What is Cuemix Console in the MOTU?

If your host application can’t patch through an input while recording or if you desire lower latency then you can use our the PCI-324 Cuemix Console. With the Cuemix Console you can assign any input to a pair of outputs while controlling volume and panning, and the latency will be much less than letting the a host application handle all of the patch through. This way the host application will record the input but Cuemix will let you monitor the input. When using Cuemix you will not be able to use real time host effects with your inputs.

Open the PCI-324 Cuemix Console and turn on the Master Fader. On the right hand side you will see the 4 stereo Busses that you can assign to a pair of outputs.
For example, lets assign the top menu (Bus 1) to Analog 1-2. Go over to the channel you are routing input to, such as Analog 1 or 2. The Cue Mix console can display all three banks so you should look at the upper left hand corner to make sure it is displaying the analog bank or the bank you are using. You can use the scroll bar at the bottom to view each bank of 8 channels. Now if you have signal coming into Analog 1 you can turn on the fader and assign it to Bus #1 by enabling the top button. That input is now being routed to Analog 1-2. Use the pan knob for desired panning. You can use the Master fader to adjust your overall output.
Once you are done recording you can disable the faders in CueMix and let the host application handle the routing on playback.

*Digital Performer and AudioDesk users have the ability to use Direct Hardware Playthrough mode and will not need to run the Cuemix Console.

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