Presonus FireStudio User Manual Page 1

FIRESTUDIO © 2009, PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 26 I/O 24-bit/96 kHz Recording Interface User’s Manual Version 3.0

GETTING STARTED 7 | PreSonus 2008 2.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION This installer and driver can be used for any interface in the FireStudio family line (Fi

GETTING STARTED 8 | PreSonus 2008 2.2 STUDIO ONE ARTIST Every PreSonus interface comes complete with Studio One Artist recording software. Whether yo

GETTING STARTED 9 | PreSonus 2008 Activating Studio One Artist Offline Once you have created a user account, launch Studio One Artist. From the

GETTING STARTED 10 | PreSonus 2008  Start Page: Setup Area Shows Active Audio Driver and Sample Rate and Provides Quick Links to Configure Audio

GETTING STARTED 11 | PreSonus 2008 1) From the Setup area in the Start page, you can also set up your external MIDI devices. Before we set up a n

GETTING STARTED 12 | PreSonus 2008 MIDI instrument controllers (keyboards, MIDI guitars, etc.) send musical information in the form of MIDI data to

GETTING STARTED 13 | PreSonus 2008 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

GETTING STARTED 14 | PreSonus 2008 6) Click on the Inputs tab in the Audio I/O Setup window, and you will see all of the available inputs on your

GETTING STARTED 15 | PreSonus 2008 Once you have added your Tracks, you can assign the input by simply clicking on the input to which a Track is

GETTING STARTED 16 | PreSonus 2008 Please Note: MIDI data does not contain audio signals. To hear your sound module, you must connect the audio outpu

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GETTING STARTED 17 | PreSonus 2008 2.2.6 Cue Mix and the FireStudio In Studio One, it is possible to quickly and easily create multiple cue mixes. A

GETTING STARTED 18 | PreSonus 2008  Horizontal Level Fader Sets the Volume of the Channel for the Cue Mix By default this level will be identi

GETTING STARTED 19 | PreSonus 2008 The Main Output as a Cue Mix It is possible to designate the main output in Audio I/O Setup as a cue mix. This is

GETTING STARTED 20 | PreSonus 2008 2.3 SAMPLE HOOK UP DIAGRAMS With the FireStudio, you can simultaneously record and play back up to 26 channels. Si

GETTING STARTED 21 | PreSonus 2008 2.3.2 Full Band Setup Using the MSR in Track Mode Please note: This setup can be used with or without an MSR co

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 22 | PreSonus 2008 3.1 UNIVERSAL CONTROL AND THE FIRESTUDIO Like all members of the FireStudio family of interfaces, the F

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 23 | PreSonus 2008 3.1.2 Launch Window From the Launch Window, you can set all the basic controls for your FireStudio. 

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 24 | PreSonus 2008  Device Window Button Opens the Device Window Click on this button to open the FireStudio Device wi

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 25 | PreSonus 2008  Settings: Meter Decay Sets the Response Time for the Meters in the Device Window The Universal Con

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 26 | PreSonus 2008 3.1.4 The Device Window: Overview The FireStudio is a revolution in PreSonus interface design because of

SAFE OPERATION GUIDELINES To avoid damage to your FireStudio and your other audio equipment please review and adhere to the following safety guidelin

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 27 | PreSonus 2008  MSR Settings: Copy 1/2 to Mains in Surround Mode Allows You to Use Mute or Enable Your Main Monitor

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 28 | PreSonus 2008 Inputs and Playback-Stream Routing Along the left side of the router matrix, there are two tabs: “Inputs

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 29 | PreSonus 2008  Playback/Source 2 Tab Selecting this tab will allow you to view your DAW playback streams in the rou

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 30 | PreSonus 2008 Mix Routing to Outputs In addition to being able to patch any input to any output, you can also assign u

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 31 | PreSonus 2008 Output Faders At the bottom of the Outputs/Router tab, you will see all of your physical outputs enumera

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 32 | PreSonus 2008 3.1.7 The Device Window: Mixer tab The FireStudio Device window allows you to create 9 stereo monitor mix

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 33 | PreSonus 2008  Fader Attenuation Below the meter you can see the fader attenuation (-96 to 0 dB). Unity is indicate

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 34 | PreSonus 2008 Quick Route section During a recording session, time is of the essence. The Quick Route section allows y

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 35 | PreSonus 2008 3.1.8 The Device Window: Naming inputs and mixes You can customize the names of inputs, playback streams

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 36 | PreSonus 2008 3.2 FRONT PANEL LAYOUT  Microphone Preamplifier. Your FireStudio is equipped with eight custom desig

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 OVERVIEW 1.1 Introduction ...

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 37 | PreSonus 2008  Input Gain/Trim Control. These knobs provide the following gain structure: o XLR Microphone Inputs:

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 38 | PreSonus 2008 3.3 BACK PANEL LAYOUT  Power Adapter Input. This is where you plug in the proprietary power supply. Th

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 39 | PreSonus 2008  ADAT–S/MUX Input and Output These are the ADAT–S/MUX connections for your external digital devices. Wh

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 40 | PreSonus 2008  Main Output. This stereo TRS output derives its source signal from the FireStudio Device window, as

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS 41 | PreSonus 2008  Return 1 and 2 (Line Inputs). These are the line-level inputs for channels 1 and 2. Their gain struc

TECHNICAL INFORMATION 42 | PreSonus 2008

TECHNICAL INFORMATION 43 | PreSonus 2008 How to Cascade Multiple FireStudio Interfaces: The first time you add any FireStudio-family interface to yo

TECHNICAL INFORMATION 44 | PreSonus 2008 5.1 TROUBLESHOOTING Many technical issues can arise when converting a standard computer into a digital audi

TECHNICAL INFORMATION 45 | PreSonus 2008 Recommended FireWire Chipsets The FireStudio will work with a wide range of FireWire cards and configuratio

TECHNICAL INFORMATION 46 | PreSonus 2008 5.2 SPECIFICATIONS Microphone Preamp (XLR Balanced) Frequency Response (+0, -0.5 dB) ...

OVERVIEW 3 | PreSonus 2008 1.1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the PreSonus FireStudio. PreSonus Audio Electronics has designed the FireStudi

OVERVIEW 4 | PreSonus 2008 1.2 FEATURES The FireStudio is a powerful and affordable computer recording system. The FireStudio comes equipped with eig

OVERVIEW 5 | PreSonus 2008 1.3 WHAT IS IN THE BOX Your FireStudio package contains the following:  FireStudio recording interface  6-

OVERVIEW 6 | PreSonus 2008 1.4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Here are the computer-system requirements for FireStudio and Studio One Artist.  Macintosh o