Tips 'N Tricks:
Recording in Room B11

Note: There is a sign-up sheet on the door of Room B11. You may checkout a key for Room B11 from the main Department office. Keys checked out overnight are due back the following morning.

1. Launch Cubase. Verify that the Firewire 410 is the current audio device in Cubase. Go to Devices -> Device Setup -> VST Audio System. The Firewire 410 should be listed as the current ASIO Driver.
2. If you will be mixing to stereo, skip to the next step. If you will be mixing to surround sound, change your VST Outputs setting. Go to Devices -> VST Connections and choose the Outputs tab. In the Presets menu, choose "B11 5.1".
3. Connect your microphone or instrument to Input One (on the left side). Check that setting of the Mic/Line button is appropriate for your input type. If you are recording in instrument via the 1/4" direct-in jack (e.g. a guitar or synth) the button should be depressed. The button should not be depressed for a microphone plugged into the XLR jack.
4. The Pad button should never be depressed unless you are recording an extremely loud source.
5. If you are using a condenser microphone (e.g. the Nady), make sure the phantom power button is depressed on the right side of the Firewire 410. If you are using a dynamic microphone (e.g. the Shure SM-57) phantom power is not necessary.
6. Create a mono audio track in the Cubase project window. Set its input to Left - Stereo In.
7. Audition your audio source in order to check your levels. If the red Clip light is lighting up on the Firewire 410 or your input level is going into the red in the Cubase mixer, lower your level on the Firewire 410 input knob. Set your levels as high as possible without the risk of clipping during your recording.