Global Menus
The following Control Panel features are available on all pages of the Control Panel:
Mixer Settings – The reset button returns the Control Panel settings to their default
values. These default values can be found in this manual’s section 14, “Default Mixer and
Output Configuration.”
The load, save and delete buttons will open a Windows or Mac file dialog box. To save
a set of Control Panel settings, click the save button. Then, from the “Save” dialog box,
name the setting and click OK. After you’ve saved a set of Control Panel settings,
clicking the load button will allow you to select and load your saved settings. To delete
saved settings, click the delete button and select the setting that you wish to delete.
Level Controller Assignment – This section allows you to choose which group of
mixer or output faders the front-panel “Level” controller is addressing. The level
controller assignment knob in the FireWire 1814 Control Panel is a software
representation of the hardware Level controller on the front panel, and will follow the
controller assignment made here. The controller can offer tactile control for the following:
• SW Return – sw rtn 1-4.
• Output – The levels of the FireWire 1814’s analog outputs. This is the default
selection, and is the best choice when you simply want to control the monitor levels
going to your speakers or sound system.
• Input – The monitor levels of the FireWire 1814’s analog and digital inputs (This will
not affect the actual recording level)
• Aux Send – The levels of the L and R virtual aux send busses.
When you first click on one of the group assignments listed above, the ctrl buttons for
that entire group assignment will activate. For example, if you select the “input” level
controller assignment, the ctrl buttons will become available and active for all of the
input channels on the mixer page.
You can modify this group assignment by clicking on an active ctrl button; this will
deselect the associated channel faders. Changes to the Level controller position (either
the front panel knob or the virtual knob in the Control Panel) will then affect only the
selected channel faders. The Control Panel will remember these modified assignments
when you click to another level controller assignment group, then click back to the
group with modified assignments.
NOTE that the headphones output is not selectable here, since the FireWire 1814 has its
own dedicated headphone level control on the front panel. You can also control the
headphone levels using the virtual faders on the output page.
Main Output – These two buttons provide immediate access to mute or dim the overall
output levels. Pressing the mute button (the button turns red) will cease audio output to
all of the FireWire 1814’s Line Outputs, ADAT Optical outputs, and the S/PDIF Out. This
is useful when you want to switch back and forth between monitoring with headphones
and monitoring with your speakers. Pressing the dim button (the button turns green) will
lower the listening level of the hardware outputs by 20dB. This is useful if, for example,
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