Technotes

In the table below are listed the tech notes published by Metric Halo. These notes are in-depth looks at subjects of interest to the users of our products. Please check back here often as this library will grow with time. To access a particular note, click the tech note number in the table — the note number is linked to the html version of the tech note.

Information on our legacy (non-2d Expanded) products can be found on our Legacy Technotes Page.

Technote #TitleFocusAuthorVersionDate
0002 Using the MIO with Windows Programs MIO B.J. Buchalter 1.1 June 02, 2007
0003 Multizone Measurement with SpectraFoo SpectraFoo Allen Rowand 1.2 July 2, 2010
0007 Creating Mono Outputs In Logic Logic before v.9 Dennis Gunn & AR 1.0 March 31, 2008
0008 MIO 2d Expanded & Pro Tools Pro Tools before v.9 AR & MS 1.0 October 19, 2009
0009 Routing into SpectraFoo from your DAW MIO 2d Expanded Allen Rowand 1.0 December 10, 2009
0010 Demystifying Firewire and Interfaces All Allen Rowand & B.J. Buchalter 1.0 April 16, 2010
0011 MIO Console & Pro Tools v.9 MIO 2d Expanded Allen Rowand 1.2 September 8, 2011

Tutorial Videos

In the table below are listed the tutorial videos published by Metric Halo. These QuickTime movies provide in-depth tutorials to help you understand and make the most of our products. To access a particular video, click the title of the video in the table.

Videos on our legacy products can found on our Legacy Technotes Page.

2d Expanded and v5

TitleDownloadDescriptionAuthorVersionDate
v.5 Mixer Overview   An overview of the v5 Mixer Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
Templates   Using factory templates to get started in MIOConsole Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
FireWire Routing   Routing over DAW and FW channels between the MIO and your Mac Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
Simple Input   How to route inputs from your MIO to your DAW Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
Simple Output   How to get sound from your DAW to the MIO Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
Manual Mixer Configuration   How to build a mixer from scratch Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
Monitor Controller   How to use v5's Monitor Controller to… control your monitors Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
Simple FireWire Returns   How to simply route audio from other programs into SpectraFoo Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
Templates   Using sends in MIOConsole for more flexible analysis in SpectraFoo Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
FWReturns and ConsoleConnect   Harness the power of FireWire Returns and ConsoleConnect in your DAW sessions Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
Surround   Using v5's powerful surround mixing facilities Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
v5 Record Panel   v5's flexible Record Panel; the multitrack recorder in your MIO Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
Legacy Boxes   How to use non-2dExpanded boxes with v5 Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
Hardware Remap   How the MIOConsole handles mapping Console documents to interfaces Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
Install 2d in 2882   How to install the 2d card in your 2882 Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
Install 2d in ULN-2   How to install the 2d card in your ULN-2 Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008
Download All Movies (377 MB) Download Download the 2d movies to your computer Metric Halo 1.0 May 28, 2008

+DSP

+DSP Intro Download  Introduction to +DSP Allen Rowand 1.0 October 21, 2010
Mid-Side Processing Download  How to use +DSP's M/S plug-ins Allen Rowand 1.0 October 21, 2010
Parallel Compression Download  Using +DSP's Graphs for easy parallel processing Allen Rowand 1.0 October 21, 2010
Sidechains Download  Taking advantage of +DSP's sidechain facilities Allen Rowand 1.0 October 21, 2010
TransientControl Download  How to use this advanced dynamics plug-in Allen Rowand 1.0 October 21, 2010
Download All Movies (138 MB) Download  Download the +DSP movies to your computer Allen Rowand 1.0 October 22, 2010

SpectraFoo

SpectraFoo Intro Download  Introduction and Overview for SpectraFoo and Advanced Features- Please note that the frame rate of the movie is less than the update rate of SpectraFoo running live. Allen Rowand 1.0 January 25, 2008
SpectraFoo Intro: Signal Generator Download  Introduction to the Signal Generator Allen Rowand 1.0 August 17, 2008
SpectraFoo Intro: Captures Download  Introduction to the Capture and Static Analysis Features Allen Rowand 1.0 August 17, 2008
SpectraFoo: Delay Finder Download  How to use the Transfer Function's Delay Finder to time-align speakers Allen Rowand 1.0 November 5, 2010

General

Configuring Shuttle Express Download  Tutorial for using the Shuttle Express with the Monitor Controller Allen Rowand 1.0 September 17, 2008
Recording Performances With Mainstage, Logic and v.5 Download  Routing and processing Mainstage into Logic using MIO v.5 Allen Rowand 1.0 February 19, 2009
Multibox Mixing and Monitoring with v.5 Download  Configuring monitor mixes and effect sends across multiple boxes with v.5 Allen Rowand 1.0 February 19, 2009
Introducing the ULN-8 Download  An introduction to the features and capabilities of the ULN-8 Allen Rowand 1.0 March 8, 2010
MIO Console & Pro Tools v9
Part 1
Download  An introduction to using Metric Halo interfaces with PT9 Allen Rowand 1.0 December 14, 2010
MIO Console & Pro Tools v9
Part 2
Download  Using aggregate devices and MIO summing with PT9 Allen Rowand 1.0 December 14, 2010
MIO Console & Pro Tools v9
Part 3
Download Punch-in recording using the MuteTone plug-in Allen Rowand 1.0 September 13, 2011

Stories From the Road

Allen Rowand, Metric Halo’s Field Operative worked as the advance engineer for the Wicked 1st National Tour. In this capacity, Allen travelled to a new city every few weeks, loaded in a full Broadway live theater sound reinforcement system, and tuned the system for each venue. Of course, he used SpectraFoo and Mobile I/O to pull off this massive undertaking. Using SpectraFoo’s multi-channel analysis functions, coupled with the 2882 as a multichannel analysis preamp, processor and switcher allowed the tour to do detailed analysis and tuning across multiple zones in a fraction of the time possible with other systems. Each load-in and venue posed their own challenges, and Allen has taken the time to write about these challenges and solutions. Here are the Stories from the Road chronicling the loadins and the ways that 'Foo made the show better in every venue.

EpisodeVenueDescription
1 Intro Intro
2 Back In the Shop Copy A Channel
3 Cincnnati The Case of the Hanging Bass
4 Toronto Replay That Funky Music
5 Cleveland Wait Just a .52ms
6 Ft. Lauderdale Not Much To Say
7 Buffalo Make This Sound Like That
8 East Lansing You can always go back...
9 Pittsburgh It’s better to sound good than to look good..
10 Atlanta Too much, too fast, too fun!
11 Minneapolis You Better Carry That Weight(ing)
12 East Lansing New Year, New Rig

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