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USB Audio/MIDI Interface
OWNER'S MANUAL
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IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUSIONS For U.S.A. Declaration of Conformity Model Number: US-122L TO THE USER Trade Name: TASCAM Responsible party: TEAC AMERICA, INC. This equipment has been tested and found Montebello, California, U.S.A. to comply with the limits for a Class B digital Telephone number: 1-213-726-0303 device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC These limits are designed to provide reason- Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1 Read these instructions. * Microsoft, Windows, and Windows XP are registered trademarks in the United 2 Keep these instructions. States and other countries of Microsoft 3 Heed all warnings. Corporation, USA. 4 Follow all instructions. * Pentium is a registered trademark of 5 Do not use this apparatus near water. Intel Corporation, USA. 6 Clean only with dry cloth. * MIDI is a registered trademark of the Association of Musical Electronics 7 Do not bloc
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Contents Driver settings .......................... 13 1 Introduction Audio Performance ...................... 13 Overview ..................................... 5 Features ....................................... 5 5 Connections What is in the package .................. 5 USB connections ....................... 14 Conventions used in this manual .... 6 Audio connections .................... 14 MIDI connections ...................... 16 2 Parts of the US-122L Top panel ............................
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1 – Introduction Please read this owner’s manual carefully nearby for reference when required. before you begin using the US-122L, and We can accept no responsibility for any use the product correctly as directed in loss of the data you record using this prod- order to ensure long and trouble-free uct onto other MIDI equipment in your enjoyment of all its functionality. system or onto storage devices such as After you have read this manual, keep it hard disk. Overview The US-122L is a USB-
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1 – Introduction Conventions used in this manual The following conventions are used in this This typeface is used to designate messag- manual: es displayed by the software. Example: Control Surface Protocol Front panel keys, knobs, and indicators, and rear panel connectors are designated in This typeface is used to designate software all-capital letters. menu functions and on-screen controllers. Example: LINE IN jacks Example: ASIO Device T TASCAM ASCAM US-122L US-122L
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2 – Parts of the US-122L Top panel 1 PHONES/LINE OUT level knob 4 MON MIX balance knob Controls Controls the output level of the LINE OUT the balance of the signal sources being out- jacks and the PHONES jack. put from the LINE OUT jacks and the PHONES jack. When this knob is turned to 2 MIDI IN indicator Lights when MIDI the far left, the signal being input to the data is being received at the MIDI IN con- US-122L (from the XLR jacks, or 1/4" nector. phone jacks) will be output. When this
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2 – Parts of the US-122L ic musical instrument, audio device, or mic. 7 SIG/OL indicators Light when signals are being input to the input channels (L, 9 PHANTOM switch Turns on the +48V R). They will light green to indicate a sig- phantom power supplied to the MIC IN nal is present, and will light red immedi- jacks. ately before distortion occurs. These indi- WARNING cators apply only to the analog inputs. Microphones should not be connected NOTE to or disconnected from the US-122L Thes
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2 – Parts of the US-122L Front panel If the MIC/LINE-GUITAR select switch is in D MIC IN (L, R) jacks (XLR balanced) the MIC/LINE position, the R jack operates These are analog mic input jacks. The wir- as a balanced input jack. (Sleeve = ground, ing is as follows: pin 1 = ground, pin 2 = tip = hot, ring = cold) hot, pin 3 = cold. F PHONES jack (stereo 1/4" phone) This E LINE IN (L, R) jacks (TRS 1/4" phone is a headphone output jack. jacks) These are balanced line input jacks. The R cha
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3 – Installation System requirements Windows XP Supported operating system: Windows The faster your hard disk, the better your results will be. XP SP2 We recommend that you have at least Recommended system: Pentium or 256 MB of memory, but when using dig- Athlon 1 GHz or faster (or equivalent pro- ital audio application software, the cessor), 512 MB or more memory, USB 2.0 more memory you have the happier you will be. port Although this product has been checked These requirements are for
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3 – Installation Installing the drivers In order to use the US-122L, you must CAUTION install the appropriate drivers into your Handle the enclosed CD-ROM with care. computer. As described below, this is an If the disc becomes scratched or dirty, easy process using the CD-ROM included your computer may be unable to read it with the US-122L. and the software cannot be installed. If the disc becomes unreadable, a fee will Drivers are updated from time to time. You be charged for its repla
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3 – Installation Installing the drivers for Mac OS X The US-122L’s drivers are provided on the on this package file’s icon to launch it and CD-ROM as a package file entitled US- follow the directions that appear on your 122L & US-144 driver x_yy.mpkg. (x_yy is screen. the version number.) Simply double-click Installing Cubase LE 1� Insert the Cubase LE CD-ROM into 3� Enter the serial number of Cubase LE. your computer. The Cubase LE serial number is The opening screen will appear. affixed
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4 – Control panel settings Overview The Control Panel lets you make various Setting section settings for the US-122L’s functionality. Here you can edit the various settings of The Control Panel is divided into the fol- the driver. lowing two sections. Status section This shows the current status of the driver and the connected hardware. You cannot edit the settings from this sec- tion. Driver settings Audio Performance The US-122L driver temporarily stores cessing faster. If the processing do
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5 – C 5 – Co on nn ne ec ct tiio on ns s USB connections Using the included cable, connect the NOTE US-122L to your computer as shown in the Some USB devices access the USB bus illustration. frequently. To avoid dropouts and clicks in the audio signal, we strongly recom- mend that you do not connect other USB devices to the USB bus used by the US-122L. USB keyboards and mice are exceptions to this, and will probably not cause problems. Computer Computer USB USB Audio connections Connect
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5 – Connections Guitar Analog record player Connect your guitar to the R-channel LINE The output of an analog record player can- IN jack (1/4” phone jack) and set the MIC/ not be connected directly to the US-122L. LINE-GUITAR switch to GUITAR. You must connect a phono amp between your analog record player and the US-122L. (Alternatively, you can connect it via an audio amp that has PHONO inputs.) Guitar Guitar Phono amp or Phono amp or OUT OUT amp with PHONO input amp with PHONO input Keyb
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5 – Connections MIDI connections Connect your sound module, keyboard/ You can use the MIDI IN/MIDI OUT con- synthesizer, drum machine, or other MIDI nectors to transmit and receive MTC device to the US-122L as shown below. (MIDI Time Code). This allows the MTC- compatible DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) computer application to syn- chronize with your MIDI equipment. USB USB Compute Computer r MIDI OUT MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI IN Keyboar Keyboard d / / USB USB synthesizer etc. synthesizer etc. Sou
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6 – R 6 – Re ec co or rd diin ng w g wiith C th Cu ub ba as se L e LE E This chapter explains the basics you will the user manual of your software. need to understand when using the If you have questions specific to Cubase US-122L with Cubase LE. LE, please refer to the Cubase LE user This discussion is not intended to replace manual. Input setting 1� Start up Cubase LE. From the Devices menu, choose Device Setup. The Device Setup window will appear. 4� From the Devices menu, choose VST
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6 – Recording with Cubase LE 5� From the File menu, choose New Project. A window will appear, allow- ing you to choose a template for your new project. Choose the desired tem- plate and press the OK button. Specify the location in which to save your project, and the new project will be created. Now you are ready to begin recording. Recording 1� As the input for the track you want 2� In the transport, press the REC but- to record, choose an input channel of ton to begin recording. the aud
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6 – Recording with Cubase LE Mixdown 1� Move the left and right locators to 3� In the Export Audio Mixdown dialog specify the region that you want to box, make the desired settings and mix down. then press the Save button. Specify the region Specify the region Specify the region Specify the region 2� From the File menu, choose Export -> Audio Mixdown. TASCAM US-122L 1
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7 – T 7 – Tr ro ou ub blle es sh ho oo ot tiin ng g This chapter lists frequently asked ques- tions related to recording with Cubase LE, with answers to these questions. EQ bypass EQ bypass Q. I have finished making input settings, but the meter of the audio track is not moving. A. Make sure that the monitor button of the track is enabled. Q. I mixed-down a song that was three minutes long, but the result was only ten seconds long. A. Make sure that the left and right locator Monitor Mo
