PRESONUS FIRESTUDIO - V 3.0 Operation & User’s Manual

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© 2009, PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. PreSonus Audio Electronics Inc. warrants this product to be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of original retail purchase. This warranty is enforceable only by the original retail purchaser. To be protected by this warranty, the purchaser must complete and return the enclosed warranty card within 14 days of purchase. Dur ...

To avoid damage to your FireStudio and your other audio equipment please review and adhere to the following safety guidelines:  Follow the safety guidelines in the manual.  Do not drop your FireStudio.  Do not install the unit near a heat source (radiators, heat registers, amplifier heat sinks, etc.).  Do not expose your FireStudio to liquids. Do not place containers filled with liquids near your FireStudio.  Do not ...

1 OVERVIEW 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 Features .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 1.3 What is in the Box ................................................ ...

1.1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the PreSonus FireStudio. PreSonus Audio Electronics has designed the FireStudio utilizing high-grade components to ensure optimum performance that will last a lifetime. The FireStudio is equipped for professional-quality computer recording, with 24-bit, 96 kHz converters; 8 PreSonus XMAX microphone preamplifiers; Dual SMUX, 96 kHz ADAT; BNC word clock; S/PDIF and MIDI I/O; Universal Contr ...

1.2 FEATURES The FireStudio is a powerful and affordable computer recording system. The FireStudio comes equipped with eight high-quality PreSonus XMAX microphone preamps, MIDI I/O, SPDIF, Dual SMUX 96k ADAT, BNC word clock and rock solid drivers, as well as a plethora of music recording and production software. Summary of FireStudio features  High-speed FireWire (IEEE 1394)  24-bit / 96 kHz sampling rate  26 simultaneou ...

1.3 WHAT IS IN THE BOX Your FireStudio package contains the following:  FireStudio recording interface  6-foot, 6-pin-to-6-pin FireWire cable  Power supply  Software installation discs: o PreSonus FireStudio Universal driver installer o Studio One Artist installation DVD  PreSonus warranty card ...

1.4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Here are the computer-system requirements for FireStudio and Studio One Artist.  Macintosh o Operating Systems:  Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.2 or higher o Hardware:  Minimum:  PowerPC G4 1.25 GHz or Intel Core Solo 1.5 GHz processor  1 GB RAM  DVD drive  Recommended:  PowerPC G5 or better or Intel Core Duo or Intel Xeon processor or better  2 GB or more RAM  DVD drive � ...

2.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION This installer and driver can be used for any interface in the FireStudio family line (FireStudio, FireStudio Lightpipe, FireStudio Tube, FireStudio Project, FireStudio Mobile and StudioLive 16.4.2). For more information on the Universal Control application and multiple interface integration, please review Sections 3.1 and 4.1. 2.1.1 Installation in Microsoft Windows After you insert the installat ...

2.2 STUDIO ONE ARTIST Every PreSonus interface comes complete with Studio One Artist recording software. Whether you are about to record your first album or your 50th, Studio One Artist provides you with all the tools necessary to capture and mix a great performance. As a valued PreSonus customer, you are also eligible for an upgrade discount for Studio One Pro when you are ready to master your work, create a digital versi ...

Activating Studio One Artist Offline Once you have created a user account, launch Studio One Artist. From the Activate Studio One Menu, click on the Activate Offline link. Follow the instructions to log in to your previously created user account, register the product, and obtain a license file. Next, copy the license file to the computer on which Studio One has been installed, and locate the license file as instructed in t ...

 Start Page: Setup Area Shows Active Audio Driver and Sample Rate and Provides Quick Links to Configure Audio and MIDI In the middle of the Start page, you will see the Setup area. Studio One Artist automatically scans your system for all available drivers and selects a driver. By default, it will choose a PreSonus driver if one is available. Selecting a Different Audio Driver From the Start Page If you do not see “P ...

1) From the Setup area in the Start page, you can also set up your external MIDI devices. Before we set up a new Song for recording, let’s take a moment to configure external devices. Connect the MIDI Out of your external MIDI controller to the MIDI In of your FireStudio. 2) Click on the Configure External Devices link in the Setup area on the Start page to launch the External Devices window. Click the Add button. 3) Th ...

MIDI instrument controllers (keyboards, MIDI guitars, etc.) send musical information in the form of MIDI data to tone modules, which respond by generating sound, as instructed. Tone modules can be standalone sound devices or can be integrated into a controller, as with a keyboard synthesizer. Studio One Artist refers to all tone generators as Instruments. Once you have set up your MIDI keyboard controller, take a moment t ...

2.2.4 Configuring Audio I/O Now that you’ve configured your MIDI devices, let’s create a new Song and set up your default Audio I/O. 1) From the Start page, select “Create a new Song.” 2) In the browser window, name your Song and choose the directory in which you’d like it saved. You’ll notice a list of templates on the left. The FireStudio template will create a Song with a track for each of the available inp ...

6) Click on the Inputs tab in the Audio I/O Setup window, and you will see all of the available inputs on your FireStudio. At this time, you can add the number and type of inputs you plan to use. We recommend that you create a mono input for each of the 26 inputs on your FireStudio. If you plan on recording in stereo, you should also create a stereo bus and assign it to the appropriate set of inputs. You can remove any bu ...

Once you have added your Tracks, you can assign the input by simply clicking on the input to which a Track is currently assigned. This will bring up your inputs list. You can also access the Audio I/O Setup from here. If you would like to add a Track for each of the available inputs and have the routing automatically assigned, simply go to Track | Add Tracks for All Inputs. To begin recording, create an audio track, assig ...

Please Note: MIDI data does not contain audio signals. To hear your sound module, you must connect the audio output of the sound module to a FireStudio audio input, then connect the FireStudio’s audio outputs to a sound system. (You also can listen on headphones, using the FireStudio’s headphone output.) When you are ready to mix your Song, you must convert the recorded MIDI data to an audio waveform by recording a ne ...

2.2.6 Cue Mix and the FireStudio In Studio One, it is possible to quickly and easily create multiple cue mixes. A cue mix is separate from the main mix and is usually provided to musicians for monitoring purposes during recording. For instance, when recording vocals, the engineer and vocalist will probably want to hear different mixes. Most vocalists want to hear more of their vocals in the mix, possibly with some reverb ...