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Amber i1
3. Windows Control Panel
This chapter describes the Amber i1 Control Panel and its functions under Windows. To open the
control panel double click on the orange ESI icon in the task notification area. The following dialog
will appear:
The File menu provides an option called Always on Top that makes sure the Control Panel stays
visible even when working in other software and you can launch the Windows Audio Settings there.
The Config menu allows you to load the Factory Defaults for the panel and driver parameters and
you can select the Sample rate there as well (as long as no audio is being played back or recorded).
As Amber i1 is a digital audio interface, all applications and audio data will be processed with the
same sample rate at a given time. The hardware natively supports rates between 44.1 kHz and 192
kHz.
The Help > About entry shows current version information.
The main dialog has two sections:
INPUT
This section allows you to select the input source used for recording: LINE (= line input on the
backside), MIC (= microphone input), HI-Z (= guitar / instrument input) or MIC/HI-Z (= microphone
input on left channel and guitar / instrument input on right channel). Next to it the input level is shown
as a level meter. The 48V switch next to MIC allows you to enable the phantom power for the
microphone input.
OUTPUT
This section contains volume control sliders and signal level meters for the two playback channels.
Under it there is button that allows you to MUTE playback and there are playback level values
displayed for each channel in dB.
To control both left and right channels simultaneously (stereo), you need to move the mouse pointer
in the middle between the two faders. Click directly on each fader to change channels independently.
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