•
Output
– The levels of the FireWire Audiophile’s four analog and stereo digital
outputs. This is the default selection, and is the best choice when you simply want to
control the monitor levels going to your speakers or sound system.
•
Input
– The levels of the FireWire Audiophile’s two analog and stereo digital inputs
•
Aux Send
– The levels of the
L
and
R
virtual
aux send
buses.
When you first click on one of the group assignments listed above, the
ctrl
buttons for
that entire group assignment will activate. For example, if you select
spdif
the
ctrl
button
will appear over the
spdif
faders in the output channel.
This group assignment can be modified by clicking on an active
ctrl
button, which will
deselect the associated channel faders. Changes to the
Level Controller
position will
then affect only the selected channel faders. The control panel will remember these
modified assignments when you click to another
Level Controller
assignment group,
then click back to the group with modified assignments.
Note that the headphones output is not selectable here, since the FireWire Audiophile
has its own dedicated headphone level control on the front panel.
Main Output –
These two buttons provide immediate access to
mute
or
dim
the overall
monitor output levels. Pressing the
mute
button (the button turns red) will cease audio
output to all of the FireWire Audiophile’s line outputs and the S/PDIF out. This is useful
when you want to switch back and forth between monitoring with headphones and
monitoring with your speakers. Pressing the
dim
button (the button turns green) will
lower the listening level of the hardware outputs by 20dB. This is useful if, for example,
you want to have a quick conversation without losing the groove, then return to your
previous listening level.
Multiple Units
– The control panel also shows a “Unit 1” designation. Future updates of
the FireWire Audiophile software drivers will allow you to chain multiple units together for
increased I/O. Clicking on a unit icon will activate the control panel for that particular unit,
displaying its control panel settings.
Presently only a single FireWire Audiophile is supported. We suggest you check the M-
Audio website for information on FireWire Audiophile driver updates.
