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APOGEE ELECTRONICS

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Maestro 

– User’s Guide

APOGEE ELECTRONICS

9

Maestro

 – User’s Guide

Output Pane

  The Output routing pane is functionally similar to the Input pane, but used to make connections between software and 

hardware outputs, as depicted below.  Software outputs are displayed to the left of the grid, and hardware outputs are 
displayed across the top of the grid.

1.Matrix

 – The settings in these drop down menus define how software outputs are formatted in the routing grid:

   

Mono

 - software outputs are formatted as Mono signal paths.

   

Stereo

 - software outputs are formatted as Stereo signal paths.

   

Off

 - the signal path is deactivated.

   

(hardware input) Direct

 - this setting, unique to the Output pane, provides a signal path to route hardware 

inputs directly to hardware outputs. For example, it’s possible to route Ensemble’s 8 analog inputs to the optical 
output while routing the optical input to the 8 analog outputs. This configuration is shown in the lower routing page 
example shown at right.

2.  Output

 – This column displays the software outputs available for routing. Software output names may be modified 

by clicking on the triangle to the left of the Matrix to reveal a text entry box. For these names to appear in your audio 
application’s I/O list, it’s necessary to specify this in the audio app. For example in Logic Pro, open 

Audio>Audio 

Configuration>View>I/O Labels

 and Option-click on all the I/O found under the 

Driver’s I/O Label

 column.

3. (Analog,Hardware) Out

 - This row displays the hardware outputs available for routing. 

 
 

Maestro Mixer Window

Output Pane

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Summary of Contents for Maestro

Page 1: ...User s Guide V1 3 September 2007 Multi Function Software Mixer Utility ...

Page 2: ... 2 Maestro Control Symphony 4 Maestro Mixer Window 6 Input Output Panes 6 Input Pane 6 Input Pane 7 Maestro Mixer Window 8 Output Pane 8 Output Pane 9 Maestro Mixer Window 10 Working with the Input and Output Panes 10 11 Maestro Mixer An Overview 12 13 Maestro Mixer Window 14 Mixer Pane 14 Maestro Mixer Window 15 Maestro Menu by Menu 16 17 ...

Page 3: ...ces are supported Duet Firewire Interface Ensemble Firewire Interface Symphony PCI card s with AD16X DA16X Rosetta 800 or Rosetta 200 connected Symphony Mobile Express 34 card with AD16X DA16X Rosetta 800 or Rosetta 200 connected MiniFW card for Apogee MiniMe and MiniDAC interfaces Computer requirements OSX 10 4 10 or above Apple Macintosh PowerPC or Intel CPU 1 0GHz or higher 1GB of RAM required ...

Page 4: ...nterface whose settings are displayed in that window Once selected an icon repre senting the interface appears at the top of the window When hardware connected to a Symphony card is selected Interface names are displayed in the following format 2 Identify Unit This feature is disabled when interfaces connected via Symphony Symphony Mobile are selected 3 Clock Source Select This drop down menu is u...

Page 5: ...lections menu In Logic s Track Mixer set the outputs of the individual drum audio tracks to VBout 1 2 Create two audio tracks or one stereo track and set their inputs to VBin 1 and VBin 2 Record enable the new track and commence recording the new track will record the mix of the individual drum tracks Performance Tuning allows the adjustment of Symphony driver buffers to take advantage of the late...

Page 6: ...in figure 2 The following controls are found in the Input pane 1 Interface menu Identify Unit These controls found at the top of the Input Output and Mixer panes are identical to those found in the Maestro Control window described on page 2 2 Matrix The settings in these drop down menus define how software inputs are formatted in the routing grid Mono software inputs are formatted as Mono signal p...

Page 7: ...al path to route hardware inputs directly to hardware outputs For example it s possible to route Ensemble s 8 analog inputs to the optical output while routing the optical input to the 8 analog outputs This configuration is shown in the lower routing page example shown at right 2 Output This column displays the software outputs available for routing Software output names may be modified by clickin...

Page 8: ...routing mode is selected in the Interface menu the Out put pane is blank reflecting the fact that there are no signal paths from software outputs to AD16X outputs while it is set to Standard routing DA16X Standard Routing Likewise when a DA16X is selected the Input pane is blank there are no signal paths from DA16X inputs to software inputs while the interface is set to Standard routing AD16X Adva...

Page 9: ...uch shorter delay First the signal being recorded in this case a vocal mic is split just after the A D stage and routed to both the software app for recording and directly back to the hardware outputs without going through the latency inducing software app this creates a low latency path from mic to headphones But in order to overdub it s necessary to mix this direct path with tracks being played ...

Page 10: ...ndow Maestro Mixer Window 10 From Mac This stereo input channel provides level control metering and mute solo functions for the signal from the software application containing playback Match the software application s mixer output and the From Mac drop down menu selection In most cases the software mixer output and From Mac are both set to outputs 1 2 11 To Hardware This stereo output channel prov...

Page 11: ... item hides all other open applications Maestro Show All If Hide Others has been previously selected choosing this menu item reveals all open apps in the Finder Maestro Quit Maestro Choosing this menu item closes the Maestro program File File Open Choose this menu item to navigate to a previously saved Maestro configuration file and open it File Open Recent Choose this menu item to re open a recen...

Page 12: ...Maestro USER S GUIDE v1 3 September 2007 Text conceived and delivered by Roger Robindore Graphics and illustrations by Sean McArthur ...

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