Specifications

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Recording Audio to USB
To record audio to USB, you need to assign system channels to
the USB recording inputs, target the destination drive (or folder)
for the recording, and initiating the recording. Audio is recorded
to the connected USB drive as 24-bit, 48 kHz WAV files.
Assigning USB Recording Inputs
The Patchbay is used to assign channels to the USB recording in-
puts. You can route output busses directly to the USB recording
inputs, or you can use input or output channel Direct Outputs.
To assign channels to USB recording inputs:
1 Go to the Patchbay page and click the Outputs or the Directs
tab.
2 Click the Engine hardware tab along the top of the channel
grid.
3 To the left of the channel grid, click the tab to display the de-
sired channel type in the grid.
4 Click in the channel grid to assign channels or busses (listed on
the left) to the USB recording inputs (listed across the top un-
der the
USB column).
The assigned channels appear in the Record Input selectors in the
Media > Record window.
Targeting the Destination for the
Recording
After assigning channels to the USB recording inputs, target the
destination for the recording. Audio can be recorded to the top
(root) level of connected USB drives, or you can create a folder or
a sub-folder and target the recording to that folder.
To target the destination for the recording:
1 Insert your USB drive(s) into any USB port on the E3 engine.
2 Go to the Media page and click the Record tab.
3 Locate the Target Record Folder section. If one USB drive is
connected, that drive appears in the window at the top of the
section. The contents of that drive appears in the list below it.
When the drive is targeted, any subsequent recordings are
saved to the top-level of the drive indicated in the top window.
4 If two or more drives are connected to the E3 engine, target the
drive you want to record to by double-clicking the drive in the
list.
The selected drive appears in the in the window at the top of the
section, and any subsequent recordings are saved to the top (root)
level of the drive indicated in the top window.
For more information on using Direct Outs, see “Direct
Outputs” on page 95.
You can also “jump” directly to the Patchbay > Directs
page from the Record window by clicking the Record Input
Source selectors in the Record Input section.
Assigning the Main Left-Right Direct Outputs to the USB recording
inputs
Record Input sources in the Media > Record window
A drive targeted in the Target Record Folder section
The Target Record Folder list showing two connected USB drives