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 For capture and playback use: If you have a compatible video capture card, you should
choose from the card options that appear here. Leaving this set to “None” disables
external video output. Disabling video output can improve real time performance when
external monitoring and output is not a priority. You can also choose “None” when
you’re using Resolve with another application open at the same time that’s using your
workstation’s video output interface. When you’ve quit the other application, you can
reselect the video output interface for use by Resolve.
 For DaVinci Resolve Live use: When using Resolve Live to monitor the live output
from a camera, you must have a video interface that’s dedicated to doing just that. If
you have only one video interface connected to your computer, you’ll need to disable
it for capture and playback, and enable it for Resolve Live use. However, if you have
two video interfaces connected at the same time, you can use one to monitor camera
output, and the other to output to a video display for critical evaluation.
 Release video I/O hardware when not in focus: When turned on, DaVinci Resolve
releases control of the video output device whenever you switch to another application.
 Enable Fairlight Audio Accelerator: Turning this checkbox on enables an installed
Fairlight Audio Accelerator PCI card to be used by DaVinci Resolve for accelerated
audio processing and for all audio I/O monitoring and recording.
 Audio Interface: Turning Enable Fairlight Audio Accelerator on exposes an additional
menu that lets you choose which audio interface to use for audio I/O; the choices are
MADI (if you’re going to use a third-party MADI interface) or Fairlight Audio Interface
and MADI (if you also want to use the Fairlight Audio Interface).
Speaker Setup
This section lets you define different sets of speakers with which to monitor audio playback.
Toaccess more than the default stereo system output that most workstations default to, you
must use whatever software is available for your operating system to choose the desired
audio hardware you want to use, and define how many audio outputs are required for the
type of monitoring you want to do (stereo, surround, and so on). For example, on macOS
you’ll use the Audio Midi Setup utility to choose output hardware and select a speaker
configuration to be made available on your system. For more information, see the
DaVinci Resolve Configuration Guide, available on the web from the Blackmagic Design
support page at www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion.
 Speaker configuration: Lets you choose between two settings. “Use System Setting,”
which sets DaVinci Resolve to output audio via your workstation’s built-in audio output,
even if a compatible video I/O interface is enabled for capture and playback or for
Resolve Live. “Manual” exposes additional controls with which you can define your own
speaker setup.
 Monitor Set: For each Monitor Circuit, you can define multiple sets of monitoring
speakers. The default two are MAIN (your primary monitoring speakers) and NEAR
(usually a secondary set of inferior speakers for checking the mix on cheaper consumer
gear). However, options for Set 2–15 lets you define up to 15 different combinations
of monitoring speakers that you can switch among for checking or creating different
mixes. Click the Rename button to rename any of the more generically labeled monitor
sets to something more memorable.
 Device: This setting lets you choose which, of the audio I/O interfaces connected
to your workstation, you want to use for that particular monitor set. Different monitor
sets can use different I/O hardware, making it possible to listen to different speakers
via different audio I/O boxes. Every compatible audio I/O device connected to your
workstation should appear in the Device drop-down menu.
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