RME HDSPe MADI [45/72] The quick access panel

User's Guide HDSPe MADI © RME

25.7 The Quick Access Panel

This section includes additional options, further improving the handling of TotalMix. The Master

buttons for Mute and Solo have already been described, they allow for group-based working

with these functions.

In the View section the single mixer rows can be made visible or invisible. If the inputs are not

needed for a pristine playback mix, the whole upper row falls out of the picture after a click on

the Input button. If the hardware outputs don't interest you either, the window can thus be re-

duced to the playback channels to save space. All combinations are possible and allowed.

As described earlier, Submix sets all routing windows to the same selection. Deactivating Sub-

mix automatically recalls the previous view. The mixer can be made smaller horizontally and

vertically. This way TotalMix can be made substantially smaller and space-saving on the desk-

top/screen, if you have to monitor or set only a few channels or level meters.

The Presets are one of the most powerful and useful features of TotalMix. Be-

hind the eight buttons, eight files are hidden (see next chapter). These contain

the complete mixer state. All faders and other settings follow the changing of

preset(s) in real-time, just by a single mouse click. The Save button allows for

storing the present settings in any preset. You can change back and forth be-

tween a signal distribution, complete input monitoring, a stereo and mono mix,

and various submixes without any problem.

If any parameter is being altered after loading a preset (e. g. moving a fader),

the preset display flashes in order to announce that something has been

changed, still showing which state the present mix is based on.

If no preset button is lit, another preset had been loaded via the File menu and

Open file. Mixer settings can be saved the usual way and have long file names.

Instead of single presets a complete bank of (8) presets can be loaded at once.

Advantage: The names defined for the preset buttons will be stored and loaded

automatically.

Up to three HDSPe MADI can be used simultaneously. The Unit buttons switch between the

cards. Holding down Ctrl while clicking on button Unit 2 or Unit 3 will open another TotalMix

window.

25.8 Presets

TotalMix includes eight factory presets, stored within the program. The user presets can be

changed at any time, because TotalMix stores and reads the changed presets from the files

preset11.mad to preset81.mad, located in Windows' hidden directory Documents and Set-

tings, <Username>, Local Settings, Application Data, RME TotalMix. On the Mac the location is

in the folder User, <Username>, Library / Preferences / Hammerfall DSP. The first number indi-

cates the current preset, the second number the current unit.

This method offers two major advantages:

• Presets modified by the user will not be overwritten when reinstalling or updating the driver

• The factory presets remain unchanged, and can be reloaded any time.