16 Mar
2012
16 Mar
'12
12:48 a.m.
On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 16:08 -0700, Bob van der Poel wrote:
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Jan Depner
<eviltwin69(a)cableone.net> wrote:
Yeah, either way works. For me it's just easier to make sure it's
off and then plug it in. I found out about the on/off switch the hard
way. I plugged it in one day and spent about 15 minutes trying to
figure out why it didn't show up like normal. It was a Homer Simpson
moment. DOH! With two of these things I really have an easy time
recording my band - 5 vocal mics, 1 harmonica mic, 3 guitars, bass,
kick, snare, drum overhead, and I still have 3 inputs left! There is,
as advertised, about a 2ms delay on the second unit but when I insert
the tracks into Ardour I can nudge the tracks from the second unit.
Little known fun fact - if the on/off switch is
in the on position, even
though you don't have the power cable in or batteries in it, nothing
will happen when you attach it to the USB port. Brilliant design! If
it's switched off it should come up saying ">AUDIO INTERFACE". Press
the right arrow to switch it to ">CARD READER" then press ENTER followed
by ENTER, and it should show up on your system. There will be PROJnnn
directories where the AUDIO data will be stored.
Okay, tried it again. And, it works :)
Silly me ... It didn't occur to me that the computer needed to be
connected at the time of selection. I just thought one set the port to
<card reader> and then you could plug/unplug ... like a camera :)
Nope.
For others as dumb as me:
1. Plug the square end of the USB cable into the R16
2. Plug the flat end into the computer.
3. If the R16 was ON then hit the USB button and select <card>
or
If the R16 was OFF then the menu should come up.
Either way, when you unplug the cable you lose the connection and need
to go back to <1>.
Honestly, I think it is easier to just pull the card and use that
directly in the computer :)