Tascam US-428 Owner's Manual

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33information on Disk Caching, pleaserefer to the Cubasis VST manual.)If you’re using Cubasis, the programautomatically connects to the US-428control surface and LEDs, but if you’reusing another program, you willprobably need to select the “US-428Control Port” MIDI In and Out devicesin that program’s MIDI Setup menu.If you’re using the US-428’s internalMIDI interface, you’ll need to enable it inthe Options/MIDI Setup menu. Each ofthe US-428’s independent MIDI Ins andOuts can be enabled separately. Formore information on setting up VST’svery sophisticated MIDI functions,please refer to the VST manual.Connect your audio sources to the US-428. Connect an analog source via theXLR or 1/4” inputs, or a digital sourcevia the S/PDIF input.7.2 Recording Your TracksIn Cubasis, choose the input(s) you wishto enable on the US-428. In the Audiomenu, select Input, and click on theinput pair (or pairs, in Cubase VST)you’ll be using on the US-428. Thegreen Input icons will light in VST’s Inputwindow for active inputs.Select the Audio track(s) to record to byhighlighting that track in the Arrangewindow.NOTE: All four will only appear if you’veenabled their Inputs, as describedabove. If this is the first track recordedin a given project, Cubasis will probablyrespond with a dialog box asking youfor a path to save the audio files. It ishighly recommended that you create aunique folder for each song or project,as audio .WAV files can accumulatevery quickly on your hard disk, andkeeping them organized can get prettycomplicated.Once you’ve enabled your tracks, you’llwant to monitor audio through them toset your levels. Open Cubasis’ MonitorMixer (Audio/Monitor menu), and makecertain you’ve assigned your channelinputs and enabled them. You shouldsee audio signal on those channels’meters (assuming you’re sending signalfrom your source).If your input signal is too high, the OLLED will glow steadily red. If the signallevel is too low, you might only see aflicker, or nothing at all, on the SIGNALLED.You can regulate the input level of theinput source in several ways. First,make sure that the signal you’resending to the US-428 is within areasonable range – it should illuminatethe green SIGNAL LED, but the red OLLED should only flicker occasionally.You can then fine adjust the level withthe TRIM knobs for the selectedchannel(s).NOTE: The SIGNAL and OL LED’s donot function with digital input.In the case of digital input, input level isregulated by the output level of thesource, and passed directly to thesoftware application withoutmodification.On Cubasis’ Transport Bar, you canenable the recording to drop in or out ofRecord based on the locate pointsyou’ve set. If you do not wish to enablethis function, make certain the buttonsfor drop in and drop out are not enabled.Press the RECORD button on the US-428. If you’ve got the metronome’sCount-off function enabled, you’ll hear aone or two bar countoff, and then the