User’s Guide HDSP System Digiface
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Using the hotkeys I, O and P the complete row each of Input, Playback and Output channels
can be toggled between visible and invisible. Hotkey S switches Submix view on/off. Those
four hotkeys have the same functionality as the buttons in the View section of the Quick Access
Panel. The Level Meter Setup dialog can be opened by pressing the key L.
Further hotkeys are available to control the configuration of the Level Meter (see chapter 14.8):
Key 4 or 6: Display range 40 or 60 dB
Key E or R: Numerical display showing Peak or RMS
Key 0 or 3: RMS display absolute or relative to 0 dBFS
14.6 The Quick Access Panel
This section includes additional options, further improving the handling of TotalMix. The Master
button for Mute and Solo has already been described, they allow for group-based working with
these functions.
In the
View
section the single rows can be made visible or invisible. If the inputs are not
needed for a pristine playback mix, the whole upper row falls out of the picture after a click on
the input button. If the hardware outputs don't interest you either, the surface can thus be
reduced to the playback channels to save space. All combinations are possible.
Submix sets all routing windows to the same selection as described before. Deactivating
Submix automatically recalls the previous view.
The mixer can also be made smaller horizontally, and, scrolled. TotalMix can be made
substantially smaller and space-saving on the desktop/screen, if you have to have to monitor or
set only a few channels or level meters.
The
Presets
are one of the mightiest and most useful features of TotalMix.
Behind the eight buttons, eight files are hidden (see next chapter). These contain
the complete mixer state. Just try it: all faders and other settings follow the
changing of preset(s) in real-time, just by a single mouse click. The Save button
allows for storing the present settings in the present preset. You can change
back and forth between a signal distribution, complete input monitoring, a stereo
and mono mix, and various submixes without any problem.
Also here, RME's love for details can be seen. If any parameter is being altered
after loading a preset (e. g. moving a fader), the preset display flashes in order
to announce that something was changed, still showing, which state the present
mix is based on.
If no preset button is lit, another preset had been loaded via the File menu and
'Open file'. Mixer settings can of course be saved the usual way, and with long
file names.
Up to three Hammerfall DSP systems can be used simultaneously. The
Card
buttons switch
between the systems. Systems, because card 1 can be a Digiface, but card 2 can also be a
Multiface.
The number of ADAT channels is reduced to half automatically when chosing double speed
operation (88.2 or 96 kHz). The display is adjusted accordingly, but the fader settings remain
stored.
