Standard "Startup/Ignition Sequences":
01. Wake-up the
AC Circuit Breaker (100V/15A, if it has been shutdown)
02. Power-on the root switch of
24-port AC power strip (series of four 6-port strips)
______This automatically wakes up DIY-12-VU-Meter-Array, KORG DS-CAC-10, BEHRINGER DS2800
03. Power-on
YAMAHA A-S3000 after making sure the volume is at -infinity dB (no sound)
04. Power-on
ACCUPHASE E-460 after making sure the volume is at -infinity dB (no sound)
05. Power-on
SONY TA-A1ES after making sure the volume is at -infinity dB (no sound)
06. Power-on
YAMAHA A-S301 after making sure the volume is at -infinity dB (no sound)
07. Power-on L&R sub-woofers
YAMAHA YST-SW1000 by remote controller (preset volume 14:00 o'clock)
08. Power-on
OKTO DAC8PRO; make sure the volume (master gain) is less than -75 dB
09. Power-on
Windows 11 Pro PC
10. Check & confirm wake-up and running of
ASIO BRIDGE at taskbar
11. Check & confirm wake-up and ready of
DIYINHK ASIO at taskbar
12. Check & confirm all of the Window's sound I/Os (KERNEL, WASAPI, WMD, Mic,
etc.) are muted-off
13. Launch
JRiver MC (or
Roon); make sure the master volume is at about 5 % (-77.5 dB)
14. Start playing
JRiver the 6th track of
my music sampler/reference playlist (piano solo)
15. Slightly volume-up
JRiver to around 10 % (-55.0 dB); check the JRiver's small VU-EQ meter is properly dancing
16. Launch software DSP
EKIO
17. Open/load the EKIO's standard configuration file into
EKIO
18. Start playing
EKIO
19. Check and confirm that all of the
EKIO's I/O VU meter bars are properly moving in very low gain
20. Volume-up
A-S3000 to 11:55 o'clock (-18 dB)
21. Volume-up
E-460 to -17.0 dB
22. Volume-up
TA-A1ES to -17.0 dB
23. Volume-up
A-S301 to 09:45 o'clock (ca. -19 dB)
24. Volume-up
DAC8PRO to -4 dB; check to properly hear the sound in very small volume
25. Carefully and slowly volume-up
JRiver MC (as master volume) to usual listening volume using mouse wheel
Standard "Shutdown Sequences":
01. Stop playing
JRiver MC (or
Roon)
02. Volume-down the "Master Volume" of
JRiver MC to less than 5% (-77.5 dB)
03. Stop playing software crossover
EKIO
04. Volume-down
OKTO DAC8PRO to -99 dB
05. Volume-down
YAMAHA A-S301 to -infinity dB (no sound)
06. Volume-down
SONY TA-A1ES to -infinity dB (no sound)
07. Volume-down
ACCUPHASE E-460 to -infinity dB (no sound)
08. Volume-down
YAMAHA A-S3000 to -infinity dB (no sound)
09. Power-off
A-S301
10. Power-off
TA-A1ES
11. Power-off
E-460
12. Power-off
A-S3000
13. Power-off L and R active sub-woofers
YAMAHA YST-SW1000 by remote controller
14. Exit/Shutdown
EKIO
15. Exit/Shutdown
JRiver MC
16. Shutdown
Windows 11 Pro PC
17. Soft-shutdown (Mute-off)
DAC8PRO by remote controller
18. Switch-off the root switch of
24-port AC power strip (series of four 6-port strips)
______This automatically shutdowns DIY-12-VU-Meter-Array, KORG DS-CAC-10, BEHRINGER DS2800
19. Down the
AC Circuit Breaker (100V/15 A, if needed for long shutdown; longer than a week or so)
Although these may look somewhat complicated at your first glance, I usually complete the startup/ignition) sequences in less than two minutes, and I complete the shutdown sequences in less than one minute.