User guide

Chapter 5: Using the Driver Control Panel 35
Direct Routes
A direct route means that the chosen signal is
passed directly to the hardware output pair. For ex-
ample, if the source for output pair 1–2 were
“Hardware Inputs 1–2,” then the signal coming
into hardware inputs 1–2 of the Mbox Pro would
be fed directly to hardware outputs 1–2. Similarly,
if the source were “Software Returns 1–2,” the sig-
nal fed from an audio host software returns 1–2
would be fed directly to hardware outputs 1–2.
Notes:
• The source of the currently selected tab is dis-
played below the output pair select view. See
“Output Setup” on page 30.
• For Stereo Mix sources, a traditional mixer view
is displayed.
• For direct route sources, a view with meters is
displayed, and the input source and output desti-
nation are highlighted.
• You can drag and drop the tabs to reorder them if
you want.
Notes on output pairs that are designated as
control room outputs:
• If an output pair is a designated control room
output (see “Control Room Assignment” on
page 31), a speaker icon will appear in the upper
right corner of the tab. Click the speaker icon, or
double click the tab, to make the associated out-
put pair the active control room speaker pair.
• Control room output pairs must have stereo
mixes as their source. This is enforced automat-
ically by the software.
• In most cases, you will want to use the same ste-
reo mixer (for example, Stereo Mix 1) for all
designated control room output pairs. This is not
enforced by the software, because there are
cases in which varying sources for control room
output pairs would be desirable.
Pan
The Pan knobs control the position of a channel’s
audio signal in the stereo image of the stereo mix
(double-click the knob to return pan to center).
Solo
Each Solo button lets audio be monitored for the
channel of which it is a part, while simultaneously
muting all other Hardware Input channels and
Software Returns (except for those that also have
their Solo buttons activated).
Mute
The Mute buttons are used to individually turn off
audio monitoring for each channel in the stereo
mix.
Channel Faders
The Channel Faders control the monitoring vol-
ume level of each channel in the stereo mix.
Channel Labels
By default, the Channel Labels show the input
name of each channel (1–8), except for the Master
fader pair (which is labeled L/R by default).
Clicking on a Channel Label gives you a cursor, al-
lowing you to type in your own custom channel
name (such as “guitar,” “vocals,” etc.).
The Channel Labels also display the signal level
(in dB) while a fader is being adjusted.