Owner`s manual

Console – Mac OS 8/9, Mia and MiaMIDI
The Mac OS 8/9 Console – Mia and MiaMIDI
A “virtual control surface” application called the Console is included with
the Mac driver. The Console allows you to control the audio I/O and
clocking functions of your Echo hardware, and it brings these controls to a
single easy-to-use location. From the console you can control the output
levels, select synchronization clocks, select the digital mode, and adjust
input monitoring.
Running the console
Once you have run the installer, you will find the console in a folder called
“Echo” on your hard drive. Double-click on the icon labeled “Echo24
Console”.
The console window
The basic metaphor for the console interface is a digital mixing board. It
works in terms of output busses. An output bus is a stereo pair of outputs on
your hardware; for example, analog outputs 1 and 2. The console window
allows you to 1) select an output bus and 2) control what is mixed and sent
to that output bus.
The following may be mixed to an output bus:
 Any analog input
 Any digital input
 Any virtual output
Mia/MiaMIDI’s most unique feature is the virtual outputs – audio software
is presented with eight separate outputs. Using the console, you can
configure Mia/MiaMIDI’s on-board digital mixer to mix those eight outputs
to any of the analog or digital outputs in any combination. You therefore
have eight virtual outputs that are mixed down to the four physical outputs.
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Console – Mac OS 8/9, Mia and MiaMIDI