Behringer XENYX UFX1604 Quick Start Guide - Page 17

32 XENYX UFX1604 FireWire and USB recording (EN) Step 6: FireWire and USB recording Your mixer is equipped with AD/DA converters, FireWire and USB connections for sending audio to and from your computer. Make sure the drivers for the UFX1604 are loaded on your Windows computer (driver is not required for Mac OS X). Connect the mixer to the computer via FireWire or USB. Make sure you set the 3-way switch on the back panel of the mixer accordingly. The MAIN Mix can also be recorded by pressing the MAIN MIX ASSIGN TO FW 15-16 button. This will send the main mix to your DAW through output 15/16. Select the UFX1604 inputs and outputs you'd like to use in your recording software. Set your desired sample rate and bit depth from within your DAW (digital audio workstation) software. Connect your microphones, instruments and line level sources to the channel inputs. Each channel can be recorded pre or post EQ as its own mono or stereo track in your recording software. It is also possible to record the AUX sends on channels 13/14. Arm the tracks in your recording software and record when ready. 33 Quick Start Guide Recording to USB drive in STAND-ALONE mode (EN) Step 7: Recording to USB drive in STAND-ALONE mode Make sure the STAND ALONE mode is selected on the back of the mixer (center position). When a new USB drive is inserted for the first time, the mixer tests the writing speed of the drive to determine the audio quality. The outcome appears on the TRANSPORT CONTROL screen as "Lo" (16 bit) or "Hi" (24 bit). If the drive is too slow for recording, the display will show "SLO" after testing. If your drive needs to be formatted, press and simultaneously on the TRANSPORT CONTROL until the display reads, "For" (blinking). Push to initiate formatting or to abort. To show the sample rate setting, push and hold the TIME REMAIN button until the sample rate is displayed. To change the sample rate to 44.1 kHz, push and hold TIME REMAIN until the sample rate appears and then press while still holding TIME REMAIN. To change the sample rate to 48 kHz, push TIME REMAIN until the sample rate appears and then press while still holding TIME REMAIN. With all your microphones, instruments and source signals connected press the button on the TRANSPORT CONTROL to create a new folder on the USB drive with the individual channels as files. Congratulations! You are now recording. Press when finished. The recordings are displayed on the TRANSPORT CONTROL screen as numbers (1-99). To toggle between recording and playlist modes, press TIME REMAIN and at the same time for two seconds. To listen or navigate through recordings you have made, you must be in recording mode. Playlist mode is ONLY for playing back WAV files you copied to your drive from a PC/Mac. While in recording mode, press to hear what you just recorded. To return to the start, press the button on the TRANSPORT CONTROL once. Press twice to move to the previous recording. Press to move to the start of the next recording. Note: long push on the or will not fast forward or rewind within the track. ONLY tracks 15 and 16 will be played back on channels 15 and 16 unless you route the MAIN MIX signal to FW 15-16 (in the MAIN MIX ASSIGN section). This allows the MAIN MIX signal to be recorded and played back via channels 15 and 16. In this configuration, channels/buttons for 13 and 14 are bypassed. To toggle between single playback and continuous playback mode (in playlist mode), long press PLAY. To delete the current song in recording mode, playback or recording must be stopped. Press and together. Press to complete deletion or to cancel. IMPORTANT NOTE: the USB recorder only plays songs if they are .wav files with sample rates of 44.1 or 48.0 kHz from the folder labeled "MyWav." No subfolders are accepted.