M-AUDIO 1010LT - Manual (Page 21)

MASTER VOLUME: At the left side of the Monitor Mixer page, you will see the ‘Master
Volume’ faders and peak meters. These faders have the longest ‘throw’ and highest meter
resolution of any level controls in the mixer page. They control the overall stereo level of
the mixer output. The peak meters indicate the output signal levels with respect to full-scale
and are directly affected by the settings of the master volume faders.
MIXER INPUTS: The ‘Mixer Inputs’ are inputs to the monitor mixer. These inputs accept
hardware audio streams (directly from the Delta’s analog and digital input ports) and
software audio streams (digital audio generated in software to be output). This combination
of streams makes the monitor mixer extremely flexible. Each mixer input channel has its
own level fader and may be panned anywhere in the left/right stereo field. Each input also
has its own peak meter. The peak meters indicate the incoming "pre-fader" levels of the
incoming audio and are therefore not affected by the fader settings. However, the input
faders do affect the levels of the signals exiting the mixer and you will see the affect of the
input faders on the output "Master Volume" peak meters.
Because of the large number of mixer inputs, not all inputs are displayed simultaneously.
You may use the scroll bar at the bottom of the Delta Control Panel to scroll the view left
or right. On the PC, from far left to right the inputs are labeled "WavOut 1/2” through
“WavOut 7/8," then "WavOut S/PDIF." These inputs accept the digital audio streams being
sent from your software application (or Windows) to the driver devices with those same
names. Each name begins with "WavOut" to remind you that these are software streams
and may not necessarily be routed to any physical outputs (see Patchbay/Router Page).
Further to the right are more channels, labeled "H/W In S/PDIF" and "H/W In 1/2 through
7/8." These mixer inputs are audio streams from the physical Delta 1010LT hardware
inputs, hence the "H/W" at the front of each label.
PAN: Each mixer input may be individually panned anywhere in the stereo output mix. A
pan control is positioned directly under each input channel peak meter and has the
appearance of a small vertical pointer. To make a coarse adjustment, click on the pan control
with your mouse and drag it to the desired position. For finer adjustment (in 1% increments),
you may click on the pan control to make it active, and then use the left/right or up/down
cursor keys on your computer keyboard. Either way, while the pan setting is being adjusted,
its value will appear numerically in the Master Volume’s status box (below the Master
Volume Stereo Gang control) as a percentage from left pan to right pan: -100% represents
far left, +100% represents far right, and 0% represents the center.
SOLO: Each mixer input channel has a "Solo" checkbox associated with it. Clicking on and
activating a Solo box will solo the selected channel by essentially muting all other signals.
When more than one channel has Solo selected, all solo channels will be summed to the
solo ‘buss’ (path), which is what one might consider an ‘in place’ solo as opposed to a PFL,
or pre-fader listen (levels and pans still apply). Deactivating all solo boxes will return all
input channels to their previous mute/unmute states.
MUTE: Every mixer input channel has a "Mute" checkbox associated with it. Clicking on
and activating the Mute box will remove that signal from the stereo buss. Deactivating the
Mute box will add the signal back into the stereo buss.
STEREO GANG: All input channel pairs have a "Stereo Gang" capability. Clicking on and
activating the Stereo Gang checkbox will link (or "gang") the left/right faders so that both
channels may be adjusted together as a stereo pair.
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