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Apollo 8 Hardware Manual Front Panel 20

(23) Monitor Level & Monitor State Indicator

Tip: The Monitor Level and Monitor State indications are reﬂected in the Monitor

column within the Console application.

Monitor Output Level Indicator

The relative signal level at the rear panel monitor outputs (and ALT monitor outputs, if

conﬁgured) is indicated by the illuminated ring surrounding the Monitor Level knob.

This indicator is after the Monitor Level control (post fader). It indicates relative levels

only and is not calibrated to speciﬁc dB values.

Monitor State Indicator

The color of the indicator ring indicates the current state of the monitor outputs:

Green (variable) – The main monitor outputs are active with variable level control

Green (ﬁxed at maximum) – MONITOR OUTPUT GAIN is set to BYPASS in the Hardware

panel within the Console Settings window

Red – The main monitor outputs (and ALT monitor outputs, if conﬁgured) are muted

Orange – The ALT 1 monitor outputs are active

Amber – The FCN switch is active and assigned ALT 2

Flashing – The monitor DIM and/or MONO functions are active

(24) Headphone Level Knobs 1 & 2

These knobs control the volume of Headphone Outputs 1 & 2 on the front panel. Each

headphone output has its own volume control.

(25) Headphone Outputs 1 & 2

These ¼” stereo TRS phone jacks are for connecting stereo headphones to Apollo 8.

Headphone outputs 1 & 2 are individually addressable.

By default, both headphone outputs mirror the monitor outputs. When mirroring the

monitor outputs, the headphone outputs are unaffected by Monitor Mute (#18), to facil-

itate recording/tracking with headphones while the monitor speakers are muted.

Unique mixes can be created for each headphone output using the CUE functions within

Console or by assigning mix buses from a DAW to the headphone outputs via the device

drivers.

(26) Power Switch

This switch applies power to Apollo 8. When the unit is powered on, the Universal Audio

logo (#16) is illuminated. The external power supply must be properly connected for this

switch to function.