User Manual

10
Saffire PRO 14 Architecture
Saffire PRO 14 offers more than just simple input and output routing to and from your computer. Saffire MixControl software
also allows you to re-route audio signals to any output, and to create custom mixes to be sent to your recording artists, outboard
processing equipment, or mixing console.
The following diagrams give an overview of the Saffire PRO 14 audio paths at all sample rates. The hardware inputs are routed
directly to the DAW inputs.
The table below the diagram shows the input routing configuration.
HARDWARE IN DAW IN
Analogue 1-4 1-4
S/PDIF 1-2 (RCA) 5-6
Loop back 1-2 7-8
The hardware features 6 inputs and 6 outputs, whereas the music software will display 8 inputs and 12 outputs.
The additional 2 inputs are in the form of Loop back 1-2; allowing the routing of any internal signal back into the DAW (see page 17).
The 12 DAW outputs can be sent to the mixer in Saffire MixControl, where they can be mixed and sent to the 6 hardware outputs (see
page 13).
DAW OUT
Saffire PRO 14
HARDWARE IN
1 2 3 4
Analog
S/PDIF
1 2
HARDWARE OUT
1 2 3 4
Analog
S/PDIF
1 2
8 IN
Loop back
12 OUT
6 IN
6 OUT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Saffire MixControl Music Software
ROUTER
DAW IN
MIXER
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12