit for use Unpack the 2882 and make sure all the parts are there: • • • • • • • • • One Mobile I/O 2882 unit One IEC Power Cord appropriate for your area One 24-volt 48-watt world-ready external power supply One 30” IEEE 1394 9-pin to 6-pin FireWire Cable One 4.
Mobile I/O 2882 Quick Start Guide Cans L/R Green: Routable Inputs Red: Routable Outputs ADAT 1-8 Toslink 1-2 ADAT 1-8 Toslink 1-2 Analog 1-8 Analog 1-8 Digital L/R Digital L/R Digital L/R Digital L/R Figure 1.2: 2882 Routing Connect the 2882 to your computer Go to your computer and install the MIO Console and driver from the included disc (this will require a restart).
Mobile I/O 2882 Quick Start Guide Figure 1.3: Template selection pane Next open the application’s preferences. Turn off “Legacy Support” (this is for older boxes), and turn on “Use Open GL for rendering” if your computer supports it. Hit OK, then quit and relaunch MIO Console. You’re now presented with the Mixer window. We’ll come back to this in a bit; for now go to the “Window” menu and select “MIO Console: 2882 Basic Setup”. Figure 1.4: Console window There are a few important things to look at here.
Mobile I/O 2882 Quick Start Guide other. There is also metering for digital I/O. If you click on the +DSP tab, you have access to a “Virtual” DSP area. Next is the “Recording” tab. Any channel that is assigned to a “FW” channel via a direct out or bus output is available for recording via MIO Console’s record engine. Since the template you loaded has these assignments made, they are shown here. More detailed instructions on the Record Panel are available in the documentation. The Mixer window Figure 1.
Mobile I/O 2882 Quick Start Guide If you go to the Window menu and select “Show Monitor Control Window” the software Monitor Controller will appear. It is highly flexible, and controls the analog level control in the 2882. There is a wealth of knowledge in the MIO Console documentation (available from the Help menu) on how to set up and use the Monitor Controller. You should now be in a good position to fire up a native DAW and put the 2882 through its paces.
Mobile I/O 2882 Quick Start Guide The Monitor Controller shows the Main bus is the Monitor Source, but we need to define an output. Click the “Configure” button to open the MC pane. Click “+” under Monitor Paths and you’ll have the option to add a Monitor Output. Give the path a name (like “Surround”) and select 5.1 as the bus type. Now you can assign your output channels. If you want to select your outputs sequentially, a shortcut is to hold down the Option key when selecting the first channel.
Mobile I/O 2882 Quick Start Guide Figure 1.8: The configured Monitor Controller Unleash the DSP Every 2882 is based on the 2d processing card and may be purchased with an optional +DSP license. The +DSP can be added by the user at any time; if you purchased a unit with the +DSP license, it is preinstalled in the hardware and ready to go. This gives you powerful processing in the box, and the ability to work with processing and monitoring whose latency is equivalent to the converter overhead.
Mobile I/O 2882 Quick Start Guide The 2882 is an exceptionally deep product, and there are many features, applications and workflows to discover. We have published a series of technical notes and tutorial movies that go in depth about the Mobile I/ O platform. Please take a look at them to learn more about the 2882: http://www.mhsecure.