Steinberg MR816X Getting Started Manual

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CAUTION
•To avoid damage to your hearing or speakers, be sure to roll 
off the volume level of the amplifier (or powered speakers) 
before turning the phantom power on or off. Steinberg/
Yamaha also recommends that you turn all output levels to 
minimum settings before operating this button.
•Be sure to leave the phantom power off if you do not need it. 
•When turning the phantom power on, make sure that only 
condenser microphones are...

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4Select the desired template then click [OK]. 
On the front panel of the MR816 CSX/MR816 X, the 
[QUICK CONNECT] lamps to which audio tracks of 
Cubase are assigned will light. 
5Select [Devices] ➝ [Device Setup...] to call up the 
Device Setup window. Select “VST Audio Sys-
tem” in the Device column then confirm whether 
or not “Yamaha Steinberg FW ASIO”/“Yamaha 
Steinberg FW” is selected from the ASIO Driver 
column.
If it is selected,...

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■Setting up for recording
Setting up an Audio Track
In the Project created via the project template for the 
MR816 CSX/MR816 X, the input bus corresponding to the 
analog input jack of the MR816 CSX/MR816  X is assigned 
to the input source of each audio track. This means that 
you can simply open the desired Project template and 
immediately be ready to record. If you want to change the 
input source of the audio track, simply use the...

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3On Cubase, select the track to be recorded then 
turn on the Record Enable button and Monitor 
button.
4While playing the instrument or singing into the 
microphone at the loudest expected level, gradu-
ally rotate the knob of the corresponding c hannel 
clockwise to find the point at which the corre-
sponding [SIG/PEAK] flashes slightly in red. 
In order to record the sound with the widest 
dynamic range and minimum noise, rotate the 
[GAIN]...

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4For each of the created Studios, assign “Yamaha 
Steinberg FW ASIO” / “Yamaha Steinberg FW” to 
the Audio Device and assign your desired output 
jack to the Device Port. 
After making the settings, close the VST Connec-
tions window by clicking [X] at the top right of the 
window. 
5Select [Devices] ➝ [Control Room Mixer] to call 
up the Control Room Mixer window. 
6Turn on the output of channels [1] – [4] by click-
ing each of them, then...

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9Call up the MR816  CSX/MR816  X Hardware Setup 
window (page 23) by selecting [Devices] ➝ 
[Audio Hardware Setup]. 
NOTE
·The MR816 CSX/MR816 X Hardware Setup window can be 
called up also from the MR816 CSX/MR816 X Input Settings 
window (page 21).
10Click the monitor source of headphones 1 and 2, 
then select the desired output channels. 
NOTE
·Also the Monitor Channel or Phone Channel can be selected as 
monitor source if they have been...

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NOTE
·For instructions on calling up the window when using Cubase 
AI 4.5.1 or later, refer to page 21. 
4Perform the following operations as required. 
● To adjust the effect depth: 
Drag on the REV-X Send field below the REV icon 
and move the pointer leftward or rightward to adjust 
the send level. 
● To adjust the effect parameters: 
Click the REV-X Edit ( ) to call up the REV-X Setup 
window. For information about the available param-...

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NOTE
·For information about how to call up the above window when 
using Cubase AI 4.5.1 or later, refer to page 21. 
4Perform the following operations as required. 
● To set the insertion location of the effect unit: 
Drag the slider for the effect insertion setup then 
select the desired one from the following items. 
NOTE
·For details about the insertion location, refer to page 22. 
● To adjust the effect parameters: 
Click the Channel...

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Using the built-in effect of the MR816 as a VST plug-in of 
Cubase
You can use the built-in effect of the MR 816 CSX/MR 816 
X as a VST plug-in effect within Cubase by setting the 
MR816 CSX/MR816 X to the external effect mode. 
The MR816 CSX lets you apply the Channel Strip effect to 
the eight mono channels or four stereo channels, or apply 
the Channel Strip effect to the six mono channels or three 
stereo channels and the REV-X effect to...

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7Call up the Mixer window then make sure that 
the Extended Mixer window is shown. 
If the Extended Mixer window is not shown, click the 
arrow button (“Show Extended Mixer”) to call it up. 
8Click the “Show All Inserts” button at left in the 
Mixer window, then click the insertion slot of the 
audio channel. 
The list of the VST plug-in effects will be shown on 
the insertion slot.
9Select “MR816” from the indicated list then 
select the...