User Manual

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Pre-amp section
When connecting a microphone to the Saffire PRO 14, you must connect an XLR cable to the combo inputs on the front panel. When
connecting either line level signal or instrument signal to the combo inputs, you must select either ‘Line’ or ‘Inst’ from the preamp
section.
Additional Line level signals can be connected to inputs 3 and 4 on the rear of the unit. The pre-amp gain for inputs 3 and 4 can be
set to either Lo (low) or Hi (high) gain. The maximum input level before the signal will clip for each setting is as follows:
Low gain: 0dBFS = +16dBu
High gain: 0dBFS = -10dBV (~-6dBu)
Mixer section
The Saffire MixControl software includes a total of 6 mixes, each with a maximum of 18 channels in the mix. Up to 6 mono mixes or 3
stereo mixes, (or any combination of mono and stereo mixes) are available, making up a total of 6 mix channels.
The Mixer Section is used to create mixes for monitoring purposes. The mixes you create do not affect how the audio inputs
are routed to the DAW, nor does it affect the audio level of the recorded signal. What you set up in the mixer section of Saffire
MixControl only affects what is heard in the outputs of the mix.
The recording levels that are sent to the DAW are therefore only affected by the input gain settings on the Saffire PRO 14, not the
mixer.
The mixer section is useful for creating different simultaneous mixes. For example, you may wish to provide a headphone monitor
mix for the recording artist that is different to the mix heard in the monitor speakers.
For example, the artist needs to hear mainly the backing track, and a little of the recorded input signal. The engineer needs to hear
mainly the recording artist’s signal and a little of the backing track.
A separate mix can be created for both artist and engineer with the exact levels desired. Each independent mix is created on a
different mix tab.
Mixer tab
Each mix can be selected by clicking on the corresponding mixer tab.