General Introduction to the Nexus I/O Drivers

This article is part of the Source-Nexus I/O User Guide

Source-Nexus I/O comes with two drivers: A and B. More, however, can be added during the installation process. To start with, we recommend choosing a method and being consistent: to avoid loopback issues. In the following examples we are going to use Source-Nexus A for “Sending from the plug-in” and Source-Nexus B for “Receiving in the plug-in”. 

For the simplest use, that is, to get audio into your DAW from with the application whose audio you wish to send, you will configure the Audio out to use Source-Nexus A. To receive that application’s audio in your DAW simply put the Source-Nexus I/O plug-in on an auxiliary-type track and select Source-Nexus A channels 1&2 as the Receive. 

If your application doesn't allow you to set the device, like iTunes or QuickTime, set your System Preferences to use Source-Nexus A for the output so you can record and monitor in Pro Tools. 

Make sure that you don’t route the signal into itself: you must not set the input & output of your Application to be both Source-Nexus A (or both B).

Digital Performer | MOTU

Digital Performer requires the plugin GUIs be open and visible in order to pass audio. 

Logic Pro X

Logic requires that Software Monitoring be enabled and “Only load plug-ins needed for project playback” be turned OFF. 

The HQ Audio Send plugin’s meters are known to freeze after stopping playback on some systems.