Sound Devices usbpre - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

User Guide and
Technical Information
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Table of Contents
Product Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System Requirements - Windows . . 6
System Requirements - Mac OS . . . 7
Front Panel - Controls, Indicators . . 8
Bottom Panel - Controls . . . . . . . . . . 9
Side Panels - Connectors . . . . . . . . . 9
Windows OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Driver Software Installation . . . . . 10
Deleting Software Drivers . . . . . . 11
Selecting the USBPre . . . . . . . . . 11
System Tray Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Control Panel Application . . . . . . 12
S/PDIF Input and Output . . . . . . . 13
Audio Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Naming USBPre Hardware . . . . . 13
ASIO (ASIO Installation Only) . . . 14
ASIO Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Macintosh OS Operation . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting Hardware . . . . . . . . . 15
Selecting the USBPre . . . . . . . . . 16
USBPre Mac OS Control Panel . . 16
S/PDIF Input and Output . . . . . . . 18
Mac OS ASIO Installation . . . . . . 19
Recording with the USBPre . . . . . . 20
Input Source Selection . . . . . . . . 20
Input Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Sample Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
S/PDIF Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Phantom Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Headphone Monitoring . . . . . . . . 20
USB Audio Optimization . . . . . . . . . 21
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Notebook Computers (Windows) 21
USBPre Architecture Overview . . . 22
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 23
Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
FCC Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
CE Declaration of Conformity . . . 25
Software License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26