Owner`s manual

WDM console – all products

Mia gets around this by combining the use of “virtual” outputs with its “multi-

client” drivers. Mia appears to software as if it has eight separate outputs. These

are mixed together with Mia’s on-board DSP to produce the actual or “physical”

outputs that connect to external equipment without any CPU intervention. Any

virtual output can be sent to any actual output along with any combination of other

virtual outputs. The levels and routing of the virtual outputs is fully controllable

with Mia’s Console.

An example of this would be using Reality from Seer Systems with Cakewalk’s

Pro Audio. Reality could be set up to play back through Mia’s outputs 7 and 8.

Cakewalk’s Pro Audio, which combines MIDI sequencing with digital playback,

could then play back its MIDI output through Reality while using Mia’s outputs 1

through 6 for six separate tracks of digital output.

This gives Mia most of the advantages of products with eight separate analog

outputs, without the added expense of the extra converters or having to use an

external mixer to mix the outputs down to a final pair of stereo outputs.

Adjusting Playback Volume

Output volume adjustments are made in the digital domain. When you lower a

volume fader below 0dB, you are actually decreasing the number of available bits,

thereby taking away from the potential dynamic range of the system. Therefore,

we suggest that whenever possible you leave the output faders set to 0dB, and

perform any necessary attenuation on your external mixer. When the playback

volume controls are set to 0dB and the input signal approaches the maximum pre-

clipping level, you can achieve the full 24-bit dynamic range of the system.

Clock and digital mode settings

The area within the yellow outline on the upper right lets you select your sync

source and digital mode. If a given clock is detected, the indicator next to the

clock button will turn green. You will only be allowed to select clocks that have

been detected. Also, you may only select the digital mode if the there aren’t any

applications actively playing or recording.

Note:

Sample rates above 48kHz will not be available while ADAT mode

is selected. This is because ADAT does not support sample rates higher

than 48kHz.

Synchronizing Multiple Devices