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User’s Manual Version 1.0 PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc., © 2005 ...
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OVERVIEW 2 PreSonus Limited Warranty PreSonus Audio Electroni cs Inc. warrants this product to be fre e of defects in m ate rial and work manship for a period of one year from the date of or iginal retail purcha se. This warranty is enforceab le only by the original retail purcha ser. To be protecte d by thi s warranty , the purchas er must c omple ...
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OVERVIEW 3 Table of Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Intr oductio n....................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 What is in the Box ......................................................................................................... ... 5 1.3 Front and Back Panel Layout ... ...
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OVERVIEW 4 1.1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for pur chasing the PreSonus INSPIRE 1394. PreSonus Audio Electr onics has designed the INSPIRE 1394 utilizing high-grade components to insure optim um performance that will last a lifetime. The INSPIRE 1394 is very powerful, sm all footprint recording interface with the ability to record and playback four inpu ...
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OVERVIEW 5 Your INSPIRE 1394 pac 1.2 WHAT IS IN THE BOX kage contains the following: • INSPIRE 1394 Interface • CD-ROM containing driver software and user manual in PDF form . • 1 6’ 6-pin to 6-pin I E EE 1394 (FireWir e) cable • 16VAC 1A Power Supply • Warranty Card ...
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OVERVIEW 6 .3 FRONT AND BACK PANEL LAYOUT 1 Front Panel Your INSPIRE 1394 is equipped with two custom designed, digitall y controlled, solid state preamplifiers that can accept XLR microphone or 1/ 4" instrument inputs. For each preamplifier, ither the XLR or 1/4" input may be used at a given time. e a. XLR Microphone Input. The XLR conne ...
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OVERVIEW 7 c. Red-Blue Power/Sync Light. This light is a driver sync indicator, and lets you know if your unit is receiving driver sync co rrectly. Proper driver sync preven ts digital interfaces from having pops, clicks, or distortion in the audio signal. Blue – solid sync Red – sync not present. Back Panel a. 16VAC Power Adaptor Input. This i ...
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OVERVIEW 8 will need to get a single 4 to 6 pin 1394 cable to connect your INSPIRE 1394 to your computer, and use the external power supply. (Refer to section 4.2 for Multiple Unit Support) c. Headphone Symbol and 1/8” / 3.5mm Jack. Headphone output. This is where y ou connect your headphones. d. Speaker Symbol and 1/8” / 3.5mm Jack. Unbalanced ...
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OVERVIEW 9 1.4 QUICK START UP GUIDE We recommend you familiarize yourself with the entire INSPIRE 1394 user manual, however, follow these instructions if you want to just dive in: PC: 1.) Insert the INSPIRE 1394 Driver /Software CD in the CD drive of the computer . The installer should auto-run. (If installation doe s not begin, browse the contents ...
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OVERVIEW 10 5.) Click on the Start Menu to navigate to A ll Progr ams / PreSonus INSPIRE 1394, and click on Control Panel. This will open the INSPIRE 1394 Co ntrol Panel, from which you can digitally control your INSPIRE 1394. 6.) If you intend to use Cubase LE, re fer to the Cubase LE section below. MAC: 1.) Connect the INSPIRE 1394 to your comput ...
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OVERVIEW 11 CUBASE LE : Once you have installed the INSPIRE 1394 drivers, if you plan on using the CUBASE L E software included with your INSPIRE 1394, insert the I NSPIRE 1394 Dr iver/Software CD and run the Cubase LE Installer. Make sure to keep your CD sleeve handy to reference the serial number during installation. Then, launch Cubase LE. 1.)To ...
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OVERVIEW 12 3.) ASIO Driver (pull down menu) – select PreSonus ASIO Driver. ...
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OVERVIEW 13 3.) Click Switch to save PreSonus Driver Selection 4.) You are now ready to use the INSPIRE 1394 with Cubase LE. Refer to the Cubase LE operation manual (press F1 on y our keyboard) for any inform ation regarding this software. ...
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INSTALLATION 14 2.1 COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS The INSPIRE 1394 is a self contained 1394 audio in terface- just add a computer with a 1394 port, and your recording setup is comple te (no other device, such as an internal sound card, is needed). Below are the required computer system specs for your INSPIRE 1394: Windows - OS: Microsoft Windows XP Service ...
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INSTALLATION 15 2.2 INSTALLATION OF INSPIRE 1394 DRIVERS AND SOFTWAR E Windows XP: 1.) Insert the INSPIRE 1394 Driver /Software CD in the CD drive of the computer . The installer should auto-run. ( If installation does not begin, point the com puter to your CD drive and run setup.exe) 2.) Follow the instructions in the installer clos ely , and when ...
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INSTALLATION 16 Macintosh OSX (10.3.7 or later): The audio drivers for the INSPIRE 1394 are included in CORE AUDIO for Macintosh OSX 10.3.7 and later. Once you have verified that you are running OSX 10. 3.7 or later, connect your IN SPIRE 1394 to a 1394 port on your computer (power for the u nit will be supplied via the 13 94 cable). Your INSPIRE 1 ...
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APPLICATIONS 17 3.1 CONTROL PANEL OPERATION Once you have successfully installed your audio drivers, launch the INSPIRE 1394 Control Panel. PC: The INSPIRE 1394 Control panel ICON will be in the quicklaunch area of the taskbar, and your progr am s list. Mac: The INSPIRE 1394 Control Panel will be in your applications folder, and an ICON will be on ...
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APPLICATIONS General Controls: Knobs: To control any knob, click and drag your m ouse in a circular m otion around the knob. The further out you drag the m ouse from the knob, the finer the control over the knob will be. I f you RIGHT-CLICK on PC, or OPTION-CLICK on Mac, on any blank area on the Control Panel, you can choose to have the k nob contr ...
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APPLICATIONS 19 Control Panel Window Controls: In the upper right corner of the Control Panel Window, you will notice several controls: Always on Top: This engages a mode in which the Control Panel window will no longer get pushed behind another ap plicati on’s window when you click outside o f the Control Panel window. Win Shade: This engages th ...
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APPLICATIONS 20 Inputs 1 and 2: These inputs are on the front of your INSPI RE 1394. Gain: This knob will control the gain of your preamplifier. 48V: This button will turn 48 Volt Phantom Power on/off. Limit: This button will turn the pr eamplifier’s limiter on/off. Boost: This button will turn the preamplifier’s +20dB boost on/off. Stereo Inpu ...
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APPLICATIONS 21 Level Control: This is a dual concentric knob (two knobs stacked one on top of the other). The inside (with white indicator) knob controls the level of the left channel, and the outside (with red indicator) knob controls the level of the r ight cha nnel. Click on the white or red indicator to grab the knob to ensure pr oper movem en ...
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APPLICATIONS 22 Control Panel (PC o nly): Sample Rate: This refers to the number of samples per second you are recording of the waveform (eg; 44,100 sam ples per second). Drop down the menu in the Control Panel to sel ect the sample rate of the INSPIRE 1394 – 44.1, 48, 88. 2, 96k. This must be set to the same sam ple rate in your recording softwa ...
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APPLICATIONS 23 3.2 WIN SHADE VIEW Win Shade View: Pictured above is a smaller version of the INSPIRE 1394 Control Panel called the Win Shade Mode. All of the cont rols in this m ode function in th e same way as the controls in the regular Control Panel view. To switch between the views, click on the W in Shade button (shown in Chapter 3.1). When t ...
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APPLICATIONS 24 3.3 MONITOR MIXER Pictured above is the INSPIRE 1394 Monitor Mixer, which is located within the Control Panel. This Monitor Mixer allows for flexible routing of your audi o inputs before it reaches your software program . This is helpful in monitoring your live input without having to hear a delay resulting from the time it takes to ...
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APPLICATIONS 25 Inputs 1-4: Each input channel on this Monitor Mi xer includes controls for Level (fader), Pan (panner), and Mute (button), and a high resolution meter. Any input into the INSPIRE 1394 will correspond to the same num ber channel in the Monitor Mixer. We recommend that you mute any input that is not in use. This will cut down on the ...
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APPLICATIONS 26 Mixer Bypass : When the Mixer Bypass is engaged, all of its controls ar e bypassed, input channels 1-4 are bypassed, and the software playback channel will be rout ed straight to the outputs of the INSPIRE 1394. Only the software playback cha nnel will be heard. When the Mixer Byp ass is disengaged, the Monitor Mixer will return to ...
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APPLICATIONS 27 4.1 SAMPLE HOO K U P DIAGRAM ...
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APPLICATIONS 28 4.2 MULTIPLE UNIT SUPPORT It is possible to chain up to four INSPIRE 1394’s to allow for more input/output capability in your DAW software. Install one INPIRE 1394 and give it a new name in the Control Panel’s Unit Selector (click on the nam e and type a new nam e) so you can identify it, then , follow these st eps to install mo ...
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APPLICATIONS 29 Mac: 1.) Chain another INSPIRE 1394 via a 1394 cable to the available 1394 port on the existing INSPIRE 1394. 2.) You should have a blue sync light on both of the IN SPIRE 1394’s connected. 3.) Open the INSPIRE 1394 Control Pa nel and look at the Unit Selector. You should now be able to renam e the new device so you can identify i ...
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TESTING 30 6.) Click the monitor button in Cubase LE for Audio 01 to arm the track’s monitoring. Then, connect a set of headphones or speakers to the INSPIRE 1394 headphone output or speaker output. Make sure the level in the Control Pane l for your headphones or speaker output is high enough for you to hear the o utput. You should now h ear your ...
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION 31 6.1 GLOSSARY 1/4” - This is the type of con nector commonly used for instrument cables. The jack itself has a ¼” diameter. There are two types of these connectors: TRS (Tip Ring Sleeve) Balanced and TS (Tip Sleeve) unbalanced. C ables using TRS connectors feature hum and noi se ca ncellation proper ties, whereas TS con ...
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION 32 Amplitude- The v oost- A +20dB mplifier, allowing you to am plify a low level input mpletely to the left when caution when engaging see Limit). rs or while adjusting gain to be sure that y ou are not clipping the input. Using a limiter will olume of a signal, usually measured in decibels (dB). boost is built into each prea ...
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION 33 Latency- This is the time it takes to pr ocess your i nput into or back from the computer , measured in milliseconds. The lower the latenc y, the lower the processing tim e and the harder the com puter must work. Once there is a certain am ount of latenc y, y ou may hear an audible delay between your input and output, which ...
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION 34 RCA- This type of connector usually comes in colo red stereo pairs, where the white connector is the left side and the red connector is th e right side. These are commonly used for connecting to speakers or unbalanced devices. There are two sets of RCA connectors on your INSPI RE 1394, one for speaker outputs a nd another f ...
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION 35 6.2 TROUBLESHOOTING Please note that many technical issues can arise when c onverting a standard com puter into a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). PreSonus will only provide support for issues that directly relate to the INSPIRE 1394 interface. It may be necessary to contact the manufacturer of the computer, operating syste ...
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION 36 No Sync (Red) – Macintosh Users –Open Audio MIDI Set up and change the Format sam ple rate speed to anything different. This will re-establish sy nchronization and the Blue sync light wil l turn on. Once you have the blue sync light you can then reset the Form at sample rate to your desired setting. Audio Drop Outs – ...
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION 37 6.3 INSPIRE 1394 SPECIFICATIONS Preamp Bandw idth........................................................................................................... 1 0Hz to 50kHz Preamp Input Impeda nce ......................................................................................................... 900 Ohms Instrument Inp ...
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