Specifications

MOTU
AUDIOD
ESK
COMPUTER AUDIO
985
PHOTO - VIDEO - PRO AUDIO
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Automation
◆ Mixing Board window gives you a virtual mixing console on your
computer screen.
◆ Ride faders and knobs during playback to record automated mixes.
◆ Create snapshots of the entire mixer - or any portion of it - anywhere
in your sequence with the click of a button.
◆ Save your fully automated mixdown for instant recall at any time,
and then create an unlimited number of alternate mixdowns - all
available from this menu for instant recall.
◆ Easily create fader automation groups with any fader as the master.
◆ Each track has its own solo,mute and automation enable/disable
buttons.
◆ Instantly create customized board layouts — drag track strips any-
where you like,and show or hide any combination of tracks - or even
mixer sections (like the inserts section) - with a mouse click.
◆ Any number of custom Mixing Board configurations can be saved
and recalled at any time.
◆ Assign tracks to plug-ins for real-time output processing.
◆ Faders can respond to any MIDI controller such as a volume slider or
pedal, modulation wheel or any data slider.
Transport/MMC
◆ Control any MMC-compatible (MIDI Machine Control) recorder
including Tascam DTRS,Alesis ADAT and others.
◆ MMC devices will chase AudioDesk’s transports with frame-accurate
timing. Set auto punch-in and preroll times.
OMF Export To Pro Tools
◆ Built in OMF integration tools allow you to seamlessly export your
project to a ProTools environment.
◆ Besides copying audio data the OMF Export translates critical infor-
mation such as session offset, audio region placement, and crossfades
(either rendered as audio regions or transferred as editable cross-
fades) is preserved.
Audio Region Layering
◆ The Audio Layering feature lets you record into a track as many
times as you want and then have complete, intuitive graphic control
over all of the separate takes to build the perfect performance.
◆ What you see in the Audio Graphic Editor is always exactly what you
will hear.
◆ Soundbite layering commands give you all the control you need to
manage even the most complex multilayered tracks.
Drag And Drop Ease
◆ AudioDesk provides drag-and-drop consistency and ease throughout
◆ Add markers to identify SMPTE hit points — grab a marker from
the marker well in the main tracks window and drop it right on the
time ruler.
◆ Add a sound effect or other bit of audio by dragging it from the
Soundbites list and dropping it in the main waveform display.
◆ Quickly build a playlist of audio regions by dropping them in an
event list.
828MKII 896 HD192 2408mk3 24I/O
Analog Inputs (channels) 8812824
Analog Outputs (channels) 8812824
S/PDIF RCA (channels) 2- -2-
S/PDIF Optical (channels) 2----
AES/EBU (channels) -22--
Tascam TDIF (channels) ---24-
ADAT Lightpipe (channels) 88 -24-
Sampling Rates 44.1, 48, 44.1, 48, 44.1, 48, 88.2,96, 44.1, 48, 44.1, 48,
88.2, 96K 88.2, 96K 176.4, 192K 88.2, 96K 88.2, 96K
Protocol FireWire FireWire AudioWire AudioWire AudioWire
Rack Spaces 1U 2U 2U 1U 1U
Expandable yes yes yes yes yes
MOTU HARDWARE AT A GLANCE
AudioDesk is bundled free with all MOTU Audio Interfaces