RME HDSPe MADI [44/72] Submix view

User's Guide HDSPe MADI © RME

You will certainly have noticed that the signal at the outputs 7/8 did not change while you were

routing channel 4 to other outputs and setting different gain values for those. With all analog

and most digital mixing desks, the fader setting would affect the level for every routed bus - not

so for TotalMix. TotalMix allows for setting all fader values individually. Therefore the faders and

the panpots jump to the appropriate setting as soon as another routing is chosen.

Sometimes you will want the routings not to be independent. Let's say you have sent a signal to

several submixes, and now want to change the signal's volume a bit on all these submixes.

Dragging the faders by use of the right mouse button activates Post Send mode and causes all

routings of the current input or playback channel to be changed in a relative way. Please note

that the fader settings of all routings are memorized. So when pulling the fader to the bottom

(maximum attenuation), the individual settings are back when you right click the mouse and pull

the fader up. The individual settings get lost in m.a. position as soon as the fader is clicked with

the left mouse button. As long as no single level is at m.a. position, the left mouse button can be

used to change the current routing's gain.

The checkmarks are un-checked by moving the fader to m.a. This setting deactivates the rout-

ing...why route if there is no level? Click onto '7+8' in the routing window, pull the fader down,

open the routing window again - the checkmark is gone.

The number of channels is reduced automatically when entering Double Speed mode (96 kHz).

The display is adjusted accordingly, and all fader settings remain stored. The same is true for

Quad Speed operation (192 kHz) with 16 channels.

25.5 Submix View

Such a wide range of possibilities make it difficult to maintain the overview. Because as shown

practically all hardware outputs can be used for different Submixes, (up to 32 completely inde-

pendent stereo submixes, 16 4-channel submixes etc.). And when opening the routing windows

you might see an army of checkmarks, but you don't get an overview, i.e. how the signals come

together and where. This problem is solved by Submix View mode. In this mode, all routing

fields jump to the routing pair just being selected. You can then see immediately, which chan-

nels, which fader and pan settings make a submix (for example '1+2'). At the same time the

Submix View simplifies setting up the mixer, as all channels can be set simultaneously to the

same routing destination with just one click.

Changing to a different destination (output channel) is done in any routing field, or by a click on

the desired output pair in the bottom row.

25.6 Mute und Solo

Mute operates pre-fader, thus mutes all currently active routings of the channel. As soon as any

Mute button is pressed, the Mute Master button lights up in the Quick Access area. With this all

selected mutes can be switched off and on again. You can comfortably make mute-groups or

activate and deactivate several Mutes simultaneously.

The same holds true for the Solo and the Solo Master buttons. As with conventional mixing

desks, Solo operates only for the output defined as Monitor Main, as a solo-in-place, post

fader. As soon as one Solo button is pressed, the Solo Master button lights up in the Quick

Access area. With this all selected Solos can be switched off and on again. You can comforta-

bly make solo-groups or activate and deactivate several Solos simultaneously.