Using The Level Controller Assignments - M-Audio Firewire 410 User Manual

2. In the FireWire 410 Mixer, add level to the AUX L and AUX R controls to create the headphone mix. Whichever channels are playing back
into the Mixer, whether they're SW RTNS, ANALOG IN or SPDIF IN, assign an appropriate aux send level to this alternate mix.
That's about it! You can make changes to the fader levels for a control room mix, and at the same time adjust the AUX SEND levels to meet
the artist's desires. Everyone's happy, a great recording is made, everyone becomes famous and lives happily ever after.

Using the Level Controller Assignments

The LEVEL CONTROLLER on the FireWire 410's front panel is a software rotary encoder, and its function is completely assignable from the
FireWire 410 control panel. When the control panel is first installed, the default setting for the LEVEL CONTROLLER is to control the Outputs—
perfect for most of your monitoring needs, either for stereo or surround sound listening. So perfect, in fact, that you may never need to
change this setting.
However, if you are an advanced user, you may find an advantage in modifying the LEVEL CONTROLLER assignment or making custom
settings. A likely scenario for an alternate LEVEL CONTROLLER assignment would be to use it to control the input monitor levels when you are
direct monitoring the FireWire 410 inputs (see section, Other Direct Monitoring). We'll explore that use here, which might give you some ideas
for other ways that you can use the Level Controller assignments.
1. In the right panel of the FireWire 410 control panel, click "input" as your Level Controller assignment.
2. Click the MIXER tab. On the MIXER page, you should see the CTLR buttons on the ANALOG IN and SPDIF IN channels. You're most likely just
recording with the analog inputs, so click on the CTRL button on the SPDIF IN channel to deselect those faders from the LEVEL CONTROLLER
assignments. Then, the LEVEL CONTROLLER will ONLY control the analog in channels.
Now, you can keep your audio software open while recording, and avoid having to switch back and forth between your audio software and
the FireWire 410 control panel to tweak your monitor levels for the inputs that you are recording.
NOTE: Whenever you click on a "new" LEVEL CONTROLLER assignment group, all of the possible CTRL buttons will become active. You can
make changes by clicking on particular CTRL buttons to deselect that channel and disassociate it from the LEVEL CONTROLLER assignment
group. The control panel will then remember those modifications if you should click to another assignment group, then click back to the
previously modified group.
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