Presonus FireStudio Mobile manual

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information F ir eStudio Mobile O wner ’ s Manual ™ ww w .presonus.com ®[...]

2 PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile Safety Stuff The ex clamation point within an equilater al triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in this manual. The lightning flash with arr owhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is int ended to alert the user to the pres[...]

3 Owner ’ s Manual Safety Stuff and Warranty Pr eSonus Limited W arr anty PreSonus Audio Electronics , Inc., warrants this product to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of original retail purchase . This warranty is enforceable only b y the original retail purchaser . T o be protected by this w[...]

4 PreSonus F ireStudio Mobile C ontents OVERVIEW 5 1.1 Introduction 5 1.2 F eatures 6 1.3 Wha t Is In the Box 8 1.4 Sy stem Requirements 9 GET TING ST ARTED 10 2.1 Hardware Installation 10 2.1.1 Installation in Microsoft Window s 10 2.1.2 Installation in Mac OS X 11 2 .2 Studio One Artist 12 2.2.1 Installation and Authorization 12 2.2.2 Enabling th[...]

Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information Overview 5 OVERVIEW 1 Introduction 1.1 1.1 Intr oduc tion Thank you f or purchasing the P reSonus Fir eStudio Mobile. Pr eS onus Audio Electronics has desig ned the F ireStudio Mobile utilizing high-grade components to ensure optimum performance that will last a lifetim[...]

Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information Overview PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 1 OVER VIEW 6 1.2 F eatures 1.2 F eatures The F ireStudio Mobile is a power ful and affor dable computer rec ording system. It comes equipped with two high-qualit y P reSonus XMAX microphone preamps, six line inputs , MIDI I[...]

Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information Overview 7 OVERVIEW 1 F eatures 1.2 Summary of Studio One Ar tist fea tures • Unlimited track count • Unlimited inserts and sends • 20 high-qualit y nativ e effects plug-ins • Amp Modeling (Ampire) • Delay (Beat Delay) • Distor tion (Redlight Dist) • D yn[...]

Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information Overview PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 1 OVER VIEW 8 1.3 What Is In the Box 1.3 Wha t Is In the Bo x Y our FireStudio Mobile package contains the following: • Fir eStudio M obile rec ording interface • 6-foot, 6-pin-to-6-pin F ireWir e cable • Po wer supply [...]

Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information Overview 9 OVERVIEW 1 System Requir ements 1.4 1.4 S y stem Requiremen ts The speed of your pr ocessor , amount of RAM, and capacity , size, and speed of y our hard drives will greatly aff ec t the over all per formance of y our recor ding system. A faster proc essor a[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 2 GET TING ST AR TED PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 10 Getting Started 2.1 Hardware Installation GET TING ST ARTED 2.1 Hardware Installa tion The Universal C ontrol and included driver can be used for an y interface in the FireStudio family (F ireStudio [2[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information GET TING ST AR TED 2 Owner ’ s Manual 11 Getting Started Hardware Installation 2.1 wizard launches, f ollow the recommended steps. When the sync light remains solid blue , your F ireStudio Mobile is synced to your c omputer and is ready to use! 2.1.2 Installa[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 2 GET TING ST AR TED PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile Getting Started 12 2.2 Studio One Artist 2.2 Studio One Ar tist Every PreSonus interface comes complete with Studio One Artist recording software. Whether you are about to r ecord your first album or y o[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information GET TING ST AR TED 2 Owner ’ s Manual 13 Getting Started Studio One Artist 2.2 Creat e a User A cc ount After installing Studio One Artist, launch the program, and the A c tivate Studio One menu will appear . If you are a new Studio One user , you will need t[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 2 GET TING ST AR TED PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 14 Getting Started 2.2 Studio One Artist the license file as instructed in the Activate Studio One menu. The activation process is now complet e. Installing Bundled Con tent for S tudio One Artist Studio[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information GET TING ST AR TED 2 Owner ’ s Manual 15 Getting Started Studio One Artist 2.2 2.2.2 Enabling the F ireStudio Mobile Driv er Studio One and Studio One Artist were designed with Pr eSonus inter faces in mind . Y our F ireStudio Mobile is already integr ated in[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 2 GET TING ST AR TED PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 16 Getting Started 2.2 Studio One Artist ST ART P AGE: Setup Area (continued) Selecting a D iff erent Audio Driv er If you do not see “PreSonus F ireStudio ” on the Star t page when you launch Studio[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information GET TING ST AR TED 2 Owner ’ s Manual 17 Getting Started Studio One Artist 2.2 configured bef ore they are a vailable for use. In some cases, your MIDI keyboar d controller is also used as a tone generator . Studio One Ar tist views the two functions of thes[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 2 GET TING ST AR TED PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 18 Getting Started 2.2 Studio One Artist Setting Up an External MIDI Keyboard Contr oller From the Start Page: (continued): 4 The Add Device windo w will launch. F rom the menu on the left, select “New [...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information GET TING ST AR TED 2 Owner ’ s Manual 19 Getting Started Studio One Artist 2.2 Click OK. If you have a sound module y ou’ d like to connect, leave the External Devices window open and proceed to the next part of this sec tion. If not, you can close this win[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 2 GET TING ST AR TED PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 20 Getting Started 2.2 Studio One Artist Setting Up an External MIDI Sound Module Contr oller From the Start Page: (continued) : 2 In the External Devices window , click the Add button. 3 The Add Device w[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information GET TING ST AR TED 2 Owner ’ s Manual 21 Getting Started Studio One Artist 2.2 how to set up a Song and will discuss some general workflow tips f or navigating through the Studio One Artist enviroment. 2.2.4 C onfiguring Audio I/O Now that you ’ve config[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 2 GET TING ST AR TED PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 22 Getting Started 2.2 Studio One Artist Creating a Ne w Song: Setting Up Default Audio I/O (continued) 4 When the Song window launches, launch the Audio Setup window by going to F ile|Options… (PC) or [...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information GET TING ST AR TED 2 Owner ’ s Manual 23 Getting Started Studio One Artist 2.2 7 Click on the Outputs tab , and you will see all of the available outputs on your F ireStudio Mobile. At this time, you can add the number of output buses t o which you would like[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 2 GET TING ST AR TED PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 24 Getting Started 2.2 Studio One Artist Creating Audio T racks (continued) In the Add T racks window , you can select the number and type of Tr acks you ’ d like to create (Mono Audio , Stereo A udio, [...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information GET TING ST AR TED 2 Owner ’ s Manual 25 Getting Started Studio One Artist 2.2 Creating MIDI T racks Click on the Add T racks button. When the Add T racks window launches, select Instrument as the T rack Format and click the OK butt on. T o assign your MIDI i[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 2 GET TING ST AR TED PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 26 Getting Started 2.2 Studio One Artist Adding Virtual Instruments and Plug-in Effects to Y our Song Y ou can add plug-ins and Instruments to your Song by dragging-and-dropping from the br owser . Y ou [...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information GET TING ST AR TED 2 Owner ’ s Manual 27 Getting Started Studio One Artist 2.2 T o add a plug-in effect to a track, click the Effects button and select it or one of its presets in the Effects Browser , then drag it over the track to which you would like t [...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 2 GET TING ST AR TED PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 28 Getting Started 2.2 Studio One Artist Creating a C ue Mix 1 Y ou can create a Cue Mix and send it to an y output on your F ireStudio Mobile. Y ou simply need to creat e an output bus and enable Cue Mix[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information GET TING ST AR TED 2 Owner ’ s Manual 29 Getting Started Studio One Artist 2.2 Activate Button Sends a Channel to the Cue Mix T o completely remove an y channel from a cue mix, simply deactivate the Cue Mix object for that channel. Horizontal Le vel F ader Se[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 2 GET TING ST AR TED PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 30 Getting Started 2.3 Sample Hookup Diagrams in the main mix. At any time , you can lock the cue - mix level and pan back to the channel settings by clicking on the Lock to Channel button. Zero-Latency S[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information GET TING ST AR TED 2 Owner ’ s Manual 31 Getting Started Sample Hookup Diagrams 2.3/ information on the Universal C ontrol and the Device Window , please see Sec tion 3.1. Because of F ireWir e streaming limitations , cue -mix zer o- latency monitoring is not[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 2 GET TING ST AR TED PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 32 Getting Started 2.3 Hookup Diagrams 2.3 SAMPLE HOOKUP DIA GR AMS The F ireStudio Mobile enables you to simultaneously recor d and play back up to ten channels . Y ou can plug two microphones directly i[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information GET TING ST AR TED 2 Owner ’ s Manual 33 Getting Started Hookup Diagrams 2.3 2.3.2 Using the F ireStudio Mobile with an External Preamp and Monitoring Sy stem Cables and C onnec tors: • 1 XLR (M) -XLR (F) (mic cable) • 6 TRS - TRS • 3 TS - TS (guitar ca[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 2 GET TING ST AR TED PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 34 Getting Started 2.3 Hookup Diagrams 2.3.2 Recor ding a F ull Band with T wo F ireStudio Mobiles, External Multichannel Preamp , and Headphone Distribution Amplifier Cables and C onnec tors: • 2 Fir [...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information GET TING ST AR TED 2 Owner ’ s Manual 35 Getting Started Hookup Diagrams 2.3 XLR (M) - XLR (F) XLR (M) - XLR (F) x 6 (or snake) XLR (M) - XLR (F) TRS - TRS x 6 TRS - TRS TRS - TRS TRS - TRS TS - TS TRS - TRS x 2 TRS - TRS TRS - TRS x 2 TRS - XLR (M) FW400 FW4[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information Controls and Connections 3 CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 36 3.1 Soft war e C ONTROLS & C ONNECTIONS 3.1 Sof tware Like all members of the F ireStudio family of interfaces, the Fir eStudio M obile is compatible with Universal Contr ol. Universal Co[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS 3 Owner ’ s Manual 37 Controls and Connections Soft war e 3.1 and can route playback str eams from your host application. 3.1.1 Universal C ontrol Application Ic on If you are using Microsoft Windows, once y ou have succ essfully installed your F ireStudi[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information Controls and Connections 3 CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 38 3.1 Soft war e 3.1.2 Launch W indow F rom the Launch Window , you can set all the basic controls f or your FireStudio Mobile . Sample Rate Selec tor Changes Fir eStudio Mobile Sample Rate Y o[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS 3 Owner ’ s Manual 39 Controls and Connections Soft war e 3.1 Operation Mode Changes How The Fir eStudio M obile Driv er’ s Buffer Size Is Set • Normal Mode. Input and Output buffers are both identical to the Buffer Siz e setting. • S afe Modes 1[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information Controls and Connections 3 CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 40 3.1 Soft war e Device W indow Button Opens the Device Windo w . Click on this button to open the F ireStudio Mobile Mixer . T o give your F ireStudio Mobile a custom name, double -click on th[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS 3 Owner ’ s Manual 41 Controls and Connections Soft war e 3.1 Settings: Run at Star tup Launches the Universal C ontrol Application Automa tically on Startup ( Windows PCs Only). When this is enabled, the Universal C ontrol application will automatically [...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information Controls and Connections 3 CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 42 3.1 Soft war e Settings: Alwa ys On T op Allow s the Launch Windo w to Stay in View When Other Applications Are in Use . When this is enabled, the Launch window will remain in the for eground[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS 3 Owner ’ s Manual 43 Controls and Connections Soft war e 3.1 3.1.4 The De vice W indow: F ireStudio Mobile Mix er The F ireStudio Mobile’ s Device window allows you to creat e three stereo monit or mixes. The mixes can be renamed and sav ed. Y ou can a[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information Controls and Connections 3 CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 44 3.1 Soft war e Output Selec t Section Output Selec t Buttons Changes the Output Mixer That is Display ed. The F ireStudio Mobile mixer has three output mixes , one for each of the F ireStudio[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS 3 Owner ’ s Manual 45 Controls and Connections Soft war e 3.1 Master Output Sec tion Master Output F ader Changes the Selected Output ’ s Audio Level. Move the Master F ader up and down to increase and decrease the level of the selected output’ s audi[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information Controls and Connections 3 CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 46 3.1 Soft war e Mixer Section Channel Pan Sliders Moves the Channel’ s Audio Left/Right in the Stereo F ield. Double -clicking the slider returns the pan to center . Link Buttons Links the A[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS 3 Owner ’ s Manual 47 Controls and Connections Soft war e 3.1 Channel Mutes and Solos Adds the Channel t o the Mute or Solo Bus. Muting a channel silences the channel’ s audio. Soloing a channel mutes all other unsoloed channels. Input Selectors Changes[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information Controls and Connections 3 CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 48 3.2 F ront-P anel Layout 3.2 F ront-P anel Layout Microphone Preamplifier . Y our FireStudio Mobile is equipped with two Pr eSonus XMAX microphone preamplifiers that acc ept signals from al[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS 3 Owner ’ s Manual 49 Controls and Connections F ront-P anel Layout 3.2 jacks of Channels 1 or 2. Active instruments have an internal preamp and a line-level output and should be plugged into a line-level input on the rear of the Fir eStudio Mobile, not i[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information Controls and Connections 3 CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 50 3.2 F ront-P anel Layout Input Gain/T rim Controls. These knobs provide the following gain structure: • XLR Microphone Inputs. 80 dB of variable gain (–10 dB to +70 dB) • TS ¼ " I[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS 3 Owner ’ s Manual 51 Controls and Connections F ront-P anel Layout 3.2 Red-Blue Po wer/S ync Light. This light is a power and clock source (sync) indicat or . It lets you k now whether your unit is rec eiving adequate power and is correctly receiving w o[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information Controls and Connections 3 CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 52 3.3 Back-P anel Layout 3.3 Back-P anel Lay out Pow er Adapter Input. T his is where you plug in the proprietary power supply . I f your c omputer has a standard IEEE 1394 6-pin connection, yo[...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS 3 Owner ’ s Manual 53 Controls and Connections Back-P anel Layout 3.3 included power supply . Y ou can use the “ extra” Fir eWire port to connect additional F ireWir e devices to you c omputer (such as external hard drives) or to connect additional F [...]

Overview Getting Started Cascading Units T echnical Information Controls and Connections 3 CONTROLS & C ONNEC TIONS PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 54 3.3 Back P anel Layout Y ou must select “S/PDIF” as the clock source and the appropriate sample ra te in the F ireStudio Mobile Control C onsole when using the S/PDIF input for external s[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections T echnical Information Cascading Units CASCADING UNITS 4 Owner ’ s Manual 55 Using Multiple F ireStudio -F amily Inter faces 0 CASC ADING UNITS 4.1 Using Multiple F ireStudio- F amily Inter fac es The Universal C ontrol allows y ou to connect up to four F ireStudio Mobiles or to connect any member[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections T echnical Information Cascading Units 4 CASCADING UNITS PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 56 4.1 Using Multiple F ireStudio -F amily Inter faces INPUTS OUTPUTS 20 8 FireStudio Mobile + FireStudio Mobile 20 14 FireStudio Mobile + FireStudio Project 26 10 FireStudio Mobile + FireStudio T ube 36 26 [...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections T echnical Information Cascading Units CASCADING UNITS 4 Owner ’ s Manual 57 Using Multiple F ireStudio -F amily Inter faces 4.1 INPUTS OUTPUTS 20 8 FireStudio Mobile + FireStudio Mobile 20 14 FireStudio Mobile + FireStudio Project 26 10 FireStudio Mobile + FireStudio T ube 36 26 FireStudio Mobile[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections T echnical Information Cascading Units 4 CASCADING UNITS PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 58 4.1 Using Multiple F ireStudio -F amily Inter faces 6 Once all your units ar e connected and synced, launch the Universal Contr ol application. T he indi - vidual Device Window Buttons will be shown in th[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections T echnical Information Cascading Units CASCADING UNITS 4 Owner ’ s Manual 59 Using Multiple F ireStudio -F amily Inter faces 4.1 through the outputs on the second unit in the chain (and vice versa) unless y ou create a mix fr om within your DA W application. T o easily maintain zero- latency mixin[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 5 TECHNICAL INFORMA TION PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 60 5.1 T roubleshooting 5.1 T roubleshooting Many technical issues can arise when con verting a standard computer in to a digital audio workstation (DA W ). P reSonus can only provide support for issu[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information TECHNICAL INFORMA TION 5 Owner ’ s Manual 61 T roubleshooting 5.1 Mobile and external digital device are properly synced. Please c onsult your external device ’ s user manual for details on syncing it to y our Fir eStudio Mobile. Flashing S ync Light The F [...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 5 TECHNICAL INFORMA TION PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 62 5.1 T roubleshooting on the market, it is not possible to thoroughly test each one for compatibility . Most users will not need to alter their current PC c onfiguration to use their F ireStudio Mo[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information TECHNICAL INFORMA TION 5 Owner ’ s Manual 63 T roubleshooting 5.1 Known Incompa tible Hardware • A TI RADEON 9000/9001 IGP video chipset. Symptoms are c onsistent click and pops during audio playback. This video chipset is only found in PC laptops and is en[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 5 TECHNICAL INFORMA TION PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile 64 5.2 Specifications 5.2 Specifications Microphone Preamp (XLR Balanced) Frequency Response (+0, -0.5 dB) 20 Hz to 50 kHz Frequency Response (+0/-3.0 dB) 20 Hz to 150 kHz Input Impedance 1.6 kΩ TH[...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information TECHNICAL INFORMA TION 5 Owner ’ s Manual 65 Specifications 5.2 Main Outputs T ype ¼ " TRS Impedance Balanced Output Impedance 51Ω Headphone Output T ype ¼ " TRS Ac tiv e Stereo Maximum Output 150 mW/CH @ 60Ω Load Frequency Response 10 Hz - 70 [...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 66 PreSonus ™ Fir eStudio ™ Mobile Boring Stuff Declar ation of C onf ormity Responsible P ar ty : PreSonus A udio Elec tronics Addr ess: 7257 Florida Blv d., Baton Rouge , LA 70806 USA Phone: 225-216-7887 declares that F ireStudio™ Mobile complies with [...]

Overview Getting Started Controls and Connections Cascading Units T echnical Information 67 Owner ’ s Manual T ast y Stuff Added bonus: Pr eSonus’ T op Secret recipe for … Jambala ya Ingredients: • 5 lbs link andouille sausage • 3 lbs boneless chicken • 2 lbs ground beef • 3 lbs onions (yellow or purple) • 2 stalks of celer y • 1[...]

The back cov er of the Fir eStudio ™ Mobile Owner ’ s Manual EMC Stat ement: NOTE: This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device , pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules . These limits are designed to pr ovide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This [...]