Art-pro-audio TubeFire 8 - Eight Ch. Mic Pre with Firewire Manuel d'utilisateur

TubeFire 8™ 8 CHANNEL TUBE MIC-PREAMP SYSTEM USER’S GUIDE

HARDWARE OPERATION How to adjust the controls for the lowest noise Start with the GAIN and OUTPUT knobs centered, and the Pad switch IN. This provid

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PC SOFTWARE OPERATION Installing the Windows PC driver (Check at www.artproaudio.com for any driver updates.) Run SETUP.EXE on the driver disk to in

Changing the sample rate STEP ONE: Open the ART Card Control panel on a PC, to modify the sample rate setting. FIGURE 6 - Control Panel Sample Rat

Changing the sample rate may lead to other issues, including audio dropouts. Monitor the ASIO Drop Outs for 10 - 20 seconds to assure that the num

Adjusting system latency with a Windows PC Adjusting the buffer depth varies the latency of the computer system used together with the TubeFire 8™.

Using the wordclock input with a Windows PC The TubeFire 8™ can be used in both simple and complex systems. The simplest system would consist of the

Mac SOFTWARE OPERATION Changing the sample rate with a Mac Run the AUDIO/MIDI setup utility to change the sample rate. Select properties for the devi

Using the wordclock input with a Mac The TubeFire 8™ can be used in both simple and complex systems. The simplest system would consist of the TubeFir

Creating an Aggregate Device with a Mac Control of multiple audio devices on a Mac is performed by creating a single Aggregate Device. What follows i

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS – READ FIRST This symbol, wherever it appears, This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts alerts you to the presence

APPLICATIONS Adding more TubeFire 8™ units to your system The TubeFire 8™ is designed to allow you to expand the number of inputs and outputs on you

Optionally rename the units in the ART Card Control Panel (Windows PC) or create an “Aggregate Device” (Mac) to simplify the ID of each unit. See the

WARRANTY INFORMATION Limited Warranty: Applied Research and Technology will provide warranty and service for this unit in accordance with the follo

SERVICE The following information is provided in the unlikely event that your unit requires service. 1) Be sure that the unit is the cause of the pr

TubeFire 8™ SPECIFICATIONS Input Impedance Mic...6.4K Ohm

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The ART TubeFire 8 8 Channel Tube Mic-Pre System IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS – READ FIRST ...1 INTROD

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INTRODUCTION The TubeFire 8™ is the answer to your recording and computer interface needs. Eight high quality vacuum tube microphone preamps are pack

Firewire (IEEE 1394) (Sony iLINK®) Connections The TubeFire 8 has two 6 pin Firewire ports located on the rear panel. Both ports are identical, and c

Instrument Input The 1/4” TS jack on the front panel provides a high impedance unbalanced input, and when used, automatically switches off the mic pr

FIGURE 2 - Output Mix/Headphone section Headphone / Line Mixer All of the sources selected for the output jacks of the TubeFire 8™ are mixed togeth

REAR PANEL Balanced Input Jacks – XLR & 1/4” TRS Combo Jacks These balanced inputs are used for both microphone and line level signals. The gain