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57 lines
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# ALSA Scarlett Control Panel
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## Small Scarlett 3rd Gen Interfaces
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The Scarlett 3rd Gen Solo and 2i2 interfaces have just a few buttons to control
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the Air, Line, Phantom Power, and Direct Monitor settings. Mostly
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nothing that you can’t access from the front panel anyway.
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## Input Controls
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### Air
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Enabling Air will transform your recordings and inspire you while
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making music.
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### Inst
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The Inst buttons are used to select between Mic/Line and Instrument
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level/impedance. When plugging in microphones or line-level equipment
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(such as a synthesizer, external preamp, or effects processor) to the
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input, set it to “Line”. The “Inst” setting is for instruments with
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pickups such as guitars.
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### 48V (Phantom Power)
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Turning the “48V” switch on sends “Phantom Power” to the XLR
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microphone input(s). This is required for some microphones (such as
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condensor microphones), and damaging to some microphones (particularly
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vintage ribbon microphones).
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## Output Controls
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### Direct Monitor
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Direct Monitor sends the analogue input signals to the analogue
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outputs for zero-latency monitoring.
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On the 2i2, you have the choice of Mono or Stereo monitoring when you
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click the button. Mono sends both inputs to the left and right
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outputs. Stereo sends input 1 to the left, and input 2 to the right
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output.
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## Startup Controls
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#### Phantom Power Persistence
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By default, phantom power is turned off when the interface is turned
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on. This can be changed in the startup configuration (menu option View
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→ Startup).
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The one control not accessible from the front panel is “Phantom Power
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Persistence” (menu option View → Startup) which controls the Phantom
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Power state when the interface is powered on.
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