Alesis MultiMix12USB manual

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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. This product allows [...]

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    1. Open the Windows Control Panel . 2. Click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices. 3. Next, click Sound and Audio Devices .[...]

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    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. By selecting anything other[...]

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    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. This Zero Latency Monitoring is extremely useful because it allows you to hear yourself while you’re recording wit [...]

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    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.[...]

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    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. 5. Record-Enable a track in Cubase LE and make sure input monitoring is turned off in the program [...]