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compensating latency for effects permitting software FX monitoring.
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Furthermore, ASIO offers a general method for treating multi-channel audio. All bit resolutions
and multi-channel problems that can otherwise occur with WDM drivers in Win2K/XP are
thereby avoided fundamentally.
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Advanced hardware monitoring options via use of ASIO direct monitoring (flexible routing
including pan & volume, regardless of sound card).
ASIO setup
ASIO drivers
: The drivers of each ASIO device currently available in the system are listed here. "Settings" opens the
settings dialog of the sound card driver. Please refer to the sound card manual for more information.
Buffer settings
Play/Record buffer
: Specifies the buffer sizes for playback or recording of audio data.
In principle, the larger the buffer, the safer playback will operate on slower systems or at full load. The
number of simultaneously playable tracks also increases. However, this reducese the reaction time of the
CPU, which can particularly disturb real-time effects. We therefore recommend searching for an
optimum compromise for your system.
When recording and playing simultaneously, the record and play buffer have to be the same size.
HD buffer
: 8000 samples is the preset buffer. This buffer is applied during playback directly in HD wave projects.
Test smaller values here for even faster reaction times!
VIP buffer
: 16000 samples is the preset buffer used for playing back virtual projects. As error-free playback is
usually more important than fast reaction times, this value should be possible be increased from 16000 to
32000 when playing many tracks. When playing virtual projects or using the mixer only these settings are
relevant.
Test buffer
: 8000 samples is the preset buffer. This buffer is only used for real-time preview of effects from the
effects menu.
Buffer number
: Specify how many of the buffers described above should be used (between 2 and 10). More buffers
increase reliability, but also increase the memory requirements. Reaction times become longer. You can
check the current buffer usage levels in the status bar to the bottom right.
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