Audient Sono, User Manual

Page 1: ...audient com User Manual V1 0 Guitar Recording Interface ...

Page 2: ...up 49 Pro Tools Setup 50 Logic Pro X Setup 51 Cubase Nuendo Setup 53 Other DAWs 55 Support ARC 55 Specifications 56 Warranty Contact 57 Service 59 Glossary 60 Sono was designed to be the ultimate audio interface for guitarists Sono provides a valve Guitar channel featuring a real high voltage 12AX7 and classic 3 band tone controls plus power amp and cabinet simulation from Two Notes There is also ...

Page 3: ...mp Output Microphone To Valve Switch 12V DC Power Input Mic Pre Gain Mic Input To Valve Indicator Phantom Power Indicator Three Band Tone Control Guitar Preamp Input Gain Power Amp Drive Control Guitar Preamp Output Volume Guitar Preamp Output Meter Cab Simulation Present Selector Status Light Monitor Mix Control Headphone Output Level Speaker Output Level ...

Page 4: ...Hz Therefore the unit will work anywhere in the world but please ensure your A C mains line voltage is within this specification Consult a qualified technician if you suspect difficulties Do not attempt to tamper with the powersupplyormainsvoltages HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH Ensure that the appropriate international pin adapter is fitted to the power supply before insertion into the mains socket Valves m...

Page 5: ...uipment near water 6 Clean only with dry cloth 7 Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other equipment including amplifiers that produce heat 8 Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade...

Page 6: ...8012 Health and Safety Code Section 42475 2 Public Resources Please note that Audient Sono is exempt from the EC 1275 2008 power management requirement for the following reason Sono is designed with the musical instrument input being the primary functional input of the device When a musical instrument is connected Sono must be active to wait for a signal During a recording session it can take a lo...

Page 7: ...isit Sono Knowledge Base Opens a browser windows for the Audient Helpdesk with helpful articles and FAQ s Check for Updates The Sono app will check with the Audient update server for any available firmware updates for Sono System Requirements MacOS 10 7 5 Lion or later 64 Bit Mac Intel CPU 1GB RAM Minimum Download the Latest Sono Software Head to our website for the latest version of our Sono Soft...

Page 8: ... menu can be found on page 33 System Requirements Windows 7 or later 64 bit Intel Core 2 1 6 GHz or AMD equivalent 1 GB RAM Minimum Connect Sono Using the USB cable provided connect Sono to your computer s USB port Then connect the included 12v DC power adaptor Download the Latest Sono Software Head to our website for the latest version of our Sono software audient com products downloads sono Open...

Page 9: ...on will explain the stages of the Guitar Preamp channel and how they can all be used to dial in your perfect tone The Signal Chain of the Guitar Channel can be seen to the left Each part of this chain is then discussed in more detail in the next few pages Guitar Valve Stage 1 Input Volume Control Three Band Tone Control Valve Stage 2 Output Volume Control Analogue to Digital Conversion Two Notes T...

Page 10: ... Channel Sono is designed to work with a wide variety of Guitars including bases The high impedance valve input means that regardless of whether you re using a Classic Single Coil Blues Guitar a humbucker equipped Rock Axe or a Modern Active Pickup Metal Machine you ll still get the same response and feel as you would get from a valve amplifier Experimenting with the Volume and Tone control of the...

Page 11: ...ion to a synth Connecting External Pre amps If you wish to use an external guitar preamp for a different tone than the one provided by Sono then this can be connected to line input 1 Torpedo CAB processing can then be applied to this input by pressing and holding the C A B button for three seconds Sono offers three hardware presets which allow you to store your three favourite Two notes settings T...

Page 12: ... control over the monitor and headphone outputs Monitor Mix Control The Monitor Mix control allows to you to choose whether you listen solely to the inputs Far Left the playback from your Computer Far Right or a blend of the two Please note that the monitor mix control will become inactive when the Software Controlled Mixer Mode is selected For more information about the software mixer please see ...

Page 13: ... Sono Output using Monitor Mix The To Amp output on Sono automatically senses when a jack is connected and will re route DAC output 3 to the To Amp output and the headphones output will instead be fed from DAC 1 2 instead Sono Input Flow Diagram The below diagram shows how the input signal is routed through Sono The Guitar input will automatically sense when a jack is connected and when a jack is ...

Page 14: ...W Playback 1 2 DAW Playback 3 4 Cue Mix Main Mix DSP Mixer Fader Pan Fader Pan Fader Pan Fader Pan Fader Pan Fader Pan Fader Pan Fader Pan DAW THRU To Amp Jack Sensing Speakers Headphones Volume Volume Sono Output using the Sono Mixer Routing Matrix DAC 1 2 DAC 3 4 ...

Page 15: ...ic way to blend between your input signal and the signal being played back from your DAW such as a backing track or click track This will only affect your monitoring mix and won t affect the signal being fed into your DAW To start using the Sono Mixer application simply click Show Mixer A notification will appear to inform that you that the Hardware Monitor Mix Control on the Sono will be overridd...

Page 16: ...ates The Sono app will check with the Audient update server for any available firmware updates for Sono Set ASIO Buffer Size Windows Only Allows you to set the buffer size used by your DAW to increase decrease latency Set Sample Rate Windows Only Allows you to select the operating sample rate for Sono Software Controlled Mixer Mode This allows you to select between controlling the Sono monitor mix...

Page 17: ...l strips which each control the monitoring of a particular input or DAW Return The channel strips of the Mixer are as follows Mic 1 DI This channel contains the signal for either the Mic Line 1 input on the rear of Sono or the Guitar input on the front of Sono If a jack is connected to the guitar input The Mic Line input is switched out Mic 2 Mic 2 contains the signal present from the Mic Line 2 c...

Page 18: ...e used to quickly check a cue mix before your send it to an artist via headphones Channel View Channel View allows you to hide groups of faders to remove channels you may not be using You can choose to remove the analogue input channels MIC the optical inputs OPT or the DAW returns DAW Monitor Controls These allow you to control your monitoring to get the best sound possible TB Enable and Disabled...

Page 19: ...e external device a status indicator will appear with it s colour indicating the current clock status Red No valid clock detected check connections and that the correct optical format is selected Amber A valid clock is detected but an incorrect sample rate Either adjust the sample rate of Sono or the external device Green A valid clock is detected at the correct sample rate You re good to go Mono ...

Page 20: ...atures improve compatibility and address any bugs Therefore you may wish to periodically check for updates This can be done by navigating to the Setup menu and selecting Check for Updates The Sono mixer application will then check with our update server if any updates for the Sono are currently available If there are then you will prompted to install them onto the Sono If you then click next you l...

Page 21: ...top The Torpedo Remote application allows you to adjust numerous parameters such as the cabinet the microphone used the room it s been recorded in and much more Torpedo Remote Application Overview Level Meters Output Volume Microphone Selection Power Amp Setting Cabinet Selection Room Selection Preset Selection Cabinet Search Tone Settings Microphone Distance Contour Control Preset Level ...

Page 22: ...nternet connection You should now be able to use the remote to start building your perfect tone Cabinets come in all shapes and sizes from small single speaker boxes to huge monolith containing upwards of 8 speakers The construction style and the speakers used in the cab can drastically alter its sound and the way the cab interacts with its environment so there s plenty to experiment with To selec...

Page 23: ...rtains and seats Crypt A cavernous space with hard stone walls for long reverb times with lots of early reflection Cathedral A large space with a long reverb with a longer pre delay on the initial reflections Choose Your Room To capture the sound of the Cabinet you ll need a microphone Therefore Two notes Torpedo gives you a variety of microphones to capture your virtual cabinet with Choose a vint...

Page 24: ...s of Sono Similarly presets can be removed from Sono by dragging and dropping them into the Bin Finally you can make adjustments to your overall tone using the Effects Rack Power Amp First you have the power amplifier saturation setting which allows you to control the saturation of the simulated power amplifier This is controlled using the Drive knob on the Sono itself and whilst Sono is in use th...

Page 25: ...abinet to Sono simply drag and drop the cabinet onto one of the three slots available on the left hand of the screen Please note that if all three slots are full you will need to remove one cab first to free up a slot Please note that in order for a cabinet to be used within one of Sono s three preset slots this cabinet must be stored on Sono itself using the cabinet manager Otherwise a generic ca...

Page 26: ...ing later on It is recommended that Input monitoring in the DAW is turned off as monitoring of the inputs can be done using Sono itself with almost zero latency If you are using Sono s zero latency monitoring while recording be sure to disable Logic s software monitoring to avoid phasing as the same source will be heard twice with a short delay between the low latency DSP signal and the delayed so...

Page 27: ...and head straight for the Studio menu Studio Studio Setup Select VST Audio System in the devices menu For more Logic Pro information please consult your Apple user manuals documentation Operation with Logic Pro If you are using an external clock source ADAT or S PDIF to clock Sono please ensure that your Logic Pro project is set to the same sample rate when recording and playing back in a session ...

Page 28: ...necessary I O if required Bus types can be set mono stereo and the VST control room section can also be used For more information regarding set up please consult your Steinberg user manuals and documentation Setup in Other DAWs There are too many DAW s for us to list setup process for here so if you are unsure how to setup Sono in your DAW we would reccomend reading the manual for your DAW which s...

Page 29: ...PUT IMPEDANCE Mic 3kΩ Balanced INPUT IMPEDANCE Line 10kΩ Balanced FREQUENCY RESPONSE 0 5dB 10Hz to 22kHz CROSSTALK 90dB 1kHz 10kHz THD N 0dBu 1kHz 0 003 96dBu SNR 96dB A Weighted XLR Pin 2 Hot Pin 3 Cold Pin 1 Shield 1 4 JACK TIP Hot RING Cold SLEEVE Shield D I D I MAX GAIN 20 dB MAXIMUM INPUT LEVEL at unity gain 4dBu INPUT IMPEDANCE 1MegΩ Unbalanced FREQUENCY RESPONSE 3dB 10Hz to 22kHz THD N 0dBu...

Page 30: ...nit is returned please include this RMA number along with a description of the fault inside the packaging box To request an RMA access technical support FAQs ask for troubleshooting assistance or make an enquiry please visit www audient com support Please note that if you purchased the product from outside of your country of residence you must return the unit to the original point of purchase for ...

Page 31: ...tion of Conformity DSP Digital Signal Processing EQ Equaliser FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FCC Federal Communications Commission GB Gigabyte GUI Graphical User Interface HPF High Pass Filter HV High Voltage I O Input Output LED Light Emitting Diode RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances RAM Random Access Memory S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface Format THD N Total Harmonic Distortion Noise ...