Navigating In Maestro - Apogee Symphony I/O User Manual

Navigating in Maestro

This section describes how to navigate the Maestro application, identify hardware
peripherals and locate settings.
Once all hardware connections are made and Audio Interface Mode has been set on
each hardware unit, launch Maestro software by double-clicking on the Apogee
Maestro icon found in your Mac's Applications folder.
Devices Sidebar
When navigating in Maestro for the first time, start at the Devices sidebar, on the left
hand side of the Maestro window. All the Apogee devices connected to your Mac are
displayed in Maestro's Devices sidebar, organized by the System (such as Symphony,
USB or Firewire) and the Apogee hardware peripherals that make up each system.
When a Symphony System is installed, the Symphony PCI cards appear in the sidebar
but aren't selectable. In the sidebar, click on a peripheral to display a row of settings
for that device in the Main area, under the Settings tabs. Shift-click or Option-click
Peripherals to display one row each for multiple hardware devices.
ID Button
To the left of each row of settings, a peripheral icon plus ID button appears. Clicking on
the ID button illuminates the front panel meters of the associated peripheral, making a
visual connection between the software settings row and the hardware unit. When
multiple rows are displayed, the ID button helps to clarify which settings belongs to
which unit.
Peripheral Prefix
By assigning a unique letter prefix to each peripheral (using the Peripheral Prefix drop
down in the Device Settings tab), peripheral labels throughout Maestro and in audio
software may be easily associated with the hardware unit. It's recommended to assign
prefixes to peripherals in the order A,B,C,D etc, but any letter may be assigned to any
peripheral.