User Manual

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6 Front Panel Controls
The Aurora
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is designed to give the user operational flexibility: It can be easily and conveniently controlled
from the computer, but also from the front panel. In fact, with the micro-SD card option, you could even record
or play audio directly with the Aurora
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even if there is no computer connected. In this section we will explore
the navigation of the front panel, and what your options are.
First let’s look at the elements involved:
 Power Switch: Turns unit ON and OFF
 Record: This button initiates recording to the microSD card. Which channels will be recorded is managed
from the SD Record Setup page from, the Functions menu. Before recording, a session should be created or
selected from the Sessions page.
 Play: This button initiates playback from the microSD card. The Take that will play back is controlled
from the Sessions > Take page.
 Up/Down: These buttons will illuminate when active. When green in color, the Up/Down buttons are used
moving to the next or previous take. Pressing Down during playback will return the file to the beginning.
When cyan in color, the Up/Down buttons are used for navigation in the Date and Time, and Sessions > Edit
and Meter Select pages.
 Main Display: This display will show meters, status information, menu items and settings.
 Function: This button switches from the meter page to the Function menu, and is also used for navigation
between groups of items within each menu.
 Select: This button is used for selection of highlighted elements on menu pages. It is the same as pressing
in the rotary encoder in most contexts. It also allows selection of the Meter Select page from the Horizontal
Meters page.
 Phones Source: This button allows selection of which stereo source will be sent to the phone outputs.
Once pressed the button will turn yellow to indicate the Phone Source page is active.
 Meters/Exit: This button exits any of the Function or Phones Source pages and moves between the meters
pages. On the Functions page, if you are two levels deep, it will return you to the previous page that was
displayed.
 Rotary Encoder: This knob can be used for navigation and item selection from any of the Aurora menus.
In most cases, pressing in the knob has the same result as pressing the Select button.
 PHONES 1 and PHONES 2: Headphone outputs with volume control. Both outputs carry the same
signals, operating in parallel.
 microSD card slot: For direct recording and playback. microSD-XC cards up to 2TB in capacity are
supported.
Now let’s take a deeper look at the Aurora
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front panel controls and menu items. First, some notes about
Navigation:
• The Aurora will dim buttons that are not applicable to the context you are in. For instance, if the up and
down buttons do not have a role on the page that appears, then those buttons will dim out.
• The Up and Down buttons switch between different takes in the active session. They also can be used for
navigation. When these buttons are green they are for Take selection. When they are cyan they are for
navigation. When they are dim they are not active for the current state.
• Within a menu, moving from item to item can be done by pressing the Function button, or using the
rotary encoder.