M-Audio Conectiv manual

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T able of Contents C onectiv User Guide Intr oduc tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What ’s in the Box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cone c tiv Fe atures . . . . . . [...]

3 User Guide In t r oduc t i on 1 T hank you for cho osin g the Synch roSc ienc e Cone ctiv USB audi o inter fa ce. C one ctiv takes advant age of the convenie nce and dep enda bilit y of t he Uni vers al Seri al Bus ( USB ) t o provide you with a versati le inter face that can be used both live on stag e and in the studio. The inter fac e’ s sl [...]

4 User Guide Wha t ’s in t h e Bo x ? 2 Y our C one ct iv pa ck age co nt ai ns t he fol lowing : < C onec tiv US B audio i nter face < Sync hroS cie nce C D- RO M cont ainin g drive rs , contro l pane l sof twa re, do cument ation , and T or q DJ appli catio n < US B cab le Co nec t iv Fea tu re s 3 Con ec ti v ha s th e foll owing fe a[...]

5 User Guide Mi ni mum S y s t em Req ui re men t s 4 Operating Sy stems Wind ows C onec tiv i s sup por ted unde r Wi ndows X P wi th Se r vice Pac k 2 o r later. I t is not sup por ted u nder Wi ndows 20 00, Win dows 9 8, or W indows ME . Vi sit the Wind ows upd ate web page s to m ake c er tai n you have the mos t cur rent upd ates and fi xes s[...]

6 User Guide Sof twar e I ns t al la t ion 5 Y ou must in stal l dr iver s in o rder for C one ctiv to ope rate p rope rly. Pl eas e c onsul t th e in clude d Q uic k St ar t Guid e fo r inst all ation ins truc tions . Onc e th e dr iver s ar e in stal led, you may ne ed to co nfigu re your aud io s of twar e to route s igna ls to and from C one c[...]

7 User Guide Rear Panel 8. RCA Out put s ( OUTP UT A , OUTP UT B ) – These are Conecti v’ s main outputs. C onnect these RCA jacks to a DJ mixer , amp lified s peakers , or another de stination. The audio source for these outputs is determined by the M ix knob s (7). 9. RCA I npu ts ( IN PUT A, INPUT B) – Thes e RCA inp ut pair s acc ept ste[...]

8 User Guide Ha rdwar e Co nn ec t ion s 7 Computer P ower Supply (optional) T u rntable P owered Speakers or P A DJ Mixer CD Player / Line Level Sources ground USB Channel 1 in Channel 2 in 1 . C onnec t Co necti v’s RCA Ou tputs to your am pli fier, powered mon itors , or mi xer . 2. Co nnect you r stereo he adph ones to C one ctiv ’ s fro n[...]

9 User Guide Usi ng C one ct iv 8 C one ctiv ca n b e u sed in a var iet y of ways an d s everal of th ese sc enar ios ar e ou tline d b elow. The fi rst s ecti on o f thi s cha pter wil l give you a n over view of how s igna ls pa ss th rough the i nter face ; re maini ng se ction s cover s peci fic s an d inc lude us eful tip s. I f you requi r[...]

10 User Guide Nex t , the signa l is doub led and sent t o two dif ferent des tinatio ns at th e sa me time. The first par t is routed through the USB por t to your comp uter for recor ding or sof t ware proce ssi ng ; th e oth er par t of th e s ignal is sent to Mi x k nob A ( 7). Th e f unctio n o f thi s kn ob is covered in det ail later in thi[...]

11 User Guide Headphone Monitorin g C onec tiv of fe rs t wo dif fe rent hea dpho ne ( or “cue” ) mon itoring options for DJs , w hich are de scr ibed below. Us e the Split swi tch ( 3 ) to se lec t whi ch mod e you’ d l ike to u se. Pre ss the switc h to ac tivate S plit mo de o r le ave the switch in the U p po sitio n to rem ain in N orm a[...]

12 User Guide Using Y our Comput er as an Ef fec ts Proc es sor C onec tiv’s a bili ty to sim ulta neous ly sen d a nd rec eive four c hanne ls of aud io over US B a llows you to use your c omp uter as a power f ul ef fe cts p roce ssor. T his i s don e by s endin g your a udio sourc es (tu rnta bles or CD pl ayers ) th rough C onec tiv to sof t [...]

13 User Guide The Sof t war e Co nt ro l Pane l 9 Co nec ti v’ s co nt rol pa nel i s des ign ed to b e sim ple an d ea sy t o use . PC : For PC use rs , Con ectiv ’ s audio buf fe r size i s dis played o n the “ L atency” tab whi le add ition al infor matio n suc h a s the audi o dri ver a nd dev ice fi rmware ve rsio ns ar e dis played o[...]

14 User Guide T r ou bles hoot i ng 1 0 C onec tiv is a hig h-pe r forma nce , profess iona l-qu alit y inter fac e that ha s be en tested under a wide vari ety of con dition s. Desp ite our thor ough testin g, Co necti v can be used in lim itle ss situati ons and ce rt ain sc enar ios may resul t in unexpec ted per for manc e. Thi s se ction will [...]

15 User Guide < M ake sure you r audi o sof twa re ha s bee n set up to use the inter fac e. O pen your appl icati on’ s aud io set ting s page and ver if y that C one ctiv’s AS IO, WD M , or C ore Audi o drive rs have bee n sel ected . < Ensu re that ea ch cha nnel’s Mi x kno b is not turn ed full y counter-clo ck wise a s that wi ll m[...]

16 User Guide Pr oduc t S pecs 1 1 48k Hz sa mpli ng rat e, 1 6 - bi t unle ss ot her wi se sta ted Dig it al Au dio In te r fac e Spe ci fic at ion s Mic I npu ts (A /D ) Inp ut Im peda nce 340 KOhms Ma x imum I nput Leve l +4 . 1 d Bu (1 .243 Vrms ) @ min imum ga in SN R -98 d B, A-wei ghted Dy namic R ange 98 d B, A-weig hted TH D + N 0.0 068 6[...]

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