Behringer UFX1204 Quick Start Guide - Page 15

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XENYX UFX1204

Quick Start Guide

FireWire and USB recording

Recording to USB drive in STAND-ALONE mode

(EN)

Step 6: FireWire and

USB recording

(EN)

Step 7: Recording

to USB drive in

STAND-ALONE

mode

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 UFX1204 are

loaded on your windows operating

system (driver is not required for

Mac OS X operating system software).

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.

Select the UFX1204 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 FireWire channels 13/14.

The MAIN mix can also be recorded on

FireWire channels 15/16.

Arm the tracks in your recording software

and record when ready.

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

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

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.

The MAIN MIX recordings (tracks 15 and 16) will be

played back in the control room section or on

channel 11/12 when the FW 3-4 button is engaged.

To toggle between single playback

and continuous playback mode

(in playlist mode), long press

.

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.

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