Owner`s manual

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out of an unused output and drop the sample rate of the whole system to 22,
ruining your take.
If you really want system sounds, go buy a $30 cheapo sound card and play them
through that. Set the preferred device in the Multimedia control panel to the
cheapo sound card and check “Use preferred devices only.”
Q: What are the rules that I should follow if I want to use multiple
audio applications at the same time?
- Set all your applications to the same sample rate. (You can also use the “sample
rate lock” feature in the Console to help with this.)
-Turn off your system sounds.
- Figure out ahead of time which inputs and outputs each application is going to
use. Inputs and outputs cannot be shared between applications.
Q: What I really want to do is use a software synthesizer or sampler
like Gigasampler, Reality, or Retro AS/1. What's the best way to
use this with an audio and MIDI sequencer like Cubase VST or
Cakewalk?
The best thing you can do is run the synthesizer/sampler application first, then run
the sequencer. Make sure that each application is set to use a different set of
inputs and outputs.
With the VxD ASIO drivers, you need to be careful with assigning inputs and
outputs to get Cubase VST to work in multi-client mode. With WDM, the ASIO
driver hides channels from Cubase that are already in use, which greatly simplifies
getting multi-client mode to work.
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Q: Can I run a Direct Sound program, an ASIO program, and a
wave program all at the same time?
Sure. If you don't understand the question, don't worry about it.
Q: What's the downside to all this?
The main downside is that your computer may very well have a hard time keeping
up! If you fire up three different audio apps at once, your computer is probably
going to struggle unless you have a really hot machine. The key here is memory,
more memory, and a fast CPU.