M-Audio Firewire Audiophile - Page 45

3 Also in the Mixer page, route sw rtn 3/4 to output S/PDIF by clicking the spd button
for the sw rtn 3/4 channel. We assume here that you’re not using the S/PDIF output
for any other purpose.
4 When you want to cue up other material from your DJ program, set those tracks to
play out of “FireWire Audiophile Analog Outs 3/4.” Those tracks will show up in the
FireWire Audiophile’s mixer page under sw rtn 3/4 (which, as you know, is now
routed to “spd”).
5 In your control panel’s hardware page, you’ll see that the “headphone source
selector” is set up as ”out 1/2” for the A selection, and ”out 3/4” for the B selection.
Change the B selection to spdif.
6 With the Headphone Source switch set to “A,” you will be monitoring the tracks set to
“FireWire Audiophile Analog Outs 1/2”, in your DJ program. When you switch to the
B selection, you will be monitoring the tracks set to the “FireWire Audiophile Analog
Outs 3/4.” This is because:
a) The tracks you are cueing in your DJ program are set to “FireWire Audiophile
Analog Outs 3/4.” These show up in the FireWire Audiophile’s Mixer as sw rtn 3/4,
b) In the FireWire Audiophile’s Mixer, sw rtn 3/4 is routed to spd (which is short
for S/PDIF) and
c) The Headphone Source Select “B” selection is set to spdif.
Monitoring Live Playback -- You can, for example, connect a turntable preamp’s
outputs to Line Inputs 1 and 2, or a CD player’s S/PDIF output to the S/PDIF input, and
route them to different outputs via your audio software. By selecting the appropriate
settings in the Control Panel, you can use the front panel HP Source Selector to monitor
either input in the 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 “headphone
source selector” is set up as ”out 1/2” for the A selection, and ”out 3/4” for the B
selection. If they’re not, then set them for this configuration.
2 In the mixer page, route analog in 1/2 to Output 1/2 by clicking the 1/2 button for the
analog in 1/2 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 Audiophile’s Headphone Out. With the
Headphone Source switch set to ”A,” you will be monitoring Line Input 1/2. When you
switch to the B selection, you will be monitoring the spdif input.
5 You most likely will want to connect Line Output 1/2 and Line Output 3/4 of the
FireWire Audiophile 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 Audiophile’s Line Output 1/2 and Line Output 3/4.