Apogee Element Series
User’s Guide
Tool Bar
The Tool Bar is always visible at the top of the Primary window. It provides the ability to show/hide the System Sidebar, Device
Sidebar, Essentials window, Remote window and Hover-Help window. It also has buttons for Clear Meters, Talkback and Mute
All outputs.
1.
System
Sidebar Button
2.
Device Sidebar Button
3.
Essentials Button
4.
Remote Button
5.
Clear Meters Button
6.
Talkback Button
7.
Mute All Button
8.
Hover Help Button
System Sidebar
Provides System-wide settings that apply to your recording system as a whole.
1.
System Status Display
- This displays the status of the connected hardware.
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Green
- System is ready: Hardware is connected and recognized, and the digital
clock is locked to the
Clock Source.
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Red
- System not ready. Either the hardware is not connected, or the system is not
locked to the Clock Source.
2.
Master Device
- When two Element interfaces are connected, select one as the Master
Device. The Master Device acts as the clock master, is listed first in your DAW’s hardware
I/O assignment, and includes Output Format functionality on the Main outputs.
3.
Clock Source
- Selects the system clock source for Element. The following sources may
be selected:
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Internal
: Element is clocked from its internal crystal
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Word Clock
: Element is clocked from an external word clock signal connected to the
rear panel BNC input
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Optical
: Element is clocked from a digital audio input.
4.
Sample Rate
- Selects Element’s sample rate. In some cases this setting may be
overridden by software running on the computer (i.e. When a DAW session project is
open).
5.
Peak Hold
- Sets the time that peak indications are held on the level meters.
6.
Over Hold
- Sets the time that over indicators are held on the level meters.
7.
Talkback Source
- Select the source of the Talkback Signal. If your Mac is equipped with a
Built-in Mic, select Built-in Mic as the source.
8.
Talkback Destination
- Set the Playback channel destination for the Talkback signal.
When using the low latency mixer, note that the Talkback signal is routed through the
selected Playback mixer channel.
9.
Keyboard Volume
- The audio system may be configured so that the Mac keyboard
volume controls set the output level of Element’s speaker or headphone outputs.
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Apogee Element Series
User’s Guide
Device Sidebar
The Device Sidebar provides settings that are specific to the Element interface connected to the Mac.
1.
Device ID
- Identifies the hardware connected to the Mac system.
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Clicking this button causes the displayed hardware to flash it’s status light for three
seconds.
2.
Main Output Format
- Changes the output to suit what is being connected to the XLR Main
output jacks:
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Speaker
- Use this setting when connecting speakers to the Main XLR hardware
outputs
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Line
- Use this setting when connecting a mixer or other device with its own volume
control to the Main XLR hardware outputs
3.
Main Output Level
- Selects the line-level reference for the XLR Main output jacks:
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Choose
+4dBu when connecting to “pro” gear with inputs at a +4dBu nominal level.
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Choose
-10dBV when connecting to “semi-pro”, hi-fi, or musical instrument gear with
inputs at a -10dBV nominal level.
4.
Optical In
and
Out Format - Sets the digital audio protocol for the optical connectors. Match
the optical format to that of the connecting device:
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SPDIF
: The two-channel SPDIF audio format is transmitted or received through the
selected port’s In or Out connections. This format is capable of utilizing a maximum
sample rate of 96kHz.
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ADAT/SMUX
: The multi-channel ADAT or SMUX format is transmitted or received
through the selected ports. Capable of 8 channels of digital I/O at sample rates
44.1kHz - 48kHz, and 4 channels of digital I/O at sample rates 88.2kHz - 96kHz.
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*On Element 88, setting the sample rate to 88.2kHz or 96kHz activates the second
set of optical I/O. This provides 4 more channels for a total of 8 channels of digital I/O.
5.
Analog In-Optical Out
- Enable direct routing from Analog inputs to Optical outputs. When checked, all analog inputs
are passed individually to the Optical outputs.
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On Element 24, signal only appears on ADAT output 1-2.
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On Element 46, signal only appears on ADAT output 1-4.
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On Element 88, signal appears on all ADAT output channels.
Note: When Optical Out Format is set to SPDIF, only inputs 1-2 are transmitted to the optical output 1-2.
When multiple Element Devices are in use, the Device Sidebar changes to show the Output Format and
Output Level of both devices, while reflecting the loss of the Optical options:
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