M-Audio FireWire 1814

1. In the mixer page, sw rtn 1/2 is routed to output 1/2. This means that the tracks in your DJ
program that are set to the “FireWire 1814 Analog Outs 1/2” will be heard from Line Outputs
1/2. Your main speakers are connected to Line Outputs 1/2.
2. With the A/B Switch set to A, you will also be monitoring the tracks in your DJ program that
are set to the “FireWire 1814 Line Outs 1/2.”
3. NOTE: If you look at your Control Panel’s hardware page, you’ll see that the
“headphone out 1 a/b” is set up as out 1/2 for the A selection, and out 3/4 for the B
selection.
4. When you want to cue up other material from your DJ program, route those tracks
to play out of FireWire 1814 Analog Outs 3/4. (In the mixer page, sw rtn 3/4 is routed
to output 3/4.)
5. Press the A/B Switch to set the source to “B.” The LED indicator will light for the B
selection. You will now be able to hear the tracks that you are cueing only from the
headphones—not the main outputs. When you are done cueing, you may set the
A/B Switch back to the “A” selection by pressing the momentary switch again.
Monitoring Live Playback -- You can, for example, connect a turntable preamp’s
outputs to a Line Input pair or a CD player’s S/PDIF output to the FireWire 1814’s
S/PDIF Input, and route them to different outputs via your Control Panel mixer while
playing other tracks from your audio software. By selecting the appropriate settings in
the Control Panel, you can use the front panel HP Source Selector to monitor either one
of the inputs with headphones while playing back audio from your computer. The
following instructions will guide you through this setup.
1. If you look at your Control Panel’s hardware page, you’ll see that the default
“headphone source selector” is set up as ”out 1/2” for the A selection, and ”out 3/4”
for the B selection. If they are not, then set them for this configuration by clicking
the “Set” button.
2. In the mixer page, route analog 1/2 in to Output 1/2 by clicking the 1/2 button for
the analog 1/2 in channel.
3. Also in the mixer page, route the spdif in to Output 3/4 by clicking the 3/4 button
for the spdif in channel.
4. Connect headphones to the FireWire 1814’s left Headphone Out (HP1). With the
A/B Switch set to ”A,” you will be monitoring Line Input 1/2. When you switch to the
”B” selection, you will be monitoring the S/PDIF Input.
5. You can also connect Line Output 1/2 and Line Output 3/4 of the FireWire 1814 to
a DJ battle mixer. This would allow you to toggle between the turntable and the CD
player, and alternately play tracks from your computer that are set to play out of the
FireWire 1814’s Line Output 1/2 and Line Output 3/4.