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Audio Device tab
Use the Audio Device tab to specify playback and recording options. To display this tab, choose Preferences from the Options
menu, then click the Audio Device tab. Click the Advanced button to access the advanced audio preferences.
Track prefader sends listen to
mute
Select this check box if you want pre-volume sends from tracks to busses and
assignable effects to respond to the track mute state.
When the check box is cleared, the pre-volume sends are not affected by the mute
state (in order to facilitate cue mixes).
Use legacy track send gain Select this check box if you want to configure audio track sends to behave as they did
in Vegas Pro 7.0 and earlier. When the check box is selected, you can open projects
created with earlier versions of Vegas Pro and be assured they will sound the same as
they did in earlier versions of Vegas Pro.
Preferred audio editor Use this option to specify the location of the audio-editing application you want to
use with your Vegas Pro projects.
This editor will be displayed in the Tools menu when you want to open an event in a
sound editor. If Sound Forge software is detected on your system, it automatically
becomes the default editor. To specify an audio editor, click the Browse button and
browse for the editor’s .exe file.
Metronome Select the Use default metronome sounds radio button to use the default normal
and accent sounds when using the metronome, or click Use custom metronome
sounds and specify the files you want to use in the Normal and Accent boxes.
• Normal Specifies the sound file for the metronome when the Use custom
metronome sounds radio button is selected.
• Accent Specifies the accent sound file for the metronome when the Use custom
metronome sounds radio button is selected.
Default All Restores all audio preferences to the default settings.
Preference Description
Audio device type Choose a driver type from the drop-down list.
ASIO Allows you to choose a specific low-latency ASIO device from
the Default stereo and front playback device drop-down list.
Direct Sound
Surround Mapper
When you’re working with a 5.1 surround project and a
surround-capable sound card, this setting uses the default
Windows audio device to send 5.1-surround audio to your
sound card.
Microsoft Sound
Mapper
Uses the default Windows audio device for playback and
recording.
Windows Classic
Wave Driver
Allows you to choose a specific audio device from the Default
stereo and front playback device drop-down list.
Click the Advanced button to change settings for the selected device.
Default stereo and front
playback device
Choose the device that you want to use for playing stereo sound data and the front-
left and -right channels of a 5.1 surround project.
Selecting the Microsoft Sound Mapper allows Windows to select an appropriate
device to use for the current sound data.
Note: If you have selected Microsoft Sound Mapper, you will not be able to assign
busses to different devices.
Default rear playback device Choose the device that you want to use for playing the rear channels of a 5.1 surround
project.
Default center and LFE
playback device
Choose the device that you want to use for playing the center and low-frequency
effect channels of a 5.1 surround project.
Playback buffering (seconds) Sets the amount of memory used during project playback. For more information, see
Adjusting the playback buffering slider on page 427.
Preference Description