MM
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-8802 User Manual
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Hardware vs. Software Devices
The MM-8802 is an integration of physical hardware and software. In software, the MM-8802 is represented by several
“devices” within the MediaMatrix
®
MWare
™
application. These devices include the Control Block, the Input Block and the
Output Block. For proper operation of this product, a thorough understanding of these devices is required.
There is a very basic relationship between the MM-8802 physical product and its accompanying software devices. Of these
three devices, one is the “control panel” for the hardware. There are no physical controls on the MM-8802 itself, so all functions
for it are accessible only from its software based control panel (except for legacy mode DIP switches, see page 19). This control
panel can be found under the Input/Output section of the Device Menu. The figure below illustrates the relationship between
the MM-8802 and its software control device.
The second half to this equation is the audio transport. The concept of audio I/O is an extremely important part of configuring
MediaMatrix systems. It is the “wire” that gets audio into, through and out of the system. Within MediaMatrix, this process is
represented by two I/O blocks with “nodes” on them. These represent the actual input and output points for the system. In the
figure below, you can see the two audio blocks. The one with the nodes on the right of the block is an audio “input” block. In
other words, audio from the outside of the system enters the DSP at these nodes. The one with the nodes on the left side of the
block is an audio “output”. It is at this point where digital audio exits the system. Each of these blocks also has its own control
panel. These control panels include level controls and mute buttons for the each audio channel in the digital domain.
Fig. 1, The MM-8802 control block components and the physical hardware.
Fig. 2, The digital audio transport devices and their control panels.
Input Side of
Audio Path
Digital Input
Control Panel
Digital Output
Control Panel
Output Side of
Audio Path
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