Working with Your Symphony I/O System
This chapter describes the steps to accomplish several workflows commonly
encountered in the modern digital production environment, using Symphony I/O and
Apogee Maestro software. Many settings are duplicated on Symphony I/O’s front panel,
in Maestro software, and even on your Mac itself, thus providing the flexibility to
discover the working method that suits you best.
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Setting Speaker and Headphone Output Levels
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Using Soft Limit
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Working with Front Panel and Maestro Meters
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Working with VBus
Setting Speaker and Headphone Output Levels
Between the front panel encoders, level controls in Maestro, and Mac hardware and
software level controls, there are several ways to control speaker and headphone
output levels.
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Front Panel Encoders
By default, the front panel OLED Display presents the necessary controls to select an
output and set its audio level.
Once Symphony I/O has completed its power-up sequence, turn the left hand encoder
to select the speaker outputs, headphone output 1 or headphone output 2.
Turn the right hand encoder to set the audio level. The audio level is expressed in dBs
of attenuation from full level, i.e “-20 dB”.
Mute the speaker and headphone outputs simultaneously by pressing the right hand
encoder.
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Maestro Level Controls
Speaker and headphone output level controls of each peripheral may be controlled
from knobs in the Output tab window.
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