Apogee Element Series User’s Guide 1, December 2016

 

Apogee Element Series

​ User’s Guide

 

9.

Channel Solo button

​ - Mute all channels that do not have this solo button engaged in this mixer. Command-click to 

solo all channels. 

Note: Engage Solo-Safe mode on a channel by Control-Clicking the Solo button on a channel. This prevents this 

channel from being muted when another channel in the mixer has solo engaged. 

 A solo-safe engaged track will display a colored “S” within the Solo button 

 

10. Channel Mono/Stereo button

​ - Set the channel for a mono or stereo signal path. When set to stereo, odd-even 

adjacent channels are combined. 

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To group input settings set each channel’s Input Gain to 0dB, push the Group button, and then set the channel to 

Stereo. 

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To adjust a stereo channels individual input’s settings, use the arrow buttons that appear next to the Analog 

Level Setting. 

 

 

11. Channel Aux Label

​ - This secondary label is a convenient way to enter session-specific information, such as the 

performer whose input appears on the channel. This label is not transmitted to the audio software (DAW). 

Monitor/Output Section 

The Monitor/Output Section is where you select what you hear in the outputs, and control the volume of the various outputs. 

The Output Level Meters are also a useful diagnostic tool to see if signal should be present at the various outputs. 

 

 

1.

Output Level Meters

​ - Displayed the output level. Is not affected by the output level 

control. 

 

2.

Output Level Control

​ - Set the listening level of the Main or Headphone outputs. 

 

3.

Output Source Selector

​ - Selects the sound source for each output. The options 

are: 

●

Playback

​ - Sends a playback channel stereo signal directly to this output, 

bypassing all mixers. 

●

Mix

​ or ​FX Send​ - Send the stereo signal from this mixer’s Master to this 

output 

 

4.

Output Mute button

​ - Mutes the output 

 

5.

Output Dim button

​ - Reduces the output listening level by -15dB 

 

6.

Sum-To-Mono button

​ - Collapse left and right signals to mono at the output. This 

combined signal is sent through both Left and Right Outputs and is useful for 

verifying the mono-compatibility of a stereo mix. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Apogee Element Series

​ User’s Guide

 

Remote Window 

The Remote window provides settings to configure the optional Apogee Control hardware remote control. To open the Remote 

window, choose Window > Remote, type Command+4 or click on the Remote toolbar button.  

 

 

 

The nine buttons in the window - 1-4, A-D and Control Knob - are used to define the 

function of corresponding hardware Function buttons. 

 

 

 

 

 

The following functions are available for all buttons: 

 

None

- When a button is assigned to None, it does nothing. 

 

Mute Panic

- Mute the headphone and Speaker outputs of all connected units. 

- Tapping the button again doesn’t un-mute the signal - it must be un-muted 

in Element Control software.  

Mute Speakers

​ - Mute the Main speaker output (when two interfaces are connected, 

Master interface only). 

Mute Headphones 

​- Mute the Headphone outputs of all connected interfaces. 

Mute All Outputs   - Mute the Speaker and all Headphone outputs; tap again to unmute. 

Mute Toggle Headphone/Speaker

​ - Toggle between two states: 

1.

All Headphone outputs muted and the Speaker output unmuted 

2.

All Headphone outputs unmuted and the Speaker output muted. 

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When recording in the same room as speakers, this function provides one 

button switching between recording with headphones and listening back 

over speakers. 

 

 

Dim Speakers

​ - Lower the Speaker output by 15dB (when two interfaces are connected, 

Master interface only). 

Dim Headphones

​ - Lower the Headphone outputs of all connected interfaces by 15dB 

Dim All Outputs

​ - Lower the Speaker and all headphone outputs by 15dB 

 

 

Mono Speakers

​ - Sum the stereo Speaker output to mono (when two interfaces are 

connected, Master interface only). 

Mono Headphones

​ - Sum the Headphone outputs of all connected interfaces to mono. 

Mono All Outputs

​ - Dim the Speaker and all Headphone outputs. 

 

 

Toggle Speaker Sets

​ - (Element 88 only) Toggle playback between the A and B Speaker 

Sets, when Main Output Format (Device sidebar) is set to 2 Speaker Sets. 

 

Set Main Out to Reference Level

​ - Set the Main output level to a predetermined 

reference level, from -64 to 0 dB. To determine the reference level, use an 

external audio measurement tool and set the Main Out control to generate 

the desired SPL level. Once Main Out is set, 

​then

​

 assign a Function button to “Set Main Out to Reference 

Level”. Now, when that button is pushed, Main Out jumps to the saved level. 

 

 

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