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Chapter 5: The Driver Control Panel 21

Hardware Settings

The parameters in this section of the Control

Panel govern the operation of the interface.

Master Volume Knob

These check boxes (Output “1-2” and “3-4) de-

termine which analog output pair(s) will be af-

fected by the Master Volume knob on the top

panel of the interface: If a box is checked, the

volume level of its corresponding outputs will

be controlled by the Master Volume knob; if a

box is left unchecked, the outputs will play at

full volume regardless of the position of the

Master Volume knob.

This feature gives Fast Track C400 a great deal of

flexibility in how it can be used. For example,

studios with multiple sets of studio monitors

may wish to connect one set of speakers to out-

puts 1-2 and a second set of speakers (or a sub-

woofer) to outputs 3-4. This will allow users to

easily switch between the two sets of speakers

using the output selector buttons on the top

panel while still being able to control all of the

speakers with one volume knob. In this case

“Output 1-2” and “Output 3-4” should both be

checked.

On the other hand, if line outputs 1-2 are con-

nected to speakers but outputs 3-4 are con-

nected to an external device (such as an effects

processor, digital recorder, or some other de-

vice), users may want to control the level of out-

puts 1-2 with the Master Volume Knob while

leaving outputs 3-4 playing at full volume re-

gardless of how the Master Volume Knob is set.

This can be done by checking “Output 1-2”

while leaving the “Output 3-4” box unchecked.

If you are leaving any output unchecked, please

be sure to heed the warning below.

Finally, some users with external mixing con-

soles or dedicated speaker management systems

may wish to have the outputs always play at full

volume, regardless of how the master volume is

set. In this case, both “Output 1-2” and “Output

3-4” should be left unchecked. Again, if you are

leaving these outputs unchecked, please be sure

to heed the warning below.

Disable Host Control

Certain recording applications are able to con-

trol the Fast Track C400 low-latency monitor

mixer through the ASIO Direct Monitoring

(ADM) standard. This is a convenient feature be-

cause all low latency monitoring is handled

through your music application's mixer and

there is no need to manually control settings on

the Monitor Mixer in the Fast Track C400 Con-

trol Panel.

Launching a supported music application when

this box is left unchecked, lets the software take

control of the Control Panel's first stereo mixer.

If you would prefer to maintain full manual con-

trol of the Fast Track C400 monitor mixer, make

sure that this box is checked.

Unchecking one of the Master Volume Knob

boxes allows its corresponding outputs to

play at full volume (i.e., without any atten-

uation). This may result in very loud sig-

nals being sent to your speakers, headphone

amplifiers, or other equipment. Be mindful

of your outgoing levels anytime you uncheck

one of these boxes to avoid potentially dam-

aging your equipment (or hearing). If you

wish to leave these boxes unchecked in order

to allow full, un-attenuated signals to play

through the interface, it is strongly recom-

mended that you have an external provision

for controlling your levels (such as a an ex-

ternal mixer).

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