Tascam US-600 - Table of Contents

TASCAM US-600 5
Table of Contents
IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ..2
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION ..3
Safety Information ..............................4
Table of Contents .................................5
1 – Introduction ...................................6
Main features .................................................. 6
Product parts .................................................. 7
Manual conventions .................................... 7
Trademarks...................................................... 7
Cautions on installation ............................. 8
Beware of condensation ............................ 8
Cleaning the unit .......................................... 8
2 − Names and Functions of Parts ......9
Front panel ...................................................... 9
Rear panel ......................................................11
3 − Installation ...................................13
System requirements ................................13
Windows .................................................13
Mac OS X ................................................13
Installing the driver and control panel 13
Installing the driver and control
panel for Windows ..............................14
Installing the driver for Mac OS X ..16
Uninstalling the driver .......................17
Frequently asked installation
questions and answers (FAQ)..........17
Improving computer performance ......18
Cubase LE 5 installation ...........................18
4 – US-600 control panel settings.....19
Overview ........................................................19
Control panel menus and settings .......19
Audio Performance ............................19
Sample Clock Source .........................20
Digital Output Format .......................20
“ch1 and ch2” , “ch3 and ch4” and
“ch5 and ch6” ........................................20
LINE OUTPUTS and DIGITAL
OUTPUT ..................................................20
5 – Connections ..................................21
USB connections .........................................22
Audio connections .....................................22
Microphones ........................................22
Guitars .....................................................22
Sound module/MD/CD etc. (digital
connection) ...........................................23
Connecting keyboards, drum
machines, sound modules,
cassette/MD/CD players and other
analog line level devices ..................23
Analog record player .........................23
Monitor speakers ................................23
Headphones .........................................23
Connecting MIDI devices ................23
6 – Application Guide ........................25
Cubase LE 5 ...................................................25
Windows XP and Windows Media
Player ...............................................................25
Windows Vista or Windows 7 and
Windows Media Player..............................25
Mac OS X and iTunes .................................26
7 – MIDI implementation chart .........27
8 – Troubleshooting ...........................28
9 – Specifications ...............................31
AD/DA audio converter ............................31
Analog audio inputs ..................................31
Analog audio outputs ...............................31
Digital audio inputs ...................................31
Digital audio outputs ................................31
Control I/O .....................................................32
Audio performance ....................................32
Computer requirements ..........................32
Windows .................................................32
Macintosh ..............................................32
General ...........................................................33
Dimensional drawing ................................34