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1. Expands and collapses the sidebar.
2. This is the Home tab, which provides
quick access to basic settings.
3. The Device tab provides basic
hardware settings, such as the
Sample Rate and Clock Source. See
"Device tab" on page 43.
4. The Input tab provides settings for
the 828's physical inputs, such as
gain levels for the line inputs. See
"Input tab" on page 45.
5. The Output tab provides settings for
the 828's physical outputs, such as
trim levels for the line outputs. See
"Output tab" on page 46.
6. The tabs give you access to the
Mix
on-board mixing and effects. The
828 is a capable 44 x 16 monitor
mixer. Each analog output pair gets
its own independent mix consisting
of all inputs, computer audio and
the reverb bus. See "Mix tabs" on
page 47.
7. The Mic/Line/Inst 1-2 panels give
you software control of the settings
for those two front panel inputs. You
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can turn on 48V phantom power if
you have a condenser mic connected
to the input, or engage the -20 dB
pad for line level signals. You can
also adjust the preamp gain here.
These are the same as the controls
on the front panel of the unit.
8. Control the unit's volume
Main Out
and Phones 1/2 volume here. These
are the same as the controls on the
front panel of the unit.
9. A/B Monitoring lets you connect two
sets of speakers and then check your
mixes on each pair by toggling
between your A speakers and B
speakers. These are the same
controls as on the front panel. See
See "A/B Mode" on page 38.
10. The Talkback section provides
controls for setting up and
controlling the 828's talkback
features. The Talk button here is the
same as the button on the front
panel of the unit. See See "Talkback"
on page 39.
11. The Input Monitoring section lets
you quickly patch the analog inputs
directly to the Main Outs 1-2 or
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Headphones 1/2. This is near-zero
latency monitoring because the
computer (USB) is not involved. To
hear an input on the Main Outs, click
its button in the top row; to hear it
on Headphone 1 or Headphone 2,
click its button in the appropriate
row.
If you use this hardware-based
monitoring, be sure to turn off the
input monitoring feature in your
host software. Otherwise, both the
828 and your host software will send
the input signal to the output and
the signal will be doubled, which
can cause phasing and/or cancella-
tion problems (bad sound). Consult
your software documentation for
details.
12. Here, Line Inputs 5-6 have been
routed to the main outs. More
specifically, by clicking these
buttons, their faders in the Main 1-2
Mix tab have been set to unity gain
and mute has been turned off (if it
was on). You can further adjust the
input's volume or other settings in
its channel strip in the Main 1-2 Mix
tab.
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13. Here, the Mic/Line/Inst 2 input has
been routed to Phones 2. However,
the button is gray because the Mic 2
channel fader has been lowered
(from unity gain) in the Phones 1-2
Mix tab. The gray color alerts you
that it is no longer being monitored
at full scale, or that other channel
settings may have been modified
(pan or mute).
14. If you have password-protected your
828 for security purposes while
operating the device on a network,
you can log out of the device to
prevent unauthorized access from
the computer on which you were
logged in. See "Discovery tab" on
page 55.
15. The Discovery tab lets you manage
access to connected devices and
devices on the network. See
"Discovery tab" on page 55. On iOS,
swipe from the left edge of your
screen to access the Discovery tab.
16. The AB here indicates that AB
monitoring is enabled for the Main
Mix. If a mix shows SOLO, it indicates
that there are soloed channels in the
mix.
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