Magnetics Deck Control Surface User Manual

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For example, if you click the SCS.1m Options button the
SCS.1mAudio Control Panel will open so you will be able to Start and Stop
the streaming process, access the Deferred Procedure Calls (DPC) Latency
Checker (for more information please read the Appendix), and select the
SamplingRate,FireWireLatency,an
dASIOBufferingsettings.(Fig
ure5.4)
Start/StopStreamingUsethistostartorstoptheaudiostreambetween
thedriverandhardware.Ifstreaminghasbeen stopped,thennoaudio will
bepassedtothehardware.
DPC Latency Tool Stanton includes a troubleshooting tool for detecting
highDPClatency.Wh
enthereishighDPClatencya
pparentona machineit
canaffecttheperformanceofaudioandMIDIstreaming.Youmusthavelow
DPClatencytoachieveconsistentperformanceandlowlatencies.
Figure5.4
Sampling Rate Sampling rate will set the resolution of the audio coming from the outputs of SCS.1m. Higher
sampling rates mean more audio fidelity but alsomore processing on the computer andshould only be used on
newermachines.Anotherconsiderationisthematerialbeingplayed.For instance, 96 kHz shoul
donlybeusedif
yoursourceaudioishighresolutionwhereas44.
1kHzor48kHzshouldbeusedforMP3’sandCDqualitycontent.
FireWireLatencyThissetsthelatencyorspeedinwhichaudioissenttothehardware.Lowlatencywillmakethe
controls feel
snappier.” However, your computer must be able to su
pport these low speeds. If the computer
cannotsupportlowlatency,thenaudiohiccupsor“dropouts”mightbe observed. If low latency is not achieved
with a highend machine, it is suggested to use the DPC tool and follow the instructions in Appendix for system
optimization.
ASIOBufferingThiscontr
olsthebuffersusedbetweenthedriverandhostapplication.Lowbufferingwillmean
higherspeed/lowerlatencybutrequiresahighendcomputer.
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