Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the LP-16. If necessary, slightly moisten the cloth. Do not use abrasive cleanser, wax, or solvents (such as paint thinner or cleaning alcohol), since these may To prevent the risk of fire, electric shock or malfunction, avoid using your Live Player LP-16 in dull the finish or damage the surface.
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INTRODUCTION LP-16 CONNECTIONS AND USER INTERFACE Thank you for purchasing the Cymatic Audio Live Player LP-16. The LP-16 is the world’s easiest 6.1. Front Panel to use direct from USB 16-track / MIDI player and 18-output, 2-input USB audio interface for PC, Mac®...
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6.2. Rear Panel 6.3. Top Panel cymatic audio Live Player LP Track Player and USB Interface powered by POWER LINE OUT cymatic audio Live Player LP expand your band 12V DC STEREO 1000mA LINE IN 2 3 4 1. Mono Line-Level Output Connectors These unbalanced connectors each output a separate mono audio track, sourced from the currently playing multi-track song file.
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MODES OF OPERATION • Unplug the drive from the LP-16 and attach it to a computer containing the desired stereo audio files The LP-16 offers three different modes of operation, depending on your specific needs: • Copy the desired files from the computer’s hard drive, to the “Music” folder on the USB drive •...
LP-16 FILE TERMINOLOGY AND FOLDER STRUCTURE • Pressing the skip forward button will increment, by one song, the next song to be played in the playlist. For example, if the next song to be played is the 4th song in the playlist, The LP-16 uses audio files on an attached USB drive, to play back assorted audio, either stereo pressing the top panel skip forward button will “skip”...
MULTI-TRACK (MT) MODE OPERATIONS AND MENUS 12.1. Multitrack Mode Home Screen After the attached USB drive has been successfully tested, the LP-16’s screen will display the MT mode “home screen”. • If the LP-16 determines that the storage device is suitable for playback, a new screen will appear for a few seconds, displaying the amount of free space available on the attached drive After displaying this information for a few seconds, the LP-16 display will switch to the playback...
12.2. Multitrack Mode Menus 12.2.2. Select Playlist This screen allows you to select a playlist to load into memory, from the available playlists located Pressing the Menu Button while in multitrack mode will take you to the Multitrack Mode Menu. on the attached USB drive.
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12.2.4. Foot Switch settings 12.2.6. Format USB Device The LP-16 can use a standard ¼” equipped footswitch to perform various functions. The foot The format function can be used to format an attached hard drive or thumb drive that switch settings screen allows you to adjust what specific actions occur when you press the connected to the Live Player.
STEREO (ST) MODE OPERATIONS AND MENUS 13.2. Stereo Mode Menus 13.1. Stereo Mode Home Screen (Playlist) Pressing the Menu Button while in stereo mode will take you to the Stereo Mode Menu. If the LP-16 has been switched to stereo mode, the ST mode home screen will be displayed. The ST mode home screen displays pertinent settings and displays, when performing a stereo playback operation.
LP-16 Mic Inputs Line Outputs (x 16) (x 16) Use the select arrows and select button to select between outputs 1 and 2, 3 and 4, etc. cymatic audio Live Player LP expand your band SUPPORTED USB STORAGE DEVICES...
LP-16 Stereo 16.1.2. WDM and ASIO Driver Installation 1/8“ Input Before connecting the LP-16 to your PC, please download the driver package from www. cymaticaudio.com/downloads. cymatic audio Live Player LP After the download has finished: expand your band •...
16.2.1. Mixer View • Sample Rate • Synchronization Source The mixer screen of the control panel is where most of the interaction with the LP-16 occurs, • Synchronization Status when it is serving as a computer audio interface. It offers the following controls: Line Output Meters These 16 separate level meters display the signal level of any audio that is being streamed from the 16 outputs of the computer’s DAW software, and are being routed to the LP-16’s 16 separate...
16.2.2. Settings View: Synchronization Tab 16.2.3. Settings View: Buffers Tab The control panel’s buffers screen allows adjustment of the ASIO buffers used by your ASIO compatible DAW software. Device Name The device name field controls what device name will appear in your DAW software. The default name is “LP-16”...
16.2.4. Settings View: Input Channels Tab 16.2.5. Settings View: Output Channels Tab Double click on any entry in the “channel name” column to modify the input channel names as Double click an entry in the “channel name” column to modify the output channel names as they will appear in your DAW.
Driver Version UPDATING THE FIRMWARE ON YOUR LP-16 Displays the version number of the installed device driver Please check the Cymatic Audio website (www.cymaticaudio.com) for any available firmware Firmware Version updates. Displays the current firmware version of the connected LP-16 unit.
Always make sure that you have downloaded and installed the latest drivers and firmware for your LINE OUTPUTS Full-scale output 8.2dBu, 2 Vrms Live Player LP-16. The latest firmware and driver downloads for the LP-16 are available at www. Frequency response ± 0.2 dB, 20 Hz-20 kHz cymaticaudio.com/downloads...
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