Presonus Audio electronic 26x26 FireWire Recording System - Manual (Page 15)

3 Control Console
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3.1 Control Console -Overview
Please install the FIRESTUDIO drivers and open the FIRESTUDIO Control Console
before continuing through this section of the manual. A hands-on approach is very
helpful in learning all of the features the Control Console has to offer.
The Control Console has two main tabs, found at the top left of the window, ‘Mixer’
and ‘Outputs/Router’. Click on either tab to access the Mixer or Matrix Router.
Depending on your situation you may not need to use the Mixer or Matrix Router,
however, knowing how to use this software can greatly enhance your studio’s efficiency
and ease of use. Here’s a short list of what this software allows you to do:
• Create multiple monitor mixes of all inputs and playback streams (ie; not
everyone in the band has to hear everything equally).
• Send analog inputs to digital outputs, and vice versa. (ie; the FIRESTUDIO
can function as a standalone AD/DA with zero latency)
• Create sends and returns for any input to incorporate external processors with
zero latency.
• Give every input its own hardware output for incorporation into a larger studio
console or other recorder.
• Send mixes out of several types of outputs simultaneously (TRS, ADAT,
SPDIF) to different devices for monitoring comparisons.
Note that ADAT channels 9-16 are not currently available in the FireStudio in the
Control Console. You cannot mix our route these channels with the FireStudio
Control Console. These channels may be monitored via your DAW software.