User Guide FFFA 0889-01 www.focusrite.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus with water. 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. 9.
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ENVIRONMENTAL DECLARATION Compliance Information Statement: Declaration of Compliance procedure Product Identification: Focusrite iTrack Dock Responsible party: American Music and Sound Address: 4325 Executive Drive Suite 300 Southaven MS 38672 Telephone: 800-431-2609 This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules.
TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 OVERVIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OVERVIEW Introduction Thank you for downloading this User Guide for the iTrack Dock; we presume you have just become the proud owner of one. The iTrack Dock is one of the family of Focusrite professional digital audio interfaces incorporating high quality Focusrite analogue pre-amplifiers. You now have a simple and compact solution for routing high quality audio - at up to 96 kHz sample rate and 24-bit resolution to and from a compatible iPad® device.
iTrack Dock is also equipped with a USB MIDI port, allowing you to connect it to Class Compliant USB MIDI controllers of various kinds. This permits other music apps – such as sample libraries and synthesisers – to be played by a MIDI-equipped keyboard or pad-based controller. Novation’s Launchkey and Launchpad apps are available to you to download and use once you have registered the product.
GETTING STARTED Audio Setup in your app iTrack Dock is currently compatible with all Core Audio iPad apps, including the following: Supplied with the Dock: • Tape by Focusrite (our own recording app) • Novation Launchpad (audio outputs only, plus USB MIDI) • Novation Launchkey (audio outputs only, plus USB MIDI) Third-party apps: • Garageband • Cubasis • Auria • Tracktor • AudioBus Whichever recording app you’re using, its input signals – the signals you’re recording – will be derived from the iTrack Dock o
This setup illustrates the most typical configuration for using a recording app. Here, you might record guitar through Input 1 and vocals through Input 2 into your preferred app, while monitoring the playback – anything you’ve already recorded - via headphones or loudspeakers. The rear panel has inputs for three types of source: microphones, line level sources (i.e., other audio equipment) or instruments.
Connecting loudspeakers The two MONITOR OUTPUTS (1/4” jacks) on the rear panel can be used to connect monitoring speakers. Self-powered monitors (i.e., typical computer speakers) incorporate internal amplifiers, and may be connected directly. Larger, passive loudspeakers will require a separate stereo amplifier; in this case, the rear panel outputs should be connected to the amplifier’s inputs. The line output connectors are 3-pole (TRS) ¼” (6.35 mm) jack sockets, and are electronically balanced.
Using iTrack Dock with GarageBand GarageBand is one of the most popular recording apps for iOS devices. It is a useful compositional tool and used on its own, allows you to create music from the range of virtual instruments it provides. With iTrack Dock, you can add vocals and real-world instruments as well. NOTE: operating instructions for GarageBand are beyond the scope of this User Guide, but the application includes a full set of Help files.
If you are using a different recording app a similar procedure will be necessary; check the app’s Help files for information. Using the USB MIDI port The iTrack Dock includes a USB port on the rear panel. You can connect this to an external Class Compliant MIDI controller and use it to control music apps of various kinds on your iPad. These can, of course, run alongside your recording app, and sounds they generate can be routed to the recording app within the iPad.
HARDWARE FEATURES Top Panel 2 1 9 3 8 7 5 4 6 The Top Panel includes the input gain and monitoring controls. 1. GAIN 01 and GAIN 02 - adjust the input gain for the input signals connected at INPUT 1 and INPUT 2 respectively. The gain controls have concentric bi-colour LED ‘rings’ to confirm signal level: green indicates an input level of at least -24 dBFS (i.e. ‘signal present’), the ring then turns red (and stays red for one second) when the signal level reaches 0 dBFS. 2.
Back Panel 6 5 7 3 4 2 8 1 1. INPUT 1 – three connectors: MIC - an XLR socket for microphones, LINE – a ¼” (6.35 mm) TRS jack socket for connecting balanced (or unbalanced) line level sources and INSTRUMENT – a ¼” (6.35 mm) TS jack socket for connecting an electric instrument such as a guitar. 2. INPUT 2 – as [1], but only two connectors – MIC and LINE. 3. 48V - phantom power switch for mic inputs - enables +48 V phantom power at the XLR sockets for both inputs.
PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS ADC Dynamic Range 105 dB ‘A-weighted’ (all inputs). Converter chipset A/D dynamic range 114 dB DAC Dynamic Range 104 dB ‘A-weighted’ (all outputs). Converter chipset D/A dynamic range 114 dB Supported sample rates 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz and 96 kHz: 24 bit Clock source Internal clock only Microphone Inputs (Chs 1 & 2) Frequency Response 20 Hz – 20 kHz +/-0.
PHYSICAL AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS Inputs 1 & 2 Connectors XLR x 2 (Mic); ¼” TRS jack x 2 (Line); ¼” TS jack x 1 (Inst) on rear panel Mic/Line switching Automatic Line/Instrument switching (Ch 1 only) Automatic Phantom power Shared +48 V phantom power switch for Inputs 1 & 2 Outputs Monitor outputs 2 x balanced ¼” TRS jacks on rear panel Stereo headphone output ¼” TRS jack on side panel Main output level control Headphones level control On top panel Other I/O USB 1 x USB MIDI 2.
