M-Audio 24-96 User Manual

MicroTrack 24/96

Professional 2-Channel Mobile Digital Recorder

Quick Start Guide

This guide is intended to help get you started quickly. In order to achieve optimal usage of your new MicroTrack
24/96, we recommend that you carefully study the enclosed product manual, either after completing the
process described in this guide or before.

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MicroTrack 24/96

MicroTrack 24/96

Congratulations on your purchase of the M-Audio MicroTrack 24/96, the easy-to-use solution for portable digital recording.
This Quick Start Guide will guide you through making your first recording, playing it back, and transferring the file to your
computer. This guide will also detail the steps necessary to install Audacity, an audio editing program for Mac and PC, which
you can use for editing and converting your recorded files.

What’s In the Box

When you open your MicroTrack 24/96 package, you will find:

< The MicroTrack 24/96

< A Compact Flash card

< An 1/8” stereo “T” microphone

< A USB connector cable

< A USB power supply

< Earbuds

< Carrying pouch

< CD-ROM containing the User Guide and Audacity

software

< This printed Quick Start Guide

Charging the MicroTrack 24/96

Before you begin to use your new MicroTrack 24/96, the internal rechargeable battery needs to be completely charged. The
MicroTrack 24/96 battery ships with only a minimal charge. If you fail to charge the battery fully before first use, you may limit
the maximum record time of the MicroTrack 24/96. To charge the battery, follow the steps below:

< Plug the smaller end of the supplied USB cable into the USB connector on the bottom of the MicroTrack 24/96.

< Plug the large end of the USB cable into the supplied USB power supply.

< Plug the USB power supply into a power outlet.

< The LCD of the MicroTrack 24/96 will show “Charging.”

< When the battery is fully charged, the LCD will display “Charging Complete.”

< You can now disconnect the MicroTrack 24/96 from the USB cable.

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Formatting the Compact Flash Card

Before starting your recording, you must format the supplied Compact Flash card. This process will prepare the Compact
Flash card for recording:

< Put the Compact Flash card into the MicroTrack 24/96 and power the unit on.

< When the MicroTrack finished booting up, press down on the [NAV] wheel until you select “Format Media.”

< Press in on the [NAV] wheel. The LCD will read “Format Media?”

< Press in on the [NAV] wheel again. The display will read “Are You Sure?”

< Press in on the [NAV] wheel again to start the formatting process. The display will read “Formatting” during this

process.

< When formatting is complete, the display will read “Media Formatted” and will then return to the main screen.

< You can now record files to the Compact Flash card.

Making Your First Recording

While the MicroTrack 24/96 can record from a wide variety of audio sources such as microphones, line-level devices, and
S/PDIF signals, this Quick Start Guide will illustrate how to make a recording from the supplied stereo “T” microphone. Please
refer to the User Manual provided on the CD-ROM for details on recording other input types.

< Press the power button in the upper-left corner of the MicroTrack 24/96 front panel to power on the device. The

MicroTrack 24/96 will begin to boot up.

< When the MicroTrack 24/96 has finished booting, insert a formatted Compact Flash card into the slot on the right side

of the unit.

< Connect the supplied stereo “T” microphone to the 1/8” microphone jack on the top of the MicroTrack 24/96.

< Set the [L/M/H] switch to M (Mic).

< Use the [NAV] wheel on the right side of the MicroTrack 24/96 to scroll down through the menu options until

“Recording” is selected. Press in on the [NAV] wheel to activate the Recording menu.

< The first option in the Recording menu is “Input Source.” Press in on the [NAV] wheel to activate this item.

< The Input Source item has three parameters. The first parameter is 1/8.” Select this item and press in on the [NAV]

wheel. This will select the 1/8” input as the recording source and will return you to the previous menu.

< Using the [NAV] wheel in the same fashion as described above, set the remainder of the Recording settings as

follows: • Encoder [WAV] • Sample Rate [44.1] • Bit Depth [16] • Channels [Stereo]

< Once all of the above parameters are set, press the [MENU] button. This will exit the Recording menu and return you

to the Settings menu. Press the [MENU] button once more to leave the Settings menu and return to the MicroTrack
24/96’s main screen.

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