TotalMix FX 2.0 for Beginners - Audio Routing & Signal Flow

Understanding Audio Routing is the foundation of mastering RME TotalMix 2.0. In the very first episode of the TotalMix 2.0 Beginners Guide, you’ll learn the routing philosophy behind TotalMix and discover how audio travels through your RME interface. Rather than behaving like a traditional mixing console, TotalMix is built around three dedicated rows:

• Hardware Inputs (Top Row)
• Software Playback Channels (Middle Row)
• Hardware Outputs (Bottom Row)

The two upper rows represent every available audio source, while the bottom row contains all physical outputs of your interface. Together, they form the routing architecture that makes TotalMix one of the most flexible audio routing environments available. This episode introduces the Submix Principle—the core concept behind TotalMix—and shows you how to route any hardware input or software playback channel to any output in just a few clicks. Once you understand these fundamentals, creating monitor mixes, headphone mixes, recording setups and streaming configurations becomes intuitive.

In this video you’ll learn

• The structure of the TotalMix interface
• Hardware Inputs explained
• Software Playback Channels explained
• Hardware Outputs explained
• The Submix Principle
• How audio routing works in TotalMix
• How to route audio to any output
• Why TotalMix is different from a traditional mixer

Whether you’re using a Babyface Pro FS, Fireface UCX II, Fireface UFX III, Fireface 802 FS,  Digiface or another RME interface, the routing concepts shown in this video apply throughout the entire TotalMix ecosystem.