Specifications

Getting Started with MIX102
6 Double-click the “Digidesign WaveDriver.”
7 Select the Properties tab.
8 Expand “Audio Devices.”
9 Double click “Digidesign WaveDriver.”
10 In the Digidesign WaveDriver Properties dia-
log, click the Settings button.
11 You should now see the WaveDriver Settings
Dialog (see Figure 5 on page 102).
WaveDriver Settings Dialog
The Digidesign WaveDriver Settings dialog can-
not be accessed under the following circum-
stances:
• When running Pro Tools with the Active in
Background option enabled.
• When running Pro Tools and the Convert and
Import dialog is open.
• When playing or recording in another audio
application.
• When using another audio application such
as Acid or Cakewalk that has an option to
keep the WaveDriver “open” even when you
are not playing or recording. (You must close
the audio application before you can open the
WaveDriver Settings dialog.)
Buffer Size Control
When you play a file from a client audio appli-
cation, the client application divides the file
into little chunks (buffers) and sends each of
these to the WaveDriver. The WaveDriver cop-
ies the client applications buffers to the d24 or
MIX system’s own buffers in a double-buffering
scheme. The Buffer Size control in this dialog al-
lows you to set the size of each of the two buffers
the WaveDriver uses on the d24 or MIX Core
card. You may choose from the following buffer
sizes:
• 128 samples (default)
• 256 samples
• 512 samples
• 1024 samples
Small buffers have the advantage of low latency
in the record monitor path. (Latency is the time
delay between a signal entering the audio inputs
and leaving the outputs during recording.)
Larger buffers have the advantage of making au-
dio dropouts during playback and recording less
likely. In some audio applications, notably
Sound Forge, performing various tasks such as
maximizing or minimizing windows will inter-
rupt the WaveDriver and create glitches in the
audio. Choosing Medium or Large buffers can
help alleviate this problem.
Pressing the OK button will cause settings to be
saved in the registry when you shut down or re-
boot Windows. Pressing Cancel restores settings
to what they were before this dialog was
opened. The OK and Cancel buttons in this dia-
log have no effect on whether settings are saved
or restored in the I/O Setup and Other Options
dialogs.
Figure 5. Digidesign WaveDriver Settings dialog