Roland Edirol M-16DX User manual

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Workshop
M-16DX 16-Channel Digital Mixer
Using the M-16DX with Digital Performer
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About the Workshop Booklets
The EDIROL M-16DX 16-Channel Digital Mixer delivers the power of digital
mixing to musicians at an incredibly affordable price. This crystal-clear 24-bit
digital mixer supports sample rates up to 96 kHz, and it’s extremely flexible,
with a wide range of analog and digital inputs and outputs, and effects. The
M-16DX’s USB connectivity makes it an ideal partner for a computer-based
digital audio workstation, and features such its pro EQ and the innovative
Room Acoustic Control make it an excellent live mixer as well.
Each M-16DX Workshop Series booklet focuses on one M-16DX topic, and is
intended as a companion to the M-16DX Owner’s Manual.
The M-16DX Workshop booklets require M-16DX O.S. Version 2.00 or higher.
You can download the latest O.S. for free from www.RolandUS.com/EDIROL.
About This Booklet
The M-16DX makes an great companion to a digital audio workstation—or
“DAW”—on a personal computer. To learn the basics of using the M-16DX
with a DAW, see the Workshop booklet Using the M-16DX with a DAW. Then
come back here for specific instructions on using the M-16DX with Mark of
the Unicorn’s Digital Performer™, which we’ll call “Performer” from now on.
We’ll assume you know how to operate Performer. To learn about using
Performer, consult its documentation. We’ll also assume the M-16DX is
connected to your Mac, and that it’s powered-up.
Understanding the Symbols in This Booklet
Throughout this booklet, you’ll come across information that deserves
special attention—that’s the reason it’s labeled with one of the following
symbols.
A note is something that adds information about the topic at hand.
A tip offers suggestions for using the feature being discussed.
Warnings contain important information that can help you avoid
possible damage to your equipment, your data, or yourself.
Configuring Performer’s Audio Hardware
1 Set the M-16DX to the sampling rate you want to use. (You can
change it later—see the Using the M-16DX with a DAW Workshop
booklet for details.)
If you launch Performer with no outputs selected, a dialog appears in
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which you click OK to open the Configure Hardware Driver window.
If Performer’s already running, click the Control
Panel’s Hardware... button to open the Configure
Hardware window , or go to the Setup menu and select Configure
Hardware Driver from the Configure Audio System submenu.

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In the Configure Hardware Driver window, select3 EDIROL M-16DX
[the M-16DX’s current sampling rate].
Click OK.4
Setting Up a Track for Recording
Selecting Audio to Record
In the Tracks window, create a new mono track or locate the already-1
existing track you want to record. (We’ll talk about stereo tracks in a
moment.)
Click on the track’s INPUT area to show the INPUT popup menu.
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INPUT area OUTPUT area
The first time you select an3
M-16DX input, choose the input
from the New Mono Bundle
submenu.
Once you’ve created a new mono bundle for the input as described
above, you can select the channel from the INPUT popup directly.
You can record in stereo from the M-16DX using a stereo Performer
track, and by creating a new stereo bundle. (Only select Inputs 13/14
or 17/18 when the M-16DX’s USB button isn’t lit to avoid feedback.)
Selecting the Track’s Outputs
Click and hold on the track’s OUTPUT area to show the OUTPUT1
popup menu.
The first time you select the M-16DX’s outputs, choose them from the
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New Stereo Bundle submenu.
As with the track’s input, once you’ve created a stereo bundle for
the M-16DX’s outputs, you can simply select them from the OUTPUT
popup.
Once you’ve configured the track’s input and output, its REC (Record)
and MON (Monitor) buttons become available.
Turn Off Software Monitoring
In the track you’re recording, make sure the MON1
button is turned off.
As we noted in the Using the M-16DX with a DAW
Workshop booklet, you do have the option of listening
through Performer if you want to hear its effects as
you record. However, since you’ll encounter latency
doing this, we recommend listening directly through
the M-16DX.
Mon button off
Mon button on

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If you do decide to listen through Performer, you can hear your live
input by turning on the track’s MON button.
The End
We hope you’ve found this workshop helpful. You’ll find other
M-16DX Workshop booklets available for downloading at
www.RolandUS.com/EDIROL.