Apogee FireMix, User Manual

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FireMix

 – User’s Guide

The FireMix Application (continued)

FireMix front panel

1)  Input meters 1-8 – 

The first eight me-

ters display the level of inputs sourced 
from the Apogee host interface’s inputs 
1-8.

2)  Pan  – 

These software knobs pan input 

signals between the selected output 
pair. The mouse motion used to set 
the pan knob may be set in the FireMix 
preferences.

3)  Pan Value Indicator –

 These indica-

tors display the value of the pan knob 
setting, from – 64(full left) to 0 (center) 
to 64 (full right). 

4)  Input Faders 1-8 – 

These software 

controls set the gain level at which 
inputs are mixed to the output pair.

5)  Input Fader Value Indicator -

 These 

indicators display the input fader’s gain 
value, from –inf to (+) 6.02.

6)  Solo/Mute Buttons –

 These buttons 

offer useful monitoring functions com-
monly found on most mixers. When 
an input channel’s Mute button is 
engaged, that channel is muted and the input signal is no longer heard. When an input channel’s 
Solo button is engaged, the Mute buttons of all OTHER input channels are engaged, so that only 
the “Solo’ed” input channel is heard.

7)  DAW In (1-2,3-4,5-6,7-8) –

 these meters display the level of inputs sourced from outputs of the 

recording software used in conjunction with the X-Firewire-equipped Apogee interface. 

8)  DAW In Faders –

 Quite simply, there aren’t any! The  inputs sourced from recording software  

outputs are mixed at unity gain, i.e. if a fader was present, it would be set at 0.

9)  Stereo Output Faders – 

 These software controls set the output attenuation level.

10) Stereo Output Fader Value Indicators -

 These indicators display the stereo output fader’s at-

tenuation value, from –inf to 0.

11)  Clear Overs – 

This button clears the red OVER indicators 

12) Mixer Active –

 This box must be checked for the FireMix mixer to be active. Uncheck 

Mixer Ac-

tive

 to interrupt signal flow for troubleshooting purposes.

13) External Sync (Mac OS X only) – 

To set the connected Apogee host interface to external sync, 

check this box and select the desired external source on the host interface front panel. 

14) Output Selection

 - This drop-down menu selects the output pair “layer” to be displayed.

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