RME Audio Babyface Pro, User Manual

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50 User's Guide Babyface Pro © RME
21.5.1 View Options
The field
View Options
combines different functions of routing, the level meters and the mixer
view.
Routing Mode
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Submix:
The Submix view (default) is the preferred view and delivers the
quickest overview, operation and understanding of TotalMix. The click on
one of the Hardware Output channels selects the respective submix, all
other outputs are darkened. At the same time all routing fields are set to
this channel. With Submix view, it is very easy to generate a submix for
any output: select the output channel, adjust the fader and pans of first
and second row – finished.
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Free:
The Free view is for advanced users. It is used to edit several
submixes simultaneously, without the need to change between them.
Here one works with the routings fields of the input and playback
channels only, which then show different routing destinations.
Level Meters
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Post FX.
Switches all level meters before (pre) or after (post) the effects. Level changes by
these can be easily checked using this feature. Additionally the input signal can be checked
for overloads. It is recommended to use Post FX as default setting, as the extreme reduc-
tion of a signal by LC/EQ is very seldom. Also all the Over displays of all level meters oper-
ate both pre and post, efficiently preventing overloads going unnoticed.
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RMS.
The numerical level display in the channels displays peak or RMS.
Show
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FX.
Opens the window to set up the effects Reverb and Echo.
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Trim.
Activates all Trim buttons on all channels. TotalMix thus behaves like a conventional,
simple mixing desk. Each fader affects all active routings of the channel simultaneously, as
if the fader were a trim-pot in the hardware input.
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2 Row.
Switches the mixer view to 2 rows. Hardware Inputs and Software Playbacks are
placed side by side. This view saves a lot of space, especially in height.
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Names.
Display of the original names of channels when they had been renamed by the
user.