User’s Guide Hammerfall DSP MADI
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15.2 Tour de TotalMix
In the following chapters we will explain all functions of the mixer surface step by step. Starting
up TotalMix, the last settings are recalled automatically. When executing the application for the
first time, a default file is loaded, sending all playback tracks 1:1 to the corresponding hardware
outputs with 0 dB gain. The faders in the upper row are set to maximum attenuation (called
m.a. in the following), so there is no monitoring of the input channels.
We will now create a submix on outputs 63/64 (headphones). Please start
a multitrack playback and connect a headphone to the card. In playback
channel 1 (labeled 'Out 1'), click onto the routing window below the label. A
list pops up, showing a checkmark in front of '1+2'. Click onto '63/64'. The
list disappears, the routing window no longer shows '1+2', but '63/64'. Now
move the fader with the mouse. As soon as the fader value is unequal
m.a., the present state is being stored and routing is activated. Move the
fader button to around 0 dB. The present gain value is displayed below the
fader in green letters. In the lower row, on channels 63 and 64, you can
also see the level of what you are hearing. The level meter of the hardware
output shows the outgoing level. Click into the area above the fader and
drag the mouse in order to set the panorama, in this case the routing
between channels 63 and 64. The present pan value is also being
displayed below the fader.
Please carry out the same steps for 'Out 2' now, in order to route it to
outputs 63/64 as well.
Often signals are stereo, i. e. a pair of two channels. It is therefore helpful
to be able to make the routing settings for two channels at once. Press the
Ctrl-key and click into the routing window of 'Out 3' with the key pressed.
The routing list pops up with a checkmark at '3+4'. Click onto '63/64'. Now,
channel 4 has already been set to '63/64' as well.
When you want to set the fader to exactly 0 dB, this can be difficult,
depending on the mouse configuration. Move the fader close to the 0
position and now press the Shift-key. This activates the fine-mode, which
stretches the mouse movements by a factor of 8. In this mode, a gain
setting accurate to 0.1 dB is no problem at all.
Please set 'Out 4' to a gain of around -20 dB and the pan close to center.
Now click onto the routing window. You'll now see two checkmarks, one at
'3+4', the other one at '63/64'. Click onto '61/62'. The window disappears,
fader and panpot jump to their initial values, the signal can now be routed
to these channels. You can continue, until all entries have got a
checkmark, i. e. you can send the signal to all outputs simultaneously.
You will certainly have noticed that the mix has not changed, while you
were routing the channel to other outputs and setting different gain values.
With all analog and most digital mixing desks, the fader setting would
affect the level for every routed bus - not so for TotalMix. TotalMix allows
for setting all fader values individually. Therefore the faders and the
panpots jump to the appropriate setting as soon as another routing is
chosen.
The checkmarks are un-checked by moving the fader to m.a. This setting
deactivates the routing...why route if there is no level? Click onto '63/64' in
the routing window, pull the fader down, open the routing window again -
the checkmark is gone.
