User Manual

User's Guide Fireface UC © RME

A click on the tool symbol opens the channel’s Settings panel with differing elements. For ex-

ample the Option Inst exists only in input channel 2, and the ADAT channels do not offer the

phantom power option.

Stereo. Switches the channel to mono or stereo mode.

48V. Activates phantom power at the inputs 1/2. Serves as power supply

for high quality condenser mics. This option should stay off with other

sources to prevent failure by spikes.

Inst.

Activate the option Instrument to use inputs 3 and 4 with instruments.

The input impedance is raised to 470 kOhm, the input sensitivity

increases by 10 dB.

Pad.

Pad decrease the sensitivity of input channels 3 and 4 by 12 dB.

Gain. Sets the gain for analog inputs 1 to 4. The knob can be adjusted

by dragging the mouse or by the mouse wheel. This also works when

the mouse has been moved over the two gain displays. Then the gain

can be changed separately for left and right channel, even when the

channel is in stereo mode.

Width. Setting the stereo width. 1.00 equals full stereo, 0.00 mono, -1.00 swapped channels.

MS Proc. Activates M/S processing within the stereo channel. Monaural information is sent to

the left channel, stereo information to the right.

Phase L. Inverts the phase of the left channel by 180°.

Phase R. Inverts the phase of the right channel by 180°.

Note

: the functions Width, MS Proc, Phase L and Phase R affect all routings of the respective

channel.

Besides Stereo/Mono, Phase L und Phase R the settings of the Hard-

ware Outputs have one more option:

Loopback. Sends the output data to the driver as record data. The cor-

responding submix can be recorded then. This channel’s hardware input

sends its data only to TotalMix, no longer to the recording software.

Another difference to the input and playback channels is the Cue button

instead of Solo. A click on Cue sends the respective Hardware Output’s

audio to the Main Out. With this any hardware output can be controlled

and listened to through the monitoring output very conveniently. Using

the option Assign / Cue to in the Control Room section, Cue can also be

used with any of the Phones outputs.