PRESONUS FIRESTUDIO PROJECT FIREWIRE AUDIO and MIDI INTERFACE
Applies to the PreSonus FireStudio? Project interface.
If you received your
PreSonus FireStudio? audio interface with your Kyma System, the interface has already been configured and you can skip these instructions. Otherwise, update the audio interface firmware and configure the device as follows:
Download the latest driver and control panel installer from the
PreSonus website. Proceed with the installation and restart your computer when the installation is complete.
After your computer has restarted, turn on the audio interface. Start up the
PreSonus FireStudio? Control Panel (called
Universal Control and found in the
Applications folder on the Macintosh, found in the Control Panels on Windows). From the
Settings menu, choose
Check Firmware... to update the firmware (as shown above); click the
Update Firmware button and wait for the update to complete. Exit the control panel application, then power off the interface, wait a few seconds, and power it up again.
The
FireStudio? includes a built-in mixer for each output. By default, these mixers are disabled; if you would like to turn on the mixers and change their settings you could do so at this time.
To prevent the computer from taking control over the audio interface and preventing its use by the Paca(rana), it’s necessary to remove or disable the driver and control panel.
In the Finder, go to your home folder (choose
Home from the
Go menu) and locate the application called
TC_Near_Uninstall.command. Double-click that application and follow its instructions. After running the uninstall application, be sure to restart your Macintosh before turning on the Paca(rana).
In the future, should you wish to reconfigure the audio interface, you will need to re-install the driver and control panel.
Go to the Windows taskbar, click
Start, right-click
My Computer (in Vista, it is called
Computer), and choose
Properties, as shown above.
Windows XP: If you are using Windows XP, then in the
System Properties window that appears, click the tab at the top labeled
Hardware and then click the button labeled
Device Manager, as shown above.
Windows Vista: If you are using Vista, then in the window that appears, click on the
Device Manager link in the left column under
Tasks, as shown above.
In the
Device Manager window, find the name of your audio interface driver:
TC Near. It should be located under
Sound Video and Game Controllers (or it might show up under the Other Devices category). Right-click
TC Near and choose
Disable, as shown above. The TC Near icon should then have a red X through it (in Vista, it will have a Down Arrow next to it). This will prevent Windows from taking control over your audio interface. Finally, turn off the audio interface.
In the future, should you wish to reconfigure the audio interface or to use it with your computer instead of with your Paca(rana), repeat the steps in this section, selecting
Enable rather than
Disable.
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KurtHebel - 01 Feb 2009, revised 16 June 2010
