INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................9W HAT YOU S HOULD HAVE RECEIVED IN THE BOX .................................................9S YSTEM REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................10INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................11LOG I N AS ADMINISTRATOR ..................................................................................11I MPORTANT — CHECK THE ECHO W EBSITE FOR S OFTWARE UPDATES .................11I NSTALLING THE AUDIOF IRE HARDWARE AND S OFTWARE ...................................12CONNECTING TO THE AUDIO I NTERFACE ...............................................................14CONSOLE ..............................................................................................................25RUNNING THE CONSOLE ........................................................................................25AUTOMATIC F LASH UPDATE .................................................................................25CONSOLE W INDOW ...............................................................................................25BUS S ELECT TABS .................................................................................................26MASTER OUTPUT BUS CONTROL ...........................................................................27P LAYBACK CONTROLS ..........................................................................................27ANALOG I NPUTS ....................................................................................................28DIGITAL I NPUTS (AUDIOF IRE 2, AUDIOF IRE 4, AUDIOF IRE 8 AND AUDIOF IREP RE 8) ....................................................................................................................30Adjusting Playback Volume .............................................................................31Nominal Levels.................................................................................................32S ETTINGS TAB .......................................................................................................32Sample Rate in XP............................................................................................33Core Audio Sample Rate - Windows Vista/Windows 7....................................34Clock Source ....................................................................................................34Digital Mode (AudioFire 8 and AudioFire Pre8)............................................34S/PDIF Format ................................................................................................35Wave Devices ...................................................................................................35Buffer Size ........................................................................................................35ABOUT DIALOGUE BOX .........................................................................................36Version Information .........................................................................................36Copy Version Information to Clipboard..........................................................36Flash Update....................................................................................................37AUDIOF IRE 2 AND AUDIOF IRE 4 P LAYBACK ROUTING ..........................................37S YSTEM TRAY I CON ..............................................................................................38CONSOLE S ESSIONS ...............................................................................................39CONSOLE S ETTINGS AND S TAND -ALONE MODE ....................................................39CORE AUDIO .........................................................................................................40ASIO AND W INDOWS VISTA/W INDOWS 7.............................................................41