Tour De Totalmix - RME Audio Hammerfall HDSP 9632 User Manual

15.2 Tour de TotalMix

In the following chapters we will explain all functions of the mixer surface step by step. Starting
up TotalMix, the last settings are recalled automatically. When executing the application for the
first time, a default file is loaded, sending all playback tracks 1:1 to the corresponding hardware
outputs with 0 dB gain. The faders in the upper row are set to maximum attenuation (called
m.a. in the following), so there is no monitoring of the input channels.
We will now create a small submix for the analog output. Please start a multitrack playback and
connect a headphone to the phones output. In playback channel 1 (labeled 'Out 1'), click onto
the routing window below the label. A list pops up, showing a checkmark in front of 'A1 1+2'
(ADAT channel 1+2). Click onto 'AN 1+2'. The list disappears, the routing window no longer
shows 'A1 1+2', but 'AN 1+2'. Now move the fader with the mouse. As soon as the fader value
is unequal m.a., the present state is being stored and routing is activated. Move the fader
button to around 0 dB. The present gain value is displayed below the fader in green letters.
In the lower row, on channels 11/12 (AN 1 and 2), you can also see
the level of what you are hearing. The level meter of the hardware
output shows the outgoing level. Click into the area above the fader
and drag the mouse in order to set the panorama of Out 1, in this
case the routing between channels 11 and 12. The present pan
value is also being displayed below the fader.
Please carry out the same steps for 'Out 2' now, in order to route it to
the analog output as well.
Often signals are stereo, i. e. a pair of two channels. It is therefore
helpful to be able to make the routing settings for two channels at
once. Press the Ctrl-key and click into the routing window of 'Out 3'
with the key pressed. The routing list pops up with a checkmark at 'A
3+4'. Click onto 'SPDIF'. Now, channel 4 has already been set to
'SPDIF' as well.
When you want to set the fader to exactly 0 dB, this can be difficult,
depending on the mouse configuration. Press and hold Ctrl, then
click on any place of the fader area. The fader jumps to 0 dB. In the
hardware output row, the fader will jump to –6 dB.
Please set 'Out 4' to a gain of around -20 dB and the pan close to
center. Now click onto the routing window. You'll now see two
checkmarks, one at 'A 3+4', the other one at 'AN 1+2'. Click onto
'SPDIF'. The window disappears, fader and panpot jump to their
initial values, the signal can now be routed to the SPDIF output. You
can continue, until all entries have got a checkmark, i. e. you can
send the signal to all outputs simultaneously.
You will certainly have noticed that the mix has not changed, while
you were routing the channel to other outputs and setting different gain values. With all
analogue and most digital mixing desks, the fader setting would affect the level for every
routed bus - not so for TotalMix. TotalMix allows for setting all fader values individually.
Therefore the faders and the panpots jump to the appropriate setting as soon as another
routing is chosen.
The checkmarks are un-checked by moving the fader to m.a. This setting deactivates the
routing...why route if there is no level? Click onto 'AN 3+4' in the routing window, pull the fader
down, open the routing window again - the checkmark is gone.
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