the level and the pan setting on SW RTN 7 to the ANALOG IN channel 1. Also,
match the level of the AUX L controls for both of those channels.
This way, when you play back a track that youve just recorded, youll hear it in
exactly the same way as you did while recording. This is very useful for both the
artist and the producer, and is generally better for judging the performance than
having to shift your perception to listening to the track without an effect or with a
different effect (such as one provided by a software plug-in).
NOTE: If your effects unit does not have a S/PDIF input as well as
output, you may substitute the FireWire 410 LINE OUT 7/8 for the S/PDIF
output in this example. In that case, you will have to set the sync
source selection in the control panels HARDWARE page set to
external. The FireWire 410 will have to slave to the clock signal that
the effects unit is sending, while that effect unit may be limited in the
number of possible sampling rates.
Using the Aux Send as a Separate Monitor Mix
The AUX SEND can also be used to create an alternate monitor mix that is sent to
a headphone amplifier. Sometimes the artist wants to hear a different mix than
the recording engineer, perhaps one with louder rhythm tracks or a quieter piano
trackwhatever they need to inspire their performance.
1. In the FireWire 410s OUTPUT page, choose either the 7/8 OUT or the SPDIF OUT
for your send to the headphone amp. Click that channels MAIN/AUX SWITCH so
that it displays AUX. Connect that output to your headphone amp, and plug in
headphones to monitor with.
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
theyre SW RTNS, ANALOG IN or SPDIF IN, assign an appropriate aux send level to
this alternate mix.
Thats 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 artists desires.
Everyones 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 410s 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
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