LIO-8 Front Panel

The LIO-8 features a flexible front panel with comprehensive controls, status and meter readouts. The Front Panel allows you to utilize the ULN-8 without any computer attached and also communicates bidirectionally with MIO Console to keep the Console controls and the Front Panel controls synchronized at all times.

Several features of the front panel are provided to control the optional mic pre expansion boards that may fitted into the unit. If the unit is not fitted with the optional mic pres these features will be disabled. The features that this applies to are noted by this mark: * in the descriptions below.

The Front Panel is split into a number of functional areas:

• Sample Rate Indicators and Control
• Clock Source Indicators and Control
• Control Mode Indicators and Selector
• I/O Trim Mode Indicators and Selector
• Channel Mode Indicators* (above the knobs)
• Per Channel Control Knobs with value indicators
• High Resolution 15 Segment Input Meters
• High Resolution 15 Segment Output Meters
• System Status Indicators
• AES Status Indicators (per cable)
  • Input Signal
  • Output Signal
  • Input Locked
  • Cable Select for Clock Source
• Monitor Control Section
  • Mute and Dim buttons for Monitor Control
  • Monitor Control Knob
• Dedicated Headphone out Jack
• Summed DI inputs for channels 1 & 2

Let’s take each of these functional areas one by one and explain the details.