Manual M-Audio Profire 610

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  • M-Audio Profire 610 - page 1

    ProFire 6 10 User Guide English ...

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    1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Y our ProFire 610 package contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    About T ab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Additional Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

  • M-Audio Profire 610 - page 4

    User Guide 3 ProFire 610 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the M-Audio ProFire 610 audio interface. ProFire 610 is part of M-Audio’s award winning series of FireW ire 1 -based digital recording systems and features solid hardware design, robust driver technology , and a powerful Control Panel application to help you capture your be ...

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    User Guide 4 ProFire 610 ProFire 6 10 Features • Six-input,ten-outputaudioconguration • Upto24-bit/192kHzoperation •  T wohigh-qualitymic/instrumentpreampsfeaturingOct ane TM tec hnology , LE D meters, and phantom power • T wofront-panelX LR /TSCombojac ksacceptingmicor ...

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    User Guide 5 ProFire 610 Controls and Connectors Front Panel Descriptions           2008     1. Mic / Inst Input Combo Jack (Mic / Inst) - Balanced mic-level and unbalanced instrument-level combo inputs. Thesecomboconnectorswillacceptastandardthree-pinXLRplugora1/4”T ...

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    User Guide 6 ProFire 610 9. Master V olume ( ) - This knob controls the analog output levels of ProFire 610. T urning the knob clockwise will increase the output level while turning it counterclockwise will reduce the output level. By default, this knob is assigned to control analog outputs 1/2, however , the Control Panel application provides the ...

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    User Guide 7 ProFire 610 Rear Panel Descriptions       10. Power Input ( ) - Connect the 12VDC 2A power supply here when using ProFire 610 with a four-pin FireWire connection, or if your computer does not provide sufficient bus power on a 6-pin connection. If your computer can provide power over a 6-pin connecti ...

  • M-Audio Profire 610 - page 9

    User Guide 8 ProFire 610 Driv er Installation For instructions on installing ProFire 610, please refer to the printed Quick Start Guide. Hardware Connections -IC 'UITAR"ASS (EADPHONES 8,2#ABLE v#ABLE ProFire 610 front %XTERNAL (ARD$RIVE #OMPUTER -ONITORS-IXER  %FFECTS0ROCESSOR 0OWER 3UPPLY $ !4 &a ...

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    User Guide 9 ProFire 610 Connecting Microphones and/or Instruments ProFire610featurestwoXLR /TSComboinputjac ks 1 on its front panel. Microphones or instrument-level sources(electricguitars,basses,etc.)canbeconnectedtotheseinputsusingX LRor1/4”cables,respectively . If you are ...

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    User Guide 10 ProFire 610 Connecting the Analog Outputs Connect the rear-panel line outputs 13 to a mixing console, amplifier or powered monitors. By default, analog output pair 1/2 is controlled by the front-panel Master V olume knob 6 , however , this knob can be assigned to control other outputs pairs through the ProFire 610 Control Panel. ! CA ...

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    User Guide 11 ProFire 610 Software Control Panel The ProFire 610 driver software provides a simple but powerful interface to connect with your computer’s Digital Audio W orkst ation software. T he Control Panel provides five independent multi-channel mixers, featuring six input channels sourced from the physical inputs, as well as ten output c h ...

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    User Guide 12 ProFire 610 The first six c hannels (on the left side of the mixer) correspond to the hardware inputs of the interface (i.e., analog inputs 1-4 and S/ P DI F L/ R). T o the right of the hardware inputs are the ten “software return” channels that correspond to the outputs of your audio software. The remaining two c hannels (on the ...

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    User Guide 13 ProFire 610 Level Fader The Level Fader controls the output level for its corresponding c hannel. Double-clicking or Alt/Option-Clic king on a channel fader will set the fader to unity gain. Channel Name The name displayed at the bottom of eac h channel strip can be c hanged by clicking on the field. Once you have entered a new name, ...

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    User Guide 14 ProFire 610 AHosted Mode – Sample Rate This drop-down menu sets the sample rate of ProFire 610. Note that when using the interface with an ASIO or CoreAudio application, the sample rate can also be determined by your audio application. This parameter may not be editable from within the ProFire 610 Control Panel if your audio applica ...

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    User Guide 15 ProFire 610 Mixers Active at Sample Rates Above 96 kHz W hen operating at sampling rates of 17 6.4 or 192 kHz, ProFire 610 can use two of its available Monitor Mixers. These two drop-down menus allow you to select whic h two mixers will remain active at sampling rates above 96 kHz. For example, if you would like to use the “ Analog ...

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    User Guide 16 ProFire 610 About T ab This tab contains information on your hardware and current driver software versions. This information may be helpful, should you ever have the occasion to call for technical support. Clic king the buttons at the bottom of the panel will take you to useful links on the M-Audio website, if you are currently online ...

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    User Guide 17 ProFire 610 Edit This menu lets you cut, copy and paste trac k names or entire mixer settings. This menu will appear in one of two ways: 1. If a mixer tab name or track name is selected for editing: the Edit menu displays “Cut, ” “Copy , ” and “Paste. ” T hese options let you cut, copy, and paste selected text just like a ...

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    User Guide 18 ProFire 610 Peak Hold The meters of the ProFire 610 monitor mixers feature a “peak hold” function designed to assist in finding the loudest transients of a signal. These options determine how long the peak indicator remains before resetting:   • Off – This setting turns the peak hold function off   • 1 sec ...

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    User Guide 19 ProFire 610 Using ProFire 6 10 Setting Input Le vels Mic/ Inst Inputs T o set gain levels for an analog input, begin by turning the Gain Knob 3 for that c hannel fully counter- clockwise. W hile the sound source is playing at its loudest levels, slowly turn the knob clockwise until the red clip indicator 2 begins to illuminate. Then, ...

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    User Guide 20 ProFire 610 Configuring your A udio Software Once the ProFire 610 drivers are installed, you may need to configure your audio software before you can begin recording and mixing. This configuration process varies from one application to another , but in general, there are three things you may need to do: Selecting ProFire 610 as the ...

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    User Guide 21 ProFire 610 In most cases, you can set the sample rate and bit depth of your project from within the audio application itself. This configuration varies from program to program, but these settings are usually found in the “Setup” or “Project Setup” menus of your program. If your audio application does not have a configuratio ...

  • M-Audio Profire 610 - page 23

    User Guide 22 ProFire 610 Using the Monitor Mixer T o use the ProFire 610 Monitor Mixer: 1. Select the tab that corresponds to the hardware outputs to which you would like to send your monitor mix. For example, if you wish to create a mix that routes to analog outputs 7 /8, select the “ Analog Out 7 /8” t ab. ✓ TIP : K eep in mind that the ? ...

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    User Guide 23 ProFire 610 4. If you are routing signals to Headphone Outputs 1 and 2, make sure the Headphone Level K nobs 4 are set properly . Alternatively , if you are routing monitor mixes to external headphone amplifiers, make sure those amplifiers are set properly . 3 When selecting output c hannels 1/2 from your audio application, the sign ...

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    User Guide 24 ProFire 610 Standalone Operation In addition to operating as an audio interface for your computer , ProFire 610 can also operate without a computer in “standalone mode. ” In Standalone mode, ProFire 610 functions as an analog-to-digit al (A/ D) and digit al-to-analog (D/ A) converter . Analog inputs 1-2 are “passed through” to ...

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    User Guide 25 ProFire 610 Digital Clocking Y our computer-based DA W stores and manipulates music as digital s amples. Those samples are sent to and from your DA W as “snapshots” of dat a. T hese snapshots are all the s ame size—16-bit or 24-bit, depending on your selected resolution—each with a beginning and an end, and are sent in sequent ...

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    User Guide 26 ProFire 610 Scenario 1: ProFire 610 as Clock Master By selecting “internal” as the sync source in the Control Panel, you designate ProFire 610 as the clock master . Y ou will then need to select “external” (or “slave” on cert ain devices) mode on your digit ally connected device(s). This is usually an internal menu setting ...

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    User Guide 27 ProFire 610 Scenario 2: ProFire 610 Slaved to S/ P DI F Input Certain digit al devices, such as consumer CD players, must be used as a clock master and cannot be synchronized to any other devices. T his is due to a lack of digital inputs on the CD player (i.e., the device has no way to synchronize to an incoming signal). In this scena ...

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    User Guide 28 ProFire 610 Scenario 3: Creating a Synchronized “Digital Loop” In certain scenarios, you may need to send digit al signals to an external device while simult aneously receiving signals from that device. For example, if you have connected an external A/ D – D/ A converter or digit al effects processor to your ProFire 610, you wil ...

  • M-Audio Profire 610 - page 30

    User Guide 29 ProFire 610 MID I ProFire 610 provides 16 channels of MI DI I /O over st andard 5-pin DI N connectors 12 on the rear panel of the interface. These I/O ports can be used to connect M I D I-compatible devices to your computer such as controller keyboards, drum machines, or sound modules. Alternatively , these ports can be used to send a ...

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    User Guide 30 ProFire 610 T roubleshooting ProFire 610 has been designed to give you high performance and professional-quality audio on a wide range of systems and operating conditions. However , there are a virtually limitless number of operating scenarios, any of which could affect your system’s performance. W hile this section cannot cover all ...

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    User Guide 31 ProFire 610 If you are experiencing clicks and pops in your recordings: •  W henclockingtoanexternaldigitaldevice,makesuretheinputsourceontheSettingst aboftheControl Panel is set to “External - S/ P DI F . ” See the section about W ord Cloc k for more information. ? ...

  • M-Audio Profire 610 - page 33

    User Guide 32 ProFire 610 W arranty Warranty T erms M-Audio warrants products to be free from defects in materials and workmanship, under normal use and provided that the product is owned by the original, registered user . V isit www.m-audio.com/warranty for terms and limitations applying to your specific product. Warranty Registration Immediately ...

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