This documentation serves as a guide to understanding the functions of the studio's audio interfaces and their connections and routings.
What are the inputs and outputs used on each hardware interface, and what are they connected to? This diagram shows the way in which the studio is routed. The inputs/outputs (I/O) on each interface are color coded to indicate where they connect - for example, the "TRS 1" input on the Presonus Central Station is color coded pink, and the "Monitor" output on the Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 is also color coded pink, so cables will be patched between the Central Station TRS1 input and the Saffire Monitor output.
This is a diagram of the function of all the relevant parameters that you will be using on the hardware in the Sound Studio. For a further description of the functions, continue on to "Explanation of Relevant Controls".
To find Logic Pro's audio preferences navigate to Logic Pro X > Preferences > Audio
The settings are fairly self explanatory with the Saffire as default input and output devices. The buffer size is the same as all other programs we've mentioned thus far: 128. Note that in Logic you can choose discrete input and output devices, meaning that the Blue Snowball can be used as an input device. Also make sure that 24 bit recording is checked for optimal audio quality.
Logic Pro's MIDI controls are taken care of by the operating system in the same way that Pro Tools does. See the end of this article for more information.
To access the audio preferences in Pro Tools, navigate to Setup > Playback Engine.
The default Playback Engine device is the Saffire. Note that discrete input and output devices are not an option in Pro Tools meaning that you cannot use the Blue Snowball microphone. The default buffer size is 128 as in other programs.
Midi controls in Pro Tools are taken care of by the operating system (as in Logic Pro). See the next section for more info.
The system MIDI controls dictate the MIDI settings in both Pro Tools and Logic Pro. You can access them via Finder > Go > Utilities > Audio Midi Setup. You should see a window as follows:
If you don't see this window, open it via Window>Show MIDI Window. There are two devices you should see, the Focustire Saffire (Pro40) and the Akai MPD32. If you don't see these connections restart the computer via the Logout button on the Desktop and they should be restore.