User guide

APPENDIX
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A Audio I/O reference
OVERVIEW
The MOTU Audio drivers supply text string labels
for the 896mk3’s audio inputs and outputs to
clearly identify each one, but some applications do
not display these labels.
The following sections show how you can identify
each input and output in a numbered list like this.
Windows: ASIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Windows: WDM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
WINDOWS: ASIO
Channels appear in the following order for ASIO
applications on Windows.
Inputs at 1x sample rates
Inputs are always listed in the same order as
follows, when operating the 896mk3 at 1x sample
rates (44.1 or 48 kHz):
Inputs at 2x sample rates
When operating the 896mk3 at a 2x sample rate
(88.2 or 96 kHz), inputs are listed as follows:
Inputs at 4x sample rates
When operating the 896mk3 at a 4x sample rate
(176.4 or 192 kHz), inputs are listed as follows:
Input
44.1/48 kHz Channels List position Comment
Analog 8 1-8 -
AES/EBU 2 9-10 -
SPDIF 2 11-12 -
Optical A 8 ADAT
2 TOSLINK
13-20
13-14
-
Optical B 8 ADAT
2 TOSLINK
21-28
15-16
These starting chan-
nel numbers assume
that optical A is
operating with the
same format.
Stereo
return
2 29-30
17-18
See “Return Assign”
on page 58.
Reverb
return
2 31-32
19-20
See “Reverb return”
on page 58.
Input
44.1/48 kHz Channels List position Comment
Analog 8 1-8 -
AES/EBU 2 9-10 -
SPDIF 2 11-12 -
Optical A 4 ADAT
2 TOSLINK
13-16
13-14
-
Optical B 4 ADAT
2 TOSLINK
17-20
15-16
These starting chan-
nel numbers assume
that optical A is
operating with the
same format.
Stereo
return
2 21-22
17-18
See “Return Assign”
on page 58.
Reverb
return
2 23-24
19-20
See “Reverb return”
on page 58.
Input
176.4 /192 kHz Channels List position Comment
Analog 8 1-8 -
SPDIF not
available
not
available
not
available
AES/EBU not
available
not
available
not
available
Optical A not
available
not
available
not
available
Optical B not
available
not
available
not
available
Stereo return 2 9-10 See “Return
Assign” on page 58.
Reverb return not
available
not
available
not
available
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