User Manual

Apogee Element Series User’s Guide

Tool Bar

The Tool Bar is always visible at the top of the Primary window. It provides the ability to show/hide the System Sidebar, Device

Sidebar, Essentials window, Remote window and Hover-Help window. It also has buttons for Clear Meters, Talkback and Mute

All outputs.

1. System Sidebar Button

2. Device Sidebar Button

3. Essentials Button

4. Remote Button

5. Clear Meters Button

6. Talkback Button

7. Mute All Button

8. Hover Help Button

System Sidebar

Provides System-wide settings that apply to your recording system as a whole.

1. System Status Display - This displays the status of the connected hardware.

● Green - System is ready: Hardware is connected and recognized, and the digital

clock is locked to the Clock Source.

● Red - System not ready. Either the hardware is not connected, or the system is not

locked to the Clock Source.

2. Master Device - When two Element interfaces are connected, select one as the Master

Device. The Master Device acts as the clock master, is listed first in your DAW’s hardware

I/O assignment, and includes Output Format functionality on the Main outputs.

3. Clock Source - Selects the system clock source for Element. The following sources may

be selected:

● Internal: Element is clocked from its internal crystal

● Word Clock: Element is clocked from an external word clock signal connected to the

rear panel BNC input

● Optical: Element is clocked from a digital audio input.

4. Sample Rate - Selects Element’s sample rate. In some cases this setting may be

overridden by software running on the computer (i.e. When a DAW session project is

open).

5. Peak Hold - Sets the time that peak indications are held on the level meters.

6. Over Hold - Sets the time that over indicators are held on the level meters.

7. Talkback Source - Select the source of the Talkback Signal. If your Mac is equipped with a

Built-in Mic, select Built-in Mic as the source.

8. Talkback Destination - Set the Playback channel destination for the Talkback signal.

When using the low latency mixer, note that the Talkback signal is routed through the

selected Playback mixer channel.

9. Keyboard Volume - The audio system may be configured so that the Mac keyboard

volume controls set the output level of Element’s speaker or headphone outputs.