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User's Guide Fireface UC © RME
Back to AN1/AN2. Now you can change all the faders of all inputs and playback channels just
as you like, thus making any input and playback signals audible via the outputs AN1/AN2. The
panorama can be changed too. Click into the area above the fader and drag the green bar in
order to set the panorama between left and right. The level meters of the third row display the
level changes in real-time.
Overall it is very easy to set up a submix for any output: select
output channel, set fader and pans of inputs and playbacks – ready!
For advanced users sometimes it makes sense to work without
Submix View. Example: you want to see and set up some channels
of different submixes simultaneously, without the need to change
between them all the time. Switch off the Submix View by a click on
the green button. Now the black routing fields below the faders no
longer show the same entry (AN1+2), but completely different ones.
The fader and pan position is the one of the individually shown rout-
ing destination.
In playback channel 1 (middle row), labelled Out 1, click onto the
routing field below the label. A list pops up, showing a checkmark in
front of 'AN 1+2' and 'Phones'. So currently playback channel 1 is
sent to these two routing destinations. Click onto 'AN 5+6'. The list
disappears, the routing field no longer shows 'AN1+2', but 'AN 5+6'.
Now move the fader with the mouse. As soon as the fader value is
unequal m.a., the present state is being stored and routing is acti-
vated. Move the fader button to around 0 dB. The present gain value
is displayed below the fader in green letters.
In the lower row, on channel 5, you can see the level of what you
are hearing from output 5. The level meter of the hardware output
shows the outgoing level. Click into the area above the fader and
drag the mouse in order to set the panorama, in this case the routing
between channels 5 and 6. The present pan value is also being
displayed below the fader.
Please carry out the same steps for Out 2 now, in order to route it to
output 6 as well.
In short: While editing the Submix AN5/AN6 you have direct access to other submixes on other
channels, because their routing fields are set to different destinations. And you get a direct view
of how their faders and panoramas are set up.
This kind of visual presentation is a mighty one, but for many users it is hard to under-
stand, and it requires a deep understanding of complex routing visualizations. Therefore
we usually recommend to work with Submix View.
Often signals are stereo, i. e. a pair of two channels. It is therefore helpful to be able to make
the routing settings for two channels at once. Hold down the Ctrl-key and click into the routing
field of Out 3. The routing list pops up with a checkmark at 'AN 3+4'. Select 'AN 5+6'. Now, Out
4 has already been set to 'AN 5+6' as well.
When you want to set the fader to exactly 0 dB, this can be difficult, depending on the mouse
configuration. Move the fader close to the 0 position and now press the Shift-key. This activates
the fine mode, which stretches the mouse movements by a factor of 8. In this mode, a gain
setting accurate to 0.1 dB is no problem at all.