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The Monitor page is where signals are routed, levels and pan settings are established, and meters can be viewed for all channels on the
Hilo. It is visible whenever the “Monitor” button is green in the Navigation Bar. The section on the right, with the Play and Record
devices, is only visible when the LSLOT button is green.
The upper row of faders are for the inputs. These are the physical inputs, Line In and Digital In, on the left, and Play streams from the
computer on the right (again, only visible when “LSlot” is selected from the Navigation Bar). In 8-chanel mode, Play Devices 1-8 will
appear here, and in 16-channel mode, Play 1-16 will appear, always grouped in stereo pairs. When a valid ADAT lightpipe source is
connected to the Hilo ADAT Input, then the ADAT input channels will appear between the physical inputs and play devices, like this:
The purpose of this pane is to show input signal meter activity, allow assignment of physical inputs to record devices within the
operating system, and manage the levels, routing, and pan positions of input signals being monitored through Hilo outputs.
The bottom row of the monitor page reveals the physical outputs, Line Out, Monitor Out, Phones Out, and the Digital Outputs. To the
right, if the “LSLOT” button is green in the Navigation Bar, the Play streams from the computer will appear. Like with the Play
Devices, in 8-chanel mode Record Devices 1-8 will appear here, and in 16-channel mode, Record 1-16 will appear. If the Optical Out
Mode on the Adapter page is set to “ADAT”, then the ADAT Outputs will appear between the physical outputs and the play streams,
like this:
The Monitor Out and Phones channel strips have an additional button, just like in the Hilo’s Output Mix Routing page (see
section
3.4.8: Output Mix Routing Page
). For these two outputs you can control both the Digital output level and the Analog output level.
Clicking the button beneath the fader will toggle between Analog and Digital level controls.
Analog Output Level – This is your primary monitoring level control. Analog Monitoring is generally preferred for critical listening,
as it has no effect on the depth resolution on the material being attenuated. Thus, analog is the default selection here.
Digital Output Level – For most critical listening contexts, the digital volumes are best left in their default position, with zero
attenuation. However, since Hilo offers you the option of routing several inputs to these outputs, it is possible to overload the digital
output and cause distortion. When this is the case, use the Digital Output control to lower the level feeding the D/A converter. Once
the digital overload has been lessened, you can set the listening volume with the Analog level control.
