Ensemble: How To’s

• Open Maestro 2 (found in your Mac's application folder) and click on the “Apogee Maestro 2″ menu in the upper left-hand corner of the desktop menu bar
• select “About Maestro 2″. This will bring up a window showing you which version you have installed (see example below)

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All Ensemble settings are made from Apogee’s Maestro software Settings panel or Logic Pro’s Apogee Control Panel. Certain settings can be also be made from OS X audio control panels. It’s possible to open multiple control panels simultaneously, as settings made on one control panel are mirrored on all others. Additionally, Mic Pre gain and Ouput level may be controlled from Ensemble’s front panel encoders, as described on the lower half of this page. What is Maestro? - Apogee Maestro provides the most complete control of Ensemble, including control of all Ensemble parameters, store/recall of configurations, expanded routing and 2 low–latency mixers. Maestro may be used with any Core Audio compatible audio application. The Logic Pro Apogee Control Panel, found in Logic Pro under the Audio menu, provides control of all Ensemble parameters and store/recall of configurations. Audio Midi Setup (AMS) – This OS X utility (found in the rootdrive/Applications/Utilities folder) provides control of Ensemble’s clock source, sample rate and output level. To set Ensemble’s output level using the Mac’s menu bar audio fader, set Default Output (in AMS) to Ensemble; OSX audio faders (including the menu bar fader) will then control the output selected on Ensemble’s front panel. For example, if the front panel  LED is lit, OSX audio faders control the  output level.

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Ensemble’s clock source may be set from Maestro, Logic Pro’s Apogee Control Panel, or from OSX’s Audio Midi Setup utility. When Ensemble is locked to an external source, Ensemble’s sample rate is still determined by the selection in software. Thus, the sample rate of the external source must be manually set to match the software sample rate. For example, if you want to open a session at 88.2 kHz but lock Ensemble to word clock from an Apogee Big Ben, you must manually set the Big Ben to 88.2 kHz.

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1. Set the software application’s mixer output to Out 1-2 (Stereo Output).   2. Set the software application’s mixer output to Out 1-2 (Stereo Output). In the Maestro Output Routing tab window, assign Mixer 1 to hardware output Line 1/2,     3. In the Mixer tab window, set the Software Return drop down menu, on both Mixer 1 and Mixer 2 (if desired), to Analog 1-2. Set both the Software Return and Mixer Master faders to 0dB.  

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Setting Sample Rate To set Ensemble’s sample rate, choose the desired rate in your Core Audio compatible software application; Ensemble will set itself to this rate. If the application has no sample rate setting, open the OSX utility Audio Midi Setup, select Ensemble in the Properties For field and select the desired rate in the Format field. Using 176.4–192 kHz Sampling Rates To operate Ensemble at a sample rate of 176.4-192k, it’s necessary to set I/O Allocation (found in Mae- stro under Tools>Settings>Settings tab) to either 10x10 or 8x8. As Optical I/O is not supported at these sample rates, their associated Firewire paths are disabled to conserve CPU bandwidth. After changing I/O Allocation, it’s strongly suggested to re-boot the computer and power the Ensemble off and then on.

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