Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product MultiMix12USB Alesis
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MultiMix USB Multi-Track Recording Setup Part I: Connect the MultiMix USB and Configure Windows XP Part II: Configure your MultiMix USB M ixer Part III: Configure Cubase LE in Windows XP Part IV: Compatible Third Pa rty ASIO Drivers for Windows XP Welcome! Congratulations on your purchase of the MultiMix USB mi xer from Alesis.
1. Open the Windows Control Panel . 2. Click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices. 3. Next, click Sound and Audio Devices ..
4. Click the Audio tab. 5. Under Sound Playback , select anything OTHER than “USB Audio CODEC.” The “USB Audio CODEC” is your MultiMix Mixer and you don’t want to have your regular Windows sounds (i.e., th e Windows BING! and other sounds from messaging, email, and other programs) being r outed to the MultiMix.
Part II: Configure your MultiMix Mixer You can set up your MultiMix USB mixer to monitor yourself without any latency. Please note that there is a slight differ ence on how to do this on the MultiMix 8USB than the MultiMix 12/16USB.
Part III: Configure Cubase LE in Windows XP 1. Open Device Setup under the Devices menu. 2. Under the Devices column, click VST Multitrack . Then open the ASIO Driver drop down menu.
3. Select “ASIO DirectX Full Duplex Driver.” 4. Click OK to exit. Cubase is now r outing audio to your MultiMix mixer. When recording, please remember the fo llowing to avoid a delay when using Zero Latency Monitoring with the MultiMix USB mixers.
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