Metric Halo 2882 operating guide - Manual (Page 54)

Mobile I/O User’s Guide
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To choose a source for an output channel, simply go to the popup menu for
the output you want to route to, click and select the source send. Each
popup window is like the jack of a patchbay, and each name in the popup
menu is like a patchbay cable that carries the named signal.
P ATCHBAY P ARAMETER P OPUP C ONTROL
Directly above the patchbay popup menus is the “Patchbay Parameters”
parameter popup control. This control allows you to store patchbay configu-
rations for later recall. See the section “Patchbay Popup Controls” on
page 45, for more details about the parameter popup menu.
The factory default routing for Mobile I/O configures the box to behave as a
direct-routed audio interface – all the inputs go directly to the computer, all
the outputs from the computer are directly routed to the hardware outputs,
and the Headphone output is fed by the stereo mixer on Mix 1/2. This makes
the Mobile I/O act like a basic audio interface.
Other configurations that may be very useful include:
• cross routing the analog inputs and outputs with the ADAT I/O – use this
for 8x8 A/D/A operation (an upgrade for your ADAT or digital mixer!)
• direct routing of analog inputs to AES/SPDIF (2 channel Pre/DI/ADC)
• switching mults of the mixer outputs for alternate monitor configurations
This control allows you to maintain a library of frequently used routings and
switch between them at will. Spend a little time to familiarize yourself with it
– it is extremely powerful.
R OUTING M ATRIX D ETAILS
The Routing Matrix (Matrix) is the mixer assign matrix that is on the right
side of the pane (see Figure 35 on page 42). This control surface allows you
to fully configure the structure of the multi-bus WIDE mixer in the Mobile I/
O hardware. It also allows you to name all of the hardware and virtual chan-
nels that are accessible in the hardware.
You use the Matrix to assign hardware and FireWire inputs (DAW outputs) to
mixers in the Mobile I/O. To assign channels to a given mix, you click on a