Metric Halo Mobile I/O - Manual (Page 173)

MIO Console Overview
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Working with multichannel inputs:
Once you have assigned a channel to a bus, MIO Console will constrain your audio sources to:
• Mono inputs
• Inputs that have the same number of channels as the bus
If you need to send an input to a bus with a different channel count, you need to:
1. Choose “Create Multiple Mixer Strips…” from the Mixer menu
2. Enter the number of strips you want, and select the number of channels (Mono to 7.1) from
the pop-up menu
3. Select the channels you want to use in the strip from the Input Select pop-up
4. Assign the input strip to a bus
• Physical Input Source: This pop-up menu will be present if the source you choose in the Input Select
pop-up menu has further physical routing or level control selections available. For example, the Analog
inputs on the 2882 allow for the selection of Line +4, Line -10, Mic, Mic/Pad and Instrument inputs. This
pop-up allows you to make those selections. (Note: the Physical Input Source controls are identical to
those on the I/O Control tab of the MIO Console. Changes made to the Physical Input Source propagate
to items in the Mixer window and vice versa). If the input does not have these sort of selections (such
as a digital input), then this control will not be present.
• Phantom Power: This button will be present if the physical input supports phantom power. Click this
button to enable the digitally controlled phantom power. The button is red when phantom power is
enabled.
• Input Gain/Trim: This knob and numeric display will be present if the physical input supports digitally
controllable analog input gain. The knob automatically adjusts the gain between the available minimum
gain and maximum gain for your hardware. You can also type a gain amount directly in the Input Gain/
Trim numeric display. If you type in an amount that is below the minimum allowable gain, the gain will
be set to the minimum allowable. If you type in an amount that is above the maximum allowable gain,
the gain will be set to the maximum allowable. The display readout is in dB.
• Character Select: All input strips support this control which allows you to select which character model
will be applied to the input signal. The various character models offer unique, high quality harmonic
and tonal coloration to your signal. Choose “None” to disable character modeling. You may also Op-
tion-click the Character setting to bypass it for easy A/B listening.
• Direct Output Routing Point (pre-Inserts): As signal runs through the input strip there are a number of
points from which you can route the signal to an output. This Direct Output pop-up menu controls the
first available route point. This route point is "pre-insert," meaning it occurs before any plug-in processing
is applied to the signal. You can choose any Physical Output or FireWire Return on the same box as the
destination for this Direct Out. If you choose the “Auto” item in the menu, the mixer will automatically
route to the next available output. This routing point is the appropriate one to use for “Dry” recording
— meaning that you are only using the Mobile I/O as a preamp and converter, and not for any of its
mixing abilities or DSP plug-ins.
Important Note!
You can't assign the direct out to an output until you have associated the mixer strip to an input
using the Input Select!
• Plug-in Inserts: Like the "insert slots" in modern DAWs, these pop-up menus function as inserts into
the signal path, allowing you to insert any of the available plug-ins directly into the signal path. The
processes are applied sequentially from top to bottom. If you have a multi-channel input channel strip,