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Configuring the Fantom-G for Live Audio

All of the setting-up you need to do for your incoming audio takes

place on the Input Setting screen. To get to this screen, hold down

SHIFT and press the MIX IN button.

The Input Setting Screen

If you don’t hear your audio while you’re on the Input Setting screen, click

the MIX IN indicator to light it. The main controls for the Input Setting screen

appear on its right, where you’ll find the following parameters.

Input Select

This parameter lets the Fantom-G know the rear-panel input(s) you want to

use. You can select:

DIGITAL IN—

• to use DIGITAL AUDIO (COAXIAL) inputs for digital audio

from an external instrument or playback device that has a stereo coaxial

output.

LINE IN L/R—

• to use the LINE IN L/MONO and R jacks.

LINE IN L—

• to use the LINE IN L/MONO jack.

MIC/GUITAR—

• to use the MIC/GUITAR input jack.

USB AUDIO—

• to use the USB COMPUTER jack for streaming audio from

a computer running a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), iTunes, or some

other audio program.

Setting Your Level

When you’re setting the level of live audio coming into the

Fantom-G, use the meters on this screen in conjunction with

the INPUT PEAK indicator above the MIX IN button. Together,

these two different ways of measuring your level provide a

great way to get your live audio sounding its best.

Send your audio into the Fantom-G and adjust its level so the signal is as

loud as possible without lighting the Input Setting screen meters’ CLIP

indicator, and so that the INPUT PEAK indicator lights only occasionally.

To adjust the level of incoming audio from the:

MIC/GUITAR input—

• use the LEVEL knob to the left (as viewed from the

back of the Fantom-G) of the MIC/GUITAR input jack.

LINE IN input(s)—

• use the LEVEL knob to the right (as viewed from the

back) of the LINE IN jacks.

Digital/USB Input Level

When the Input Select parameter is set to DIGITAL IN or USB AUDIO, this

parameter becomes active. Use the Input Setting screen’s meters, adjust

your input level as necessary. (The front-panel PEAK indicator is only for

analog audio, so you don’t use it for digital audio.)

Input Effect Switch

To activate the dedicated input effect processor, set this parameter to ON,

lighting up the INPUT EFFECT parameters at the left of the screen.