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Note that you must do this if you want to use Gigasampler (see the section

on Gigasampler in the “Audio Software FAQ” below).

Q: Does this mean I can play games through Gina24?

Sure. The only snag is that many games use CD audio for their background

music. Most commercial soundcards have an analog connection to the

CDROM drive, but the sound quality is very low. Gina24 does have a

connection to the CDROM drive, but it is digital only. To use this digital

CDROM connection you must have a CDROM drive with a

functioning

digital output. Not all drives do (some have a non-functioning digital

output), so you should check with the drive manufacturer to make sure.

If you are really determined; it would be fairly straightforward to run a cable

from the headphone jack on your CD-ROM drive to the inputs on Gina24

and set up the monitors in the console. Radio Shack sells a handy cable for

this – 1/8” stereo connector to a pair of RCA male connectors. You will

also need a pair of female RCA to male quarter-inch adapters.

Q: What's the story with the DirectSound format lock?

This setting only applies if you are using software that uses multiple

DirectSound outputs simultaneously, such as the applications offered by

Stage Research.

It appears that DirectX 6.1 and 7 get confused when they see multiple

DirectSound outputs. The first output pair gets set up correctly, but the rest

of them don't. To work around this problem, just enable the DirectSound

format lock and select the appropriate sample rate. In almost every case,

you will want to leave the format set to 16 bit and stereo.

We are told that future versions of DirectX will resolve this problem, but for

now just lock the format.

Note that this is not the same as the “sample rate lock” feature, which is

documented in the

Echo Console

section of this manual.