Teac US-144 manuale d’uso

U S - 1 4 4 USB Audi o/ MIDI Interface D0 09 27520A » OWNER'S MANUAL[...]

2 T ASCAM US-144 IM PORT AN T SAFET Y PRECA UTIONS De cla rat ion o f Conf orm it y Mo del N umb er: US - 144 T ra de Na me : TASCAM Re spo nsi ble p ar ty : TE AC AM ERI CA, I NC. Mo nteb ell o, Cal ifo rni a, U.S .A . T el eph one n umb er: 1-213-726 -0 30 3 T h i s d e v i c e c o m p l i e s w i t h P a r t 15 o f t h e F C C Ru l es . O pe r a[...]

T ASCAM US-144 3 IM PORT AN T SAFET Y INSTRUCTIONS 1 Re ad the se i nst ruc tio ns. 2 Kee p the se in str uct ion s. 3 He ed a ll war nin gs. 4 Fol low al l ins tru cti ons . 5 Do n ot us e this a pp ara tus ne ar wa ter. 6 Cle an o nly wi th dr y c loth . 7 D o n o t b l o c k a n y v e n t i l a t i o n o p e n i n g s . In st al l i n a c co rd [...]

4 T ASCAM US-144 Contents 1 Introduction Over view ..................................... 5 Featur es ....................................... 5 What i s in the pa ckage .................. 5 Convent ions us ed in thi s manual .... 6 2 Parts of the US - 1 4 4 T op panel ..................................... 7 Rear pane l ..............................[...]

T ASCAM US-144 5 Please r ead t hi s owne r’ s ma nua l caref u lly before you beg in u sing t he US- 1 4 4, and u se the p rodu ct cor re ctly as d ir ect ed i n order t o en su re long and t ro uble-f ree enjoy ment of all it s f unc tiona lit y . Af te r you have read t hi s manu al, ke ep it nea rby for refere nce when r equ ire d. W e ca n a[...]

6 T ASCAM US-144 1 – Introduc tion Conventions us ed in this man ual Th e fo llowi ng convent ions a re use d in t hi s ma nual: Front pan el keys, k nobs, a nd i ndicat ors , an d rea r panel c on nect ors a re desig nat ed in a ll- capita l let ter s. Exa mple : LI NE I N jack s This t ypeface is u sed to d esign ate me ssag- es d isplayed by t[...]

T ASCAM US-144 7 T op panel 2 – P ar t s of the US - 1 4 4 1 L INE O UT level k nob Cont rols t he out put level o f th e LI NE OU T jacks . 2 PH ONE S LEV EL kn ob Cont rols th e out put level o f th e PHO NES jack . 3 MI DI I N indi cato r Li ght s when M IDI da ta is b eing re ceived at t he MI DI I N con- nec tor . MI DI O UT indi cato r Li g[...]

8 T ASCAM US-144 2 – P ar t s of the US - 1 4 4 8 SI G/OL in dica tors Lig ht when sign als ar e bei ng input t o the i nput ch an nels (L , R ). They w il l light g ree n to i ndicat e a sig- nal i s pres ent, a nd wi ll lig ht red i m med i- ately before d isto r tion oc cur s. T hese i nd i- cato rs apply on ly to t he ana log input s. NOTE Th[...]

T ASCAM US-144 9 2 – P ar t s of the US - 1 4 4 r L INE O UT L /R j ack s (RC A c onn ecto r , u nbala nced) T hese a re a nalog ste reo ou tput jack s. t DI GI T AL I N jack T hi s is an RC A con- nec tor t hat in puts a st ere o S/PDIF d igita l sign al. y DI GI T AL OU T jac k Th is is a n R CA con ne ctor t hat out put s a ster eo S/ PD IF d [...]

10 T ASCAM US-144 S ystem requirements Windows XP 3 – Instal lation Supp or ted o perat ing sys tem: Wi ndows X P SP2 Reco mmen ded s yste m: Pentiu m or Ath lon 1 GHz or f aste r ( or e quivale nt pro - ces sor ), 5 12 MB or mor e memor y , USB 2.0 por t Th ese re qui re ments a re for when u sing Cub ase LE . If you are u sing ot her a pplica- [...]

T ASCAM US-144 11 3 – Instal lation Install ing t he driv ers In o rder t o use t he US- 1 44, you mus t ins tal l the a pprop riat e d river s int o y ou r comput er. As de scr ibe d below , th is is a n ea sy proc ess usi ng the C D-ROM include d with t he US- 1 44. Dr ivers a re up dat ed f rom t ime t o ti me. Y o u ca n down load t he most r[...]

12 T ASCAM US-144 Inst al ling the d ri vers for Mac OS X Th e US- 1 4 4 ’ s d r iv er s are p rovide d on the CD -R OM a s a pack age f ile ent itled US - 1 22L & US- 1 4 4 dri ver x _y y .mpkg . ( x _y y is the ve rsion nu mber. ) Si mply double- click on t his pa ckage f i le ’ s ico n to lau nch it and follow the di re ction s th at app[...]

T ASCAM US-144 13 Ov er v iew 4 – Control panel s ettings Th e C ontrol Panel le ts you ma ke var i ous set t ings for t he US- 1 4 4 ’ s f u nct ional ity . Th e C ontrol Panel i s divid ed int o the fol- lowi ng two se ction s. Status sec tion Th is shows t he cu r rent st at us of th e dr iver an d the con ne cte d har dware. Y ou ca n not e[...]

14 T ASCAM US-144 4 – Control panel s ettings Digital Out put For mat Th is let s you choose eit her AES/EBU or S/PD IF a s the d igita l out put for mat. Ma ny prof es sional dev ices u se a n XLR con ne ctor for A ES/E B U . Spe cial ad apt ers may be pu rch ase d to conver t be twee n a dig ital au dio RC A c onn ecto r and d igita l aud io XL[...]

T ASCAM US-144 15 USB connec tions 5 – Connec ti ons Using t he includ ed cable, co nne ct th e US- 1 44 t o your com puter a s shown i n th e il lust rat ion. NOTE Som e USB d evice s acces s the U SB bu s fr eque ntly. T o avoi d drop out s and cl ick s in th e audio si gnal, w e str ongly r eco m- men d that yo u do not con nec t othe r USB d [...]

16 T ASCAM US-144 5 – Connec ti ons Guitar Con nec t your g uit ar t o the R - cha n nel LI NE IN ja ck ( 1/ 4” phon e jack ) and s et the M IC / LI NE - GUI T A R sw itch to G UITAR . K eyboard / drum machine / sound module / casset te deck / MD / CD etc . ( analog connec- tion ) Con nec t the a nalog aud io out put of the se dev ices to t he [...]

T ASCAM US-144 17 5 – Connec ti ons Speakers/headphones Headphones Powered speakers, or amp and speakers Headphones Powered speakers, or amp and speakers MIDI connec tions Con nec t your sou nd mo dule, keyb oard / sy nthe siz er, dr u m mach i ne, or oth er MI DI dev ice to t he US- 1 4 4 as show n below . Y ou ca n use t he MI DI I N / MI DI O [...]

18 T ASCAM US-144 Th is cha pter ex plain s the b asics you wi ll nee d to u nder st and whe n usi ng the US-1 4 4 wit h Cuba se LE. Th is d iscu ssion is not i nte nded t o re place the u ser m anu al of your sof t ware. If you have ques tion s spec if ic to Cu base LE, ple ase refer t o the C ubas e LE use r ma nual. 6 – Recording w ith Cu base[...]

T ASCAM US-144 19 6 – Recording w ith Cu base LE From the File m enu, choo se New Proje ct . A w indow w i ll app ear , al low- in g yo u to choo se a tem plate for your new project . Choo se the de sire d tem - plate a nd pres s the OK but ton. Spe cif y the lo cat ion i n which t o sav e your project , and the n ew project w il l be cre ated . [...]

20 T ASCAM US-144 6 – Recording w ith Cu base LE Mix d o wn Mov e the lef t and r ig ht locator s to spe cif y the re gi on that you want to mi x down . From the File m enu, choo se Exp ort - > Audio Mixdown . 1� 2� In th e Exp ort Audio Mi xdown di alog box, make t he desi red s ett i ngs and then pre ss the S ave button . 3� Specify th[...]

T ASCAM US-144 21 Th is cha pter l ist s fr eque ntly asked q ues - tion s relate d to re cord ing w ith Cu base L E, wit h an swers t o the se ques tion s. Q. I h av e finished making input set tings, but the meter of the audio track is not mo ving. A . Ma ke sur e that t he monitor but ton of the t r ack is e nabled . Q. I w ould like to record t[...]

22 T ASCAM US-144 7 – T rou bl es hooti ng Q. I performed a mixdown, but the automation and effec ts were not reflecte d in the mix down. A . In t he E xpor t Audio Mixdown d ialog box, ma ke su re th at autom ation a nd effec ts ar e enable d. Q. I m ade a CD u sing the W A V file I mix ed -down, but the speed i s ob viously different . A . Cou [...]

T ASCAM US-144 23 Funct ion T ra nsm itte d Rec eived Rem ar ks Bas ic Cha nnel At power ON Cha nged X X X X Thro ugh Mod e At power ON Me ssag es Al t ere d X X ** ** *** ** *** * X X Thro ugh Note Num ber Ran ge X ** ** *** ** *** * X Thro ugh V elo cit y Note ON Note OFF X X X X Thro ugh Af ter T o uch Poly phoni c Cha nnel X X X X Thro ugh Pitc[...]

24 T ASCAM US-144 Audio specif ications Nom ina l inp ut level s MI C IN L and R ( XLR ba lanc ed) – 58 dBu ( TRI M =ma x) to – 1 4 d Bu ( TRI M =mi n ) MI C / LINE - GUIT AR L and R in MI C / LINE posi tion ( 1 / 4” jack, un balan ced) – 40 dBu ( TRI M =ma x) to +4 dBu ( TRI M =mi n ) MI C / LINE - GUIT AR R in GUI T AR posi tion ( 1 / 4?[...]

T ASCAM US-144 25 9 – Specif icati ons and per formance Audio performance Si gna l-to- nois e rat io LIN E IN (throug h ADC and DAC) t o LIN E OUT > 96 dB ( A-w eig hted, TRI M =mi n. , inpu t impe danc e at 40 Ω ) LIN E IN (throug h direct m onitor) to LIN E OUT > 1 0 0 dB (A-weighted, TRI M =mi n. , inpu t impe danc e 40 Ω ) T ot al ha [...]

26 T ASCAM US-144 Ph ysica l characteristics Di men sion s E xter nal di mensi ons (w x h x d) 1 4 7 x 1 92 x 48 mm Weight 1 Kg Power Sup plied v ia USB 5V , ma x imum cu rrent 50 0 mA Dimensions 147 mm 5.79 inch 48 mm 1.89 inch 192 mm 7.56 inch 147 mm 5.79 inch 48 mm 1.89 inch 192 mm 7.56 inch 9 – Specif icati ons and per formance[...]

T ASCAM US-144 27 9 – Specif icati ons and per formance T ASCAM US-144 27 Notes[...]

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