Apogee Element Series User’s Guide 1, December 2016

 

Apogee Element Series

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How Element Control Input Channels appear in your Recording Program: 

 

 

The Analog Input Channels of Element Control allow 

you to select the type of input you are using: Mic, 

Instrument, or Line Level +4dBu/-10dBV. 

 

You may activate phantom power (48V) for condenser 

mics, Group (G) channels together in stereo pairs, turn 

on Soft-Limit (SL), or invert the polarity (⌀) of any of 

these input channels. 

 

 

 

In your recording program, any audio track you create 

can be set to record these Analog Inputs. 

 

 

 

In this example Logic Pro X project, four audio tracks 

have been created with each track set to Input 1, 2, 3, 

and 4 respectively. In this way, each Element 46 

interface audio Input Channel corresponds with the 

four tracks created in Logic Pro X. 

 

You can think of your audio signal as flowing from the 

analog inputs of your Element interface, through the 

Element Control software’s Analog Input Channels, 

then into the Logic software. 

 

Note: With the Audio Device control feature in Logic 

Pro, you can see that the settings made on these Input 

Channels in Element Control are matched/mirrored by 

the Audio Device section of the Logic Pro X mixer

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The audio signal then flows through these Logic tracks 

until it eventually exits through the Logic Output 

channels. 

 

From there the signal flows back into the Element 

Control software: 

 

 

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How Element Control Outputs work with your Recording Program: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signal from the Stereo Output of Logic 

Pro X appears in Element Control’s 

Playback 1-2 channel. 

 

 

 

 

 

This Playback 1-2 signal will flow to the 

Element interface’s outputs because the 

audio source for the Headphone and 

Main speaker outputs is set to Playback 

1-2. 

 

In this way, the same signal is played 

from all of the Element Thunderbolt 

analog audio outputs. 

 

 

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How to get a separate mix to the headphones than from the speaker outputs: 

 

To do this, you first have to create an aux mix in your Recording Program. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Logic, create a Send to a Bus on one of your 

tracks 

 

 

This automatically creates an Aux track in your 

Logic Pro X Mixer 

 

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In Pro Tools and other DAW’s you must 

manually create an Aux Track 

 

Set this Aux track to output via Playback 3-4 

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Next, go to Element Control and click Channel View

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Click Playback 3-4 to show that playback channel

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Set the Headphones output to Playback 3-4 

to send this signal to your headphones 

output. 

 

The Main monitor outputs are still set to 

Playback 1-2 and play audio from Logic’s 

Stereo Out master track. 

 

 

 

 

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Essentials Snapshot Template 

This Snapshot Template is the same as the Getting Started Snapshot Template but only the Essentials Window is displayed. 

This represents the simplest layout of the Element Control software. It provides controls for only Inputs and Outputs. All other 

settings are disabled or hidden: 

 

 

All Analog Input Channels and Monitor output controls are represented in the Essentials bar. The small buttons below the Gain 

controls correspond to the Input Settings 48V, G, SL, and ⌀. The buttons under the Output Volume controls correspond to the 

output buttons M, D and Σ. 

 

For convenience, the Essentials bar can be converted to a vertical orientation via the Orientation Button. In this way, the 

Essentials bar can be placed next to your DAW software for easy access. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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